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Deaths on March 30

1202 : Joachim Van Fiore, Italian religious founder (Joachimism), dies
1547 : Fran‡ois I of Valois-Angoulˆme, King of France (1515-47), dies at 52
1707 : S‚bastien le Prestre Vauban, French fortress architect, dies at 73
1757 : Johann Wenzel Anton Stamitz, composer, dies at 39
1764 : Pietro Antonio Locatelli, Italian violinist/composer, dies at 68
1840 : George (Beau) Brummell, Dandy, dies
1864 : Louis Alexander Balthasar Schindelmeisser, composer, dies 52
1871 : W F A A Louisa/Lovisa, queen of Sweden/Norway, dies at 42
1872 : Nicolaos Mantzaros, composer, dies at 76
1873 : Benedict Augustin Morel, psychologist (dementia praecox), dies at 63
1875 : Marie Moke Pleyel, composer, dies at 63
1879 : David van der Kellen, Dutch coin engraver, dies at 74
1879 : Thomas Couture, French painter/author, dies at 63
1884 : Hans Hampel, composer, dies at 61
1906 : Betsy Perk, [Christina E], journalist/writer/feminist, dies at 73
1910 : Jean Mor‚as, [Y Papadiamantopoulos], Greek/French poet, dies at 53
1912 : Karl May, German writer (Winnetou/Kara Ben Nemsi), dies at 70
1925 : Rudolf Steiner, Austrian philosopher (anthroposophy), dies at 64
1926 : Feliks E Dzerzjinski, Lithuanian organizer (KGB), dies at 48
1935 : Romanos Hovakimi Melik'yan, composer, dies at 51
1942 : Alfred Coville, French historian (Lesson premier Valois), dies at 81
1945 : Karel Moor, composer, dies at 71
1946 : John S S P V Gort, viscount of Limerick/Hamsterley, dies at 59
1949 : Dattaram Dharmaji Hindlekar, cricketer (4 Tests for India), dies
1949 : Friedrich C R Bergius, chemist (brown coal, Nobel 1931), dies at 64
1950 : L‚on Blum, French premier (People's Front Govt), dies at 77
1953 : Roderich Mojsisovics-Mojsvar, composer, dies at 75
1955 : Harl McDonald, US composer (Santa F‚ Trail), dies at 55
1960 : Fritz Klimsch, German sculptor/painter, dies at 90
1960 : Joseph Haas, German opera composer (Totenmesse), dies at 81
1961 : P J Melotte, discovered Jupiter's 8th satellite Pasiphae, dies
1963 : Alexander Vasil'yevich Gauk, composer, dies at 69
1964 : Willem CN Andriessen, Dutch composer/pianist (Beethoven), dies at 76
1966 : Erwin Piscator, German director (Plebeians test rebellion), dies at 72
1966 : Maxfield Parrish, US painter, dies at 95
1969 : Lucien Bianchi, Belgian auto racer, dies at 34
1971 : Selmer Jackson, actor (Life & Legend of Wyatt Earp), dies at 82
1972 : Gabriel Heather, US news anchor, dies at 81
1972 : Peter Whitney, actor (Rough Riders), dies at 55
1974 : Ludovicus J Rogier, Dutch historian (Reborn in Freedom), dies at 79
1975 : Peter Bamm, writer, dies
1976 : Jacqueline Royaards-Sandberg, actress (Hostage Rights), dies at 99
1977 : Levko Mykolayevich Revutsky, composer, dies at 88
1978 : George Paine, lefty cricket spinner (for England in WI 1935), dies
1978 : Harold Gimblett, cricketer (Batted in 3 Tests for England), suicide
1979 : Airey Neave, British MP (Conservatives), killed by terrorist bomb
1981 : Dewitt Wallace, US founder (Reader's Digest), dies at 91
1981 : Noel Harford, cricketer (8 Tests for NZ 1955-58), dies
1983 : P l Kadosa, Hungarian composer/pianist, dies at 79
1984 : Peter Yarrall, strongest Englishman/weighed 826 lb (374.7 kg), dies
1985 : Harold Peary, actor (Herb-Blondie, Willy), dies of heart attack at 76
1986 : James Cagney, actor (Yankee Doodle Dandy), dies in NY at 86
1986 : John Ciardi, US poet/interpreter (Dante), dies at 69
1989 : Dort Clark, actor (In Harm's Way), dies
1991 : Jan Willem Hofstra, Dutch actor/writer (Friends of My Friends), dies
1992 : Art Hannes, announcer, dies of a respiratory ailment at 72
1992 : Luigi De Laurentiis, Italian producer (Toto, Macaroni), dies
1993 : Jeremy Siegrist, actor (Adv of Darly & Samy), dies hiking at 20
1993 : Richard C Diebenkorn Jr, US painter (Ocean Park Paintings), dies at 70
1994 : Albert Goldman, rock biographer (Elvis, John Lennon), dies at 66
1994 : Sid Weiss, bassist, dies at 79
1995 : Graham Anthony Richard Lock, cricketer, dies at 65
1995 : Paul A Rothchild, record producer, dies at 59
1995 : Rozelle Claxton, pianist/arranger, dies at 82
1995 : Tony Lock, cricketer (174 wickets for England), dies
1996 : Hugh Edward Lance Falkus, filmmaker/naturalist, dies at 78
1996 : Ryoei Saito, businessman, dies at 79

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