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Deaths on November 05

1370 : Kazimierz III, the Great, king of Poland (1333-70), dies at 61
1515 : Mariotto di Bigio di Bindo Albertinelli, Italian painter, dies at 41
1559 : Kano Motonobu, Zen co-founder (Kano school of painting), dies at 83
1603 : Irini Fedorovna, Russian daughter of Boris Godunov, dies
1669 : John Coccejus, German/Neth reformed theologist, dies at about 66
1675 : Kurt S Adeler, Danish admiral/ship designer, dies at 52
1680 : Gillis Valckenier, mayor of Amsterdam (1665..80), dies at about 57
1737 : Johan W van Ripperda, Dutch diplomat/baron/duke, dies at 55
1743 : Andreas Benedikt Praelisauer, composer, dies at 44
1772 : Johannes Schmidlin, composer, dies at 50
1772 : Pieter Steyn, Dutch grand pensionary (1749-72), dies at 66
1801 : Norinaga Moto'ori, Japanese scientist, dies
1803 : Ch de Laclos, writer, dies
1804 : Elizabeth "Betje" Wolff-Bekker, poetess (Sara Burgerhart), dies at 66
1819 : Dirk van den Boetzelaer, regent of Holland, dies at 55
1834 : Aernout Drost, Dutch literary/founder (The Guide), dies at 24
1850 : Ferdinand KJ, archduke of Austria, dies at 69
1854 : ... Soimonov, Russian general, dies in battle of Inkermann
1860 : Carl Binder, composer, dies at 43
1879 : James Clerk Maxwell, Scotish physicist (speed of light), dies at 48
1883 : William Hicks, British col/commander (Egyptian army), dies in battle
1930 : Christiaan E˜kman, bacteriologist (vitamin B1, Nobel 1929), dies at 72
1935 : Mina Dilis-Beersmans, Flemish actress/wife of John Dilis, dies at 71
1942 : George M Cohan, composer, dies at 64
1943 : Louis Schelfhout, Dutch painter/graphic artist, dies at 62
1946 : Sigismond Stojowski, composer, dies at 77
1950 : Jacobus J E Hondius, Dutch classicist/graphic artist, dies at 53
1951 : Agrippina J Vaganova, Russian ballet dancers/pegagoge, dies at 72
1951 : Bedrich Antonin Wiedermann, composer, dies at 67
1955 : Maurice Utrillo, French painter (Cath‚drale St-Denis), dies at 71
1956 : Art Tatum, black pianist, dies at 46 in Los Angeles
1960 : August Gailit, Estonian writer (Ekke Moor), dies at 69
1960 : Johnny Horton, country singer, dies at 33
1960 : Mack Sennett, director/producer (Keystone Cops), dies
1960 : Ward Bond, actor (Wagon Train), dies of heart attack at 57
1964 : Alexander Uriah Boskovich, composer, dies at 57
1968 : Estelle Hemsley, actress (Leech Woman, Take aGiant Step), dies at 81
1968 : Robert Ayres, actor (Battle Beneath the Earth), dies at 54
1969 : Itih Walracen, Sudanese widow of author William Walraven, dies
1969 : Lloyd Corrigan, actor (Prof McKillup-Hank), dies at 69
1972 : Reginald Owen, actor (Above Suspicion, Love on the Run), dies at 85
1974 : Stafford Repp, actor (Chief O'Hara-Batman), dies at 56
1975 : Annette Kellerman, swimmer (Million Dollar Mermaid), dies at 87
1977 : Aleksei G Stachanov, Russian model miner, dies at 72
1977 : Guy Lombardo, orch leader (Auld Lang Syne), dies in Houston at 75
1977 : Ren‚ Goscinny, French writer (Asterix), dies at 51
1978 : Denis O'Dea, actor (Capt Horatio Hornblower), dies at 73
1979 : Al Capp, US cartoonist (Li'l Abner), dies at 70
1982 : Gerda Brautigam, journalist/Dutch MP (PvdA), dies
1982 : Jacques Tati[scheff], French actor/director (Parade), dies at 74
1989 : Barry Sadler, singer (Green Berets), murdered at 49 in Murfreesboro Tn
1989 : Vladimir Horovitz, Ukrainian/US pianist, dies at 85
1990 : Bobby Nunn, US bassist (Coasters-Down in Mexico), dies at about 65
1990 : Herbert Berghof, actor (Belarus File), dies of heart failure at 81
1991 : Fred MacMurray, actor (My Three Sons), dies of pneumonia at 83
1991 : Robert Maxwell, Billionaire publisher (NY Daily News), dies at 68
1992 : Arpad E Elo, Hungarian physicist (chess classification system), dies
1992 : Jan Hendrik Oort, Dutch astronomer (Oort Cloud), dies at 92
1994 : McHenry Boatwright, signer, dies at 66
1995 : Laura Weber, TV Host, dies at 70
1996 : Eddie Harris, saxophonist/composer, dies at 62
1996 : Lars-Ake Nilsson, diplomat, dies at 53
1996 : Paula Hinton, dancer, dies at 72
1996 : Ronald Ogden, engineer, dies at 81

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