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Deaths on March 23

1169 : Shirkuh, Kurd general/vizier of Cairo/Saladin's uncle, dies
1237 : Jan of Brienne, King of Jerusalem/Emperor of Constantinople, dies
1369 : Pedro, the Cruel, King/tyrant of Castile & Leon, murdered
1555 : Julius III, [Giovanni M del Monte], Pope (1550-55), dies at 67
1606 : Justus Lipsius, [Joost Lips], Dutch classic philologist, dies at 58
1653 : Johan van Galen, Dutch admiral (Dunes Monte Christo), dies at about 48
1658 : Valentin Dretzel, composer, dies at 79
1669 : Philipp Buchner, composer, dies at 54
1676 : Paulus Wirtz, [Wrtz], German/Neth army commander, dies at 63
1748 : Johann Gottfried Walther, German composer/musicologist, dies at 63
1756 : Georg Gottfried Wagner, composer, dies at 57
1783 : Gaspard Fritz, composer, dies at 67
1786 : Patience Wright, 1st US woman pro artist, dies (birth date unknown)
1801 : Paul I, tsar of Russia (1796-1801), strangled at 46
1806 : George Frederic Pinto, composer, dies at 20
1809 : Ferdinand-Philippe-Joseph Staes, composer, dies at 60
1816 : Ignaz Vitzthumb, composer, dies at 95
1818 : Nicolas Isouard, composer, dies at 42
1819 : August v Kotzebue, writer, dies
1821 : Bernhard Anselm Weber, pianist/conductor/composer, dies at 56
1832 : Vaclav Vilem Wurfel, composer, dies at 41
1842 : Stendhal, [Marie-Henri Beyle], French author (Lamiel), dies at 59
1862 : Karl Robert von Nesselrode, German chancellor, dies at 81
1869 : Charles Lucas, composer, dies at 60
1880 : Gustav Adolf Mankell, composer, dies at 67
1881 : Nikolay Rubinstein, composer, dies at 45
1902 : K lm n Tisza, premier of Hungary (1875-90), dies at 71
1906 : Victor Barton, cricketer (scored 23 in Test Eng v S Afr 1892), dies
1907 : Constantine P Pobedonostsev, Russian reactionary senator, dies at 79
1914 : Teunis Stoel, actor, dies at 62
1918 : Cesar Cortinas, composer, dies at 27
1919 : Jean HL Bossard, actor/impresario (2 Orphans), dies at 45
1925 : Aleksei Kuropatkin, Russian general/minister of War, dies at 76
1937 : Helge Rode, Danish poet/essayist, dies at 66
1943 : Andr‚ Lichtenberger, French Sudan writer (Le Petit Roi), dies at 72
1943 : Joseph Moiseyevich Schillinger, composer, dies at 47
1944 : O C Wingate, British general-major (Burma), dies in air crash
1946 : Alexandru Zirra, composer, dies at 62
1950 : Douglas Carr, England cricket leg-spinner (Test 1909), dies
1952 : Klaas Schilder, Dutch vicar/theologist/antifascist, dies at 61
1953 : Raoul Dufy, painter, Forcalquier, France
1957 : L Patrick Abercrombie, English architect, dies at 77
1958 : Florian Znaniecki, Polish/US sociologist/philosopher, dies at 76
1960 : Franklin P Adams, columnist (Information Please), dies at 78
1961 : A C Russell, cricketer (10 Tests for England 910 runs), dies
1961 : James Edward Murray, (Sen-D-Montana) (1935-61), dies
1961 : Valentin Vasilyevich Bondarenko, cosmonaut, dies in accident at 24
1962 : Josephus RH van Schaik, lawyer/vice-premier of Neth, dies at 80
1962 : Val Paul, producer (F-Man), dies at 73
1963 : Davey Moore, dies seconds after KOed in feather-weight championship
1964 : Peter Lorre, actor (Casino Royale), dies at 59
1964 : Vassily Vainonen, Russian ballet choreographer (Gayaneh), dies at 66
1965 : Mae Murray, actress (Bachelor Apartment), dies of heart ailment at 75
1966 : Johannes W Elsensohn, Dutch actor/writer (Arie), dies at 82
1967 : Duncan Macrae, actor (Casino Royale, Kidnapped), dies at 61
1968 : Edwin O'Connor, US writer, dies at 49
1969 : Rudolf Pannwitz, German author/philosopher (Urblik), dies at 87
1971 : Armin Loos, composer, dies at 67
1971 : Simon Vestdijk, Dutch author/poet (Brass Garden), dies at 72
1973 : Ken Maynard, actor (Phantom Rancher, $50,000 Reward), dies at 77
1979 : Philip Bourneuf, actor (Big Night, Frankenstein), dies at 71
1982 : Mario Praz, Italian author (Casa della vita), dies at 85
1983 : Barney Clark, 1st artifical heart recipient, dies after 112 days at 62
1984 : Shauna Grant, [Colleen Applegate] XXX actress (Glitter), dies
1985 : Anton Constandse, Dutch anarchist/writer, dies at 85
1985 : Patricia Roberts Harris, (Rep-D), dies at 60
1985 : Singing Nun, commits suicide in Belgium at 52
1987 : Dean Paul Martin, musician/tennis pro, killed in plane crash at 29
1991 : Dominic Bellissimo, created buffalo chicken wings, dies at 68
1991 : Fons Jansen, Dutch night club performer, dies at 65
1991 : Mona Maris, actress (Camila, Berlin Correspondent), dies at 88
1992 : Friedrich A von Hayek, British economist (Road to Serfdom), dies at 92
1993 : Hans Werner Richter, German writer/founder (Gruppe 47), dies at 84
1994 : Alvara del Portillo, Spanish Opus Dei bishop, dies at 80
1994 : Giulietta Masina, wife of Federico Felini/(La Strada), dies at 74
1994 : Jim Moloney, dies of Parkinson's disease
1994 : Luis Donaldo Colosio, Mexican pres candidate, assassinated at 44
1995 : Alan Barton, singer (Smokie, Black Lace), dies in a bus crash
1995 : Daniel George "Danny" Apolinar, composer/songwriter, dies at 61
1995 : Davie Cooper, soccer star, dies at 39
1995 : Irving Shulman, author/screenwriter, dies at 81
1995 : Ripley L. Ingram, singer, dies at 65
1995 : Robert Turner, winner of 1st All-American Soap Box Derby, dies at 72
1995 : Russell Reading Braddon, author, dies at 74
1996 : Jay D. Miller, record producer, dies at 73
1996 : Peter Baer, artost/printmaker, dies at 72

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