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Deaths on August 04

xxxx : Benedictus V Grammaticus, Italian (anti?)Pope (5/22-6/23 964), dies
1187 : Reinoud van Chƒtillon, French prince of Antioch, dies
1301 : Willem II Berthout van Mechelen, bishop of Utrecht, dies in battle
1307 : Rudolf III, Duke of Austria/King of Bohemia dies
1336 : Elisabeth van Portugal, queen of Portugal/saint, dies at about 65
1498 : Filips van Burgundy, admiral-general of Netherlands, dies
1519 : Johann Tetzel, (German?) monk, dies at about 79
1541 : Pedro de Alvarado, Spanish occupier, dies at about 56
1578 : Charles de Berlaymont, baron of Hierges, gov/viceroy of Names, dies
1603 : Philippus the Monte, priest/bandmaster/composer, dies at 82
1623 : William Byrd, English composer (Ave verum corpus), dies at 80
1627 : Thomas Middleton, Elizabethan dramatist (Women Beware Women), dies
1672 : Ambrosius Reiner, composer, dies at 67
1672 : Govert D Camphuysen, (court)painter, dies at about 48
1757 : Jean-Joseph Vade, composer, dies at 38
1768 : Willem van Hairs, Fries nobleman/poet (Suicide), dies at 58
1780 : Charles Alexander, Duke of Lotharingen South Neth, dies at 67
1787 : Charles, prince de Rohan-Soubise, marshal of France, dies at 71
1789 : Claudio M da Costa, Brazilian conductor, dies at 59
1826 : John Adams, 2nd president (1797-1801), dies at 90
1826 : Thomas Jefferson, 3rd president (1801-09), dies at 83
1831 : James Monroe, 5th president (1817-25), dies at 73
1845 : Pierre P Royer-Collard, French philosopher/Council of 500, dies
1848 : Fran‡ois Rene de Chateaubriand, French novelist (Atala)/diplomat, dies
1851 : Martin-Joseph Mengal, composer, dies at 67
1854 : Karl F Eichhorn, German law historian, dies at 72
1856 : Istvan Ferenczi, Hungarian sculptor, dies at 64
1863 : Paul Joseph Revere, US grandson of Paul Revere/Union brig-gen, dies
1888 : Theodor Storm, German judge/author (Schimmelreiter), dies at 70
1889 : Auguste Mermet, composer, dies at 79
1891 : Frederic Louis Ritter, composer, dies at 67
1901 : John Fiske, [Edmund Fisk Green], US historian/philosopher, dies
1910 : Giovanni V Schiaparelli, Italian astronomer (Mars), dies at 75
1910 : Louis Bourgault-Ducoudray, composer, dies at 70
1917 : Johan H C Kern, Dutch linguist (Sanskreet), dies at 84
1923 : Florimond Fonteyne, Flemish priest/politician (Volkseeuw), dies at 67
1929 : Otto Taubmann, composer, dies at 70
1931 : Emanuele F duke of Aosta, Italian WW I-general/fascist, dies at 62
1931 : Hussein ibn-Ali, sjarif Mecca/king/kalief of Hedzjaz (1917-24), dies
1934 : "Madame" Marie Curie-Sklodovska, Polish/French chemist, dies
1934 : Chaim Nachman Bialik, zionist poet, dies
1938 : Otto Bauer, Austrian social democrat, dies at 56
1938 : Suzanne Lenglen, 6 time Wimbledon champ, dies at 39 of anemia
1943 : Wladyslaw Sikorski, gen/PM of Poland in exile (1939-43), dies at 62
1946 : Othenio Able, Austria paleontology, dies at 71
1952 : Walter Long, dies at 73
1957 : Judy Tyler, actress (Princess-Howdy Doody), dies at 24 in car crash
1958 : Adolf Herckenrath, Flemish playwright/poet (Avondvlam), dies at 79
1961 : Franklyn Farnum, dies of cancer at 83
1962 : Rex Bell, actor/lt-gov (Nevada), dies of heart attack at 56
1963 : Fritz Reuter, composer, dies at 66
1963 : Grant Richards, actor (Doug-Doorway to Danger), dies at 48
1970 : Harold Vanderbilt, America Cup winner (1930, 34, 37), dies at 85
1971 : Don McPherson, rocker, dies at 29
1971 : Joe Cox, cricketer (4 wickets in 3 Tests for South Africa), dies
1971 : Thomas C Hart, US admiral/commander (Pacific Fleet), dies at 94
1973 : Leonid Stein, Russian chess player, dies at about 39
1974 : Mohammed SA al-Hoesseini, Mufti of Jerusalem/pres Com Palestine, dies
1982 : Sylvestre A Guzm n Fern ndez, pres Dominican Rep, commits suicide
1983 : Claus Adam, composer, dies at 65
1985 : John de Quay, Dutch premier (1959-63), dies at 83
1986 : Flor Peeters, Flemish baron/organist/composer, dies at 83
1988 : Adrian Adonis, [Keith Franke], WWF wrestler, killed in auto accident
1992 : Astor Piazzolla, Argentine composer (Tango Nuevo), dies at 71
1992 : Joe Newman, US jazz trumpetist (Count Basie), dies
1993 : Anne Shirley, actress (Stella Dallas), dies of lung cancer at 75
1993 : Charles Crain, actor, dies in Hollywood at 83
1993 : Felix White, choreographer (Black Vibrations Theatre), dies at 65
1994 : Arthur Berry, artist, dies at 69
1994 : Juan Gil Poet-Albert, dies at 90
1994 : Liesbeth Struppert, actress (Pipo the Clown, Anne Frank), dies at 55
1994 : Rupert Davies, methodist scholar, dies at 84
1994 : Tawfik Ziad, Palestinian communist/Israeli MP/mayor of Nazareth, dies
1995 : Bob Ross, artist, dies at 52
1995 : Eva Gabor, actress (Green Acres), dies at 74
1995 : Jacques Berque, Islamic scholar, dies at 85
1995 : Richard "Pancho" Gonzalez, tennis great, dies of stomach cancer at 67
1996 : Clay Jones, gardener, dies at 72
1996 : Leo Avery, abbot of Quarr, dies at 58
1997 : Charles Kuralt, news anchor (CBS Sunday Morning), dies at 62

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