2007 Wally Schirra, dies in La Jolla, California, of a heart attack, at 84 2003 Suzy Parker, model, dies at 70 2002 Barbara Castle, British Politician 2001 Billy Higgins, American Musician 2000 John Cardinal O'Connor, American Clergyman 1999 Joe Adcock, first baseman, outfielder, played for Cincinnati Reds dies 1996 Jack Weston, actor (Ishtar, Rad, Cuba), dies of lymphoma at 71 1996 Timothy Gullikson, tennis player and coach, dies at 45 1995 Michael Horden, actor (Fool, Green Man, Scoop), dies at 83 1994 Gustaaf AWC baron van Hemert Dingshof, mayor of Maarn, dies at 78 1994 Haty Tegelaar-Boonacker, Dutch MP (CDA), dies at 63 1994 Milford Dolliole, pioneer jazz drummer, dies at 90 1994 Richard Scarry, author/illustrator of children's books, dies at 74 1992 Elizabeth Lennox, radio singer, dies of heart seizure at 98 1992 George Murphy, Senator-R-California 1965 - 1971, actor, dies of Leukemia at 89 1992 Peter Bruni, dies of heart failure at 60 1991 Gerrit Mik, child psychiatrist/Dutch MP (D66), dies 1991 Jersy Kosinski, author (Being There), dies at 57 1991 Margaret Tallichet, actress (Stranger on the 3rd Floor), dies 1990 Pimen, Sergei Irzyekov, patriarch of Rus-orthodox church, dies at 79 1989 Christine Jorgensen, 1st transsexual, dies at 62 1989 Muriel Ostriche, dies 1987 Yolande Christina Dalida, dies at 54 1986 Robert Alda, actor (Dan Lewis-Supertrain), dies at 72 1983 Vaughn Taylor, act (Jailhouse Rock), dies of cerebal hemmorrhage at 72 1982 Helmut Dantine, actor (Shadow of the Cloak), dies at 64 1982 Hugh Beaumont, actor (Ward-Leave it to Beaver), dies at 73 1979 Erin O'Brien-Moore, actress (Nurse Choate-Peyton Place), dies at 76 1978 Wim van Doorne, Dutch auto manufacturer (DAF), dies at 71 1976 David Bruce, dies at 62 1976 Ernie Nevers, college fullback (Stanford), dies at 72 1975 Samuel Gonard, chairman (International Red Cross), dies at 78 1972 Bruce Cabot, actor (Diamonds are Forever), dies at 68 1972 Dan Blocker, actor (Hoss-Bonanza), dies at 43 1972 Les Harvey, rocker, dies 1970 Candelario Huizar, composer, dies at 82 1968 Leonid Leonidovich Sabaneyev, composer, dies at 86 1968 Margaret Young, American Musician 1966 Wylie Watson, dies at 77 1965 Howard Spring, British author (Heaven Lies About Us), dies at 76 1965 Otto Forst de Battaglia, Austrian diplomat/genealogist, dies at 75 1964 Diana Wynyard, dies at 58 1961 Maurice [Jean Jacques] Merleau-Ponty, French philosopher, dies at 53 1955 Philips C Visser, explorer/ambassador to Moscow, dies 1945 Louis L H de Visser, Dutch MP (CPN), dies at 66 1943 Leslie Heward, composer, dies at 45 1942 Johan H Westerveld, Lt-colonel/leader Order Service, executed 1939 [Karl Eduard] Wilhelm Groener, German general, dies at 71 1932 Anton Wildgans, Austr writer (Dies Irae)/dir Burgtheater, dies at 51 1932 Charles Fort, American Writer 1931 Frank Hoyt Losey, composer, dies at 59 1931 Otto Winter-Hjelm, composer, dies at 93 1926 Napoleon V Bonaparte, French pretender to the throne, dies at 63 1925 Clement Ader, French engineer (steam engine airplane), dies at 84 1916 Padraic Pearse, Irishg nationalist, executed by British firing squad 1910 Artie Shaw, bandleader 1902 David R Capriles, Curaeaos director of psychiatric, dies at 64 1893 Josef Rudolf Zavrtal, composer, dies at 73 1888 William Alexander Henry, Canadian Lawyer 1881 Josip Jurcic, Slovic writer (Schone Vida), dies 1881 George Linnaeus Banks, English Writer 1868 Olof Wilhelm Udden, composer, dies at 68 1863 Elisha Franklin "Bull" Paxton, U.S. Confederate Brigadier-General, dies at 35 1861 Anthony Philip Heinrich, composer, dies at 80 1856 Adolfo Fumagalli, composer, dies at 27 1856 Adolphe Charles Adam, French composer/critic (Giselle), dies at 52 1854 William Beale, composer, dies at 70 1845 Thomas Hood, English Poet 1841 Cornelis T Elout, Dutch minister of Finance/Navy/Colonies, dies at 74 1839 Ferdinando Paer, composer, dies at 67 1816 James McHenry, American Politician 1792 Carlo Zuccari, composer, dies at 87 1783 Pieter Valck(x), South Netherlands sculptor, dies at 49 1774 Heinrich A Fouque, Prussian general (7 year war), dies at 76 1764 Francesco Algarotti, Italian earl/encyclopedist, dies at 53 1758 Benedict XIV, Prospero L Lambertini, Pope (1740-58), dies at 83 1737 Abraham Patras, Governor-General of East-Indies (1735-37), dies at 65 1707 Michiel de Swaen, South Netherlands physician/poet, dies at 53 1704 Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, Austrian violist/composer, dies at 59 1703 Eglon van de Down, still-life painter, dies 1654 Francois van Kinschot, treasurer-gen/chancellor of Brabant, dies at 77 1614 Sasbout Vosmeer, RC theologist/apostole vicar, dies at 66 1567 Leonhard Paminger, composer, dies at 72 1481 Mohammed II, Fatih, sultan of Turkey (1451-81), dies 1442 Engelbert I, Earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies 1410 Alexander V, Petros Philargi, Kreta's Pope (1409-10), dies 1294 Jan I, duke of Brabant/Limburg/poet, dies 1010 Ansfried, 9th bishop of Utrecht (995-1010)/saint, dies at about 69
