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Deaths on August 06

1189 : Henry II, King of England (1154-89), dies at 56
1415 : Jan Hus, burned for heresy by the Church at Constance, Germany
1476 : Regiomontanus, [Johannes Mller of K”nigsberg], dies
1480 : Antonio Squarcialupi, composer, dies at 64
1533 : Ludovico Ariosto, Italian poet (Orlando Furioso), dies at 57
1535 : Thomas More, philosopher (Utopia), executed for treason at 57
1553 : Edward VI Tudor, King of England (1547-53), dies at 15
1568 : Johann Oporinus, Swiss book publisher/publisher, dies at 61
1583 : Edmund Grindal, English bishop of London/archbhp of York, dies at 64
1587 : Michael Lauterbeck, assassinated Fries viceroy Willem Louis, executed
1701 : William Kidd, English/US buccaneer, hanged
1734 : Nicolas Bernier, composer, dies at 69
1762 : Peter III Feodorovich, tsar of Russia (1761-62), murdered at 34
1765 : Ferdinand Zellbell, composer, dies at 76
1768 : Conrad Johann Conrad Beissel, composer, dies at 78
1795 : Georg Gottfried Petri, composer, dies at 79
1816 : Philipp Meissner, composer, dies at 67
1858 : Jan Emmanuel Dulezalek, composer, dies at 78
1860 : Alexandre Edouard Goria, composer, dies at 37
1863 : Strong Vincent, US Union brig-general, dies
1864 : Samuel Allen Rice, US Union brig-gen, dies of injuries at 36
1868 : Samuel Lover, composer, dies at 71
1871 : Antonio de Castro Alves, Brazilian poet (O navio negreiro), dies at 34
1879 : Henry Thomas Smart, composer, dies at 65
1896 : Alexander Sergeyevich Famintsin, composer, dies at 54
1902 : Leopoldo Miguez, composer, dies at 51
1914 : Delmira Augustini, Uruguayan poet, murdered at 27
1916 : Odilon Redon, French painter/author (A soi-mˆme), dies at 76
1918 : Count von Mirbach, German ambassador to Moscow, dies
1933 : Robert Kajanus, composer, dies at 76
1934 : Warden Uncle, [Edward Vermeulen], Flemish landlord/writer, dies at 73
1951 : Josef Huttel, composer, dies at 57
1954 : Dirk Verbeek, actor/director (Hofstad Stage), dies at 70
1955 : Paolo Gallico, composer, dies at 87
1959 : George Grosz, German cartoonist/painter (Ecce Homo), dies at 65
1961 : Cuno Amiet, Swiss painter, dies at 93
1961 : Enrique Larreta, [E Rodriguez Maza], Argentine diplomat/writer, dies
1962 : William [Harrison] Faulkner, US writer (Nobel 1949), dies at 64
1966 : Anne Nagel, dies of cancer at 50
1970 : Marjorie Rambeau, dies at 80
1971 : Horst Lange, writer, dies at 66
1971 : Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong, jazz musician (Hello Dolly), dies at 71
1971 : Thomas C Heart, US admiral/commander (Asiatic fleet), dies
1972 : Brandon De Wilde, actor (Jamie), dies at 30 in a car crash
1972 : Sam de Grasse, dies at 97
1972 : Vincent Valentine, WI cricket pace bowler (England 1933), dies
1973 : Joe E Brown, comedian, dies after long illness at 80
1973 : Otto Klemperer, German/US conductor, dies at 88
1973 : Patrick McVey, actor (Manhunt, Big Town), dies at 63
1974 : Carlos Isamitt, composer, dies at 87
1975 : Otto Skorzeny, German/Austrian SS (Mussolini/Ardennen), dies
1977 : Oedoen Partos, composer, dies at 69
1979 : Van McCoy, singer/songwriter (Hey Mr DJ, Hustle), dies at 35
1980 : Gail Patrick, actress (My Man Godfrey), dies of leukemia at 69
1982 : Russell Thorson, actor (One Man's Family), dies at 72
1989 : J nos K d r, premier of Hungary (1956-58), dies at 77
1990 : Jim Samuels, comedian, dies of spinal meningitis at 41
1990 : Paul Wynne, KGO-TV SF reporter, dies of AIDS at 46
1991 : Thorley Walters, actor (Trog, Edwardians, Daisy), dies at 78
1992 : Edgardo Pallero, Argentina producer (Los hijos de fierro), dies
1993 : Gloria Manon, actress (Poker Alice, Mad Room), dies of cancer at 69
1993 : Ruth Lady Fermoy, maternal grandmother of Princess Diane, dies at 84
1994 : Cameron Mitchell, actor (High Chapparral), dies of lung cancer at 75
1994 : Geoffrey McQueen, TV writer, dies at 46
1995 : Aziz Nesin, writer, dies at 79
1995 : Helene Johnson, poet, dies at 87
1995 : Ivor Keys, musician/teacher, dies at 76
1996 : John Sturdy, scholar, dies at 62
1991 : Harry Reasoner
1986 : William Schroeder
1978 : Pope Paul VI
1978 : Edward Durrell Stone
1964 : Cedric Hardwicke
1959 : Preston Sturges
1637 : Ben Jonson
1623 : Anne Hathaway
1458 : Pope Callistus III

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