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Deaths on March 13

1202 : Mieszko III, the Elder, grand duke of Poland (1173-77, 1200-02), dies
1516 : Vladislav II Jagiello, king of Bohemia (1490-1516), dies at 60
1558 : Jean Fernel, French physician/physiologist, dies
1569 : Lodewijk Cond‚, French prince/co-leader of Hugenot, dies
1569 : Louis Cond‚, French prince/co-leader of Hugenot, dies in battle
1573 : Michel de l'H“pital, chancellor of France (1560-68), dies at about 65
1619 : Richard Burbage, English actor (Shakespeare), dies
1716 : Georg Gabriel Schutz, composer, dies at 46
1756 : Johann Melchior Conradi, composer, dies at 81
1817 : Matej Sojka, composer, dies at 77
1837 : Nikita P Panin, Russian diplomat/min of Foreign affairs, dies at 66
1839 : Robert Gallenberg, composer, dies at 55
1879 : Adolf Anderssen, German world champ chess (1851..66), dies at 60
1881 : Alexander II, Tsar of Russia, assassinated at 62
1890 : Henry Wylde, composer, dies at 67
1901 : Benjamin Harrison, 23rd pres (1889-1893), dies in Indianapolis at 67
1903 : Nicolas Beets [Hildebrand], Dutch writer (Camera Obscura), dies at 88
1906 : Susan B[rownell] Anthony, American suffragist, dies at 85
1911 : Jacob M van Bemmelen, Dutch physicist/chemist, dies at 80
1915 : Sergei J Witte, Dutch count/premier of Russia, dies at 65
1918 : Karel Stecker, composer, dies at 57
1918 : William Courtleigh, actor (Susie Snowflake), dies at 26
1930 : Mary E W Freeman, US writer (Pembroke), dies at 77
1934 : Fritz Cortolezis, composer, dies at 56
1938 : Clarence S Darrow, Scopes Monkey Trial attorney, dies in Chicago at 80
1941 : A Coenradi, Dutch resistance fighter, executed
1941 : Bernard Ijzerdraat, Dutch resistance fighter, executed
1941 : E Hellendoorn, Dutch resistance fighter, executed
1941 : Isaak E Babel, Russian writer (Zakat, Marija), executed at 46
1941 : J Eyl, Dutch resistance fighter, executed
1945 : Herbert Bedford, composer, dies at 78
1946 : Abraham Bredius, Dutch art historian (Rembrandt), dies at 90
1946 : Thomas Frederick Dunhill, composer, dies at 69
1946 : Werner von Blomberg, German minister of Reichswehr, dies at 67
1951 : Alfred Hugenberg, German RC pres-dir of Krupp/media magnate, dies
1951 : James I Wedgwood, British theosophist/Catholic bishop, dies at 67
1955 : Maharajadhiraja Tribhuvana Bir Bikram Yung Bahadur Shum Shere, dies
1955 : Yung Deva, king of Nepal (191.-55), dies at about 48
1957 : Lena Ashwell, Engl actress/theatrical manager (Kingsway), dies at 84
1964 : Kitty Genovese, stabbed to death in Queens; 40 neighbors looked on
1965 : George Calinescu, Romanian author (Lauda Lucrorilor), dies at 65
1967 : Frank Worrell, West indian cricketer, dies
1969 : Felix Locher, actor (Frankenstein's Daughter), dies at 86
1970 : Rick Besoyan, composer, dies at 45
1971 : Piero Coppola, composer, dies at 82
1971 : Rockwell Kens, US artist/painter/illustrator, dies at 88
1973 : Stacy Harris, actor (NOPD, Doorway to Danger), dies at 54
1974 : Howard St John, actor (Investigator, Dr Lewis-Hank), dies at 68
1974 : Janos Prohaska, actor (Andy Williams Show), dies at 52
1975 : Ali Sastroamidjojo, Indonesian attorney/minister/premier, dies at 71
1975 : Ivo Andric, Yugoslavian author (Nemiri-Nobel 1961), dies at 82
1975 : Jean Del Val, actor (Sainted Devil, Flying Deuces), dies at 83
1975 : Ruth Schaumann, German author/painter/sculptor, dies at 75
1976 : Willy Alfredo, [Willem Jue], Dutch comedian/poet, dies at 77
1977 : Fanie Lou Hamer, freedom fighter, dies
1977 : Jan Patocka, Czech philosopher, dies in prison
1978 : David McKinley Williams, composer, dies at 91
1978 : Ghulam Mustafa Guard, cricketer (3 wkts in 2 Tests for India), dies
1980 : Tauno Kullerve Pylkkanen, composer, dies at 61
1982 : Albert Weisser, composer, dies at 64
1982 : Wilfred Hawker, Suriname sgt-major, executed
1983 : Louison Bobet, French cyclist (Tour de France 1953-55), dies at 58
1983 : Paul R Citroen, Dutch sculptor, dies at 86
1984 : Dick Whitington, journalist/cricketer (South Aust & AIF bat), dies
1986 : Alvaro Fayad Delgado, Colombian guerilla leader (M-19), dies
1987 : Bernhard Grzimek, West German zoologist, dies at 77
1987 : Finn Videro, composer, dies at 80
1987 : Gerald Moore, England, pianist (Am I Too Loud), dies at 87
1988 : John C Holmes, XXX actor (All Night Long, Johnny Wadd), dies at 43
1988 : Olive Carey, actress (Affairs With a Stranger), dies at 92
1990 : Bruno Bettelhelm, Austrian/US psychoanalyst, commits suicide at 86
1991 : Cor Witschge, [Pipo the Clown], Dutch actor (Alicia), dies at 65
1991 : Jimmy McPartland, US, jazz cornetist, dies
1992 : Clarence Wright, singer, dies at 84
1992 : Hans Redeker, Dutch art critic (Algemeen Handelsblad), dies
1993 : Ralph Smith Fults, US gangster (Bonnie & Clyde gang), dies at 82
1994 : Danny Barker, US banjo player/guitarist (Bourbon St Black), dies at 85
1994 : Edward James "Murt" O'Donoghue, snooker player
1994 : Sandra Paretti, romantic novelist, dies at 59
1995 : Abdul Ali Mazari, Afghan shite leader, shot to death
1995 : John Silverlight, journalist, dies at 75
1995 : Leo Kaplan, lawyer (ASCAP), dies at 89
1995 : Leon Day, pitcher (Negro Leagues), dies of heart failure at 78
1995 : Lorraine Macleod, dancer (Girls Just Want to Have Fun), dies at 65
1995 : P C J van Lierde, Dutch vicar-gen of Vatican (1951-91), dies at 87
1996 : Brian Hulls, television news cameraman, dies at 48
1996 : Krzysztof Kieslowski, film director, dies of heart attack at 54
1996 : Lucio Fulci, filem director, dies at 68
1996 : Lucy Faithfull, children's campaigner, dies at 85

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