2005 Gaylord Nelson, American Politician 2001 Mordecai Richler, writer, The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, dies at 70 2000 Harold Nicholas, dancer, the Nicholas Brothers, dies at 79 1998 Danielle Berry, American Celebrity 1996 Raaj Kumar, film star, actor in Bollywood movies, famous for film 'Mother India', dies at 68 1995 Albert Hardy, photographer, dies at 82 1995 Brad Lee Sexton, bass guitarist, dies at 47 1995 Gil Wolman, situationist, dies at 65 1994 Harry Ebbeling, PC-corrector, dies at 54 1994 Lewis A "Lew" Hoad, tennis star (Wimbledon 1953, 56), dies at 59 1994 Pieter Hennipman, Dutch economist, dies at 85 1993 "Curly" Joe DeRita, last of Three Stooges, dies of pneumonia at 83 1992 Arline Bletcher, entertainer, dies of natural causes at 99 1992 Marc Tannenbaum, rabbi (only Jew to attend Vatican II), dies at 66 1991 Irina Nijinska, Russian/US dancer, dies at 77 1990 Ludi Claire Hugo, entertainer, dies at 70 1990 Maurice Girodias, French publisher, dies at 71 1989 Andrei Gromyko, Soviet diplomat, dies just short of his 80th birthday 1989 Jim Backus, actor (Magoo, Gilligan's Island), dies at 76 of pneumonia 1988 Gabriel Dell, actor (Dead End Kids), dies of leukemia at 68 1987 Viola Dana, actress (Willow Tree, 40 Winks, Silent Lover), dies at 90 1986 Rudy Vallee, singer (Vagabond Dreams), dies at 84 1984 Raoul Salan, French general/OAS leader (Algeria), dies at 85 1982 Henry King, U.S. director (Song of Bernadette, Gunfighter), dies 1981 Ross Martin, actor (Mr Lucky, Wild Wild West), dies at 61 1978 James Daly, actor (Medical Center), dies at 59 1977 Hugh Le Caine, composer, dies at 63 1977 Mohammed al-Zahaby, Egyptian minister, murdered 1976 Hans Bentz van den Berg, Dutch actor (Last Train), dies at 58 1974 John C Ransom, U.S. poet (World's Body), dies 1973 Charles Ancerl, Czechoslovakian conductor (Prague/Toronto), dies at 63 1973 Laurens Hammond, American Inventor 1972 Mississippi Fred McDowell, jazz artist, dies at 68 1971 Jim Morrison, rock singer (Doors), dies of heart failure at 27 1971 Ricci Riano, entertainer, dies after long illness at 71 1969 Brian Jones, guitarist (Rolling Stones), drowns to death at 25 1969 Hermann Grabner, composer, dies at 83 1967 John Clark, actor (Last Day of the War), dies at 50 1966 Andre Gailhard, composer, dies at 81 1966 Cornelis "Kees" Boeke, theorist, dies at 81 1966 Joseph Deems Taylor, composer, dies at 80 1965 Clarence Loomis, composer, dies at 75 1965 Trigger, horse (Roy Rogers), dies at 25 1960 Alfred Henry Ackley, composer, dies at 73 1957 Richard Mohaupt, German composer (Bucolica), dies at 52 1957 Judy Tyler, actress (Princess-Howdy Doody), dies at 23 in car crash 1952 Daniel Zamudio, composer, dies at 64 1952 Henriette Bosmans, composer, dies 1948 Adrien H Gerhard, Dutch SDAP-politician, dies at 90 1934 Henry WAE, Prince of Netherlands/father of Queen Juliana, dies 1916 Henrietta "Hetty" Howland Robinson Green, (Witch of Wall Street), dies 1910 Julius Slabbe, Belgian writer, dies 1910 Mordecai Sherwin, English cricket wicketkeeper (Australia 1886-88), dies 1908 Joel Chandler Harris, created Uncle Remus, dies at 59 1904 Theodor Herzl, Austrian journalist/Zionist, dies 1891 Stefano Golinelli, composer, dies at 72 1873 Josef Michal Ksawery Jan Poniatowski, composer, dies at 57 1863 Alonzo Hersford Cushing, U.S. Union lt, dies in battle at about 22 1863 Lewis Addison Armistead, Confederate Brigadier General Gettysburg/dies in battle at 46 1863 Little Crow, Ta-oya-te-duta, Santee Sioux indian chief, dies 1863 Richard Brooke Garnett, U.S. Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 45 1863 Samuel Kosciuzko Zook, U.S. Union general-major, dies in battle at 40 1862 William Barksdale, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 40 1816 Dorothea Jordan, French actress/mistress (William IV), dies at 65 1809 Joseph Quesne, composer, dies at 62 1801 Johann Nepomuk Went, composer, dies at 56 1778 Jean-Jacques Rousseau, French writer/composer (Pygmalion), dies 1642 Maria de' Medici, French queen-mother, dies at about 69 1570 Antonio Paleario, Italian humanist, executed by inquisition at 67 1090 Egbert II van Brunswick, Fries count, dies in battle 683 Leo II, Pope (681-83), dies
