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July 27, 2003 Bob Hope, comedian, road movies, dies at 100 July 27, 2002 Frank Inn, Hollywood animal trainer, discovered Benji, dies at 86 July 27, 1997 K'Tut Tantri, broadcaster/hotelier, dies at 99 July 27, 1996 Beverly Drew, architect, dies at 85 July 27, 1996 Ivan V Lalic, poet, dies at 65 July 27, 1996 Jane Beverly Drew, architect, dies at 85 July 27, 1996 Peter James Frederick Green, CEO (LLoyd's of London), dies at 71 July 27, 1995 Charles Hugh Shirley, publisher, dies at 66 July 27, 1995 Doris Mae Akers, gospel singer/songwriter, dies at 72 July 27, 1995 Miklos Rozsa, Hung movie composer (Atomic Cafe, Fedora), dies at 88 July 27, 1995 Rick Ferrell, Hall of Fame catcher, dies at 89 July 27, 1994 H Minderop, founder/chairman (TROS-radio/TV), dies July 27, 1994 Rosa Chacel, Spanish author, dies at 96 July 27, 1994 Tatiana Tauer, harpist, dies at 48 July 27, 1993 Reggie Lewis, NBA star (Boston Celtics), dies of heart failure at 27 July 27, 1992 Jenny Karezi, Greek actress (Red Lanterns), dies of cancer at 56 July 27, 1991 Carol Gillies, actress (Back Home, Baby Boom), dies at 50 July 27, 1990 Bobby Day, rocker (Rockin' Robin), dies of cancer at 58 July 27, 1990 Elizabeth Allan, actress (Tale of 2 Cities, Camille, Java Head), dies July 27, 1990 Kim Thomas-Friedland, news anchor (FNN), dies at 32 July 27, 1990 Nick Pippins, actor (Simon), dies of AIDS at 35 July 27, 1988 Judith Barsi, child actress, shot dead with mother by her father at 11 July 27, 1987 Travis Jackson, baseball player (New York Giants), dies at 83 July 27, 1986 Leroy Holmes, orch leader (Tonight Show, 1956-57), dies at 72 July 27, 1985 Joseph "Smoky Joe" Wood, pitcher (Boston Red Sox), dies at 95 July 27, 1985 Smokey Joe Wood, American Athlete July 27, 1984 James Mason, British actor (Lolita), dies of a heart attack at 75 July 27, 1984 Oswald Jacoby, U.S. contract bridge champion, dies at 81 July 27, 1982 Dan Seymour, actor (We the People, Sing it Again), dies at 67 July 27, 1982 Vladimir Smirnov, Russian foil fencer, 1980 Olympics gold, dies at 28 July 27, 1981 Billy [William] Wyler, U.S. director (Ben Hur, Funny Girl), dies July 27, 1981 Ray Harrison, dancer (American Song), dies at 64 July 27, 1981 William Wyler, U.S. director (Ben Hur), dies July 27, 1981 Paul Brunton, British Philosopher July 27, 1980 Pahlawi Mohammed Reza, shah of Persia (1941-79), dies in Cairo at 60 July 27, 1980 Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Iranian Royalty July 27, 1979 Ettore Manni, actor (Street People, Divine Nymph), dies at 52 July 27, 1979 Shirley Mason, actress (Let it Rain, Dark Skies), dies at 79 July 27, 1978 Aasan Ferit Alnar, composer, dies at 72 July 27, 1978 [John] Willem van Otterloo, conductor and composer (Symphonic), dies at 70 July 27, 1976 Ray Brennan, becomes 1st to, die of "Legionnaire's Disease" July 27, 1974 Lightning Slim, blues singer (Nothing But the Devil), dies at 61 July 27, 1972 Allen J. Ellender, American Politician July 27, 1971 Bernhard Paumgartner, Austrian conductor/composer, dies at 83 July 27, 1970 Antonio de Oliveira Salazar, dictator of Portugal (1932-68), dies July 27, 1968 Anton van Duinkerken, [Willem J M A Asselbergs], literary, dies July 27, 1968 Lillian Harvey, actress (Invitation to the Waltz), dies at 61 July 27, 1962 Edward Godfrey Richard Aldington, novelist/biographer, dies July 27, 1962 Richard Adlington, writer, dies at 70 July 27, 1961 Theodore Chanler, composer, dies at 59 July 27, 1960 Vasa Prihoda, Czech violinist, dies at 59 July 27, 1952 W de Basil, [US Voskresenski], Russia, ballet dancer, dies July 27, 1948 Francesco Spetrino, composer, dies at 91 July 27, 1946 Gertrude Stein, US/Fren author and poet (Ida, Tender Buttons), dies at 72 July 27, 1944 Victor Jean Leonard Vreuls, composer, dies at 68 July 27, 1942 William Matthew Finders Petrie, Egyptologist, dies July 27, 1934 Louis HG Lyautey, French minister of Defense (1916-17), dies at 79 July 27, 1924 Ferruccio Benvenuto busoni, pianist/composer, dies July 27, 1924 Ferruccio Dante Michelangelo Benvenuto Busoni, composer, dies at 58 July 27, 1921 Engelbert Humperdinck, composer, dies at 66 July 27, 1916 Charles Fryatt, British capt of SS Brussels, executed by Germans, dies July 27, 1901 Brooke Foss Westcott, English Theologian July 27, 1883 Albert Franz Doppler, composer, dies at 61 July 27, 1883 Montgomery Blair, lawyer (Dred Scot V Sandford), dies at 70 July 27, 1881 Johann Christian Lobe, composer, dies at 84 July 27, 1864 Margaret E Breckinridge, U.S. nurse/daughter of VP John, dies July 27, 1844 John Dalton, Engl physicist/chemist (molecular theorist), dies at 77 July 27, 1841 Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov, poet and novelist, dies July 27, 1841 Mikhail Lermontov, Russian Poet July 27, 1834 Charles Lamb, English Critic July 27, 1833 Bartolommea Capitanio, Italian monastery founder/saint, dies at 26 July 27, 1828 Gilbert Charles Stuart, painter, dies July 27, 1822 Joseph Supries, composer, dies at 60 July 27, 1811 Miguel Hidalgo y Castilla, Mexican priest/freedom fighter, executed July 27, 1783 Johann Philipp Kirnberger, German music theroist/violist, dies at 62 July 27, 1777 William Hayes, composer, dies at 69 July 27, 1759 Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis, biologist/astronomer, dies at 60 July 27, 1720 Johann Samuel Welter, composer, dies at 69 July 27, 1689 John Graham, of Claverhouse, 1st viscount Dundee/soldier, killed, dies July 27, 1675 Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne Vicomte de Turenne, gen (France), dies July 27, 1638 Johan VIII de Jongere, count of Nassau-Siegen, dies in battle at 54 July 27, 1498 Vespasiano da' Bisticci, Italian book seller/writer, dies at about 77 July 27, 1233 Ferrand of Portugal, earl of Flanders, dies at 45 July 27, 1227 Otto II van Lippe, bishop of Utrecht (1216-27), dies July 27, 1214 Eustaes van Machelen, Flemish knight, dies in battle July 27, 1214 Stefan van Longchamp, French knight, dies in battle July 27, 1128 Willem van Normandia, earl of Flanders, dies in battle July 27, 1101 Koenrad, RC-German king (1087-98), dies July 27, 916 Kliment/Clemens van Ohrid, Bulgaria bishop of Ohrid/saint, dies July 27, 432 Celestine I, Italian Pope (422-32), dies July 27, 82 St. Joseph of Arimathea, dies |