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Deaths on January 05

1066 : Edward de Belijder, the Confessor, king of England (1043-66), dies
1387 : Pedro IV, king of Aragon/conqueror of Sicily, dies at 67
1425 : John of Bavaria/Bayern, liege of Holland/Zealand/Dordrecht, poisoned
1477 : Charles, the Bold, duke of Burgundy/writer, dies at 43
1524 : Marko Marulic/Marulus/Splichanin/Pecinich, Croatian poet, dies at 73
1589 : Catherine de' Medici, Queen mother of France, dies at 69
1592 : Willem II, Duke of Gulik/Kleef/Gelre, dies at about 75
1595 : Ercole Procaccini, Italian painter, dies
1603 : Pieter Adriaansz van der Werff, mayor of Lead, dies at 73
1684 : Claude Audran II, French painter/engraver, dies at 44
1740 : Antonio Lotti, Italian opera composer, dies at about 72
1746 : Anton Simon Ignaz Praelisauer, composer, dies at 53
1759 : Thomas-Philippe et de Boussu, S Neth cardinal, dies at 79
1762 : Elisabeth Petrovna, tsarina of Russia (1741-62), dies at 52 [NS]
1783 : Friedrich Wilhelm Reidt, composer, dies on 73rd birthday
1788 : Johann Schneider, composer, dies at 85
1796 : Samuel Huntington, US judge (signed Decl of Independence), dies at 64
1799 : Mohammed Esad Galib Dede, Turkish poet (Hsn- asjk, dies at about 41
1807 : Michel Adanson, French biologist (Plant classes), dies at 79
1814 : Johann Gottfried Krebs, composer, dies at 72
1827 : Frederick of York, English duke/bishop/general, dies at 63
1848 : Ferdinando Orlandi, composer, dies at 73
1856 : Pierre J David, [David d'Angers], French sculptor, dies at 67
1858 : Johann JWAFK Radetzky von Radetz, Austr earl/field marshal, dies at 91
1860 : St John Nepomucene Neumann, 1st male US saint, dies
1862 : Joseph Frohlich, composer, dies at 81
1888 : Henri Herz, composer, dies at a day before 85th birthday
1891 : Guillaume L Baud, Dutch minister of Colonies (1848-49), dies at 89
1904 : Karl A von Zittel, German geologist/paleontologist (Libya), dies at 64
1922 : Ernest H Shackleton, Brit South pole explorer (Endurance), dies at 47
1933 : Calvin Coolidge, 30th President (1923-29), dies in Mass at 60
1936 : Ram¢n M del Valle-Incl n, playwright (Tirano banderas), dies at 66
1940 : Tina Modotti, [Maria del Carmen], Ital/Mexican communist, dies at 46
1942 : Yves Paringaux, French chief of staff, murdered
1943 : George Washington Carver, famous black scientist, dies at 81
1944 : Adolph Goldschmidt, German/Swiss art historian, dies at 80
1945 : Dezs” Szab¢, Hungarian writer (Wiped-out Village), dies at 65
1951 : Andrei P Platonov, Russian author (Prok, Kotlovan), dies at 51
1952 : Nawab of Pataudi, cricket (play polo 3 Tests for Eng 3 for Ind), dies
1952 : Victor Alexander John Hope, viceroy of India (1936-43), dies at 64
1956 : Jeanne F Bourgeois, French head mistress (Moulin Rouge), dies at 84
1960 : Donald Knight, cricketer (54 runs in 2 Tests for England 1921), dies
1960 : Pavel P Parenago, Russia, cosmonaut, dies at 53
1963 : Rogers Hornsby, baseball player, dies of a heart ailment at 66
1965 : Neil Craig, actor (Calling Dr Kildare), dies at 73
1965 : Paul Arntzenius, painter/graphic artist/etcher, dies at 81
1966 : George Duckworth, cricketer (24 Tests for England, ct 45 stp 15), dies
1968 : Jean Murat, actor (On the Riviera), dies at 79
1969 : Franz T Csokor, Austria author (Gottes General), dies at 83
1969 : Tom Aherne, actor (Hustler, April Fools), dies of influenza in NY
1970 : Joseph A Yablonski, candidate for United Mine Workers pres, murdered
1970 : Max Born, German/British physicist (Nobel 1954), dies at 87
1970 : Roberto Gerhard, composer, dies at 73
1971 : Sonny Liston, World Champ hw boxer (1962-64), found dead at 36
1973 : Cornelis van Dis, Dutch MP (SGP), dies at 79
1974 : Roy Bargy, orch leader (Jimmy Durante Show), dies at 79
1975 : Don Wilson, pitcher (Astro), dies at 29 of carbon monoxide poisoning
1976 : Georges E Migot, French composer, dies at 84
1977 : Onslow Stevens, actor (Mr Fisher-This is the Life), dies at 74
1979 : Charles Mingus, US jazz bassist/composer/orchestra leader, dies at 56
1981 : Harold C Urey, US chemist (Deuterium, Nobel 1934), dies at 87
1981 : Paul F‚lix, Flemish architect (Song of the Sun), dies at 67
1982 : Hans Conried, actor (Bullwinkle Show, Make Room for Daddy), dies at 64
1982 : Harvey Lembeck, actor (Phil Silvers, Hathaways), dies at 56
1987 : Margaret Laurence, Canadian author, dies at 60
1988 : "Pistol Pete" Mavarich, NBAer (Atlanta), dies of a heart attack at 40
1990 : Arthur Kennedy, actor (Air Force), dies of a brain tumor at 76
1990 : Bart LaRue, entertainer, dies
1991 : John Eckhardt, actor born without legs (Freaks), dies at 82
1991 : Marie Madeline Sullivan, actress (Elvira Mistress of Dark), dies at 80
1991 : Vasko Popa, Serbian WW II-partisan/poet (Sporedno Nebo), dies at 68
1993 : George L George, Russian/US journalist/director/producer, dies at 85
1993 : Henk Knol, Suriname MP (PvdA), dies at 61
1993 : Jennifer Raine Bissell, daughter of Alan Napier, dies 60
1993 : Juan Benet Goitia, Spanish writer (Herrumbrosas Lanzas), dies at 65
1993 : Klaas Wiersma, Dutch sec of Justice (VVD), dies
1993 : Leonce Gras, Flemish singer/conductor, dies at 84
1993 : Nyamuisi Muvingi, Zaire minister of Culture, murdered
1993 : Ronnie Welsh, actor (Patterns), dies of brain cancer at 52
1993 : Westley A Dodd, US murderer, 1st hanging in US since 1965
1994 : Brian Johnston, cricketer (BBC radio commentator for 40 yrs), dies
1994 : Louis R J Ridder van Rappard, Dutch mayor of Zoelen, dies at 87
1994 : Thomas P "Tip" O'Neill, (D-Ma)/Speaker of House (1977-86), dies at 81
1994 : Victor van Os, Dutch jazz guitarist, dies at 39
1994 : William Raynor, writer, dies at 73
1995 : Francis Lopez, Fren dentist/operetta composer (Andalousie), dies at 78
1995 : Mansour Satari, brig-gen/commandant (Iran Air Force), dies at 46
1995 : Yahya Ayyash, PLO bomb maker, booby trapped cellular phone at 28
1996 : Jay Morris Arena, inventor/pediatrician, dies at 86
1996 : Joseph Daniel White, singer/bandleader, dies at 84
1996 : Lincoln Kirstein, ballet administrator, dies at 88
1996 : Richard Versaille, tenor, dies at 63
1997 : Andre Franquin, cartoonist, dies at 72
1998 : Georgi Sviridov, composer, dies at 82
1998 : Sonny Bono, (Rep-R-Ca)/singer (Sonny & Cher), dies skiing at 62

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