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Deaths on March 16

1072 : Adalbert, archbishop of Bremen-Hamburg, dies
1536 : Ibrahim Pasha, grand-visier of Osmaanse Rich, murdered at about 45
1629 : Emilia of Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange, dies at 59
1736 : Giovanni B Pergolesi, Italian composer (Stabat Mater), dies at 26
1738 : Georg Baehr, German master builder (Frauenkirche, Dresden), dies at 72
1804 : Francisco marquis Albergati Capacelli, Italian playwright, dies at 75
1806 : Giuseppe Colla, composer, dies at 74
1819 : Nicolas Sejan, composer, dies at 73
1838 : Nathaniel Bowditch, astronomer/navigation expert, dies at 64
1841 : F‚lix Savart, French surgeon/physicist, dies at 49
1843 : Anton R Falck, Dutch minister of Education/Colonies, dies at 65
1867 : Benjamin Hanby, composer, dies at 33
1878 : William Banting, English undertaker, dies
1881 : Modest P Mussorgsky, Russian composer (Boris Godunov), dies at 42
1882 : Charles R Darwin, English naturalist (Origin of species), dies at 73
1887 : Emanuel Kania, composer, dies at 59
1898 : Aubrey (Vincent) Beardsley, English illustrator (Salome), dies at 23
1909 : George Thorndike Angell, lawyer (ASPCA), dies at 85
1910 : Eduard FW Pflger, German physiologist, dies at 80
1914 : Gaston Calmette, editor (Le Figaro), killed by Mme Caillaux at 55
1914 : John Murray, piloted HMS Challenger to Christmas Island, dies
1919 : Sigurd von Koch, composer, dies at 39
1930 : Miguel Primo de Riveray Orbaneja, Sp dictator (1923-30), dies at 60
1933 : Alfred Her, Hungarian mathematician, dies at 47
1935 : John J R Macleod, Scot/Canadian physiologist (Nobel 1923), dies at 58
1937 : J Austen Chamberlain, English Min of For affairs (Nobel), dies at 73
1938 : Egon Friedell, writer, dies
1940 : Selma O Lagerl”f, Swed author (Nils Holgersson, Nobel-09), dies at 81
1941 : John Murray, Canada oceanographer (Challenger), dies at 73
1942 : Alexander van Zemlinsky, Austrian composer (African Dance), dies at 69
1945 : Pierre Drieu la Rochelle, French writer/poet, commits suicide at 52
1946 : Marius HLW "Max" Blokzijl, Dutch Nazi propagandist, executed at 61
1955 : Mayhew Lake, composer, dies at 75
1956 : Joseph John Richards, composer, dies at 77
1957 : Mosa Pijade, Yugoslavian MP (communist), dies at 67
1958 : Leon J Cadore, pitched the 26 inning game, dies at 65
1959 : John Sailling, last documented Civil War vet, dies at 111
1962 : John Owen Jones, composer, dies at 85
1964 : Nicholas Joy, actor (Boss Lady), dies at 80
1967 : James Friskin, composer, dies at 80
1968 : Bengt Gunnar Ekel”f, Swedish poet (Nun Serviam), dies at 60
1968 : June Collyer, actress (June-Stu Erwin Show), dies at 60
1968 : Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, composer, dies at 72
1970 : Arthur Adamov, Russian/French playwright, dies at 61
1970 : Tammi Terrell, singer (You're All I Need), dies of brain tumor at 24
1971 : Bebe Daniels, actress (Silver Dollar, My Past), dies at 70
1971 : Chuck Fleetwood-Smith, cricketer (Vict & Aust), dies
1971 : Thomas E Dewey, US president candidate (R 1944, 48), dies at 68
1972 : Harold "Pie" Traynor, hall of fame 3rd baseman (Pirates), dies at 72
1973 : Carl Benton Reid, actor (Trap, Underwater City), dies at 79
1973 : M Revis, [Willem Fisherman), author (People that Mutiny), dies at 68
1975 : T-Bone Walker, blues guitarist (Funky Town, Well Done), dies at 64
1978 : Aldo Moro, 5 times PM of Italy, assassinated by terrorists
1979 : Jean Monnet, French economist/CEO (ECSC), dies at 90
1983 : Arthur Godfrey, TV host (Arthur Godrey Show), dies at 79
1985 : B V A R”ling, Dutch lawyer (WW II Tokyo trials), dies at 78
1985 : Roger Huntington Sessions, US composer (Black Masks), dies at 88
1987 : Scott McKay, actor (Guest in House, 30 Seconds over Tokyo), dies at 71
1988 : Dorothy Adams Foulger, actress (Laura, Devil Commands), dies at 88
1990 : Ernst Bacon, composer, dies at 91
1991 : 7 members of Reba McIntire's band, killed in a plane crash
1991 : Jan H van Roijen, Dutch diplomat/Foreign Minister, dies at 85
1991 : Wim van den Brink, Dutch actor (Turkish Fruit, Red Sien), dies
1992 : Renzhong Weangn, China politician (1934-45), dies
1993 : Chishu Ryu, Japanese actor (Autumn Afternoon), dies of cancer at 86
1993 : Djilalli LyabŠs, Algerian minister of Higher Education, murdered
1993 : Don Randolph, actor (Harem Girl), dies of pneumonia at 87
1993 : Giovanni Testori, Italian writer (Arialda), dies at 69
1993 : Mohammed Hussein Nagdi, Iran diplomat/resistance fighter, murdered
1995 : Albert Maurice Hackett, playwright/screenwriter, dies at 95
1995 : Clan Fraser of Lovat, soldier/Landowner, dies at 83
1995 : Lord Lovat, [Shimi], Scottish landowner, dies at 83
1995 : Sydney Simone, band leader, dies at 80
1996 : Joseph Lee Pope, singer, dies at 62
1996 : Olive Netta Parsons, co-founder (Collet's bookshop), dies at 104
1996 : Peter Clemoes, Anglo-Saxon scholar, dies at 76

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