2007 Brad Delp, dies in New Hampshire, of suicide, at 55 2003 Stan Brakhage, American Director 2003 Bernard Dowiyogo, Politician 2001 Leopold Page, leathergoods retailer/historian, convinced Thomas Keneally to write Schindler's List, dies at 87 1997 Notorius B I G, Biggie Small, Chris Walkin, rapper, shot dead at 24 1997 Terry Nation, writer (Dr. Who, Blake 7) at 66 1997 "Christopher ""Notorious B.I.G."" Wallace", rapper, dies at 24 1996 Alan Hugh Iliffe, psychologist, dies at 77 1996 Elman Ali Ahmed, peace campaigner, dies at 42 1996 Peter Mansfield, writer, dies at 67 1996 George Burns, American Comedian 1995 Ian Ballantine, publisher, dies of heart attack at 79 1995 Ruud van den Hende, Dutch sports reporter, dies at 63 1995 Edward Bernays, Businessman 1994 Charles Bukowski, author and poet, dies of leukemia at 73 1994 Fernando Rey, Spanish actor (French Connection), dies of cancer at 76 1994 John Harrison, South African correspondent (BBC), dies at 48 1994 Lawrence E Spivak, journalist (Meet the Press), dies at 93 1994 Louis Freeman, band leader, dies at 100 1994 Maurice "Moe" Purtill, jazz drummer, dies at 77 1993 Ad van Gessel, Dutch actor (Everything For Our Soldiers), dies 1993 Bob Crosby, swing-era bandleader (Bobcats), dies of cancer at 79 1993 C. Northcote Parkinson, British Historian 1993 Max A. Zorn, American Mathematician 1992 Felipe Turich, actor (Lawless), dies 1992 Jack McEdward, asst dir (Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell), dies at 94 1992 James Brooks, U.S. mural painter (Flight, La Guardia New York), dies at 85 1992 Menachem Begin, Prime Minister Israel 1977 - 1980, 1981 - 1983, Nobel 1979, dies at 85 1992 Menachem Begin, Israeli Statesman 1989 Robert Mapplethorpe, U.S. photographer, dies at 42 1988 Kurt Georg Kiesinger, West German chancellor (1966-69), dies at 83 1986 Ned Calmer, TV host (In the First Person), dies at 78 1983 Faye Emerson, actress (I've Got a Secret), dies of cancer at 65 1982 Alan Badel, actor (Shogun), dies of a heart attack at 58 1982 Rex Marshall, TV announcer (Circuit Rider, Herman Hickman Show), dies 1982 Richard A Butler, England, Minister of Finance, dies at 79 1981 Max Delbruck, German/U.S. biologist (Nobel 1969), dies at 74 1980 Olga Chekova, actress (Moulin Rouge, Pawns of Possession), dies at 82 1979 Barbara Mullen, actress (Talk of a Million), dies at 64 1975 Joseph Dunninger, New York City, mentalist (Amazing Dunninger), dies at 82 1975 Shirley Ross, actress (Night Vision, Mindkiller), dies at 62 1974 Earl W. Sutherland, Jr., U.S. pharmacologist (Nobel 1971), dies at 58 1971 Jean-Pierre Guezek, composer, dies at 36 1969 Riad, chief of staff (Egyptian army), dies 1969 Richard Crane, actor (Surfside 6), dies at 50 1965 Anthon van der Horst, Dutch organist/composer, dies at 65 1965 Kazys Boruta, writer, dies 1964 Johanna W "Mina" Bakker, Dutch actress (Boefje), dies at 87 1964 Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, Prussian general/politician, dies at 93 1962 Howard Engstrom, Boston, a designer of UNIVAC computer, dies at 59 1955 Matthew A Henson, met Peary on 6/4/1909 at North Pole, dies at 88 1955 Matthew Henson, American Explorer 1943 Oskar Haks, Czechoslovakian marathon runner/antifascist, dies in Auschwitz 1941 Carlos Pedrell, composer, dies at 62 1938 Sydney Baynes, composer, dies at 59 1937 Paul Elmer More, American Critic 1931 Ida B Wells-Barnett, famous black, dies in Chicago at 78 1918 [Benjamin] Franc[lin] Wedekind, German writer/press sec, dies at 53 1913 Eberhard Nestle, German biblical scholar, dies at 61 1895 Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Austrian writer (Masochism), dies at 59 1877 Mark Prager Lindo, English/Dutch author (Netherlands Spectator), dies at 58 1870 Theodore Labarre, composer, dies at 65 1831 Friedrich M Klinger, German (stage)author (Plimplamplasko), dies at 79 1827 Franz Xaver Gerl, composer, dies at 62 1825 Anna Letitia Barbauld, English Poet 1824 Jacobus J Cramer, priest of Holland/Zealand/Friesland, dies at 79 1822 Nathaniel Smith, American Politician 1819 Janos Fusz, composer, dies at 41 1800 Dominique Della-Maria, composer, dies at 30 1747 Jacob Campo Weyerman, S Netherlands adventurer/painter/writer, dies at 69 1706 Johann Pachelbel, German organist/composer, dies at 52 1693 Antonio Caraffa, Italian general (Eperieser Bloedgericht), dies at 46? 1688 Claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, dies at 89 1661 Jules "Cardinal" Mazarin, chief minister of France, dies at 58 1620 Aegidius Albertinus, German writer (Lucifer's Kingdom), dies at 59 1566 David Riccio, Italian singer/secretary of Mary Stuart, murdered
