2008 Gary Gygax, dies in Wisconsin, at 69 2004 Stephen Sprouse, Designer 2001 Harold Stassen, perennial presidential candidate/politician, resigned as governor of Minnesota to enlist for WWII, dies at 93 1999 Early Wynn, American Athlete 1996 Barbara Lewis, British obituarist, dies at 55 1996 Minnie Pearl, country comedienne (Grand Ole Opry), dies at 84 1995 Eden Ahbez, songwriter, dies at 86 1994 Guus Verstraete Sr, Dutch actor/dir (2 Drops of Water), dies at 79 1994 John Candy, actor (SCTV, Uncle Buck), dies from a heart attack at 43 1993 Art Hodes, Russian/US jazz/blues pianist/editor (Jazz Record), dies 1993 Richard Sale, writer and director (Oscar, Torpedo Run), dies at 80 1992 Arthur Babbitt, animator (Mr Magoo, Goofy), die at 84 of heart failure 1992 C Meijer, Dutch editor in chief (Typhoon), dies 1992 Christian K Nelson, inventor (Eskimo Pie), dies at 98 1992 Mary Osborne, jazz guitarist, dies at 70 of liver cancer 1992 Nestor Almendros, Spanish/US cameraman (Kramer vs Kramer), dies at 61 1991 Vance Colvig, actor (UHF, Barfly, My Chauffeur), dies at 72 1986 Henri Knap, Dutch journalist/writer, dies at 75 1986 Richard Manuel, rock vocalist/pianist (Band), commits suicide at 40 1984 Shalva Mikhaylovich Mshvelidze, composer, dies at 79 1983 Herge, Georges Remi, Belgian cartoonist (Rin-Tin-Tin), dies at 75 1981 Torin Thatcher, actor (Houdini, Isranbul, Lady Godiva), dies 1974 Adolph Gottlieb, U.S. painter, dies at 71 1968 Alexandre Cellier, composer, dies at 84 1966 Janis Medins, composer, dies at 75 1963 William Carlos Williams, U.S. physician/poet, dies at 79 1962 Cairine R Wilson, 1st Canadian female senator (appointed), dies at 77 1960 Leonard Warren, U.S. baritone, dies on stage at 48 1958 Albert Kuyle, Lou Kuitenbrouwer, writer (Jesus' Carpet), dies at 54 1954 Georg Gohler, composer, dies at 79 1954 Noel Gay, Richard Moxon Armitage, composer, dies at 55 1953 Sergei S Prokoviev, Russian composer (Peter and the wolf), dies at 61 1948 Antonin Artaud, French poet/actor (Napoleon), dies at 51 1948 Elsa Brandstrom, Angel of Siberia, Swed philanthropist, dies at 59 1943 Nikolaos "Sokrates" Politis, Greek foreign minister, dies at 71 1943 Pieter C Boutens, Dutch poet (Beatrijs), dies at 73 1942 Yuliya Lazarevna Veysberg, composer, dies at 62 1941 Edoardo Mascheroni, composer, dies at 81 1936 Ruben Mattias Liljefors, composer, dies at 64 1933 Willie Walker, U.S. jazz singer/guitarist (Dupree Blues), dies at 36 1925 Moritz Moszkowski, Polish/German composer, dies at 70 1922 Bert Williams, famous black, dies at 46, in New York City 1918 Eugene D'Harcourt, composer, dies at 58 1916 Franz Marc, German painter/co-founder (Blaue Reiter), killed at 36 1903 Joseph H Shorthouse, English writer (John Inglesant), dies at 68 1888 Amos Bronson Alcott, U.S. theory/poet (Table Talk), dies at 88 1883 Alexander H Stephens, Vice President Confederate States, dies at 71 1877 Hendrik E van Rijgersma, Dutch governor (St. Maarten), dies at 42 1876 Alfred Holmes, composer, dies at 38 1866 Alexander Campbell, Irish/US founder Disciples of Christ, dies at 77 1864 Thomas Starr King, Unitarian clergyman (Christianity and Humanity), dies 1852 Nikolai Gogol, writer, dies at 43 1851 Michael Henkel, composer, dies at 70 1839 Ignace Antoine Ladurner, pianist/composer, dies at 72 1831 Georg Michael Telemann, composer, dies at 82 1805 Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter, dies at 79 1804 Karl Leopold Rollig, composer, dies 1794 Henri D count de Larochejacquelin, French Royalist Army leader, dies at 21 1793 Isaac Ouwater, Amsterdam painter/cartoonist, dies at 44 1617 Arcangelo Crivelli, composer, dies at 70 1615 Hans von Aachen, German painter, dies 1595 Robert Southwell, English poet, hanged for becoming a Catholic priest 1484 Kazimierz, the Saint, Polish ruler/saint, dies at 25 1172 Stephan III, King of Hungary (1162-72), dies
