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Deaths on January 23

1002 : Otto III, German king/emperor 983/996-1002, dies at 21
1356 : Margaretha of Bavaria, Emperess of Germany, dies
1516 : Ferdinand II, king of Aragon/Sicily, dies at 63
1548 : Bernardo Pisano, composer, dies at 57
1622 : William Baffin, British explorer, dies at about 38
1639 : Francisco Maldonado da Silva Solis, Peruvian poet, burned at stake
1648 : Francisco de Rojas Zorrilla, Spanish poet (Del Rey Abajo), dies at 40
1708 : Thomas Bullis, composer, dies at 80
1800 : Edward Rutledge, US attorney (signed Decl of Indep), dies at 50
1805 : Vaclav Pichl, composer, dies at 63
1806 : William Pitt, the Younger, PM Great Britain (1783..1806), dies at 46
1813 : George Clymer, US merchant (signed Decl of Independence), dies at 73
1814 : Georg Friedrich Theodor Wolf, composer, dies at 52
1837 : John Field, composer, dies at 54
1838 : Arnold A Buyskes, Dutch vice-admiral/colonial director, dies at 67
1845 : Francesco Ruggi, composer, dies at 77
1864 : Michele Puccini, composer, dies at 50
1875 : Charles Kingsley, English vicar/writer (Westward Ho!), dies at 55
1879 : Adolf Jensen, composer, dies at 42
1883 : Gustave Dor‚, French illustrator, dies at 51
1891 : Boudouin LPMCAJL, prince of Belgium/count of Flaanders, dies at 21
1893 : Jos‚ Zorrilla y Moral, Spanish poet (Granada), dies at 75
1898 : W A Remy, composer, dies at 66
1908 : Edward Alexander MacDowell, US composer (Indian Suite), dies at 47
1913 : Nazim Pasha, Turkey's PM, assassinated
1921 : Wlasyslaw Zelenski, composer, dies at 83
1926 : D‚sir‚ J Mercier, Belgian philosopher/cardinal, dies at 74
1926 : Joseph Carl Breil, composer, dies at 55
1931 : Anna Pavlova, Russian ballerina (Diaghilew, Dying Swan), dies
1936 : Dame Clara Butt, alto singer (Country of Hope & Glory), dies at 62
1939 : Ernst Blaá, writer, dies
1939 : Matthias Sindelar, Austria soccer star, commits suicide
1941 : Dobri Khristov, composer, dies at 65
1943 : Alexander Woollcott, critic, dies of a heart attack on radio, at 56
1944 : Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter (The Scream), dies at 80
1945 : Helmuth J Moltke, German politician ("July 20th Plot"), executed at 37
1946 : Feliks Nowowiejski, composer, dies at 68
1946 : Matteo Giulio Bartoli, linguist, dies at 72
1947 : Pierre Bonnard, French painter/illustrator, dies at 79
1947 : Roy Park, cricketer (prolific Victorian bat & official), dies
1956 : Alexander Korda, English movie producer (Henry VIII), dies at 62
1957 : Willie Edwards, US black, murdered by KKK at 25
1964 : Louis Horst, composer, dies at 80
1966 : Jo van Ammers-Kller, Dutch playwright (Opstandigen), dies at 81
1969 : Jaroslav Kricka, composer, dies at 86
1975 : Karel Paul van der Mandele, director (Rotterdam Bank), dies at 94
1976 : Aleksey Vasilyevich Sorokin, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 44
1976 : Paul Robeson, athlete/lawyer/singer, dies in Philadelphia at 77
1977 : Bernard "Toots" Shor, barkeeper, dies at 73
1978 : Jack Oakie, actor (Great Dictator, Gang Buster), dies at 74
1978 : Terry Kath, rock guitarist (Chicago), accidently shot in head at 32
1981 : Bobby Sherwood, orch leader (Milton Berle Show), dies at 66
1981 : Samuel Barber, US composer (School for Scandal), dies at 70
1982 : Hope Hampton, actress (Star Dust, Lawful Larcency), dies at 83
1984 : Samuel Gardner, composer, dies at 92
1986 : Joseph Beuys, West German avant-garde artist/politician, dies at 64
1989 : Salvador Dal¡, Surrealist painter, dies in Spain at 84
1990 : Albert Collins, guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd), dies of pneumonia at 57
1990 : Mariano Rumor, Italy's PM (1968-70, 73-1974), dies
1992 : Freddie Bartholomew, child actor (Kidnapped), dies of emphysema at 67
1992 : Ian Wolfe, actor (Houdini, THX-1138, Homebodies), dies at 95
1992 : Simon Brand, South African banker/adviser to Pres De Klerk, dies
1993 : Dudley Stevens, entertainer, dies of AIDS at 57
1993 : Thomas A Dorsey, jazz pianist (Take My Hand, Precious Lord), dies
1994 : Nikolai Ogarkov, Russian marshal (Flight KAL 007), dies at 76
1994 : Oliver Smith, US set designer (Guys & Dolls-7 Tony Awards), dies at 75
1994 : Sherry Mathis, actress (Search for Tomorrow), dies of cancer at 44
1994 : Suzanne M Blum, French lawyer (Charlie Chaplin), dies at 95
1995 : Harold Collett Dent, journalist/educationist, dies at 100
1995 : Ken Hill, playwright/director, dies at 57
1995 : Michael Whalley Wickham, artist, dies at 91
1995 : Peter Ambrose Cyprian Luke, playwright, dies at 75
1996 : John Mackin, programmer, dies at 36
1996 : Norman MacCaig, poet, dies at 85
1996 : Shirley Carter Burden, patrician, dies at 54
1997 : Charles Craig, opera singer, dies at 77
1997 : David Waller, actor (Lady Jane, Perfect Friday, Hannay), dies at 76
1997 : Jeremy Stephen Maas, writer/art dealer, dies at 68
1997 : Laura "Dinky" Patterson, dies bungee jump at Superbowl rehearsal at 43
1997 : Randy Greenawalt, convicted killer, executed by injection at 47
1997 : Richard Berry, lyricist (Louie Louie), dies at 61
1997 : Roger John Tayler, astrophysicist, dies at 67
1998 : Hilla Limann, president of Ghana in (1979-81), dies

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