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Deaths on January 26

1109 : Albericus of CŒteaux, French saint, dies
1706 : Guillaume Poitevin, composer, dies at 59
1795 : Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, composer, dies at 62
1798 : Christian Gottlob Neefe, German organist/composer, dies at 49
1803 : Georg von Pasterwiz, composer, dies at 72
1824 : Edward Jenner, discoverer (vaccination), dies
1824 : Th‚odore G‚ricault, French painter (Grand Derby d'epsom), dies
1849 : Thomas Lovell Beddoes, English poet (Death's Jest-Book), suicide at 45
1850 : Francis Jeffrey, Baron Jeffrey, judge/literary critic, dies
1855 : G‚rard de Nerval, [Labrunie], French poet/writer, dies at 46
1870 : Cesare Pugni, composer, dies at 67
1885 : Charles George Gordon, Brit gov-gen (Sudan), executed at 51
1891 : Nicholaus Otto, auto pioneer (internal combustion engine), dies
1893 : Abner Doubleday, credit with inventing baseball, dies on 74th birthday
1895 : Arthur Cayley, mathematician, dies
1904 : John P R Tak, Dutch liberal politician, dies at 64
1911 : Charles Wentworth Dilke, English undersecretary of State, dies at 67
1920 : Matthias Enzberger, German minister of finance, murdered
1922 : Luigi Denza, composer, dies at 75
1932 : William K Wrigley, owner (Wrigley Gum, Chicago Cubs), dies
1939 : Armand Calinescu, Romania's PM, assassinated by the iron guard
1942 : Gerard L F Philips, Dutch manufacturer (Philips), dies at 83
1943 : Nikolai Vavilov, geneticist, Saratovv labour camp, dies
1947 : Grace Moore, US soprano/actress (1 Night of Life), dies at 45
1947 : Gustav Adolf, crown prince of Sweden, dies in air crash
1948 : Ignaz Friedman, composer, dies at 65
1949 : Victor Fleming, director (Wizard of Oz, Gone With Wind), dies at 65
1950 : Betsy van den Arend, Dutch [Betje], actress (Miss Hobbs), dies at 78
1952 : Louis van Deyssel, Dutch writer (Diary of Franc Rozelaar), dies at 87
1953 : Martinus Nijhoff, Dutch poet/translator (spelling), dies at 58
1954 : Carl J Eldh, Swedish sculptor, dies at 80
1961 : Morris Nichols, cricketer (41 wkts in 14 Tests for Eng 1930-39), dies
1962 : Charles "Lucky" Luciano, NYC Mafia gangster, dies at 65
1962 : Fran Lhotka, composer, dies at 78
1963 : John Sigvard Olsen, comedian (Olsen & Johnson), dies at 70
1965 : Ali Mansoer, premier of Persia, murdered
1967 : Albert Remy, actor (Blows), dies at 55
1967 : Kenneth Thomson, actor (White Gold), dies of emphysema at 68
1973 : Edward G Robinson, [Goldenberg], actor (Little Caesar), dies at 79
1973 : Meijer Sluyser, Dutch journalist/commentator (VARA), dies at about 71
1974 : S v Vegesack, writer, dies at 85
1974 : Wiktor Labunski, composer, dies at 78
1975 : Lubov Orlova, actress (Moscow Laughs, Man of Music, Tanya), dies at 72
1977 : Margaret Hayes, actress (Robert Montgomery Presents), dies at 61
1978 : Leo Genn, actor (Lady Chatterley's Lover, Henry V), dies at 72
1979 : Nelson Rockefeller, former VP & (4X Gov-R-NY), dies at 70
1983 : Paul "Bear" Bryant, college football coach (Alabama), dies at 69
1985 : James Cameron, journalist, dies
1989 : Paul Daels, Flemish chairman (IJzerbedevaart committee), dies
1989 : St‚phane Steinier, Belgian journalist, kidnapped & murdered
1990 : FHP "Boy" Trip, Dutch minister, dies
1991 : Johnny van Doorn, Dutch writer/poet, dies at 46
1992 : Jose Ferrer, PR actor/director (Cyrano de Bergerac), dies at 80
1992 : Okke Jager, Dutch theologist/writer/poet, dies at 63
1993 : Axel Von Dem Bussche, German aristocrat, dies
1993 : Jan Gies, Dutch resistance fighter (helped Anne Frank), dies at 87
1993 : Robert Jacobsen, Danish sculptor (large iron sculptures), dies at 80
1995 : Bernardo Leighton, Chilian politician (1964-70), dies
1995 : Geoffrey Penwill Parsons, piano accompnaist, dies at 65
1995 : Louis Heren, journalist, dies at 65
1995 : Vic Buckingham, English soccer player/trainer (Ajax), dies at 79
1996 : David Schultz, wrestler (Oly-Gold-84), killed by John Du Pont
1996 : Harold Brodkey, writer, dies at 65
1996 : Henry Jay Lewis, conductor, dies at 63
1997 : Margaret Hesse, princess of Hesse/the Rhine, dies at 83
1997 : Sarah Lucas, theatre Administrator, dies at 53
1998 : S P Leary, Texan Blues drummer (Muddy Waters), dies at 67
1998 : Shinichi Suzuki, music teacher (Suzuki Method), dies at 99
1998 : Walter Edmonds, writer (Drums Along the Mohawk), dies at 93

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