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Deaths on May 06

1085 : King Alfonso VI, of Le¢n conquered Toledo, dies
1124 : Balak, Emir of Aleppo, murdered
1475 : Dieric Bouts, Dutch painter, dies at about 64
1527 : Karel van Bourbon, military governor (Lombardije), dies at 37
1540 : Jean Luis Vives, Spanish theory/humanist/reformer, dies at 48
1638 : Cornelius Jansen, theologian (Jansenism), dies
1642 : Frans Francken, the Younger, Flemish painter, dies on 61st birthday
1666 : Paul Siefert, composer, dies at 79
1667 : Johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer, dies at 50
1678 : Joseph de La Barre, composer, dies at 44
1727 : Catharina I, Latvia tsarina of Russia, dies at about 42
1739 : Bernardus Smijtegelt, vicar (Gekrookte Reed), dies at 63
1776 : James Kent, composer, dies at 76
1794 : Jean-Jacques Beauvarget-Charpentier, composer, dies at 59
1814 : George Joseph Vogler, composer, dies at 64
1836 : Christian Ignatius Latrobe, composer, dies at 78
1841 : John Thomson, composer, dies at 35
1852 : Charles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens, composer, dies at 75
1856 : William Hamilton, metaphysicist, dies
1859 : Friedrich Heinrich Alexander, explorer/scientist, dies
1862 : Henry David Thoreau, US writer/pacifist (Walden Pond), dies at 44
1864 : Henry Livermore Abbott, US Union brig-general, dies in battle
1864 : Micah Jenkins, Confederate brig-general (friendly fire), dies at 28
1882 : Frederick Cavendish, assassinated by Fenian Invincibles, in Dublin
1882 : Thomas Henry Burke, assassinated by Fenian Invincibles, in Dublin
1890 : Hubert Leonard, composer, dies at 71
1892 : Ernest Guiraud, composer, dies at 54
1904 : Franz von Lenbach, German painter, dies at 67
1908 : Jean R‚ville, French vicar (Le Proph‚tisme H‚breu), dies at 53
1910 : Edward VII, King of England (1901-10), dies at 68
1916 : Dirk Bos, Dutch MP (Liberal), dies at 53
1916 : Earl Ross Drake, composer, dies at 50
1919 : Frank Lyman Baum, author (Wizard of Oz), dies at 62
1924 : Carel S Adama van Scheltema, poet/writer (socialism), dies at 47
1936 : Hans Jelmoli, composer, dies at 59
1948 : 43 communist rebels, executed in Athens
1949 : A L Ochse, cricketer (10 wickets in 3 Tests for S Afr 1927-29), dies
1949 : P-M-B Maurice Maeterlinck, Belg philosopher (Nobel 1911), dies at 86
1950 : Agnes Smedley, writer, dies
1952 : Alberto Savinio, Italian composer (Capitano Ulisse), dies at 60
1952 : Maria Montessori, Italian physician/educationist, dies at 81
1960 : Paul Abraham, Hungarian composer (Blume von Hawaii), dies at 67
1961 : Lucian Blaga, philosopher/poet (Transcendental censor), dies at 65
1963 : Monty Wooley, actor (Pied Piper, Man Who Came to Dinner), dies at 74
1964 : Harold Morris, composer, dies at 74
1971 : Helene Weigel, Austrian/German actress (Metropolis), dies at 70
1973 : Ernest MacMillan, composer, dies at 79
1975 : J¢zsef Mindszenty, [Joseph Prehm], Hungarian cardinal, dies at 83
1976 : Karel M J F Cruysberghs, Flemish author (On the Pulpit), dies at 85
1978 : Ethelda Bleibtrey, US swimmer (Olympics-3 gold-1920), dies at 76
1978 : Ko van Dijk Jr, Dutch actor (Zaak M P), dies at 61
1982 : Sam Baker, dies
1987 : William J Casey, director of CIA (1981-87), dies at 73
1989 : Guy Williams, actor (Zorro, Lost in Space)
1990 : Charles Farrell, actor (Vern-My Little Margie), dies at 89
1991 : Anthony van Kampen, writer (Ketelbinkie, Geschonden Eldorado), dies
1991 : Chucky Mullins, US soccer player, dies
1991 : Thomas A Carlin, dies at 62
1991 : Wilfrid Hyde-White, Brits actor (Peyton Place/140+ films), dies at 87
1992 : Jilly Rizzo, restauranteur/friend of Frank Sinatra, dies in car at 75
1992 : Marlene Dietrich, [Maria Losch], actress (Angel), dies in Paris at 90
1993 : Ann Todd, actress (Things to Come, Danny Boy), dies of stroke at 84
1993 : Minnie Gentry, actress (Def by Temptation), dies in NY at 77
1994 : Fred Sadoff, actor (Quiet American), dies of AIDS at 67
1994 : Haskell "Cool Papa" Sadler, blues singer/guitarist, dies at 59
1994 : Helen Lessore, artist, dies at 86
1994 : Montague Modlyn, broadcaster, dies at 72
1994 : Moses Rosen, Romania's chief rabbi, dies at 81
1995 : Dona Maria Pia de Braganca, pretender to Port throne, dies at 88
1995 : Leanoard "Red" Truss, R&B singer, dies at 47
1995 : Nicholas Palmer, TV writer/producer, dies at 57
1996 : Frank Hercules, writer, dies at 85
1996 : Geoffrey Dawes, physiologist, dies at 78
1996 : Geoffrey Hodges, bomb disposal expert, dies at 87
1996 : Joseph Stone, lawyer, dies at 79
1996 : Leon Joseph Suenens, cardinal, dies at 91
1996 : Michael Gerzon, mathematician, dies at 50

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