Famous Deaths In March - 11

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

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

1921  On March - 11 sherburne W Burnham, US astronomer (binary stars), dies at 83   

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 March - 11.   

1937  Paul Scheinpflug, composer, dies at 61 on March - 11.   

1941  Walford Davies, British organist/composer, dies at 71 on March - 11.   

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 this day in history.   

1949  Juan Lamonte de Grignon, composer, dies at 76 on March - 11.   

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

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

1952  On this day in history death of pierre Renoir, French stage and film actor and director (b. 1885)   

1955  Alexander Fleming, English bacteriologist (penicillin), dies at 73 on March - 11.   

1956  On March - 11 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  On March - 11 death of ole Kirk Christiansen, Danish inventor of Legos (b. 1891)   

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  On March - 11 will Vesper, German author (Tristan und Isolde), dies at 79   

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

1965  Death of James Reeb, US vicar/civil rights activist, murdered on March - 11.   

1967  Geraldine Farrar, soprano/actress (Such Sweet Compulsion), dies at 85 on March - 11.   

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 this day in history.   

1971  Philo T Farnsworth, US TV pioneer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

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

1975  Philip Bezanson, composer, dies at 59 on March - 11.   

1977  Death of Alberto Rodriguez Larreta, Argentine racing driver (b. 1934) on this day in history.   

1978  On March - 11 death of claude François, French singer (b. 1939)   

1979  On March - 11 victor Kilian, actor (Gentleman's Agreement), dies at 88   

1982  On this day in history 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  Hendrik L Spieghel, Dutch merchant/writer was born on this day in history.   

1549  Henric Spieghel, Dutch Renaissance poet (Hertspiegel) was born on March - 11.   

1596  Isaac Elsevier, book publisher was born on this day in history.   

1654  Heinrich Georg Neuss, composer was born on March - 11.   

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  On this day in history birth of robert Treat Paine, judge, signer (Declaration of Independence)