1998 Kenichi Fukui, Japanese Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1981) dies at 79 1998 Michael Tippett, British composer (Royal Col of Music), dies at 93 1997 Edward Osobka-Morawski, prime minister of Poland (1945-47), dies 1997 Junaidu ibn Buhari, scholar, dies at 90 1996 Fearless Mary Nadia Wadia, actress, dies at 88 1996 Kurt Schmucker, German RFA minister of Economy (1963-66), dies 1996 Michael Lynn Synar, politician, dies at 45 1995 Peter Cook, English comic/actor (Peter n' Dud, Bedazzled), dies at 57 1995 Souphanouvong, Red Prince, president of Laos 1975 - 1987, dies at 85 1994 Silas Hogan, blues singer and guitarist, dies at 82 1993 Alois Brunner, German/Syrian commandant of KZ-Lower Drancy, dies 1993 Felix Grucci, fireworks expert, dies of Alzheimer's disease at 87 1992 Steve Brodie, actor (Desperate, Bodyguard), dies of cancer at 72 1992 William JF "Bill" Naughton, Irish/British playwright (Alfie), dies at 81 1987 Arthur Lake, actor (Dagwood-Blondie), dies at 81 1985 Don Brennan, cricket wicketkeeper (England in 2 Tests 1951), dies 1984 Wolfgang Staudte, German director (Ciske de Rat), dies at 77 1982 Paul Lynde, actor (Bye Bye Birdie, Bewitched), dies at 55 1981 Kazimierz Serocki, composer, dies at 58 1979 Avery Claflin, composer, dies at 80 1979 Sara Carter, vocalist and guitarist (Carter Family), dies at 80 1978 Eddie Gilbert, cricket (Aboriginal Qld quick got Don for a duck), dies 1977 Alexey Kozlovsky, composer, dies at 71 1977 Hal Sawyer, TV host (Sawyer Views Hollywood), dies at 62 1975 John Slater, actor (Deadlock, 3 on a Spree), dies at 58 1975 Pierre Fresnay, French actor (Monsieur Vincent), dies at 77 1972 Ted Shawn, U.S. dancer, dies at 80 1969 Ladislav Vycpalek, composer, dies at 86 1968 Kokichi Tsuburaya, Japanese marathoner (Olympic-bronze-1964), commits suicide 1968 Louis-Franeois-Marie Aubert, French composer (Habanera), dies at 90 1966 Haro Levoni Step'anyan, composer, dies at 68 1964 Halide Edib Adevar/Salih, Turkish feminist (Handan), dies at about 80 1962 LeRoy B Shield, U.S. pianist/composer (Union Pacific Suite), dies at 68 1959 Paul Malengreau, composer, dies at 71 1958 Paul Fechter, German writer/historian (God's Magician), dies 1957 Mary Carr Moore, composer, dies at 83 1953 Hans Aanrud, Norwegian author (Storken), dies at 89 1949 Amilcare Zanella, composer, dies at 75 1947 Karl Mannheim, sociologist (Diagnosis of Our Time), dies at 53 1947 Lambertus Zijl, sculptor (Merchant Exchange-Amsterdam), dies at 80 1946 Countee Cullen, U.S. poet (Black Christ, One Way to Heaven), dies at 42 1943 Robin G Collingwood, English philosopher (Roman Britain), dies at 53 1941 Ko Boezeman, Dutch resistance fighter, dies 1939 Johann Strauss, Austrian conductor/Royal ball director, dies at 72 1936 John Gilbert, actor (Love, Downstairs), dies at 40 1931 Claude Anet [Jean Schopfer], French writer (La fille perdue), dies 1930 Edward W. Buck, Dutch/US editor (Ladies Home Journal), dies at 66 1929 Heiner Muller, writer, dies 1927 Houston S Chamberlain, British/German race theorist, dies at 71 1923 Katherine Mansfield, New Zealand/British writer (Dove's Nest), dies at 34 1911 Edwin Arthur Jones, composer, dies at 57 1908 Abraham Goldfaden, U.S. Yiddish stage performer (Shulamis), dies at 67 1908 Wilhelm Busch, writer, dies 1902 Gustaaf Rolin-Jaequemyns, Belgian lawyer/Interior minister, dies at 66 1893 Mohara, Arab ivory/slave trader, dies in battle and is eaten 1886 Jakob Eduard Schmolzer, composer, dies at 73 1879 Don Joaquin BF Espartero, Field Marshall/viceroy of Navarra, dies at 86 1878 Victor Emmanuel II, king of Sard (1849-61)/Italy (1861-78), dies at 57 1863 Ferdinand Huber, composer, dies at 71 1858 Anson Jones, American Public Servant 1854 Filippo Traetta, Philip Trajetta, Italian composer, dies at 77 1853 Juan N Gallego, Spanish poet/interpreter (El dos de Mayo), dies at 75 1849 Jan Kops, Dutch agriculturist/vicar, dies at 83 1843 Caroline Herschel, "1st lady of astronomy", dies at 98 in Germany 1828 Pieter 't Hoen, Dutch journalist/patriot (Neder-Rhijn), dies at 83 1798 Pedro Pablo Abarca d Bolea earl of Aranda, Spanish officer, dies at 79 1679 Werner Fabricius, composer, dies at 45 1677 Aernout "Aert" van der Neer, cartoonist/landscape painter, dies at 73 1514 Anna de Bretagne, wife of Maximilian, dies at 36 1499 Johan Cicero, elector of (Brandenburg, 1486-99), dies at 43
