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July 15, 2000 Paul Young, singer, Mike and the Mechanics, dies at 53 July 15, 1997 Alan Charig, paleontologist, BBC science show presenter, dies at 70 July 15, 1997 Gianni Versace, fashion designer, shot to death by Andrew Cunanan at 50 July 15, 1996 Dana Hill, actress (Vacation), dies at 32 July 15, 1995 Eddie J Bush, golf professional, dies at 83 July 15, 1995 Willie George "Bill" Woodruff Sr, vocalist, dies at 66 July 15, 1994 Jeanne Bieruma Oosting, Dutch painter/illustrator, dies July 15, 1993 David Brian, U.S. actor (Damned Don't Cry, Fort Worth), dies at 78 July 15, 1992 Henk van der Molen, guitarist/composer/writer (Martine Bijl), dies July 15, 1991 Bert Convy, actor (Snoop Sisters, Win Lose or Draw), dies at 57 July 15, 1990 Alison Leggatt, actress (Day of Triffids, Cows), dies at 86 July 15, 1990 Margaret Mary Lockwood, actress (Man in Grey, Wicked Lady), dies at 73 July 15, 1990 Troy Dixon, rapper (Trouble T-Roy of Heavy D), dies at 22 of a fall July 15, 1988 Eleanor Estes, author (Ginger Pye, Moffats), dies at 82 July 15, 1987 Alfie Bass, actor (Moonraker, Are You Being Served), dies at 66 July 15, 1986 Benny Rubin, actor/comedian (Benny Rubin Show), dies at 87 July 15, 1986 Florence Halop, actress (Florence-Night Court), dies at 63 July 15, 1983 Eddie Foy Jr, actor (Eddie-Fair Exchange), dies of cancer at 78 July 15, 1980 Eddie Jackson, comedian (Jimmy Durante Show), dies at 84 July 15, 1980 Henri Martelli, composer, dies at 85 July 15, 1977 Konstantin Fedin, writer, dies July 15, 1976 Paul William Gallico, writer, dies at 78 July 15, 1975 Charles Weidman, U.S. dancer and choreographer (Fables for Our Time), dies July 15, 1971 Guy Wilkerson, dies of cancer at 71 July 15, 1969 Peter Van Eyck, dies after long illness at 56 July 15, 1968 Lura Anson, dies in Woodland at 76 July 15, 1960 Lawrence Mervil Tibbett, baritone, dies after surgery at 63 July 15, 1959 Ernest Bloch, Swiss/US composer (Macbeth), dies at 78 July 15, 1959 Peter A Egge, Norwegian writer (The Dream), dies July 15, 1958 Julia Lennon, mother of Beatle John, dies in an auto accident July 15, 1958 Nuries-Said, Iraqi soldier/statesman, assassinated, dies July 15, 1957 George Cleveland, actor (Grampa-Lassie), dies at 74 July 15, 1957 Marie C of Zeggelen, author (Dessajongen), dies at 87 July 15, 1952 Julia Lennon, John Lennon's mother dies in a car accident July 15, 1948 John J Pershing, [Black Jack], U.S. general (Mexico, WW I), dies at 87 July 15, 1948 John Joseph Pershing, American Soldier July 15, 1947 Henry Kolker, dies at 76 July 15, 1940 Donald Calthrop, dies at 52 July 15, 1940 Robert Wadlow, world's tallest man (8'11.1"), dies at 32 July 15, 1939 Johon Mellanby, physiologist, dies July 15, 1939 Percy Scott Worthington, architect, dies July 15, 1937 Walter Gay, artist, dies July 15, 1935 Pieter WA Cort van de Linden, Dutch premier (1913-18), dies at 89 July 15, 1934 Jules Renkin, Belgian PM (1931-32), dies July 15, 1933 Irving Babbitt, U.S. writer (Democracy and Leadership), dies at 67 July 15, 1930 Leopold von Auer, Hungarian/US violinist, dies July 15, 1929 Hugo Von Hofmannsthal, playwright and poet, dies July 15, 1915 Ludwik Grossman, composer, dies at 80 July 15, 1912 Francisco Lazaro, Portuguese marathon runner (Olympics), dies at 21 July 15, 1910 Daniel Kinet, auto racer/1st Belgian flyer, dies July 15, 1904 Anton Pavlovich Chechov, Russian writer (Uncle Vanya), dies at 44 July 15, 1890 Gottfried Keller, writer, dies at 70 July 15, 1885 Rosalia de Castro, Spanish writer, dies at 48 July 15, 1883 Tom Thumb, famous small person (40"), dies of a stroke at 44 July 15, 1881 William "Billy the Kid" Bonney, shot by sheriff Pat Garrett at 21 July 15, 1876 Aleksander Fredro, Polish comedy writer (Zemstra), dies at 82 July 15, 1869 A J Hayne, black captain of Arkansas militia, assassinated July 15, 1868 William Thomas Morton, dentist (1st to use ether), dies July 15, 1865 Reinier C Bakhuizen van de Brink, Dutch historian, dies at 55 July 15, 1862 David Emanuel Twiggs, U.S. Confederate gen-mjr (Monterrey), dies at 72 July 15, 1857 Carl Czerny, Austrian pianist/composer, dies at 66 July 15, 1856 Margaretha J de Neufville, author (The Kidnap), dies at 81 July 15, 1854 Wincenty Studzinski, composer, dies at 39 July 15, 1839 Winthrop Mackworth Praed, politician/poet, dies July 15, 1810 Jean-Baptiste Rey, composer, dies at 75 July 15, 1798 Gaetano Pugnani, composer, dies at 66 July 15, 1789 Jacques Duphly, composer, dies at 74 July 15, 1784 Johan B Straub, South German sculptor, dies July 15, 1782 Farinelli, Italian singer, dies at 77 July 15, 1782 Robert Wainwright, composer, dies at 33 July 15, 1765 Charles Andrew Vanloo, painter, dies July 15, 1751 John Wilson, botanist, dies July 15, 1738 Alexander Voznitsyn, Rus Naval officer converted to Judaism, executed July 15, 1738 Antonio Maria Pacchioni, composer, dies at 84 July 15, 1738 Baruch Leibov, converted Russian Naval officer to Judaism, executed July 15, 1685 James Scott, Duke of Monmouth, illegitimate son of Charles 2, executed July 15, 1609 Annibale Carracci, painter, dies July 15, 1417 Willem J Eggert, financier (W E Center, Purmerend), dies July 15, 1416 John, Duke of Berry, captain of Paris, dies July 15, 1411 Johannes Parvus, [Jean Petit], French theologist, dies July 15, 1381 John Ball, English priest/ideologist of Boer uprising, hanged July 15, 1291 Rudolf I, King of Germany and Holy Roman Empire, dies July 15, 1274 John F Bonaventura, Ital/French theologist/dominican/saint, dies July 15, 1085 Robert Guiscard, Duke of Apulia and Calabria, dies at 70 July 15, 668 Constantius II, emperor of Byzantium, dies at 37 |