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07 May 0685
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death
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Marwan I, Umayyah general and caliph (b. 623) |
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07 May 0973
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death
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Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 912) |
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07 May 1092
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death
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Remigius de Fécamp, English monk and bishop |
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07 May 1166
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death
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Willem I [the Bad]: King of Sicily (1154-66)
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07 May 1205
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death
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Ladislaus III Arpad: King of Hungary (1204-05), dies at 5 or 6
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07 May 1427
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death
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Thomas la Warr, 5th Baron De La Warr, English priest (b. 1352) |
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07 May 1523
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death
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Franz von Sickingen, German knight (b. 1481) |
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07 May 1539
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death
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Ottaviano Petrucci, Italian printer (b. 1466) |
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07 May 1617
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death
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David Fabricius, German astronomer and theologian (b. 1564) |
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07 May 1667
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death
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Johann Jakob Froberger, German organist and composer (b. 1616) |
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07 May 1671
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death
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Edward Montagu: English Baron Kimbolton, dies at about 68
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07 May 1671
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death
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Pieter Stockmans: Flemish Chairman of Opperkrijgshof, dies at 62
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07 May 1673
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death
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Johannes Teellinck: Dutch vicar, dies at about 58
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07 May 1682
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death
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Feodor III of Russia (b. 1661) |
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07 May 1718
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death
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Mary of Modena (b. 1658) |
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07 May 1736
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death
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John Weldon: Composer, dies at 60
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07 May 1792
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death
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Aert Schouman: Dutch bird / portrait painter, dies at 82
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07 May 1793
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death
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Johan A Zoutman: Dutch Lieutenant Admiral (battle of Doggersbank), dies at 68
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07 May 1793
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death
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Pietro Nardini, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1722) |
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07 May 1800
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death
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Laurens P van Spiegel: Regent / pension advisor (1787-95), dies at 64
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07 May 1800
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death
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Niccolò Piccinni, Italian composer (b. 1728) |
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07 May 1805
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death
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William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Irish-English general and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1737) |
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07 May 1814
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death
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Franz Volrath Buttstett: Composer, dies at 79
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07 May 1815
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death
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Jabez Bowen, American colonel and politician, 45th Deputy Governor of Rhode Island (b. 1739) |
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07 May 1818
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death
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Leopold Jan Antonin Kozeluh: Composer, dies at 70
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07 May 1825
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death
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Antonio Salieri, Italian composer and conductor (b. 1750) |
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07 May 1836
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death
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Norbert Burgmuller: Composer, dies at 26
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07 May 1840
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death
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Caspar David Friedrich, German painter and educator (b. 1774) |
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07 May 1863
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death
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Amiel Weeks Whipple: US Union General Major, dies of injuries at 46
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07 May 1868
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death
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Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, Scottish lawyer and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1778) |
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07 May 1871
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death
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Louis Papineau: Political reformer
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07 May 1872
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death
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Alexander Loyd, American carpenter and politician, 4th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805) |
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07 May 1876
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death
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Franz Count of Pocci: German artist / Composer (Alchemist), dies at 69
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07 May 1876
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death
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William Buell Sprague, American clergyman, historian, and author (b. 1795) |
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07 May 1884
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death
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Judah P Benjamin: Confederate Minister of War, dies at 72
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07 May 1887
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death
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C. F. W. Walther, German-American religious leader and theologian (b. 1811) |
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07 May 1896
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death
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H. H. Holmes, American serial killer (b. 1860) |
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07 May 1900
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death
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Richard Storrs Willis: Composer, dies at 81
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07 May 1902
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death
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Agostino Roscelli, Italian priest and saint (b. 1818) |
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07 May 1904
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death
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Peter Hille: Writer
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07 May 1914
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death
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Edward Mollenhauer: Composer, dies at 87
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07 May 1915
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death
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Alfred G Vanderbilt: US millionaire, dies aboard Lusitania
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07 May 1915
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death
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Alfred Scott Witherbee, Jr.: US Lusitania officer
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07 May 1915
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death
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Charles Frohman: Dies aboard Lusitania
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07 May 1922
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death
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Max Wagenknecht, German pianist and composer (b. 1857) |
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07 May 1924
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death
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Alluri Sitarama Raju, Indian activist (b. 1897) |
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07 May 1925
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death
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William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme, English businessman and politician (b. 1851) |
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07 May 1928
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death
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Alexander Afanasii Spendiaryan: Composer, dies at 56
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07 May 1929
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death
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Albert Anselmi: US gangster, murdered by Al Capone
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07 May 1929
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death
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John Scalise: US gangster, murdered by Al Capone
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07 May 1929
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death
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Joseph "Top Toad" Giunta: US gangster, murdered by Al Capone
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07 May 1934
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death
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Edward Naylor: Composer, dies at 67
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07 May 1937
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death
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Ernst A. Lehmann, German captain and author (b. 1886) |
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07 May 1940
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death
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George Lansbury, English journalist and politician (b. 1859) |
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07 May 1941
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death
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David Wijnkoop: Revolutionary socialist
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07 May 1941
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death
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James George Frazer, Scottish-English anthropologist and academic (b. 1854) |
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07 May 1942
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death
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Felix Paul von Weingartner: Austria conductor / composer, dies at 79
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07 May 1942
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death
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Felix Weingartner, Croatian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1863) |
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07 May 1943
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death
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Fethi Okyar, Turkish colonel and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1880) |
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07 May 1946
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death
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Anton A Mussert: Engineer / NSB leader, executed
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07 May 1946
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death
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Herbert Macaulay, Nigerian journalist and politician (b. 1864) |
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07 May 1951
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death
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Warner Baxter, American actor and singer (b. 1889) |
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07 May 1958
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death
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Nyogen Senzaki: 1st Zen teacher to reside in USA, dies at 81
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07 May 1958
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death
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Mihkel Lüdig, Estonian organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1880) |
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07 May 1962
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death
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Jimmy Conlin: Dies at 77
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07 May 1967
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death
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Judith Evelyn: Dies of cancer at 54
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07 May 1968
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death
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Lurleen Burns: Wife of George Wallace / gov of Alabama, dies at 41
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07 May 1970
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death
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Carlos Estrada: Composer, dies at 60
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07 May 1971
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death
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Willem Banning: Dutch Theologist / sociologist (Karl Marx), dies at 83
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07 May 1977
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death
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Irwin Fischer: Composer, dies at 73
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07 May 1978
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death
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Mort Weisinger, American journalist and author (b. 1915) |
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07 May 1981
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death
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Mieczyslaw Kolinski: Composer, dies at 79
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07 May 1982
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death
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Alfred Adam: Dies at 72
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07 May 1983
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death
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Peter Edel: Writer
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07 May 1985
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death
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Dawn Addams: Actress (Alan Young Show, Star Maidens), dies at 54
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07 May 1986
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death
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Gaston Deferre: French politician, dies at 75
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07 May 1986
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death
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Haldun Taner, Turkish playwright and author (b. 1915) |
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07 May 1986
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death
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Jeffrey Mylett, American actor (b. 1949) |
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07 May 1987
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death
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Paul Popham, American soldier and activist, co-founded Gay Men's Health Crisis (b. 1941) |
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07 May 1987
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death
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Colin Blakely, Irish-English actor (b. 1930) |
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07 May 1988
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death
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Harris Glenn Divine: Dies of natural causes at 42
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07 May 1989
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death
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Guy Williams, American actor (b. 1924) |
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07 May 1990
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death
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Jessica James: Actress (Spring Break), dies of breast cancer at 60
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07 May 1990
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death
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Sam Tambimuttu, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (b. 1932) |
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07 May 1993
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death
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Mary Philbin, American actress (b. 1903) |
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07 May 1994
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death
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Clement Greenberg: US art critic (Art & Culture), dies at 85
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07 May 1994
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death
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Margaret Skeete: Oldest American, dies at 115
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07 May 1995
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death
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Ernest H Martin: Impressario, dies at 75
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07 May 1995
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death
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Lawrence Josset: Engraver, dies at 84
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07 May 1995
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death
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Maria Luisa Bemberg: Fil maker, dies at 73
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07 May 1995
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death
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Ray McKinley, American drummer, singer, and bandleader (Glenn Miller Orchestra) (b. 1910) |
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07 May 1996
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death
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Albert Meltzer: Anarchist, dies at 76
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07 May 1996
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death
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Henry Diamond: Irish Nationalist MP, dies at 87
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07 May 1996
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death
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Howard Frank Trayton Smith: Diplomat / head of MI5, dies at 76
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07 May 1998
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death
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Eddie Rabbitt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1941) |
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07 May 1998
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death
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Allan McLeod Cormack, South African-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1924) |
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07 May 2000
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death
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Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., American captain, actor, and producer (b. 1909) |
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07 May 2001
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death
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Jacques de Bourbon-Busset, French author and politician (b. 1912) |
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07 May 2002
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death
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Seattle Slew, American race horse (b. 1974) |
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07 May 2002
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death
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Robert Kanigher, American author (b. 1915) |
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07 May 2002
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death
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Kevyn Aucoin, American makeup artist and photographer (b. 1962) |
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07 May 2004
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death
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Waldemar Milewicz, Polish journalist (b. 1956) |
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07 May 2005
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death
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Otilino Tenorio, Ecuadorian footballer (b. 1980) |
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07 May 2005
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death
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Peter W. Rodino, American captain and politician (b. 1909) |
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07 May 2005
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death
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Tristan Egolf, American author and activist (b. 1971) |
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07 May 2006
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death
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Machiko Soga, Japanese actress (b. 1943) |
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07 May 2006
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death
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Joan C. Edwards, American singer and philanthropist (b. 1918) |
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07 May 2006
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death
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Richard Carleton, Australian journalist (b. 1943) |
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07 May 2007
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death
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Nicholas Worth, American actor (b. 1937) |
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07 May 2007
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death
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Yahweh ben Yahweh, American cult leader, founded the Nation of Yahweh (b. 1935) |
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07 May 2007
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death
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Octavian Paler, Romanian journalist and politician (b. 1926) |
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07 May 2007
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death
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Diego Corrales, American boxer (b. 1977) |
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07 May 2009
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death
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Danny Ozark, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1923) |
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07 May 2009
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death
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David Mellor, English designer (b. 1930) |
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07 May 2009
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death
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Mickey Carroll, American actor (b. 1919) |
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07 May 2011
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death
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Allyson Hennessy, Trinidadian journalist (b. 1948) |
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07 May 2011
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death
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Big George, English songwriter, producer, and radio host (b. 1957) |
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07 May 2011
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death
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Willard Boyle, Canadian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1924) |
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07 May 2011
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death
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Seve Ballesteros, Spanish golfer (b. 1957) |
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07 May 2012
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death
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Dennis E. Fitch, American captain and pilot (b. 1942) |
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07 May 2012
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death
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Andrea Crisanti, Italian production designer and art director (b. 1936) |
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07 May 2012
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death
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Jules Bocandé, Senegalese footballer and manager (b. 1958) |
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07 May 2012
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death
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Ferenc Bartha, Hungarian economist and politician (b. 1943) |
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07 May 2012
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death
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Sammy Barr, Scottish union leader (b. 1931) |
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07 May 2013
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death
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Aubrey Woods, English actor and singer (b. 1928) |
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07 May 2013
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death
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George Sauer, Jr., American football player (b. 1943) |
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07 May 2013
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death
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Peter Rauhofer, Austrian DJ and producer (b. 1965) |
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07 May 2013
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death
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Teri Moïse, American singer (b. 1970) |
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07 May 2013
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death
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Ferruccio Mazzola, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1948) |
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07 May 2013
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death
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Ray Harryhausen, American animator, director, and producer (b. 1920) |
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07 May 2013
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death
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Romanthony, American singer and producer (b. 1967) |
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07 May 2014
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death
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Dick Welteroth, American baseball player (b. 1927) |
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07 May 2014
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death
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Wilbur Rakestraw, American race car driver (b. 1928) |
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07 May 2014
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death
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David Prentice, English painter and educator (b. 1936) |
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07 May 2014
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death
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Colin Pillinger, English astronomer, chemist, and academic (b. 1943) |
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07 May 2014
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death
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Neville McNamara, Australian air marshal (b. 1923) |
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07 May 2014
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death
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Nazim Al-Haqqani, Cypriot Sufi leader (b. 1922) |
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07 May 2015
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death
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Maurice Flanagan, English businessman (b. 1928) |
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07 May 2015
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death
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John Dixon, Australian-American author and illustrator (b. 1929) |
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07 May 2015
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death
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Frank DiPascali, American businessman (b. 1956) |
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