2007 Robert C. Solomon, dies in Zurich, Switzerland, at 64 2004 Lynn Cartwright, actress, A League of Their Own, dies at 76 2003 Sydney Omarr, astrologer, dies at 76 2001 George Carman, English Lawyer 2000 Patrick O'Brian, author of sea-faring novels, Aubrey-Maturin series, dies at 85 1998 Frank Muir, English Writer 1997 Jim Rodger, sports writer, dies at 75 1997 Randy California, rock guitarist, dies at 45 1996 Sydney Thompson, rock Climber, dies at 81 1996 Thornton Page, astrophysicist, dies at 82 1995 Graham Sharp, ice skater, dies at 77 1995 Manuel Rivera, Spanish painter/co-founder (El Paso), dies at 67 1995 Mohammed Siyad Barre, president of Somalia (1969-91), dies 1995 Nancy Kelly, U.S. actress (Bad Seed, Submarine Patrol), dies at 73 1995 Siad Barre, general/president of Somalia (1969-91), dies at 84 1994 Caesar Romero, actor (Joker-Batman), dies at 86 1994 Dixy Lee Ray, chairwoman (US Atomic Energy Commission), dies at 79 1994 Pierre-Paul Schweitzer, French director of IMF (1963-73), dies at 81 1994 Sammy Taft, Canadian businessman (coined term "hat trick"), dies at 81 1994 Dixie Lee Ray, American Politician 1992 Virginia Field, actress (Dream Girl), dies of cancer at 74 1991 Edmond Jabes, writer, dies 1991 Renato Rascel, actor (7 Hills of Rome), dies of heart failure at 78 1990 Alan Hale, Jr., Skipper on Gilligan's Island, dies of cancer at 71 1990 Belcampo, Herman Schonfeld Wichers, Dutch lawyer/writer, dies at 87 1990 Vladimir Alexis Ussachevsky, Manchuria composer (Creation), dies at 78 1986 Una Merkel, U.S. actress (Abraham Lincoln), dies at 82 1983 Bernard George Stevens, composer, dies at 66 1983 Dick Emery, actor (Yellow Submarine, Loot, Baby Love), dies at 65 1983 Harriet Parsons, producer (Susan Slept Here), dies at 76 of cancer 1981 David Lynch, singer (Platters-My Prayer), dies at 51 1980 Larry Williams, singer, pianist, rock and roll, rhythm and blues genres, recorded, Dizzy Miss Lizzy, Short Fat Fannie, dies from a gunshot wound, in Los Angeles, California, at age 44 1977 Erroll Garner, jazz pianist (Misty), dies at 53 1974 Tex Ritter, country singer (5 Star Jubilee), dies at 67 1970 Piotr Rytel, composer, dies at 85 1969 Georges Renevant, actor (Cornered), dies after long illness at 74 1968 Sanoesi Pane, Indonesian writer, dies 1965 Staf Gustaf Frans Nees, composer, dies at 63 1963 Dick Powell, actor and director (Dick Powell Theater), dies at 58 1963 Jack Carson, actor (Star is Born, Mildred Pierce), dies at 52 1960 Cees [Cornelis J] Laseur, Dutch actor/dir (Hague Comedy), dies at 60 1960 Chris van Abkoude, author (Pietje Bell, Kruimeltje), dies at about 79 1960 Fausto Coppi, Italian, ran world record 45,798 km, dies at 40 1960 Friedrich Adler, Austria soc-dem, murdered Prime Minister Sturgkh, dies at 80 1955 Jose Antonio Remon, president of Panama 1952 - 1955, assassinated 1950 Emil Jannings, actor (The Way of All Flesh), dies at 65 1945 Betram Home Ramsay, English Admiral/Commander Naval Forces (Normandy), dies at 61 1941 Mischa Levitzki, composer, dies at 42 1937 Ross Alexander, actor (Captain Blood, Boulder Dam), dies at 29 1929 Erich Wichmann, Dutch fascist painter/sculptor, dies at 38 1921 Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, Germany chancellor/Prime Minister (Prussia), dies at 64 1918 Sijbe K Bakker, vicar/theologist (Christian-Socialism), dies at 42 1917 Edward B Tylor, English anthropologist, dies at 84 1915 Karl Goldmark, Austria-Hungarian composer (Queen of Saba), dies at 84 1913 Leon P Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist (stratosphere), dies at 57 1908 Dom Joao G da Camara, Portuguese journalist/playwright, dies at 55 1904 James Longstreet, Confederate general, dies at 82 1892 George B Airy, English astronomer/writer, dies at 90 1879 Caleb Cushing, American Diplomat 1863 Roger Weightman Hanson, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 35 1861 Frederik Willem IV, king Prussia (1840-61)/Germ (1849-61), dies at 65 1803 Ignaz Franz von Beecke, composer, dies at 69 1801 Johann C Lavater, Swiss vicar/philosopher, dies at 59 1801 Johann Kaspar Lavater, German Theologian 1790 Joseph A Feuchtmayer (Feichtmayer), German rococo sculptor, dies 1789 Franz Joseph Leonti Meyer von Schavensee, composer, dies at 68 1780 Johann Ludwig Krebs, composer, dies at 66 1763 John Casteret earl Granville, English premier, dies at 72 1740 Johann Georg Weichenberger, composer, dies at 63 1726 Domenico Zipoli, composer, dies at 37 17 Publius Ovidius Naso, Roman poet, dies
