Famous Deaths for 21st June 2019

1205 – Enrico Dandolo, Doge of Venice (b. 1107)
1876 – Antonio López de Santa Anna, President of Mexico who dominated Mexican history in the first half of the 19th century, dies at 79
1887 – Adolf Schimon, composer, dies at 67
1913 – Gaston Tarry, French mathematician, dies at 69
1932 – Marshall Taylor, American track cyclist and the first African American to achieve the level of world champion (1899 world track championships), dies from a heart attack at 53
1945 – Josef Hora, Czech writer/poet (Sinking Shadows), dies at 53
1954 – Gideon Sundback, Swedish-American inventor, perfected the zipper (b. 1880)
1989 – Simon van Collem, Dutch journalist and TV host (Amsterdamned), dies at 70
1995 – Tristan Jones, British sailor and author, dies at 71
1999 – Karl Krolow, German poet and translator, dies at 84

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