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May 14, 2006 Stanley Kunitz, American Poet May 14, 2004 Anna Lee, actress, General Hospital, dies at 90 May 14, 2004 Charlotte Benkner, the world's second oldest person for a few years, dies at 114 May 14, 2003 Robert Stack, actor, The Untouchables, dies at 84 May 14, 2003 Wendy Hiller, actress, Pygmalion, dies at 90 May 14, 2000 Karl Shapiro, American Poet May 14, 1999 Bill Ballantine, clown, Ringling Brothers Clown College, dies at 87 May 14, 1998 Frank Sinatra, singer/actor, From Here to Eternity, dies at 82 May 14, 1998 Marjory Stoneman Douglas, environmentalist/author, dies at 108 May 14, 1997 Harry Blackstone, Jr., magician, dies of cancer at 62 May 14, 1997 Laurie Lee, writer May 14, 1997 "Harry Blackstone, Jr.", magician, dies at 62 May 14, 1997 Princess Caradja-Kretzulesco, royalty, a direct descendent of Prince Vlad the Impaler, who was nicknamed Dracula, dies at 76 May 14, 1997 Thelma Carpenter, singer, The Wiz May 14, 1996 Edqard John Gurney, politician, dies at 82 May 14, 1996 Qazaleh Alizadeh, writer, dies at 48 May 14, 1996 Sritharan Jeganathan, cricketer, 1st Sri Lankan Test player to die May 14, 1996 Vera Chapman, writer, dies at 98 May 14, 1995 Maezumi Hakuyu Taizan Koun, teacher (Zen Buddhism), dies at 64 May 14, 1994 Leonard Teale, Australian actor/reciter (Homicide), dies May 14, 1993 Patrick Haemers, Belgian criminal, commits suicide at 40 May 14, 1993 William Randolph Hearst, U.S. newspaper magnate (Pulitzer), dies at 85 May 14, 1992 Lyle Alzado, NFL defense linesman (Raiders), dies of cancer at 43 May 14, 1991 Ast Fonteyne, Flemish lecture artist, dies May 14, 1991 Herman Niels, Flemish radio director, dies May 14, 1991 Jiang Qing, widow of Chinese leader Mao Tse Tung, commits suicide May 14, 1991 John Edward Craven, dies May 14, 1991 Shintaro Abe, minister of Exterior of Japan (1982-86), dies May 14, 1990 Andre Ameller, composer, dies at 78 May 14, 1988 Willem Drees, PM of Netherland (1948-58), dies at 101 May 14, 1988 Frank Sinatra, American Musician May 14, 1987 Rita Hayworth, actress (Gilda), dies of Alzheimer's disease at 68 May 14, 1985 Mohammed Munir, Indonesian worker's union leader, executed May 14, 1984 Larry Stock, songwriter (Blueberry Hill), dies May 14, 1983 Miguel Aleman Valdes, attorney/president of Mexico (1946-52), dies at 80 May 14, 1982 Baron Mariel-Henri Jaspar, Belgian minister/ambassador, dies May 14, 1982 Hugh Beaumont, actor (Ward-Leave it to Beaver), dies at 73 May 14, 1980 Hugh Griffith, actor (Passover Plot, Ben Hur, Tom Jones), dies at 67 May 14, 1980 Wilhelm Weismann, composer, dies at 79 May 14, 1979 Paul van 't Veeer, Dutch journalist and writer (Vrije Volk), dies at 57 May 14, 1976 Keith Relf, rock vocalist (Yardbirds), electrocuted at 33 May 14, 1970 Billie Burke, comedienne (Glinda-Wizard of Oz), dies at 84 May 14, 1969 Enid Bennett, silent film actress (Skippy, Hairpins), dies at 75 May 14, 1968 Husband Edward Kimmel, commandant U.S. Ocean fleet WW II, dies at 86 May 14, 1966 Georgia BD Camp Johnson, U.S. poet/playwright, dies at 88 May 14, 1966 Megan Lloyd George, English politician, dies at 64 May 14, 1965 Frances Perkins, U.S. 1st female minister of Labor (1933-45), dies at 83 May 14, 1959 Sidney Bechet, U.S. jazz clarinetist/saxophonist/bandleader, dies at 62 May 14, 1955 Betty Ann Davies, dies at 44 May 14, 1954 Heinz Guderian, German Soldier May 14, 1953 Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Japans/US painter/etcher, dies at 59 May 14, 1947 John Ray Sinnock, U.S. chief engraver (1925-47), dies at 59 May 14, 1943 Henri La Fontaine, Belgian Lawyer May 14, 1940 Eddy [Charles E] du Platform, writer/poet, dies May 14, 1940 Emma Goldman, U.S. anarchists/feminist/author (Living My Life), dies May 14, 1940 Jacob van Gelderen, economist/sociologist/SDAP-2nd-Chamber, dies at 49 May 14, 1940 Menno ter Braak, Dutch writer (Forum, New Elite), suicide at 38 May 14, 1938 Jacobus C J "Jacques" Hermans, actor (Ghetto), dies at 81 May 14, 1936 Edmond HH Allenby, English fieldmarshal in Egypt, dies at 74 May 14, 1936 Samuel Pl'h Naber, spy/librarian, dies at 71 May 14, 1931 David Belasco, American Playwright May 14, 1925 Henry Rider Haggard, English writer (Dawn, She), dies May 14, 1925 H. Rider Haggard, English Writer May 14, 1919 Henry J. Heinz, American Businessman May 14, 1912 August Strindberg, Swedish writer (Deaddans), dies at 63 May 14, 1912 Frederik VIII C W K, King of Denmark (1906-12), dies at 68 May 14, 1904 Richard Hol, Dutch composer/organist/conductor, dies at 78 May 14, 1893 Earnest E Kummer, German mathematician (surface of Kummer), dies at 83 May 14, 1893 Johan T Buys, Dutch lawyer, dies at 65 May 14, 1887 Lysander Spooner, American Philosopher May 14, 1877 John Roberts, composer, dies at 54 May 14, 1870 Ramon Vilanova y Barrera, composer, dies at 69 May 14, 1864 William N Green Jr, Union brig-general, dies May 14, 1863 Emile Racine Gauthier Prudent, composer, dies at 46 May 14, 1847 Fanny Cacilia Mendelssohn Hensel, composer, dies at 41 May 14, 1833 Johann Wilhelm Cornelius von Konigslow, composer, dies at 88 May 14, 1832 John van Speijk, Dutch heroic sailor, buried May 14, 1820 Paul Friedrich Struck, composer, dies at 43 May 14, 1801 Johann Ernst Altenburg, composer, dies at 66 May 14, 1761 Thomas Simpson, English mathematician (rule of Simpson), dies at 50 May 14, 1742 Dominique Marie Valet, French RC/old-catholic bishop, dies at 64 May 14, 1726 John B Wellekens, poet/painter (Wedding Guests), dies May 14, 1726 Moshe Darshan, Rabbi/author (Torat Ahsam), dies May 14, 1667 Georges de Scudery, French writer (Alaric ou Rome Vaincue), dies at 65 May 14, 1643 Louis XIII, king of France (1610-43), dies at 41 May 14, 1610 Henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of France (1572, 89-1610), murdered at 56 May 14, 1565 Nicolaus von Amsdorf, German reform theologist, dies May 14, 964 John XII, [Octavianus], Pope (955-64), dies May 14, 649 Theodore, Greek Pope (642-49) (excommunicated by Paul II), dies May 14, 347 Pachomius, Egyptian monastery founder/abbot (Coenobieten), dies |