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Deaths on March 18

1227 : Honorius III, [Cencio Savelli], Pope (1216-27), dies
1314 : Jacques De Molay, the last grand master of Order of Knights, dies
1493 : John of Lannoy, Flemish governor/viceroy of Neth/Zealand, dies at 82
1582 : Jean Jaurequi, Basque murderer of Willem of Orange, lynched
1584 : Ivan IV, the terrible, Russian tsar (1547-84), dies at 53
1690 : Charles, duke of Lutherans, dies
1745 : Robert Walpole, 1st English premier (1722-42), dies at 68 [NS=3/29]
1768 : Lawrence Sterne, writer (Sentimental Journey France & Italy), dies
1799 : John Randall, composer, dies at 82
1816 : Johann Paul Schulthesius, composer, dies at 67
1817 : Johann Jakob Walder, composer, dies at 67
1823 : Jean-Baptiste Sebastien Breval, composer, dies at 69
1870 : Joaquin y Garbayo Gaztambide, composer, dies at 48
1875 : Ferdinand Laub, composer, dies at 43
1876 : F Freiligrath, writer, dies at 65
1886 : Leopold Zunz, German intellect (Synagogue Poetry), dies at 91
1889 : William Henry Monk, composer, dies at 66
1899 : Douglas Strutt Galton, English engineer (rails, trains), dies at 76
1899 : Svetolik Rankovic, Serbian writer (Crushed Ideals), dies at 35
1900 : Ant¢nio Nobre, Portuguese poet (S¢ [Lonely]), dies at 32
1913 : George I, king of Greece (1861-1913), assassinated by Schinas at 67
1917 : William Shalders, S Afr cricket batsman (12 Tests 1895-1907), dies
1918 : Willem Coenen, composer, dies at 80
1924 : John Frederick Bridge, composer, dies at 79
1928 : Paul van Ostaijen, Flemish writer (Outlawed), dies at 32
1933 : Luigi A duke of the Abruzzi, Italian explorer (Ruwenzori), dies at 60
1936 : Egon Friedell, Austrian journalist (Kleine Portratgalerie), dies at 58
1938 : Cyril Rootham, composer, dies at 62
1944 : Benjamin Delmonte, theater director/actor, dies at 79
1954 : Walter Mead, cricketer (one Test for England 1899), dies
1956 : Friedrich Panzer, German germanist (Hilde-Gudrun), dies at 85
1956 : Louis Bromfield, writer, dies at 59
1964 : Norbert Wiener, US mathematician (cybernetics), dies at 69
1965 : Farouk I, last King of Egypt (1936-52), dies at 45
1967 : Jimmy Blaine, singer (Stop the Music), dies at 42
1968 : Manuel Gomez Carillo, composer, dies at 85
1969 : Barbara Bates, actress (Kathy-It's a Great Life), dies at 43
1971 : George Wood, England cricket wicketkeeper (v S Africa 1924), dies
1973 : Lauritz L H Melchior, Danish baritone/actor (Luxury Liner), dies at 82
1974 : David C Imboden, actor (King of Kings), dies at 87
1976 : James McCartney, father of Paul McCartney, dies at 73
1976 : Robert de Roos, composer, dies at 69
1977 : Marien Ngouabi, president of Congo-Brazzaville, murdered
1978 : Faith Baldwin, US author (They Who Love), dies at 84
1978 : Peggy Wood, actress (One Life to Live, Mama), dies at 86
1980 : Erich Fromm, German/US psychoanalyst, dies at 79
1980 : Herman Griffith, cricketer (13 Tests for WI, 44 wickets), dies
1982 : Georg G Lampe, Dutch painter/director (Free Academy), dies at 60
1983 : Umberto of Piemonte, King Umberto II of Italy (1946), dies
1984 : Charlie Lau, White Sox coach/renowned hitting instructor, dies at 50
1984 : Paul Frances Webster, lyricist, dies of Parkinson's disease at 76
1985 : Jack Miller, orch leader (Kate Smith Evening Hour), dies at 89
1986 : Bernard Malamud, US writer (Fixer, Natural), dies at 71
1987 : Bil Baird, puppeteer (Jack Paar Show), dies at 82
1989 : Piet Kruiver, Dutch soccer player, dies at 51
1989 : William Challee, actor (Desperate, Moonchild), dies
1990 : Robin Harris, actor (House Party, Mo' Better Blues), dies at 36
1991 : Jack McCoy, Radio/TV personality, dies at 72
1991 : Vilma Banky, actress (Eagle, Son of Sheik, Rebel), dies at 93
1992 : Cornelis B Vaandrager, [C Vaan], poet (Giant of Rotterdam), dies at 56
1995 : Charles Drain, singer, dies at 65
1995 : Frederic Ramsey Jr, folklorist/author, dies at 80
1995 : Heinrich Sutermeister, Swiss composer (Raskolnikov), dies at 84
1996 : Alepoude Odysseus Elytis llis, poet, dies at 84
1996 : Hawkes Jessie Jacquetta Priestley, archaeologist, dies at 85
1997 : ?, raped comatose woman who bore a child 1 year earlier, dies at 30
1997 : Willem de Kooning (abstract artist), dead Alzheimer's at 92

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