2007 George Smathers, dies in Florida, of a stroke, at 93 2003 Al Hirschfeld, Broadway cartoonist, dies at 99 2003 Nedra Volz, actress, Diff'rent Strokes, dies at 94 2003 Craig Kelly, American Athlete 1999 Susan Strasberg, actress/writer, original Anne in Broadway's The Diary of Anne Frank, dies at 60 1998 Zevulun Hammer, Vice Prime Minister of Israel, dies 1997 Curt Flood, centerfielder (Cards), dies of throat cancer at 59 1997 Edith Haisman, the oldest survivor of Titanic, dies at 100 1997 Vladimir Yamnikov, owner (Kristall vodka), dies of cirrhosis at 56 1996 Buster Benton, singer and guitarist, dies at 63 1996 David Robin Francis Guy Greville, 8th Duke of Warwick, dies at 61 1996 Ellis Hillman, politician, dies at 68 1996 Gerald Joseph Mulligan, baritone saxophonist/composer, dies at 68 1996 Liesbeth Askonas, concert agent, dies at 83 1996 Peter Stadlen, pianist/critic, dies at 85 1996 Sidney Korshak, lawyer, dies at 87 1995 John Halas, Hungarian/US cartoonist (Animal Farm), dies at 81 1995 Mehdi Bazargan, director Iranian oil corp/premier (1979), dies at 86 1995 Robert Shaw, town Planner, dies at 81 1994 Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, Kenyan vice-president (1963-66), dies at about 81 1994 Matt Busby, Scottish soccer coach (Manchester United), dies at 84 1993 Audrey Hepburn, actress (Roman Holiday), dies of colon cancer at 63 1993 Joseph Anthony [Deuster], U.S. director/actor (Rainmaker), dies at 80 1993 Mercer McCleod, entertainer, dies of heart failure at 86 1992 Muhammad Abd al-Khaliq Hassuna, Secretary-General of Arab League (1952-72), dies 1992 Roberto d'Aubuisson, leader of El Salvador, dies 1991 Bill Riordon, U.S. tennis promotor (Jimmy Connors), dies 1991 Louis Seigner, actor (Eclipse, Special Section), dies in a fire at 87 1990 Barbara Stanwyck, Ruby Stevens, actress (Big Valley), dies at 82 1990 Miloslav Istvan, composer, dies at 61 1990 Naruhito Higashi-Kuni, Japanese Prime Minister 1945, dies 1989 Beatrice Lillie, actress (Thoroughly Modern Millie), dies at 94 1988 Philippe de Rothschild, Bordeaux Vineyard manager, dies in Paris at 86 1985 Jo Juda, Dutch musician, dies at 75 1984 Johnny Weissmuller, U.S. swimmer, 5 Gold Medals 1924, 1928 Olympics, dies at 79 1975 Franz Andre, Belgian conductor, dies at 81 1974 Edmund Blunden, British poet/critic, dies at 77 1973 Amilcar L Cabral, fought for Guinea Bissau independence, murdered 51 1971 Gilbert M Anderson, actor (1st Movie Cowboy), dies at 88 1970 George M. Humphrey, American Lawyer 1970 George Humphrey, American Lawyer 1965 Alan Freed, DJ (Big Beat), dies at 42 1962 Robinson Jeffers, poet/playwright (Dear Judas), dies at 75 1960 Matt Moore, actor (Deluge, Coquette), dies at 72 1959 Carl Switzer, actor (Alfalfa-Our Gang), shot to death at 31 1957 James Connolly, 1st Olympic winner (1896) since Barasdates (369 CE), dies 1952 Arthur Farwell, composer, dies at 74 1949 Josephus T J Cuypers, architect (Amsterdam Stock Exchange), dies at 87 1943 Giacomo Benvenuti, composer, dies at 57 1936 George V, King of Britain (1910-36), dies at 70 1914 Emil Liebling, composer, dies at 62 1914 Henry Southwick Perkins, composer, dies at 80 1905 Stanislaw Pilinski, composer, dies at 65 1900 John Ruskin, English writer (Dearest Mama Talbot), dies of flu at 81 1900 Richard D Blackmore, English novelist (Lorna Doone), dies at 74 1896 Heinrich M von Battenberg, German son-in-law of Victoria, dies at 37 1891 David Kalakahua, emperor of Hawaii, dies 1890 Franz Paul Lachner, composer, dies at 86 1882 John Linnell, British painter/minaturist/engraver, dies 1867 Nathaniel Parker Willis, American Author 1862 Felix Zollicoffer, General killed after mistakenly riding into Union lines 1859 B vs. Arnim, writer, dies at 73 1859 Bettina Brentano, composer, dies at 73 1857 Edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer, dies at 32 1838 Pierre-Louis Hus-Desforges, composer, dies at 64 1837 John Soane, English architect (Book of Designs), dies at 84 1830 Michal Bogdanowicz, composer, dies at 50 1819 Carlos IV, King of Spain (1788-1808), dies at 70 1813 C M Wieland, writer, dies at 79 1813 Christoph Martin Wieland, German Poet 1798 Christian Cannabich, German composer/royal chaplain master, dies at 66 1789 Johann Christoph Oley, composer, dies at 50 1779 John Burman, Dutch botanist/director (botanical gardens), dies at 71 1745 Charles VII Albert, German emperor (1742-45), dies at 47 1727 John van Bylevelt, Catholic apostole, dies 1713 Pavao Vitezovic, Croatian historian, dies 1691 Christian de Placker, composer, dies at 77 1666 Anna of Austria, queen of France/daughter of Philip III, dies at 64 1639 Mustapha I, sultan of Turkey (1622-23), dies 1612 Rudolf II von Habsburg, emperor of Germany (1576-1612), dies at 59 1569 Miles Coverdale, English bible translator Great bible, dies at 80 1479 John II, king of Aragon/Navarra, dies at 81 882 Louis II/III the Younger, German king (876-82), dies 842 Theophilus, Byzantine kaiser (829-42), dies 820 Abu Abdallah M ibn Idris al-Sjafi'i, islamic (Book of Mother), dies 250 Fabianus, Pope (236-50)/saint, dies
