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Deaths on May 21

1254 : Koenraad IV, RC-German king (1237-54), dies at 26
1481 : Christian I, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies
1524 : Thomas Howard 2nd duke of Norfolk, general/premier, dies at about 80
1542 : Hernando de Soto, dies while searching for gold, near Mississippi R
1639 : Giovan D "Tommaso" Campanella, Italian philosopher/poet, dies at 70
1647 : Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, poet/playwright (Warenar), dies at about 65
1650 : James G, Marquis of Montrose, Scottish general, hanged
1690 : John Eliot, English missionary in Massachusetts, dies at 85
1703 : Roemer Vlacq, Dutch admiral, dies in battle
1725 : Robert Haley earl of Oxford, English Whig-premier (1710-4), dies at 63
1786 : Carl W Scheele, Swedish pharmacist/chemist, dies at 43
1790 : Thomas Warton, English poet (Oxford sausage), dies
1810 : Charles GLAAT chevalier d'Eon de Beaumont, French spy, dies at 81
1812 : Joseph Wolfl, composer, dies at 38
1815 : Roman Hoffstetter, composer, dies at 73
1817 : Johann Friedrich Christmann, composer, dies at 64
1844 : Guiseppi Baini, composer, dies at 68
1860 : Johannes Frederick Frohlich, composer, dies at 53
1885 : Gavril Yakimovich Lomakin, composer, dies at 73
1894 : August A Kundt, German physicist, (test of Kundt), dies at 54
1895 : Franz von Suppe, Austrian composer (Poet und Bauer), dies at 76
1897 : Karol Mikuli, composer, dies at 77
1919 : Victor A D S‚galen, [Max An‚ly], French ship's doctor/writer, dies
1924 : Bobby Franks, killed by Leopold & Loeb, at 14
1926 : Georgy L'vovich Catoire, composer, dies at 65
1926 : Ronald Arthur A Firbank, British writer (Prancing Nigger), dies at 40
1929 : V P F A Royle, cricketer (one Test England v Australia 1879), dies
1933 : John Henry Mackay, Scottish/German author (Der Schwimmer), dies at 69
1935 : Hugo de Vries, botanist Gruppenweise Artbildung, dies at 87
1935 : Jane Addams, a founder of ACLU (Nobel 1973), dies at 65
1949 : Klaus Mann, German writer, dies at 42
1952 : John Garfield, actor (Juarez, Air Force), dies at 39
1954 : Janos Hammerschlag, composer, dies at 68
1957 : Edwin St Hill, cricketer (two Tests for West Indies 1930-31), dies
1966 : Pat O'Malley, silent film actor (Wild One, Quiet Man), dies at 75
1968 : Doris Lloyd, actress (Oliver Twist), dies of heart strain at 71
1970 : Vinton Hayworth, actor (Gen Schaeffer-I Dream of Jeannie), dies at 63
1971 : Dennis King, actor (Devil's Brother), dies of heart ailment at 73
1973 : Carlo E Gadda, Italian engineer/writer (War Diary), dies at 79
1973 : George Breakstone, actor/director (Great Expectations), dies at 53
1973 : Vaughn Monroe, singer/orch leader (Vaughn Monroe Show), dies at 61
1976 : Sulo Nikolai Salonen, composer, dies at 77
1978 : Joseph EA "Jo" Spier, Dutch cartoonist/water color painter, dies at 77
1980 : Ida Kaminska, actress (Shop on Main Street), dies
1981 : Yuki Shimoda, actor (Farewell to Manzanar), dies
1983 : Finn Einar Mortensen, composer, dies at 61
1984 : Andrea Leeds, actress (Stage Door, Earthbound), dies of cancer at 70
1984 : Ann Little, actress (Roaring Road), dies
1987 : Alejandro Rey, actor (Carlos-Flying Nun), dies at 57
1988 : Dino Conte Grandi, Italy, delegate to league of nations, dies at 92
1990 : Franklyn Seales, actor (Silver Spoon, Onion Field), dies of AIDS at 37
1990 : Mary Victor Bruce, who flew around empire state bldg in 1930, dies
1990 : Moelvi Mohammed Farouk, Indian spiritual leader, murdered
1991 : Bobby Dale, dies at 92
1991 : Jean Van Joutte, PM of Belgium (1952-54), dies
1991 : Rajiv Gandhi, Indian Prime Minster (1984-91), assassinated at 46
1992 : Brendan Nulholland, Daily Mail reporter, dies at 59
1992 : Elizabeth David, British cookbook writer, dies
1992 : Mrithi, gorilla (Gorilla in the Mist), dies at 24
1992 : Skip Stephenson, TV host (Real People), dies
1993 : John Frost, English lt-kol (operation Market Garden 1944), dies at 80
1993 : John Holland, actor (They Saved Hitler's Brain), dies at 65
1994 : Cliff Wilson, snooker player, dies at 60
1994 : Forsyth Hardy, documentary film pioneer, dies at 84
1994 : Giovanni Goria, PM of Italy (1987-88), dies
1994 : John Henry Weidner, Dutch/US resistance fighter, dies at 81
1994 : John Weidner, war hero, dies at 71
1995 : Kieron Walsh, academic, dies at 46
1995 : Les Aspin, US sec of Defense (1993-95), dies of stroke at 56
1995 : Patrick Bowles, writer/translator, dies at 68
1996 : Al "Lash" La Rue, cowboy actor (Lash of the West), dies at 78
1996 : Bobby Tulloch, ornithologist, dies at 67
1996 : Eric Stuart Woord, archaeologist, dies at 83
1996 : Laurence Dowdall, lawyer, dies at 91
1996 : Mary Perot Nichols, journalist, dies at 79
1996 : Peter Fletcher, music teacher, dies at 60

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