2010 Florence Green, the last known female First World War veteran who served with the Women's RAF in 1918, dies at 108 2009 Andrew Wyeth, American artist, dies at 91, after a brief illness 2002 Carl Olson, American Athlete 2001 Auberon Waugh, British Author 2000 Robert Rathburn Wilson, nuclear physicist, a leader of the Manhattan Project, dies at 82 1998 David "Junior" Kimbrough, blues musician, dies at 67 1998 Peter Diamand, artistic administrator, dies at 84 1998 Emil Sitka, actor, Three Stooges shorts, dies at 83 1997 Charlie Alfred Galbraith, jazz trombonist, dies at 76 1997 Innis Cosby, son of Bill Cosby, murdered on LA highway at 29 1997 Jim Kensil, NFL president for the New York Jets, dies of heart failure at 66 1997 Stephen Fitz-Simon, entrepreneur, dies at 59 1996 Harry Potts, footballer/manager, dies at 75 1996 Kaye Webb, publisher, dies at 81 1995 William Dillard, trumpeter/singer, dies at 83 1994 Harry Nilsson, singer/Songwriter, dies at 52 1994 Martin Kosleck, German/US actor (Hitler Gang), dies at 86 1994 Noel Fore, Belgian cyclist (Paris-Roubaix 1959), dies at 61 1994 Stephen Kritsick, veterinarian (Good Morning America), dies at 42 1993 Florence Desmond, Dawson, actress (Sally in Our Alley), dies at 87 1993 Glenn Corbett, U.S. actor (Shenandoah, Chisum, Midway), dies at 63 1993 Sathasivam Krishnakumar, Sri Lanka commander, commits suicide 1992 Roselle Novelle, silent film actress, dies at 95 1989 Pierre Boileau, screenwriter (Vertigo), dies at 82 1989 Romo Vincent, actor (Naked Jungle), dies 1989 Trey Wilson, actor (Bull Durham, Twins, Raising Arizona), dies 1987 Earl Wilson, Bdwy columnist (Midnight Earl), dies in Yonkers at 79 1987 Ilse Langen, writer, dies at 87 1987 Joyce Jameson, comedienne (Spike Jones Show), dies at 54 1981 Bernard Lee, actor (Fallen Idol, Dr. No), dies at 73 1980 Anna van Wageningen-Salomons, Dut author (Unspoilt Dream), dies at 94 1979 Fred Elizalde, composer, dies at 71 1979 Ted Cassidy, actor (Lurch-Addams Family), dies at 46 1973 Ray Barrett, sportscaster (Gillette Summer Sports Reel), dies at 65 1972 David Seville, singer (Alvin and Chipmunks), dies at 52 1971 Kermit Maynard, cowboy actor (Saturday Roundup), dies at 68 1970 Armijn Pane, Indonesian writer (Djinak-djinak merpati), dies at 61 1969 Jan Palach, protesting Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, self immolates at 20 1969 Vernon Duke, songwriter, composer, memorable songs 'Take a Chance on Love', 'April in Paris', dies at 65 1968 Robert R "Bob" Jones, founder (Bob Jones University), dies at 84 1967 Dirk Vansina, Flemish playwright (Sage of Kai-Roi), dies at 72 1967 Robert J Van De Graaff, U.S. nuclear physicist, dies at 65 1966 Margarete Susman, writer, dies at 91 1963 Gilardo Gilardi, composer, dies at 73 1962 Emanuel Stickelberger, Swiss writer (Holbein in England), dies at 77 1957 Alexander Cambridge, Governor-General (South Africa 1923-31/Canada 1940-5), dies at 82 1957 Arturo Toscanini, Italian U.S. conductor (NBC), dies in New York City at 89 1955 Jonkheer Reneke de Marees van Swinderen, Dutch Minister (1908-13), dies 1955 Reneke de Marees van Swinderen, Dutch minister (1908-13), dies at 94 1954 Michail M Prishvin, Russian writer, dies 1950 Gustav Krupp, German Businessman 1946 Johanna HC Albregt, actress/wife of Henri Dons (Paradise), dies at 71 1945 Dennis Donnini, British rifleman (Victoria Cross), dies in battle at 19 1943 Franz Courtens, Flemish painter (Sunny Lane), dies at 88 1942 Carole Lombard, actress, (Bolero), and mom killed in plane crash at 32 1939 Albert Fish, mass murderer, executed 1935 Richard Wetz, composer, dies at 59 1920 Reginald De Koven, composer, dies at 60 1919 Jaroslav Jeremias, composer, dies at 19 1916 Arnold Aletrino, Dut physician-criminologist (From Death), dies at 57 1912 Georg Heym, poet, writer, wrote, 'Der ewige Tag', poetry considered early Expressionist style, dies at 24 from falling through the ice, trying to save a friend 1901 Arnold Bocklin, Swiss painter, dies at 73 1901 Hiram Revels, dies at 73 1893 Johan Philip Koelman, painter/sculptor/architect, dies at 74 1892 Imakita Kosen, Zen teacher/abbot of Engagkuji monastery, dies 1891 Clement-Philibert-Leo Delibes, composer, dies at 54 1891 Leo Delibes, French ballet composer (Lakme), dies at 54 1886 Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer (La Gioconda), dies at 51 1885 Edmond About, French Novelist 1864 Anton Schindler, German violinist and biographer (Beethoven), dies at 68 1849 Wilhelm M L de Wette, German theologist, dies at 69 1842 Thomas Freanby, Norwegian landscape painter, dies 1838 Aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 1817 Antonin Josef Alois Volanek, composer, dies at 55 1794 Edward Gibbon, historian (Decline and Fall), dies in London at 56 1703 Matteo Coferati, composer, dies at 64 1697 Richard Savage, poet, dies 1595 Murad III, sultan of Turkey (1574-95), dies 1343 Robert of Anjou, king (Naples), dies 308 Marcellus I, Catholic Pope (-308), dies
