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Deaths on March 12

1209 : Djamal al-din Abu Mohammed Iljas Nizami, Persian poet, dies
1471 : Dionysius the Carthusian/van Rijkel, Dutch scholastic theologist
1496 : Johannes de Lapide, [Johan Heynlin], German philosopher, dies
1507 : Cesare Borgia, cardinal/soldier/politician, killed in battle at
1563 : John Bull, composer of British natl anthem (God Save The King),
1570 : Jacob van den Eynden, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies
1628 : John Bull, English organist/composer, dies
1648 : Tirso de Molina, Spanish author, dies at about 63
1681 : French van Mieris, the Elder, Dutch genre painter, dies at 45
1734 : Antonius Schultingh, [Schultingius], Dutch lawyer, dies at 74
1753 : George Berkeley, philosopher/bishop (Cloyne), dies on 68th birth
1824 : Heinrich Carl Ebell, composer, dies at 48
1831 : Johann Franz Volkert, composer, dies at 64
1832 : Daniel Friedrich Kuhlau, German/Danish opera composer, dies at 4
1834 : Karl W Feuerbach, mathematician (circle of Feuerbach), dies at 3
1840 : Friedrich Westenholz, composer, dies at 61
1852 : Juan Bros y Bertomel, composer, dies at 75
1877 : Crystobal Oudrid y Segura, composer, dies at 52
1883 : Murrumgunarriman, [Twopenny], cricketer (Aboriginal team 1868),
1888 : Henry Bergh, founder (ASPCA), dies at 76
1889 : Yohannes IV, [Kasa], Emperor of Ethiopia (1872-89), dies in batt
1902 : John Peter Altgeld, German/US governor of Illinois, dies at 54
1905 : Rudolf von Alt, Austrian painter, dies at 92
1908 : Edmondo de Amicis, Italian writer (L'idioma Gentile), dies at 61
1909 : Johanna "Lena" Bakker, Dutch actress/wife of Bruno Gerlach, dies
1913 : Joseph Bayer, composer, dies at 61
1914 : George Westinghouse, US engineer (Westinghouse Electric), dies a
1916 : M v Ebner-Eschenbach, writer, dies at 39
1924 : Hilaire Comte de Chardonnet, inventor (rayon), dies
1925 : Sun Yat-Sen, Chinese revolutionary president, dies at 58
1932 : Ivar Kreuger, "Swedish Match King" industrialist, commits suicid
1937 : Charles-Marie-Jean-Albert Widor, French organist/composer, dies
1937 : Jeno Hubay, composer, dies at 78
1941 : Charles Sanford Skilton, composer, dies at 72
1942 : Enrique Morera, composer, dies at 76
1945 : Anne Frank, diarist (Diary of Anne Frank), killed in Belsen Camp
1946 : Philip Merivale, dies at 59
1949 : Maria "Beppie" Bakker, Dutch actress/wife of Piet Vink Sr, dies
1950 : L Heinrich Mann, German/US writer (Between the Races), dies at 7
1955 : Charlie "Bird" Parker, US jazz saxophonist, dies at 34 in NYC
1955 : Theodor Plievier, writer, dies
1957 : Harry Dean, cricketer (England left-arm bowler in 3 Tests, 1912)
1957 : Josephine Hull, actress (Harvey), dies at 71
1958 : Ingeborg, Princess of Sweden, dies at 79
1961 : Belinda Lee, actress (Joseph & his Brethren), dies in car crash
1966 : Estelita Rodriguez, actor (Golden Stallion, Susanna Pass), dies
1973 : Esther Williamson Ballou, composer, dies at 57
1973 : Frankie "Fordham Flash" Frisch, baseball player, dies at 74
1973 : Manuel Rojas Sepulveda, Chilean writer (Hijo de Ladron), dies at
1974 : Billy Fox, Protestant Dublin MP, assassinated
1978 : John Cazale, actor (Dog Day Afternoon, Deer Hunter), dies at 41
1978 : Tolchard Evans, composer/conductor, dies
1982 : Elisabeth Zernike, Dutch writer (Course of Events), dies at 90
1983 : Jevsei G Liberman, Ukraine economist (Plan, profit, bonus), dies
1984 : Arnold Riley, playwright/actor, dies at 88
1985 : Eugene Ormandy [Blau], Hungarian/US conductor, dies at 85
1988 : Billie Rhodes, dies
1988 : William Camp, dies at 74
1989 : Maurice Evans, actor (Bewitched, MacBeth), dies at 87
1991 : Etienne Decroux, French mime (Voyage, Surprise), dies at 92
1992 : Barbara Morrison, actress (Proj Moonbase), dies of heart failure
1992 : Hans G Kresse, Dutch cartoonist (Eric the Viking), dies at 70
1992 : Ida Oosterbaan, Dutch founder (Women Action Committee), dies
1992 : Karel Poons, father of Paul Deen, dies
1992 : Philippe Soupault, writer, dies
1992 : Salvo Lima, mayor (Palermo)/MP (chr-dem), murdered
1993 : Andreas J A I Bruggeman, Dutch mayor (Leiderdorp), dies at 62
1993 : June Valli, singer (Crying in the Chapel), dies of cancer at 62
1993 : Michael Kanin, screenwriter (Woman of the Year), dies at 83
1993 : Wang Zhen, marxist/vice-premier of China (1988), dies
1994 : Sandra Paretti, German/Swiss author (Drums of Winter), dies at 5
1996 : Charles Bruce Perry, professor of medicine, dies at 92
1996 : Gyula Kallai, PM of Hungry (1965-67), dies at 85
1996 : John Anthony Bowden Cuddon, writer/teacher, dies at 67

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