Famous Deaths In August - 11

1872  Lowell Mason, US organist/composer (Zebulo), dies at 80 on August - 11.   

1886  On this day in history death of lydia Koidula, Estonian poet (b. 1843)   

1890  John Henry Newman, English cardinal, dies at 89 on August - 11.   

1892  Death of Enrico Betti, Italian mathematician (b. 1813) on this day in history.   

1901  On August - 11 francesco Crispi, Italian minister of War/premier, dies at about 82   

1903  Death of Eugenio Maria de Hostos, Puerto Rican educator and nationalist (b. 1839) on August - 11.   

1908  On this day in history death of khudiram Bose, Indian freedom fighter (b. 1889)   

1919  Andrew Carnegie, US steel industrialist/philanthropist, dies at 83 on August - 11.   

1935  On August - 11 william Watson, British poet (Purple East), dies   

1936  Death of Blas Infante, Spanish writer and politician (b. 1885) on August - 11.   

1937  On this day in history bakr Sidqi, general/dictator of Iraq, dies   

1939  Death of Jean Bugatti, Italian automobile designer (b. 1909) on this day in history.   

1942  On August - 11 richard Heinrich Stein, composer, dies at 60   

1949  Karl Weigl, composer, dies at 68 on August - 11.   

1951  Ebbe Hamerik, composer, dies at 52 on August - 11.   

1952  On August - 11 riccardo Martin, composer, dies at 77   

1953  On August - 11 ludwig Strauss, German/Israeli writer (Heimliche Gegenwart), dies   

1954  On this day in history death of santo Trafficante, Sr., Sicilian-born American mobster (b. 1886)   

1956  On August - 11 jackson Pollock, abstract artist, dies in auto accident (East Hampton)   

1961  On this day in history death of antanas Å kÄ—ma, Lithuanian writer actor and director (b. 1910)   

1965  Bill Woodfull, cricketer (35 Tests for Australia), dies on August - 11.   

1968  Lucien Cerfaux, Belgian biblical scholar, dies on August - 11.   

1972  Max Theiler, S Afr/US microbiologist (vaccin-Nobel 1951), dies at 73 on August - 11.   

1973  Peggy Castle, actress (Lily Merrill-Lawman), dies of cirrhosis at 46 on this day in history.   

1974  Jack Hill, cricketer (3 Tests for Australia 1953-55, 8 wickets), dies on this day in history.   

1975  On August - 11 anthony C McAuliffe, US gen/commandant 101st div (Nuts!), dies at 77   

1980  Death of Paul Robert, French lexicographer and publisher (b. 1910) on this day in history.   

1982  On this day in history tom Drake, actor (Green Years, Warkill), dies of lung cancer at 63   

1984  Alfred A Knopf, US publisher, dies at 91 on this day in history.   

1987  On August - 11 clara Peller, commercial spokesperson (Wendy's), dies at 86   

1988  Anne Ramsey, actress (Throw Mama From Train), dies of cancer at 59 on this day in history.   

1989  On August - 11 john Meillon, actor (Wild Duck, Crocodile Dundee), dies   

1991  On August - 11 jef Contryn, Flemish pioneer puppet theatre, dies at 89   

1994  On this day in history dorothy Lousie Grenfell Williams, broadcaster, dies at 60   

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1467  On this day in history birth of mary of York, English princess (d. 1482)   

1600  Paul Hallman, composer was born on this day in history.   

1613  Cristoph Kaldenbach, composer was born on this day in history.   

1635  Thomas Betterton, London, actor/dramatist (Coriolanus) was born on August - 11.   

1667  On August - 11 birth of anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, last of the Medicis (d. 1743)   

1673  Richard Mead, London, physician was born on this day in history.   

1718  On this day in history birth of sir Frederick Haldimand, Swiss-born British colonial governor (d. 1791)   

1720  On this day in history birth of martin Gerbert, composer