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Deaths on January 18

1367 : Pedro I, king of Portugal (1357-67), dies at 46
1479 : Louis IX, the Rich, duke of Bayern (U of Ingolstadt), dies at 61
1580 : Antonio Scandello, Italian composer (Passion of John), dies at 63
1659 : Benedikt Lechler, composer, dies at 64
1664 : Moise Amyrault, French theologist/vicar, dies
1666 : Adriaen A Bloemaert, Dutch landscape painter, dies at about 56
1677 : John A van Riebeeck, Dutch founder Cape Colony, dies at 57
1730 : Peter II, czar of Russia (1727-30), dies at 14
1760 : Claudio Casciolini, composer, dies at 62
1769 : Hakuin Ekaku, Zen teacher (reformer of Rinzai school), dies in Japan
1854 : Juda Turo, American philanthropist, dies
1862 : John Tyler, 10th US pres (1841-45), dies in Richmond Va at 71
1875 : Joseph Philbrick Webster, composer, dies at 55
1886 : Michal Czajchovski, [Sadik Pasja], writer, dies
1890 : Amadeus I FM, king of Spain (1870-73), dies at 44
1902 : Filippo Marchetti, composer, dies at 70
1906 : Bartolom‚ Mitre, president of Argentina (1862-70), dies at 84
1913 : Edmond R H Regout, Dutch industrialist/politician, dies at 49
1919 : John C F, son of English king George V, dies at 13
1921 : Adolf von Hildebrand, German sculptor, dies at 73
1923 : Wallace Reid, actor (Birth of a Nation), dies at 31
1936 : Rudyard Kipling, author (Gunga Din, Nobel 1907), dies at 70
1940 : Kazimierz P Tetmajer, Polish writer/poet (Young Poland), dies at 74
1951 : Robert Mark, US chairman (Caste World Congress), dies at 41
1954 : Sydney Greenstreet, actor (Conflict, Maltese Falcon), dies at 74
1962 : Raymond Moulaert, composer, dies at 86
1963 : Johnnie Moyes, journalist/cricketer (S Aust batsman), dies
1966 : Kathleen Norris, US author, dies at 85
1967 : Albert Conti, actor (Eagle, Jazz Heaven, Topaz), dies at 79
1967 : Barney Ross, welterweight Boxing Champ (1934), dies at 57
1967 : Harry Antrim, actor (Ma & Pa Kettle), dies of heart attack at 83
1967 : Reese "Goose" Tatum, basketballer (Harlem Globetrotters), dies at 45
1967 : Simon FHJ Berkelbach van der Sprenkel, vicar/theologist, dies at 84
1968 : Bert Wheeler, actor (Rainmakers, High Flyers, Dixiana), dies at 72
1968 : John Ridgely, actor (Air Force, Possessed, Big Sleep), dies at 58
1968 : Lee Tracy, actor (Martin Kane-Martin Kane Private Eye), dies at 69
1970 : David O McKay, 9th Mormon president, dies at 96
1971 : Catherine Calvert, actress (Fires of Faith), dies of stroke at 80
1972 : Rudolf Wittelsbach, composer, dies at 69
1976 : Ad Verhoeven, soccer player (Xerxes, Sparta), dies in crash [or 1/17]
1976 : Sonia Dresdel, actor (Fallen Idol, Secret Tent), dies at 67
1977 : Carl Zuckmayer, German/Swiss/US playwright (Second Wind), dies at 80
1977 : Paul Nordoff, US composer (Frog Prince), dies at 67
1977 : Yvonne Printemps, actress (Paris Waltz, Voyage to America), dies at 81
1978 : Carl Betz, actor (Alex Stone-Donna Reed Show), dies at 67
1978 : Ivan Ivonovich Dzerzhinsky, composer, dies at 68
1979 : Cyril Mockridge, composer, dies at 82
1980 : Cecil Beaton, British photographer, dies at 76
1982 : Burnet Corwin Tuthill, US composer (Laurentia), dies at 93
1982 : Ram¢n (J) Sender (Garc‚s), Spanish writer, dies at 79
1982 : Trent Lehman, actor (Butch-Nanny & the Professor), dies at 20
1984 : Malcolm H Kerr, 9th pres of American U of Beirut, shot dead
1985 : Mahmoud Taha, Sudanese Moslem leader, hanged at 76
1985 : Wilfrid Brambell, actor (Hard Day's Night, Boys), dies at 72
1986 : Claire James, actress (Jack Armstrong), dies
1989 : Bruce Chatwin, British writer, dies at 49
1990 : Melanie Appleby, rocker (Mel & Kim), dies of liver cancer at 23
1991 : Hamilton Fish, congressman (NY), dies at 102
1991 : Lillian Bond, actress (Air Mail, Pick-up, Blond Cheat), dies at 83
1991 : Nita Krebs, actor (Munchkin-Wizard of Oz), dies of heart attack at 85
1992 : John Remme, entertainer, dies of AIDS at 56
1992 : Tom Elios, entertainer, dies
1993 : M Eleonore Lippits, 1st Dutch female missionary doctor, dies at 85
1993 : Mia Meijer, Dutch playwright/director (Machine Child), dies
1993 : Mike Templeton, 2nd person to receive a heart pump, dies at 34
1994 : Arthur Altman, songwriter, dies at 83
1995 : Adolph F J Butenandt, German bio-chemist (Nobel 1939), dies at 91
1995 : Charles Baskerville, vocalist, dies at 54
1995 : Joseph Kagan, businessman, dies at 79
1996 : Leonor Fini, painter, dies at 87
1996 : Minnesota Fats, [Rudolf Wanderone Jr], billiard hustler, dies at 82
1996 : N T Rama Rao, PM of Andhra Pradesh India (1983-84, 84-89, 94-95), dies
1997 : Myfanwy Piper, librettist, dies at 85
1997 : Neville Crump, racehorse trainer, dies at 86
1997 : Paul Tsongas, (Sen-D-Mass), dies at 55

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