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Deaths on January 09

1499 : Johan Cicero, elector of (Brandenburg, 1486-99), dies at 43
1514 : Anna de Bretagne, wife of Maximilian, dies at 36
1677 : Aernout "Aert" van der Neer, cartoonist/landscape painter, dies at 73
1679 : Werner Fabricius, composer, dies at 45
1798 : Pedro Pablo Abarca d Bolea earl of Aranda, Spanish officer, dies at 79
1828 : Pieter 't Hoen, Dutch journalist/patriot (Neder-Rhijn), dies at 83
1843 : Caroline Herschel, "1st lady of astronomy", dies at 98 in Germany
1849 : Jan Kops, Dutch agriculturist/vicar, dies at 83
1853 : Juan N Gallego, Spanish poet/interpreter (El dos de Mayo), dies at 75
1854 : Filippo Traetta, [Philip Trajetta], Ital composer, dies at 77
1863 : Ferdinand Huber, composer, dies at 71
1878 : Victor Emmanuel II, king of Sard (1849-61)/Italy (1861-78), dies at 57
1879 : Don Joaquin BF Espartero, fieldmarshall/viceroy of Navarra, dies at 86
1886 : Jakob Eduard Schmolzer, composer, dies at 73
1893 : Mohara, Arab ivory/slave trader, dies in battle & is eaten
1902 : Gustaaf Rolin-Jaequemyns, Belgian lawyer/Interior minister, dies at 66
1904 : Alfred Richard, cricketer (6 & 0 in only Test for S Af 1895-96), dies
1908 : Abraham Goldfaden, US Yiddish stage performer (Shulamis), dies at 67
1908 : Wilhelm Busch, writer, dies
1911 : Edwin Arthur Jones, composer, dies at 57
1923 : Katherine Mansfield, NZ/British writer (Dove's Nest), dies at 34
1927 : Houston S Chamberlain, British/German race theorist, dies at 71
1929 : Heiner Mller, writer, dies
1930 : Edward W Buck, Dutch/US editor (Ladies Home Journal), dies at 66
1931 : Claude Anet [Jean Schopfer], French writer (La fille perdue), dies
1936 : John Gilbert, actor (Love, Downstairs), dies at 40
1939 : Johann Strauss, Austrian conductor/Royal ball director, dies at 72
1941 : Ko Boezeman, Dutch resistance fighter, dies
1943 : Robin G Collingwood, English philosopher (Roman Britain), dies at 53
1946 : Countee Cullen, US poet (Black Christ, One Way to Heaven), dies at 42
1947 : Karl Mannheim, sociologist (Diagnosis of Our Time), dies at 53
1947 : Lambertus Zijl, sculptor (Merchant Exchange-Amsterdam), dies at 80
1949 : Amilcare Zanella, composer, dies at 75
1953 : Hans Aanrud, Norwegian author (Storken), dies at 89
1957 : Mary Carr Moore, composer, dies at 83
1958 : Paul Fechter, German writer/historian (God's Magician), dies
1959 : Paul Malengreau, composer, dies at 71
1962 : LeRoy B Shield, US pianist/composer (Union Pacific Suite), dies at 68
1964 : Halide Edib Adevar/Salih, Turkish feminist (Handan), dies at about 80
1966 : Haro Levoni Step'anyan, composer, dies at 68
1968 : Kokichi Tsuburaya, Jap marathoner (Oly-bronze-1964), commits suicide
1968 : Louis-Fran‡ois-Marie Aubert, French composer (Habanera), dies at 90
1969 : Ladislav Vycpalek, composer, dies at 86
1972 : Ted Shawn, US dancer, dies at 80
1975 : John Slater, actor (Deadlock, 3 on a Spree), dies at 58
1975 : Pierre Fresnay, French actor (Monsieur Vincent), dies at 77
1977 : Alexey Kozlovsky, composer, dies at 71
1977 : Hal Sawyer, TV host (Sawyer Views Hollywood), dies at 62
1978 : Eddie Gilbert, cricket (Aboriginal Qld quick got Don for a duck), dies
1979 : Avery Claflin, composer, dies at 80
1979 : Sara Carter, vocalist/guitarist (Carter Family), dies at 80
1981 : Kazimierz Serocki, composer, dies at 58
1982 : Paul Lynde, actor (Bye Bye Birdie, Bewitched), dies at 55
1984 : Wolfgang Staudte, German director (Ciske de Rat), dies at 77
1985 : Don Brennan, cricket wicketkeeper (England in 2 Tests 1951), dies
1987 : Arthur Lake, actor (Dagwood-Blondie), dies at 81
1992 : Steve Brodie, actor (Desperate, Bodyguard), dies of cancer at 72
1992 : William JF "Bill" Naughton, Irish/Brit playwright (Alfie), dies at 81
1993 : Alois Brunner, German/Syrian commandant of KZ-Lower Drancy, dies
1993 : Felix Grucci, fireworks expert, dies of Alzheimer's disease at 87
1994 : Silas Hogan, blues singer/guitarist, dies at 82
1995 : Peter Cook, English comic/actor (Peter n' Dud, Bedazzled), dies at 57
1995 : Souphanouvong, [Red Prince], president of Laos (1975-87), dies at 85
1996 : Fearless Mary Nadia Wadia, actress, dies at 88
1996 : Kurt Schmucker, German RFA minister of Economy (1963-66), dies
1996 : Michael Lynn Synar, politician, dies at 45
1997 : Edward Osobka-Morawski, prime minister of Poland (1945-47), dies
1997 : Junaidu ibn Buhari, scholar, dies at 90
1998 : Kenichi Fukui, Japanese Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1981) dies at 79
1998 : Michael Tippett, British composer (Royal Col of Music), dies at 93

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