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Deaths on May 04

1594 : Paul Buys, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies at 62
1604 : Claudio Merulo, composer, dies at 71
1605 : Ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian biologist/medical, dies at 82
1752 : Pieter Snyers, Flemish painter/engraver, dies at 71
1770 : Christian Gottfried Krause, composer, dies at 51
1832 : Jan van Speyck, Dutch admiral, buried in New Church
1855 : Camille Pleyel, Austria piano builder/composer, dies at 66
1860 : Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek, composer, dies
1879 : William Froude, Brit civil eng/shipbuilder (F Integer), dies at 68
1885 : Aleksandar I Karadjordjevic, monarch of Serbia (1842-58), dies at 78
1891 : Sherlock Holmes, "dies" at Reichenbach Falls
1893 : George Washington Hewitt, composer, dies at 82
1928 : Barry E Odell Pain, English writer (Punch), dies at 63
1929 : Henry Morton Dunham, composer, dies at 75
1935 : Lodewijk Scharp‚, Flemish literature historian, dies at 65
1938 : Carl von Ossietzky, German pacifist/writer (Nobel 1935), dies at 48
1953 : Edward B B Shanks, British poet/critic, dies at 60
1953 : Thomas Tertius Noble, composer, dies at 85
1955 : Georges Enescu, Romanian/French violist/composer (Oedipe), dies at 73
1955 : Louis Breguet, French aviation pioneer, dies at 75
1961 : Anita Stewart, dies of heart attack at 66
1965 : Norman Brokenshire, TV moderator (Four Square Court), dies at 66
1966 : Juan Maria Thomas Sabater, composer, dies at 69
1967 : Bengt Axel von Torne, composer, dies at 75
1969 : F Osbert S Sitwell, English poet (Who Killed Cock Robin?), dies at 76
1970 : 4 students, at Kent State University killed by Ohio National Guard
1971 : Donald Dexter Van Slyke, US chemist (Cyanosis), dies at 88
1971 : Joseph Csaky, Hungarian/French sculptor, dies at 83
1971 : Louis de Bree, [Louis C Davids], Dutch actor (Bluejackets), dies at 87
1973 : Jane Bowles, writer, dies at 56
1974 : Israel Citkowitz, composer, dies at 65
1974 : John Wengraf, actor (Pride & Passion, 12 to the Moon), dies at 77
1975 : Moe Howard, [Moses Horowitz], comedian (3 Stooges), dies at 77
1980 : Josip Broz Tito, leader of Yugoslavia (1943-80), dies at 87
1980 : Kay Hammond, actress (Blithe SPirit, 5 Golden Hours), dies
1981 : Bobby Sands, Irish IRA-terrorist, dies after hunger strike
1983 : Nino Sanzogno, composer, dies at 72
1984 : Diana Dors, actress (Berserk!), dies at 52 of cancer
1987 : Cathryn Damon, actress (Mary Campbell-Soap), dies at 56
1987 : Dick Hillenius, Dutch biologist/writer, dies at 59
1987 : Paul Butterfield, singer/harmonica player, dies of drug abuse at 44
1990 : Don Appell, dies
1991 : Dennis Crosby, son of Bing, commits suicide at 54
1992 : Henri Guillemin, French historian, dies at 89
1992 : Ismael Galeano, "Commandant Franklyn" (Contra), dies
1992 : Vitali Andreyevich Grishchenko, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 50
1994 : Karl Francis Hettinger, onion Field survivor, dies at 59
1995 : Lewis T Preston, banker, dies at 68
1995 : Louis Krasner, violinist, dies at 91
1996 : Jean Crepin, soldier/industrialist, dies at 87
1996 : Stanley William Reed, cineaste, dies at 85
1997 : Alvy Moore, actor/producer (Mr Kimball-Green Acres), dies at 75
1997 : Vijayananda Dahanayake, PM of Sri Lanka (1959-60), dies

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