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Salinger, 'Catcher in the Rye' author, dies at the age of 91 2002 Astrid Lindgren, writer, Pippi Longstocking, dies at 94 1997 James Colin Ross Welch, journalist, dies at 72 1997 Pietro Cavallero, bandit, dies at 68 1996 Burne Hogarth, strip-cartoon artist, dies at 84 1996 Dan Duva, boxing promoter, dies at 44 1996 Jerry Siegel, comic book writer (Superman), dies at 81 1996 John Mosely, recording expert/entrepreneur, dies at 81 1996 Joseph Brodsky, poet, dies at 55 1996 Or San Yu, president of Burma in (1981-88), dies 1996 U San Yu, soldier/politician, dies at 77 1996 Victor "Toby" Neuberg, teacher/writer, dies at 71 1995 George Woodcock, author, dies at 82 1995 James P Grant, U.S. director of UNICEF (1980-95), dies at 72 1995 Philip H Burton, Welsh producer/Richard Burton's teacher, dies at 80 1995 Walter Ernest Allen, writer/critic, dies at 83 1994 Hal Smith, actor (Otis Campbell-Andy Griffith Show), dies at 77 1994 Hermanus P "Piet" Mulder, Dutch journalist (Het Parool), dies at 79 1994 William Levitt, builder (Levittown), dies of kidney failure at 86 1993 Aben Kandel, screenwriter (Dinner at 8), dies of heart failure at 96 1993 John Steadman, actor (Gator, Fade to Black), dies of lung ailment 83 1992 Clark Tippet, dancer/choreographer, dies at 37 1992 Nahman Avigad, Isr archaeologist (Discovering Jerusalem), dies at 86 1991 Dale Long, hit home runs in 8 consecutive games, dies at 66 1991 Harold Grange, American Athlete 1986 Christa McAuliffe, astronaut, dies in Challenger disaster 1986 Ellison S. Onizuka, born in Hawaii, Major USAF/Astronaut, dies in Challenger disaster 1986 Francis R Scobee, Wash, USAF/astronaut, dies in Challenger disaster 1986 Judith Arlene Resnik, Akron Oh, astr, dies in Challenger disaster 1986 Michael J Smith, Beaufort NC, Commander USN, astr, dies in Challenger 1986 Ronald E McNair, Lake City SC, astr, dies in Challenger disaster 1984 John Macvane, newscaster (United or Not), dies at 71 1983 Billy Fury, actor (That'll Be the Day), dies at 42 of heart failure 1980 Jimmy Durante, New York City, comedian (Jimmy Durante Show), dies at 86 1977 Burt Mustin, actor (All in the Family, Andy Griffith Show), dies at 92 1975 Antonin Novotny, Czechoslovakian president (1957-68), dies at 70 1974 Dino Buzzati, writer, dies at 67 1973 John Banner, actor (Schultz-Hogan's Heroes), dies on 62nd birthday 1972 Adriaan B "Jaap" Wagemaker, Dutch sculptor, dies at 66 1967 Stanley Coen, cricket (2 Tests for S Af, hs 41 not out, avg 50), dies 1965 Jef van Durme, composer, dies at 57 1965 Johan Fiolet, Dutch actor and director, dies at 63 1965 Tich Freeman, cricket (3776 FC wickets leg-spin, 304 in 1928), dies 1963 Jean Felix Piccard, swiss explorer, dies on his 79th birthday 1960 Jacques de Menasce, composer, dies at 54 1960 Zora Neale Hurston, American Dramatist 1959 Joseph Sprinzak, Speaker of Israel Knesset (1949-59), dies at 73 1959 Viktor Joseph Keldorfer, composer, dies at 85 1957 Fred Stein, TV panelist (Live Begins at 80), dies at 88 1949 Gustaf Lazarus Nordqvist, composer, dies at 62 1947 Reynaldo Hahn, composer, dies at 72 1947 Morris Raphael Cohen, Russian Philosopher 1945 Philip "Felix" Bekkers, actor (We Go on Trip), dies at 37 1942 Pablo Luna y Carne, composer, dies at 61 1939 William Butler Yeats, Irish poet (Nobel), dies in France at 73 1938 Bernd Rosemeyer, German race car driver, dies at 28 1935 Mikhail Mikhaylovich Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russian composer, dies at 75 1933 Theodor Birt [Beatus Rhenanus], German classicist/writer, dies at 80 1932 Franz Xavier Arens, composer, dies at 75 1930 Clarence Skelton Wimble, cricket (score pair in Test for S Af), dies 1924 Simon Abramsz, Dutch writer (Artist book), dies at 56 1918 John McCrae, Canadian poet/physician, dies 1910 Jose Garcia Robles, composer, dies at 74 1903 Augusta Mary Anne Holmes, composer, dies at 55 1903 Jean Robert Planquette, composer, dies at 54 1898 Alexandru Flechtenmacher, composer, dies at 74 1896 Joseph Barnby, composer, dies at 57 1895 Francois Certain de Canrobert, French marshal, dies at 85 1873 Henry Hugo Pierson, composer, dies at 57 1869 Prudent-Louis Aubery du Boulley, composer, dies at 72 1868 Adalbert Stifter, Austrian author (Witiko), commits suicide at 62 1838 Aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 1829 William Burke, murderer/body snatcher, executed in Edinburgh 1817 Friedrich Ludwig Emilius Kunzen, composer, dies at 55 1813 Jan Joseph Rosler, composer, dies at 41 1810 Andrew Hofer, Tyrolian rebel against French and Bavarians, shot dead 1805 Mihaly Csokonai Vitez, Hungarian (stage)poet (Dorottya), dies at 31 1782 Jean-Baptiste-Bourguignon d'Anville, French geographer, dies at 84 1768 John Wainwright, composer, dies at 44 1754 Ludvig Holberg, Danish lawyer/writer (Hendrig og Pernille), dies at 69 1725 Peter I "the Great" Romanov, czar of Russia, dies at 52 1687 Johannes Hevelius, astronomer (star cataloger), dies on 76th birthday 1621 Paulus V, Camillo Borghese, 233rd pope (1605-21), dies at 68 1612 Thomas Bodley, diplomat/founder (Bodleian Library), dies 1606 Carolus Gallus, Karel de Haan, Dutch lawyer/pastor/vicar, dies at 85 1596 Francis Drake, English Soldier 1595 Francis Drake, English pirate (Porto Bello West Indies), dies at 50 1560 John a Lasco, John Laski, Polish nobleman/reformed theologist, dies 1549 Elia Levita, German-Yiddish writer (Habachur), dies at about 80 1547 Henry VIII, King of England (1509-47), dies at 55 1528 Philips of Cleve, ruler of Ravenstein, dies 1393 Earl of Joigny, burned at royal ball 1256 Willem II, earl of Holland/German emperor (1238, 47-56), dies at 22 1119 Gelasius II, Giovannis Caetani, pope (1118-19), dies 814 Charlemagne, German emperor/Roman Emperor (800-814), dies at 71
