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Deaths on August 26

xxxx : Theodorik the Great, King of Italy, dies
1278 : Ottokar II, King of Bohemia (1253-78), dies in battle
1346 : Jan de Blinde, King of Bohemia/count of Luxemburg, dies in battle
1368 : Engelbrecht van der Mark, prince-Bishop of Luik (1345-64), dies
1486 : Ernst I, ruler of Saxon (1464-86), dies at 45
1518 : Giberto X, Italian mister of Correggio/husband of Veronica Gambara
1616 : Johan van de Veeken, merchant/co-founder (VOC), dies at 66
1661 : Louis Couperin, composer, dies
1683 : Christoph Schultze, composer, dies at 76
1712 : Sebastian Anton Scherer, composer, dies at 80
1723 : Thonis van Leeuwenhoek, biologist/inventor (microscope), dies at 90
1770 : Domingos dos Reis Quita, Portuguese playwright/poet, dies at 42
1813 : Daniel Gottlob Turk, composer, dies at 63
1813 : Karl Theodor K”rner, German poet (Vetter aus Bremen), dies at 21
1832 : Henryk Klein, composer, dies at 96
1849 : Jacques-Fereol Mazas, composer, dies at 66
1860 : Friedrich Silcher, composer, dies at 71
1860 : Philipp Friedrich Silcher, composer, dies at 71
1863 : John Buchanan Floyd, US min of War (1857-60)/Confederate general, dies
1865 : Johann F Encke, German astronomer (Comet Encke), dies at 73
1865 : Marcellus Monroe Crocker, US attorney/Union brig-general, dies at 35
1869 : Henri Leys, Flemish painter, dies at 54
1873 : Carl Wilhelm, composer, dies at 57
1894 : PPH van Ham, general-major, dies in battle on Lombok
1921 : Ludwig Thoma, writer, dies
1921 : Matthias Erzberger, German min of Finance, murdered at 45
1921 : Peter I Karadjordjevic, King of Serbia/Yugoslavia (1903-21), dies
1930 : Lon Chaney, actor (Thunder, Big City, Unholy 3), dies at 47
1945 : Franz Werfel, Czech/German/US poet/writer (Mirror Man), dies at 54
1948 : Oscar L Fern ndez, Brazilian conductor/composer (Imbapara), dies at 50
1949 : Nico van Suchtelen, publisher, dies at 70
1958 : Ralph Vaughan Williams, English composer, dies at 85
1960 : Mark Hambourg, composer, dies at 81
1963 : Larry Keating, actor (George Burns Show, Roger-Mr Ed), dies at 67
1966 : Art Baker, TV host (You Asked For It), dies at 67
1967 : Andres Sas, composer, dies at 67
1967 : Dilawar Hussain, cricketer (Indian wicketkeeper in the 1930's), dies
1968 : Kay Francis, actress (Charley's Aunt, Play Girl), dies of cancer at 65
1971 : Francesco Santoliquido, composer, dies at 88
1972 : Jacques Gans, Dutch author/journalist, dies at 63
1974 : Charles Lindbergh, aviator, dies at 72
1975 : Cullen Landis, entertainer, dies at 80
1976 : Lotte (Krause-)Lehmann, German soprano (More than singing), dies at 88
1976 : Warner Anderson, actor (Doctor, Lineup, Peyton Place), dies at 65
1977 : HA Rey, author of popular constellation book, dies at 78
1977 : Heinz Rottger, composer, dies at 67
1977 : Willis Bouchey, actor (Battle Cry, From Here to Eternity), dies at 34
1978 : Charles Boyer, actor (Gaslight, Rogues), dies at 78
1978 : Charles Trowbridge Haubiel, composer, dies at 86
1980 : Miliza Korjus, actress (Great Waltz), dies at 71
1980 : Tex Avery, cartoon director (What's up, doc?), dies at 72
1981 : Lee Hays, rocker, dies of a heart attack
1981 : Roger Nash Baldwin, founder (ACLU), dies at 97
1983 : Mike Kellin, actor (Honestly Celeste), dies at 61 of cancer
1984 : Julie Stevens, actress (Lorelei-Big Town), dies at 67
1985 : Pieter Jongeling, Dutch MP/editor (GPV, Netherlands Daily), dies at 76
1986 : Jennifer Levin, strangled by Robert Chambers in Central Park
1986 : Ted Knight, [Tadeus Konopka], actor (Mary Tyler Moore), dies at 62
1987 : John Goddard, cricketer (West Indian captain 1948-53), dies
1988 : Paul Francis Lloyd, entertainer, dies
1989 : Henk Heidweiller, ambassador of Suriname, dies
1989 : Irving Stone, US writer (Love is Eternal, Lust for Life), dies
1992 : Bob the Moor, Flemish comic strip artist (Kuifje), dies
1993 : Rockin Dopsie Sr, Jazz-Fusion singer (Zydeco), dies at 61
1994 : Tariq Yunus, actor (Bollywood, Ashanti, Deceivers), dies at 54
1995 : David James Moore, educationalist, dies at 62
1995 : Evelyn Wood, speed reading guru, dies at 86
1995 : John Costello, historian, dies at 52
1995 : Omukama Patrick D Matthew Olimi Kaboyo II, king of Toro, dies at 49
1995 : Ronald Anthony White Jr, singer, dies at 57
1996 : Alejandro Lanusse, army officer/politician, dies at 77
1996 : Baron Baker, activist, dies at 71
1996 : Catherine Mary Hall, nurse, dies at 73

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