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Deaths on January 03

1322 : Philip V, the Tall, King of France (1316-22), dies
1501 : Ali Sjir Neva'i [Fani], Turkish poet/author, dies at 59
1543 : Juan Cabrillo, conqueror of Cen America, discoverer of Calif, dies
1552 : Henry II of Bavaria, bishop of Utrecht (1524-29), dies at 64
1560 : Peder Palladus, Danish church reformer (Visitasbog), dies at about 56
1570 : Bartholomeus Latomus, [Steinmetz], Flemish archbishop of Trier, dies
1571 : Joachim II Hector, elector (Brandenburg), dies at 65
1628 : Francesco Maria Guaitoli, composer, dies at 64
1641 : Jeremiah Horrocks, English astronomical prodigy, dies at 22
1661 : Maria I Stuart, Queen of England/husband of Willem II, dies at 29 [NS]
1670 : George Monck, English general(-to the-sea), dies at 61
1759 : Marquis & Marquess of Tavora, Portugese nobles, executed
1761 : Willem de Fesch, Dutch violinist/composer (Joseph), dies at 73
1795 : Josiah Wedgwood, British, ceramic craftsman/woodworker, dies at 64
1829 : Robert Archibald Smith, composer, dies at 48
1835 : Willem F R÷ell, Dutch baron/minister of Internal Affairs, dies at 67
1836 : Friedrich Witt, composer, dies at 65
1841 : Wilhelmus Kist, writer/director of Dutch (Official) Gazette, dies at 82
1853 : Theodor Uhlig, composer, dies at 30
1858 : Rachel, [Elisabeth Rachel-FTlix], Fr singer/actress (Muse), dies at 36
1865 : Jozef Lies, Flemish painter, dies at 43
1868 : Moritz Hauptmann, composer, dies at 75
1870 : Constantine D Uschinsky, Russian educationalist, dies at 46 [NS]
1873 : John Lodge Ellerton, composer, dies at 71
1875 : Baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer (opera's buff), dies at 68
1875 : George Bizet, composer, dies
1882 : William H Ainsworth, English writer (Guy Fawkes), dies at 76
1898 : James Wimshurst, British designer/inventor (vacuum pump), dies at 70
1900 : Edwin George Monk, composer, dies at 80
1907 : Josef Foerster, composer, dies at 73
1912 : Felix Dahn, writer, dies at 77
1914 : Stephane Raoul Pugno, composer, dies at 62
1915 : James E Flecker, British diplomat/novelist (Hassan), dies at 30
1923 : Jaroslav Hasek, Czech writer (Good Soldier Schweyk), dies at 39
1931 : Joseph J C Joffre, French marshal, dies at 78
1933 : Wilhelm Cuno, German Reich's chancellor (1922-23), dies at 56
1938 : Arthur Boon, Flemish priest/philologist, dies at 54
1942 : Pauline Beersmans, [PLJM van Cuyck], Flemish actress, dies at 70
1945 : Fyodor Akimenko, composer, dies at 68
1946 : William Joyce, (Lord Haw Haw), hanged in Britain for treason
1951 : Fred Barlow, composer, dies at 69
1956 : Alexander Tikhonovich Gretshaninov, Russian/US composer, dies at 91
1960 : Victor Seastrom, entertainer, dies at 80
1963 : Oscar Backing, Austria/Neth viola player, dies at 83
1965 : Betty Harte, entertainer, dies at 82
1965 : Julius Tannen, comedian, dies at 84
1966 : Rex Lease, actor (Perils of Pauline, Dakota, California), dies at 62
1967 : Jack Ruby, assassin who killed assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, dies at 55
1967 : Mary Garden, opera star, dies at 92
1969 : Howard McNear, actor (Irma La Douce), dies after long illness at 63
1972 : Frans Masereel, Flem WWII resistance fighter (Le Soleil), dies at 82
1974 : Gino Cervi, actor (Becket, Don Camillo), dies at 72
1975 : Milton J Cross, TV announcer (Met Opera Auditions), dies at 87
1975 : Robert Neumann, Austrian/British author (False Flag), dies at 77
1975 : Walter Linck, Swiss sculptor, dies at 71
1976 : Mal Evans, Beatles' roadie, dies
1976 : Mateusz Glinski, composer, dies at 83
1976 : Michael V Love, US test pilot (X-24), dies in F-4 crash at 37
1977 : Avraham Ofer, Israeli minister of housing, commits suicide
1977 : Benno Stokvis, Dutch attorney/politician, dies at 75
1979 : Conrad Hilton, US founder (Hilton Hotels), dies at 91
1980 : Amos Milburn, rocker, dies at 52
1980 : Axel Springer Jr, German photographer, commits suicide at 38
1980 : Ivan Triesault, actor (Von Ryan's Express, Desert Fox), dies at 81
1980 : Joy Adamson, author (Born Free), killed by her servant at 69
1982 : Derek Sealy, cricketer (West Indies 1930-39), dies
1985 : Lucien Cailliet, composer, dies at 93
1986 : Jens Bjerre, composer, dies at 82
1988 : Gaston Eyskens, PM of Belgium (1949, 1958-61, 1968-72), dies at 82
1988 : Rose AuslSnder, writer, dies at 70
1988 : William Cagney, actor (Torrid Zone), dies of a heart attack at 82
1990 : Ken Hill, actor (Cobra, Protocol), dies
1992 : Anthony Del Casino, band leader (Charlie Barnet Band), dies at 79
1992 : Judith Anderson, actress (Star Trek 3), dies of pneumonia at 93
1992 : Ken Grieves, cricketer (NSW & Lancashire leg-spin all-rounder), dies
1992 : Lewis Michael Friedman, pianist, dies at 47 of AIDS
1992 : Radomiro Tomic, Chilean president (1970), dies
1993 : Peter Brocco, blacklisted in the 1950's, dies of heart attack at 89
1994 : Roel Bazen, Dutch sound technician (Van Kooten & The Bie), dies at 48
1995 : Al Duncan, drummer, dies at 68
1995 : Byron MacGregor, newscaster, dies at 56
1995 : Gerard W Taylor, South African/British surgeon, dies at 74
1995 : Robert Nesbitt, impresario, dies at 88
1996 : Geoffrey Pardoe, engineer, dies at 67
1996 : Terence Tenison Cuneo, artist, dies at 88
1997 : Burton Lane, composer, dies at 84

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