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January 15, 2005 Ruth Warrick, American Musician January 15, 2004 Olivia Goldsmith, writer, The First Wives Club, dies at 54 January 15, 2000 Fran Ryan, actress, Green Acres, dies at 83 January 15, 2000 Zeljko Raznatovic, Serbian Criminal January 15, 1998 Amos "Junior" Wells, blues musician, dies at 63 January 15, 1998 Gulzarilal Nanda, temporary Prime Minister of India (1964, 66), dies January 15, 1998 Junior Wells, blues harpist, dies at 63 January 15, 1997 Jose Ignacio Domecq, wine maker, dies at 82 January 15, 1997 Kenneth Thimann, botanist, dies at 92 January 15, 1996 Les Baxter, singer/orch leader/composer (Born Again), dies at 73 January 15, 1996 Moshushu II, King of Lesotho (1966-90), dies at 51 January 15, 1996 Richard Charles Cobb, historian, dies at 78 January 15, 1995 Sollie McElroy, singer, dies at 61 January 15, 1994 Gyorgy Cziffra, Hungarian/French pianist (Chopin/Liszt), dies at 72 January 15, 1994 Harry Nilsson, rock vocalist (Everybody's Talkin'), dies at 52 January 15, 1994 Philippe Brun, jazz trumpeter, dies at 85 January 15, 1993 Henry Iba, basketball coach, dies at 88 January 15, 1993 Huub H Jacobse, Dutch MP (VVD), dies at 68 January 15, 1993 Ken Cory, dies of AIDS at 51 January 15, 1993 Sammy Cahn, [Cohen], U.S. songwriter (Bei Mir Bist Du Schon), dies at 79 January 15, 1992 Oliver Franks, English Public Servant January 15, 1990 Gordon Jackson, actor (Hamlet), dies after a short illness at 66 January 15, 1990 Ed Parker, American Athlete January 15, 1988 Sean MacBride, Ireland, commander of Irish Republican Army, dies at 83 January 15, 1987 Dolores Hawkins, singer (Guy Mitchell Show), dies at 58 January 15, 1987 Gerrit Borgers, Dutch literary, dies at 69 January 15, 1987 Ray Bolger, actor/dancer (Wizard of Oz), dies at 83 January 15, 1986 James H "Jim" Crowley, U.S. football player (Notre Dame), dies at 83 January 15, 1985 Carlos P. Romulo, Filipino Politician January 15, 1983 Meyer Lansky, reputed mobster, dies in Miami Beach Florida at 80 January 15, 1983 Shepperd Strudwick, actor (Psychomania), dies of cancer at 75 January 15, 1982 Red Smith, sportscaster (Pulitzer, Fight Talk), dies at 76 January 15, 1982 Vinoba Bhave, Indian Educator January 15, 1981 Emanuel Celler, (Rep-D-NY, 1923-73), dies at 92 January 15, 1978 Margaret Bowman and Janet Levy, Chi Omega, FSU, killed by Ted Bundy January 15, 1974 Karel Salmon, composer, dies at 76 January 15, 1973 Jef Alpaerts, Flemish pianist/conductor, dies at 68 January 15, 1971 John Dall, actor (Corn is Green, Rope), dies of heart attack at 50 January 15, 1969 Theodor Werner, German painter, dies at 82 January 15, 1968 Bill Masterson, 1st NHLer fatally injured during game (Jan 13), dies January 15, 1968 John Davidson, actor (Dick Tracy vs Crime Inc), dies at 80 January 15, 1968 Leopold Infeld, Pol nuclear physcist (Motion and Relativity), dies at 69 January 15, 1967 Albert Szirmai, composer, dies at 86 January 15, 1966 Betsy Mitchell, U.S. 100m backstroke swimmer, dies at 25 January 15, 1965 Pierre Ngendandumwe, premier of Burundi, murdered January 15, 1965 Randall Jarrell, American Poet January 15, 1964 Weldon John "Jack" Teagarden, U.S. jazz trombonist/singer, dies at 58 January 15, 1962 Kenneth MacKenna, actor (Men Without Women), dies of cancer at 62 January 15, 1961 Francesco Maria Saraceni, composer, dies at 49 January 15, 1955 Yves Tanguy, French/American sailor/surrealistic painter, dies January 15, 1953 Viktor Patrick Vretblad, composer, dies at 76 January 15, 1949 Pompeo Aloisi, Italian baron/diplomat/senator, dies at 63 January 15, 1948 Josephus Daniels, American Politician January 15, 1947 Arthur Machen, Welsh Author January 15, 1946 Josiah Bailey, American Politician January 15, 1942 Melvin Winfield Sheppard, runner (Olympic-gold-08, 12), dies at 58 January 15, 1936 Henry Forster, cricket (Hants and Oxford U, Governor-General of Australia), dies January 15, 1934 Hermann Bahr, Austrian writer (Concert), dies at 70 January 15, 1934 Patrick O'Malley, U.S. policeman, killed by John Dillinger January 15, 1932 Georg Kerschensteiner, German educationalist, dies at 77 January 15, 1932 Charles W. Chesnutt, American Novelist January 15, 1926 Enrico Toselli, composer, dies at 42 January 15, 1924 Geza Zichy, composer, dies at 74 January 15, 1922 John Kirk Barry, Dr/explorer David Livingstone's companion, dies at 89 January 15, 1919 Karl Liebknecht, Marxist revolutionary, murdered at 47 January 15, 1919 Rosa Luxemburg, Marxist revolutionary, murdered January 15, 1917 John W. Foster, American Soldier January 15, 1915 Guillaume Couture, composer, dies at 63 January 15, 1911 Wilhelm Berger, composer, dies at 49 January 15, 1909 Ernest Reyer, composer, dies at 85 January 15, 1909 Ernest von Wildenbruch, German playwright (Das Edle Blut), dies at 63 January 15, 1904 Eduard Lassen, composer, dies at 73 January 15, 1896 Matthew B Brady, U.S. photographer (Civil War), dies at about 72 January 15, 1876 Eliza Johnson, American First Lady January 15, 1866 M T d'Azeglio, writer, dies January 15, 1844 Joseph Mazzinghi, composer, dies at 78 January 15, 1816 Henry Harington, composer, dies at 88 January 15, 1812 Johannes Herbst, composer, dies at 76 January 15, 1796 Anthony Wayne, American Soldier January 15, 1788 Gaetano Latilla, composer, dies at 77 January 15, 1775 Giovanni Battista Sammartini, composer, dies January 15, 1765 Carlmann Kolb, composer, dies at 61 January 15, 1755 Azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia, composer, dies at 83 January 15, 1744 Charles-Hubert Gervais, composer, dies at 72 January 15, 1705 Walraad, the Young, earl of Nassau-Ottweiler/gov of Nijmegen, dies January 15, 1684 Caspar Netscher, Dutch portrait painter, dies at about 48 January 15, 1670 John Comenius, Czech Educator January 15, 1208 Peter of Castelnau, French nobleman, murdered |