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• Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh)    b. February 21, 1907  d. September 28, 1973
  Poet.
  The Cemetery at Kirchstatten, Kirchstatten, Upper Austria (Oberösterreich), Austria
   
• Bruckner, Anton    b. September 4, 1824  d. October 11, 1896
  Composer. He is known for his nine symphonies, which are monumental achievements of Romantic music. The most popular are the Fourth Symphony (the "Romantic," 1881), the Seventh (1884), and the Ninth (premiered 1903, after his death). His Symphony No. 8 (1892), at around 85 minutes in performance, was the longest such work in the repertory until the advent of Gustav Mahler. Bruckner's style was influenced harmonically by his great idol, Richard Wagner, and by Franz Schubert in his...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
  Cause of death: Natural Causes (old age)
  Stift Sankt Florian, Linz, Upper Austria (Oberösterreich), Austria
  Plot: Beneath the organ (at his request)
   
• Hitler, Alois    b. June 7, 1837  d. January 3, 1903
  Father of German Dictator Adolf Hitler. He was an Austrian Customs Official. Born Alois Schicklgruber in the farming village of Strones, Austria, just north of Vienna, to a 42 year old unwed peasant woman, Maria Anna Schicklgruber. His father was never identified, as Maria would never say who fathered the boy. Historians have looked at three men as potential fathers of Alois: Johann Georg Hiedler, who...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
  Cause of death: hemorrage of the lungs
  Town Cemetery, Leonding, Oberosterreich, Austria
   
• Hitler, Klara Pölzl    b. August 20, 1860  d. December 21, 1907
  Mother of German Dictator Adolf Hitler. Born in Spital, Austria-Hungary, she was the daughter of Johann Pölzl and Johanna Hiedler Pölzl (Pölzl is sometimes spelled Poelzl). She grew up living next to the farm of her grandfather, Johann Nepomuk Hiedler, and where her future husband, Alois Hitler, was raised. It is speculated that her grandfather or his brother was Alois's biological father. She grew up...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
  Cause of death: Breast cancer
  Town Cemetery, Leonding, Oberosterreich, Austria
   
• Lehar, Franz    b. April 30, 1870  d. October 24, 1948
  Composer. The most gifted and successful operetta composer of the 20th Century. His masterpiece, "Die Lustige Witwe" ("The Merry Widow", 1905), revitalized the genre and is an international favorite to this day. Lehar was born in Komarom, Hungary, the son of a military bandmaster. From 1882 to 1888 he studied at the Prague Conservatory and received encouragement from Antonin Dvorak; he then took advantage of compulsory army service to launch his own career as a band conductor...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
  Friedhof Bad Ischl, Bad Ischl, Oberosterreich, Austria
  Plot: Wall Crypt
   
• Saint Regintrudis
  Saint. She was the fourth Abbess of Nonnberg. Her Feast Day is May 26th and she died around 750 AD. (Bio by: girlofcelje)
  Nonnberg Convent, Salzberg, Oberosterreich, Austria
   
• Saint Willa  
  Roman Catholic Saint. She was a nun at the Convent of Nonnberg and ended her life there as an anchoress. She died around 1050 AD and her Feast day is October 15. (Bio by: girlofcelje)
  Nonnberg Convent, Salzberg, Oberosterreich, Austria
   
• Straus, Oscar    b. March 6, 1870  d. January 11, 1954
  Composer. One of the leading lights of Viennese operetta's "Silver Age". He is best remembered for "Der tapfere Soldat" ("The Chocolate Soldier", 1908), with its slow-waltzing soprano aria "Come, come, hero of my dreams". Born Oscar Strauss in Vienna, he studied music in Berlin with Max Bruch and dropped the second "s" in his surname to avoid being associated with the famous "Waltz King", Johann Strauss, Jr. He nevertheless took Strauss's advice and gained experience conducting in...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
  Friedhof Bad Ischl, Bad Ischl, Oberosterreich, Austria
  Plot: Wall crypt
   
• Von Richthofen, Wolfram Freiherr   b. October 10, 1895  d. July 12, 1945
  World War II German Field Marshal. He joined the German Army in 1913 and served on both the Western and Eastern Fronts during the First World War. In March of 1918, Richthofen, who was a cousin of Germany's leading flying ace "The Red Baron" Manfred von Richthofen, qualified as a pilot with the German Army Air Service. At the end of the war, he studied engineering before rejoining the German Army in 1927. When the Luftwaffe was formed in 1933, Richthofen joined and immediately became one of its...[Read More] (Bio by: LeRoy A.)
  Friedhof Bad Ischl, Bad Ischl, Upper Austria (Oberösterreich), Austria
   

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