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January 29, 2004 Joe Viterelli, mob actor, Analyze This, dies at 66 January 29, 2004 Janet Frame, New Zealander Novelist January 29, 2003 Leslie Fiedler, American Critic January 29, 2002 Daniel Pearl, journalist, Wall Street Journal bureau chief kidnapped and murdered by terrorists, dies at 38 January 29, 2002 Harold Russell, Oscar winner, The Best Years of Our Lives, dies at 88 January 29, 1997 Eric Schneider, murderer of 2 teachers, executed in MO at 35 January 29, 1997 Louis Pauwels, writer/editor, dies at 76 January 29, 1997 Osvaldo Soriano, writer, dies at 54 January 29, 1996 Jack Sutherland, journalist, dies at 79 January 29, 1996 John Terence Reese, bridge master, dies at 82 January 29, 1995 Arthur Guy Clutton-Brock, English agronomist (Rhodesia), dies at 88 January 29, 1995 Chris de Marigny, painter/designer, dies at 52 January 29, 1995 Raymond Joseph Cecil, British architect, dies at 69 January 29, 1995 Richard Burnell, British rower (Olympics-gold-1948), dies at 77 January 29, 1995 Richard Desborough Burnell, oarsman, dies at 77 January 29, 1994 Jevgeni P Leonov, Russian actor (Gori, Moja Zvezda), dies at 67 January 29, 1994 Nick Cravat, midget (Gremlin-Twilight Zone), dies of lung cancer at 81 January 29, 1994 Ulrike Maier, olympic skier, breaks neck during world cup skiing at 26 January 29, 1993 Hank Werba, [Herman Werblowski], U.S. journalist (Variety), dies at 79 January 29, 1993 Michel Renault, French ballet dancer (Giselle), dies January 29, 1992 Willie Dixon, blues composer (I'm a Man, Backdoor Man), dies at 76 January 29, 1991 Jan Ode, Dutch pianist/director Sweelinck Conservatory, dies January 29, 1991 Yasushi Inoue, Japanese historian, dies January 29, 1988 Bantcho Bantchevsky, U.S. opera singer, commits suicide January 29, 1988 James R Killian Jr, MIT President (1948-59), dies at 83 January 29, 1988 Rogier van Otterloo, Dutch composer and conductor, dies at 46 January 29, 1987 Ivo Lhotka-Kalinski, composer, dies at 73 January 29, 1986 Leif Erickson, actor (John-High Chaparral), dies at 74 January 29, 1984 Frances Goodrich, (Diary of Anne Frank), dies at 93 of lung cancer January 29, 1981 Cozy Cole, rocker (Topsy Part II), dies January 29, 1980 Antonio Molina, composer, dies at 85 January 29, 1980 Jimmy Durante, comedian (Palooka, Jimmy Durante Show), dies at 86 January 29, 1978 Tim McCoy, actor (Arizona Bound), dies at 86 January 29, 1977 Freddie Prinze, comedian/actor (Chico and the Man), shoots himself at 22 January 29, 1976 Michael Gwynn, actor (Dunkirk, Barabbas, Cleopatra), dies at 59 January 29, 1973 Johannes Paul Thilman, composer, dies at 67 January 29, 1973 Ludwig Stossel, Austrian actor (Man With a Camera), dies at 89 January 29, 1970 Basil H Liddell Hart, English military historian, dies at 74 January 29, 1970 B. H. Liddell Hart, British Historian January 29, 1969 Allen Dulles, American Public Servant January 29, 1967 Wlodzimierz Pozniak, composer, dies at 62 January 29, 1966 Josef Winckler, German dentist/writer (Tolle Bomberg), dies at 84 January 29, 1966 Pierre Mercure, composer, dies at 38 January 29, 1965 John Larkin, actor (Saints and Sinners, 12 O'Clock High), dies at 52 January 29, 1965 Michael Spisak, composer, dies at 50 January 29, 1964 Alan Ladd, actor (Shane), dies at 50 in Palm Springs California January 29, 1963 Robert Lee Frost, U.S. poet (New Hampshire, 4 Pulitzers), dies at 88 January 29, 1963 Robert Frost, American Poet January 29, 1962 Fritz Kreisler, Austria/US violinist and composer, dies at 86 January 29, 1960 Louis Jean Heydt, actor (Joe-Waterfront), dies at 54 January 29, 1957 Louis B. Mayer, American Director January 29, 1956 H[enry] L[ouis] Mencken, U.S. essayist/critic (Smart Set), dies at 75 January 29, 1956 H. L. Mencken, American Writer January 29, 1955 Hans Hedtoft, premier of Denmark (1947.. 55), dies at 51 January 29, 1951 James Bridie, [Osborne Henry Mavor], dramatist, dies January 29, 1949 George Gurdjieff, Armenian Philosopher January 29, 1947 Fred Barratt, cricket (5 wkts at 47 in 5 Tests for Eng 1929-30), dies January 29, 1946 Harry L Hopkins, U.S. min of Business (Loan and Lease law), dies at 55 January 29, 1946 Sidney James Jones, composer, dies at 84 January 29, 1946 Harry Hopkins, American Diplomat January 29, 1944 William Allen White, U.S. journalist (Emporia Gazette), dies at 75 January 29, 1942 Ladislao Joseph Philip Paul Zavrtal, composer, dies at 92 January 29, 1941 Ioannis Metaxas, Greek gen/dictator (1936-41), commits suicide at 69 January 29, 1934 Fritz Haber, German chemist (Nobel 1918), dies at 65 January 29, 1933 Sara Teasdale, American Author January 29, 1928 Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig/field marshal (WW I), dies at 66 January 29, 1924 Joseph Ludwig, composer, dies at 79 January 29, 1921 Billy Gunn, cricket (score 392 runs for Eng including a century), dies January 29, 1921 George Stephen, Canadian Businessman January 29, 1917 Evelyn Baring earl Cromer, English consul-general in Egypt, dies at 75 January 29, 1916 Edward Hubertus Joannes Keurvils, composer, dies at 62 January 29, 1912 Hermann Bang, writer, dies at 54 January 29, 1910 Edouard Rod, French/Swiss writer (Mishel' Tes'e), dies at 52 January 29, 1907 Gerald Massey, English Poet January 29, 1906 Christaan IX, King of Denmark (1893-1906), dies January 29, 1899 Alfred Sisley, painter, dies January 29, 1899 Robert J Fruin, Dutch historian (80-year war), dies at 75 January 29, 1897 Thomas Edward Brown, British Poet January 29, 1888 Edward Lear, poet/author, dies at 75 January 29, 1885 George McClellan, American Soldier January 29, 1885 George B. McClellan, American Soldier January 29, 1879 Antonia MB Antonucci, Italian cardinal/diplomat, dies at 80 January 29, 1876 Titus Salt, English Businesman January 29, 1875 Thomas Hewitt Key, English Writer January 29, 1864 John Leech, English Artist January 29, 1860 Ernst Moritz Arndt, German Poet January 29, 1837 Aleksandr Pushkin, poet and novelist (Golden Cockeral), killed in a duel January 29, 1825 William Hull, American Soldier January 29, 1824 Louise MC countess of Albany, Henegouws salon owner, dies at 71 January 29, 1820 George III, king of Great-Britain (1760-1820), dies at 81 January 29, 1814 Johann G Fichte, German philosopher (Wissenschaftslehre), dies at 51 January 29, 1743 Andre Hercule Fleury, French cardinal (1726-43), dies January 29, 1696 Ivan V, co-tsar of Russia (1682-89), dies January 29, 1689 Thomas Sydenham, English Scientist January 29, 1663 Robert Sanderson, Bishop of Lincoln (1660-63), dies January 29, 1643 William Cartwright, English Dramatist January 29, 1559 Thomas Pope, English politician, benefactor, dies at about 52 January 29, 969 Peter, tsar of Bulgaria (927-69), dies |