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Deaths on May 03

1010 : Ansfried, 9th bishop of Utrecht (995-1010)/saint, dies at about 69
1294 : Jan I, duke of Brabant/Limburg/poet, dies
1410 : Alexander V, [Petros Philargi], Kreta's Pope (1409-10), dies
1442 : Engelbert I, Earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies
1481 : Mohammed II, [Fƒtih], sultan of Turkey (1451-81), dies
1567 : Leonhard Paminger, composer, dies at 72
1614 : Sasbout Vosmeer, RC theologist/apostole vicar, dies at 66
1654 : Fran‡ois van Kinschot, treasurer-gen/chancellor of Brabant, dies at 77
1703 : Eglon van de Down, still-life painter, dies
1704 : Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, Austrian violist/composer, dies at 59
1707 : Michiel de Swaen, South Netherlands physician/poet, dies at 53
1737 : Abraham Patras, gov-gen of East-Indies (1735-37), dies at 65
1758 : Benedict XIV, [Prospero L Lambertini], Pope (1740-58), dies at 83
1764 : Francesco Algarotti, Italian earl/encyclopedist, dies at 53
1774 : Heinrich A Fouqu‚, Prussian general (7 year war), dies at 76
1783 : Pieter Valck(x), South Netherlands sculptor, dies at 49
1792 : Carlo Zuccari, composer, dies at 87
1839 : Ferdinando Paer, composer, dies at 67
1841 : Cornelis T Elout, Dutch minister of Finance/Navy/Colonies, dies at 74
1854 : William Beale, composer, dies at 70
1856 : Adolfo Fumagalli, composer, dies at 27
1856 : Adolphe Charles Adam, French composer/critic (Giselle), dies at 52
1861 : Anthony Philip Heinrich, composer, dies at 80
1863 : Elisha Franklin "Bull" Paxton, US Confederate brig-gen, dies at 35
1868 : Olof Wilhelm Udden, composer, dies at 68
1881 : Josip Jurcic, Slovic writer (Schone Vida), dies
1893 : Josef Rudolf Zavrtal, composer, dies at 73
1902 : David R Capriles, Cura‡aos director of psychiatric, dies at 64
1910 : Artie Shaw, bandleader
1916 : P draic Pearse, Irishg nationalist, executed by British firing squad
1917 : Norman Callaway, NSW bat, cricketer (207 in only FC innings), dies
1925 : Cl‚ment Ader, French engineer (steam engine airplane), dies at 84
1926 : Napoleon V Bonaparte, French pretender to the throne, dies at 63
1931 : Frank Hoyt Losey, composer, dies at 59
1931 : Otto Winter-Hjelm, composer, dies at 93
1932 : Anton Wildgans, Austr writer (Dies Irae)/dir Burgtheater, dies at 51
1939 : [Karl Eduard] Wilhelm Groener, German general, dies at 71
1942 : Johan H Westerveld, lt-col/leader Order Service, executed
1943 : Leslie Heward, composer, dies at 45
1945 : Louis L H de Visser, Dutch MP (CPN), dies at 66
1955 : Philips C Visser, explorer/ambassador to Moscow, dies
1958 : Frank Foster, cricketer (England all-rounder, 11 Tests 1911-12), dies
1961 : Maurice [Jean Jacques] Merleau-Ponty, French philosopher, dies at 53
1964 : Diana Wynyard, dies at 58
1965 : Howard Spring, British author (Heaven Lies About Us), dies at 76
1965 : Otto Forst de Battaglia, Austrian diplomat/genealogist, dies at 75
1966 : Wylie Watson, dies at 77
1968 : Leonid Leonidovich Sabaneyev, composer, dies at 86
1969 : Imre Vincze, composer, dies at 42
1970 : Candelario Huizar, composer, dies at 82
1972 : Bruce Cabot, actor (Diamonds are Forever), dies at 68
1972 : Dan Blocker, actor (Hoss-Bonanza), dies at 43
1972 : Les Harvey, rocker, dies
1975 : Samuel Gonard, chairman (International Red Cross), dies at 78
1976 : David Bruce, dies at 62
1976 : Ernie Nevers, college fullback (Stanford), dies at 72
1978 : Wim van Doorne, Dutch auto manufacturer (DAF), dies at 71
1979 : Erin O'Brien-Moore, actress (Nurse Choate-Peyton Place), dies at 76
1982 : Helmut Dantine, actor (Shadow of the Cloak), dies at 64
1982 : Hugh Beaumont, actor (Ward-Leave it to Beaver), dies at 73
1983 : Vaughn Taylor, act (Jailhouse Rock), dies of cerebal hemmorrhage at 72
1986 : Robert Alda, actor (Dan Lewis-Supertrain), dies at 72
1987 : Dicky Fuller, cricketer (one Test for WI 1935, one run, 0-12), dies
1987 : Yolande Christina Dalida, dies at 54
1989 : Christine Jorgensen, 1st transsexual, dies at 62
1989 : Muriel Ostriche, dies
1990 : Pimen, [Sergei Irzyekov], patriarch of Rus-orthodox church, dies at 79
1991 : Gerrit Mik, child psychiatrist/Dutch MP (D66), dies
1991 : Jersy Kosinski, author (Being There), dies at 57
1991 : Margaret Tallichet, actress (Stranger on the 3rd Floor), dies
1992 : Elizabeth Lennox, radio singer, dies of heart seizure at 98
1992 : George Murphy, (Sen-R-Ca, 1965-71)/actor, dies of Leukemia at 89
1992 : Peter Bruni, dies of heart failure at 60
1994 : Gustaaf AWC baron van Hemert Dingshof, mayor of Maarn, dies at 78
1994 : Haty Tegelaar-Boonacker, Dutch MP (CDA), dies at 63
1994 : Milford Dolliole, pioneer jazz drummer, dies at 90
1994 : Richard Scarry, author/illustrator of children's books, dies at 74
1995 : Michael Horden, actor (Fool, Green Man, Scoop), dies at 83
1996 : Jack Weston, actor (Ishtar, Rad, Cuba), dies of lymphoma at 71
1996 : Timothy Gullikson, tennis player/coach, dies at 45

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