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Deaths on March 06

1583 : Zacharias Ursinus, German theologist (Heidelberger), dies at 48
1615 : Pieter Both, Dutch admiral/1st gov-gen (East Indies, 1609-14), drowns
1616 : Francis Beaumont, Elizabethan playwright, dies (birth date unknown)
1674 : Johann Paul Schor, German barok painter, dies at 58
1720 : Pieter van Flowers, Flemish painter, buried at 63
1753 : Gerhardus Havingha, composer, dies at 56
1754 : Henry Pelham, English premier (1745, 46-54), Gin Act, dies at about 57
1836 : Davy Crockett, US pioneer (Alamo), killed in battle at 49
1846 : Nikoli A Poveloi, Russian writer/publisher, dies at 49 [NS]
1851 : Alexander Aliabiev, composer, dies at 63
1854 : Caspar GC Reinwardt, German/Dutch biologist, dies at 80
1867 : Wiktor Kazynski, composer, dies at 54
1888 : Louisa May Alcott, US author (Old-fashioned Girl), dies at 55
1900 : Gottlieb Daimler, designed 1st motorcycle, dies at 65
1917 : Jules HPFX Vandenpeereboom, premier of Belgium (1899), dies at 73
1924 : Meyer E van Beem, actor (Moittige Janus), dies at 85
1930 : William Milton, cricketer (S Afr Test capt in 3 Tests 1889-92), dies
1932 : John Philip Sousa, US composer (Stars & Stripes Forever), dies at 77
1933 : Anton J Cermak, US mayor of Chicago, murdered
1936 : Josef Stransky, composer, dies at 63
1936 : Rubin Goldmark, composer, dies at 63
1937 : Frank Vosper, actor/writer (Jew Suss), dies at 37
1939 : [Carl L] Ferdinand von Lindemann, German mathematician, dies at 86
1941 : Gutzon Borglum, sculptor (Mt Rushmore), dies at 73
1941 : John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum, sculptor (Mount Rushmore), dies at 73
1941 : Leen Schijvenschuurder, Dutch February strike leader, executed
1945 : Jan Thijssen, Dutch resistance fighter, executed at Savage Farm
1945 : Rudolph Karel, composer, dies at 64
1947 : Ludwig Weber, composer, dies at 55
1950 : Lew Lehr, comedian (Stop Me if I heard this One), dies at 54
1951 : Ivor Novello, actor/writer (Lodger, Phantom Fiend), dies at 58
1954 : Jan Kalf, Dutch literature/art historian, dies at 80
1954 : Louis Zimmermann, violinist, dies at 80
1959 : Fred Stone, actor (Hideaway, Westerner), dies at 85
1961 : George Formby, British singer/comedian, dies at 56
1961 : Kjeld Abell, Danish playwright/director of Tivoli, dies at 59
1962 : Rezso Kokai, composer, dies at 56
1963 : Kornelis ter Laan, 1st Dutch socialist mayor (Zaandam), dies at 91
1964 : King Paul I, of Greece (1947-64), dies at 62
1965 : Margaret Dumont [Daisy Baker], actress (Animal Crackers), dies at 75
1965 : Ruvim Pergament, composer, dies at 58
1966 : Richard Hageman, composer, dies at 83
1967 : Nelson Eddy, US baritone/actor (Phantom of the Opera), dies at 65
1967 : Oscar Shaw, actor (Rhythm on the River, Marianne), dies at 76
1967 : Zolt n Kod ly, Hungarian composer (H ry Janos), dies at 84
1968 : Isa Krejci, composer, dies at 63
1968 : Joseph Martin Jr, Speaker of the House, dies at 83
1970 : William Hopper, actor (Paul Drake-Perry Mason), dies at 55
1971 : Raymond Herreman, Flemish writer (Don't Forget to Live), dies at 74
1973 : Paul Klecki/Kletzki, Polish violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 72
1973 : Pearl S[ydenstricker] Buck, author (Good Earth-Nobel 1938), dies at 80
1973 : Vera Fjodorova Panova, Russian author (Sputniki), dies at 67
1976 : "Slapsie" Maxie Rosenbloom, lt-hvywgt box champ (1930-34), dies at 71
1979 : Charles Wagenheim, actor (Halligan-Gunsmoke), dies at 83
1981 : George Geary, cricketer (14 Tests for England, 46 wickets), dies
1981 : Klaus Grabowski, child molester, shot by parent
1982 : Ayn Rand, author-philosopher (Atlas Shrugged), dies in NY at 77
1982 : Jan Lemaire, Dutch actor/writer (Beautiful Juultje), dies at 97
1983 : Thelma Pelish, actress (Pajama Game), dies at 55
1984 : Henry Wilcoxon, actor (Cleopatra, Dragnet, Jericho), dies at 78
1984 : Ian Cromb, cricketer (5 Tests for NZ, 123 runs, 8 wkts), dies
1984 : Martin Niem”ller, German submarine capt/anti-nazi minister, dies at 92
1984 : Pierre Cochereau, composer, dies at 59
1985 : Eric Sloane, US artist, dies at 80
1986 : Adolph Caesar, actor (Club Paradise, Soldier's Story), dies
1986 : Georgia O'Keefe, US painter (Flowers), dies at 98
1988 : Konstantin Iliev, composer, dies at 63
1989 : Harry Andrews, actor (Equus, Helen of Troy, Hill), dies at 77
1992 : Elvia Allman, actress (Night at Earl Carroll's), dies of pneumonia
1992 : Emmy Huf, Dutch cabaret performer/writer (I Want Warm Meat), dies
1992 : Maria Vieira da Silva, Portuguese painter (Mirror Palace), dies at 83
1993 : Cyril Collard, French director (Lesson nuits fauves), dies at 35
1993 : Douglas Marland, soap writer (As the World Turns), dies at 58
1993 : Nicholas Ridley, English Minister of Finance, dies at 64
1994 : Leighton Noble, singer/Bandleader, dies at 81
1994 : Max Schubert, winemaker, dies at 89
1994 : Melina Mercouri, Greek actress (Never on a Sunday), dies at about 68
1994 : Moses Rascoe, blues singer, dies at 77
1994 : Tengis Abuladze, Georgia SSR MP (Penalty), dies at 71
1995 : David Beinhoff, mayor, dies at 24
1995 : Delroy George Wilson, singer, dies at 46
1995 : Emile van Moerkerken, photographer (Ice Princess), dies at 78
1995 : Helene Weijel, author (In Two Worlds), dies at 44
1996 : Douglas Patrick Thomas Jay, politician, dies at 88
1996 : Herbert "Herb" Hall, clarinetist/saxophonist, dies at 88
1996 : Simon Cadell, actor (Enemy at the Door), dies at 45
1997 : Anthony Hopkins, clinical Neurologist, dies at 59
1997 : Jagan Guyanes, PM of Guyana (1953, 57-64), dies
1997 : Michael Manley, Jamaican PM (PNP, 1972-80, 89-92), dies
1998 : Adem Jasari, Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) leader, killed

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