2009 Patrick McGoohan, dies in Santa Monica, California, after a brief illness, at 80 1997 William Mills, painter, dies at 74 1996 Denise Grey, Edouardine Verthuy, actress 'Julietta', dies at 99 1996 Willian Myuon Bany Guerrilla leader, dies 1995 Arnold Smith, painter (Vigelius Prize 1935), dies at 89 1995 Arthur Mervyn Stockwood, bishop, dies at 81 1995 Maxwell Henley Harris, Austrian poet/publisher (Critics), dies at 73 1995 Ruby Starr, vocalist (Grey Ghost), dies of brain tumor at 44 1994 Frederick William Sternfield, musicologist, dies at 79 1994 Johan J Holst, Norwegian Minister of defense/foreign affairs, dies at 56 1993 Rene Pleven, Prime Minister of France 1950 - 1951, 1951 - 1952, dies 1992 Josef Neckermann, German founder mail-order firm/travel bureau, dies 1992 Yvonne Bryceland, actress (Road to Mecca), dies of cancer at 66 1989 Joe Spinell, actor (Maniac, Star Crash, Strike Force), dies at 51 1988 Chiang Ching-huo, president of Taiwan (1978-88), dies at 69 1987 E van Ruller, Dutch journalist/co-founder (Trouw, Loyal), dies 1986 Abdel Fattah Ismail, president of South-Yemen (19??-80), murdered 1985 Carol Wayne, Johnny Carson's teatime movie hostess, dies at 42 1983 Arthur Space, actor (Doc Weaver-Lassie), dies of cancer at 74 1983 D Mack Reynolds, U.S. writer (Amazon Planet, Once Departed), dies 1983 Doodles Weaver, comedian (Spike Jones and City Slickers), dies at 71 1983 John McHugh, actor (Unspeakable), dies of a heart attack at 69 1982 Marcel Camus, French director (Orfeu Negro), dies at 69 1981 Emiel van Hemeldonck, Belgian writer (Mary, My Child), dies at 83 1980 Andre Kostelanetz, Russian conductor, dies at 78 1979 Donny Hathaway, Chicago, Illinois, rocker (Ghetto), commits suicide at 33 1978 Hubert Humphrey, Senator-D-Minnesota 1949 - 1964 and 1971 - 1978, 38th Vice President 1965 - 1969, dies at 66 in Waverly, Minnesota 1978 Joseph V McCarthy, baseball manager (New York Yankees), dies at 96 1978 Hubert H. Humphrey, American Politician 1976 Margaret Leighton, British actress (Much ado about nothing), dies at 53 1971 Bernard "Heinz" Lammerding, Germ SS-gen/contractor (Tulle), dies at 65 1971 Henri Tomasi, French composer (Don Juan de Manara), dies at 69 1971 Robert Still, composer, dies at 60 1969 Fred Price, cricket wicket-keep (England, vs. Australia Headingley 1938), dies 1969 Wilton Graff, actor (Bloodlust, Just Before Dawn), dies at 65 1968 Bill Masterson, (Minn Northstars), checked into the boards and killed 1963 Leonardus G Kortenhorst, Dutch MP (KVP), dies at 76 1962 Ernie Kovacs, comedian, dies in a car crash in West LA, at 42 1960 Sibilla Aleramo, Rina Faccio, Italian poet (Una Donna), dies at 83 1958 Edna Purviance, actress (Charlie Chaplin, Sunnyside), dies at 61 1958 John Lindeboom, Dutch vicar/church historian, dies at 75 1954 Roland Diggle, composer, dies at 69 1953 Edward Marsh, British Editor 1947 Veit Valentin, German/US historian (German People), dies at 61 1945 Margaret Deland, American Novelist 1943 Sophie Taeuber/Tauber-Arp, Swiss sculptor, dies at 53 1941 James Joyce, novelist (Ulysses), dies in Zurich Switzerland, at 58 1939 Jacob Ruppert, CEO (New York Yankees, 1915-39), dies 1936 Edward Rell Madigan, Representative-R-Illinois 1973 - 1983 1934 Jean-Baptiste Marchand, soldier and explorer in Sudan, dies at 70 1930 C-E Auguste Rateau, French inventor (R-steam turbine), dies at 66 1929 Wyatt Earp, U.S. marshall (OK Corral), dies at 80 1928 Johan Peter Koch, Danish officer/explorer, dies at 57 1924 Georg H Quincke, German physicist (Test of Quincke), dies at 89 1914 Bernardus H Heldt, Dutch MP, dies at 72 1914 Valentin de Zubiaurre y Unionbarrenechea, composer, dies 76 1913 Thomas P Krag, Norw author/novelist (Jon Graeff, Ulf Ran), dies at 44 1901 Carlo Angeloni, composer, dies at 66 1892 Charles Albert White, composer, dies at 62 1879 WF Hendrik the Navigator, prince of Netherlands/viceroy of Lux, dies at 58 1867 Victor Cousin, French Philosopher 1864 Stephen Foster, composer (My Old Kentucky Home), dies at 37 in NY 1838 Ferdinand Reis, composer, dies at 53 1828 Alexandre-Auguste Robineau, composer, dies at 80 1797 Elisabeth C von Brunswick-Bevern, wife of Frederick II, dies at 81 1795 Francois-Joseph Krafft, composer, dies at 73 1762 Leonhard Trautsch, composer, dies at 68 1702 Peter Rabus, Dutch poet/translator (Great Name Book), dies at 41 1691 George Fox, founder of Quakers, dies at 66 1682 Simon van Leeuwen, Dutch lawyer/historian, dies at 55 1651 Abraham C Bloemaert, painter/cartoonist/engraver, dies at 86 1625 Pieter Bruegel "the Older", (Bloemenbruegel), Flemish painter, dies 1599 Edmund Spenser, poet (Faerie Queene), dies at about 46 1488 Hermann Vischer, "the Old", buried 1330 Frederick (III), the Handsome, duke of Austrian/German anti-king, dies 1307 Arnoud van Foreest, Dom deacon of Utrecht, dies 1177 Hendrik Jasomirgott Babenberg, Duke of Austria, dies 1049 Derrick IV, Count of Holland (1039-49), dies in battle 888 Charles III, the Fat One, King of Franconia/Roman emperor, dies 858 Aethelwolf, king of Wessex (Battle at Aclea), dies 533 Remigius van Reims, 1st bishop of Reims (459-533)/saint, dies about 96
