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January 8, 2002 Dave Thomas, commercial icon/businessman, founded Wendy's, dies at 69 January 8, 1999 Lester Bowie, American Musician January 8, 1998 Michael Tippett, composer, dies at 93 January 8, 1998 Walter Diemer, inventor (bubble gum 1928), dies of heart failure at 93 January 8, 1998 Walter Diemer, inventor/accountant, invented bubble gum, dies at 93 January 8, 1997 Carole Carr, singer and actress, Down Among the Z Men, dies at 68 January 8, 1997 Jesse White, actor, Maytag repairman, dies at 77 January 8, 1997 Joseph George Handy Hendleman, musician, dies at 76 January 8, 1997 Melvin Calvin, scientist, dies at 85 January 8, 1997 Phyllis Hartnoll, writer and editor, dies at 90 January 8, 1997 Ronald William Eastman, cinematogrpaher, dies at 60 January 8, 1996 Francois Mitterrand, President of France (1981-95), dies of cancer at 79 January 8, 1996 Kurt Schmucker, member (Union of Christian Democrats), dies January 8, 1996 William Mac Lance "Tiny" McCloud, musician/songwriter, dies at 52 January 8, 1995 Carlos Monzon, [El Macho], Arg MW boxing champ (1970-77), dies at 52 January 8, 1995 Joyce McCartan, peace campaigner, dies at 68 January 8, 1995 Louis "Loulou" Gaste, guitarist/comp (Doggy in the Window), dies at 88 January 8, 1994 Edward Duke, actor (Decadence, Silver Bears), dies of cancer at 40 January 8, 1994 Harvey Haddix, pitcher (12 perfect inning game), dies at 68 January 8, 1994 Jay Blackton, U.S. conductor/arranger (Oklahoma!), dies at 84 January 8, 1994 Lady Caithness, wife of British undersecretary, commits suicide January 8, 1994 Pat Buttram, actor (Haney-Green Acres), dies of kidney failure at 78 January 8, 1994 Sri Chandrashekhara Saraswathi, guru of Kanchi, dies at 99 January 8, 1994 Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Italian actor (Octopus), dies at 52 January 8, 1993 Asif Nawaz, Pakistani general, dies January 8, 1993 Hakija Turajlic, Bosnian vice-premier, murdered January 8, 1993 Theo Bruins, Dutch pianist/composer (Syncope), dies at 63 January 8, 1992 Abderrahim Bouabid, Morroco prime secretary (1972), dies January 8, 1992 Johnny [Jan] Meijer, Dutch king of accordians (Body and Soul), dies January 8, 1992 Menachim Begin, Israeli PM, dies at 78 of a heart attack January 8, 1991 Steve Clark, guitarist (Def Leppard-Hysteria), dies at 30 January 8, 1990 Terry Thomas, Engl comic (Heroes), dies of Parkinson's disease at 78 January 8, 1989 Johnny Jordaan, [Jan van Musscher], Dutch folk singer, dies at 64 January 8, 1989 Ken McMillan, actr (Malone, Concrete Beat), dies of heart attack at 56 January 8, 1989 Kenneth McMillan, actor (Our Family Honor, Malone), dies at 67 January 8, 1988 Frank Pace Jr, U.S. Secretary of Army (1950-53), dies at 76 January 8, 1987 Peter Adams, actor (Alternative, Blowing Hot and Cold), dies at 69 January 8, 1986 Yaroslav Seifert, Czech poet (Nobel 1984), dies at 84 January 8, 1983 Gale Page, actress (4 Daughters, Knute Rockney), dies of cancer at 72 January 8, 1983 Lois Wilson, actress (Alice-Aldrich Family), dies at 88 January 8, 1983 Tom McCall, American Politician January 8, 1982 Gregoire Aslan, actor (Concrete Jungle), dies of 73 of a heart attack January 8, 1982 Reta Shaw, actress (Ghost and Mrs. Muir), dies of emphysema at 69 January 8, 1981 Matthew Beard, entertainer, dies January 8, 1981 Woody Chamblis, actor (Mr Lathrop-Gunsmoke), dies at 66 January 8, 1980 Oscar Ewing, U.S. government official (Everybody's Business), dies at 90 January 8, 1978 Walter Keirnan, TV panelist (I've Got a Secret), dies at 75 January 8, 1976 Chou En-lai, China's PM (1949-76), dies of cancer in Beijing at 78 January 8, 1976 Zhou Enlai, Chinese Statesman January 8, 1975 Anthony Warde, actor (Big Punch, Buck Rogers), dies at 66 January 8, 1975 Gertrude Olmsted, actress (Cobra, Torrent), dies at 70 January 8, 1975 John Dierkes, actor (Red Badge of Courage), dies at 69 January 8, 1975 John Gregson, actor (Rooney, Assassin), dies at 55 January 8, 1975 Louis J H C A de Bourbon, Dutch writer/poet (Gypsy Blood), dies at 66 January 8, 1975 Richard Tucker, [Reuben Ticker], U.S. tenor (La Gioconda), dies at 61 January 8, 1972 Kenneth Patchen, U.S. writer (See You in the Morning), dies at 60 January 8, 1971 Adriano Lualdi, composer, dies at 85 January 8, 1970 Jani Christou, composer, dies on 44th birthday January 8, 1970 Napolean Hill, American Author January 8, 1967 Zbigniew Cybulski, Polish actor (See You Tommorrow), dies at 39 January 8, 1967 Clement Atlee, British Statesman January 8, 1965 Aloys-Henri-Gerard Fornerod, composer, dies at 74 January 8, 1964 Arnoldus JC Krafft, theologist (Atlas of Netherlands Antilles), dies at 71 January 8, 1964 Julius Raab, Austrian chancellor (1953-61), dies at 72 January 8, 1963 Stark Young, U.S. writer (So Red the Rose), dies at 81 January 8, 1963 Remedios Varo, Spanish Artist January 8, 1956 Jim Elliot, American Clergyman January 8, 1953 Heinrich Kaspar Schmid, composer, dies at 78 January 8, 1952 Antonia Maury, discoverer (supergiant, giant and dwarf stars), dies January 8, 1952 Joseph Arendt, Belgian worker's union leader, dies at 66 January 8, 1950 Joseph A Schumpeter, Aus/US economist/Minister of Finance, dies at 66 January 8, 1950 Joseph Issac Shneerson, Jewish Lubavitch Chabal leader, dies January 8, 1948 Kurt Schwitters, writer, dies at 60 January 8, 1948 Richard Tauber, Austria/British tenor/composer (Lehar), dies at 55 January 8, 1945 Jac[obus] P Thijsse, Dutch biologist (Omgang met planten), dies at 79 January 8, 1944 Wendell L. Wilkie, American Lawyer January 8, 1942 Arvo Hannikainen, composer, dies at 44 January 8, 1942 Joseph Franklin Rutherford, American Clergyman January 8, 1941 Robert Baden-Powell, founder (Boy Scout movement), dies at 83 January 8, 1939 Charles Alexander Eastman, American Author January 8, 1939 Charles Eastman, Sioux Author January 8, 1937 John Felix August Korling, composer, dies at 72 January 8, 1936 Munshi Premchand, Indian Writer January 8, 1934 Alexandre Stavisky, French swindler, dies January 8, 1933 John Joly, Irish Scientist January 8, 1931 John Monash, Australian Soldier January 8, 1928 Dumitru Kiriac-Georgescu, composer, dies at 61 January 8, 1926 Emile Paladilhe, composer, dies at 81 January 8, 1922 Charles R Young, colonel, dies at 58, in Lagos Nigeria January 8, 1921 Luis Villalba Munoz, composer, dies at 48 January 8, 1919 Peter Altenberg, writer, dies at 59 January 8, 1919 Richard Englander, [Peter Altenberg], Austrian author, dies at 59 January 8, 1918 Michael Hertz, composer, dies at 73 January 8, 1907 Theodoor Verstraete, Flemish painter/etcher, dies at 57 January 8, 1906 Jacob C van Marken, peanut butter maker (Calve-Delft), dies at 60 January 8, 1896 Paul M Verlaine, French poet (Elegies, Bonne Chanson), dies at 51 January 8, 1896 Paul Verlaine, French Poet January 8, 1896 Ernst Engel, German Economist January 8, 1894 Pierre-Joseph van Beneden, paleont (life of tapeworms), dies at 84 January 8, 1892 John Heykamp, old-catholic archbishop of Utrecht, dies at 67 January 8, 1891 Fredrik Pacius, composer, dies at 81 January 8, 1880 [Joshua] Norton I, Emperor of US/Protector of Mexico, dies at 60 January 8, 1864 Victor-Charles-Paul Dourlen, composer, dies at 83 January 8, 1863 Richard Whately, English Writer January 8, 1859 Antoine GB Schayes, Belgian historian/archaeologist, dies at 50 January 8, 1858 Friedrich Karl Kuhmstedt, composer, dies at 48 January 8, 1842 Pierre, earl the Cambronne, Fren general (Waterloo, Elba), dies at 71 January 8, 1831 Franz Vinzenz Krommer, composer, dies at 71 January 8, 1825 Eli Whitney, American Inventor January 8, 1819 Christian Gottlob Saupe, composer, dies at 55 January 8, 1816 Gouverneur Morris, American Statesman January 8, 1815 Edward Pakenham, Engl general (Battle of New Orleans), dies in battle January 8, 1811 Friedrich Nicolai, writer, dies January 8, 1811 Samuel Story, Dutch rear Admiral (Battle of Kamperduin), dies at 58 January 8, 1808 Messenger, horse that sired many great trotters, dies January 8, 1803 Vittorio Alfieri, Italiian Dramatist January 8, 1796 Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois, Fren Nat Convention chairman, dies at 46 January 8, 1792 Henry Laurens, American Politician January 8, 1790 John Stinstra, Dutch baptist vicar, dies at 81 January 8, 1775 John Baskerville, English printer/type designer, dies at 68 January 8, 1713 Arcangelo Corelli, composer/violinist (Concerti Grossi), dies at 59 January 8, 1711 Philips van Almonde, Zealand lt admiral, dies at 66 January 8, 1696 Michael de Ronghe, composer, dies at 75 January 8, 1691 Richard Baxter, English Clergyman January 8, 1651 Giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer, dies at 56 January 8, 1642 Galileo Galilei, Italian physicist/astronomer, dies at 77 in Italy January 8, 1598 Johan Georg, elector of Brandenburg (1571-91), dies at 72 January 8, 1567 Jacob Vaet, Flemish composer/royal chaplain master, dies at about 37 January 8, 1455 Laurentius Justitianus, [Lorenzo Giustiniani], saint, dies at 73 January 8, 1336 Giotto di Bondone, Italian Renaissance painter, dies at about 71 January 8, 1324 Marco Polo, Venetian explorer/gov of Nanking, dies January 8, 1198 Coelestinus III, [Giacinto Bobo], pope (1191-98), dies January 8, 624 Abu Sufjan ibn Harb, Kurashite chief, dies in battle January 8, 482 Severinus, German monastery founder/saint, dies January 8, 482 Severinus, saint, dies |