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May 11, 2002 Bill Peet, cartoon artist/writer, Disney's Peter Pan, dies at 87 May 11, 2001 Douglas Adams, hysterically-funny writer, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, dies at 49 May 11, 1997 Brenda Carlin, TV producer and wife of comedian George Carlin, dies at 57 May 11, 1996 Bruce Boyce, singer/teacher, dies at 85 May 11, 1996 Joan Thirkettle, journalist, dies at 48 May 11, 1996 Malcolm MacEwen, writer, dies at 84 May 11, 1996 Nnamdi Azikiwe, President of Nigeria (1963-66), dies May 11, 1996 Walter Hyatt, #Musician, dies at 46 May 11, 1995 Arthur Lubin, director (Francis The Talking Mule, Mr. Ed), dies at 96 May 11, 1995 David Avidan, poet and writer, dies at 62 May 11, 1995 William John Phillips, actor (Nothing but a Man), dies at 80 May 11, 1994 Alfred James Broomhall, methodist Missionary, dies at 82 May 11, 1994 Danny Overbea, blues singer and guitarist, dies at 68 May 11, 1994 Leonard Friedman, violinist, dies at 63 May 11, 1994 Lewis B Puller, U.S. writer (Pulitzer 1992), commits suicide at 48 May 11, 1994 Timothy Carey, dies of stroke at 64 May 11, 1992 Carlos Herrera, drink inventor (Margarita), dies at 90 May 11, 1992 Elizabeth McDonald, inventor (Spic and Span), dies at 98 May 11, 1991 Filip J Field, dies at 67 May 11, 1991 Ho Dam, foreign minister North-Korea (1970-83), dies May 11, 1988 H A R (Kim) Philby, British double agent, dies May 11, 1985 Chester Gould, cartoonist (Dick Tracy), dies at 84 May 11, 1985 Garmt Stuiveling, literatrary (Ego and Echo), dies at 77 May 11, 1985 Jorja Curtright, actor (Whistle Stop), dies of a heart attack May 11, 1985 Samuel Frith, English co-founder of soccer team (Bradford City), dies May 11, 1983 Zenna [Chlarson] Henderson, author (Anything Box), dies at 65 May 11, 1982 Leigh Snowden, actress (Hot Rod Rumble), dies at 51 of cancer May 11, 1982 Piet van Egmond, organist/conductor, dies at 70 May 11, 1981 Bob Marley, reggae singer, dies of brain and lung cancer at 36 May 11, 1981 Hoyt J Fuller, editor (1st World magazine), dies at 57 May 11, 1979 Joan Chandler, dies at 55 May 11, 1979 Lester Raymond Flatt, musician (Ballad of Jed Clampett), dies at 64 May 11, 1978 John Clinge Doorenbos, Dutch journalist/poet, dies at 93 May 11, 1976 Alvar Aalto, architect (Finlandia House), dies at 78 May 11, 1976 Camille Schmit, composer, dies at 68 May 11, 1976 J Anaya, Bolivian military/ambassador to France, murdered May 11, 1973 Grigory M Kosinzev, Russian director, dies May 11, 1965 Ludovicus H "Lode" Baekelmans, Flemish playwright, dies at 86 May 11, 1965 Roger Vailland, French author, dies at 57 May 11, 1960 John D Rockefeller Jr, philanthropist, dies at 86 May 11, 1960 John D. Rockefeller, Jr., American Businessman May 11, 1956 Walter S Adams, U.S. astronomer/director of Mount Wilson, dies at 79 May 11, 1953 Jean Adair, dies at 80 May 11, 1952 Giovanni Tebaldini, composer, dies at 87 May 11, 1949 Adrianus PHA de Kleyn, throat/nose/otologist (ear doctor), dies at 65 May 11, 1947 Else JT Rangstrom, Swedish conductor/singer/composer/critic, dies May 11, 1947 Ture Rangstrom, composer, dies at 62 May 11, 1944 Henk Hos, resistance fighter, executed at 37 May 11, 1938 Alfonsina Storni, Argentine poet (El dulce dano/suicide), dies at 45 May 11, 1938 Arnold Sauwen, Flemish poet (Hours of Solitude), dies at 81 May 11, 1937 Viliam Figus, composer, dies at 62 May 11, 1935 Edward H Thompson, U.S. archaeologist (Mayan civilization), dies at 78 May 11, 1927 Henry Martyn Robert, (Robert's Rules of Order), dies at 90 May 11, 1927 Juan Gris, Spanish cubist painter, dies at 40 May 11, 1920 William D Howells, U.S. author (A Woman's Reason), dies at 83 May 11, 1917 Otto Adolf Klauwell, composer, dies at 66 May 11, 1916 Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer (s-effect), dies May 11, 1916 Max Reger, composer, dies at 43 May 11, 1916 Max [Johann BJM] Reger, German composer/pianist/organist, dies at 43 May 11, 1914 Daniel De Leon, Activist May 11, 1908 Thomas Cavendish, English Explorer May 11, 1907 John Albert Delany, composer, dies at 54 May 11, 1895 Feliks Jaronski, composer, dies at 71 May 11, 1885 Ferdinand Hiller, German pianist, composer and conductor, dies at 73 May 11, 1881 Henri-Frederic Amiel, Swiss/French writer (Journal Intime), dies at 59 May 11, 1871 John Herschel, cataloguer of southern hemisphere stars, dies at 79 May 11, 1857 E Francois Vidocq, French criminalogist/police officer, dies at 81 May 11, 1849 Carl Otto Ehrenfried Nicolai, composer, dies at 38 May 11, 1849 Otto Nicolai, German composer and conductor, dies at 39 May 11, 1845 Karoly Filtsch, composer, dies at 14 May 11, 1819 Caspar Furstenau, composer, dies at 47 May 11, 1779 John Heart, U.S. farmer signed Declaration of Independence, dies at about 68 May 11, 1778 William Pitt Sr, English premier (1756-61, 66-68), dies at 69 May 11, 1772 Joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged May 11, 1742 Francesco Stradivari, Ital violin maker/son of Antonius, dies at 70 May 11, 1631 Christoph Buel, composer, dies at 57 May 11, 1610 Matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China), dies |