March 29 - Deaths

Deaths

• 1058 – Pope Stephen IX (b. c. 1020)
• 1368 – Emperor Go-Murakami, Emperor of Japan (b. 1328)
• 1461 – Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, English politician (b. 1421)
• 1578 – Arthur Champernowne, English admiral (b. 1524)
• 1578 – Louis I, Cardinal of Guise, French cardinal (b. 1527)
• 1625 – Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas, Spanish historian (b. 1549)
• 1628 – Tobias Matthew, Archbishop of York (b. 1546)
• 1629 – Jacob de Gheyn II, Dutch artist (b. 1565)
• 1683 – Yaoya Oshichi, young girl burned at the stake for arson in 17th Century Japan (b. 1667)
• 1751 – Thomas Coram, English sea captain and philanthropist
• 1772 – Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish philosopher and mathematician (b. 1688)
• 1788 – Charles Wesley, English Methodist hymnist (b. 1707)
• 1792 – King Gustav III of Sweden (b. 1746)
• 1800 – Marc René, marquis de Montalembert, French military engineer and writer (b. 1714)
• 1803 – Gottfried van Swieten, Dutch/Austrian patron of music (b. 1733)
• 1826 – Johann Heinrich Voß, German poet (b. 1751)
• 1848 – John Jacob Astor, American businessman (b. 1763)
• 1855 – Henri Druey, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1799)
• 1873 – Francesco Zantedeschi, Italian physicist (b. 1797)
• 1877 – Inazuma Raigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 7^th Yokozuna (b. 1802)
• 1888 – Charles-Valentin Alkan, French composer (b. 1813)
• 1906 – Slava Raskaj, Croatian painter (b. 1878)
• 1912 – Henry Robertson Bowers – member of the Scott Expedition to the South Pole (b. 1883)
• 1912 – Sir Robert Falcon Scott, English explorer – member of the Scott Expedition to the South Pole(b. 1868)
• 1912 – Edward Adrian Wilson, English physician and naturalist – member of the Scott Expedition to the South Pole (b. 1872)
• 1924 – Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish composer (b. 1852)
• 1934 – Otto Hermann Kahn, German millionaire and benefactor (b. 1867)
• 1937 – Karol Szymanowski, Polish composer (b. 1882)
• 1940 – Alexander Obolensky, Russian prince and famed Rugby Union footballer who played for England.(b. 1916)
• 1948 – Harry Price, British psychic researcher and writer (b. 1881)
• 1948 – Olev Siinmaa, Estonian architect (b. 1881)
• 1956 – Infante Alfonso of Spain (b. 1941)
• 1957 – Joyce Cary, Irish author (b. 1888)
• 1959 – Barthelemy Boganda, first President of the Central African Republic (b. 1910)
• 1970 – Anna Louise Strong, American communist journalist (b. 1885)
• 1971 – Dhirendranath Datta, Bangladeshi politician (b. 1886)
• 1972 – Lord J. Arthur Rank, British movie theater owner (b. 1888)
• 1980 – Mantovani, Italian-born conductor and arranger (b. 1905)
• 1981 – Eric Williams, first Prime Minister of Trinidad & Tobago (b. 1911)
• 1982 – Carl Orff, German composer (b. 1895)
• 1982 – Nathan Twining, USAF general (b. 1897)
• 1985 – Luther Terry, Surgeon General of the United States (b. 1911)
• 1985 – Jeanine Deckers, Belgian nun, The Singing Nun (b. 1933)
• 1986 – Harry Ritz, American actor and comedian (b. 1907)
• 1988 – Ted Kluszewski, American baseball player (b. 1924)
• 1989 – Bernard Blier, French actor (b. 1916)
• 1991 – Lee Atwater, American political consultant (b. 1951)
• 1992 – Paul Henreid, Austrian actor (b. 1908)
• 1994 – Bill Travers, British actor (b. 1922)
• 1995 – Jimmy McShane, Irish frontman of the group Baltimora (b. 1957)
• 1995 – Terry Moore, American baseball player (b. 1912)
• 1996 – Frank Daniel, Czech-born writer, director, producer and teacher (b. 1926)
• 1996 – Bill Goldsworthy, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1944)
• 1999 – Joe Williams, American singer (b. 1918)
• 2001 – Helge Ingstad, Norwegian explorer (b. 1899)
• 2001 – John Lewis, American jazz pianist (b. 1920)
• 2002 – Rico Yan, Philippine actor (b. 1975)
• 2002 – Rachel Levy and Ayat al-Akhras, Israeli and Palestinian children
• 2003 – Carlo Urbani, Italian physician (b. 1956)
• 2005 – Johnnie Cochran, American lawyer (b. 1937)
• 2005 – Mitch Hedberg, American comedian (b. 1968)
• 2005 – Miltos Sahtouris, Greek poet (b. 1919)
• 2006 – Salvador Elizondo, Mexican writer (b. 1932)
• 2007 – Calvin Lockhart, Bahamian actor (b. 1934)
• 2009 – Maurice Jarre, French composer (b. 1924)
• 2009 – Vladimir Fedotov, Soviet football striker and manager (b. 1943)
• 2009 – Andy Hallett, American actor and singer (b. 1975)