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Deaths on March 24

1400 : Florens Radewijns, Dutch priest/leader Modern Devotion, dies
1455 : Nicholas V, [Tommaso Parentucelli], Italian Pope (1447-55), dies at 57
1455 : Rudolf van Diepholt, bishop/cardinal of Utrecht (1448-55), dies
1471 : Thomas Malory, author (Le Morte d'Arthur), dies at 55
1558 : Anna van Buren, countess of Egmond/Buren/Lingen, dies
1603 : Elizabeth I Tudor, [Maiden Queen], UK queen (1558-1603), dies at 69
1631 : Philipp Dulichius, composer, dies at 68
1635 : Jacques Callot, French cartoonist/engraver, dies at about 42
1644 : Cecilia Renata, arch duchess of Austria, dies
1654 : Samuel Scheidt, German composer (Concertus sacri), dies at 66
1661 : William Leddra, last Quaker, hanged in Boston
1755 : Theodor Christleib Reinhold, composer, dies at 72
1823 : Cornelis van Foreest, Dutch mayor (Alkmaar), dies at 66
1825 : Giovanni Domenico Perotti, composer, dies at 64
1838 : Thomas Attwood, composer, dies at 72
1842 : Stendhal [Marie-H Beyle], French writer (The Love), buried at 59
1866 : Maria Amalia, of Bourbon-Sicily, wife of Louis Filips of Austria, dies
1867 : Mary, [Victoria MALOPCA of Teck], queen of Gt Brit, dies at 85
1877 : Walter Bagehot, English economist/critic/banker, dies at 51
1878 : Albin Masek, composer, dies at 73
1881 : Friedrich Hecker, German revolutionary republic politician, dies at 69
1882 : Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, US poet (Song of Hiawatha), dies at 75
1894 : Robert Prescott Stewart, composer, dies at 68
1899 : Billy Barnes, cricketer (725 runs in 21 Tests for England), dies
1905 : Jules Verne, sci-fi author (Around the World in 80 Days), dies at 77
1909 : John Millington Synge, Irish dramatist/playwright/poet, dies at 37
1911 : Matthew Stanley Robison, president (Cardinals), dies
1916 : Enrique y Campina Granados, Sp opera composer (Goyescas), drowns at 48
1918 : Theophile Ysaye, composer, dies at 53
1921 : Deodat de Severac, composer, dies at 48
1932 : George Robert Canning, cricketer (the 4th Lord Harris), dies
1937 : L‚opold Courouble, Belgian writer (Pauline Flatbread), dies at 76
1945 : J S Nicklin, Lt-Col/Canada's 1st parachutist, dies
1945 : Thomas Rennie, Gen-Maj (Dutch command 51st Highland Division), dies
1946 : Alexander A Aljechin, world chess champ (1927-35, 37-46), dies at 53
1946 : Gustaf Heintze, composer, dies at 66
1953 : Felix M Abel, French dominican/biblical scholar, dies at 74
1953 : Mary, queen of Great-Britain/North-Ireland, dies at 85
1960 : Paul Joostens, Flemish painter, dies at 70
1964 : Peter Lorre, Hungarian/US actor (Maltese Falcon, Raven), dies at 59
1967 : Marc Lavry, composer, dies at 63
1968 : Howard Petrie, actor (Border River, Bounty Hunter), dies at 61
1968 : Lauwrens Voorthuyzen, Dutch sect leader, dies at 70
1969 : Joseph Kasavubu, president Congo (1960-65), dies at about 55
1974 : Doris Deane, dies at 74
1974 : Yoshida Isoya, Japanese architect (modern sukiya style), dies at 79
1975 : Muriel Hutchinson, actor (Another Thin Man), dies at 60
1975 : Oscar Rasbach, composer, dies at 86
1976 : Bernard L Montgomery, British general, defeated Rommel, dies at 88
1976 : Nelson Case, TV host (Trash or Treasure), dies at 66
1977 : Saburo Moroi, composer, dies at 73
1978 : Brackett Hamilton Leigh, [Douglass], author (Ginger Star), dies at 62
1979 : Yvonne Mitchell, writer, dies at 53
1980 : Oscar Romero, archbishop of San Salvador, murdered during mass
1982 : Ace Goodman, KC Mo, comedian (Easy Aces), dies at 83
1984 : Sam Jaffe, actor (Dr Zorba-Ben Casey), dies of cancer at 93
1986 : Sarah Cunningham, actress (Nurse Andrews-Trapper John MD), dies at 67
1990 : Alice Sapritch, actress (European Vacation), dies
1990 : An Wang, computer manufacturer (Wang), dies at 70 of cancer
1990 : Ray Goulding, comedian (Bob & Ray), dies of kidney failure at 68
1990 : Rene Enriquez, actor (Hill St Blues), dies of pancreatic cancer at 56
1993 : Erik Andriesse, Dutch painter (skulls, skeletons), dies at 35
1993 : John Hersey, Pulitzer prize author (Hiroshima), dies at 78
1993 : Peter Roovers, Dutch sculptor/teacher (war monuments), dies at 90
1993 : Taylor Reed, actor (Easy Money), dies of heart attack at 60
1994 : Edith Porada, art historian/archaeologist, dies at 81
1994 : Luis Donaldo Colosio, Mexican politician, assassinated
1994 : Tommy Benford, jazz drummer, dies at 88
1995 : Anthony Standerwick Heal, businessman, dies at 88
1995 : Joey Long, blues/cajun guitarist, dies at 62
1995 : Trevor Oswald Ling, religious Studies Professor, dies at 75
1996 : Maria Lucia Beltran Alcayaga, singer, dies at 66

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