Famous Deaths In March - 11

1919  Harald Fryklof, composer, dies at 36 on this day in history.  

1920  On this day in history death of julio Garavito Armero, Colombian astronomer (b. 1865)  

1921  Sherburne W Burnham, US astronomer (binary stars), dies at 83 on this day in history.  

1925  Andreas Hallen, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

1926  John Henry Anderson, cricketer (score 32 & 11 in Test for S Afr), dies on this day in history.  

1931  Death of F.W. Murnau, German film director (b. 1888) on this day in history.  

1937  Paul Scheinpflug, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.  

1941  Walford Davies, British organist/composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

1944  On March - 11 hendrik W van Loon, Neth/US radio commentator/writer, dies at 62  

1947  Victor Hely-Hutchinson, composer, dies at 45 on March - 11.  

1949  On this day in history juan Lamonte de Grignon, composer, dies at 76  

1950  On March - 11 florence Arliss, actress (Disraeli), dies at 78  

1951  Philippe of Isacker, Belgian minister, dies at 66 on March - 11.  

1952  Death of Pierre Renoir, French stage and film actor and director (b. 1885) on this day in history.  

1955  Alexander Fleming, English bacteriologist (penicillin), dies at 73 on this day in history.  

1956  Sergey Nikiforovich Vasilenko, Russian opera composer, dies at 83 on March - 11.  

1957  Richard E Byrd, US, explorer (Antarctica), dies at 68 on March - 11.  

1958  Death of Ole Kirk Christiansen, Danish inventor of Legos (b. 1891) on March - 11.  

1959  Haydn Wood, composer, dies at 76 on March - 11.  

1960  On this day in history roy Chapman Andrews, US biologist/explorer, dies at 76  

1962  Will Vesper, German author (Tristan und Isolde), dies at 79 on this day in history.  

1963  On March - 11 mahomed Nissar, cricketer (6 Tests for India 1932-36, 25 wkts), dies  

1965  On this day in history death of james Reeb, US vicar/civil rights activist, murdered  

1967  On March - 11 geraldine Farrar, soprano/actress (Such Sweet Compulsion), dies at 85  

1969  On this day in history john Wyndham, [Parkes Lucas B Harris], author (Chrysalids), dies at 65  

1970  Erle Stanley Gardner, US writer (Perry Mason), dies at 80 on March - 11.  

1971  Philo T Farnsworth, US TV pioneer, dies at 64 on March - 11.  

1972  Fredric [William] Brown, sci-fi author (Martians Go Home), dies at 65 on March - 11.  

1975  On this day in history philip Bezanson, composer, dies at 59  

1977  On this day in history death of alberto Rodriguez Larreta, Argentine racing driver (b. 1934)  

1978  On this day in history death of claude François, French singer (b. 1939)  

1979  Victor Kilian, actor (Gentleman's Agreement), dies at 88 on March - 11.  

1982  On March - 11 edmund Cooper, British sci-fi writer (Tomorrow Came), dies at 55  

1984  Nakagawa Soen, Zen teacher/poet, dies in Rytutakuji monastery at 76 on this day in history.  

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1544  Torquato Tasso, Italy, Renaissance poet (Aminta, Apologia) was born on March - 11.  

1549  Hendrik L Spieghel, Dutch merchant/writer was born on March - 11.  

1549  Henric Spieghel, Dutch Renaissance poet (Hertspiegel) was born on this day in history.  

1596  Isaac Elsevier, book publisher was born on March - 11.  

1654  Heinrich Georg Neuss, composer was born on this day in history.  

1683  Giovanni Veneziano, composer was born on March - 11.  

1725  Henry Benedict Stuart, pretender to the throne of Great Britain (d. 1807) was born on March - 11.  

1731  Robert Treat Paine, judge, signer (Declaration of Independence) was born on March - 11.