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Deaths on August 13

xxxx : Maximus Confessor, Greek theologist/crusader, dies
xxxx : Radegundis, daughter of Thrings king Berthar/saint, dies
xxxx : Zwendibold, king of Lutherans (895-900), dies in battle at 29
1134 : Irene [Pirisca], Byzantine empress, dies
1191 : Philips van Heinsberg, archbishop of Cologne, dies
1278 : Daikaku, Zen teacher Rinzai line/head of Kenchoji, dies in Japan at 65
1637 : Dirck J Bas, Dutch merchant/regent/govt leader (OIC), dies
1674 : Lars Johnstown, [Lasse Lucidor], Swedish poet, dies at 35
1749 : J E Schlegel, writer, dies
1762 : John Alberti, theologist/philological, dies at 64
1787 : Isa„c de Pinto, merchant/lender/Dutch States-general, dies
1808 : Henri Hardouin, composer, dies at 81
1841 : Bernhard Heinrich Romberg, German composer, dies at 73
1841 : Bernhard Romberg, German cellist/composer, dies
1860 : Danillo II, ruler of Montenegro, dies
1865 : Ignaz Semmelweis, gynecologist, dies at 47
1886 : Adolf von Doss, composer, dies at 62
1895 : Christian B Freiherr von Tauchnitz, German publisher (T Edition), dies
1896 : John Everett Millais, English painter, dies at 67
1897 : Antonius von der Linde, Neth/German librarian, dies at 63
1908 : Ira D Sankey, US evangelist/composer/singer (Gospel Hymns), dies at 67
1910 : Florence Nightingale, English nurse, dies at 90
1912 : Jules EF Massenet, French opera composer (Werther, Manon), dies at 70
1913 : F August Bebel, German social-democrat, dies
1916 : Fritz Steinbach, composer, dies at 61
1924 : Julian Aguirre, composer, dies at 56
1927 : James Curwood, US journalist/writer (Valley of Silent Men), dies at 49
1928 : Fernand de La Tombelle, composer, dies at 74
1933 : Paul Joseph Guillaume Hillemacher, composer, dies at 80
1940 : George C Pearce, actor (Hold tat Lion, British Agent), dies at 75
1946 : H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, sci-fi author (Time Machine), dies at 79
1946 : Valery Viktorovich Zhelobinsky, composer, dies at 33
1947 : Johan H T Norlind, Swedish musicologist, dies
1948 : Edwin Maxwell, actor (Taming of the Shrew), dies at 62
1953 : Dmitri Arakishvili, composer, dies at 80
1954 : Hermann W S Waltershausen, German musicologist/composer, dies at 71
1956 : Harry Donnan, cricketer (5 Tests for Australia 1891-96), dies
1959 : Henry Garat, actor (Congress Dances), dies at 57
1961 : Adeline De Walt Reynolds, actress (Son of Dracula), dies at 78
1967 : Jane Darwell, actress (Girls in Prison), dies of heart attack at 87
1970 : Viktor Nikolayevich Trambitsky, composer, dies at 75
1971 : King Curtis, [Curtis Ousley], US musician, murdered at 37
1972 : George Wiess, General Manager (NY Yankees), dies at 78
1973 : Ben van Eysselsteijn, Dutch playwright (Arid Earth), dies at 75
1974 : Hugo Yarnold, cricketer (Umpire in 3 Tests for England), dies
1974 : Kate O'Brien, Irish writer (Pray for the Wanderer), dies at 76
1975 : Max Lamberty, Flemish sociologist (What is Culture?), dies at 81
1977 : Henry Williamson, English author (Tarka the Otter), dies
1982 : Charles Walters, US actor/choreographer/dir (High Society), dies at 70
1982 : Joe E Ross, comedian (Toody-Car 54, Phil Silvers Show), dies at 77
1982 : Joe Tex, [Joseph Arrington Jr], singer (Getting Scarce), dies at 49
1984 : Clyde Cook, actor (Dawn Patrol, Jazz Heaven), dies in his sleep at 92
1985 : Marion Martin, actress (Dakota Lil, Queen of Burlesque), dies at 67
1986 : Helen Mack, actress (Son of Kong, Milky Way), dies
1987 : Vincent Persichetti, US composer (Sibyl), dies at 72
1988 : Otto E Passman, (Rep-D-La, 1947-77), dies at 88
1989 : Tim Richmond, race car driver (won 13 NASCAR races), dies of AIDS
1990 : Jimmy Starr, actor (Hot Flashes), dies at 86
1991 : Jack Ryan, inventor (Barbie Doll, Hot Wheels), dies at 65
1992 : Bill Elverman, playwright/actor (After Hours), dies at 40
1992 : Clifford Allison, US stock-car racer, dies in an accident
1992 : David Kaplan, news director (ABC), killed in Sarajevo Yugoslavia
1992 : Jan Elburg, [Joannes G], poet (Geen letterheren), dies
1994 : Manfred W”rner, German general/sec-gen of NATO (1988-94), dies at 59
1995 : Alison Hargreaves, mountaineer, dies at 33
1995 : Jesse Thomas, blues singer, dies at 84
1995 : Mickey Mantle, baseball great (NY Yankees), dies of cancer at 63
1995 : Per-Jakez Helias, Writer/teacher, dies at 81
1996 : Antonio Sebastiao Ribiero de Spinola, soldier/polititican, dies at 86
1996 : Antonio de Spinola, general of Portugal, dies
1996 : Christopher John Gray, priest, dies at 42
1996 : David Randall, priest, dies at 49
1996 : David Tudor, composer, dies at 70
1996 : Tom Mees, ESPN sports anchors (NHL), drowns at 46
1996 : W Gordon Smith, playwright, dies at 67

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