2008 Heath Ledger, dies in New York City, toxic combination of prescription drugs, at 28 2007 Abbe Pierre, dies in Paris, France, following a lung infection, at 94 2005 Rose Mary Woods, American Celebrity 2004 Ann Miller, dancer, Kiss Me Kate, dies at 84 2003 Bill Mauldin, cartoonist, Willie and Joe, dies at 81 2002 Stanley Marcus, American Businessman 2000 Craig Claiborne, food author, New York Times, dies at 79 1997 Ian Arthur Hoyle Munro, medical journalist, dies at 73 1997 Irwin Levine, composer (Tie a Yellow Ribbon), dies at 58 1997 Mollie Panter-Downes, writer, dies at 90 1997 Wally Whyton, musician/broadcaster, dies at 66 1996 Edward Thomas, historian/intelligence expert, dies at 77 1996 Efua Theodore Sutherland, writer, dies at 71 1996 Yisrael Eldad, extremist politician, dies at 85 1995 Christopher Francis Palmer, orchestrator/Author, dies at 48 1995 Mahmoud Sayed Selim, Egyptian moslim leader, shot to death at 29 1995 Margaret Barbara Lambert, British historian (Saar), dies at 88 1995 Nico Adriaans, founder of Rotterdam Junkiebond, dies of AIDS at 37 1995 Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, mother of President John F Kennedy, dies at 104 1995 Rose Kennedy, American Author 1994 Frances Gifford, dies of emphysema, at 71 1994 Irving B Kahn, inventer (teleprompter), dies at 76 1994 Jean-Louis Barrault, French actor (La Ronde), dies at 83 1994 Telly Savalas, actor (Kojak), dies of prostate cancer at 70 1993 Alexander Bodon, Hungarian-Dutch architect (RAI, Dollywood), dies at 86 1993 Charlie Gehringer, baseball player, dies at 89 1993 Kobo Abe, Japanese writer (Wife in the Sand), dies at 68 1993 Maria Vlamynck, Flemish author, dies at 75 1992 A J Antoon, director (That Championship Season), dies at 47 1992 Ali Amini, Prime Minister of Iran 1961 - 1962, dies 1988 Georgi M Malenkov, Russian premier (1953-55), dies at 86 1988 Parker Fennelly, actor (Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm), dies at 96 1987 R Budd Dwyer, Penns State Treasurer, facing prison for conspiracy and perjury, shot himself to death at a televised news conference 1982 Eduardo Frei Montalva, president of Chile (1964-70), dies at 71 1981 Fannie Thomas, U.S., dies at 113 1980 Iris Meredith, actress (Lawless Land, Gambling Terror), dies at 64 1979 Ali Hassan Salameh, Abu Hassan, killed by car bomb; believed to have helped mastermind massacre of 1972 Munich Olympics athletes 1976 Charles Reznikoff, American Poet 1975 Klaas Voskuil, Dutch journalist, dies at 79 1974 Leon Lontoc, actor (Henry-Burke's Law), dies at 64 1973 Lyndon B Johnson, president (1963-69), dies at his Texas ranch at 64 1973 Lyndon B. Johnson, American President 1969 Judy Garland, singer and actress (Wizard of Oz), dies at 48 of an overdose 1968 Duke Kahanamoku, 100m swimmer, 3 Gold Medals 1912, 1920, 1924 Olympics, dies at 77 1967 Jobyna Ralston, actress (Wings, Girl Shy, Freshman), dies at 66 1966 Herbert Marshall, actor (Dark Angel, Duel in the Sun), dies at 75 1964 Marc Blitzstein, U.S. composer (Cradle Will Rock), dies at 58 1959 A J Else Mauhs, German/Dutch actress (Hamlet, Nora), dies at 73 1956 P A M Speet, Dutch broadcast CEO (KRO), dies 1952 Roger Vitrac, French poet/dramatist (Mysteries of Love), dies at 52 1951 Eastwood Lane, composer, dies at 71 1950 Alan Hale, actor (Little John-Adv of Robin Hood), dies at 57 1945 A Wolfenstein, writer, dies at 61 1945 Carlo Felice Boghen, composer, dies a day before 76th birthday 1945 Else Lasker-Schuler, writer, dies at 48 1945 Johan Eykman, theologist (World Church), dies at 52 1942 Reimond Tollenaere, leader Flemishch National Front, dies at 81 1942 Walter Richard Sickert, British painter (Free House!), dies at 81 1936 Louis Glass, composer, dies at 71 1924 Maurice du Plessys, French poet (Le Feu Sacre), dies at 59 1923 Max Nordau, Sudfeld, German physician/zionists leader, dies at 73 1922 Benedictus XV, Giacomo Markies D Chiesa, pope (1914-22), dies at 67 1916 Iwan Knorr, composer, dies at 63 1914 Frederik Rung, composer, dies at 60 1913 Ferdinand van der Haeghen, Flemish librarian/bibliographer, dies at 82 1909 Richard A C E Erlenmeyer, German chemist, dies at 83 1901 Victoria, Alexandrine, Britain's Queen (1837-1901), dies at 81 1895 Edward Solomon, composer, dies at 39 1893 Vincenz Lachner, composer, dies at 81 1890 Francis Bowen, American Philosopher 1879 Anthony Durnford, British colonel, dies in battle 1879 George Shepstone, British political affiliate, dies in battle 1868 Moritz Ganz, composer, dies at 61 1852 George Rodwell, composer, dies at 51 1850 Vincenzo Pallotti, Italian saint, dies at 54 1847 Georges-Julien Sieber, composer, dies at 71 1799 Horace B de Saussure, Swiss physicist/geologist/alpinist, dies at 58 1798 Lewis Morris, U.S. farmer signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 71 1798 Matija A Reljkovic, Croatian writer (Satire of Wild Man), dies at 66 1796 Bernhard Hupfeld, composer, dies at 78 1781 Johann Siebenkas, composer, dies at 66 1700 Jacob Balthasar Schutz, composer, dies at 39 1640 Erasmus Quellinus I, Flemish wood carver, dies at about 55 1599 Cristofano Malvezzi, composer, dies at 51 1581 Joost de Damhoudere, Flemish lawyer, dies 1581 Seerp Galama, Dutch nobleman/military/politician, dies at 52 1552 Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset, beheaded for treason 1531 Andrea del Sarto, Italian painter, dies at 44 1336 Louis III, last Earl of Loon, dies
