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May 27, 1996 Albert "Pud" Brown, clarinetist/saxophonist, dies at 79 May 27, 1996 Ivan Sutton, concert Promotoer, dies at 82 May 27, 1996 Jack Massey, groundsman, dies at 85 May 27, 1996 Pud Brown, jazz musician, dies at 79 May 27, 1995 C. W. Stubblefield, music Promoter, dies at 64 May 27, 1995 Ulyses Simpson Kay, composer, dies at 78 May 27, 1994 Norman Cook, British museum curator, dies at 87 May 27, 1994 Red Rodney, [Albino Red/The Red Arrow], bebop-trumpeter, dies at 66 May 27, 1994 Theo Swagemakers, portrait painter, dies at 95 May 27, 1993 Jan Wiley, actress (Underdog, Brute Man, She Wolf of London), dies May 27, 1993 Willem P G Assmann, Dutch MP, dies at 85 May 27, 1992 Daniel Robberechts, Belgian writer (Aankomen in Avignon), dies at 55 May 27, 1992 Glen White, dancer/actor (Graft, Camille), dies of AIDS at 42 May 27, 1992 John Myhers, director/actor (Billion Dollar Hobo), dies at 70 May 27, 1992 Tony "Big Tuna" Accardo, mobster (St. Valentines Day), dies at 86 May 27, 1991 Ed Dodd, cartoonist (Mark Trail), dies at 88 May 27, 1989 Jack Starrett, director/actor (Chase, Nightwish, 1st Blood), dies May 27, 1988 Florida Friebus, actress (Bob Newhart Show), dies of a stroke at 79 May 27, 1988 Melvin J "Cy" Oliver, U.S. jazz composer/orchestra leader, dies at 77 May 27, 1988 Renato Salvatori, actor (Burn, Luna, 2 Women), dies May 27, 1986 Gaston Duribreux, Flemish writer (Sour Dove), dies at 82 May 27, 1985 Kay Campbell, actress (All My Children), dies at 80 May 27, 1983 Arnoldus Christian Vlok van Wyk, composer, dies at 67 May 27, 1982 Jo Lagrilliere, [Joke], Flemish cartoon character, dies at 47 May 27, 1976 Ruth McDevitt, actress (Jo-All in the Family), dies at 80 May 27, 1975 Ezzard Charles, heavyweight boxing champion (1949-51), dies at 53 May 27, 1971 Chips Rafferty, actor (Kona Coast, Walk into Hell), dies at 62 May 27, 1970 Emmy van Lokhorst, author, dies at 78 May 27, 1969 Jeffrey Hunter, actor (Christopher Pike-Star Trek Cage), dies at 43 May 27, 1968 Little Willie John, rocker, dies at 30 May 27, 1964 Jawaharial Nehru, Independent India's 1st PM, dies at 74 May 27, 1964 Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian Leader May 27, 1963 Lambrakis, Greek EDA-parliament leader, murdered May 27, 1960 Edward Brophy, actor (Champ, Dumbo, Great Guy), dies at 65 May 27, 1960 George Zucco, actor (Fog Island, Black Raven, Desire Me), dies at 74 May 27, 1958 Ainslie Pryor, actor (Adventures of Hiram Holiday), dies at 46 May 27, 1958 Samuel Stritch, U.S. cardinal and archbishop (Chicago), dies May 27, 1954 Herzmanovsky-Orlando, writer, dies May 27, 1951 Thomas Blamey, soldier, dies May 27, 1949 Ropert L Ripley, cartoonist (Believe It or Not), dies at 55 in NY May 27, 1941 AH Borgesius, tutor/experimentator/amateur astronomer, dies at 76 May 27, 1941 Gunther Lutjens, German Admiral (Bismarck), dies May 27, 1939 Joseph Roth, Austria journalist (Fluctuate ohne Ende), dies at 44 May 27, 1934 Meijer Linnewiel, [Prof Kokadorus], Amsterdam street hawker, dies May 27, 1933 James Loeb, American Businessman May 27, 1925 Ed McKeever, President (Brooklyn Dodgers), dies of pneumonia May 27, 1918 Henry Adams, U.S. literature historian (Esther), dies at 80 May 27, 1916 Joseph S Gallieni, General/military governor of Paris, dies May 27, 1914 Joseph Wilson Swan, physicist/chemist, dies May 27, 1910 Robert Koch, German bacteriologist (TB, Cholera, Nobel), dies May 27, 1902 Jan van Droogenbroeck, Flemish poet, dies May 27, 1896 Allard Pierson, theologist/philosopher/art historian/poet, dies May 27, 1887 Coenraad J van Houten, Dutch cocoa manufacturer, dies at 86 May 27, 1878 Carlo Marsili, composer, dies at 49 May 27, 1876 Joseph Bosworth, lexicographer/scholar, dies May 27, 1863 Edward Payson Chapin, Union brig general, dies at 31 May 27, 1855 Nikolaj A Bestoezjev, Russ writer/painter (Account of Holland), dies May 27, 1840 Niccolo Paganini, composer/violinist, dies at 57 May 27, 1797 Francois-Noal "Gracchus" Babeuf, French utopian socialist, dies at 36 May 27, 1790 Jeremiah Carlton, laziest man in history, heir to a large fortune at 19 went to bed and stayed there for next 70 yrs, dies at 89 May 27, 1768 Johann M Fleischmann, German/Dutch stamp/letter designer, dies May 27, 1708 Jacques Danican Philidor, composer, dies at 51 May 27, 1702 Dominique Bouhours, French Critic May 27, 1690 Giovanni Legrenzi, Italian composer, dies at 63 May 27, 1661 Archibald Campbell, Scottish politician, beheaded at about 53 May 27, 1652 Jacques Huyn, composer, dies at 39 May 27, 1647 Achsah Young, 1st woman known to be a witch, executed in Salem Mass May 27, 1638 Nicolas Forme, composer, dies at 71 May 27, 1627 Everhardus van Bronchorst, lawyer, dies at 73 May 27, 1596 Tibaldi II, Italian painter/sculptor/architect, dies May 27, 1580 Jonker Barthold Entens van Mentheda until Middelstum, dies May 27, 1576 Louis de Boisot, Dutch admiral, drowns at about 44 May 27, 1569 Francois de Coligny, French general (Jarnac), dies May 27, 1564 Jean Caulvin, [John Calvin], priest/church reformer, dies at 54 May 27, 1564 John Calvin, French Theologian May 27, 1549 Lijsbeth Dirksdr, Fries antabaptist, drowns May 27, 1541 Margaretha, duchess of Salisbury, beheaded May 27, 1525 Thomas Munzer, German vicar/boer leader, executed May 27, 1508 Ludovico Sforza [il Moro], Italian duke of Milan, dies at 55 May 27, 1178 Godfried van Rhenen, bishop of Utrecht, dies May 27, 1039 Dirk III Hierosolymita, Count of Holland, dies May 27, 927 Symeon, czar of Bulgaria ( -927) May 27, 866 Ordono I, King of Asturia (850-66), dies |