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Deaths on May 01

1171 : Dermot MacMurrough, last Irish King of Leinster, dies
1277 : Stefanus IV Uros I de Great, King of Serbia (1243-76), dies
1308 : Albrecht I van Habsburg, German King (1298-1308), murdered
1447 : Louis VII, Duke of Baveria (1413-43), dies
1456 : Hugues de Lannoy, Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies
1471 : Thomas a Kempis, spiritual writer (Navolging of Christ), dies at 91
1555 : Marcellus II, [Marcello Cervini], Italian Pope (1555), dies at 53
1572 : Pius V, [Antonio Ghislieri], great-inquisiteur/Pope (1566-72), dies
1679 : Esaias Reusner, composer, dies at 43
1700 : John Dryden, English poet/playwright (Rival Ladies), dies
1703 : Kiva Yoshinaka, Japanese monarch, murdered
1733 : Nicolas Coustou, French sculptor (Sa“n), dies at 75
1772 : Gottfried Achenwall, German lawyer/statistics/economist, dies at 52
1831 : Antonius van Alphen, apostle vicar of De Bosch, dies at 82
1863 : Edward Dorr Tracy, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 29
1869 : ?, colt reported killed by a meteorite near New Concord Ohio
1870 : Francisco Solano L¢pez, fieldmarshal/president of Paraguay
1872 : Amalia, princess of Weimar/wife of prince Hendrik the Navigator, dies
1873 : David Livingstone, British physician/explorer (Africa), dies at 60
1874 : Vilem Blodek, composer, dies at 39
1886 : Conrad Busken Huet, writer (Country of Rubens)
1886 : Heinrich Franz Daniel Stiehl, composer, dies at 56
1892 : Willem A Scholten, manufacturer (potatoes), dies at 89
1896 : Nasr-ed-Din, shah of Persia (184.-96), murdered at 65
1898 : Alphonse Wauters, Belgian historian, dies at 81
1900 : Mih ly von Munk csy, [Michael von Lieb], German painter, dies at 56
1902 : John Glover, English chemist (production sulfuric acid), dies at 85
1903 : Arthur Haygarth, cricketer (compiler of "Scores & Biographies"), dies
1903 : Luigi Arditi, violist/composer, dies at 80
1904 : Anton¡n Dvorak, Czech composer (Slavic Dancing), dies at 62
1917 : Jos‚ E Rodo, Uruguayan writer (Motivos de proteo), dies
1921 : Louis Campbell-Tipton, composer, dies at 43
1924 : August Cuppens, Flemish author (Limburgs Driemanschap), dies at 62
1926 : Nicolaus Adriani, translator (Middle-Celebes Language), dies at 60
1932 : Paul Doumer, Pres France (1931-32), assassin by Russia's Paul Gargalov
1934 : Alexander Alexandrovich Davidenko, composer, dies at 35
1937 : Snitz Edwards, actor (Phantom of the Opera, College), dies at 75
1939 : Wilhelm Normann, German chemist (harden van oli‰n), dies
1941 : John R Locksmith de Brown, vicar/CHU-politician, dies at 71
1945 : Desider Antalffy-Zsiross, Hungarian organist/composer, dies at 59
1945 : Paul Josef Goebbels, Nazi minister on propoganda, commits suicide
1946 : Edward Cuthbert Bairstow, composer, dies at 71
1946 : Percy William Whitlock, composer, dies at 42
1947 : Sanner, leader of Norger blood bath, executed
1948 : Christos Ladas, Greek minister of Justice, murdered
1952 : William Fox, [Fried], US film pioneer (Nickelodeon), dies at 73
1954 : Tom Tyler, actor (Lost Ranch, Coyote Trails), dies at 50
1957 : Grant Mitchell, actor (Great Lie, Laura, Cairo, Conflict), dies at 82
1959 : Oscar Torp, Norwegian premier, dies
1965 : Leo Spies, composer, dies at 65
1965 : Spike Jones, composer (Spike Jones Show), dies at 53
1968 : Harold G Nicolson, English author (English sense of humor), dies at 71
1969 : Ella Logan, actress (52nd Street, Woman Chases Man), dies at 56
1969 : George Parker, cricketer (2 Tests for S Afr 1924), dies
1971 : Edith Day, actress (Romance of Air), dies at 75
1971 : Glenda Farrell, actress (Grand Slam, Exposed), dies at 66
1972 : Fernand Ansseau, Belgian operator (Orfeo), dies at 82
1976 : Rex O'Malley, actor (Camille, Zara, Midnight, Thief), dies at 75
1978 : Aram Katchaturian, Russian composer (The Earth), dies at 74
1979 : Berkeley Bertram McGarrell Gaskin, cricketer (2 Tests for WI), dies
1981 : Clarence A Bacote, historian/political scientist, dies at 75
1981 : Peter Huchel, writer, dies at 78
1982 : Gene Sheldon, actor (Bernardo-Zorro), dies at 72
1983 : V N Swamy, Indian cricket pace bowler (without distinction), dies
1984 : Gordon Jenkins, orch leader (NBC Comedy Hour), dies at 73
1988 : Carroll Righter, astrologer, dies at 88 of postrate cancer
1988 : Paolo Stoppa, actor (Garibaldi, Visit, Freedom Fighters), dies
1989 : David Webster, South African white anti-apartheids activist, murdered
1989 : Douglass Watson, actor (Mac Cory-Another World), dies at 68
1989 : Marion Mack, actress (General), dies
1990 : Sunset Carson, cowboy actor (El Paso Kid, Oregon Trail), dies at 62
1991 : Richard Thorpe, director (Jailhouse Rock, Night Must Fall), dies
1993 : Hans [Henri EA] Tuynman, provo (Full-time Provo), dies at 50
1993 : Pierre B‚r‚govoy, PM of France (1992-93), commits suicide at 67
1993 : Ranasinghe Premadasa, pres (Sri Lanka, 1989-93), assassinated at 68
1994 : Ayrton Senna, Brazilian Grand prix driver, dies in crash at 34
1994 : Imre Gy”ngy”ssy, Hungarian director, dies at 64
1996 : Asher Wallfish, journalist, dies at 67
1996 : Ivo Rudolph Jarosy, film scholar/exhibitor, dies at 74
1996 : William Mitchell Byers, musician, dies on 79th birthday
1997 : Bebe, AKA Flipper, dolphin, dies at 40

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