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Last updated: 2008 June 28.

1935 January 4 Birth of Floyd Patterson; heavyweight champion (1956-59, 1960-62) (Olympics-gold-1952), dies 2006. [1] [5] January 6 George P Baker US playwright (Dramatic Technique), dies at age 68. [1] January 10 Charlie McGahey cricket (MCC tour of Australia 1901-02 cured his tuberculosis), dies. [1] Edwin H Flack English 800/1500m runner (Olympics-gold-1896), dies at age 60. [1] January 16 Richard Wetz composer, dies at age 59. [1] January 28 Mikhail Mikhaylovich Ippolitov-Ivanov Russian composer, dies at age 75. [1] February 8 Max Liebermann German impressionist painter/graphic artist, dies at age 87. [1] February 9 Karl Nef Swiss musicologist, dies at age 61. [1] February 13 Violet Paget British author (Gospels of Anarchy), dies at age 78. [1] February 23 Jan Duiker Dutch architect (Hotel Gooiland), dies at age 44. [1] February 28 Alexander W F Idenburg Governor-General of Netherlands Indies (1909-16), dies at age 73. [1] March 3 Neville Knox cricketer (bowled in two Tests for England 1907), dies. [1] March 10 Barend Barendse actor/director (Broken Lives), dies at age 82. [1] March 16 John J R Macleod Scot/Canadian physiologist (Nobel Prize 1923), dies at age 58. [1] March 30 Romanos Hovakimi Melik'yan composer, dies at age 51. [1] April 5 Emil Mlynarski composer, dies at age 64. [1] April 6 Edward Arlington Robinson US poet, dies. [1] April 8 Edwin Cannan economist, dies. [1] April 18 Ignazio Guidi Italian orientalist/archaeologist, dies at age 90. [1] April 20 Juliaan de Vriendt Flemish painter, dies at age 92. [1] April 24 Paul Klengel composer, dies at age 80. [1] April 28 Alexander Campbell Mackenzie Scottish composer, dies at age 87. [1] April 29 Leroy Carr blues singer/songwriter/pianist, dies=. [1] May 4 Lodewijk Scharpé Flemish literature historian, dies at age 65. [1] May 11 Edward H Thompson US archaeologist (Mayan civilization), dies at age 78. [1] May 12 Josef Pilsudski Polish dictator (1926-35), dies. [1] May 17 Paul A Dukas French composer/tutor of Messiaen (Velléda), dies at age 69. [1] May 19 Charles Martin Tornow Loeffler French composer, dies at age 74. [1] Death of Thomas Edward Shaw [Lawrence], "Lawrence of Arabia", from injuries in a motorcycle accident. [1] [129] May 20 Ivans [Jacob van Schevichaven] lawyer/detective writer, dies at age 68. [1] May 21 Hugo de Vries botanist Gruppenweise Artbildung, dies at age 87. [1] Jane Addams a founder of ACLU (Nobel Prize 1973), dies at age 65. [1] May 29 Josef Suk Czechoslovakia, violinist/composer, dies at age 61. [1] May 30 Lothar Windsperger composer, dies at age 49. [1] August 15 Wiley Post and Will Rogers killed in plane crash in Alaska. [1] December 1 Bernard Schmidt inventor (Schmidt camera), dies. [1] December 4 Hylton Philipson cricketer (England keeper in five Tests 1892-95), dies. [1] Johan Halvorsen composer, dies at age 71. [1] December 5 Frans [MJ François] Erens literary (Years Gone By), dies at age 78. [1] December 10 John H Aberson first rector of Landbouw high school, dies at age 78. [1] December 13 John Nicolson cricketer (South African lefty batsman 1926-27), dies. [1] December 14 Stanley G Weinbaum US, sci-fi writer (Martian Odyssey), dies. [1] December 16 Thelma Todd actress (Horse Feathers, Bohemian Girl), dies of 30. [1] December 18 Juan V Gómez general/dictator of Venezuela (1908-35), dies. [1] December 21 Kurt Tucholsky German journalist/writer (Panter, Tiger and Co), dies at age 45. [1] December 24 Alban Maria Johannes Berg composer, dies at age 50. [1] December 28 Clarence Day writer (Life with Father), dies. [1] 1936 January 5 Ramón M del Valle-Inclán playwright (Tirano banderas), dies at age 66. [1] January 6 Charles A Stoneham president (New York Giants), dies. [1] January 7 Howard Francis cricketer (two Tests South Africa vs England 1898-99, 39 runs), dies. [1] January 9 John Gilbert actor (Love, Downstairs), dies at age 40. [1] January 10 Charles Wright cricketer (3 Tests England vs South Africa 1895-96), dies. [1] January 15 Henry Forster cricket (Hants and Oxford University, Governor-General of Australia), dies. [1] January 18 Rudyard Kipling author (Gunga Din, Nobel Prize 1907), dies in Burwash England at age 70. [1] January 20 King George V of Britain dies at age 70, succeeded by Edward VIII. [1] January 22 Louis Glass composer, dies at age 71. [1] January 23 Dame Clara Butt alto singer (Country of Hope and Glory), dies at age 62. [1] February 9 Jacques Bainville French historian/essayist/journalist, dies at age 57. [1] February 17 Erich Schaeder German theologist (Theozentrische), dies at age 74. [1] February 20 John Hope president of Atlanta University, dies at age 67. [1] February 22 Johan M Skjoldborg Danish writer (Dynaes Digte), dies at age 74. [1] February 27 Ivan P Pavlov Russian physiologist (reflexes, Nobel Prize 1904), dies at age 86. [1] February 28 Pedro Muñoz Seca La Caraba/La oca, dies at age 55. [1] March 4 Ruben Mattias Liljefors composer, dies at age 64. [1] March 6 Josef Stransky composer, dies at age 63. [1] Rubin Goldmark composer, dies at age 63. [1] March 8 Peter H J "Piet" van Doorne director BOVA Red Peppers, executed at age 52. [1] March 18 Egon Friedell Austrian journalist (Kleine Portratgalerie), dies at age 58. [1] March 19 John Larkin IV actor/writer (Charlie Chan in Panamá), dies at age 63. [1] March 20 Durant Clifford Parkin cricketer (Tests for South Africa 1891-92), dies. [1] March 21 Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov composer (Chopiniana), dies at age 70. [1] April 1 Mikhail Vladimirovich Ivanov-Boretsky composer, dies at age 61. [1] April 3 Bruno Hauptmann convicted Lindbergh baby killer, executed. [1] April 11 Mitya Stillman composer, dies at age 44. [1] April 13 Demertzis Greek premier, dies. [1] April 17 Charles J M Ruys de Beerenbrouck Dutch Prime Minister (1918-23, 29-33), dies. [1] April 18 Ottorino Respighi Italian composer (Belkis), dies at age 56. [1] Seaborn M Denson composer, dies at age 82. [1] April 24 Alphons Diepenbrock composer, dies at age 73. [1] Bernard van Dieren composer, dies at age 51. [1] April 27 Frederik A Stoett linguist (Dutch Proverbs), dies at age 72. [1] Karl Pearson mathematician, dies. [1] April 28 Foead I king of Egypt (1922-36), dies. [1] April 29 Florentinus M Wibaut Amsterdam social alderman, dies at age 76. [1] May 6 Hans Jelmoli composer, dies at age 59. [1] May 8 Oswald Spengler German philosopher (Underworld of Abendlandes), dies. [1] May 14 Edmond Allenby English fieldmarshal in Egypt, dies at age 74. [1] Samuel Pl'h Naber spy/librarian, dies at age 71. [1] May 18 Alick Maclean composer, dies at age 63. [1] May 25 Jan Levoslav Bella composer, dies at age 92. [1] August 14 Rainey Bethea hung, last US public execution. [1] December 10 Luigi Pirandello Italian writer (Enrico IV, Nobel Prize 1934), dies at age 69. [1] Robert Abel cricketer (744 runs in 13 Tests for England 1888-1902), dies. [1] December 20 Baron De Borchgrave Belgian ambassador, murdered in Madrid. [1] December 25 Pierre Maurice composer, dies at age 68. [1] December 27 Hans von Seeckt German general/advisor of Chiang Kai-shek, dies at age 70. [1] December 31 Miguel de Unamuno Jugo Spanish philosopher/poet (Cancionero), dies at age 72. [1] William F Ellison Irish clergyman/astronomer, dies at age 72. [1] 1937 January 2 Ross Alexander actor (Captain Blood, Boulder Dam), dies at age 29. [1] January 8 John Felix August Korling composer, dies at age 72. [1] January 13 Walter Brearley cricketer (17 wickets in four Tests for England 1905-12), dies. [1] February 1 Marguerite Audoux writer, dies. [1] February 5 Lou [Andreas-]Salomé Russian/German author (Eroticism), dies at age 75. [1] February 7 Elihu Root US Minister of War/Foreign affairs (Nobel Prize 1912), dies at age 91. [1] February 8 Scato Gocko de Vries Dutch paleographer/librarian, dies at age 75. [1] February 13 C A Bernoulli writer, dies. [1] February 14 Erkki Gustav Melartin composer, dies at age 62. [1] February 20 "Barlow" Carkeek Australia cricket wicketkeeper (1912 series), dies. [1] February 23 Claude Buckenham cricketer (21 wickets in four Tests for England 1909-10), dies. [1] March 2 Gustav Wohlgemuth composer, dies at age 73. [1] March 6 Frank Vosper actor/writer (Jew Suss), dies at age 37. [1] March 8 Albert Verwey Dutch poet/literature historian (Motion), dies at age 71. [1] March 11 Paul Scheinpflug composer, dies at age 61. [1] March 12 Charles-Marie-Jean-Albert Widor French organist/composer, dies at age 93. [1] Jeno Hubay composer, dies at age 78. [1] March 16 J Austen Chamberlain English Minister of Foreign Affairs (Nobel), dies at age 73. [1] March 19 Horacio Quiroga Uruguayan author/poet, commits suicide at age 58. [1] March 23 Helge Rode Danish poet/essayist, dies at age 66. [1] March 24 Léopold Courouble Belgian writer (Pauline Flatbread), dies at age 76. [1] March 25 John Drinkwater English poet/playwright (Bird in Hand), dies at age 54. [1] March 26 Albert Relf cricketer (13 Tests for England 1903-14), commits suicide. [1] March 29 Karol Szymanowski Polish/Ukraine composer (Stabat Mater), dies at age 54. [1] April 2 Nathan Birnbaum Austria philosopher (Zionism), dies at about age 72. [1] April 4 Frantisek X Salda Czechoslovakia, writer/critic, dies at age 69. [1] April 6 Birth of Merle Haggard Bakersfield California, country singer (Death Valley Days). [1] April 8 Arthur William Foote US organist/composer, dies at age 84. [1] William Henry Hadow composer (Studies in Modern Music), dies at age 77. [1] April 10 Algernon Ashton composer, dies at age 77. [1] April 15 Nikolai Artzibushev composer, dies at age 79. [1] April 19 William M Conway English historian/explorer (Spitzbergen), dies at age 81. [1] April 25 Clem Sohn air show performer dies at age 26 when his chute fails to open. [1] April 27 Antonio Gramsci Italian philosopher/marxist theorist, dies at age 46. [1] May 1 Snitz Edwards actor (Phantom of the Opera, College), dies at age 75. [1] May 2 Arthur Somervell composer, dies at age 73. [1] May 9 Walter Mittelholzer Swiss aviation pioneer, dies in crash at age 43. [1] May 10 Johannes Walter German geologist (Die Denudation in Wüste), dies. [1] May 11 Viliam Figus composer, dies at age 62. [1] May 23 John Davison Rockfeller industrialist, dies at age 97 in Ormond Beach Florida. [1] May 25 Henry O Tanner artist, dies. [1] May 28 Alfred Adler Austrian psychiatrist (Individual Psychology), dies at age 67. [1] July 11 George Gershwin composer (American in Paris), dies at age 38. [1] July 28 Joseph Lee father of Playgrounds movement, dies. [1] September 2 Baron Pierre de Coubertin revivor of Olympics, dies at age 74. [1] September 26 Bessie Smith singer, dies of injuries sustained in car crash. [1] December 3 Prosper Poullet Belgian mayor, dies. [1] December 12 Alfred Abel actor (Dr Mabuse, Metropolis), dies at age 57. [1] December 17 Gerard Vissering banker/president of Dutch Bank, dies at age 72. [1] December 18 S S Schultz cricketer (one Test England vs Australia 1879), dies. [1] December 20 Erich Ludendorff German general (WWI), dies at age 72. [1] December 21 Frank Kellog US foreign minister (Nobel Prize 1929), dies at age 80. [1] December 22 Daito Kokushi Zen founder of Daitokuji, dies in Kyoto at age 55. [1] December 26 Ivor Gurney composer, dies at age 47. [1] December 28 Maurice J Ravel Swiss/French composer (Bolero), dies in Paris at age 62. [1]