2009 John Updike dies of lung cancer, at 76 2008 Gordon B. Hinckley, dies in Salt Lake City, Utah, of natural causes, at 97 2006 Johannes Rau, German Statesman 2004 Jack Paar, TV host, early Tonight Show host, dies at 85 2002 Robert L. Chapman, lexicographer, Roget's Thesaurus, dies at 81 2001 Andre Prevost, composer, professor, Officer of the Order of Canada, dies 1997 Cecil Lewis, airman/writer, dies at 98 1997 Matthew Coady, journalist, dies at 73 1996 Barbara Skelton, writer, dies at 79 1996 John Patrick Sutton Ludlow, actor (Agatha), dies at 93 1996 Julian Hill, research chemist, dies at 91 1996 Olga Havlova, political activist, dies at 63 1996 Ralph Webster Yarborough, politician, dies at 92 1996 Tommy Mitchell, cricket (Derbyshire leg-spin, 5 Tests for Eng), dies 1995 Geoffrey Parsons, Australian/British pianist, dies at 65 1995 Halsey S Colchester, British SAS/MI6-spy/priest, dies at 76 1995 Jean Tardieu, author, dies at 91 1995 Willem R "Wim" van der Zee, General-Secretary Council of Churches, dies at 64 1994 Claude Akins, actor (Rio Bravo, Lobo), dies of cancer at 75 1994 Eddie Calhoun, jazz Bassist, dies at 72 1994 Joe Mays, actor (Mr Saturday Night), dies of AIDS at 44 1994 Stanley Adams, songwriter, dies at 86 1993 Andre "the Giant" Roussimoff, WWF wrestler, dies of heart attack at 49 1993 Erik Mork, Danish actor (Europe), dies at 67 1993 Edward P. Morgan, American Journalist 1992 Francesca Primus, columnist (Back Stage), dies at 45 1992 Gene Harris, entertainer, dies after long illness 1992 Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, British actress (Eliza Dolittle), dies at 101 1990 Helen Jerome Eddy, actress (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm), dies at 92 1987 Norman McLaren, Scottish Artist 1986 L Ron Hubbard, novelist/founder (Church of Scientology), dies at 74 1986 Lilli Palmer, German actress (Boys from Brazil, Kinder), dies at 71 1984 Lou Crosby, TV announcer (Mayor of Hollywood), dies at 72 1983 Louis De Funes, actor and writer (Mad Adv of Rabbi Jacobs), dies at 68 1983 Paul "Bear" Bryant, U.S. football coach (Alabama), dies at 69 1983 Robert Christian, actor (Bustin' Loose), dies of cancer at 42 1982 Iris Korn, actress (Widder-Palmerstown USA), dies at 60 1981 Leo Collard, Belgian minister of Education (1946/54-58), dies at 78 1978 Marguerite Canal, composer, dies at 87 1978 Oscar Homolka, actor (7 Year Itch, Ball of Fire), dies at 79 1977 Walter Baldwin, actor (Gay Amigo), dies at 88 1974 Georgios Grivas, Greek gen/oppos leader on Cyprus (EOKA), dies at 75 1974 Paula Ludwig, writer, dies at 74 1972 Mahalia Jackson, gospel singer (He Got the Whole World), dies at 60 1972 Richard Courant, German/US mathematician, dies at 84 1970 Ed Ford, comedian (Can You Top This?), dies at 72 1970 Probir Sen, cricket (20 catch and 11 stumpings, 14 Tests for Ind), dies 1969 Charles Winninger, actor (Charlie Farrell Show), dies at 82 1969 Hanns Jelinek, composer, dies at 67 1967 Alphonse Juin, French marshal, dies at 78 1967 Edward Higgins White II, Lieutenant Colonel USAF/astronaut (Gemini 4), dies at 36 1967 Roger B Chaffee, astronaut, dies at 31 in Apollo I fire 1967 Virgil I (Gus) Grissom, astronaut, dies at 40 in Apollo I fire 1965 Theo Uden Marsman, Dutch orchestra leader, dies at 63 1964 Lieb Glantz, composer, dies at 65 1963 John Farrow, actor and director (Botany Bay), dies at 58 1956 Erich Kleiber, Austrian conductor, dies 1955 Ernst Penzoldt, writer, dies 1954 Paul-Marie Masson, composer, dies at 71 1953 Martinus Nijhoff, Dutch poet/interpreter/linguist, dies at 58 1949 Boris Asafiev, composer, dies at 64 1941 Iver Paul Fredrik Holter, composer, dies at 90 1940 Isaac Babel, Russian Journalist 1928 Marie Verstraete, actress (Frou-Frou/Nora), dies at 74 1922 Giovanni Verga, Italian writer (I Mala Voglia), dies at 81 1919 Endre Ady, Hungarian poet (Margita elni akar), dies at 41 1904 Adam Minchejmer, composer, dies at 73 1901 Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer (Rigoletto/Traviata/Aida), dies at 87 1893 James G Blaine, U.S. minister of foreign affairs, dies at 62 1889 Ivan S Aksakov, Russian journalist, dies at 65 1866 John Gibson, sculptor, dies 1864 Franz von Klenze, German architect (palace Leuchtenberg), dies at 59 1860 Jano Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician (parallel), dies at 57 1859 Carl A Agardh, Swedish botanist/bishop of Karlstad, dies at 74 1858 Gerrit van der Linde Jz, Dutch "Principal", poet, dies at 49 1857 Dorothea von Benckendorff, Baltic monarch of Lieven, dies at 72 1851 John James Audubon, conservationist (Audubon Society), dies at 65 1851 Karl Moser, composer, dies at 77 1850 J Gottfried Schadow, German sculptor/cartoonist/writer, dies at 85 1850 Philipp Roth, composer, dies at 70 1816 Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood/admiral, dies 1814 Johann Gottlieb Fichte, philosopher, dies 1814 Philip Astley, theatre manager, dies 1802 Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg, composer, dies at 42 1763 John Theodor of Bavaria, prince-bishop of Liege/cardinal, dies 1731 Bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Italian piano builder, dies at 75 1699 William Temple, statesman, dies 1669 Gaspar de Crayer, Flemish painter, dies at 87 1629 Hieronymus Praetorius, composer, dies at 68 1625 Adriaen Valerius, notary/Netherlands Gedenck-clanck, dies at about 49 1612 Maarten van Valckenborch, Flemish painter, buried at about 77 1565 Robrecht de Berghes, prince-bishop of Liege (1557-64), dies 1540 Angela Merici, Italian monk/monastery, dies 1164 Abraham ibn Ezra, poet/philosopher, dies 847 Sergius II, pope (844-47), dies 672 Vitalianus, pope (657-72)/saint, dies 661 Ali ibn Abi Talib, the holiest meeting site of Islam, son-in-law, of prophet Muhammad, Muslim Sunni - Shi'a split occurred because Sunni's consider him 4th, last Rashidun, Shi'a's consider him first Imam, rightful successor to Muhammad, dies at age 62 98 Marius Cocceius Nerva, emperor of Rome (96-98), dies at about 67
