Famous Deaths for 22nd March 2023

1418 – Dietrich of Nieheim, German historian
1421 – Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, second son of Henry IV of England (killed in battle) (b. 1388)
1727 – Francesco Gasparini, Italian baroque composer (Ambleto; Missa Canonica), dies at 59
1758 – Jonathan Edwards, American Christian preacher, philosopher, and theologian (Original Sin), dies at 54
1824 – Johann Melchior Dreyer, German composer, dies at 76
1922 – Louis-Antoine Ranvier, French anatomist and historian, dies at 86
2005 – Rod Price, British rock and blues guitar and slide guitar player (Foghat, 1971-80 – “Slow Ride”), dies of a heart attack at 57
2007 – Uppaluri Gopala Krishnamurti, Indian philosopher (b. 1918)
2018 – Morgana King, American jazz singer and actress (The Godfather, The Godfather Part II), dies of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma at 87
2020 – Eric Weissberg, American singer and musician (Duelling Banjos), dies of Alzheimer’s at 80

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