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Deaths on October 03

1283 : Dafydd ap Gruffyd, last monarch of Gwynnedd (North-Wales), dies
1564 : Christophorus Fabritius, [Christoffel Smit], calvinist vicar, burned
1568 : Elisabeth van Valois, French queen of Spain, dies at 23
1646 : Virgilio Mazzocchi, composer, dies at 49
1653 : Mark Zuesius Boxhorn, historian, dies at 41
1656 : Myles Standish, Plymouth Colony leader, dies (birth date unknown)
1685 : Fidel Molitor, composer, dies at 58
1703 : Pieter van Wooden, Amersfoorts rebel leader, beheaded
1703 : Richard Saab, Amersfoorts rebel leader, beheaded
1750 : Georg Matthias Monn, composer, dies at 33
1777 : Jeremias van Riemsd˜k, gov-gen of Dutch Indies, dies at 64
1795 : Tula, leader Cura‡aose slave uprising, executed
1820 : Ludwig Wenzel Lachnith, composer, dies at 74
1826 : Jens I Baggesen, Danish writer/linguist (Labyrinth), dies
1828 : Josephus Andreas Fodor, composer, dies at 77
1853 : Andre Georges Louis Onslow, composer, dies at 69
1862 : Pleasant Adam Hackleman, Union brig-general, dies in battle at 47
1873 : Kintpuash, [Captain Jack], fought Modoc indians, Oregon, dies
1884 : Hans Makart, Austrian painter (Geur), dies at 44
1889 : Karel Miry, composer, dies at 66
1890 : Andries Andr‚, actor (Trumpeter-Major), dies at 36
1896 : William Morris, writer, dies at 62
1903 : Benedetto Junck, composer, dies at 51
1907 : Alfred Reisenauer, composer, dies at 43
1912 : Guido Papini, composer, dies at 65
1919 : Daniel Brink Towner, composer, dies at 69
1929 : Gustav Stresemann, German chancellor (Nobel 1926), dies at 51
1929 : Jeanne Eagels, actress (The Letter), dies at 35
1930 : Charles LP "Philip" Zilcken, painter/etcher/author (Bauer), dies at 73
1931 : Carl August Nielsen, composer, dies at 66
1941 : Wilhelm Kienzl, Austria composer (Kuhreigen), dies at 84
1952 : Alfred Neumann, German writer, dies at 56
1953 : Arnold Bax, British composer, dies at 69
1953 : Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, Brit composer (Coronation March), dies at 69
1954 : Herbert Prior, actor (Pollyanna), dies at 87
1957 : L”rinc Szab¢, Hungarian poet (Tcs”kzene), dies at 57
1959 : William Bishop, actor (Steve-It's a Great Life), dies at 42
1965 : Zachary Scott, US actor, (Southerner, Flame of Islands), dies at 51
1967 : Malcolm Sargent, English conductor (Last Night of Proms), dies at 72
1967 : Pinto Colvig, animation voice (Goofy, Pluto), dies at 75
1967 : Walter Muller von Kulm, composer, dies at 68
1967 : Woodrow Wilson "Woodie" Guthrie, US folk singer/guitarist, dies at 55
1971 : Leah Baird, writer (Jungle Bride), dies of anemia at 88
1971 : Sean O Riada, composer, dies at 40
1975 : Bauke Tuinstra, Fries notary/writer (Ealse & I), dies at 75
1975 : Guy Mollet, French premier (1956-57), dies at 69
1979 : Charles White, artist, dies at 61 in Los Angeles
1979 : Claudia Jennings, playmate (Nov, 1969), dies in car crash at 29
1981 : Walter Mehring, writer, dies at 85
1982 : Roger J J Claessen, Belgian soccer star, dies at 41
1982 : Vivien Merchant, actress (Accident, Offense), dies at 53
1983 : John K M McCaffery, TV host (One Minute Please), dies at 69
1983 : Kurt Kusenberg, writer, dies at 79
1985 : Charles Collingwood, newscaster (Chronicles), dies at 68
1985 : Maurice Copeland, actor (Ralph-Those Young Charmings), dies at 74
1987 : Jean Anouilh, French playwright (Ball of the Voleurs), dies at 77
1988 : Franz Josef Strauss, German FR min of defense (1956-62), dies at 73
1988 : Generoso Pope Jr, National Enquirer owner, dies at 61
1989 : Joseph Wybran, Belgian physician/Jews foreman, murdered
1990 : Stefano Casiraghi, Princess Caroline of Monaco husband, dies at 30
1991 : Max Cantor, journalist, dies
1993 : JH Scheps, Dutch MP (Social Democratic), dies at 93
1994 : Dennis Wolfberg, comedian (Quantum Leap), dies from cancer at 48
1994 : Dub Taylor, actor (Poor Pretty Eddie), dies of a heart attack at 87
1994 : Harriet Nelson, actress (Ozzie & Harriet), dies at 80
1994 : V, comedian/actor, dies at 48
1994 : Virginia Dale, US actress/dancer (Holiday Inn), dies at about 77
1994 : Walter C "Dub" Taylor II, US actor (You Can't Take it All), dies at 86
1995 : Molly Harris, actress/writer (Immortal), dies at 82
1996 : Denis Frank Owen, Natural historian, dies at 65
1996 : Eustace Wenworth Roskill, law lord, dies at 85
1996 : Tom ap Rees, botanist, dies at 65
1996 : Tony Parker, oral historian, dies at 73
1997 : Alfred Leslie Rowse, historian, dies at 93

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