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Deaths on May 25

1085 : Gregory VII, [Ildebrando], Pope (1073-85), dies
1125 : Hendrik V, last Salische German king, dies
1261 : Alexander IV, [Rinaldo dei conti di Segni], Pope (1254-61), dies
1510 : Georges d'Amboise, French cardinal/viceroy in North Italy, dies at 49
1555 : Gemma Frisius, Frisian geographer/astronomer, dies at 46
1681 : Cald‚ron, writer, dies at 81
1765 : Pierre-Joseph Le Blan, composer, dies at 53
1826 : Christian Friedrich Ruppe, composer, dies at 72
1849 : Andreas Michiels, Dutch milt gov of West Sumatra, dies in battle at 52
1862 : Johann N Nestroy, Aust actor (Einmal Keine Sorgen Haben), dies at 60
1895 : Ahmed Djevdet Pasja, Turkish minister of Justice, dies at 73
1899 : Marie-Rosalie "Rosa" Bonheur, French painter, dies at 68
1914 : Paolo Giorza, composer, dies at 81
1916 : Jack Marsh, cricketer (Aboriginal bowler played for NSW 1900-03), dies
1917 : Leon Felix Augustin Joseph Vasseur, composer, dies at 72
1919 : Madame C J Walker, wealthy cosmetics manufacturer, dies at 51
1924 : Theodore Morse, composer, dies at 51
1926 : Symon Petlyura, leader of Ukraine (pogroms), assassinated at 47
1934 : Gustav Theodore Holst, English composer (Ode to Death), dies at 59
1936 : Jan Levoslav Bella, composer, dies at 92
1937 : Henry O Tanner, artist, dies
1946 : Patty Smith Hill, songwriter (Happy Birthday To You), dies at 78
1948 : Jacques Feyder, actor/director (kermesse h‚roique), dies at 59
1949 : Simon H Spoor, intelligence officer/general (WW II), dies at 47
1958 : Rolland Beaumont, cricketer (5 Tests for S Africa), dies
1964 : Vasily Andreyevich Zolotaryov, composer, dies at 92
1965 : Sonny Boy Williamson, [Aleck Miller], blues player, dies at 65
1968 : Charles K Feldman, [Gould], producer (Casino Royale), dies at 63
1968 : George KFW von Kchler, German marshal (Netherlands 1940), dies at 86
1971 : Jo Etha Collier, young black woman killed by 3 whites in Drew Miss
1971 : Mark Brunswick, composer, dies at 69
1971 : Terence De Marney, actor (Case Thomas-Johnny Ringo), dies at 62
1974 : Donald Crisp, actor/director (Beloved Brat, Dawn Patrol), dies at 91
1974 : Frank Ward, cricketer (4 Tests for Australia 1936-38), dies
1974 : Pam Morrison, wife of Door's vocalist Jim, dies of drug overdose
1981 : Rosa Ponselle, US singer (Metropolitan Opera), dies at 84
1981 : Roy Brown, rocker, dies at 55 of a heart attack
1981 : Roy James Brown, US boxer/singer (Good rockin' tonight), dies at 55
1982 : Larry J Blake, actor (Earth vs the Flying Saucers), dies at 68
1983 : Sydney Box, academy award producer, dies at 76
1984 : Piet Ketting, Dutch pianist/conductor/composer, dies at 79
1985 : Harold Hecht, choreographer, dies at 77 of cancer
1985 : Robert Nathan, US writer/poet (Portrait of Jennie), dies at 91
1986 : Chester Bowles, US senator/ambassador, dies at 85
1990 : Vic Tayback, actor (Mel-Alice), dies of a heart attack at 60
1991 : Dorothy Davis Bostwick, entertainer, dies
1992 : Danny Biasone, persuaded NBA to use 24 second clock, dies at 83
1992 : Johan B W Polak, publisher/publicist (Bloom of D‚cadence), dies at 63
1992 : Marshall Thompson, US actor (To Hell & Back), dies at 66
1992 : Nancy Walker, actress (Ida Morgenstein-Rhoda), dies of cancer at 71
1992 : Philip C Habib, US diplomat (Middle-East/Asia), dies at 72
1992 : Viktor Grishin, hardline soviet communist, dies at 78, dies
1993 : Dan Seymour, actor (Bombs over Burma, Intrigue, Watusi), dies at 78
1993 : Louise Tazewell, entertainer, dies at 93
1994 : Eric Gale, guitarist, dies at 55
1995 : Dany Robin, actress (Follow the Boys, Topaz, Julietta), dies at 68
1995 : Dick Curless, singer/songwriter, dies at 63
1996 : Bernard Charles Sendall, deputy director general of ITA, dies at 83
1996 : Buck, dog (Married with Children), dies at 13
1996 : David W Howe, test pilot, dies at 77
1996 : Enid Kathleen Hutchinson, adult educationalist, dies at 86
1996 : John Morrison, politician/landowner, dies at 89
1996 : Laurence Marks, journalist, dies at 67
1996 : Renzo de Felice, historian, dies at 67
1997 : Muhammad Fadhel, PM of Iraq (1953-54), dies

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