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Deaths on January 04

1584 : Tobias Stimmer, Swiss painter/cartoonist/playwright, dies at 44
1612 : Henry L Spieghel, Dutch merchant/writer, dies at 62
1678 : Johan Maetsuyker, Dutch gov-general of Ceylon (1653-78), dies at 71
1695 : Duke of Luxembourg, Luxembourg/French marshal, dies
1701 : Ernst R Tarhemberg, Austria, field marshal, dies at 62
1707 : Louis Willem I, count of Baden-Baden, dies
1729 : Joseph de Montesquiou earl d'Artagnan, French lt-general, dies at 77
1729 : Meir Bacharach, Hebrew poet, dies
1745 : Willem I Kerricx, the Young, Flemish architect/painter, dies at 62
1752 : Gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician (paradox of Cramer), dies at 47
1761 : Stephen Hales, English vicar/inventor (ventilator), dies at 83
1765 : Joseph Franz Xaver Dominik Stalder, composer, dies at 39
1778 : Charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter, dies at 57
1782 : Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French architect (Ecole Military), dies at 83
1786 : Mozes Mendelssohn, Jewish/German philosopher (Haksalah), dies at 56
1793 : Bengt Lidner, Swedish poet (Medea/Yttersa domen), dies at 35
1799 : Galib Dede/Seyh Galib, Turkish poet (Hsn Ask), dies at about 40
1804 : Charlotte Lennox, English novelist (The Female Quixote), dies
1809 : Bartolomeo Giacometti, composer, dies at 67
1821 : Elizabeth Ann Seton, 1st native-born American saint, dies in Maryland
1825 : Ferdinand I, King of Sicily/Naples (Ferdinand IV), dies at 73
1831 : Nikola P Neofit Rilski, Bulgaria abbot/poet, dies at 37
1843 : Petronella Moens, Frisian author/poetess, dies at 80
1864 : Mateo Ferrer, composer, dies at 75
1877 : Cornelius Vanderbilt, US robber baron, dies at 82
1880 : Anselm Feuerbach, German painter, dies
1883 : Nicolas Ledesma, composer, dies at 91
1885 : Eduard Yosif Kotek, composer, dies at 29
1886 : Ernest Panckoucke, French publisher (Horace), dies at 77
1891 : Joe Hunter, cricket wicket-keeper (England on 1884-85 Aust tour), dies
1898 : Frantisek Pivoda, composer, dies at 73
1903 : Geo[rge J H] Poggenbeek, Dutch surrealist painter, dies at 49
1903 : W H M "Dicky" Richards, cricketer (score 4 & 0 in Test for S Af), dies
1908 : Antony Winkler Prins, writer (Groiller Encyclopaedia), dies at 70
1910 : L‚on Delagrange, French aviation pioneer, dies
1913 : Alfred von Schlieffen, Prussian general-field marshal, dies at 79
1914 : Redjƒizade M Ekrem, Turkish poet/writer, dies at about 66
1914 : Silas Weir Mitchell, US physician/author (Free Quaker), dies at 84
1920 : Benito P‚rez Gald¢s, Spanish writer (Gloria), dies at 76
1931 : Art Acord, western actor (Set Free, Spurs & Saddles), dies at 40
1933 : Lucas Lindeboom, Dutch evangelist (Vredebond), dies at 87
1940 : Conrad Weiss, German writer/poet (Heart of Words), dies at 59
1941 : Henri Bergson, French philosopher (Le Rire, Nobel 1928), dies at 81
1942 : Leon Jessel, composer, dies at 70
1944 : Henri "Hans" Flu, Indonesian/Dutch family doctor/antifascist, murder
1944 : Kaj Munk, [Harald Leininger], anti-fascist writer (Kaj Munk), dies
1946 : Barney Oldfield, daredevil, dies at 67
1947 : Forrest Reid, Irish author/critic (Young Tom, Apostate), dies at 71
1952 : Constantly Permeke, Flemish painter (Boerin), dies at 65
1953 : Arthur Hoyt, actor (Gold Rush Gertie, Lost World), dies at 78
1955 : Dominicus Johner, composer, dies at 80
1955 : Fran‡ois Rasse, composer, dies at 81
1955 : Jan D Domela Nieuwenhuis Nyegaard, Dutch preacher, dies at 84
1956 : Alexandr Tikhonovich Grechaninov, composer, dies at 91
1957 : Theodor K”rner von Siegringen, Austrian pres (1951-57), dies at 84
1958 : Waverley John Anderson, Scot, viscount/governor of Bengal, dies at 75
1960 : Albert Camus, French author (Stranger), dies in an auto accident at 46
1961 : Barry Fitzgerald, actor (Going My Way), dies at 72
1964 : Ralph Dumke, actor (Movieland Quiz), dies at 64
1965 : T S Eliot, poet (Washed Country), dies in London at 76
1967 : Donald Campbell, boat racer, dies trying to break 300 mph on water
1968 : Joseph Pholien, Belgian PM (1950-52) communist fighter, dies at 83
1969 : Montague Fawcett Phillips, composer, dies at 83
1972 : Carl-Olof Anderberg, composer, dies at 57
1974 : Karel Janacek, composer, dies at 70
1975 : Carlo Levi, Italian writer (Parole Sono Pietre), dies at 72
1976 : Jan B Cammans, Flemish actor (Brothers Karamazov), dies at 84
1978 : Willem Bruynzeel, Dutch timber/lumber/wood manufacturer, dies at 76
1979 : Charles Mingus, jazz bassist, dies of heart attack
1985 : Brian Gwynne Horrocks, English lt-general (A Full Life), dies at 89
1986 : Christopher Isherwood, British writer (Lions & Shadows), dies at 81
1986 : Phil Lynott, rocker (Thin Lizzy), dies of overdose at 34
1987 : F van Heek, Dutch sociologist, dies at 79
1987 : Jack Martin, cricketer (Eng pace bowler, 1-111 & 0-18 in Test), dies
1987 : Peggy Bacon, author/illustrator (Off With Their Heads), dies at 91
1990 : Alberto Lleras Camargo, president of Colombia (1945-46, 58-62), dies
1990 : Robert F Adams, US, sci-fi author (Castaways in Time), dies at 57
1991 : Berry Kroeger, actor (Demon Seed), dies of kidney failure at 78
1991 : Harry Krimer, actor (Napoleon), committed suicide at 94
1991 : Leo N Wright, US saxophonist (I Left My Heart in SF), dies at 57
1992 : Earl Colbert, entertainer, dies
1992 : William Walker, stuntman/actor (Our Man Flint), dies at 74
1993 : Daniel H Craven, South African rugby coach, dies
1993 : Joe Keenan, actor (Conviction of Kitty Dodd), dies of cancer at 69
1994 : Jim Booth, New Zealand producer (Heavenly Creatures), dies at 48
1994 : Michiel P "Michael" Gorsira, Gov of Cura‡ao (1951-67), dies at 80
1995 : D Elmina Davies, filmmaker, dies at 36
1995 : Dorothy Granger, US actress (Hog Wild, Dentist), dies at about 80
1995 : Eduardo Mata, Mexican conductor, dies in air crash at 52
1995 : Jonathan Zeitlyn, artist, dies at 43
1995 : Leonard Hirsch, Brit violinist/conducter (BBC Empire Orch), dies at 92
1995 : Robert Clifford Latham, pepys Scholar, dies at 82
1996 : Ramon Vinay, operatic tenor/baritone, dies at 83
1996 : Roy McKelvie, soldier/sports writer, dies at 83
1997 : Harry B Helmsley, owner (Empire State Building), dies at 87
1998 : John Gary, singer, dies at 65

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