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July 8, 2004 Paula Danziger, writer, Amber Brown books, dies at 59 July 8, 2002 William Anthony Swithin Sarjeant, paleontologist/fantasy writer, dies at 66 July 8, 1999 Pete Conrad, "astronaut, businessman", third man to walk on the moon, dies at 69 July 8, 1997 Charles Drake, geologist, dies of heart attack July 8, 1996 Amschel Rothschild, banker, dies at 41 July 8, 1996 Ernest Armstrong, miner/politician, dies at 81 July 8, 1996 James Woodie Alexander, songwriter/vocalist, dies at 80 July 8, 1996 Thomas Mitchell, architect/engineer, dies at 90 July 8, 1995 Elizabeth Adams, madam, dies at 65 July 8, 1994 Christian-Jaque, French director (Babette s'and va-t-and guerre), dies July 8, 1994 Dick Sargent, actor (Darren-Bewitched), dies of cancer at 64 July 8, 1994 Dominic Lucero, dancer/singer, dies of lymphatic cancer July 8, 1994 Kim Il Sung, president of North-Korea (1948-94), dies at 82 July 8, 1994 Robert E Lee, dies of cancer at 75 July 8, 1993 Henry Hazlitt, American Philosopher July 8, 1991 James Franciscus, actor (Mr Novak), dies at of emphysema 57 July 8, 1991 Lotte Palfi Andor, actress (Lovesick, All the Jazz), dies July 8, 1990 Howard Duff, actor (Heist, Knots Landing), dies of heart attack at 72 July 8, 1990 Malcolm Hilton, English cricket slow left-arm (4 Tests), dies July 8, 1985 Gardner Cowles Jr, U.S. publisher (Look Magazine), dies at 82 July 8, 1985 Phil Foster, comedian (Frank De Fazio-Laverne and Shirley), dies at 72 July 8, 1985 Simon Kuznets, U.S. economist (Nobel 1971), dies at 84 July 8, 1984 Christine McIntyre, actress (3 Stooges), dies at 73 July 8, 1984 Franz Fuhmann, writer, dies at 62 July 8, 1982 Isa Miranda, model/actress (Summertime), dies of infected bone at 77 July 8, 1981 Loring Smith, actor (Hartmans), dies at 86 July 8, 1979 John Reed King, TV host (Why?, Let's See), dies at 64 July 8, 1979 Michael Wilding, actor (Waterloo, Zarakm Naked Edge), dies July 8, 1973 Arthur Calwell, Australian Politician July 8, 1969 Gladys Swarthout, opera singer and actress (Ambush), dies at 64 July 8, 1961 Julian Bautista, composer, dies at 60 July 8, 1959 Dale Buisand and Chester Ovnand, 1st Americans killed in Vietnam War July 8, 1957 Grace Goodhue Coolidge, 1st lady (1923-29), dies at 78 July 8, 1957 Henry Fevrier, composer, dies at 81 July 8, 1957 William Cadbury, chocolate maker, dies at 89 July 8, 1956 Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart, dutch min of Justice (Nobel 54), dies July 8, 1956 Giovanni Papini, Italian author and poet (Un Uomo Finito), dies at 75 July 8, 1950 Othmar Spann, Austrian economist/sociologist (Wahre State), dies at 71 July 8, 1949 Antun Sa'ada, Syrian rightwing politician, executed in Lebanon July 8, 1949 Riccadro Pick-Mangiagalli, composer, dies at 66 July 8, 1946 Aleksander V Aleksandrov, Russian composer and conductor, dies at 63 July 8, 1943 Harry Oakes, Canadian ruler of Bahamas, murdered July 8, 1943 Jean "Max" Moulin, French resistance fighter, executed July 8, 1942 Catherinus Elling, composer, dies at 83 July 8, 1942 Louis FMF Franchet d'Esperey, French marshal (WW I), dies at 90 July 8, 1941 Philippe Gaubert, composer, dies at 62 July 8, 1939 [Henry] Havelock Ellis, English sexologist (Man and Woman), dies at 80 July 8, 1932 Florenz Ziegfeld, U.S. theatre producer (Ziegfeld Follies), dies July 8, 1928 Crystal Eastman, American Lawyer July 8, 1919 Johan A Der Mouw, Dutch philosopher/poet, dies at 56 July 8, 1909 Gaston AA marquis de Gallifet, Fren min of War (1899-1900), dies at 79 July 8, 1894 Vladimir Nikitich Kashperov, composer, dies July 8, 1885 Hendrick Waelput, composer, dies at 39 July 8, 1885 Henry Waelput, Flemish composer and conductor (Blessing of Arms), dies July 8, 1882 Phiz [Hablot Knight Browne], English artist (David Cupperfield), dies July 8, 1876 Josef Dessauer, composer, dies at 78 July 8, 1870 John D Zocher Jr, architect (Soestdijk Palace), dies at 79 July 8, 1863 Francis P Kenrick, Irish/US archbishop of Baltimore, dies at 65 July 8, 1859 F J Oscar I, King of Sweden/Norway (1844-59), dies at 60 July 8, 1826 Luther Martin, American Politician July 8, 1822 Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet (Prometheus unbound), drowns at 29 July 8, 1695 Christiaen Huygens, inventor/astronomer, dies at 66 July 8, 1681 Georg Neumark, composer, dies at 60 July 8, 1679 Samuel J Columbus, Swedish poet (Odae Sveticae), dies July 8, 1656 Alexander van der Capellen, mister of Aartsbergen, dies at about 64 July 8, 1623 Gregory XV, [Alessandro Ludovisi], bishop of Bologna/Pope, dies at 69 July 8, 1538 Diego de Almagro, Spanish conquistador (Chile/Peru), dies at about 63 July 8, 1531 Tilman Riemenschneider, German sculptor, dies at 71 July 8, 1496 Benedetto Bonfiglio, Italian painter, dies July 8, 1253 Thibaud IV, poet/count of Champagne/King of Navarra, dies July 8, 1249 Alexander II, king of Scotland (1215-49), dies at 51 July 8, 1153 Eugene III, [Bernardo], Italian Pope (1145-53), dies July 8, 1115 Petrus van Amiens, French Crusades predictor, dies July 8, 975 Edgar, King of England (959-75), dies July 8, 810 Pepin, son of Charlemagne, King of Italy, dies (birth date unknown) |