Wednesday, March 10, 2010



      1995 - Alexander Hyatt-King  (Mozart scholar, dies at 84)
    1988 - Andy Gibb  (singer, dies of heart infection at 30)
    1866 - Antonio Francesco Gaetano S Pacini  (composer, dies at 87)
    1922 - Arthur Hervey  (composer, dies at 67)
    1935 - Barend Barendse  (actor and director (Broken Lives), dies at 82)
    1993 - C Northcote Parkinson  (English historian/sociologist (Law of P), dies)
    1995 - Carel Birnie  (ballet producer, dies at 69)
    1910 - Carl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke  (composer, dies at 85)
    1994 - Cecil Rolph Hewitt  (journalist/policeman, dies at 92)
    1994 - Charles Bukowski  (German/US writer (Barfly, Hollywood), dies at 73)
    1953 - Charles Gordon Curtis  (inventor of (Curtis-steam turbine), dies at 92)
    1888 - Ciro Pinsuti  (Italian pianist/composer, dies at 57)
    1993 - David Gunn  (abortion doctor, killed by Michael Griffin at 47)
    1944 - David Vogel  (Ukrainian author, dies in Auschwitz at 52)
    1700 - Diogo Diaz Melgaz  (composer, dies at 61)
    1735 - Dirk T van Cloon  (Dutch lawyer/gov-gen of E Indies, dies at about 46)
    1977 - E Power Biggs  (English organist/composer (CBS), dies at 70)
    1906 - Eugen Richter  (German MP (Liberal), dies at 67)
    1966 - Frederik 'Frits' Zernike  (Dutch physicist (Nobel 1953), dies at 77)
    1819 - Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi  (writer, dies)
    1872 - Giuseppe Mazzini  (Italian revolutionary (Giovane Italy), dies at 66)
    1988 - Glenn Cunningham  (U.S. world record miler, dies at 78)
    1913 - Harriet Tubman  (abolitionist, conductor on Underground RR, dies in NY)
    1968 - Helen Walker  (actress (Brewster's Million), dies of cancer at 47)
    1995 - Hendrik W van Leeuwen  (Dutch musician, dies at 79)
    1980 - Herman Tarnower  (doctor (Scarsdale Diet), killed by Jean Harris)
    1922 - Horace Wadham Nicholl  (composer, dies at 73)
    2002 - Irene Worth  (actress, Lost in Yonkers, dies at 85)
    1870 - Isaak-Ignaz Moscheles  (composer, dies at 75)
    1948 - Jan Masaryk  (Czech Foreign minister, commits suicide or is murdered)
    1826 - Johan VI M L J  (King of Portugal (1816-26), dies at 56)
    1900 - Johann Peter Emilius Hartmann  (composer, dies at 94)
    1701 - Johann Schelle  (composer, dies at 52)
    2000 - John Sladek  (science fiction satirist, dies at 62)
    1792 - John Stuart  (3rd earl of Bute/English premier (1760-63), dies at 78)
    1861 - Josepf Francois Snel  (composer, dies at 67)
    1974 - June Harrison  (actress (Land of the Lawless), dies at 48)
    1984 - June Marlowe  (actress (Pardon U.S.), dies at 81)
    1910 - Karl Lueger  (Austrian anti-semite/mayor of Vienna, dies at 65)
    1985 - Konstantin Chernenko  (party leader/president of U.S.S.R. (1984-85), dies at 73)
    1975 - Leopold Samuel  (composer, dies at 91)
    1998 - Lloyd Bridges  (actor, Sea Hunt, dies at 85)
    1940 - Louis de Vries  (Dutch actor (Merchant of Venice), dies at 68)
    1875 - Louis Joseph Daussoigne-Mehul  (composer, dies at 84)
    1996 - Lucius E Burch Jr  (U.S. civil rights leader, dies at 84)
    1971 - Mabel Wheeler Daniels  (composer, dies at 92)
    1966 - Mari Sandoz  (U.S. author (Cheyenne Autumn), dies at 64)
    1864 - Maximilian II Jozef  (King of Bayern (1848-64), dies at 52)
    1990 - Michael Stewart  (U.K. Secretary of State (1965-66, 68-70), dies)
    1592 - Michiel Coxcie  (Flemish (court)painter/carpet designer, dies)
    1832 - Muzio Clementi  (Italian composer, dies at 79)
    1892 - Otto van Raised  (Governor-General of Netherlands Indies (1884-88), dies at 69)
    1597 - Petrus Forestus  (Dutch physician (Willem of Orange), dies)
    1977 - Pieter Jan Bouman  (Dutch sociologist/historian, dies at 74)
    1974 - Quinto Maganini  (composer, dies at 76)
    1986 - Ray Milland  (actor (Lost Weekend-Acad Award 1945), dies at 81)
    1585 - Rembert Dodoens  ([Rembertus Dodonaeus], physician/botanist, dies at 67)
    1995 - Richard Baerlein  (racing writer, dies at 84)
    1973 - Richard Sharples  (governor of Bermuda, assassinated)
    1994 - Robert Shea  (author, dies of cancer)
    1996 - Ross Hunter  (U.S. producer (Airport, Madame X, Pillow Talk), dies at 75)
    1992 - Roy Holmer Wallack  (dies of pneumonia at 64)
     483 - Simplicius  (Italian Pope (468-83), dies)
    1897 - Teodulo Mabellini  (composer, dies at 79)
    1546 - Thomas Elyot  (English diplomat (Boke named the Governor), dies at 46)
    1943 - Tully Marshall  (actor (Let's Go, Red Dust), dies at 78)
    1901 - Vasily Georgiyevich Wrangell  (composer, dies at 38)
    1716 - Wenzel Ludwig von Radolt  (composer, dies at 48)
    1977 - Willem Schermerhorn  (Dutch premier (1945-46), dies at 82)
    1988 - William Brocklesby Wordsworth  (composer, dies at 79)
    1865 - William Henry 'Little Billy' Chase Whiting  (Confed gen-maj, dies at 48)