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Deaths on May 20

1277 : John XXI, [Petrus Juliani/Hispanus], Port Pope (1276-77), dies
1444 : Bernardinus van Siena, Italian saint, dies at 63
1449 : Peter, Prince/regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa Benfeitoria), dies
1471 : Henry VI, king of England (1422-61, 70-71)/France (1431-71), dies
1506 : Christopher Columbus, explorer, dies in poverty, in Spain at 55
1509 : Catharina Sforza, Italian duchess of Forli, dies at 45
1597 : Matthijs Heldt, dies in battle
1622 : Osman II, sultan of Turkey (1618-22), dies
1648 : Wladyslaw IV Wasa, King of Poland, dies
1650 : Francesco Sacrati, composer, dies at 44
1669 : Joris van der Hagen, landscape painter, dies
1751 : Domingo Miguel Bernaube Terradellas, composer, dies at 38
1782 : Carlo Giovanni Testori, composer, dies at 68
1782 : Christoph Gottlieb Schroter, composer, dies at 82
1795 : Ign c Martinovics, Hungarian physicist/revolutionary, beheaded
1834 : Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert de Motier, nobleman, dies
1834 : Marquis de Lafayette, French general, dies
1841 : Joseph Blanco White, theological writert, dies
1847 : Mary Lamb, writer, dies
1864 : John Clare, English poet (Little Trotty Wagtail), dies at 70
1875 : Amalia, wife of King Otto of Greece, dies at 58
1876 : Harold, grandson of English queen Victoria, dies at 8 days old
1876 : Khristo Botev, Bulgarian poet, dies
1880 : EugŠne LFC prince the Ligne, Belgian prince of Ambise, dies at 76
1883 : William Chambers, author/publisher, dies
1895 : Ratu Agung-Agung Gd‚ Ngurah, radja van Mataram, Lombok, dies
1896 : Clara Josephine Wieck Schumann, composer/pianist, dies at 76
1900 : Gustav Heinrich Graben-Hoffman, composer, dies at 80
1910 : Jean-Baptiste Theodore Weckerlin, composer, dies at 88
1911 : E M Grace, cricketer (one Test v Australia 1880, 36 & 0), dies
1919 : Jacob Verdam, philosopher, dies
1923 : Hans Goldschmidt, German chemist, dies
1926 : Dick Pougher, cricketer (17 & 3-26 in only Test for Engld 1892), dies
1935 : Ivans, [Jacob van Schevichaven], lawyer/detective writer, dies at 68
1939 : Joe Carr, NFL hall of famer/NFL president (1921-39), dies at 59
1940 : Amar Singh, cricketer (of pneumonia Indian pace bowler 1932-36), dies
1940 : Joris [Georges] van Severen, Flem fascist/Member of parliament, dies
1956 : Andr‚ Eugene Maurice Charlot, actor (Summer Storm), dies
1956 : Max Beerbohm, caricturist/writer (Yet Again), dies
1959 : Alfred Schutz, Austrian/US architect/philosopher, dies at 60
1968 : Albert Hartkopf, cricketer (one Test for Australia), dies
1968 : Kees van Dongen, Dutch/French painter, dies at 91
1969 : Fred Sherman, actor (Chain Lightning), dies after a stroke at 64
1969 : Royal Beal, actor (Death of a Salesman), dies of cancer, at 69
1972 : Cornelis J van der Klauw, Dutch biologist/zoologist, dies at 78
1972 : Walter Winchell, columnist/narrator (Untouchables), dies at 75
1975 : Barbara Hepworth, sculptor, dies
1975 : Dame Barbara Hepworth, English sculptor, dies in fire at 72
1975 : Jacques Stehman, composer, dies at 62
1980 : Jack Walsh, cricketer (at Wallsend)/commentator (NBN), dies
1984 : Peter Bull, British actor (Dr Doolittle), dies of a heart attack at 72
1985 : George Memmoli, actor (Earl-Hello Larry), dies at 46
1986 : Bernard Naylor, composer, dies at 78
1986 : Willem P‚e, Belgian linguistic, dies at 83
1989 : Anton Diffring, actor (Zeppelin, Fahrenheit 451), dies at 70
1989 : Gilda Radner, comedienne (SNL, Haunted Honeymoon), dies at 42
1989 : John R Hicks, English economist (Nobel 1972), dies
1991 : Julian Orbon De Soto, composer, dies at 65
1993 : Max Klein, inventor (paint by numbers), dies at 77
1994 : Dallas Pratt, collector, dies at 79
1994 : Ronald Russell, actor/manager (We Are Angels), dies at 83
1994 : Vivien John, artist, dies at 79
1996 : Eric Davidson, comedy scriptwriter, dies at 65
1996 : George Malcolm Thomson, journalist, dies at 96
1996 : Jack Wyngaard, dancer, dies at 37
1996 : Janaki Ramachandran, PM of Indian state of Tamil Nadu (1988), dies
1996 : John Pertwee, actor (Dr Who), dies at 76
1996 : Julius Marmur, biochemist/geneticist, dies at 70
1996 : Lewis B Combs, naval commander/civil engineer, dies at 101
1997 : Virgilio Boat, president of Colombia (1986-90), dies

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