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July 21, 2004 Jerry Goldsmith, composer, The Omen, dies at 75 July 21, 1998 Alan Shepard, astronaut, first American in space, dies at 74 July 21, 1998 Robert Young, actor, Marcus Welby, dies at 91 July 21, 1996 Francis James Claude Piggott, soldier, dies at 85 July 21, 1996 Gerald McArthur, detective, dies at 70 July 21, 1996 Herb Edelman, actor (Odd Couple, St. Elsewhere), dies of emphysema 62 July 21, 1996 James Tye, safety expert, dies at 74 July 21, 1996 John Kevin Moorhouse, test pilot, dies at 50 July 21, 1996 Macha Louis Rosenthal, critic/poet, dies at 79 July 21, 1996 Wolf Morris, actor (Padmasambhava-Dr. Who), dies at 71 July 21, 1995 Edwin "Russell" House, saxophonist, dies at 65 July 21, 1995 Elleston Trevor, author, dies July 21, 1995 Jon Boulle, motorcyclist, dies at 59 July 21, 1994 Dorothy Collins, singer (Your Hit Parade), dies at 67 July 21, 1994 John Ernest, constructionist Artist, dies at 72 July 21, 1994 Marjorie Dorothy Chandler Collins, jazz singer, dies at 67 July 21, 1993 Henk Kersting, bureau chef (Associated Press-WW II), dies at 88 July 21, 1993 Piet Wielinga, TV producer (Dutch Glory), dies at 56 July 21, 1993 Robert J Glass, film producer (ET), is killed at 53 July 21, 1991 Theodore Wilson, dies at 47 July 21, 1990 Manuel Puig, Argentina writer (Buenos Aires Affair), dies at 57 July 21, 1990 Sacha Piteoff, dies of heart failure at 70 July 21, 1990 Stanley Shapiro, dies of leukemia at 65 July 21, 1986 Paulo Correia, Guinee-Bissaus colonel/putschist, executed July 21, 1986 Virginia Hewitt, actress (Carol-Space Patrol), dies at 60 July 21, 1985 Mickey Shaughnessy, actor (Chicago Teddy Bears), dies at 65 July 21, 1985 Vicki Vola, actress (Miss Miller-Mr District Attorney) July 21, 1984 Michael Osborne, rock guitarist/vocalist (Axe), dies at 34 July 21, 1982 Dave Garroway, TV host (Today Show), dies at 69 July 21, 1982 Jean J A Girault, French director (Gendarme Saint-Tropez), dies at 58 July 21, 1979 Ludwig Renn, writer, dies at 90 July 21, 1976 Christopher Ewart-Biggs, British ambassador to Ireland, assassinated July 21, 1975 Billy West, actor (Jimmy the Gent, Jealousy), dies at 82 July 21, 1975 Fie Carelsen, actress (Malle Gevallen), dies at 85 July 21, 1974 Willem F K Hussem, painter and poet (Steltlopen on Sea), dies at 74 July 21, 1973 Russell Hardie, dies after long illness at 69 July 21, 1972 Jigme Dori Wangchuck, King of Bhutan, dies July 21, 1968 Ruth St. Denis, U.S. choreography, dies at about 90 July 21, 1967 Albert J Luthuli, president South Africa (ANC), dies July 21, 1967 Basil Rathbone, actor (Sherlock Holmes), dies of heart attack at 75 July 21, 1967 Jimmy Foxx, baseball hall of famer (Det Tigers/534 HRs), dies at 59 July 21, 1967 Pierre Kemp, Dutch poet (English paint box), dies at 80 July 21, 1966 Eugeen Calleen, Flemish sculptor, dies at 83 July 21, 1957 Bernard Spooner, U.S. inventor (bulletproof jacket), dies July 21, 1950 Albert Riemenschneider, composer, dies at 71 July 21, 1948 Arshile Gorky, abstract expressionist, dies at 43 July 21, 1948 Donald Nichols Tweedy, composer, dies at 58 July 21, 1944 Gerrit van den Bosch, led illegal Dutch CPN party, dies in Dachau July 21, 1944 Henning von Tresckow, Gen-Maj, "July 20th plotter", commits suicide July 21, 1943 Charles William Paddock, 100m runner (Olympic-gold-1920), dies at 42 July 21, 1928 Ellen A Terry, Brits actress/dir (Imperial Theatre), dies at 81 July 21, 1928 Ellen Terry, English Actress July 21, 1922 Djemal Pasha, dictator of Turkey, murdered July 21, 1917 Christopher J Forster, British RAF-pilot/capt, dies in battle July 21, 1910 Johan Peter Selmer, composer, dies at 66 July 21, 1899 Robert Green Ingersoll, American Lawyer July 21, 1891 Franco Faccio, Italian composer and conductor, dies at 51 July 21, 1888 Matthias J Scheeben, German theologist (Natur und Gnade), dies at 53 July 21, 1870 Josef Strauss, Austrian composer (Dynamids), dies at 42 July 21, 1861 Francis Stebbins Bartow, Confederate colonel, dies in battle at 44 July 21, 1831 Emil Aarestrup, Danish physician/poet (Ritornellen), dies at 55 July 21, 1821 Maurice J M prince de Broglie, bishop of Ghent, dies at about 55 July 21, 1796 Robert Burns, Scottish poet (Auld Lang Syne), dies at 37 July 21, 1782 Placidus Cajetan von Camerloher, composer, dies at 63 July 21, 1717 Niccolo Amenta, Italian poet (La Gostanza), dies July 21, 1683 Lord William Russell, English plotter against Charles II, beheaded July 21, 1544 Rene of Chalon [Renatus of Nassau], prince of Orange, slain in battle July 21, 1540 John I Zapolyai, prince of Transsylvania/king of Hungary, dies July 21, 1425 Manuel Paleologus, Byzantine Emperor (1391-1425)/writer, dies July 21, 1160 Peterus Lombardus, Italian theologist/bishop of Paris, dies |
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