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Deaths on November 08

1226 : Louis VIII, the Lion, King of France (1223-26), dies at 39
1228 : Dirk I, ruler of Heinsberg/Valkenburg, dies
1308 : Duns Scotus, Scottish philosopher (coined the word dunce), dies at 42
1494 : Melozzo da Forli, Italian painter, dies at about 56
1517 : Francisco Jimenez de Cisneros, cardinal/Chancellor of Castilia, dies
1578 : Johann Walter, composer, dies at 51
1590 : Joost Jansz Bilhamer, master builder/cartographer, dies at about 49
1595 : Peter Opmeer, church historian/humanist, dies at 69
1638 : Johann H Alsted, German theologist/philosopher, dies at 50
1658 : Pieter Florisz, Dutch admiral, dies in battle at about 50
1658 : Witte de With, Dutch vice-admiral, dies in battle at 59
1674 : John Milton, English poet (Paradise Lost), dies at 65
1694 : Ulrik Huber, Frisian lawyer/law historian/polemist, dies at 58
1757 : Pierre Prowo, composer, dies at 60
1805 : Fran‡ois-Thomas de Baculard d'Arnaud, French writer, dies at 87
1811 : Charles F Bentinck, Dutch minister of Colonies, dies at 47
1817 : Andrea Appiana, Italian royal painter of Napoleon, dies at 63
1833 : Maximilian Stadler, composer, dies at 85
1873 : Manuel Breton de los Herreros, Span poet/comic playwright, dies at 76
1880 : Jacob Edvard Gille, composer, dies at 66
1885 : Johannes Kneppelhout, [Klikspaan], Dutch humorist/author, dies at 71
1886 : Frederick J "Fred" Archer, English jockey, commits suicide at 29
1890 : C‚sar-Auguste Franck, Belgian organist/composer, dies at 67
1908 : Victorien Sardou, French opera author (Madame Sans-Gene), dies at 77
1909 : Charles Bordes, composer, dies at 46
1909 : Eduard de Hartog, composer, dies at 80
1917 : Colyn Blythe, cricketer (2509 F-C wickets), dies during WW I
1920 : Abraham Kuyper, clergyman/Dutch premier (AR 1908-12), dies at 83
1920 : Salomon Anski, Russian/Polish yiddish author (Dibboek), dies at 57
1924 : Sergey Mikhaylovich Lyapunov, composer, dies at 64
1928 : Mauritz Stiller, Swedish actor/director (Streets of sin), dies at 45
1933 : Mohammed Nadir Shah, king of Afghanistan, assassin by Abdul Khallig
1935 : Elisabeth F”rster-Nietzsche, German author, dies at 89
1937 : James Ramsay MacDonald, British PM (Lab, 1924, 29-35), dies at 71
1940 : Alfonso Hernandez Cata, Cuban author (El parag‚), dies
1941 : Gaetano Mosca, Italian sociologist (Elite Circle), dies at 83
1944 : Walter Nowotny, German combat/jet fighter pilot, dies
1952 : Claude Carter, cricketer (took 28 wkts 10 Tests for S Africa), dies
1953 : Iwan Bunin, writer, dies at 83
1953 : John van Melle, South African writer (Bart Nel), dies at 66
1963 : Simon Jurovsky, composer, dies at 51
1965 : Dorothy Kilgallen, columnist (What's My Line?), dies at 52
1966 : Bernhard Zondek, German/Israeli gynaecologist, dies at 75
1968 : Wendell Corey, actor (11th Hour, Peck's Bad Girl), dies at 54
1969 : Kam Tong, actor (Have Gun Will Travel, Mr Garlund), dies at 62
1974 : Ivory Joe Hunter, rocker, dies at 60
1978 : Norman Rockwell, artist (Saturday Evening Post covers), dies at 84
1979 : Sydney Tafler, actor (Too Many Crooks), dies at 63
1983 : Robert Agnew, director, dies at 84 of kidney failure
1984 : Carl Gustav Sparre Olsen, composer, dies at 81
1986 : Beatrice Kay, singer/actress (Sister Sue-Calvin & the Col), dies at 78
1989 : Andr‚ Kloos, Dut trade union leader (NVV)/chairman (VARA), dies at 67
1990 : Anya Seton, US author, dies
1990 : Grampy Davis, dies of heart attack at 87
1991 : Christine Felsmann, dies
1991 : Frances Faye, singer/actress (Pretty Baby), dies after strokes
1991 : John Kirckpatrick, US musicologist (Charles Ives Archives), dies
1991 : Patrick Hamilton, author (Gaslight, Rope, Angel Street), dies at 45
1992 : Alexander Dubcek, pres of Czechoslovakia (1968-69), dies
1992 : Hans Zllig, Swiss/German dancer (Green Table), dies
1992 : Kees [Cornelis] Broekman, speed skater (Olympic-silver-1952), dies
1992 : Keith "Red" Mitchell, US/Swedish jazz bassist, dies
1994 : Garson Romalis, abortion doctor, killed (no arrests)
1994 : Marianne Straub, weaver, dies at 85
1994 : Michael O'Donoghue, comedy writer (SNL), dies at 54
1995 : Country Dan Dick Montana McLain, singer, dies at 40
1995 : Neil Blaney, politician, dies at 73
1996 : Edward Albert Radice, economist, dies at 89
1996 : Peter Fowler, physicist, dies at 73

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