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Deaths on May 11

1610 : Matteo Ricci, Italian missionary (China), dies
1631 : Christoph Buel, composer, dies at 57
1742 : Francesco Stradivari, Ital violin maker/son of Antonius, dies at 70
1772 : Joseph Kerckhoff, Limburg surgeon/robber captain, hanged
1778 : William Pitt Sr, English premier (1756-61, 66-68), dies at 69
1779 : John Heart, US farmer (signed Decl of Independence), dies at about 68
1819 : Caspar Furstenau, composer, dies at 47
1845 : Karoly Filtsch, composer, dies at 14
1849 : Carl Otto Ehrenfried Nicolai, composer, dies at 38
1849 : Otto Nicolai, German composer/conductor, dies at 39
1857 : E Fran‡ois Vidocq, French criminalogist/police officer, dies at 81
1871 : John Herschel, cataloguer of southern hemisphere stars, dies at 79
1881 : Henri-Fr‚d‚ric Amiel, Swiss/French writer (Journal Intime), dies at 59
1885 : Ferdinand Hiller, German pianist/composer/conductor, dies at 73
1895 : Feliks Jaronski, composer, dies at 71
1907 : John Albert Delany, composer, dies at 54
1916 : Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer (s-effect), dies
1916 : Max Reger, composer, dies at 43
1916 : Max [Johann BJM] Reger, German composer/pianist/organist, dies at 43
1917 : Otto Adolf Klauwell, composer, dies at 66
1920 : William D Howells, US author (A Woman's Reason), dies at 83
1927 : Henry Martyn Robert, (Robert's Rules of Order), dies at 90
1927 : Juan Gris, Spanish cubist painter, dies at 40
1935 : Edward H Thompson, US archaeologist (Mayan civilization), dies at 78
1937 : Viliam Figus, composer, dies at 62
1938 : Alfonsina Storni, Argentine poet (El dulce da¤o/suicide), dies at 45
1938 : Arnold Sauwen, Flemish poet (Hours of Solitude), dies at 81
1944 : Henk Hos, resistance fighter, executed at 37
1947 : Else JT Rangstrím, Swedish conductor/singer/composer/critic, dies
1947 : Ture Rangstrom, composer, dies at 62
1949 : Adrianus PHA de Kleyn, throat/nose/otologist (ear doctor), dies at 65
1952 : Giovanni Tebaldini, composer, dies at 87
1953 : Jean Adair, dies at 80
1955 : G L Jessop, cricketer (match-winning batsman, brilliant field), dies
1956 : Walter S Adams, US astronomer/director of Mount Wilson, dies at 79
1960 : John D Rockefeller Jr, philanthropist, dies at 86
1965 : Ludovicus H "Lode" Baekelmans, Flemish playwright, dies at 86
1965 : Roger Vailland, French author, dies at 57
1973 : Grigory M Kosinzev, Russian director, dies
1976 : Alvar Aalto, architect (Finlandia House), dies at 78
1976 : Camille Schmit, composer, dies at 68
1976 : J Anaya, Bolivian military/ambassador to France, murdered
1978 : John Clinge Doorenbos, Dutch journalist/poet, dies at 93
1979 : Joan Chandler, dies at 55
1979 : Lester Raymond Flatt, musician (Ballad of Jed Clampett), dies at 64
1981 : Bob Marley, reggae singer, dies of brain & lung cancer at 36
1981 : Hoyt J Fuller, editor (1st World magazine), dies at 57
1982 : Leigh Snowden, actress (Hot Rod Rumble), dies at 51 of cancer
1982 : Piet van Egmond, organist/conductor, dies at 70
1983 : Zenna [Chlarson] Henderson, author (Anything Box), dies at 65
1985 : Chester Gould, cartoonist (Dick Tracy), dies at 84
1985 : Garmt Stuiveling, literatrary (Ego & Echo), dies at 77
1985 : Jorja Curtright, actor (Whistle Stop), dies of a heart attack
1985 : Samuel Frith, English co-founder of soccer team (Bradford City), dies
1988 : H A R (Kim) Philby, British double agent, dies
1991 : Filip J Field, dies at 67
1991 : Ho Dam, foreign minister North-Korea (1970-83), dies
1992 : Carlos Herrera, drink inventor (Margarita), dies at 90
1992 : Elizabeth McDonald, inventor (Spic & Span), dies at 98
1994 : Alfred James Broomhall, methodist Missionary, dies at 82
1994 : Danny Overbea, blues singer/guitarist, dies at 68
1994 : Leonard Friedman, violinist, dies at 63
1994 : Lewis B Puller, US writer (Pulitzer 1992), commits suicide at 48
1994 : Timothy Carey, dies of stroke at 64
1995 : Arthur Lubin, director (Francis The Talking Mule, Mr Ed), dies at 96
1995 : David Avidan, poet/writer, dies at 62
1995 : William John Phillips, actor (Nothing but a Man), dies at 80
1996 : Bruce Boyce, singer/teacher, dies at 85
1996 : Joan Thirkettle, journalist, dies at 48
1996 : Malcolm MacEwen, writer, dies at 84
1996 : Nnamdi Azikiwe, Pres of Nigeria (1963-66), dies
1996 : Walter Hyatt, #Musician, dies at 46
1997 : Brenda Carlin, TV producer/wife of comedian George Carlin, dies at 57

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