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Deaths on March 31

1201 : Absalon Asserss”n, Danish archbishop of Lund/statesman, dies
1340 : Ivan I Kalita, grand-duke of Vladimir, dies
1389 : Everhard Tserclaes, sheriff of Brussels, murdered
1567 : Philip, the Generous, count of Hessen, dies at 62
1578 : Juan de Escobedo, sec of Spanish land guardian Don Juan, murdered
1621 : Felipe III, King of Spain (1598-1621), dies at 42
1631 : John Donne, Metaphysical poet, dies (birth date unknown)
1656 : Pierre de La Barre, composer, dies at 64
1722 : Campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist/exegete, dies at 62
1741 : Peter Burmannus, [Peter Burman], Dutch attorney/classicist, dies at 72
1809 : Franz Joseph Haydn, composer, dies on 77th birthday
1837 : John Constable, English painter/water colors painter, dies at 60
1850 : John Calhoun, dies at 68
1855 : Charlotte Bront‰, English author (Jane Eyre), dies at 38
1877 : Antoine A Cournot, French mathematician (rule of C), dies at 75
1880 : Henryk Wieniawski, Polish violist/composer, dies at 44
1881 : Gaetano Gaspari, composer, dies at 73
1884 : Jan T Beelen, Neth/Belgian catholic bible expert, dies at 77
1885 : Franz W Abbot, German composer/choir conductor, dies
1885 : Franz Wilhelm Abt, German composer/choir conductor, dies at 65
1885 : Philipp Fahrbach, composer, dies at 69
1886 : Giovanni Rossi, composer, dies at 57
1892 : Adolf Rzepko, composer, dies at 66
1898 : Edward Noyes Westcott, US attorney/writer (David Harum), dies
1900 : Frank Milligan, cricketer (Mafeking 2 Tests Eng v S Afr 1898-99), dies
1901 : John Stainer, composer, dies at 60
1913 : John Pierpont Morgan, US banker/CEO (US Steel Corp), dies at 75
1914 : Ch Morgenstern, writer, dies at 42
1928 : Gustave Ador, president of Austria (1919), dies at 82
1928 : Medardo Rosso, Italian sculptor (portraits), dies at 69
1931 : Knute Rockne, football player/coach, dies in a plane crash at 43
1934 : Franz Ehrle, German jesuit/head of Vatican library, dies at 88
1938 : Willem J T Kloos, Dutch poet/critic (New Guide), dies at 78
1939 : Indrië Einarsson, Iceland playwright (Skipië Sekkur), dies at 87
1944 : Mineichi Koga, admiral of Japanese fleet, dies
1945 : Hans Fischer, German physicist (Nobel 1930), dies at 63
1945 : Maurice Rose, 1st US general in Nazi Germany, killed in action at 45
1948 : Egon E Kisch, Czech writer/journalist (Raging Reporter), dies at 62
1951 : Ralph Forbes, actor (Riptide, Shock, Shock), dies at 45
1957 : Gene Lockhart, NYC actor (Going My Way), dies at 65
1959 : Peter Suhrkamp, German publisher (Suhrkamp Verlag), dies at 68
1960 : Joseph Haas, German (opera)composer (Totenmesse), dies at 81
1961 : Seerp Anema, Dutch poet/writer (Modern Art & Degenerating), dies at 85
1967 : Don Alvarado, actor (Morning Glory, Big Steal), dies at 62
1967 : Hieronim Feicht, composer, dies at 72
1970 : Semjon Timoshenko, Russ marshal/inspector-general (WW II), dies at 75
1971 : Liselotte Liselot Beekmeyer, Dutch actress (Child Crying), dies at 31
1973 : Kurt George Hugo Thomas, composer, dies at 68
1974 : Andrea Checci, actress (2 Women, Assassin, Black Sunday), dies at 57
1978 : Astrid Allwyn, actress (Love Affair, Girl for Calgary), dies at 68
1982 : Fritz Eberhard, West German lawyer/resistor, dies at 85
1983 : Stephen Murray, actor (Guilty, Silent Dust, Master Spy), dies at 70
1986 : Harry Ritz, comedian/actor (Ritz Brothers), dies at 79
1986 : Jerry Paris, director/actor (Jerry-Dick Van Dyke Show), dies at 60
1986 : O'Kelly Isley, US, singer (Isley Brothers), dies of heart attack at 48
1988 : Talib Rasul Hakim, composer, dies at 48
1990 : Lillian "Miss" Miller, audience member (Merv Griffin, Tonight), dies
1991 : John Carter, US jazz clarinetist (Roots & folklore), dies
1993 : Brandon Lee, US actor (Crow)/son of Bruce Lee, accidentally shot at 28
1993 : Jose Maria Lemus, president of El Salvador (1956-60), dies
1994 : L‚on J Ramirez Reine, [Degrelle], Belg/Spanish nazi (Rex), dies at 87
1995 : Carl M Story, fiddler, dies at 78
1995 : Selena, Mexican Grammy winning singer, killed by a fan at 24
1996 : Dante Giacosa, engineer/designer, dies at 91
1996 : Dario Bellezza, poet, dies at 51
1996 : Jeffrey Lee Pierce, musician, dies at 37
1996 : Julius Young, fast food entrepreneur, dies at 73
1997 : Edwin Alberian, TV celebrity (Clarabell), dies at 76
1997 : Laxmishankar Pathak, food retailer, dies at 62

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