2007 Molly Ivins, died in Austin, Texas, of inflammatory breast cancer, at 62 2001 Gordon R. Dickson, writer, The Dragon and the George, dies at 77 2000 Gil Kane, American Artist 1997 Eve Lister, actress and singer (No Limit, Hyde Park), dies at 84 1996 Gustave Solomon, mathematician, dies at 65 1995 George Abbott, playwright/actor/producer (Damn Yankees), dies at 105 1995 James Johnson, English MP (Labour, 1950..83), dies at 86 1994 Pierre Boulle, French writer (Executioner), dies at 81 1992 Mel Hein, NFLer (New York Giants), dies at 82 1992 Wim van Heumen, field hockey coach (Netherlands), dies at 63 1989 Jack Douglas, humorist (My Brother Was an Only Child), dies at 80 1989 Yasushi Akutagawa, composer, dies at 63 1989 William Stephenson, Canadian Soldier 1987 Yves Allegret, French director (Such a lovely tiny beach), dies at 79 1980 J P Duminy, cricket (30 runs at 5 and 1 wkt at 39 in 3 Test S Af), dies 1974 Glenn Morris, olympian/actor (Tarzan's Revenge), dies at 61 1974 Harry Baum, actor (Crime and Punishment), dies at 58 1974 Paul Haesaerts, Flemish architect/painter (Flandre), dies at 72 1974 Roger Pryor, actor (Lady by Choice), dies at 72 1974 Samuel Goldwyn, Polish/English/US film magnate (MGM), dies at 91 1973 Ragnar Frisch, Norwegian economist (Nobel 1969), dies at 77 1972 Bir Bikram Shah Deva Mahendra, king of Nepal (1955-72), dies at 51 1972 Howard Barlow, conductor (Voice of Firestone), dies at 79 1972 Istvan Szelenyi, composer, dies at 67 1970 Slim Harpo, James Moore, rocker, dies at 28 1969 Alexander Mikhaylovich Dzegelyonok, composer, dies at 77 1967 Chief Thundercloud, actor (Ambush, Colt 45, Typhoon), dies at 100 1967 Otto Dibelius, German theologian/bishop, dies at 86 1966 Elizabeth Patterson, actress (Tall Story), dies at 90 1960 Lowell Gilmore, actor (Calcutta, Roadblock), dies at 53 1956 A. A. Milne, English Author 1955 John R Mott, U.S. theologist/founder (YMCA, Nobel 1946), dies at 89 1954 Edwin Armstrong, U.S. radio inventor (FM), commits suicide at 63 1954 Florence Bates, actress (Kismet, I Remember Mama), dies at 65 1949 Henri de Vries, Hendricus Walterop, actor (Cleopatra), dies at 84 1945 Eddie Slovik, 1st U.S. executed for desertion since Civil War at 25 1944 Jean Giraudoux, French Dramatist 1940 Rene "Sascha" Schickele, German writer (Erbe am Rhein), dies at 56 1933 John Galsworthy, England, writer (Forsythe, Nobel 1932), dies at 65 1925 George Washington Cable, American Novelist 1922 Heinrich Reinhardt, composer, dies at 56 1919 Paul Lindau, German playwright/critic (Estimate), dies at 79 1892 Charles Spurgeon, British Clergyman 1891 Ernest Meissonier, French painter/etcher/sculptor, dies at 75 1864 Hamilton Rowan Gamble, U.S. judge/governor of Missouri (1861-64), dies 1861 Franciscus J van Vree, Dutch Catholic foreman, dies at 53 1828 Alexandros Ypsilanti, Greek resistance fighter, dies at 35 1788 Charles E Stuart, English pretender to the throne, dies at 67 1788 Francesco Zannetti, composer, dies at 50 1788 [Bonnie Prince] Charles E Stuart, English pretender, dies at 67 1606 Guy Fawkes, convicted in the "Gunpowder Plot", executed at 35 1580 Hendrik, Portuguese cardinal/epilepticus/regent (1578-80), dies 1561 Menno Simonsz, Dutch priest/vicar (Foundation Book), dies
