2008 George Carlin, dies of heart failure at 71 2004 Bob Bemer, Pioneering geek, ", helped to develop the ASCII character set, COBOL and the ESC sequence, ", dies at 84 2004 Mattie Stepanek, poet, Heartsongs, dies at 13 2002 Ann Landers, advice columnist, dies at 83 1998 Maureen O'Sullivan, actress, Tarzan, dies at 87 1996 James Leander "Leo" Nichols, honorary consul, dies at 65 1996 Salah Abou Seif, film director, dies at 81 1996 Tertius Metcalf, businessman, dies at 63 1996 Bill Emerson, Representative-R-Missouri 1981 - 1996, died of cancer 1995 Georges Yves Marie Congar, Dominican theologian cardinal, dies at 91 1994 Jack Davies, screenwriter, dies at 80 1993 Hannah Troy, fashion designer (petite), dies of heart attack at 93 1993 M'hammed Boukhozba, Algerian sociologist, murdered at 52 1993 Pat Nixon, 1st lady (1969-75), dies of lung cancer at 81 1992 Chuck Mitchell, actor (Penitentiary), dies 1992 Frederic I Rinaldo, writer (Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein), dies 1992 M F K Fisher, cook book author, dies of Parkinson Disease at 83 1992 M. F. K. Fisher, American Writer 1991 Cameron Miller, actor (Portrait of Claire), dies at 82 1991 Kevin O'Connor, actor (Bogie), dies of cancer at 56 1989 Bengt Viktor Johansson, composer, dies at 74 1989 Lee Calhoun, hurdler, Gold Medals 1956, 1960 Olympics, dies at 66 1988 Bramwell Fletcher, actor (Mummy, Raffles, Svengali), dies at 84 1988 Dennis Day, actor/tenor (Jack Benny Show), dies of ALS at 71 1988 Ross Ford, actor (Reform School Girl, Jungle Patrol), dies 1987 Fred Astaire, actor/dancer (Royal Wedding, Let's Dance), dies at 88 1984 Joseph Losey, director (Go-Between, M, Concrete Jungle), dies at 75 1982 Alan Webb, actor (King Lear, Challenge to Lassie), dies at 75 1981 Lola Lane, actress (Zanzibar, Mystery Ship, Big Fight), dies 1979 Emory Parnell, St. Paul, Minnesota, actor (Life of Riley), dies at 85 1979 Julius Sommer, dies of heart failure, buried in Dayton Ohio 1977 Marston Morse, American Mathematician 1974 Darius Milhaud, French composer (Le boeuf sur le toat), dies at 81 1973 Jacques Leon Wolfe, composer, dies at 77 1969 Judy Garland, actress (Wizard of Oz, Easter Parade), dies at 47 1967 Adrian Grigor'yevich Shaposhnikov, composer, dies at 79 1965 Adriaan F Dussenbroek, Dutch doctor/co-founder (UNA), dies at 72 1965 David O. Selznick, producer, 'Gone With the Wind', dies at 63 1965 David O. Selznick, American Producer 1965 Joseph Auslander, American Poet 1964 Havank, HF van der Kallen, detective writer (Shade), dies at 60 1961 Betty Elder, actress (Annie Get Your Gun), dies 1955 Wyllis Cooper, TV narrator (Volume One), dies at 56 1954 Don Hollenbeck, newscaster (CBS Weekend News), dies at 49 1950 Julio Fonseca, composer, dies at 65 1945 Isamu Tsjo, Japanese chief-staff 32nd Army, commits harakiri 1945 Mitsuri Ushijima, Japanese Lieutenant-General/commandant 32nd Army, commits harakiri 1940 Vladimir Koppen, Russian/German/Australia meteorologist, dies at 93 1939 Benjamin Tucker, American Activist 1937 Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo, Hungarian poet, commits suicide at 36 1930 Karl von Amira, German historian, dies at 82 1928 George Siegmann, actor (Birth of Nation, Queen of Sheba), dies at 46 1926 Hermann Suter, composer, dies at 56 1925 Felix Klein, German mathematician (Riemannsche Flachen), dies at 76 1922 Henry H Wilson, Field Marshal, murdered in London 1910 Marie, Princess of Wied/Orange Nassau, dies 1909 Detlev [Freiherr Friedrich A von] Liliencron, German poet, dies at 65 1906 Fritz Schaudinn, German animal scholar: examined amoebasis, dies at 34 1898 Anton Kerner Ritter von Marilaun, Austria botanist, dies at 66 1897 Ralph Abercromby, British meteorologist, dies at about 54 1885 Mahdi, Muhammad Ahmed, Sudanese music reviewer, dies 1874 Howard Staunton, world chess champion, designer of chess pieces, dies 1843 Gabriele Prota, composer, dies at 88 1803 Wilhelm Heinse, writer, dies 1777 Josef Christian, German sculptor, dies at 71 1754 Nicholas Siret, composer, dies at 91 1745 Hubert Renotte, composer, dies at 41 1741 Joseph-Hector Fiocco, composer, dies at 38 1735 Pirro Conte d' Albergati Capacelli, composer, dies at 71 1714 Matthew Henry, English Clergyman 1535 John Fisher, English bishop (1504-35)/cardinal, beheaded at about 65 1527 Machiavelli, writer, dies 1276 Innocent V, Pierre the Tarantaise, Pope (1276), dies at about 36
