2007 Bowie Kuhn, dies in Jacksonville, Florida, of respiratory failure, at 80 2002 Pat Weaver, TV innovator, created the Today Show, dies at 93 2001 Ann Sothern, actress, ", My Mother, the Car, ", dies at 92 2000 Durward Kirby, sidekick, Candid Camera, dies at 87 1999 Harry Callahan, American Photographer 1998 Dr. Benjamin Spock, pediatrician/writer, Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care, dies at 94 1998 Benjamin Spock, American Scientist 1997 Gail Davis, actress, TV's Annie Oakley 1996 Helen Chadwick, born in Britain, conceptual artist, feminist perspective, dies at 42 1996 Olga Rudge, violinist, dies at 100 1996 Roswell Leavitt Gilpatric, lawyer/diplomat, dies at 89 1995 Carlos Menem, Jr., son of Argentine president, dies at 26 1994 Mae Zetterling, Swedish actress (Night Games), dies at 68 1994 Gundaris Pone, composer, professor, State University College at New Paltz, New York, dies of cancer in Kingston, New York, at age 61 1993 Anthony Bowles, music writer (Jesus Christ Superstar), dies at 61 1993 Dennis Gregory, actor (Village of the Damn), dies of pneumonia at 40 1993 Ricardo M Arias Espinosa, president of Panama (1955-56), dies 1992 Helen Deutsch, screenwriter, dies of natural causes 1992 Jack Washburn, actor (Black Orchid), dies after long illness at 64 1992 Vanessa Lee, actress (Split), dies at 71 1991 Budd [Lawrence] Freeman, U.S. jazz saxophonist (Eel), dies at 84 1991 Eileen Sedgwick, silent film actress (Hot Heels), dies at 93 1990 Tom Harmon, NFL tail back (Heisman Trophy), dies at 70 1988 Dmitri F Polyakov, Russian secret-general/top spy for U.S., executed 1987 W. Sterling Cole, Representative-R-New York 1935 - 1957, dies at 82 1984 Tommy Cooper, comedian, collapses and dies on stage 1983 Jose Luis Sert, Spanish-US architect/urban developer, dies at 80 1983 Rebecca West, Irish Author 1977 Kamal Joemblat, Lebanese politician, murdered 1975 Antonino Rocca, professional wrestler/sportscaster, dies at 49 1975 Aristotle S Onassis, Greek shipping magnate, dies at 69 1975 Aristotle Onassis, Greek Businessman 1973 Carl Benton Reid, actor (Burke's Law), dies at 82 1971 Jean-Pierre Monsere, Flemish cyclist, dies at 22 1970 Josef Martin Bauer, writer, dies at 68 1970 Tarjei Vesaas, Nowegian author/novelist/writer (Isslottet), dies at 72 1969 Miles Malleson, actor and writer (Postman's Knock), dies at 80 1966 Abe Saperstein, founder (Harlem Globetrotters), dies at 63 1966 Heinrich Lemacher, composer, dies at 74 1964 Paul Cavanagh, actor (Black Arrow, Woman in Green), dies at 75 1962 Sam Wren, actor (Wren's Nest), dies at 64 1962 Arthur H. Compton, American Scientist 1962 Arthur Holly Compton, American Scientist 1959 Lester Young, American Musician 1954 Arthur Fickenscher, composer, dies at 82 1945 Herman B Wiardi Beckman, Dutch MP (SDAP), dies at 41 1945 Charles Williams, English Editor 1944 Otto von Below, German commandant (WW I), dies at 86 1942 Alexander van Zemlinsky, Australia/US composer (African Dance), dies at 70 1930 Antonio Beltramelli, writer, dies at 51 1929 Pine-Top Smith, jazz pianist (Boogie Woogie Piano), dies at 24 1918 Jose Silvestre de los Dolores White Lafitte, composer, dies at 82 1918 Juliette Marie Olga Lili Boulanger, composer, dies at 24 1918 Lili Boulanger, composer, dies at 24 1906 Alfred Gilpin Jones, lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia 1900 - 1906, dies at 81 1905 Arnold Kerdijk, Dutch liberal/founder (Social Weekly), dies at 60 1905 B Amalie Skram-Alver, Norwegian author (Paa St. Jorgen), dies at 58 1897 James Joseph Sylvester, English Mathematician 1883 Karol Studzinski, composer, dies at 55 1881 Emory Upton, U.S. Union General-Major (Selma), commits suicide at 42 1880 Jan K J de Jonge, Dutch historian, dies at 51 1842 Maria Luigi C Z S Cherubini, Italian composer (Dies Irae), dies at 81 1731 Adolf H van Rechteren, Dutch diplomat/politician, dies at 75 1723 Johann C Gunther, writer, dies at 27 1673 Salvatore Rosa, Italian painter (Baroque)/poet/music/actor, dies at 57 1034 Mieszko II, King of Poland (1025-34), dies 963 Romanus II, Byzantine emperor (959-63), dies at 25 493 Odiaker, German army leader/King of Italy (476-93), dies
