Famous Deaths In March - 11

1919  On this day in history harald Fryklof, composer, dies at 36   

1920  Death of Julio Garavito Armero, Colombian astronomer (b. 1865) on this day in history.   

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

1925  Andreas Hallen, composer, dies at 78 on March - 11.   

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

1931  Death of F.W. Murnau, German film director (b. 1888) on March - 11.   

1937  On March - 11 paul Scheinpflug, composer, dies at 61   

1941  On this day in history walford Davies, British organist/composer, dies at 71   

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

1947  On March - 11 victor Hely-Hutchinson, composer, dies at 45   

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  On this day in history philippe of Isacker, Belgian minister, dies at 66   

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  On this day in history sergey Nikiforovich Vasilenko, Russian opera composer, dies at 83   

1957  On this day in history richard E Byrd, US, explorer (Antarctica), dies at 68   

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

1959  Haydn Wood, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1960  Roy Chapman Andrews, US biologist/explorer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

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

1963  On this day in history 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 this day in history geraldine Farrar, soprano/actress (Such Sweet Compulsion), dies at 85   

1969  John Wyndham, [Parkes Lucas B Harris], author (Chrysalids), dies at 65 on March - 11.   

1970  On this day in history erle Stanley Gardner, US writer (Perry Mason), dies at 80   

1971  On this day in history philo T Farnsworth, US TV pioneer, dies at 64   

1972  Fredric [William] Brown, sci-fi author (Martians Go Home), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1975  On March - 11 philip Bezanson, composer, dies at 59   

1977  Death of Alberto Rodriguez Larreta, Argentine racing driver (b. 1934) on March - 11.   

1978  Death of Claude François, French singer (b. 1939) on March - 11.   

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 this day in history.   

1549  On this day in history birth of hendrik L Spieghel, Dutch merchant/writer   

1549  On this day in history birth of henric Spieghel, Dutch Renaissance poet (Hertspiegel)   

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 this day in history.   

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