2010 Robert Byrd, born in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, Senator 1959 - 2010, longest serving member of the U.S. Senate, dies at age 92 2009 Billy Mays, famous television pitchman, direct response advertising salesman for 'As Seen on TV' products, CEO, Founder, Mays Promotions, Inc., dies at age 50 2007 Kiichi Miyazawa, dies in Tokyo, Japan, of natural causes, at 87 2002 "Arthur ""Spud"" Melin", entreprenuer, co-founded Wham-o, dies at 76 2001 Mortimer Adler, "writer, ""Great Books"" editor", dies at 98 1996 George Ghita Ionescu, academic, dies at 83 1996 Michael Wishart, artist, dies at 68 1996 Piers Gray, critic/writer, dies at 49 1996 Ronald George Woodman, pilot, dies at 82 1996 Willard F. McMurry, musician, dies at 89 1995 Donald Sinclair, vet, dies at 83 1994 Fredericka Carolyn Washington, actress (Black and Tan), dies at 90 1994 William A Henry III, critic (Time Mag), dies of heart attack at 44 1993 Boris Christoff, Bulgaria/Italian bass (Don Carlos), dies at 79 1993 GG Allin, American Musician 1992 Mikhail Tai, World chess champion (1960-61), dies at 55 1991 Klas Bruinsma, clergyman, dies 1990 Estelle Lamont, entertainer, dies 1989 Joris Ivens, director (Indonesia), dies at 90 1988 Kurt Raab, writer/actor (Boarding School, Stationmaster's Wife), dies 1985 James Craig, actor (Human Comedy, Kismet), dies of lung cancer at 74 1982 Gerard[us M] Rutten, director (Sterren stralen overal), dies 1982 Harry Mills, U.S., singer (Mills Brothers), dies at 70 1981 Ayatollah Mohammad Beheshti, Iran Islamic Rep Party founder, bombed 1981 Peter Paul Kreuder, German composer, dies at 75 1980 Herbie Faye, comedian (Doc, Phil Silvers Show), dies at 81 1980 Jose Iturbi, Spanish/US pianist (Pequena danza Espanola), dies at 84 1980 Yoshiro Irino, composer, dies at 58 1980 Helen Gahagan, American Actress 1980 Helen Gahagan, Representative-D-California 1945 - 1951 died of cancer 1979 Paul Dessau, German composer/conducter (Berlin, 1925-33), dies at 84 1976 Stanley Baker, actor (Accident, Guns of Navarone), dies at 49 1975 Rod Serling, writer/host (Twilight Zone, Night Gallery), dies at 50 1974 Frank Sutton, actor (Sergeant Vince Carter-Gomer Pyle USMC), dies at 50 1971 Henri Puvrez, Belgian sculptor (Serenity), dies at 78 1971 Joseph Colombo, mobster, shot dead at 48 1965 [Theodora E] Betsy Ranucci-Beckman, actress (Dood Water), dies at 88 1964 King Calder, actor (Lt Grey-Martin Kane Private Eye), dies at 64 1963 Frank "Home Run" Baker, (hit 2 home runs in 1911 world series) dies at 77 1962 Mickey Cochrane, baseball hall of fame catcher, dies at 59 1958 Alfred Noyes, British poet/essayist (Robin Hood), dies at 77 1957 Alfred Doblin, German/French author/co-founder (Sturm), dies at 78 1957 Ede Poldini, composer, dies at 88 1954 Red deer, in Milwaukee Zoo, oldest known deer, dies at 26 1950 Henry Balfour Gardiner, composer, dies at 72 1947 Stanislav K Neumann, Czechoslovakian poet (Anti-Guide), dies at 72 1946 Eduard Veterman, Dutch painter/playwright, dies in an auto accident 1946 Antoinette Perry, American Actress 1940 Italo Balbo, Italian pilot/Governor-General of Libya, dies at 44 1937 Max Adler, Austrian socialist theorist, dies at 64 1936 Alexander Berkman, Russian Writer 1929 Edward Carpenter, English Activist 1914 Franz Ferdinand, Austrian archduke (Sarajevo, Bosnia), assassinated 1914 Sophie, Princess of Austria, assassinated 1912 Josef V Sladek, Czechoslovakian poet (Za soumraku), dies at 66 1910 Gustave Leon Huberti, composer, dies at 67 1909 Israel Durham, Phillies president dies 1891 Jose Inzenga y Castellanos, composer, dies at 63 1890 Edouard Gregoir, composer, dies at 67 1889 Maria Mitchell, 1st U.S. woman astronomer (Vassar), dies at 70 1876 August W. Ambros, Austria musicologist, dies at 59 1872 Ludwig Friedrich Hetsch, composer, dies at 66 1857 Joseph Fischhof, composer, dies at 53 1855 Giovanni Agostino Perotti, composer, dies at 86 1846 Adrian van de Ende, vicar/protestant reformer, dies at 77 1844 Gabriel de la Concepcion Valdes, "Placido", Cuban poet, dies at 35 1836 James Madison, 4th U.S. President (1809-17), dies in Montpelier Virginia at 85 1830 David Walker, abolitionist (Appeal to Colored Citizens), dies at 44 1813 Gerhard JD von Scharnhorst, Prussian Minister of War (1807-10), dies in battle 1806 Johann Friedrich Ludwig Sievers, composer, dies at 64 1802 Johann J Angel, German author/director, dies at 60 1798 Pierre Dutillieu, composer, dies at 44 1788 Johann Christoph Vogel, composer, dies at 32 1776 Thomas Hickey, American sergeant convicted of treason, hanged 1748 Marretje Arends, Matje of Nieuwendijk, Amsterdam plunderer, hanged 1748 Pieter van Dort, Amsterdam plunderer, hanged 1742 Johann Joseph Ignaz Brentner, composer, dies at 52 1714 Cornelis Chastelein, colonial director, dies at 56 1714 Daniel van Papenbroeck, Flemish jesuit/historian, dies at 86 1617 Johan Evertsen de Captain, Swiss admiral, dies in battle 1598 Abraham Ortelius, Ortels/Hortels, South Netherlands geographer, dies at 71 1385 Andronicus IV Paleologus, Byzantine anti-emperor, dies 1061 Floris I, count of Holland, dies 767 Paul I, Paolo Orsini, Italian Pope (757-67), dies 573 Alboin, king of Longobarden, probably poisoned by his wife 548 Theodora, dancer/empress of Byzantine (Nika-oproer), dies
