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1918 Ivan cankar: Slavic author (hlapec jernej), 

1930 Friedrich von bernhardi: German war theorist/historian, 

1933 Emile c wauters: Belgian painter (van der goes klooster), 

1941 John gillespie magee: Jr., american poet and aviator (b. 1922) 

1945 Charles fabry: French physicist (b. 1867) 

1950 Leslie comrie: New zealand astronomer (b. 1893) 

1955 Franz adolf syberg: Composer, 

1959 Jim bottomley: American baseball player (b. 1900) 

1964 Percy kilbride: Actor (ma & pa kettle), 

1967 Howard freeman: Actor (double dynamite), 

1968 Nadine riga: 

1971 Maurice "mac" mcdonald: American fast-food pioneer (b. 1902) 

1972 John mills: Cricketer (7 tests for nz in early 1930's, 241 runs), 

1974 Reed hadley: Actor (racket squad, public defender), 

1975 Lee wiley: American jazz singer (b. 1908) 

1978 Vincent du vigneaud: American chemist and nobel laureate (b. 1901) 

1979 Claire carleton: Nyc, actress (alice-cimarron city), 

1983 Szymon laks: Composer, 

1984 George waggner: Director/writer, 

1986 Paul keenan: Actor (summer fantasy), 

1987 G. a. kulkarni: Indian (marathi) writer (b. 1923) 

1989 Louise dahl-wolfe: American photographer (b. 1895) 

1990 Fernand j collin: Belgian economist/banker, 

1991 Artur lundkvist: Swedish writer/prof (swedish academy), 

1992 Michael robbins: Actor (lunch hour, on the buses), 

1993 Ales gartner: Slavic ski trainer of norway, 

1994 Stanislaw maczek: Polish/british general-major (ww ii), 

1995 Arthur mullard: Comedian, 

1996 Herbert sally frankel: Economist, 

1997 Kenneth william gatland: Aerospace scientist, 

1998 André lichnerowicz: Polish-french physicist (b. 1915) 

2000 Shaista suhrawardy ikramullah: Pakistani politician, diplomat and author (b. 1915) 

2003 Ahmadou kourouma: Ivorian writer (b. 1927) 

2004 Arthur lydiard: New zealand running coach (b. 1917) 

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