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Deaths on March 27

1211 : Sancho I, King of Portugal (1185-1211), dies at 56
1378 : Gregory XI, [Pierre R the Beaufort], last French Pope (1370-78), dies
1472 : Janus Pannonius, Hungarian poet/translator, dies at 37
1482 : Maria, duchess of Burgundy/countess of Holland, dies at 25
1625 : James I Stuart, king of Scotland (1567)/England (1603-25), dies at 58
1668 : Clemens Thieme, composer, dies at 36
1679 : Abraham Mignon, Dutch still life painter, dies at 38
1701 : Anne Hilarion de Cotentin, count of Tourville/Fr admiral, dies at 58
1714 : Anton Ulrich, German duke of Brunswick/poet, dies at 80
1757 : Johann Wenzel Anton Stamitz, composer, dies at 39
1761 : Johann Ludwig Steiner, composer, dies at 72
1769 : Josef Antonin Gurecky, composer, dies at 60
1770 : Giovanni B Tiepolo, Italian painter (Banquet of Cleopatra), dies at 73
1809 : Joseph M Vien, French (court)painter/etcher, dies at 92
1826 : Jakob Haibel, composer, dies at 63
1850 : Wilhelm Bear, German banker/astronomer (Moon Map), dies at 53
1875 : Edgar Quinet, French writer/historian (Ahasv‚rus), dies at 72
1878 : Dobri Voynikov, composer, dies at 44
1878 : George Gilbert Scott, architect, dies
1889 : Moritz Furstenau, composer, dies at 64
1894 : Verney L Cameron, English explorer (Tanganyika), dies at 49
1898 : Sajjid Ahmad Chan, co founder (Pakistan), dies at 80
1900 : Pieter J Joubert [Smart Piet], South African general, dies at 69
1910 : Alexander E Agassiz, US businessman/biologist/geologist, dies at 74
1910 : David Duffle Wood, composer, dies at 72
1920 : Johan G Danser, Dutch poet (Meetings), dies at 26
1922 : Nikolay Alexandrovich Sokolov, composer, dies at 63
1924 : Walter Parratt, composer, dies at 83
1925 : Carl G Neumann, German mathematician/physicist, dies at 92
1928 : Leslie Stuart, composer, dies at 64
1929 : ... Shatunovsky, mathematician, dies
1931 : Arnold Bennett, novelist, dies
1933 : Lionel Palairet, cricketer (49 runs in 2 Tests for England 1902), dies
1938 : Louis William Stern, German/US philosopher/psychologist, dies at 66
1939 : Constance Lindsay Skinner, author (Rivers of America), dies at 57
1943 : Grigori Yakovlevich Bakhchivangi, test pilot (BI-1), killed in crash
1945 : Jírgen Nielsen, Danish writer (romance), dies at 42
1946 : Gabriela Preissov , writer, dies
1947 : Charles Smith, cricketer (batted for S Afr in 1902-03), dies
1948 : Karel Candael, Flemish composer, dies at 64
1953 : Narciso Garay, composer, dies at 76
1956 : Frans Beelaerts van Blokland, minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 84
1959 : Grant Withers, actor (Okla Annie), suicide with sleeping pills at 54
1960 : Ian Whyte, composer, dies at 58
1961 : Jack Kane, orch leader (Steve & Eydie, Andy Williams Show), dies at 37
1966 : Mien Labberton, Dutch poet, dies at 82
1967 : Gerardus H de Vet, the Bold, bishop of Breda (1962-67), dies at 49
1968 : Yuri Gagarin, 1st man to orbit Earth, & Seryogin, in plane crash at 34
1972 : Maurits C Escher, Dutch lithograph carver (Praedestinatie), dies at 73
1973 : Boyan Georgiev Ikonomov, composer, dies at 72
1975 : Arthur Bliss, English composer/conductor (Checkmate), dies at 83
1975 : Gertrude Niesen, actress (Start Cheering), dies at 63
1977 : Diana Hyland, actress (Peyton Place, 8 is Enough), dies at 41
1977 : Eve Meyer, X actress (Immoral Mr Teas), dies in a plane crash at 46
1977 : Lodewijk de Vocht, composer, dies at 89
1978 : Wilfred Pickles, actor (Billy Liar, Gay Dog), dies at 73
1979 : Ronald Adam, actor (Phantom Shot), dies at 82
1982 : Joris No‰, Flemish literary, dies at 68
1983 : James Hayter, actor (Pickwick Papers, Trio, Great Game), dies at 75
1983 : Janis Ivanovs, composer, dies at 76
1986 : Cass Canfield, US publisher, dies at 88
1987 : Lloyd Goodrich, American Arts Museum director, dies at 90
1988 : Jan van den Weghe, Flemish writer, dies at about 67
1989 : May Allison, actress (Youth for Salem Men of Steel), dies
1991 : Aldo Ray, western actor (Battle Cry), dies at 64 of cancer
1991 : Elinor Remick Warren, composer, dies at 91
1991 : Leueen McGrath, actress (Edward My Son, Saint's Vacation), dies at 77
1991 : Ralph Bates, British actor (Persecution, Graveyard), dies at 50
1992 : Anita Colby, US model/actress/author (Pepsi Coke), dies at 77
1992 : Easley Blackwood, expert bridge player, dies at 89
1992 : Gerry Duggan, dies at 82
1992 : James E Webb, head of NASA (1961-68), dies at 84
1992 : Martin Engelman, Dutch cartoonist/painter/graphic artist, dies
1993 : Carlos Gimenez, director (Theater Festival of Caracas), dies at 47
1993 : Clifford Jordan, tenor saxophonist, dies of cancer at 61
1993 : Kate Reid, British actress (Lil-Dallas), dies of cancer at 62
1993 : Katherine Hynes De Groot, dies of stroke at 88
1993 : Wilhelmus M J Russell, Dutch MP (KVP, CDA), dies at 74
1994 : Dennis Hartas, flier, dies at 69
1995 : Albert Drach, writer, dies
1995 : Bernard Cornfeld, Romanian/US financier (Fund of Funds), dies at 67
1995 : Chet Gierlach, music publisher/composer, dies at 75
1995 : Rene Allio, film Director, dies at 70

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