Famous Deaths for 7th January 2022

1285 – Charles I of Anjou, King of Naples, brother of King Louis IX, dies at 58
1625 – Ruggiero Giovannelli, Italian composer, dies at about 64
1783 – William Tans’ur, English hymnist (b. 1700)
1963 – Arthur Edward Moore, Australian politician (Premier of Queensland 1929-32), dies at 86
1968 – James Smith, South African ichthyologist (b. 1897)
1972 – John Berryman, American poet (The Dream Songs), dies at 57
1987 – Larry Carr, American pianist (Flight to Rhythm), dies at 72
1994 – Lewis Boddington, Welsh aerospace Engineer, dies at 85
2010 – Willie Mitchell, American soul singer (b. 1928)
2020 – Neil Peart, Canadian rock drummer and lyricist (Rush – “Limelight”; “Peaceable Kingdom”) dies from glioblastoma (brain cancer) at 67

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