2001 Iannis Xenakis, Greek Composer 2001 J. J. Johnson, American Musician 2000 Carl Albert, politician, Speaker of the House from 1971-1977, dies at 91 2000 Doris Kenner-Jackson, singer, Shirelles, dies at 59 1997 James Friell, political cartoonist, dies at 84 1995 Betty Davis, British dance teacher of Dame Margot Fonteyn, dies 1995 Patricia Highsmith, Mary Patricia Plangman, US/Swiss, dies at 74 1995 Roel Wiersma, Dutch soccer star (PSV), dies at 62 1994 Han Jansen, Dutch painter, dies at 62 1994 Harold Schneider, U.S. producer (5 Easy Pieces, War Games), dies at 55 1994 Jan Veldkamp, Dutch geophysicist/director (KNMI), dies at 84 1994 Justinus Darmojuwono, Indonesian archbishop/cardinal, dies at 79 1992 Fred Slyter, dialogue coach, dies after long illness at 56 1992 John Dehner, actor (Apache, Cowboy, Boys from Brazil), dies at 76 1991 Bob Leslie, actor (Cinderella, Mako: Jaws of Death), dies at 64 1989 Kenneth "Jethro" Burns, country singer (Homer and Jethro), dies at 69 1987 Liberace, pianist (Liberace Show, Evil Chandell-Batman), dies at 67 1987 Carl Rogers, American Psychologist 1983 Jim Ameche, actor (Festival of Stars), dies at 68 1983 Karen Carpenter, rock drummer (Carpenters), dies of anorexia at 32 1983 Reginald Denham, director/writer (Death at BC House), dies at 89 1982 Sue Carol, actress (She's My Weakness), dies at 73 of a heart attack 1978 Bergen Evans, English professor ($64,000 Question), dies at 73 1976 Edward Benjamin Britten, composer, dies at 62 1974 Mihail Andricu, composer, dies at 79 1969 Thelma Ritter, actress (All About Eve, Pillow Talk), dies at 63 1968 Ed Baker, actor (Keystone Kops), dies of emphysema at 70 1968 Gerard den Brabander, Jan G Jofriet, poet (Nothing New), dies at 67 1968 Neal Cassady, American Writer 1966 Gilbert H Grosvenor, president National Geographic Society, dies at 90 1965 U C Greyhound, champion trotter (horse), dies at 33 1964 Siegfried T Bok, neurobiologist/anatomist (Cybernetica), dies at 71 1959 Una O'Connor, actress (Banjo, Invisible Man), dies at 78 1958 Frederik de Merode, Belgian prince, dies at 46 1957 Joseph Hardaway, creator of Bugs Bunny, dies at 66 1957 Miguel Covarrubias, Mexican illustrator, dies 1956 Leendert A Donker, Dutch soc dem party-minister of Justice, dies at 56 1956 Peder Gram, composer, dies at 74 1954 Vaclav Vackar, composer, dies at 72 1953 Alexander Loudon, Dutch diplomat (League of Nations), dies at 60 1946 Margarete Boie, writer, dies 1943 Frank Calder, 1st NHL president, dies 1941 Johann Peter Kirsch, Luxembourg church historian, dies at 79 1939 Edward Sapir, U.S. linguist/cultural antropologist (indian), dies at 55 1939 Henri W A Deterding, Dutch oil magnate (Royal Oil, Shell), dies at 72 1932 Samuel Rutherford, lawyer, politician, businessman, jurist, Mayor of Forsyth, Georgia, served in Georgia House of Representatives, elected to 69th U.S. Congress, served for four terms, dies of a heart attack in Washington, D.C. 1928 Hendrik A Lorentz, physicist (L transformation-Nobel 1902), dies at 74 1927 Thomas Linnemann Laub, composer, dies at 74 1921 Xavier Mellery, Belgian painter/illustrator, dies at 75 1911 Peter A "Piet" Cronje, South Africa Boer general, dies at about 75 1896 Henry David Leslie, composer, dies at 73 1895 Faustina Hasse Hodges, composer, dies at 71 1894 Antoine J "Adolphe" Sax, instrument maker (saxophone), dies at 79 1869 Johan M Dautzenberg, Flemish author/novelist (Future), dies at 60 1854 Carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz, composer, dies at 66 1844 Willem de Clerq, Dutch merchant/literary, dies at 49 1834 Amelie Julia Candielle, composer, dies at 66 1816 Meingosus Gaelle, composer, dies at 63 1815 Geert Reinders, Dutch cattle breeder/inoculation proponent, dies at 77 1815 Jacob van Strij, Dutch cartoonist/graphic artist, dies at 58 1781 Josef Myslivecek, composer, dies at 43 1781 Willem Crul, Admiral (West-Indies), dies in battle at 59 1746 Robert Blair, Scottish poet (Grave), dies at 46 1714 Duke of Berry, French King Louis XIV's grandson, dies 1640 Hendrick C Vroom, Dutch seascape painter, dies 1617 Louis Elsevier, Dutch publisher, dies at about 76 1590 Gioseffo Zarlino, composer, dies at 73 1553 Caspar Othmayr, composer, dies at 37 1505 Joan of Valois, Queen of France/saint, dies at 40 1503 Queen Elizabeth, consort of Henry VII of England, dies 1222 Willem I, earl of Holland (1203-22), dies 1189 Gilbert of Sempringham, English monastery founder/saint, dies 856 Hrabanus Maurus, East France, archbishop of Mainz, dies 708 Sisinnius, Greek-Syrian pope (708, 20 days), dies 211 Lucius Septimus Severus, emperor of Rome (193-211), dies at 64
