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Deaths on December 29

1141 : Yue Fei, Chinese general, executed
1170 : Thomas Beckett, archbishop, assassinated by 4 knights of King Henry II
1558 : Hermann Finck, composer, dies at 31
1619 : Antoine Arnauld, French lawyer (Philippica), dies
1630 : Jan Baptist Stalpart van der Wiele, RC pastor/lyricist, dies at 51
1689 : Olfert Dapper, Amsterdam historian/geographer, buried
1703 : Mustapha II, sultan (Turkey), dies at 39
1731 : J Brook Taylor, English mathematician, dies at 46
1785 : Johann Heinrich Rolle, composer, dies at 69
1815 : Saartjie Baartman, Hottentot Venus, dies in Paris
1821 : Jean-Baptiste Dumonceau de Bergendael, S Neth general, dies at 61
1822 : Albert Christoph Dies, composer, dies at 67
1825 : Giuseppe Maria Gioacchino Cambini, composer, dies
1825 : Jacques-Louis David, French painter (Death of Marat), dies at 77
1835 : Charles-Joseph Tolbecque, composer, dies at 29
1836 : Johann Baptist Schenk, composer, dies at 83
1847 : William Crotch, composer, dies at 72
1871 : Ferdinand Marcucci, composer, dies at 71
1877 : Willem Sassen, Dutch attorney general on Cura‡ao (Affair-S), dies
1890 : Big Foot, Sioux indian chief, dies at Wounded Knee
1891 : Leopold Kronecker, German mathematician, dies at 68
1894 : Chris Rossetti, writer, dies at 64
1898 : Georg Goltermann, composer, dies at 74
1915 : Charles Beach Hawley, composer, dies at 57
1916 : Grigori J Rasputin, Russian faith healer/intriguer, murdered at 45
1925 : F‚lix E Vallotton, Swiss painter/writer (Chaste Susanne), dies at 60
1926 : Rainer M Rilke, Austrias songwriter/writer (Wise Queen), dies at 51
1933 : Joh Georghe Duca, premier of Romania, murdered
1942 : Frank D Adams, Canadian geologist, dies at 83
1943 : William H Singer, US painter/collector (Singer Museum), dies at 75
1947 : Joseph Cuvelier, Belgian historian/general, dies at 78
1952 : Beryl Rubinstein, composer, dies at 54
1956 : Martin Albertz, German theologist (Jesus Christ's Church), dies at 73
1957 : Tom Richmond, cricketer (Notts leg-spinner took 2-86 in Eng Test), die
1958 : Doris Humphrey, US dancer/choreographer (Dances of Women), dies at 63
1959 : Robin Humphrey Milford, composer, dies at 56
1964 : Bernard von Brentano, German writer (Big Cats), dies at 63
1964 : Miroslav Krejci, composer, dies at 73
1965 : Kusaku Yamada, composer, dies at 79
1967 : Paul Whiteman, US orchestra leader (Fabulous Dorseys), dies at 77
1970 : John de Mol, Dutch accordionist, dies at 58
1971 : Stuart Holmes, dies of stomach ailment at 87
1972 : Fritz Behrend, composer, dies at 83
1976 : Ivo van Damme, Belgian 800/1500 m sprinter (Oly-silver-76), dies at 22
1980 : Roy Engle, actor (Police Chief-My Favorite Martian), dies at 67
1980 : Tim Hardin, US singer (Bird on a Wire), dies of a drug overdose at 39
1981 : Guido Provoost, Belgian historian, dies at 41
1982 : Sol C Siegel, US film producer (High Society), dies at 79
1984 : Leo Robin, lyricist, dies of heart failure at 84
1986 : Andrei Tarkovski, Russian director (Stalker), dies at 54
1986 : John Antill, composer, dies at 82
1986 : [Maurice] Harold MacMillan, PM of Great-Britain (1957-63), dies at 92
1991 : Julia McCarthy, dies of cancer at 64
1992 : LH Ruitenberg, vicar/editor in chief (Reform Netherlands), dies at 87
1992 : Vivienne Segal, US actress (Broadway, Pal Joey), dies at 95
1994 : Eugene Tanner Jr, singer, dies at 58
1994 : Frank Thring, Australian actor (El Cid, Ben-Hur), dies at 68
1995 : Hope Clara Chenhalls, food inspector, dies at 85
1995 : Louise Chaplin, actress, dies at 87
1995 : Madeleine Barot, resistance heroine, dies at 86
1995 : Nello Celio, president of Switz (1972), dies at 81
1996 : Alma Birk, journalist/politician, dies at 77
1996 : Daniel Raphaeautl Mayer, journalist/resistance leader, dies at 86
1996 : Mireille Hartuch, singer/songwriter, dies at 90
1996 : Oswald Szemerenyi, philologist, dies at 83
1996 : Peggy (Margaret McCrorie) Herbison, politician, dies at 89
1996 : Robert Morris, lawyer, dies at 81
1996 : Willaim Brown, British TV executive, dies at 67
1996 : William Thomas Pennar Davies, poet author/theologian, dies at 85
1997 : (Hanlon) Pat Clarke, cyclist, dies at 82
1997 : Robert Steel, academic, dies at 82

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