2002 George Sidney, American Director 2001 Cliff Hillegass, businessman, invented Cliffs Notes, dies at 83 2001 Morris Graves, American Artist 1996 Ai Qing, modern Chinese poet, dies at 86 1996 Beryl Burton, cyclist, dies at 58 1995 Anthony Wagner, genealogist, dies at 86 1995 Bernard Benjamin Gillis, judge, dies at 89 1995 Esther Waterhouse, doctor/methodist, dies at 86 1995 James Pack, naval officer museum curator, dies at 81 1995 Lionel Alexander Bethune Pilkington, engineer, dies at 75 1995 Mikhail Moseyevich Botvinnik, world chess champ, dies 1995 Thomas Eden Binkley, musician, dies at 63 1994 Hein Salomonson, architect, dies at about 83 1994 Joe Layton, director (Richard Pryor Live on Sunset Strip), dies at 63 1993 Balak Brahmachari, Marxist Godman, Indies guru, dies at 73 1993 Irving Howe, U.S. writer/critic (Dissent), dies at 72 1993 Lenore Kingston Jenson, dies of cancer at 79 1992 Ben Frommer, dies at 78 1992 Dick Yarmy, dies of lung cancer at 58 1992 Jean-Claude Pascal, French actor (Golden Salamander), dies at 64 1992 Stefano d'Arrigo, Siciilian writer, dies at 72 1991 William De Acutis, dies at 33 1989 Frank Easton, cricket wicketkeeper (NSW 1933-39), dies 1988 George Rose, actor (Devil's Disciple, Hideaways), dies at 68 1988 Tamara Pos, Suriname/Dutch activist 1986 Jon William Haussermann, Jr., composer, dies at 76 1986 Rui Coelho, composer, dies at 94 1983 John Williams, actor (Family Affair, Dial M for Murder), dies at 80 1981 Bobby Sands, IRA activists dies in his 66th day of his hunger strike 1980 Edmond Vandercammen, Belgian writer/poet (Grand Combat), dies at 79 1979 Shirley O'Hara, actress (Wild Party), dies at 68 1977 Ludwig Erhard, German minister of Economic Affairs (CDU), dies at 80 1976 Thomas Burnett Swann, sci-fi author (Day of Minotaur), dies at 47 1972 Reverend Gary David, vocalist, dies at 76 1972 Frank Tashlin, American Artist 1971 Alice Tissot, actress (Italian Straw Hat), dies of cancer at 81 1971 Petro Scaglione, Italian procureur-general, killed by Mafia 1969 Ben Alexander, actor (Frank Smith-Dragnet), dies at 57 1968 Albert Dekker, dies of accidental suffocation at 62 1963 Heinrich Gebhard, composer, dies 1963 Jacobus JP Old, architect/co-founder (Stijl), dies at 73 1957 Mikhail Fabianovich Gnesin, composer, dies at 74 1956 Charles R Gallas, lexicographer (French Dictionary), dies at 88 1951 Eddie Dunn, comedian (Face to Face, Spin the Picture), dies at 54 1949 Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian playwright (Grand Fairie, Nobel 1911), dies 1945 Gudmundur Jonsson Kamban, Icelandic writer (Vi mordere), dies at 56 1927 Charles Boissevain, editor in chief (General Trade 1885-1908), dies 1921 Alfred H Fried, Austrian/German pacifist (Nobel 1911), dies 1921 Alfred Fried, Austrian Activist 1909 Pauline Staegeman, German feminist, dies 1902 Bret Harte, writer, dies at 65 1892 Jan Nepomuk Skroup, composer, dies at 80 1886 Joseph Albert, German photographer (Albertotype), dies at 61 1885 Lauro Rossi, composer, dies at 73 1879 Isaac Butt, Irish Politician 1875 Jan A C A van Nispen tot Sevenaer, Dutch MP (1848-75), dies at 71 1864 Alexander Hays, U.S. Union-general-major, dies in battle at 44 1864 John Marshall Jones, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 43 1864 Leroy A Stafford, U.S. Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 42 1859 Peter G L Dirichlet, German mathematician, dies at 53 1851 Philip Hone, American Politician 1840 Gottlob Benedikt Bierey, composer, dies at 67 1840 Matthaus Fischer, composer, dies at 76 1837 Niccolo Antonio Zingarelli, Italian composer/bandmaster, dies at 85 1831 Friedrich Ludwig Seidel, composer, dies at 65 1827 Frederik Augustus I, Justified, King of Saxon (1806-27), dies at 76 1821 Napoleon Bonaparte, emperor France, dies in St. Helena 1801 Philippe-Lambert-Joseph Spruyt, Flemish painter/engraver, dies at 74 1786 Pedro III, King of Portugal, dies 1705 Leopold I von Hapsburg, Emperor of Holy Roman Empire, dies at 64 1702 Jacob Hintze, composer, dies at 79 1678 Anna M van Schurman, Dutch poet/spoke 10 languages, dies at about 70 1613 Johann Steuerlein, composer, dies at 66 1604 Claudio Merulo, Italian organist/composer, dies at 71 1582 Charlotte de Bourbon, Princess of Orange, dies 1553 Erasmus Alberus, Germ theologist (Barfusser Monche), dies at about 52 1525 Frederik III, the Wise, ruler of Saxon (1486-1525), dies at 62 1504 Anton of Burgundy, the Great Bastard, knight, dies at about 82 1309 Charles II, the Lame, King of Naples (1285-1309), dies 1194 Kazimierz II, the Justified, grand duke of Poland (1177-94), dies 1028 Alfonso V, King of Leon/Galicia (999-1028), dies in battle 311 Gaius VM Galerius, emperor of Rome, dies at about 50
