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May 4, 2005 David Hackworth, American Soldier May 4, 1997 Alvy Moore, actor and producer, Mr. Kimball on Green Acres, dies at 75 May 4, 1997 Vijayananda Dahanayake, PM of Sri Lanka (1959-60), dies May 4, 1996 Jean Crepin, soldier/industrialist, dies at 87 May 4, 1996 Stanley William Reed, cineaste, dies at 85 May 4, 1995 Lewis T Preston, banker, dies at 68 May 4, 1995 Louis Krasner, violinist, dies at 91 May 4, 1995 Lewis Thompson Preston, American Businessman May 4, 1994 Karl Francis Hettinger, onion Field survivor, dies at 59 May 4, 1992 Henri Guillemin, French historian, dies at 89 May 4, 1992 Ismael Galeano, "Commandant Franklyn" (Contra), dies May 4, 1992 Vitali Andreyevich Grishchenko, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 50 May 4, 1991 Dennis Crosby, son of Bing, commits suicide at 54 May 4, 1990 Don Appell, dies May 4, 1987 Cathryn Damon, actress (Mary Campbell-Soap), dies at 56 May 4, 1987 Dick Hillenius, Dutch biologist/writer, dies at 59 May 4, 1987 Paul Butterfield, singer/harmonica player, dies of drug abuse at 44 May 4, 1984 Diana Dors, actress (Berserk!), dies at 52 of cancer May 4, 1983 Nino Sanzogno, composer, dies at 72 May 4, 1981 Bobby Sands, Irish IRA-terrorist, dies after hunger strike May 4, 1980 Josip Broz Tito, leader of Yugoslavia (1943-80), dies at 87 May 4, 1980 Kay Hammond, actress (Blithe SPirit, 5 Golden Hours), dies May 4, 1975 Moe Howard, [Moses Horowitz], comedian (3 Stooges), dies at 77 May 4, 1974 Israel Citkowitz, composer, dies at 65 May 4, 1974 John Wengraf, actor (Pride and Passion, 12 to the Moon), dies at 77 May 4, 1973 Jane Bowles, writer, dies at 56 May 4, 1971 Donald Dexter Van Slyke, U.S. chemist (Cyanosis), dies at 88 May 4, 1971 Joseph Csaky, Hungarian/French sculptor, dies at 83 May 4, 1971 Louis de Bree, [Louis C Davids], Dutch actor (Bluejackets), dies at 87 May 4, 1970 4 students, at Kent State University killed by Ohio National Guard May 4, 1969 F Osbert S Sitwell, English poet (Who Killed Cock Robin?), dies at 76 May 4, 1967 Bengt Axel von Torne, composer, dies at 75 May 4, 1966 Juan Maria Thomas Sabater, composer, dies at 69 May 4, 1965 Norman Brokenshire, TV moderator (Four Square Court), dies at 66 May 4, 1961 Anita Stewart, dies of heart attack at 66 May 4, 1955 Georges Enescu, Romanian/French violist/composer (Oedipe), dies at 73 May 4, 1955 Louis Breguet, French aviation pioneer, dies at 75 May 4, 1953 Edward B B Shanks, British poet/critic, dies at 60 May 4, 1953 Thomas Tertius Noble, composer, dies at 85 May 4, 1938 Carl von Ossietzky, German pacifist/writer (Nobel 1935), dies at 48 May 4, 1935 Lodewijk Scharpe, Flemish literature historian, dies at 65 May 4, 1929 Henry Morton Dunham, composer, dies at 75 May 4, 1928 Barry E Odell Pain, English writer (Punch), dies at 63 May 4, 1893 George Washington Hewitt, composer, dies at 82 May 4, 1891 Sherlock Holmes, "dies" at Reichenbach Falls May 4, 1885 Aleksandar I Karadjordjevic, monarch of Serbia (1842-58), dies at 78 May 4, 1879 William Froude, British civil eng/shipbuilder (F Integer), dies at 68 May 4, 1860 Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek, composer, dies May 4, 1855 Camille Pleyel, Austria piano builder/composer, dies at 66 May 4, 1847 Alexandre Vinet, Swiss Criitic May 4, 1832 Jan van Speyck, Dutch admiral, buried in New Church May 4, 1824 Joseph Joubert, French Writer May 4, 1770 Christian Gottfried Krause, composer, dies at 51 May 4, 1752 Pieter Snyers, Flemish painter/engraver, dies at 71 May 4, 1737 Eustace Budgell, English Writer May 4, 1605 Ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian biologist/medical, dies at 82 May 4, 1604 Claudio Merulo, composer, dies at 71 May 4, 1594 Paul Buys, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies at 62 |