2000 Sir Steven Runciman, historian, A History of the Crusuades, dies at 97 2000 Steven Runciman, British Historian 1999 Walter Payton, football great, dies at 45 1999 Theodore Hall, American Criminal 1996 Junius Richard Jayawardene, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka 1977 - 1978, dies at 90 1996 Maati Bouabid, Prime Minister of Morroco 1979 - 1983, dies 1995 Brian Joseph Lenihan, politician, dies at 64 1995 Desmond Shawe-Taylor, critic, dies at 88 1995 James Ralph Darling, teacher, dies at 96 1995 Lex Hixon, religious teacher/author, dies at 53 1994 Richard Krautheimer, art historian, dies at 97 1994 Syd Dernley, hangman, dies at 73 1993 Anatoli Fyodorovich Voronov, cosmonaut (Soyuz 12a backup), dies at 63 1993 George Sheehan, cardiologist/marathoner, dies of prostate cancer at 74 1992 Jeremias Chitunda, vice-chairman (Angolese Unita-rebellion), dies 1991 Joseph Papp, U.S. theater producer (Chorus Line, Hair), dies at 70 1987 Rene Levesque, Quebec premier (1976-85), dies at 65 1986 Paul Frees, animation voice (Bullwinkle), dies at 66 1986 Sippie Wallace, blues singer, dies at 88 1985 Phil Silvers, comedic actor (Sergeant Bilko), dies in his sleep at 73 1984 Norman Krasna, author (Dear Ruth), dies of a heart attack at 74 1983 Anthony van Hoboken, Dutch musicologist (Haydn Catalog), dies at 96 1982 James Broderick, actor (Doug-Family), dies of cancer at 55 1982 King Vidor, director (War and Peace), dies at 88 of a heart ailment 1982 Leighton Lucas, composer, dies at 79 1979 Jacques Mesrine, French "enemy of the state", shot to death 1976 Oscar Beregi, Jr., actor (Young Frankenstein, Panic in City), dies at 58 1975 Doro Merande, actress (That Was The Week That Was), dies at 77 1975 Jacki Ray, actor (In Like Flint), dies at 58 1975 Norbert Rosseau, composer, dies at 67 1975 Philip James, composer, dies at 85 1975 Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italian poet/author/director, murdered at 53 1974 Ralf Harolde, actor (Safe, Framed, Stolen Harmony), dies at 75 1972 Ezra Loomis Pound, U.S. poet (Throne), dies at 87 1972 Ezra Pound, American Poet 1971 G von Le Fort, writer, dies at 95 1971 Richard L. Evans, American Clergyman 1968 Georgios Papandreou, Greek minister/premier, dies at 80 1967 Benita Hume, actress (Vicky-Thew Halls of Ivy), dies at 61 1963 Elsa Maxwell, author (Jack Paar Show), dies at 80 1962 Winter Haynes Watts, composer, dies at 78 1961 Alexander Cohen, Dutch anarchist/author, dies at 97 1961 Joan McCracken, actress (Claudie The Story of a Marriage), dies at 38 1959 Gershon Agron, mayor of Jerusalem, dies at 66 1956 Lajos Asztalos, International Chess Master (1950), dies at 67 1956 Pietro Badoglio, Italian general (1922-43), dies at 85 1955 W H van Eemlandt, Haasse, author (Treasure Hunter of Amstel), dies 1950 Griselio Torresola, attempted to assassinate President Truman, shot dead 1949 Leslie Gay, cricket wicket-keeper/goalkeeper (England in 1890's), dies 1947 Man O' War, racehorse, dies 1942 Hugo Distler, composer, dies at 34 1941 Camille Melloy, the Paepe, Belgian priest/poet (Requiem), dies at 50 1927 Florence Mills, dancer/singer, dies in New York City at 32 1926 Louis H Chrispijn, Dutch actor and director (Krates), dies at 72 1922 Thomas Nelson Page, American Writer 1914 Christopher "Kit" Cradock, English admiral, dies in battle 1907 Alfred Jarry, writer, dies at 33 1903 [Christian M] Theodor Mommsen, German historian (Nobel 1902), dies 1895 Aleksander Zarzycki, composer, dies at 61 1894 Aleksandr III A Romanov, czar of Russia (1881-94), dies at 49 1891 John A Neuhuys, painter, dies at 59 1881 Jacques F H Perk, Dutch poet (Iris), dies at 22 1867 John Strachan, Canadian Clergyman 1844 August Ferdinand Haeser, composer, dies at 45 1841 Antoine PFGdV Celles, Belgium/Dutch/French MP, dies 1825 Rodrigo Ferreira da Costa, composer, dies at 49 1817 Giovanni Calisto Andrea Zanotti, composer, dies at 79 1810 Georg Anton Kreusser, composer, dies at 64 1788 Johann Samuel Schroeter, composer, dies 1768 Pierre van Maldere, composer, dies at 39 1750 Giuseppe Sammartini, composer, dies at 55 1750 Gustaaf W van Imhoff, Dutch governor of Ceylon (1736-40), dies at 45 1711 Christian Demelius, composer, dies at 68 1700 Carlos II, King of Spain (1665-1700), dies at 39 1676 Gisbertus Voetius, Gosbert Voet, reformed theologist, dies at 87 1672 Heinrich Schutz, composer, dies at 87 1546 Giulio Romano, Italian painter/architect (Ondergang der Titanen), dies 1535 Francesco Sforza, Italian ruler (Milan), dies
