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Deaths on November 07

1225 : Engelbert I, the Saint, archbishop of Cologne, murdered at 40
1560 : Peter S Lotichius, [Peter Lotz], German poet (Opera omnia), dies
1573 : Solomon Luria (Maharshal), talmudic author (Yam Shel Shelomo), dies
1600 : Baki, Turkish royal poet (DŒvƒn, Ghazalijjƒt), dies at about 74
1608 : Adolf, earl of Nassau-Siegen/cavalry commander, dies in battle
1633 : Cornelis Drebbel, physicist/chemist/inventor (submarine), dies
1639 : William Cobbold, composer, dies at 79
1678 : Erasmus Quellinus II [Quellien], Flemish painter/etcher, dies at 70
1708 : Ludolf Backhuysen, Dutch seascape painter/cartoonist, dies at 76
1723 : Godfrey Kneller, English painter (74-77), dies
1796 : Catharina II, "the Great", tsarina of Russia (1762-96), dies at 67
1802 : Johann Georg Joseph Spangler, composer, dies at 50
1817 : Francesco Pasquale Ricci, composer, dies at 85
1827 : Bartolomeo Campagnoli, Ital violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 76
1837 : Elijah P Lovejoy, publisher, murdered by pro-slavery mob at 34
1857 : Charles Heinrich Christoph Zeuner, composer, dies at 62
1859 : Carl Gottlieb Reissiger, composer, dies at 61
1876 : Albertus C van Raalte, Dutch/US vicar (Michigan), dies at 65
1880 : Carl Friedrich Weitzmann, composer, dies at 72
1893 : Constantly Lievens, Flemish missionaries in India, dies at 37
1901 : Li Hung-Tshang, Chinese rebel leader/viceroy of Tsheli, dies
1910 : Leo Tolstoi, Russian earl/writer (War & Peace), dies at 82 [OS]
1913 : Alfred R Wallace, British zoologist (Is Mars habitable?), dies
1919 : Hugo Haase, German MP (SPD), murdered at 56
1935 : Lidj Jasu, emperor of Ethiopia, dies at 39
1938 : Earnest von Rath, German antifascist/diplomat, murdered
1941 : Albin Zollinger, Swiss poet/author (Das Gewitter), dies at 46
1943 : Dwight Frye, actor (Vampire Bat, Dracula), dies at 44
1944 : Richard Sorge & Ozaki, spies, hanged in Tokyo
1945 : Alfred Dipper, cricketer (England batsman scored in only Test), dies
1956 : Una Mae Carlisle, US pianist/singer, dies at 40
1959 : Victor McLaglen, actor (Gunga Din), dies of heart attack at 72
1960 : Alvin Carter, vocalist (Carter Family), dies at 69
1961 : Antonius F "Anton" Coolen, author (Peelwerkers), dies at 64
1962 : Eleanor Roosevelt, 1st Lady (1933-1945), dies at 78 in NYC
1965 : Friedrich Wildgans, composer, dies at 52
1967 : John Nance Garner, (VP-D, 1933-41), dies at 98
1967 : Juan Tomas Perez, composer, dies at 71
1967 : Larry Kent, director (High Stakes), dies at 67
1968 : Willem A Wagenaar, Dutch journalist/author (3,000 meter), dies
1972 : Tod Andrews, actor (From Hell it Came, Outrage), dies at 51
1974 : Rodolfo Acosta, actor (Passion, Littlest Outlaw), dies at 54
1978 : Gene Tunney, former heavyweight boxing champ (1926-28), dies at 80
1978 : Janet Flanner, writer, dies at 86
1979 : Amedeo Nazzari, actor (Lure of Sila, Night of Cabiria), dies at 71
1979 : Paolo Carlini, Italian actor (It Started in Naples), dies at 53
1980 : Steve McQueen, actor (Tom Horn, Bullitt), dies at 50
1981 : Will Durant, US author (story of civilization), dies at 96
1983 : David Alexandrovich Toradze, composer, dies at 61
1983 : Germaine Tailleferre, Fren composer (Le Marin du Bolivar), dies at 91
1984 : George Matthews, actor (Chick-Glynis), dies at 73 of heart disease
1990 : Josephine Wilson, actress (We Dive at Dawn), dies at 86
1990 : Lawrence Durrell, Indian/English author (Mount Olive), dies at 78
1991 : Gene Tierney, US actress (Laura/Heaven can wait), dies at 70
1992 : Alexander Dubcek, premier Czechoslovakia (1968-69), dies at 70
1992 : Jack Kelly, US actor (Maverick, Vega$), dies following a stroke at 65
1993 : Adelaide Hall, US jazz singer (Cotton Club), dies at 92
1993 : Charles Aidman, actor (Kotch, Zoot Suit), dies of cancer at 68
1994 : Michael O'Donoghue, comedian (SNL), dies at about 54
1994 : Milton "Shorty" Rogers [Rajonsky], US jazz trumpeter, dies at 70
1995 : Jerry Daniels, singer/guitarist, dies at 79
1995 : John Patrick, screenwriter, dies at 90
1995 : Melvin "Slappy" White, comedian, dies of heart attack at 74
1996 : Brian Keith-Lucas, political scientist, dies at 84
1996 : Claude Ake, political scientist, dies at 57
1996 : Michael Fenton Haddon, mining engineer, dies at 81

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