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May 6, 2005 Joe Grant, American Artist May 6, 2004 Virginia Capers, actress, Raisin, dies at 78 May 6, 2002 Pim Fortuyn, Dutch Politician May 6, 1996 Frank Hercules, writer, dies at 85 May 6, 1996 Geoffrey Dawes, physiologist, dies at 78 May 6, 1996 Geoffrey Hodges, bomb disposal expert, dies at 87 May 6, 1996 Joseph Stone, lawyer, dies at 79 May 6, 1996 Leon Joseph Suenens, cardinal, dies at 91 May 6, 1996 Michael Gerzon, mathematician, dies at 50 May 6, 1995 Dona Maria Pia de Braganca, pretender to Port throne, dies at 88 May 6, 1995 Leanoard "Red" Truss, R&B singer, dies at 47 May 6, 1995 Nicholas Palmer, TV writer/producer, dies at 57 May 6, 1994 Fred Sadoff, actor (Quiet American), dies of AIDS at 67 May 6, 1994 Haskell "Cool Papa" Sadler, blues singer and guitarist, dies at 59 May 6, 1994 Helen Lessore, artist, dies at 86 May 6, 1994 Montague Modlyn, broadcaster, dies at 72 May 6, 1994 Moses Rosen, Romania's chief rabbi, dies at 81 May 6, 1993 Ann Todd, actress (Things to Come, Danny Boy), dies of stroke at 84 May 6, 1993 Minnie Gentry, actress (Def by Temptation), dies in New York at 77 May 6, 1992 Jilly Rizzo, restauranteur/friend of Frank Sinatra, dies in car at 75 May 6, 1992 Marlene Dietrich, [Maria Losch], actress (Angel), dies in Paris at 90 May 6, 1991 Anthony van Kampen, writer (Ketelbinkie, Geschonden Eldorado), dies May 6, 1991 Thomas A Carlin, dies at 62 May 6, 1991 Wilfrid Hyde-White, Brits actor (Peyton Place/140+ films), dies at 87 May 6, 1990 Charles Farrell, actor (Vern-My Little Margie), dies at 89 May 6, 1989 Guy Williams, actor (Zorro, Lost in Space) May 6, 1987 William J Casey, director of CIA (1981-87), dies at 73 May 6, 1984 William Allen Egan, American Politician May 6, 1982 Sam Baker, dies May 6, 1978 Ethelda Bleibtrey, U.S. swimmer (Olympics-3 gold-1920), dies at 76 May 6, 1978 Ko van Dijk Jr, Dutch actor (Zaak M P), dies at 61 May 6, 1976 Karel M J F Cruysberghs, Flemish author (On the Pulpit), dies at 85 May 6, 1975 Jozsef Mindszenty, [Joseph Prehm], Hungarian cardinal, dies at 83 May 6, 1973 Ernest MacMillan, composer, dies at 79 May 6, 1971 Helene Weigel, Austrian/German actress (Metropolis), dies at 70 May 6, 1964 Harold Morris, composer, dies at 74 May 6, 1963 Monty Wooley, actor (Pied Piper, Man Who Came to Dinner), dies at 74 May 6, 1961 Lucian Blaga, philosopher/poet (Transcendental censor), dies at 65 May 6, 1960 Paul Abraham, Hungarian composer (Blume von Hawaii), dies at 67 May 6, 1952 Alberto Savinio, Italian composer (Capitano Ulisse), dies at 60 May 6, 1952 Maria Montessori, Italian physician/educationist, dies at 81 May 6, 1950 Agnes Smedley, writer, dies May 6, 1949 P-M-B Maurice Maeterlinck, Belg philosopher (Nobel 1911), dies at 86 May 6, 1948 43 communist rebels, executed in Athens May 6, 1936 Hans Jelmoli, composer, dies at 59 May 6, 1924 Carel S Adama van Scheltema, poet and writer (socialism), dies at 47 May 6, 1919 Frank Lyman Baum, author (Wizard of Oz), dies at 62 May 6, 1916 Dirk Bos, Dutch MP (Liberal), dies at 53 May 6, 1916 Earl Ross Drake, composer, dies at 50 May 6, 1910 Edward VII, King of England (1901-10), dies at 68 May 6, 1908 Jean Reville, French vicar (Le Prophetisme Hebreu), dies at 53 May 6, 1904 Franz von Lenbach, German painter, dies at 67 May 6, 1902 Bret Harte, American Author May 6, 1892 Ernest Guiraud, composer, dies at 54 May 6, 1890 Hubert Leonard, composer, dies at 71 May 6, 1884 Judah Philip Benjamin, American Politician May 6, 1882 Frederick Cavendish, assassinated by Fenian Invincibles, in Dublin May 6, 1882 Thomas Henry Burke, assassinated by Fenian Invincibles, in Dublin May 6, 1864 Henry Livermore Abbott, U.S. Union brig-general, dies in battle May 6, 1864 Micah Jenkins, Confederate brig-general (friendly fire), dies at 28 May 6, 1862 Henry David Thoreau, U.S. writer/pacifist (Walden Pond), dies at 44 May 6, 1859 Friedrich Heinrich Alexander, explorer/scientist, dies May 6, 1856 William Hamilton, metaphysicist, dies May 6, 1852 Charles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens, composer, dies at 75 May 6, 1841 John Thomson, composer, dies at 35 May 6, 1836 Christian Ignatius Latrobe, composer, dies at 78 May 6, 1814 George Joseph Vogler, composer, dies at 64 May 6, 1794 Jean-Jacques Beauvarget-Charpentier, composer, dies at 59 May 6, 1776 James Kent, composer, dies at 76 May 6, 1739 Bernardus Smijtegelt, vicar (Gekrookte Reed), dies at 63 May 6, 1727 Catharina I, Latvia tsarina of Russia, dies at about 42 May 6, 1678 Joseph de La Barre, composer, dies at 44 May 6, 1667 Johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer, dies at 50 May 6, 1666 Paul Siefert, composer, dies at 79 May 6, 1642 Frans Francken, the Younger, Flemish painter, dies on 61st birthday May 6, 1638 Cornelius Jansen, theologian (Jansenism), dies May 6, 1540 Jean Luis Vives, Spanish theory/humanist/reformer, dies at 48 May 6, 1527 Karel van Bourbon, military governor (Lombardije), dies at 37 May 6, 1475 Dieric Bouts, Dutch painter, dies at about 64 May 6, 1124 Balak, Emir of Aleppo, murdered May 6, 1085 King Alfonso VI, of Leon conquered Toledo, dies May 6, 988 Dirk II, West Frisian count of Holland May 6, 523 Thrasamunde, king of Vandalen |