2004 Isabel Sanford, actress, The Jeffersons, dies at 86 2004 Paul Klebnikov, journalist, Forbes writer murdered in Russia after writing about corruption, dies at 41 2002 Laurence M. Janifer, science fiction writer, dies at 69 2002 Rod Steiger, actor, On the Waterfront, dies at 77 1999 James L. Farmer, Jr., American Activist 1996 Christopher Casson, actor (Educating Rita, Zardoz), dies at 84 1996 Douglas G Chapman, biomathematical statistician, dies at 76 1996 Melvin Mouron Belli, attorney/actor (Star Trek), dies at 88 1996 Susan Cowdy, British ornithologist, dies at 81 1995 Jacques Molicard, translator/Navigator, dies at 62 1995 James Cameron Tudor, politician, dies at 66 1995 John Eric Tieman, production Manager (Guardian), dies at 67 1995 Julian Graham Theodore Hough, actor (Deathwatch, Shout), dies at 47 1995 W Fenton Morley, preacher, dies at 83 1994 Cornelius Boyson, bassist, dies at 57 1994 William "Sabby" Lewis, jazz Pianist/Arranger, dies at 79 1993 Cut Meijer, Saul Messel, historian/rabbi to Paramaribo, dies at 80 1993 Will Rogers, Jr., (Rep-D)/actor (Boy from Okla), commits suicide at 81 1992 Eric Savareid, News correspondent (CBS), dies at 79 1992 Kelvin Coe, Australian ballerina (A'sch Ballet/Bolshoi Ballet), dies 1990 Brigitte D'Ortschy, Zen teacher Sanbo Kyodan line, dies in Japan at 69 1990 Howard Duff, actor (Kramer vs Kramer), dies at 76 of a heart attack 1988 Anthony Holland, AIDS sufferer committed suicide at 60 1988 Barbara Woodhouse, dog trainer, dies at 78 of a stroke 1986 Karl-Heinz Beckurts, West german Siemens manager, murdered 1986 Le Duan, Vietnamese politician, dies at 78 1985 Rafael Campos, actor (Ramon-Rhoda, Sancho-V), dies of cancer at 49 1984 Randall Thompson, U.S. composer (Trip to Nahant), dies at 85 1981 Allen Ludden, TV show host (Password), dies at 61 1981 Oscar van Hemel, composer, dies at 88 1981 Wilhelm H C Tenhaeff, para-psychologist, dies at 87 1979 Betty Evans Grayson, softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1959), dies at 53 1979 Cornelia Otis Skinner, dies at 78 1978 Abdul Razak al-Naif, premier of Iraq, murdered 1978 Aladar Zoltan, composer, dies at 49 1977 Loren C Eiseley, U.S. anthropologist/writer (Animal Secrets), dies at 69 1977 Alice Paul, American Activist 1974 Sonia Gaskell, Russian/Netherlands choreographer (Diaghilev), dies at 70 1974 Earl Warren, American Judge 1972 Kwame Nkrumah, re-buried in Nkroful Ghana 1969 Gertrude Dixon, compiler of Shunryu Suzuki's Zen Mind, dies 1969 Gladys Swarthout, U.S. mezzo-soprano/alt (La Gioconda), dies at 64 1969 Pierre Capdevielle, composer, dies at 63 1969 Rob de Vries, actor and director (Ciske de Rat, Silent Raid), dies at 51 1968 Vardis A. Fisher, U.S. writer, Darkness and Deep, dies at 73 1968 Allyn Edwards, host (One Minute Please, Mr. Citizen), dies at 53 1968 John Indrisano, actor (OK Crackerby), dies at 62 1968 Vardis A Fisher, U.S. writer (Passion Spin the Plot), dies at 73 1967 Douglas MacLean, silent film comedian turned producer, dies at 77 1963 Frank Mayo, actor (Santa Fe Trail), dies of heart attack at 74 1962 Louis A van Gasteren, Dutch actor (Willem van Oranje), dies at 74 1962 Georges Bataille, French Writer 1961 Alan Marshal, actor (Lydia, Irene, Exile Express), dies at 52 1960 Edward Burlingame Hill, composer, dies at 86 1957 Alexander Fyodorovich Gedike, composer, dies at 80 1956 Renee Erdos, Hungarian literary (Leanyalmok [Dream Girl]), dies 1951 Harry Heilmann, baseball hall of famer outfielder (Det), dies at 56 1951 Jorgen Bentzon, composer, dies at 54 1949 Fritz Bennicke Hart, composer, dies at 75 1934 Otakar Zich, composer, dies at 55 1932 Henry Howell, English cricket fast bowler (5 Tests 1920-24), dies 1909 Kasimir Felix Badeni, Premier of Polish/Austria (1895-97), dies at 62 1883 Adrien Louis Victor Boieldieu, composer, dies at 67 1875 Francis Preston Blair, Jr., famed St. Louis lawyer, dies at 54 1850 Bab, Baha'i prophet, executed in Tabriz Iran 1850 Sajjid Ali Mohammed Bab, Persian founder of Babism 1850 Zachary Taylor, 12th President (1849-50), dies in White House at 65 1845 Jacob earl of Rechteren/Appeltern, Governor of Gelderland, dies at 57 1843 Washington Allston, U.S. painter/author, dies at 63 1821 Tommaso Sogner, composer, dies at 58 1805 Georg W. "Franz" Panzer, German vicar/librarian, dies at 76 1797 Edmund Burke, British author/parliament leader (Reflections), dies at 68 1766 Jonathan Mayhew, American Clergyman 1756 Pieter Langendijk, painter/etcher/playwright, dies at 72 1755 E Braddock, British Gen, mortally wounded during French and Indian War 1755 Gottlob Harrer, composer, dies at 52 1747 Giovanni Battista Bononcini, Italian opera-composer, dies at 76 1746 Philip V, French King of Spain (1700-24, 24-46), dies at 62 1737 de' Medici, last Medici-grand duke of Toscane, dies 1716 Joseph Sauveur, French sound engineer, dies at 63 1696 Waclaw Potocki, Polish poet (Wojna Chocimska), dies 1677 Angelus Silesius [Johann Scheffer], German medical/mystic poet, dies 1654 Ferdinand, son of RC emperor Ferdinand III, dies 1639 Entonius Walaeus, calvinist theologist, dies at 65 1441 Jan/Johannes van Eyck, Flemish painter (Lamb Gods), dies
