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Deaths on May 09

1079 : Stanislaus, Polish bishop of Cracow, murdered
1280 : Magnus VI Lagaboeter, King of Norway (1263-80), dies at 42
1443 : Niccoló d'Albergati, Italian cardinal, dies
1460 : Jean Lavite, Atrechts painter, dies
1474 : Peter van Hagenbach, Elzasser knight/land guardian, beheaded
1590 : Karel "Cardinal" van Bourbon, archbishop of Rouen, dies at 66
1657 : William Bradford, Governor (Plymouth Colony, Mass), dies
1667 : Marie Louise de Gonzague-Nevers, French Queen of Poland (1645-48)
1688 : Frederick William, Great Elector of Brandenburg, dies at 68
1707 : Dietrich Buxtehude, German organist/composer, dies at about 69
1745 : Tomaso Antonio Vitali, composer, dies at 82
1760 : Nikolaus Ludwig und Pottendorf, Austrian composer, dies at 59
1770 : Charles Avison, composer, dies at 61
1785 : Franz Xaver Schnitzer, composer, dies at 44
1791 : Francis Hopkinson, US writer/music/lawyer, dies at 53
1799 : Claude-Benigne Balbastre, composer, dies at 72
1805 : Friedrich Schiller, writer, dies at 45
1805 : Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller, poet/playwright, dies at 45
1822 : Charles Duquesnoy, composer, dies at 62
1850 : Louis-Joseph Gay-Lussac, chemist/physicist, dies
1853 : Johann Philipp Samuel Schmidt, composer, dies at 73
1864 : "Uncle" John Sedgwick, US Union general-major, dies in battle at 50
1864 : Thomas Donnely Doubleday, US Union Col, dies in an accident
1880 : Johann Hermann Berens, composer, dies at 54
1884 : Hermanus W Witteveen, theologist, dies at 69
1903 : Rudolf Serkin, Bohemian/US pianist, dies
1905 : Ernst Pauer, composer, dies at 78
1926 : Joseph Mallaby Dent, publisher, dies
1927 : Tommy Routledge, cricketer (4 Tests for S Africa 1892-96), dies
1928 : Constantin Dimitrescu, composer, dies at 81
1931 : A[lbert] A[braham] Michelson, US physicist (1907 Nobel), dies at 78
1937 : Walter Mittelholzer, Swiss aviation pioneer, dies in crash at 43
1944 : Ethel Mary Smyth, composer, dies at 86
1945 : Clem Hill, cricketer (49 Tests for Australia 1896-1912), dies
1949 : Louis II, Prince of Monaco, dies
1951 : Marie Ault, dies at 80
1952 : Canada Lee, black actor (Lost Boundaries), dies in NYC at 45
1957 : Ezio F Pinza, Italian bass (Scale of Milan, NY Met Opera), dies
1957 : Heinrich Campendonk, German painter/wood carver/glasier, dies at 67
1958 : Bill Goodwin, TV announcer (Burns & Allen), dies at 47
1965 : Leopold Figl, premier Austria, dies at 62
1966 : Alfred Mendelsohn, composer, dies at 56
1966 : Wilhelmus M Bekkers, bishop of Dukeenbosch, dies
1967 : Elmar Berkovich, Dutch industrial designer (Eindhoven theater), dies
1967 : Philippa Duke Schuyler, composer, dies at 35
1968 : Finlay Currie, dies at 90
1968 : Harold Gray, US comic strip artist (Little Orphan Annie), dies at 74
1968 : Marion Lorne, actress (Aunt Clara-Bewitched), dies at 81
1968 : Phil Arnold, actor (Skidoo, Errand Boy, Damn Yankees), dies at 58
1970 : Percy Brier, composer, dies at 84
1970 : Walter P Reuther, US worker's union leader/president (CIO), dies
1974 : Lyubomir Pipkov, composer, dies at 69
1975 : Philip Dorn, dies at 73
1976 : Raymond Chevreuille, Belgian composer, dies at 74
1976 : Valentino Bucchi, composer, dies at 59
1977 : James Jones, US writer (Bad Blood, From Here to Eternity), dies at 55
1977 : Walter Kraft, composer, dies at 71
1979 : Cyrus S Eaton, Canada/US multi-millionaire, dies at 95
1979 : Lan Adomian, composer, dies at 73
1981 : C E "Nip" Pellew, cricketer (10 Tests 484 runs at 37), dies
1981 : Nelson Algren, US writer (Man with the Golden Arm), dies at 72
1982 : Ab [Albert] Visser, poet/writer (Kaïn sloeg Abel), dies
1985 : Edmond O'Brien, actor (Moon Pilot, Wild Bunch), dies at 69
1986 : Dirk de Vroome, [Red Giant], Limbourg activist, dies at 60
1986 : Herschel Bernardi, actor (Lt Jacoby-Peter Gunn, Arnie), dies at 62
1986 : Tenzing Norgay, Tibetan climber (Mount Everest 1953), dies at 71
1987 : Obafemi Awolowo, Nigeria, pres of Nigeria (1979-83), dies at 78
1989 : Keith Whitley, country singer (Don't Close Your Eyes), dies at 33
1989 : Paul J Steenbergen, actor (Ciske de Rat), dies at 82
1990 : Luigi Nono, Ital composer (Intolleranza), dies at 66
1990 : Pauline Frederick, 1st women to moderate Pres debate, dies at 84
1991 : James L Reinsch, media-advisor (Roosevelt/Churchill/Kennedy), dies
1991 : Ronnie Brody, British actor (Superman III, Whats Up Nurse), dies at 72
1991 : Rudolf Serkin, Bohemian/US pianist, dies
1992 : Mike Tyrell [Red Baron], British air acrobat, dies in an accident
1993 : Freya Stark, English author (Sunday Bloody Sunday), dies at 61
1993 : Mary Duncan Sanford, dies at 98
1993 : Penelope Gilliatt [Conner], British author
1995 : Abha Gandhi, servant to Gandhi, dies at 68
1995 : Charles Montgomery Monteith, publisher, dies at 74
1995 : Marshall Royal, jazz Sax/Clarinet, dies at 82
1995 : Percy Mansell, cricketer (355 runs in 13 Tests for S Afr), dies

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