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Deaths on August 09

1441 : Jan/Johannes van Eyck, Flemish painter (Lamb Gods), dies
1639 : Entonius Walaeus, calvinist theologist, dies at 65
1654 : Ferdinand, son of RC emperor Ferdinand III, dies
1677 : Angelus Silesius [Johann Scheffer], German medical/mystic poet, dies
1696 : Waclaw Potocki, Polish poet (Wojna Chocimska), dies
1716 : Joseph Sauveur, French sound engineer, dies at 63
1737 : de' Medici, last Medici-grand duke of Toscane, dies
1746 : Philip V, French King of Spain (1700-24, 24-46), dies at 62
1747 : Giovanni Battista Bononcini, Italian opera-composer, dies at 76
1755 : E Braddock, British Gen, mortally wounded during French & Indian War
1755 : Gottlob Harrer, composer, dies at 52
1755 : James Braddock, English general, dies in battle at Fort Duquesne
1756 : Pieter Langendijk, painter/etcher/playwright, dies at 72
1797 : Edmund Burke, British author/parliament leader (Reflections), dies at 68
1805 : Georg W "Franz" Panzer, German vicar/librarian, dies at 76
1821 : Tommaso Sogner, composer, dies at 58
1843 : Washington Allston, US painter/author, dies at 63
1845 : Jacob earl of Rechteren/Appeltern, gov of Gelderland, dies at 57
1850 : B b, [Bah '¡ prophet] executed in Tabriz Iran
1850 : Sajjid Ali Mohammed Bab, Persian founder of Babism
1850 : Zachary Taylor, 12th pres (1849-50), dies in White House at 65
1875 : Francis Preston Blair Jr, famed St Louis lawyer, dies at 54
1883 : Adrien Louis Victor Boieldieu, composer, dies at 67
1893 : William Scotton, cricketer (wicket in 15 Tests for Eng), suicide
1909 : Kasimir Felix Badeni, Premier of Polish/Austria (1895-97), dies at 62
1932 : Henry Howell, English cricket fast bowler (5 Tests 1920-24), dies
1934 : Otakar Zich, composer, dies at 55
1949 : Fritz Bennicke Hart, composer, dies at 75
1951 : Harry Heilmann, baseball hall of famer outfielder (Det), dies at 56
1951 : Jorgen Bentzon, composer, dies at 54
1956 : Ren‚e Erd”s, Hungarian literary (Le ny lmok [Dream Girl]), dies
1957 : Alexander Fyodorovich Gedike, composer, dies at 80
1957 : Manfred Julius Susskind, S African cricketer (1924 Test series), dies
1960 : Edward Burlingame Hill, composer, dies at 86
1960 : Vallance Jupp, cricketer (28 wkts in 8 Tests for England 1921-28), dies
1961 : Alan Marshal, actor (Lydia, Irene, Exile Express), dies at 52
1962 : Louis A van Gasteren, Dutch actor (Willem van Oranje), dies at 74
1963 : Frank Mayo, actor (Santa Fe Trail), dies of heart attack at 74
1967 : Douglas MacLean, silent film comedian turned producer, dies at 77
1968 : Allyn Edwards, host (One Minute Please, Mr Citizen), dies at 53
1968 : John Indrisano, actor (OK Crackerby), dies at 62
1968 : Vardis A Fisher, US writer (Passion Spin the Plot), dies at 73
1969 : Gertrude Dixon, compiler of Shunryu Suzuki's Zen Mind, dies
1969 : Gladys Swarthout, US mezzo-soprano/alt (La Gioconda), dies at 64
1969 : Pierre Capdevielle, composer, dies at 63
1969 : Rob de Vries, actor/director (Ciske de Rat, Silent Raid), dies at 51
1972 : Kwame Nkrumah, re-buried in Nkroful Ghana
1974 : Sonia Gaskell, Russian/Neth choreographer (Diaghilev), dies at 70
1974 : Ted Bowley, cricketer (England batsman in 5 Tests 1929-30), dies
1977 : Loren C Eiseley, US anthropologist/writer (Animal Secrets), dies at 69
1978 : Abdul Razak al-Naif, premier of Iraq, murdered
1978 : Aladar Zoltan, composer, dies at 49
1979 : Betty Evans Grayson, softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1959), dies at 53
1979 : Cornelia Otis Skinner, dies at 78
1979 : Janardhan Gnanoba Navle, cricketer (2 Tests for India), dies
1981 : Allen Ludden, TV show host (Password), dies at 61
1981 : Oscar van Hemel, composer, dies at 88
1981 : Wilhelm H C Tenhaeff, para-psychologist, dies at 87
1984 : Randall Thompson, US composer (Trip to Nahant), dies at 85
1985 : Rafael Campos, actor (Ramon-Rhoda, Sancho-V), dies of cancer at 49
1986 : Karl-Heinz Beckurts, West german Siemens manager, murdered
1986 : Le Duan, Vietnamese politician, dies at 78
1988 : Anthony Holland, AIDS sufferer committed suicide at 60
1988 : Barbara Woodhouse, dog trainer, dies at 78 of a stroke
1990 : Howard Duff, actor (Kramer vs Kramer), dies at 76 of a heart attack
1992 : Eric Savareid, News correspondent (CBS), dies at 79
1992 : Kelvin Coe, Australian ballerina (A'sch Ballet/Bolshoi Ballet), dies
1993 : Cut Meijer, [Saul Messel], historian/rabbi to Paramaribo, dies at 80
1993 : Will Rogers Jr, (Rep-D)/actor (Boy from Okla), commits suicide at 81
1994 : Cornelius Boyson, bassist, dies at 57
1994 : William "Sabby" Lewis, jazz Pianist/Arranger, dies at 79
1995 : Jacques Molicard, translator/Navigator, dies at 62
1995 : James Cameron Tudor, politician, dies at 66
1995 : John Eric Tieman, production Manager (Guardian), dies at 67
1995 : Julian Graham Theodore Hough, actor (Deathwatch, Shout), dies at 47
1995 : W Fenton Morley, preacher, dies at 83
1996 : Christopher Casson, actor (Educating Rita, Zardoz), dies at 84
1996 : Douglas G Chapman, biomathematical statistician, dies at 76
1996 : Melvin Mouron Belli, attorney/actor (Star Trek), dies at 88
1996 : Peter Martini, British journalist, dies at 31
1996 : Susan Cowdy, British ornithologist, dies at 81

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