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Deaths on January 24

1336 : Alfonso IV, the Benignant, king of Aragon (1327-36), dies at 36
1473 : Conrad Paumann, German blind organist/composer, dies
1547 : Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, executed for treason
1639 : George Jenatsch, Grisons leader, assassinated
1666 : Johann Andreas Herbst, composer, dies at 77
1678 : Joan Maetsuyker, gov-gen of Neth East-Indies, dies at 72
1805 : Giacomo Conti, composer, dies at 50
1812 : Eligio Celestino, composer, dies at 72
1851 : Gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini, Italian composer, dies at 76
1862 : James McIntosh, US confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at about 33
1864 : Otto Jonas Lindblad, composer, dies at 54
1864 : Stephen Gardner Champlin, brig-general (Union), dies at about 36
1883 : Friedrich von Flotow, German baron/composer, dies at 70
1884 : Johann Christian Gebauer, composer, dies at 75
1885 : Martin R Delany, politician & black nationalist, dies at 72
1901 : Simon Hassler, composer, dies at 68
1904 : Franz Coenen, composer, dies at 77
1911 : Carl Eilhardt, composer, dies at 67
1913 : Gustav Luders, composer, dies at 47
1924 : Thephilo Braga, Portuguese poet/politician, dies at 80
1929 : Willem Royaards, theater directeor (Adam in Ballingschap), dies
1940 : Emile van Bosch, revue/operetta-artist, dies at 52
1943 : John Burns, English minister of Local Government (1905-14), dies
1947 : Felix Timmermans, writer/painter (Gift from St Nicholas), dies at 60
1950 : Bull Montana, actor (Son of Sheik), dies at 62
1953 : [Karl R] Gerd von Rundstedt, gen-field marshal (Normandy), dies at 77
1957 : Daniel Taylor, cricketer (bro of Herbie, 2 Tests for S Af 1914), dies
1960 : John Miljan, actor (Charlie Chan in Paris, Yankee Clipper), dies at 66
1960 : Rutland Boughton, composer, dies at 82
1961 : Willem J M van Eysinga, people rights scholar, dies at 82
1962 : Tom Shirley, actor/TV announcer (They're Off), dies at 62
1964 : Joseph Schildkraut, actor (Joseph Schildkraut Presents), dies at 68
1965 : Winston Churchill, PM of Britain (C) (1940-45, 51-55), dies at 90
1967 : Howard Charles Shaiffer, entertainer, dies at 49
1969 : Pauline Hall, composer, dies at 78
1969 : Tom Zachary, baseball pitcher (Wash Senators), dies at 72
1970 : James "Shep" Shepherd, rocker (Shep & Limelites), beaten to death
1972 : Jerome Cowan, actor (Mr Dithers-Blondie), dies at 74
1973 : Alan Lisette, cricketer (took 3 wickets in 2 Tests for NZ 1956), dies
1973 : J Carrol Naish, actor (Charlie Chan-Adv of Charlie Chan), dies at 73
1975 : Larry Fine, actor (3 Stooges), dies at 72
1979 : Jerry Damon, comedian (That Was The Week That Was), dies at 51
1979 : Mabel Taliaferro, actress (My Love Come Back), dies at 91
1983 : George Cukor, director, dies of stroke & heart attack at 83
1986 : Gordon MacRae, singer (Oklahoma, Carousel), dies at 64
1986 : L[aFayette] Ron[ald] Hubbard, author (Death Quest), dies at 74
1988 : Charles Glenn King, biochemist (discovered vitamin C), dies at 91
1989 : Ted Bundy, serial killer of up to 100 women, executed in Florida at 42
1990 : Madge Bellamy, actress (White Zombie), dies at 87
1991 : George Gobel, comedian, dies of a heart attack at 71
1991 : Lawrence Lott, actor (Real Men, Phila Experiment), dies of AIDS at 40
1992 : Charles Moulin, French actor (French Tarzan), dies
1992 : John Bleifer, actor (Highway to Heaven), dies at 90
1992 : Tina Chow, model, dies of AIDs at 41
1993 : Thurgood Marshall, 1st black supreme court justice (1967-91), dies 84
1993 : Ugur Mumcu, Turkish journalist (Cumhuriyet Murder), dies
1994 : Michalis Vranopoulos, head of Greek state bank, murdered at 48
1995 : Ian Prestt, English ornithologist, dies at 65
1995 : Victor Reinganum, artist, dies at 87
1995 : Wim H Sinnige, Amsterdam PvdA alderman of Finance, dies at 60
1996 : Sandor Iharos, athlete, dies at 65
1996 : Ursula Heathcote Nicholls, campaigner, dies at 75
1997 : Callum Alexander MacDonald, historian, dies at 49
1998 : Jay Monahan, husband of Katie Couric, dies of cancer at 42

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