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Deaths on January 25

1138 : Anacletus II, [Pietro Pierleone], Jewish anti-pope (1130-38), dies
1139 : Godfried I, with the Beard, duke of Brabant/earl of Leuven, dies
1494 : Ferdinand I, cruel king of Naples, dies
1547 : Lieven Algoet, Flemish humanist, dies
1586 : Lucas Cranach "the Young", German painter, dies at 70
1640 : Robert Burton, author (Anatomy of Melancholy), dies
1726 : Guillaume Delisle, French geographer (Atlas g‚ographique), dies at 50
1733 : Reinier V van Hompech, Dutch gen-maj cavalry, dies
1744 : Domenico Natale Sarro, Italian opera composer, dies at 64
1820 : Joseph F Weigl, German/Austria violin cellist, dies at 79
1821 : Johan Valckenier, Dutch politician/patriot, dies at 62
1829 : William Shield, composer, dies at 80
1855 : Dorothy Wordsworth, writer, dies at 83
1875 : Leopold Jansa, composer, dies at 79
1882 : Peter Singer, composer, dies at 71
1896 : Frans C Baeckelmans, Flemish architect (Court of Justice), dies at 68
1896 : Frederic Leighton, President of the Royal Academy (1878-96), dies
1899 : Alfredo d'Escragnolle, French/Brazilian writer (Innocencia), dies
1906 : Joseph Wheeler II, Confederate General, dies at 70
1906 : Pierre L Goossens, Belgian archbishop of Malines/Cardinal, dies at 78
1910 : L‚on Walras, French economist (School of Lausanne), dies at 75
1917 : Edwin Tyler, cricketer (slow-lefty played once for England 1896), dies
1920 : Amadeo Modigliani, Italian sculptor/painter, dies at 35
1921 : Mykola Dmytrovich Leontovych, composer, dies at 43
1942 : Eugene Samuel-Holeman, composer, dies at 78
1947 : Al Capone, Chicago gangster, dies of syphilis at 48
1947 : Grace Moore, soprano/actress (One Night of Love), dies at 45
1949 : Emil Axman, composer, dies at 61
1952 : Sveinn Bjírnsson, Danish 1st pres of Iceland (1944-52), dies at 70
1960 : Diana Barrymore, actress (Ladies Courageous), dies at 38
1960 : Rutland Boughton, composer, dies at 82
1963 : Wilson Kettle, Nfld, dies at 102, leaving 582 living descendents
1965 : Staff Nees, Flemish composer (Maria-oratorio), dies at 63
1968 : Virginia Maskell, actress (Only Two Can Play), dies at 31
1969 : John Zaj¡c, Czech student, self incinerates
1970 : Eunice Hunton Carter, 1st black female DA in NY, dies at 70
1970 : Marie Benavente, actress (Paradise), dies at 84
1975 : Vivien Kellems, TV hostess (The Power of Women), dies at 78
1977 : Donald Kerr, actor (Devil Bat, Killer Bats), dies at 85
1978 : Tango Duke, dies in Australia at 42; oldest known thoroughbred horse
1979 : J Robertson Hare, actor (Fighting Stock), dies at 87
1980 : David Newell, actor (Dangerous Curves, White Heat), dies at 75
1981 : Adele Marie Astaire, sister of Fred Astaire, dies at 82
1981 : Richard Talmadge, actor (Speed Reporter), dies
1981 : [Adele] Marie Astaire, actress (Last Man on Earth, Millie), dies at 82
1982 : Mihail A Suslov, Soviet party ideologist, dies at 79
1986 : Ernst Schnabel, writer, dies at 72
1986 : Horace Smith, cricketer (1 Test NZ v Eng 1933, one wkt at 113), dies
1987 : Emil Hlobil, composer, dies at 85
1988 : Colleen Moore, actress (These Girls Won't Talk), dies at 87
1990 : Alexander Lockwood, actor (Duel), dies
1990 : Ava Gardner, actress (Barefoot Contessa), dies of pneumonia at 67
1990 : Ian Dudley Hardy, entertainer, dies
1991 : Stanley Brock, actor (Tin Men), dies of heart attack at 59
1992 : John Touchstone, actor (Across Five Aprils), dies of cirrhosis at 59
1992 : Mahmoud Riad, sec-gen of Arab League (1972-79), dies
1992 : Nico Schuyt, Dutch composer, dies at 70
1992 : Vernon William Reed Sr, singer, dies after a long illness at 73
1994 : Stephen Cole Kleene, mathematician (Regular Expressions), dies at 85
1995 : Peter Black, TV critic, dies at 82
1995 : Tom Brugman, Dutch puppeteer (Brave Dodo), dies at 62
1995 : William Sylvester, actor (2001, Devil Doll, Blind Corner), dies at 72
1996 : Jonathan Larson, composer, dead Aortic aneurysm at 35
1996 : Ruth Berghaus, choreographer/director, dies at 68
1997 : Herbert Eugene Caen, columnist, dies at 80
1997 : Jean Dixon, psychic (Gift of Prophecy), dies of a heart attack at 79
1998 : Mohammad Yusuf Khan, prime minister of Afganistan in (1963-65), dies
1998 : Shinichi Suzuki, music teacher, dies at 99

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