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Deaths on November 16

1271 : Henry III, king of England (1216-71, Provisions of Oxford), dies
1512 : Gerbrand Mockema, Fries rebel, beheaded
1512 : Jemme Herjuwsma, Fries rebel, beheaded
1548 : Caspar Cruciger, German church reformer, dies at 44
1603 : Pierre Charron, French philosopher/theologian, dies
1632 : Gustavus II Adolphus, king of Sweden, dies in battle at 37
1667 : Nathaniel Schnittelbach, composer, dies at 34
1668 : Antoon Anselmo, South Netherlands lawyer, dies at about 79
1706 : Cornelis Evertsen, mutineer/ltalian-admiral of Zeeland, dies at 64
1706 : Godfried Schalcken, painter/etcher/engraver, dies
1724 : Jack Sheppard, English robber, hanged
1766 : Dominikus Zimmermann, German architect/painter, dies at 81
1775 : Marian Paradeiser, composer, dies at 28
1797 : Frederik Willem II, king of Prussia (1786-97), dies at 53
1808 : Mustapha IV, sultan of Turkey (1807-08), dies at 29
1831 : Karl von Clausewitz, Prussian strategist (Campaign 1813), dies at 51
1835 : Louis Angely, German comedic poet (Paris in Pommern), dies at 48
1885 : Louis Riel, French rebel who fought against Canada, executed at 41
1890 : Johann A H Scheler, Belgian man of letters/librarian, dies at 71
1893 : George Alexander Osborne, composer, dies at 87
1909 : Francis Thome, composer, dies at 59
1919 : S˜fert H Koorders, botanist (Java), dies at 55
1924 : Alexander Andreyevich Archangel'sky, composer, dies at 78
1924 : Edward Everett Rice, composer, dies at 75
1932 : Carry van Bruggen, [de Haan], Dutch author (Eva), dies at 51
1934 : Carl P G von Linde, German physicist (Linde-proc‚d‚), dies at 92
1934 : Joachim Ringelantz, writer, dies
1935 : Kurt Schindler, composer, dies at 53
1943 : Marcel Verhamme, Belgian resistance fighter, executed
1944 : Charles Kellaway, cricketer (26 Tests 1910-1928), dies
1945 : Kaarlo Sarkia, Finnish poet (Kohtalon Vaaka), dies at 43
1955 : Tomasz Arciszewski, Polish premier (1944-47), dies at 88
1957 : Cora Witherspoon, actress (Quality Street, Bank Dick), dies at 67
1958 : Johan W F Werumeus Buning, poet (...de boer h˜ ploegde voort), dies
1958 : Warner Fabian, [S Adams], US author (Great American Fraud), dies at 87
1960 : Clark Gable, actor (Gone With the Wind), dies at 59
1961 : Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the House for 17 years, dies at 79
1964 : Albert Hay Malotte, composer, dies at 69
1964 : John Emery, actor (Ship Ahoy, Kronos, Mademoiselle Fifi), dies at 59
1964 : Piet Moeskops, Dutch world champion cyclist (1921-24, 26), dies at 71
1965 : Alexander King, author (Jack Paar Show), dies at 66
1968 : Greet Hofmans, faith healer of Dutch queen Juliana, dies at 74
1971 : Charlie Dell, comedian, dies at 90
1971 : Edward Sedgwick, director, dies of barbiturate overdose at 28
1972 : Andrey Filippovich Pashchenko, composer, dies at 87
1973 : Alan Watts, writer/popularizer of Zen, dies in Calif
1974 : Walther Meissner, German physicist (Meissner Effect), dies at 91
1975 : Ernst van Raalte, lawyer/minister-president, dies at 83
1976 : Franz MT de Liage B”hl, German/Dutch assyriologist, dies at 94
1978 : Claude Dauphin, French actor (Les Miserables, Mado), dies at 75
1978 : Cornelis P "Cor" Bru˜n, Dutch novelist (Sil), dies at 95
1980 : Imogen Hassall, Countess of Cleavage (Carry on Lovng), suicide at 37
1981 : Enid Markey, actress (Aunt Violet-Bringing Up Buddy), dies at 85
1981 : Morgan Conway, actor (Dick Tracy Detective), dies
1981 : William Holden, actor (Network, Wild Bunch, Breezy), dies at 63
1982 : Arthur Askey, British comedian, dies at 82
1985 : John J Sparkmann, (Sen-D-Ala), dies at 85
1986 : Siobhan McKenna, actress (Dr Zhivago, Hungry Hill), dies at 63
1988 : Lotte Stam-Beese, German/Neth architect, dies at about 85
1991 : Ralph Marrero, actor (Babe, Johnny Suede), dies in car accident at 33
1993 : Evelyn Venable, model (Columbia Pictures logo), dies of cancer at 80
1993 : Lucia Popp, Czech/Austria soprano (Vienna Opera), dies at 54
1994 : Chester Dino Powers Valenti, singer/Songwriter, dies at 57
1994 : Dan Smith, harmonica/gospel singer, dies at 83
1994 : David Rayner, cyclist, dies
1994 : Doris Speed, actress (Annie-Coronation Street), dies at 95
1994 : Harvey Watkins, gospel Singer, dies at 64
1994 : John Boylan, US actor (Twin Peaks, Sleepless in Seattle), dies at 82
1995 : Gwyn A Williams, historian/socialist, dies at 70
1995 : Jack Finney, author (Body Snatchers), dies at 84
1996 : George Byatt, playwright, dies at 73
1996 : Jack Popplewell, composer/playwright, dies at 87
1996 : John Reginald Bevins, politician, dies at 88
1997 : George Petrie, actor (Honeymooners), dies on 85th birthday
1997 : Georges Marchais, Sec Gen of French Communist Party (1972-94), dies
1997 : Russ "Mad Monk" Meyer, pitcher (Phila Phillies), dies at 74

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