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Deaths on November 17

1093 : Margaret, widow of Scottish king Malcolm III, dies
1231 : Elisabeth van Thringen, Hungarian princess, dies at about 24
1512 : Kempo Roeper, Frisian rebel, quartered
1558 : Mary I Tudor, "Bloody Mary", queen of England (1553-58), dies at 42
1558 : Reginald Pole, English cardinal/scholar/"heretic", dies at 58
1562 : Antoine of Bourbon, duke of Vend“me/huguenot, dies in battle at 47
1608 : Adolf, count of Nassau-Siegen, dies in battle at 22
1648 : Thomas Ford, composer, dies
1747 : Alain R Lesage, French author (Le diable boiteux), dies at 79
1768 : Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st duke of Newcastle, dies at 75
1770 : Gian Francesco de Majo, composer, dies at 38
1796 : Catharina II the Great, empress of Russia (1762-96), dies at 67
1818 : Charlotte Sophia von Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen of England, dies
1826 : Louise Reichardt, composer, dies at 47
1848 : Jozef B "Olim" Cannaert, Flemish lawyer, dies
1856 : William Knyvett, composer, dies at 77
1862 : Alexey Nikolayevich Verstovsky, composer, dies at 63
1875 : Hilario Ascasubi, Argentina author (pampa, gauchos & indians), dies
1893 : Alexander-Jozef von Battenberg, king of Bulgaria (1879-86), dies at 36
1905 : Adolf WAKF, duke of Nassau/grand duke of Luxembourg, dies at 88
1905 : Philip EFMCBLG, earl of Flanders, dies
1917 : F-Auguste-R Rodin, French sculptor (Baiser, Thinker), dies at 77
1921 : John McLaren, cricketer (one Test Aust v Eng 1912), dies
1927 : Adolf A Joffe, Russian author/diplomat, commits suicide at 44
1929 : A F A Lilley, cricketer (92 dismissals in 35 Tests 1896-1909), dies
1929 : Herman Hollerith, German/US statistician (punch card), dies at 69
1931 : Georgi Atanasov, composer, dies at 50
1931 : John P Lotsy, botanist/geneticist (Resumptio Genetics), dies at 64
1937 : Jack Worrall, cricketer (Australian batsman 1885-99, 11 Tests), dies
1941 : Earnest Udet, German general/head air pioneer, commits suicide
1943 : Paul Charles Rene Landormy, composer, dies at 74
1944 : A C MacLaren, cricketer (England batsman from turn of century), dies
1944 : Bernard Ray, US lieutenant, dies in Battle at Hrtgenwald
1947 : Ricarda Huch, writer, dies at 83
1955 : James Price Johnson, composer, dies at 64
1959 : Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian composer/pianist/conductor, dies at 72
1962 : Arthur Vining Davis, CEO (Alcoa-1910-57), dies at 95 in Miami
1968 : Wilhelm Lehmann, writer, dies at 86
1970 : Naunton Wayne, actor (Dead of Night), dies at 69
1971 : Gladys Cooper, actress (Margaret-The Rogues), dies at 83
1971 : Jackie Cooper, actor (People's Choice), dies at 49
1971 : Melville Cooper, actor (Diane, Bundle of Joy), dies of cancer at 75
1974 : Clive Brook, actor/director (On Approval), dies at 87
1975 : Kay Johnson, actress (Real Glory, Of Human Bondage), dies at 70
1976 : Victor Alessandro, composer, dies at 60
1978 : Claude Dauphin, actor (Paris Precinct), dies at 75
1978 : James J "Gene" Tunney, heavyweight boxing champ (1926-8), dies at 80
1979 : John Glassock, bass (Jethro Tull), dies at 27 following heart surgery
1981 : Bob Eberly, singer (Jimmy Dorsey Band), dies at 65
1982 : Bill Baldwin, announcer (Mayor of Hollywood), dies at 69
1982 : Duk Koo Kim, S Korean boxer, legally declared dead
1982 : Eduard Tubin, composer, dies at 77
1982 : Ruth Donnelly, comedienne, dies at 86 in NYC
1984 : Jan Novak, composer, dies at 63
1985 : Jimmy Ritz, actor (Ritz Brothers), dies of heart failure at 81
1986 : Alan Hewitt, actor (Det Brennan-My Favorite Martian), dies at 71
1986 : Georges Besse, French president-director of Renault, murdered
1987 : Irene Wicker, singer/actress (Singing Lady), dies at 81
1988 : Sheilah Graham, gossip columnist, dies of heart failure at 84
1989 : Billy Lee, actor (Sons of Legion, Biscuit Eater), dies
1989 : Emerson Buckley, composer, dies at 73
1991 : John Blatnik, (Rep-Minn, 1947-75), dies at 80
1991 : Kelly Jean Van Dyke-Nance, (Jerry Van Dyke's daughter), suicide at 33
1991 : Paul Reid Roman, actor (Aviator, Blue Knight), dies of cancer at 55
1992 : Audre Lorde, St Croix' feminist author (Black Unicorn), dies
1993 : Jthm de Vreeze, Dutch MP (KVP, 1956..77), dies at 80
1994 : G Waller, German/Swiss movie journalist (NRC/Variety), dies at 82
1995 : Alan Hull, singer/composer, dies at 50
1995 : Edward LeBone Molotlegi, chief of the Bafokeng, dies at 66
1995 : John Prickett, teacher/ecumenist, dies at 88
1995 : Marguerite Young, writer, dies at 87
1995 : Peter John Welding, record producer, dies at 60
1996 : Andrew John Fairclough, trade union educator, dies at 45
1996 : Johan Fleming Ramsland, broadcaster, dies at 54

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