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Deaths on December 31

1382 : Daigaku, Zen teacher/46th head of Engakuji, dies in Kamakura Japan
1384 : John Wycliffe, English religious reformer/bible translator, dies
1583 : Thomas Erastus, Switz, theologist, dies
1616 : Jacques Le Maire, pirate/explorer (Lemaire Strait), dies at 31
1647 : Giovanni Maria Trabaci, composer, dies
1652 : Frances Cecil, 2nd wife of English earl of Shaftesbury, dies
1659 : J nos Ap czai Csere, Hung theologist (Magyar Logik cska), dies at 34
1719 : John Flamsteed, 1st Astronomer Royal, dies at 73
1733 : Hubert K Poot, Dutch poet (Akkerleven), dies at 44
1775 : Richard Montgomery, General, dies fighting British
1802 : Francis Lewis, Welsh/US merchant/signer (Decl of Ind), dies at 89
1802 : Hugo Franz Karl Alexander von Kerpen, composer, dies at 53
1809 : Franz Ignaz Beck, composer, dies at 75
1818 : Jean-Pierre Duport, composer, dies at 77
1848 : Oliver Shaw, composer, dies at 69
1859 : Luigi Ricci, composer, dies at 54
1862 : James Edward Rains, lawyer/Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 29
1862 : Joshua Woodrow Sill, US Union brig-general, dies in battle at 31
1872 : Aleksis Kivi, [Stenvall], Finnish writer/poet (Kanervala), dies at 38
1877 : Alberto Mazzucato, composer, dies at 64
1877 : JD Gustave Courbet, French painter (Baigneuses), dies at 58
1882 : L‚on Michel Gambetta, French attorney/premier (1881-82), dies at 44
1889 : Ion Creanga, Romanian (fairy tales) author, dies at 52
1893 : Jacob G de Scheffer, Dutch vicar/theologist, dies at 74
1894 : Thomas J Stieltjes, mathematician (Stieltjes-integral), dies at 38
1896 : Leland Hone, cricketer (scored 7 & 6 in only England Test 1879), dies
1899 : Karl Mill”cker, Austrian conductor/composer (Try-out Kiss), dies at 57
1907 : Jules de Trooz, Belgium PM, dies at 63
1916 : Ernst Rudorff, composer, dies at 76
1920 : Albert Roelofs, Dutch painter/etcher, dies at 43
1921 : J¢zsef Kiss, Hungarian literary (A h‚t), dies at 78
1936 : Miguel de Unamuno Jugo, Span philosopher/poet (Cancionero), dies at 72
1936 : William FA Ellison, Irish clergyman/astronomer, dies at 72
1938 : Richard N Roland Holst, Dutch artist/painter, dies at 70
1941 : Sigwart Aspestrand, composer, dies at 85
1945 : Donald Douglas II, dies at 40
1946 : Frits [Frederik H] Tartaud, Dutch actor, dies at 89
1947 : Franz X Ritter von Epp, German General (SW Africa), dies at 79
1948 : Malcolm Campbell, English race driver, dies at 63
1950 : Charles Koechlin, French composer (Jungle Book), dies at 83
1950 : Karl Renner, Austrian Chancellor/pres (1918-20, 45-50), dies at 80
1951 : Maxim M Litvinov, [Meyer H Wallach], Russian diplomat, dies at 75
1951 : Philipp A Kohnstamm, Dutch philosopher/physicist, dies at 76
1953 : Albert Plesman, Dutch aviation pioneer/founder (KLM), dies at 64
1954 : Peter Van Anrooy, conductor/composer (Piet Hein Rhapsodie), dies at 75
1958 : Gustav Hermann Unger, composer, dies at 72
1960 : Germaine Loosveldt, Flemish actress (Trees die Upright), dies at 69
1960 : Semyon Semyonovich Bogatiryov, composer, dies at 70
1963 : Albert Plesman, aviation pioneer, dies
1966 : Chief Nipo Strongheart, Native Amer actor (Pony Soldier), dies at 75
1966 : Pieter C A Geyl, historian (History of Dutch Race), dies
1967 : Arthur Mailey, cricketer (10-66 & Aust v Gloucestershire 1921), dies
1968 : Carl Oscar Ahues, German International Chess Master (1950), dies at 85
1968 : George Louis Francis Lewis, composer, dies at 16
1968 : Sabin V Dragoi, composer, dies at 74
1969 : Salvatore Baccaloni, opera singer/actor (Full of Life), dies at 69
1970 : Cyril M Scott, English composer/author (Alchemist), dies at 91
1971 : Peter Deuel, actor (Gidget, Love on a Rooftop), commits suicide at 31
1972 : Roberto Clemente, slugger (Pitts Pirate), dies in a plane crash at 38
1975 : Donal Michalsky, composer, dies at 47
1977 : Nora Marlowe, actress (Sara-Gov & JJ), dies at 62
1980 : Arthur Wellard, cricketer (2 Tests for Eng, legendary 6-hitter), dies
1980 : Marshall McLuhan, Canadian cultural philosopher, dies at 69
1980 : Raoul Walsh, US director (High Sierra), dies at about 88
1981 : Frantisek Chaun, composer, dies at 60
1983 : Bill Hunt, cricketer (Test for Aust, out 0, took 0-25 & 0-14), dies
1983 : Frank Link, actor (Burns & Schreiber Comedy Show), dies at 46
1985 : Alexander Matheson, cricketer (2 wickets/2 Tests for NZ 1930-31), dies
1985 : Rick Nelson, singer/actor (Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet), dies at 45
1985 : Sam Spiegel, Academy Award winning producer (Betrayal), dies at 84
1986 : Lester Albert Trimble, composer, dies at 63
1986 : Lloyd Haynes, actor (Pete Dixon-Room 222), dies at 54
1987 : [Gordon] Randall [P D] Garrett, author (Lord Darcy), dies at 60
1990 : Dalton Cathey, dies of AIDS at 44
1990 : George Allen, US football coach (LA Rams, Wash Redskins), dies
1990 : Vasily Grigoryevich Lazarev, cosmonaut (Soyuz 12, 18A), dies at 62
1993 : Arthur Dreifuss, director/producer (Murder in Amsterdam), dies at 85
1993 : Lambert Fokkema, founder Dutch Export Combination, dies at 80
1993 : Thomas J Watson Jr, president of IBM (1956-71)/diplomat, dies at 79
1993 : Zviad Gamsachurdia, pres of Georgia SSR (1991-1993), suicide at 54
1994 : BAM "Bob" Schreiner, airline owner (S Aviation Group), dies at 79
1994 : Harri Webb, poet, dies at 74
1994 : Leigh Bowery, designer, dies at 33
1994 : Leo Fuchs, Polish/US Yiddish actor (Story of Ruth), dies at 83
1994 : Thomas J Watson Jr, CEO (IBM), dies of a stroke at 79
1994 : Woodrow "Woody" Strode, US rugby player/black cowboy actor (Oil), dies
1994 : Woody Strode, actor (Posse, Cotton Club, Vigilante), dies at 80
1995 : Calvin/Hobbes, (comic strip), dies
1995 : John Powell, campaigner, dies at 75
1996 : 61 law enforcement officers, killed by felons in US this year
1996 : Ann Susan Hills, freelance journalist, dies at 55
1996 : David Sinclair, actor (Love & Hate), dies at 62
1996 : Frederico Davia, opera singer, dies at 63
1996 : Michael Roberts, historian, dies at 88
1996 : Phillip Edmund Clinton Manson-Bahr, tropical mediciner, dies at 85
1997 : 76 law enforcement officers, killed by felons in US this year
1997 : Dominique de Menil, arts patron/human rights advocate, dies at 89
1997 : Floyd Cramer, pianist (Nashville Sound), dies of cancer at 64
1997 : Lillian Billie Dove Bohney, actress, dies at 96
1997 : Michael Kennedy, son of Robert Kennedy, dies in ski accident at 39

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