139,356 PeopleUnusual Deaths in 1981 A 25-year-old dutch woman studying in paris, ren�e hartevelt, was killed and eaten by a classmate, issei sagawa, when he invited her to dinner for a literary conversation. the killer was declared unfit to stand trial and extradited back to japan, where he was released from custody within fifteen months.Carl mccunn, in march 1981, paid a bush pilot to drop him at a remote lake near the coleen river in alaska to photograph wildlife, but had not arranged for the pilot to pick him up again in august. rather than starve, mccunn shot himself in the head. his body was found in february 1982.Boris sagal, a motion picture-director, died while shooting the tv miniseries world war iii when he walked into the tail-rotor blade of a helicopter and was decapitated. People who died on March 13 (various years) 2007 - Arnold Skaaland, American professional wrestler 2006 - Peter Tomarken, American game show host (Press Your Luck) 2006 - Maureen Stapleton, American actress 2006 - Jimmy Johnstone, Scottish footballer 2004 - Franz König, Austrian Catholic Archbishop of Vienna 2002 - Hans-Georg Gadamer, German philosopher 2001 - Henry Lee Lucas of heart failure major serial killer, 63 years old1999 - Bidu Sayao, Brazilian born soprano 1999 - Garson Kanin, American writer and director 1999 - Lee Falk, American cartoonist 1998 - Hans von Ohain, German engineer 1998 - Bill Reid, Canadian artist 1996 - Krzysztof Kieślowski, Polish film director 1995 - Odette, French-born WWII heroine 1995 - Leon Day, American baseball player 1990 - Karl Münchinger, German conductor 1990 - Bruno Bettelheim, American psychiatrist 1988 - John Holmes, American porn star 1983 - Louison Bobet, French cyclist 1975 - Ivo Andrić, Serbo-Croatian writer, Nobel laureate 1972 - Tony Ray-Jones, British photographer 1965 - Vittorio Jano, Italian engineer 1965 - Fan S. Noli, Albanian bishop, poet, and politician 1965 - Corrado Gini, Italian statistician 1964 - Kitty Genovese, American murder victim 1963 - Austin Dobson, British racing driver 1955 - King Tribhuvan of Nepal 1949 - Henri Giraud, French general 1943 - Stephen Vincent Benét, American author 1938 - Clarence Darrow, American attorney 1938 - Nikolai Ivanovich Bukharin, Russian politician and intellectual 1925 - Lucille Ricksen, American actress 1918 - César Cui, Russian composer 1911 - John J. Toffey, American Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient 1906 - Susan B. Anthony, American women's suffrage activist 1901 - Benjamin Harrison, 23rd President of the United States 1884 - Leland Stanford, Jr., son of American railroad magnate, Stanford University named for him 1881 - Tsar Alexander II of Russia 1879 - Adolf Anderssen, German chess player 1854 - Jean-Baptiste Guillaume Joseph, comte de Villèle, French statesman 1842 - Henry Shrapnel, British soldier and inventor 1808 - King Christian VII of Denmark 1803 - William Emes, English landscape architect (b. 1729 or 1730)1778 - Charles le Beau, French historian 1773 - Philibert Commerçon, French naturalist and explorer 1711 - Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, French poet and critic 1619 - Richard Burbage, English actor 1604 - Arnaud d'Ossat, French diplomat and writer 1573 - Michel de l'Hôpital, French statesman1569 - Louis I de Bourbon, Prince de Condé, French Huguenot general 1516 - King Ladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary 1395 - John Barbour, Scottish poet1271 - Henry of Almain, English crusader
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139,356 PeopleUnusual Deaths in 1981 A 25-year-old dutch woman studying in paris, ren�e hartevelt, was killed and eaten by a classmate, issei sagawa, when he invited her to dinner for a literary conversation. the killer was declared unfit to stand trial and extradited back to japan, where he was released from custody within fifteen months.Carl mccunn, in march 1981, paid a bush pilot to drop him at a remote lake near the coleen river in alaska to photograph wildlife, but had not arranged for the pilot to pick him up again in august. rather than starve, mccunn shot himself in the head. his body was found in february 1982.Boris sagal, a motion picture-director, died while shooting the tv miniseries world war iii when he walked into the tail-rotor blade of a helicopter and was decapitated. People who died on March 13 (various years) 2007 - Arnold Skaaland, American professional wrestler 2006 - Peter Tomarken, American game show host (Press Your Luck) 2006 - Maureen Stapleton, American actress 2006 - Jimmy Johnstone, Scottish footballer 2004 - Franz König, Austrian Catholic Archbishop of Vienna 2002 - Hans-Georg Gadamer, German philosopher 2001 - Henry Lee Lucas of heart failure major serial killer, 63 years old1999 - Bidu Sayao, Brazilian born soprano 1999 - Garson Kanin, American writer and director 1999 - Lee Falk, American cartoonist 1998 - Hans von Ohain, German engineer 1998 - Bill Reid, Canadian artist 1996 - Krzysztof Kieślowski, Polish film director 1995 - Odette, French-born WWII heroine 1995 - Leon Day, American baseball player 1990 - Karl Münchinger, German conductor 1990 - Bruno Bettelheim, American psychiatrist 1988 - John Holmes, American porn star 1983 - Louison Bobet, French cyclist 1975 - Ivo Andrić, Serbo-Croatian writer, Nobel laureate 1972 - Tony Ray-Jones, British photographer 1965 - Vittorio Jano, Italian engineer 1965 - Fan S. Noli, Albanian bishop, poet, and politician 1965 - Corrado Gini, Italian statistician 1964 - Kitty Genovese, American murder victim 1963 - Austin Dobson, British racing driver 1955 - King Tribhuvan of Nepal 1949 - Henri Giraud, French general 1943 - Stephen Vincent Benét, American author 1938 - Clarence Darrow, American attorney 1938 - Nikolai Ivanovich Bukharin, Russian politician and intellectual 1925 - Lucille Ricksen, American actress 1918 - César Cui, Russian composer 1911 - John J. Toffey, American Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient 1906 - Susan B. Anthony, American women's suffrage activist 1901 - Benjamin Harrison, 23rd President of the United States 1884 - Leland Stanford, Jr., son of American railroad magnate, Stanford University named for him 1881 - Tsar Alexander II of Russia 1879 - Adolf Anderssen, German chess player 1854 - Jean-Baptiste Guillaume Joseph, comte de Villèle, French statesman 1842 - Henry Shrapnel, British soldier and inventor 1808 - King Christian VII of Denmark 1803 - William Emes, English landscape architect (b. 1729 or 1730)1778 - Charles le Beau, French historian 1773 - Philibert Commerçon, French naturalist and explorer 1711 - Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, French poet and critic 1619 - Richard Burbage, English actor 1604 - Arnaud d'Ossat, French diplomat and writer 1573 - Michel de l'Hôpital, French statesman1569 - Louis I de Bourbon, Prince de Condé, French Huguenot general 1516 - King Ladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary 1395 - John Barbour, Scottish poet1271 - Henry of Almain, English crusader