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Deaths on January 19

1479 : Johan II, king of Arag¢n/Navarra, dies at 81
1547 : Henry Howard, earl of Surrey, army commander/poet, beheaded at 29
1549 : Barthout van Assendelft, 1st land advocate of Holland, dies
1576 : Hans Sachs, composer, dies at 81
1591 : Edmond Auger, French jesuit (under Henri III), dies at about 60
1625 : Erhard Buttner, composer, dies at 32
1629 : Abbas I, Shah of Persia (1588-1629), dies at 57
1647 : Johan van Beverwijck, physician (Treas of Ongesontheyt), dies at 52
1669 : Leo Allatios, Greek/Italian theologist/literary, dies at about 82
1692 : John Commelin, director of Hortus Botanist (Amsterdam), dies at 62
1729 : William Congreve, English dramatist (Love for Love), dies at 58
1747 : Johann Bode, "discoverer" of Bode's Law, dies
1795 : Maria Teresa Agnesi, composer, dies at 74
1805 : Johann Gottlieb Karl Spazier, composer, dies at 43
1830 : Wenzel Thomas Matiegka, composer, dies at 56
1833 : Louis-J-Ferdinand H‚rold, French composer (Pr‚ aux clercs), dies at 41
1839 : Georg Abraham Schneider, composer, dies at 38
1874 : H v Fallersleben, writer, dies at 75
1878 : Henri V Regnault, French physicist/chemist, dies at 67
1885 : Fred Burnaby, English colonel/balloon pioneer, dies in battle
1893 : Julius Eichberg, composer, dies at 68
1894 : Fran‡ois Haverschmidt, Dutch writer, dies at 58
1913 : David Emlyn Evans, composer, dies at 69
1927 : Charlotte MAAVCL, princess of Belg/emp of Mexico (1864-67), dies at 86
1934 : Armand Parent, composer, dies at 70
1944 : Harold Fraser-Simson, composer, dies at 71
1945 : Ernest B Allo, French theologist, dies at 71
1951 : Constantin Nottara, composer, dies at 60
1951 : Wilhelm Sch„fer, German writer (Mein Leben), dies at 82
1954 : Sydney Greenstreet, actor (Maltese Falcon), dies at 74
1962 : Snub Pollard, actor (Limelight, Arizona Days), dies of cancer at 72
1965 : Frank Reicher, actor (King Kong, Nazi Agent, Son of Kong), dies at 89
1967 : Grace Cunard, actress (Untamed, Ressurection), dies at 73
1969 : Charles Winninger, actor (Cafe Metropole, Coney Island), dies at 84
1970 : Albert M„hll, German writer, dies at 76
1970 : Hal March, actor (Atomic Kit, Outrage, Yankee Pasha), dies at 49
1973 : Max Adrian, actor (Boy Friend, Her Favorite Husband), dies at 69
1975 : Thomas Heart Benson, US artist, dies at 85
1976 : Kevin Coughlin, actor (T R Ryan-Mama), killed in hit-&-run at 30
1977 : Geraldine Brooks, actress (Faraday & Co, Dumplings), dies at 51
1978 : Carl Betz, actor (Donna Reed Show), dies at 56
1979 : Paul Meurisse, actor (Diabolique, Truth, Suspects, Monocle), dies
1980 : Richard Franko Goldman, composer, dies at 69
1980 : William O Douglas, member US Supreme court (1939-75), dies at 81
1982 : Leopold Trepper, Polish/Israeli spy (WW II), dies at 77
1982 : Marc Demeyer, Belgian bicyclist (Paris-Roubaix '76), dies [or 1/20]
1987 : Gerald Brenan, English writer, dies at 92
1988 : Ballard Berkeley, actor (East meets West), dies at 83
1989 : Norma Varden, actress (Loose in London), dies
1990 : Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, indian guru, dies at 58
1990 : Herbert Wehner, German ex-communist/chairman (1958-73), dies at 83
1991 : Don Beddoe, actor (Bullwhip, Loophole, Texas), dies at 87
1991 : Glenn Langan, actor (Big Chase, Jungle Heat, Rapture), dies at 73
1991 : John Russell, actor/writer (Apache Uprising, Yellow Sky), dies at 70
1993 : Chris Street, basketball player, dies at 20
1993 : Kees Scherer, Dutch photographer (World Press Photo), dies at 72
1993 : Reginald Lewis, CEO (Beatrice), dies of brain cancer at 50
1993 : William LeMassena, actor (All that Jazz), dies of lung cancer at 76
1995 : Eugene Fuller, polymath/linguist, dies at 80
1996 : Bernard Baily, comic artist, dies at 79
1996 : Donald Simpson, film producer, dies at 52
1996 : Harold Wolpe, sociologist lawyer/S African activist, dies at 70
1997 : Adriana Caseloti, voice (Snow White), dies at 70
1997 : George Armin Goyder, businessman/social philosopher, dies at 88
1997 : James Dickey, poet/novelist, dies at 84
1998 : Carl Perkins, singer/songwriter, dies at 65
2000 : Hedy Lamarr, actress, inventor, dies at 86.

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