18be..................Famous Deaths (20/11/2013) 869 - King Edmund of East Anglia 967 - Aboe al-Faradj al-Isfahani, Arabic author (Book of Liederen), dies 1348 - Stefano Colonna, Roman senator, dies in battle against Roman revolutionaries by Porta Tiburtina 1437 - Thomas Langley, bishop of Durham, cardinal and lord chancellor (b. 1363) 1480 - Eleonora van Austrian, translator, dies 1518 - Pierre de la Rue/Peter van Straten, Flemish composer, dies 1518 - Marmaduke Constable, English soldier 1527 - Wendelmoet Weyntjen Claesdochter, 1st Dutch woman burned as heretic 1529 - Karl von Miltitz, papal nuncio 1591 - Christopher Hatton, English politician (b. 1540) 1612 - John Harington, English writer (b. 1561) 1651 - Mikołaj Potocki, Polish soldier (b. 1595) 1662 - Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (b. 1614) 1669 - Arnold Geulincx, South Neth philosopher (Cholera), dies at 45 1675 - Francisco de Moura y Cortereal, Span land guardian of Neth (1664-68) 1678 - Charles Dujardin, painter/etcher (Learned Dog), dies at about 56 1704 - Charles Plumier, French botanist (b. 1646) 1713 - Thomas Tompion, English clock maker (cylinder tunnel), dies 1737 - Caroline of Ansbach, queen of Great-Britain, dies 1741 - Melchior de Polignac, French diplomat/clergyman, dies 1750 - Wilhelmus Schortinghuis, theologist (Christian religion), dies at 50 1758 - Johan Helmich Roman, Finnish composer/violist, dies at 64 1764 - Christian Goldbach, German mathematician, dies 1778 - Francesco Cetti, Italian Jesuit scientist (b. 1726) 1827 - Alexey Nikolayevich Titov, composer, dies at 58 1851 - Wenzel Sedlak, composer, dies at 75 1856 - Farkas/Wolfgang Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician, dies at 81 1863 - James Bruce, Count of Elgin & Kincardine, governor Jamaica, dies at 52 1882 - Bela Albrecht Pal Keler, composer, dies at 62 1887 - Louis Gallait, Belgian painter (Egmont & Receiver), dies at 77 1894 - Anton Rubinstein, Russian composer (Dmitri Donskoi), dies at 64 1898 - John Fowler, English engineer (London Metropolitan Railway), dies 1899 - Carl A E Ahlqvist, [A Oksanen], Finnish translator, dies at 63 1908 - Georgy Voronoy, Russian mathematician (b. 1868) 1910 - Leo Tolstoi, Russian earl/writer (War & Peace), dies at 82 [OS] 1910 - Leo Tolstoy, Russian author (Anna Karenina), dies at 82 [NS] 1925 - Alexandra, Danish princess/Queen of Great Britain, dies at 80 1927 - Karl Wilhelm Eugen Stenhammer, composer, dies at 56 1934 - Willem de Sitter, Dutch scientist (b. 1872) 1936 - Jose A Primo de Rivera y Saenz de Heredia, Spanish Falange, executed 1938 - Enzo Matsunaga, Japanese writer (b. 1895) 1939 - Marie Joseph Leon Desire Paque, composer, dies at 72 1944 - Sekio Nishina, Japanese inventor (kaiten-suicide submarine), dies at 21 1945 - Francis William Aston, British chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1877) 1950 - Francesco Cilea, composer, dies at 84 1951 - Thomas Quinlan (impresario) (b. 1881) 1952 - Benedetto Croce, Italian philosopher (La Critica), dies at 86 1957 - Weldon Hart, composer, dies at 46 1957 - Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, Russian-Lithuanian artist (d. 1875) 1960 - Jacob Cohen, Hebrew poet/writer, dies 1962 - Jasper McLevy, socialist mayor of Bridgeport Ct, dies 1964 - John Tasker Howard, composer, dies at 73 1968 - Cathy Lewis, actress (Deidre-Hazel), dies of cancer at 50 1968 - Helen Gardner, silent film actress (Sandra), dies 1973 - Allan Sherman, parodist (Camp Granada, Harvey & Sheila), dies at 48 1975 - Francisco Franco, Spanish dictator (1936-75), dies at 82 1976 - Trofim Lysenko, Stalinist biologist (b. 1898) 1977 - Maxie Wander, writer, dies 1978 - Vasilisk Gnedov, Russian poet (b. 1890) 1983 - Marcel Dalio, actor (Casablanca), dies at 83 1983 - Richard Loo, actor, (China Sky), dies of cardio-pulmonary arrest 1984 - Alexander Moyzes, composer, dies at 78 1985 - Bill Scott, cartoon voice (Mr Peabody, Bullwinkle), dies at 65 1989 - Lynn Bari, actress (Shock, Nocturne, 6 Gun Law), dies at 71 1991 - Gina Petrushka, actress (Exorcist, Sybil), dies 1992 - John Foreman, producer (Prizzis Honor), dies at 67 of heart attack 1993 - Christopher Frank, French writer, dies at 51 1993 - Emile Ardolino, director (Dirty Dancing), dies at 50 of AIDs 1993 - Heather Farr, golfer, dies of cancer at 28 1994 - John Lucarotti, scriptwriter, dies at 68 1994 - Saeedi Sirjani, poet, dies at 64 1995 - Ahmed Abel-Wadoud Karadawi, academic/activist, dies at 50 1995 - Sergei Grinkov, figure skater (Oly-gold), dies of heart attack at 28 1996 - Bert Geoffrey Achong, electron microscopist, dies at 67 1997 - Gary Burris, murderer (Kenneth Chambers), executed in Indiana 1997 - Robert Palmer, rock critic, dies at 52 1997 - Dick Littlefield, baseball player (b. 1926) 1998 - Galina Starovoitova, Russian politician (b. 1946) 1999 - Amintore Fanfani, Italian politician and prime minister (b. 1908) 2000 - Mike Muuss, American computer programmer (b. 1958) 2000 - Kalle Päätalo, Finnish writer (b. 1919) 2003 - Robert Addie, British actor (cancer) (b. 1960) 2003 - Loris Azzaro, French fashion designer (b. 1933) 2003 - David Dacko, first President of the Central African Republic (b. 1930) 2003 - Eugene Kleiner, American entrepreneur (b. 1923) 2003 - Roger Short, British Consulate General (b. 1944) 2003 - Jim Siedow, American actor (b. 1920) 2003 - Kerem Yilmazer, Turkish actor (b. 1945) 2004 - David Grierson, Canadian radio host (b. 1955) 2004 - Jenny Ross, English musician (Section 25) (b. 1962) 2005 - Manouchehr Atashi, Iranian poet (b. 1931) 2005 - Sheldon Gardner, American psychologist (b. 1934) 2005 - Chris Whitley, American musician (b. 1960) 2005 - James King, American singer (b. 1925) 2006 - Robert Altman, American film director (b. 1925) 2006 - Zoia Ceauşescu, Romanian mathematician (b. 1950) 2006 - Andre Waters, American football player (b. 1962) 2007 - Ian Smith, Prime Minister of Rhodesia (b. 1919) 2008 - Sven Inge, Swedish painter and modern artist (b. 1935) 2009 - Lino Lacedelli, Italian mountaineer (b. 1925) 2009 - Max Robertson, British sports commentator, radio and television presenter and author (b. 1915) 2010 - Rob Lytle, American football player (b. 1954) 2010 - Laurie Bembenek, American convicted murderer and fugitive (b. 1958) 2010 - Danny McDevitt, American baseball player (b. 1932) 2010 - Chalmers Johnson, American political scholar and author (b. 1931) 2012 - William Grut, Swedish pentathlete, dies at 98 All Rights Reserved ™
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