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July 4, 2005 Hank Stram, American Athlete July 4, 2003 Barry White, man with velvet voice, ", Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe, ", dies at 58 July 4, 2002 "General Benjamin O. Davis, Jr", Air Force General, first black general in the Air Force, dies at 89 July 4, 2001 Mordecai Richler, Canadian Novelist July 4, 1997 Charles Kuralt, news anchor for CBS Sunday Morning, dies at 62 July 4, 1996 Clay Jones, gardener, dies at 72 July 4, 1996 Leo Avery, abbot of Quarr, dies at 58 July 4, 1995 Bob Ross, artist, dies at 52 July 4, 1995 Eva Gabor, actress (Green Acres), dies at 74 July 4, 1995 Jacques Berque, Islamic scholar, dies at 85 July 4, 1995 Richard "Pancho" Gonzalez, tennis great, dies of stomach cancer at 67 July 4, 1994 Arthur Berry, artist, dies at 69 July 4, 1994 Juan Gil Poet-Albert, dies at 90 July 4, 1994 Liesbeth Struppert, actress (Pipo the Clown, Anne Frank), dies at 55 July 4, 1994 Rupert Davies, methodist scholar, dies at 84 July 4, 1994 Tawfik Ziad, Palestinian communist/Israeli MP/mayor of Nazareth, dies July 4, 1993 Anne Shirley, actress (Stella Dallas), dies of lung cancer at 75 July 4, 1993 Charles Crain, actor, dies in Hollywood at 83 July 4, 1993 Felix White, choreographer (Black Vibrations Theatre), dies at 65 July 4, 1992 Astor Piazzolla, Argentine composer (Tango Nuevo), dies at 71 July 4, 1992 Joe Newman, U.S. jazz trumpetist (Count Basie), dies July 4, 1988 Adrian Adonis, [Keith Franke], WWF wrestler, killed in auto accident July 4, 1986 Flor Peeters, Flemish baron/organist/composer, dies at 83 July 4, 1985 John de Quay, Dutch premier (1959-63), dies at 83 July 4, 1983 Claus Adam, composer, dies at 65 July 4, 1982 Sylvestre A Guzman Fernandez, President Dominican Rep, commits suicide July 4, 1980 Gregory Bateson, British Scientist July 4, 1974 Mohammed SA al-Hoesseini, Mufti of Jerusalem/president Com Palestine, dies July 4, 1973 Leonid Stein, Russian chess player, dies at about 39 July 4, 1971 Don McPherson, rocker, dies at 29 July 4, 1971 Thomas C Hart, U.S. admiral/commander (Pacific Fleet), dies at 94 July 4, 1970 Harold Vanderbilt, America Cup winner (1930, 34, 37), dies at 85 July 4, 1970 Barnett Newman, American Artist July 4, 1963 Fritz Reuter, composer, dies at 66 July 4, 1963 Grant Richards, actor (Doug-Doorway to Danger), dies at 48 July 4, 1962 Rex Bell, actor/lt-gov (Nevada), dies of heart attack at 56 July 4, 1961 Franklyn Farnum, dies of cancer at 83 July 4, 1958 Adolf Herckenrath, Flemish playwright and poet (Avondvlam), dies at 79 July 4, 1952 Walter Long, dies at 73 July 4, 1946 Othenio Able, Austria paleontology, dies at 71 July 4, 1943 Wladyslaw Sikorski, gen/PM of Poland in exile (1939-43), dies at 62 July 4, 1938 Otto Bauer, Austrian social democrat, dies at 56 July 4, 1938 Suzanne Lenglen, 6 time Wimbledon champ, dies at 39 of anemia July 4, 1934 "Madame" Marie Curie-Sklodovska, Polish/French chemist, dies July 4, 1934 Chaim Nachman Bialik, zionist poet, dies July 4, 1934 Marie Curie, French Scientist July 4, 1931 Emanuele F duke of Aosta, Italian WW I-general/fascist, dies at 62 July 4, 1931 Hussein ibn-Ali, sjarif Mecca/king/kalief of Hedzjaz (1917-24), dies July 4, 1929 Otto Taubmann, composer, dies at 70 July 4, 1923 Florimond Fonteyne, Flemish priest/politician (Volkseeuw), dies at 67 July 4, 1917 Johan H C Kern, Dutch linguist (Sanskreet), dies at 84 July 4, 1910 Giovanni V Schiaparelli, Italian astronomer (Mars), dies at 75 July 4, 1910 Louis Bourgault-Ducoudray, composer, dies at 70 July 4, 1901 John Fiske, [Edmund Fisk Green], U.S. historian/philosopher, dies July 4, 1891 Frederic Louis Ritter, composer, dies at 67 July 4, 1889 Auguste Mermet, composer, dies at 79 July 4, 1888 Theodor Storm, German judge/author (Schimmelreiter), dies at 70 July 4, 1863 Paul Joseph Revere, U.S. grandson of Paul Revere/Union brig-gen, dies July 4, 1856 Istvan Ferenczi, Hungarian sculptor, dies at 64 July 4, 1854 Karl F Eichhorn, German law historian, dies at 72 July 4, 1851 Martin-Joseph Mengal, composer, dies at 67 July 4, 1848 Francois Rene de Chateaubriand, French novelist (Atala)/diplomat, dies July 4, 1845 Pierre P Royer-Collard, French philosopher/Council of 500, dies July 4, 1831 James Monroe, 5th president (1817-25), dies at 73 July 4, 1826 John Adams, 2nd president (1797-1801), dies at 90 July 4, 1826 Thomas Jefferson, 3rd president (1801-09), dies at 83 July 4, 1789 Claudio M da Costa, Brazilian conductor, dies at 59 July 4, 1787 Charles, prince de Rohan-Soubise, marshal of France, dies at 71 July 4, 1780 Charles Alexander, Duke of Lotharingen South Neth, dies at 67 July 4, 1768 Willem van Hairs, Fries nobleman/poet (Suicide), dies at 58 July 4, 1757 Jean-Joseph Vade, composer, dies at 38 July 4, 1672 Ambrosius Reiner, composer, dies at 67 July 4, 1672 Govert D Camphuysen, (court)painter, dies at about 48 July 4, 1627 Thomas Middleton, Elizabethan dramatist (Women Beware Women), dies July 4, 1623 William Byrd, English composer (Ave verum corpus), dies at 80 July 4, 1603 Philippus the Monte, priest/bandmaster/composer, dies at 82 July 4, 1578 Charles de Berlaymont, baron of Hierges, gov/viceroy of Names, dies July 4, 1541 Pedro de Alvarado, Spanish occupier, dies at about 56 July 4, 1519 Johann Tetzel, (German) monk, dies at about 79 July 4, 1498 Filips van Burgundy, admiral-general of Netherlands, dies July 4, 1336 Elisabeth van Portugal, queen of Portugal/saint, dies at about 65 July 4, 1307 Rudolf III, Duke of Austria/King of Bohemia dies July 4, 1301 Willem II Berthout van Mechelen, bishop of Utrecht, dies in battle July 4, 1187 Reinoud van Chatillon, French prince of Antioch, dies July 4, 966 Benedictus V Grammaticus, Italian Pope (5/22-6/23 964), dies |