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  • Sergei Vasilievitch Rachmaninov, Russian composer/pianist, dies at 69 (1943)
  • Dick Haymes, actor (Real Life, Betrayal), dies (1980)
  • Eugene Ionesco, playwright (Rhinoceros, Bald Soprano), dies at 84 (1994)
  • Wenzel Hollar, Bohemia cartoonist/etcher, dies at about 69 (1677)
  • Emmett Kelly, circus clown (Weary Willy), dies at 80 (1979)
  • Renzo Massarani, composer, dies at 77 (1975)
  • Carlos Montalban, actor (Bananas), dies at 85 (1991)
  • Pavel Ivanovich Blaramberg, composer, dies at 65 (1907)
  • Edith Fowke, folklorist, dies at 82 (1996)
  • Hakuun Yasutani, Zen teacher/co-founder (Sanbo Kyodan), dies (1973)
  • Martinus A Jansen, bishop of Rotterdam (1956-70), dies at 77 (1983)
  • Victor J Lopez, actor (Chuey-Man From Atlantis), dies at 39 (1986)
  • Martinus IV, [Simon de Brion], Pope (1281-85), dies (1285)
  • Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, vocalist, dies of a heart attack (1956)
  • Adam Pijnacker, Dutch landscape painter/etcher, buried at 51 (1673)
  • Alec A Templeton, composer/pianist (Alec Templeton Time), dies at 52 (1963)
  • Kenneth Whitty, 1st sec at British Embassy in Athens, shot dead (1984)
  • Patrick Troughton, actor (Dr. Who-Dr. Who), dies at 56 (1987)
  • Jan van der Heyden, Dutch inventor (street lantern), dies at 75 (1712)
  • VAA Mary, English princess, dies at 67 (1965)

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