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Deaths on May 14

1565 : Nicolaus von Amsdorf, German reform theologist, dies
1610 : Henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of France (1572, 89-1610), murdered at 56
1643 : Louis XIII, king of France (1610-43), dies at 41
1667 : Georges de Scud‚ry, French writer (Alaric ou Rome Vaincue), dies at 65
1726 : John B Wellekens, poet/painter (Wedding Guests), dies
1726 : Moshe Darshan, Rabbi/author (Torat Ahsam), dies
1742 : Dominique Marie Valet, French RC/old-catholic bishop, dies at 64
1761 : Thomas Simpson, English mathematician (rule of Simpson), dies at 50
1801 : Johann Ernst Altenburg, composer, dies at 66
1820 : Paul Friedrich Struck, composer, dies at 43
1832 : John van Speijk, Dutch heroic sailor, buried
1833 : Johann Wilhelm Cornelius von Konigslow, composer, dies at 88
1847 : Fanny Cacilia Mendelssohn Hensel, composer, dies at 41
1863 : Emile Racine Gauthier Prudent, composer, dies at 46
1864 : William N Green Jr, Union brig-general, dies
1870 : Ramon Vilanova y Barrera, composer, dies at 69
1877 : John Roberts, composer, dies at 54
1893 : Earnest E Kummer, German mathematician (surface of Kummer), dies at 83
1893 : Johan T Buys, Dutch lawyer, dies at 65
1904 : Richard Hol, Dutch composer/organist/conductor, dies at 78
1912 : August Strindberg, Swedish writer (Deaddans), dies at 63
1912 : Frederik VIII C W K, King of Denmark (1906-12), dies at 68
1925 : Henry Rider Haggard, English writer (Dawn, She), dies
1936 : Edmond HH Allenby, English fieldmarshal in Egypt, dies at 74
1936 : Samuel Pl'h Naber, spy/librarian, dies at 71
1938 : Jacobus C J "Jacques" Hermans, actor (Ghetto), dies at 81
1940 : Eddy [Charles E] du Platform, writer/poet, dies
1940 : Emma Goldman, US anarchists/feminist/author (Living My Life), dies
1940 : Jacob van Gelderen, economist/sociologist/SDAP-2nd-Chamber, dies at 49
1940 : Menno ter Braak, Dutch writer (Forum, New Elite), suicide at 38
1947 : John Ray Sinnock, US chief engraver (1925-47), dies at 59
1953 : Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Japans/US painter/etcher, dies at 59
1955 : Betty Ann Davies, dies at 44
1959 : Sidney Bechet, US jazz clarinetist/saxophonist/bandleader, dies at 62
1965 : Frances Perkins, US 1st female minister of Labor (1933-45), dies at 83
1966 : Georgia BD Camp Johnson, US poet/playwright, dies at 88
1966 : Megan Lloyd George, English politician, dies at 64
1968 : Husband Edward Kimmel, commandant US Ocean fleet WW II, dies at 86
1969 : Enid Bennett, silent film actress (Skippy, Hairpins), dies at 75
1970 : Billie Burke, comedienne (Glinda-Wizard of Oz), dies at 84
1976 : Keith Relf, rock vocalist (Yardbirds), electrocuted at 33
1979 : Paul van 't Veeer, Dutch journalist/writer (Vrije Volk), dies at 57
1980 : Hugh Griffith, actor (Passover Plot, Ben Hur, Tom Jones), dies at 67
1980 : Wilhelm Weismann, composer, dies at 79
1982 : Baron Mariel-Henri Jaspar, Belgian minister/ambassador, dies
1982 : Hugh Beaumont, actor (Ward-Leave it to Beaver), dies at 73
1983 : Miguel Aleman Valdes, attorney/pres of Mexico (1946-52), dies at 80
1984 : Larry Stock, songwriter (Blueberry Hill), dies
1985 : Mohammed Munir, Indonesian worker's union leader, executed
1987 : Rita Hayworth, actress (Gilda), dies of Alzheimer's disease at 68
1988 : Willem Drees, PM of Netherland (1948-58), dies at 101
1990 : Andre Ameller, composer, dies at 78
1991 : Ast Fonteyne, Flemish lecture artist, dies
1991 : Herman Niels, Flemish radio director, dies
1991 : Jiang Qing, widow of Chinese leader Mao Tse Tung, commits suicide
1991 : John Edward Craven, dies
1991 : Shintaro Abe, minister of Exterior of Japan (1982-86), dies
1992 : Lyle Alzado, NFL defense linesman (Raiders), dies of cancer at 43
1993 : Patrick Haemers, Belgian criminal, commits suicide at 40
1993 : William Randolph Hearst, US newspaper magnate (Pulitzer), dies at 85
1994 : Leonard Teale, Australian actor/reciter (Homicide), dies
1995 : Maezumi Hakuyu Taizan Koun, teacher (Zen Buddhism), dies at 64
1996 : Edqard John Gurney, politician, dies at 82
1996 : Qazaleh Alizadeh, writer, dies at 48
1996 : Sritharan Jeganathan, cricketer, 1st Sri Lankan Test player to die
1996 : Vera Chapman, writer, dies at 98
1997 : Harry Blackstone Jr, magician, dies of cancer at 62
1997 : Laurie Lee, writer, dies at 42
1997 : Princess Caradja-Kretzulesco, descendant of Dracula, dies at 76
1997 : Thelma Carpenter, singer, dies at 76

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