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Deaths on May 29

1453 : Constantine XI Dragases, last Byzantine Emperor, dies at 49
1500 : Bartholomeu Diaz de Narvaez (Novaez), Portuguese sea explorer, drowns
1544 : Jacobus Latomus [Jasques Masson], Belgian inquisitor, dies at about 68
1546 : Cardinal Beaton, English archbishop of St Andrews, murdered
1593 : John Penry, English congressionalist, executed
1629 : Arnold Baert, Flemish lawyer/member of Great Council, dies at about 74
1660 : Gy”rgy R k¢czi II, prince of Transsylvania, dies in battle
1660 : Peter Scriverius, lawyer/historian, dies at 44
1680 : Abraham Megerle, composer, dies at 73
1691 : Cornelis Tromp, admiral-general/son of Maarten T, dies at 61
1750 : Giuseppe Porsile, composer, dies at 70
1788 : Jacques Aliamet, French etcher/engraver, dies at 61
1814 : Jos‚phine, empress of France (1804-14), dies
1815 : Cornelis de Gijselaar, politician/patriot, dies at 64
1816 : Madame L'Ouverture, widow of Haiti's leader Toussaint L'O, dies
1829 : Humphry Davy, scientist/inventor (Miner's safety lamp), dies at 84
1833 : William Marshall, composer, dies at 84
1862 : Franciszek Wincenty Mirecki, composer, dies at 71
1869 : Philippe Vandermaelen, Flemish cartographer/publisher, dies at 73
1877 : John Lothrop Motley, (History of United Netherlands), dies at 63
1883 : Albrecht of Prussia, mistress of John van Rossum, dies at 73
1883 : WFLC Marianne, princess of Orange-Nassau, dies
1885 : Alfred von Meissner, Austria physician/writer (Ziska), dies at 63
1892 : Baha'u'llah [Mirza HA Noeri], Persian founder (Baha'i), dies at 74
1899 : Frantz Jehin-Prume, composer, dies at 60
1905 : Leon Francis Victor Caron, composer, dies at 55
1910 : Mili Alexeyevich Balakirev, Russian composer (Islamej), dies at 73
1911 : William Schwenck Gilbert, Engl writer (Gilbert & Sullivan), dies at 74
1922 : Jevgeni B Vachtangov, Armenian/Russian actor/director, dies at 39
1923 : Adolf Oberl„nder, German painter, dies
1924 : Pierre-Paul Cambon, French diplomat (Madrid/London), dies
1933 : Frank Sugg, cricketer (batted in 2 Tests for England 1888), dies
1934 : Eugenie Besserer, actress (Anna Christie, Madame X), dies at 65
1934 : Heihatjir“ T“j“, Japanese admiral (Russian-Japanese War), dies
1935 : Josef Suk, Czech violinist/composer, dies at 61
1942 : John Barrymore, US actor (Beloved Rogue, Dinner at 8), dies at 60
1943 : Hermann Hans Wetzler, composer, dies at 72
1948 : May Whitty, actress (Gaslight, Mrs Miniver, Suspicion), dies at 82
1951 : Dimitrios Levidis, composer, dies at 66
1951 : Fanny Brice, Zeigfield Girl (Baby Snooks Show), dies at 59
1951 : Josef Bohuslav Foerster, composer, dies at 91
1951 : Robert Kahn, composer, dies at 85
1955 : Dani‰l G van Beuningen, art collector, dies at 78
1956 : Albert H Edelkoort, theologist (Christusverwachting), dies at 65
1956 : Hermann Abendroth, German conductor (Gewandhausorkest), dies at 73
1957 : George Bacovia [Vasiliu], Romanian poet/composer (Plumb), dies at 75
1958 : Juan Ram¢n Jim‚nez, Spanish poet (Nobel 1956), dies at 76
1961 : Uuno Kalervo Klami, composer, dies at 60
1967 : Geronimo Baqueiro Foster, composer, dies at 69
1970 : John Gunther, author/host (John Gunther's High Road), dies at 68
1971 : Max Trapp, composer, dies at 83
1973 : Eric Applewhite, entertainer, dies
1977 : Goddard Lieberson, composer, dies at 66
1978 : Bob Crane, actor (Donna Reed Show, Hogan-Hogan's Heroes), dies at 49
1979 : Mary Pickford, actress (Coquette, Suds, Secrets), dies at 86
1982 : Romy Schneider, actress (Cardinal), dies of cardiac arrest at 43
1985 : 39, die at Heysel Stadium in Liverpool in a riot prior to soccor match
1985 : Madge West, actress (Grandma-McLean Stevenson Show), dies at 93
1987 : Alain Vincx, Belgian stuntman, dies in an accident at 40
1991 : Coral Browne, Australian actor (Ruling Class), dies of cancer at 77
1992 : Bill Beyers, actor (Wally-Capitol), dies of AIDS at 37
1992 : Karl Carstens, president of RFA (1979-84), dies
1992 : Peter John "Ollie" Halsall, guitarist, dies of a heart attack at 43
1992 : Pippa Steele, actress (Vampire Lovers), dies of cancer at 44
1993 : Billy Conn, boxer (fought Joe Louis 1951), dies of pneumonia at 75
1993 : Tiny Hofman, Amsterdam activist (Nieuwmarkt), dies at 68
1994 : Erich Honecker, president of German DR (1971-89), dies in Chile at 81
1994 : Ezra Taft Benson, min of Agr/leader of mormon (1985-94), dies at 94
1994 : Harry Levin, literary Scholar, dies at 81
1994 : Jose Bohr, actor (El Traidor, Sueno de Amor), dies at 92
1994 : Joseph Janni, producer, dies at 78
1994 : Oliver "Bops Junior" Jackson, drummer, dies at 61
1995 : Margaret Chase Smith, 1st woman Rep & Sen (R-Me), dies at 97
1996 : James George "Jimmy" Rowles, jazz pianist, dies at 77
1996 : Jeremy Sinden, actor (Chariots of Fire, Ascendancy, Harem), dies at 45
1996 : Tamara Toumanova, dancer, dies at 77
1997 : George Fenneman, announcer (You Bet Your Life), dies at 77
1997 : Jeff Buckley, musician, drowns at 30
1997 : John Sengstacke, publisher (Defender), dies at 84

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