Famous Deaths for 29th March 2025

1650 – Cornelis Galle I, Flemish engraver, dies at about 73
1921 – John Burroughs, American writer and nature enthusiast (Burroughs Medal namesake), dies at 83
1979 – Sultan Yahya Petra, 6th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia (1975-79), dies at 61
1995 – Terry Moore, American baseball outfielder (World Series 1942, 46; 4 x MLB All Star; St. Louis Cardinals) and manager (Philadelphia Phillies 1954), dies at 82
1996 – Maggie Donnelly, London bag lady depicted in TV show “Bag Lady”, dies at 46
2005 – Johnnie Cochran, American attorney (O.J. Simpson defense attorney), dies at 67
2009 – Andy Hallett, American actor and singer (b.1975)
2016 – [Anna Marie] “Patty” Duke, American Academy and Emmy awarding actress (The Miracle Worker; The Patty Duke Show), and mental health advocate, dies of sepsis from a ruptured intestine at 69
2018 – Anita Shreve, American writer (Weight of Water, Past the Island; Drifting), dies of cancer at 71
2020 – Krzysztof Penderecki, Polish composer (“Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima”), dies at 86

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