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Deaths on May 27

1039 : Dirk III Hierosolymita, Count of Holland, dies
1178 : Godfried van Rhenen, bishop of Utrecht, dies
1508 : Ludovico Sforza [il Moro], Italian duke of Milan, dies at 55
1525 : Thomas Mnzer, German vicar/boer leader, executed
1541 : Margaretha, duchess of Salisbury, beheaded
1549 : Lijsbeth Dirksdr, Fries antabaptist, drowns
1564 : Jean Caulvin, [John Calvin], priest/church reformer, dies at 54
1569 : Fran‡ois de Coligny, French general (Jarnac), dies
1576 : Louis de Boisot, Dutch admiral, drowns at about 44
1580 : Jonker Barthold Entens van Mentheda until Middelstum, dies
1596 : Tibaldi II, Italian painter/sculptor/architect, dies
1627 : Everhardus van Bronchorst, lawyer, dies at 73
1638 : Nicolas Forme, composer, dies at 71
1647 : Achsah Young, 1st woman known to be a witch, executed in Salem Mass
1652 : Jacques Huyn, composer, dies at 39
1661 : Archibald Campbell, Scottish politician, beheaded at about 53
1690 : Giovanni Legrenzi, Italian composer, dies at 63
1708 : Jacques Danican Philidor, composer, dies at 51
1768 : Johann M Fleischmann, German/Dutch stamp/letter designer, dies
1790 : Jeremiah Carlton, laziest man in history, heir to a large fortune at
1790 : 19 went to bed & stayed there for next 70 yrs, dies at 89
1797 : Fran‡ois-Noal "Gracchus" Babeuf, French utopian socialist, dies at 36
1840 : Niccol• Paganini, composer/violinist, dies at 57
1855 : Nikolaj A Bestoezjev, Russ writer/painter (Account of Holland), dies
1863 : Edward Payson Chapin, Union brig general, dies at 31
1876 : Joseph Bosworth, lexicographer/scholar, dies
1878 : Carlo Marsili, composer, dies at 49
1887 : Coenraad J van Houten, Dutch cocoa manufacturer, dies at 86
1896 : Allard Pierson, theologist/philosopher/art historian/poet, dies
1902 : Jan van Droogenbroeck, Flemish poet, dies
1910 : Robert Koch, German bacteriologist (TB, Cholera, Nobel), dies
1914 : Joseph Wilson Swan, physicist/chemist, dies
1916 : Joseph S Galli‚ni, General/military governor of Paris, dies
1918 : Henry Adams, US literature historian (Esther), dies at 80
1925 : Ed McKeever, pres (Bkln Dodgers), dies of pneumonia
1934 : Meijer Linnewiel, [Prof Kokadorus], Amsterdam street hawker, dies
1939 : Joseph Roth, Austria journalist (Fluctuate ohne Ende), dies at 44
1941 : AH Borgesius, tutor/experimentator/amateur astronomer, dies at 76
1941 : Gnther Ltjens, German admiral (Bismarck), dies
1949 : Ropert L Ripley, cartoonist (Believe It or Not), dies at 55 in NY
1951 : Thomas Blamey, soldier, dies
1954 : Herzmanovsky-Orlando, writer, dies
1958 : Ainslie Pryor, actor (Adventures of Hiram Holiday), dies at 46
1958 : Samuel Stritch, US cardinal/archbishop (Chicago), dies
1960 : Edward Brophy, actor (Champ, Dumbo, Great Guy), dies at 65
1960 : George Zucco, actor (Fog Island, Black Raven, Desire Me), dies at 74
1963 : Lambrakis, Greek EDA-parliament leader, murdered
1964 : Jawaharial Nehru, Independent India's 1st PM, dies at 74
1968 : Little Willie John, rocker, dies at 30
1969 : Jeffrey Hunter, actor (Christopher Pike-Star Trek Cage), dies at 43
1970 : Emmy van Lokhorst, author, dies at 78
1971 : Chips Rafferty, actor (Kona Coast, Walk into Hell), dies at 62
1975 : Ezzard Charles, heavyweight boxing champion (1949-51), dies at 53
1976 : Ruth McDevitt, actress (Jo-All in the Family), dies at 80
1982 : Jo LagrilliŠre, [Joke], Flemish cartoon character, dies at 47
1983 : Arnoldus Christian Vlok van Wyk, composer, dies at 67
1985 : Kay Campbell, actress (All My Children), dies at 80
1986 : Gaston Duribreux, Flemish writer (Sour Dove), dies at 82
1988 : Florida Friebus, actress (Bob Newhart Show), dies of a stroke at 79
1988 : Melvin J "Cy" Oliver, US jazz composer/orchestra leader, dies at 77
1988 : Renato Salvatori, actor (Burn, Luna, 2 Women), dies
1989 : Jack Starrett, director/actor (Chase, Nightwish, 1st Blood), dies
1991 : Ed Dodd, cartoonist (Mark Trail), dies at 88
1992 : Dani‰l Robberechts, Belgian writer (Aankomen in Avignon), dies at 55
1992 : Glen White, dancer/actor (Graft, Camille), dies of AIDS at 42
1992 : John Myhers, director/actor (Billion Dollar Hobo), dies at 70
1992 : Tony "Big Tuna" Accardo, mobster (St Valentines Day), dies at 86
1993 : Jan Wiley, actress (Underdog, Brute Man, She Wolf of London), dies
1993 : Willem P G Assmann, Dutch MP, dies at 85
1994 : Norman Cook, British museum curator, dies at 87
1994 : Red Rodney, [Albino Red/The Red Arrow], bebop-trumpeter, dies at 66
1994 : Theo Swagemakers, portrait painter, dies at 95
1995 : C W Stubblefield, music Promoter, dies at 64
1995 : Ulyses Simpson Kay, composer, dies at 78
1996 : Albert "Pud" Brown, clarinetist/saxophonist, dies at 79
1996 : Ivan Sutton, concert Promotoer, dies at 82
1996 : Jack Massey, groundsman, dies at 85
1996 : Pud Brown, jazz musician, dies at 79

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