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Deaths on January 08

482 : Severinus, saint, dies
1198 : Coelestinus III, [Giacinto Bobo], pope (1191-98), dies
1324 : Marco Polo, Venetian explorer/gov of Nanking, dies
1336 : Giotto di Bondone, Italian Renaissance painter, dies at about 71
1455 : Laurentius Justitianus, [Lorenzo Giustiniani], saint, dies at 73
1567 : Jacob Vaet, Flemish composer/royal chaplain master, dies at about 37
1598 : Johan Georg, elector of Brandenburg (1571-91), dies at 72
1642 : Galileo Galilei, Italian physicist/astronomer, dies at 77 in Italy
1651 : Giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer, dies at 56
1696 : Michael de Ronghe, composer, dies at 75
1711 : Philips van Almonde, Zealand lt admiral, dies at 66
1713 : Arcangelo Corelli, composer/violinist (Concerti Grossi), dies at 59
1775 : John Baskerville, English printer/type designer, dies at 68
1790 : John Stinstra, Dutch baptist vicar, dies at 81
1796 : Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois, Fren Nat Convention chairman, dies at 46
1808 : Messenger, horse that sired many great trotters, dies
1811 : Friedrich Nicolai, writer, dies
1811 : Samuel Story, Dutch rear admiral (Battle of Kamperduin), dies at 58
1815 : Edward Pakenham, Engl general (Battle of New Orleans), dies in battle
1819 : Christian Gottlob Saupe, composer, dies at 55
1831 : Franz Vinzenz Krommer, composer, dies at 71
1842 : Pierre, earl the Cambronne, Fren general (Waterloo, Elba), dies at 71
1858 : Friedrich Karl Kuhmstedt, composer, dies at 48
1859 : Antoine GB Schayes, Belgian historian/archaeologist, dies at 50
1864 : Victor-Charles-Paul Dourlen, composer, dies at 83
1880 : [Joshua] Norton I, Emperor of US/Protector of M‚xico, dies at 60
1891 : Fredrik Pacius, composer, dies at 81
1892 : John Heykamp, old-catholic archbishop of Utrecht, dies at 67
1894 : Pierre-Joseph van Beneden, paleont (life of tapeworms), dies at 84
1896 : Paul M Verlaine, French poet (El‚gies, Bonne Chanson), dies at 51
1900 : Billy Bates, cricketer (656 runs & 50 wkts in 15 Tests for Eng), dies
1906 : Jacob C van Marken, peanut butter maker (Calv‚-Delft), dies at 60
1907 : Theodoor Verstraete, Flemish painter/etcher, dies at 57
1918 : Michael Hertz, composer, dies at 73
1919 : Peter Altenberg, writer, dies at 59
1919 : Richard Engl„nder, [Peter Altenberg], Austrian author, dies at 59
1921 : Luis Villalba Munoz, composer, dies at 48
1922 : Charles R Young, colonel, dies at 58, in Lagos Nigeria
1926 : Emile Paladilhe, composer, dies at 81
1928 : Dumitru Kiriac-Georgescu, composer, dies at 61
1934 : Alexandre Stavisky, French swindler, dies
1937 : John Felix August Korling, composer, dies at 72
1941 : Robert Baden-Powell, founder (Boy Scout movement), dies at 83
1942 : Arvo Hannikainen, composer, dies at 44
1945 : Jac[obus] P Thijsse, Dutch biologist (Omgang met planten), dies at 79
1945 : Karl Ernst Krafft, Swiss Astrologer
1948 : Kurt Schwitters, writer, dies at 60
1948 : Richard Tauber, Austria/British tenor/composer (L‚har), dies at 55
1950 : George Rowe, cricketer (15 wckts in 4 Tests for S Af 1895-1902), dies
1950 : Joseph A Schumpeter, Aus/US economist/Minister of Finance, dies at 66
1950 : Joseph Issac Shneerson, Jewish Lubavitch Chabal leader, dies
1952 : Antonia Maury, discoverer (supergiant, giant & dwarf stars), dies
1952 : Joseph Arendt, Belgian worker's union leader, dies at 66
1953 : Heinrich Kaspar Schmid, composer, dies at 78
1963 : Stark Young, US writer (So Red the Rose), dies at 81
1964 : Arnoldus JC Krafft, theologist (Atlas of Neth Antilles), dies at 71
1964 : Julius Raab, Austrian chancellor (1953-61), dies at 72
1965 : Aloys-Henri-Gerard Fornerod, composer, dies at 74
1967 : Zbigniew Cybulski, Polish actor (See You Tommorrow), dies at 39
1970 : Jani Christou, composer, dies on 44th birthday
1971 : Adriano Lualdi, composer, dies at 85
1972 : Kenneth Patchen, US writer (See You in the Morning), dies at 60
1975 : Anthony Warde, actor (Big Punch, Buck Rogers), dies at 66
1975 : Gertrude Olmsted, actress (Cobra, Torrent), dies at 70
1975 : John Dierkes, actor (Red Badge of Courage), dies at 69
1975 : John Gregson, actor (Rooney, Assassin), dies at 55
1975 : Louis J H C A de Bourbon, Dutch writer/poet (Gypsy Blood), dies at 66
1975 : Richard Tucker, [Reuben Ticker], US tenor (La Gioconda), dies at 61
1976 : Chou En-lai, China's PM (1949-76), dies of cancer in Beijing at 78
1978 : Walter Keirnan, TV panelist (I've Got a Secret), dies at 75
1980 : Oscar Ewing, US govt official (Everybody's Business), dies at 90
1981 : Matthew Beard, entertainer, dies
1981 : Woody Chamblis, actor (Mr Lathrop-Gunsmoke), dies at 66
1982 : Gregoire Aslan, actor (Concrete Jungle), dies of 73 of a heart attack
1982 : Reta Shaw, actress (Ghost & Mrs Muir), dies of emphysema at 69
1983 : Gale Page, actress (4 Daughters, Knute Rockney), dies of cancer at 72
1983 : Lois Wilson, actress (Alice-Aldrich Family), dies at 88
1986 : Yaroslav Seifert, Czech poet (Nobel 1984), dies at 84
1987 : P G Joshi, cricketer (12 Tests for India 1951-60, ct 18 stp 9), dies
1987 : Peter Adams, actor (Alternative, Blowing Hot & Cold), dies at 69
1988 : Frank Pace Jr, US Secretary of Army (1950-53), dies at 76
1989 : Johnny Jordaan, [Jan van Musscher], Dutch folk singer, dies at 64
1989 : Ken McMillan, actr (Malone, Concrete Beat), dies of heart attack at 56
1989 : Kenneth McMillan, actor (Our Family Honor, Malone), dies at 67
1990 : Terry Thomas, Engl comic (Heroes), dies of Parkinson's disease at 78
1991 : Steve Clark, guitarist (Def Leppard-Hysteria), dies at 30
1992 : Abderrahim Bouabid, Morroco prime secretary (1972), dies
1992 : Johnny [Jan] Meijer, Dutch king of accordians (Body & Soul), dies
1992 : Menachim Begin, Israeli PM, dies at 78 of a heart attack
1993 : Asif Nawaz, Pakistani general, dies
1993 : Hakija Turajlic, Bosnian vice-premier, murdered
1993 : Theo Bruins, Dutch pianist/composer (Syncope), dies at 63
1994 : Edward Duke, actor (Decadence, Silver Bears), dies of cancer at 40
1994 : Harvey Haddix, pitcher (12 perfect inning game), dies at 68
1994 : Jay Blackton, US conductor/arranger (Oklahoma!), dies at 84
1994 : Lady Caithness, wife of Brit undersecretary, commits suicide
1994 : Pat Buttram, actor (Haney-Green Acres), dies of kidney failure at 78
1994 : Sri Chandrashekhara Saraswathi, guru of Kanchi, dies at 99
1994 : Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Italian actor (Octopus), dies at 52
1995 : Carlos Monzon, [El Macho], Arg MW boxing champ (1970-77), dies at 52
1995 : Joyce McCartan, peace campaigner, dies at 68
1995 : Louis "Loulou" Gast‚, guitarist/comp (Doggy in the Window), dies at 88
1996 : Francois Mitterrand, Pres of France (1981-95), dies of cancer at 79
1996 : Kurt Schmucker, member (Union of Christian Democrats), dies
1996 : William Mac Lance "Tiny" McCloud, musician/songwriter, dies at 52
1997 : Carole Carr, singer/actress (Down Among the Z Men), dies at 68
1997 : Jesse White, actor (Maytag repairman), dies at 77
1997 : Joseph George Handy Hendleman, musician, dies at 76
1997 : Melvin Calvin, scientist, dies at 85
1997 : Phyllis Hartnoll, writer/editor, dies at 90
1997 : Ronald William Eastman, cinematogrpaher, dies at 60
1998 : Michael Tippett, composer, dies at 93
1998 : Walter Diemer, inventor (bubble gum 1928), dies of heart failure at 93

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