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Deaths on December 27

xxxx : erik, bishop of Utrecht (918-75), dies
xxxx : mus, Greek Pope (417-8), dies
1065 : Ferdinand I, the Great, king of Castili‰, dies
1590 : Emmanuel-Philibert of Lalaing, marquis of Renty, dies at 33
1596 : Pietro Pontio, composer, dies at 63
1603 : Thomas Cartwright, English Presbyterian publicist, dies at about 68
1631 : John Pijnas, Dutch painter, buried at about 47
1641 : Fran‡ois van d'Aerssen, ruler of Sommelsdijk/diplomat, dies at 69
1805 : Belle van Zuylen, Neth/Swiss writer (Trois Femmes), dies at 65
1836 : Stephen Fuller Austin, founder of state of Texas, dies at 43
1858 : Alexandre Pierre Fran‡ois Boely, composer, dies at 73
1877 : Nikolai A Nekrasov, Russian poet (Metshty into Zvuki), dies at 56
1880 : Alessandro Nini, composer, dies at 75
1900 : William G Armstrong, of Cragside, Brit const (hydr crane), dies at 90
1916 : Nikolay Feopemptovich Solov'yov, composer, dies at 70
1919 : Achilles Alferaki, composer, dies at 73
1919 : Theodoor H de Meester, Dutch lib premier (1905-08), dies at 68
1924 : William Archer, Scottish critic/playwright (Green Goddess), dies at 68
1925 : Louis Dosfel, Flemish lawyer/literary (Assault!), dies at 44
1930 : William Courtleigh, actor (Madame X, Eyes of Youth), dies at 63
1931 : Peter Christian Lutkin, composer, dies at 73
1931 : Walter Courvoisier, composer, dies at 56
1936 : Hans von Seeckt, German Gen/advisor of Chiang Kai-shek, dies at 70
1938 : Emile Vandervelde, Belgian secretary of State (BWP), dies at 72
1938 : O Mandelstam, writer, dies
1944 : Amy Marcy Cheney Beach, composer, dies at 77
1950 : Max Beckmann, German painter/graphic artist, dies at 66
1952 : Henri G Winkelman, Dutch supreme commander army/navy 1940, dies at 76
1957 : Alan Bridge, actor (Hail the Conquering Hero), dies at 66
1959 : Alfonso Reyes, Mexican poet/historian/diplomat, dies at 70
1972 : Lester B Pearson (L), 14th Canadian PM (Nobel 1957), dies at 75
1974 : Amy Vanderbilt, US author (Complete book of etiquette), dies at 66
1974 : Raymond Glenn, actor (Raisin in the Sun, Carmen Jones), dies at 76
1978 : Bob de Lange, Dutch actor/director (Daniel), dies at 62
1978 : Chris Bell, rock guitarist (Big Star), dies at 27 in car crash
1978 : Houari Boum‚diene, Algerian Pres, dies after 40 days in a coma at 53
1979 : Hafizullah Amin, president of Afghanistan (1979), murdered
1981 : Hoagy Carmichael, US actor/songwriter (Stardust), dies at 82
1982 : John Leonard Swigert Jr, astronaut (Apollo 13), dies of cancer at 51
1983 : Walter Scott, rocker, dies
1985 : Dian Fossey, US naturalist (Gorillas in Mist), found dead in Rwanda
1986 : Cliff Burton, bass player (Metallica), dies in a bus crash at 24
1986 : Lars-Eric Vilner Larsson, composer, dies at 78
1987 : Priscilla Dean, actress (Outside the Law), dies of injuries at 91
1987 : Rewi Alley, NZ author, pro Chinese communist, dies at 90 in Beijing
1988 : Fox Harris, actor (Alienator, Warlords, Sid & Nancy), dies
1988 : Hall Ashby, US director (Shampoo, 8 Million Ways to Die), dies at 59
1991 : Edward M Love, choreographer/dancer, dies of AIDS at 43
1991 : John Morgan Evans, actor, dies after lengthy illness at 49
1991 : W Hudson, US "strongest man to the world" (540 kg), dies
1992 : Cardew "the Cad" [Douglas] Robinson, Engl comedian (Alfie), dies at 75
1992 : Jan Peeters, Dutch watercolorist/monument artist, dies
1993 : Blandine Ebinger, [Loeser], actress (M„dchen in Uniform), dies at 94
1993 : Youssef Sebti, Algerian scholar/poet, murdered at 50
1994 : Hans Berghuis, author/poet (Kleitabletten), dies at 70
1994 : Karl AF Schiller, West German economist/SPD-minister, dies at 83
1994 : Peter Barker Howard May, cricket (4537 runs-Eng 1951-61), dies at 64
1994 : Sadi de Gorter, Dutch author/diplomat (Abscess), dies at 82
1995 : Jeremy John Beadle, writer/broadcaster, dies at 39
1995 : Peter Refn, Danish journalist/director (Violets are Blue), dies at 54
1995 : Shura Cherkassky, pianist, dies at 86
1997 : Brendan Gill, journalist, dies at 83
1997 : Dorothy Stroud, garden historian, dies at 87
1997 : Ewart G Abner Jr, president (Motown Records), dies at 74
1997 : Tom Hudson, artist/teacher, dies at 75

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