1996 Dermot O'Callaghan Grubb, prison governor, dies at 76 1996 Simon Weinstock, businessman/racehorse owner, dies at 44 1995 Alexander Gudonov, Russian dancer/actor (Witness), dies at 45 1995 Elisha Cook, Jr., actor (Maltese Falcon, Shane), dies at 91 1995 Elizabeth Montgomery, actress (Bewitched), dies of cancer at 62 1995 Gordon Reynolds, musician, dies at 74 1995 Robert Harris, actor (Werewolf of London), dies at 95 1993 Heinrich Albertz, theologist/mayor of Berlin (1966-67), dies at 78 1993 Pamela M Cunnington, English architect/writer, dies at 67 1992 Lawrence Welk, bandleader (L Welk Show), dies of pneumonia at 89 1992 Marshall Thompson, actor (Bog), dies of congestive heart failure at 65 1992 Skip Stephenson, comedian (Real People), dies of heart attack at 52 1991 Edwina Booth, actress (Trader Horn), dies of heart failure at 86 1990 Jill Ireland, actress (Carry on Nurse, Family), dies of cancer at 54 1988 Daws Butler, cartoon voice (Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound), dies at 71 1987 Wilbur J Cohen, 1st employee of Social Security System, dies at 73 1986 John Bubbles Sublett, tap dancer (Black and Bubbles), dies at 84 1985 Tex Terry, actor (Apache Rose, Timberjack), dies at 82 1981 Arthur O'Connell, actor (Mr Peepers, 2nd Hundred Years), dies at 73 1981 William Saroyan, U.S. stagewriter (Time of your life), dies at 72 1980 Ian Curtis, English rock vocalist (Joy Division), commit suicide at 23 1975 Leroy Anderson, composer, dies at 66 1974 Daniel R Topping, U.S. owner (New York Yankees), dies at 61 1973 Jeannette Rankin, 1st Congresswoman (1917-19, 41-43), dies at 92 1973 Jeanette Rankin, American Politician 1972 Eero Aukusti Sipila, composer, dies at 53 1967 Andy Clyde, Hopalong Cassidy's sidekick, dies at 75 1967 Richard Ainley, actor (I Dood It, Above Suspicion), dies at 56 1966 Paul Althaus, German theologist (That Christian Wahrheit), dies at 78 1965 Eduard J Dijksterhuis, mathematician (Archimedes), dies at 72 1961 Henry O'Neill, actor (Lady Killer, Nothing But Trouble), dies 1955 Edwin Scharff, German painter/sculptor (Rossebandiger), dies at 68 1955 Mary McLeod Bethune, educator and civil rights leader, dies at 79 1952 Rossetter Gleason Cole, composer, dies at 86 1949 James T Adams, U.S. historian (Pulitzer 1921) 1936 Alick Maclean, composer, dies at 63 1930 Joao Marcellino Arroyo, composer, dies at 68 1918 Toivo Kuula, composer, dies at 34 1915 William Throsby Bridges, Australian Soldier 1913 Otto Reubke, composer, dies at 70 1911 Gustav Mahler, Austr composer (Children's Death Songs), dies at 50 1910 Flor van Duyse, composer, dies at 66 1909 George Meredith, English poet and writer (Diana of Crossways), dies at 81 1909 Isaac M F Albeniz, Spanish pianist/composer, dies at 48 1884 Heinrich R Goppert, German paleo-botanist, dies 1864 James Byron Gordon, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies at 41 1862 William H Keim, U.S. Union Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 48 1848 William A Leidesdorf, black, dies at 38 in SF 1839 Carolina [Maria A] Bonaparte (countess Lipona), dies at 57 1832 Bonafacio Asioli, composer, dies at 62 1829 Bernardo Bittoni, composer, dies at 72 1808 Jacob Albright, Albrecht, German / U.S. preacher, dies at 49 1799 Pierre de Beaumarchais, dramatist, dies 1767 Thaddaus Ferdinand Lipowsky, composer, dies at 28 1733 Georg Bohm, German organist/composer, dies at 71 1724 Johann K Amman, Swiss/Dutch doctor for deaf-mutes, dies at 54 1692 Elias Ashmole, antiquary, dies 1675 Jacques Marquette jesuit/missionaries (Chicago), dies at 37 1653 Carel Reyniersz, Governor-General (Netherlands East Indies), dies at 48 1625 Francisco Gomez de Sandoval y Rojas, Spanish marquis of Denia, dies 1587 Felix van Cantalice, Italian saint, dies 1410 Ruprecht, Roman catholics German king, dies 1160 Erik IX Helgi, The Saint, King of Sweden, dies 526 John I, Pope (523-26), dies 323 Alexander III the Great, king of Macedonia/conqueror, dies at 32
