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Deaths on May 07

1166 : Willem I, the Bad, king of Sicily (1154-66)
1205 : Ladislaus III Arpad, King of Hungary (1204-05), dies at 5 or 6
1523 : Franz von Sickingen, Germ knight/protect of poor, dies of wounds
1617 : David Fabricius, German astronomer, dies at 53
1667 : Johann Jakob Froberger, German organist/singer/composer, dies at
1671 : Edward Montagu, English baron Kimbolton, dies at about 68
1671 : Pieter Stockmans, Flemish chairman of Opperkrijgshof, dies at 62
1673 : Johannes Teellinck, Dutch vicar, dies at about 58
1736 : John Weldon, composer, dies at 60
1792 : Aert Schouman, Dutch bird/portrait painter, dies at 82
1793 : Johan A Zoutman, Dutch lt admiral (battle of Doggersbank), dies a
1793 : Pietro Nardini, composer, dies at 71
1800 : Laurens P van Spiegel, regent/pension advisor (1787-95), dies at
1800 : Niccol• Piccinni, Italian composer (Roland), dies at 72
1814 : Franz Volrath Buttstett, composer, dies at 79
1818 : Leopold Jan Antonin Kozeluh, composer, dies at 70
1825 : Antonio Salieri, Italian composer, dies in Vienna at 74
1836 : Norbert Burgmuller, composer, dies at 26
1863 : Amiel Weeks Whipple, US Union gen-major, dies of injuries at 46
1871 : Louis Papineau, political reformer, dies
1876 : Franz count of Pocci, German artist/composer (Alchemist), dies at
1884 : Judah P Benjamin, confederate minister of War, dies at 72
1900 : Richard Storrs Willis, composer, dies at 81
1904 : Peter Hille, writer, dies
1914 : Edward Mollenhauer, composer, dies at 87
1915 : Alfred G Vanderbilt, US millionaire, dies aboard Lusitania
1915 : Alfred Scott Witherbee Jr, US Lusitania officer, dies
1915 : Charles Frohman, dies aboard Lusitania
1928 : Alexander Afanasii Spendiaryan, composer, dies at 56
1929 : Albert Anselmi, US gangster, murdered by Al Capone
1929 : John Scalise, US gangster, murdered by Al Capone
1929 : Joseph "Top Toad" Giunta, US gangster, murdered by Al Capone
1932 : Albert Thomas, French social minister of Weapon production, dies
1934 : Edward Naylor, composer, dies at 67
1941 : David Wijnkoop, revolutionary socialist, dies
1942 : Felix Paul von Weingartner, Austria conductor/composer, dies at 7
1946 : Anton A Mussert, engineer/NSB leader, executed
1946 : Joe Humphries, cricket wicket keeper (3 Tests for Engld 1907-08),
1951 : Warner Baxter, dies at 62
1953 : Ormerod Pearse, cricketer (55 runs & 3 wkts in 3 Tests for S Af),
1958 : Nyogen Senzaki, 1st Zen teacher to reside in USA, dies at 81
1962 : Jimmy Conlin, dies at 77
1967 : Judith Evelyn, dies of cancer at 54
1968 : Lurleen Burns, wife of George Wallace/gov of Alabama, dies at 41
1970 : Carlos Estrada, composer, dies at 60
1971 : Willem Banning, Dutch theologist/sociologist (Karl Marx), dies at
1977 : Irwin Fischer, composer, dies at 73
1981 : Mieczyslaw Kolinski, composer, dies at 79
1982 : Alfred Adam, dies at 72
1983 : Peter Edel, writer, dies
1985 : Dawn Addams, actress (Alan Young Show, Star Maidens), dies at 54
1986 : Gaston Deferre, French politician, dies at 75
1987 : Colin Blakely, dies at 56
1988 : Harris Glenn Divine, dies of natural causes at 42
1989 : Guy Williams, actor (Zorro, Lost in Space), dies in Argentina at
1990 : Jessica James, actress (Spring Break), dies of breast cancer at 6
1993 : Mary Philbin, actress (Phantom of the Opera), dies at 89
1994 : Clement Greenberg, US art critic (Art & Culture), dies at 85
1994 : Margaret Skeete, oldest American, dies at 115
1995 : Ernest H Martin, impressario, dies at 75
1995 : Lawrence Josset, engraver, dies at 84
1995 : Maria Luisa Bemberg, fil maker, dies at 73
1995 : Ray McKinley, drummer, dies at 84
1996 : Albert Meltzer, anarchist, dies at 76
1996 : Henry Diamond, Irish Nationalist MP, dies at 87
1996 : Howard Frank Trayton Smith, diplomat/head of MI5, dies at 76

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