2004 Janet Leigh, actress, Psycho, dies at 76 2003 Florence Stanley, actress, Barney Miller, dies at 79 2003 William Steig, cartoonist/writer, New Yorker, dies at 95 2002 Bruce Paltrow, American Producer 2000 Benjamin Orr, singer/guitarist, Drive, dies at 53 1999 Akio Morita, industrialist, CEO of SONY, dies at 78 1998 Roddy McDowall, actor/photographer, Planet of the Apes, dies at 70 1997 Alfred Leslie Rowse, historian, dies at 93 1996 Denis Frank Owen, Natural historian, dies at 65 1996 Eustace Wenworth Roskill, law lord, dies at 85 1996 Tony Parker, oral historian, dies at 73 1995 Molly Harris, actress/writer (Immortal), dies at 82 1994 Dennis Wolfberg, comedian (Quantum Leap), dies from cancer at 48 1994 Dub Taylor, actor (Poor Pretty Eddie), dies of a heart attack at 87 1994 Harriet Nelson, actress (Ozzie and Harriet), dies at 80 1994 V, comedian/actor, dies at 48 1994 Virginia Dale, U.S. actress/dancer (Holiday Inn), dies at about 77 1994 Walter C "Dub" Taylor II, U.S. actor (You Can't Take it All), dies at 86 1993 JH Scheps, Dutch MP (Social Democratic), dies at 93 1991 Max Cantor, journalist, dies 1990 Stefano Casiraghi, Princess Caroline of Monaco husband, dies at 30 1989 Joseph Wybran, Belgian physician/Jews foreman, murdered 1988 Franz Josef Strauss, West German Minister of defense 1956 - 1962, dies at 73 1988 Generoso Pope, Jr., National Enquirer owner, dies at 61 1987 Jean Anouilh, French playwright (Ball of the Voleurs), dies at 77 1987 Hans Gal, pianist, composer, teacher, trained at New Vienna Conservatory, director, Mainz Conservatory 1985 Charles Collingwood, newscaster (Chronicles), dies at 68 1985 Maurice Copeland, actor (Ralph-Those Young Charmings), dies at 74 1983 John K M McCaffery, TV host (One Minute Please), dies at 69 1983 Kurt Kusenberg, writer, dies at 79 1982 Roger J J Claessen, Belgian soccer star, dies at 41 1982 Vivien Merchant, actress (Accident, Offense), dies at 53 1981 Walter Mehring, writer, dies at 85 1979 Charles White, artist, dies at 61 in Los Angeles 1979 Claudia Jennings, playmate (Nov, 1969), dies in car crash at 29 1975 Bauke Tuinstra, Fries notary/writer (Ealse and I), dies at 75 1975 Guy Mollet, French premier (1956-57), dies at 69 1971 Leah Baird, writer (Jungle Bride), dies of anemia at 88 1971 Sean O. Riada, born in County Limerick, Ireland, bandleader, composer, influential in 1960's traditional Irish music renaissance, dies at 40 1967 Malcolm Sargent, English conductor (Last Night of Proms), dies at 72 1967 Pinto Colvig, animation voice (Goofy, Pluto), dies at 75 1967 Walter Muller von Kulm, composer, dies at 68 1967 Woodrow Wilson "Woodie" Guthrie, U.S. folk singer and guitarist, dies at 55 1965 Zachary Scott, U.S. actor, (Southerner, Flame of Islands), dies at 51 1959 William Bishop, actor (Steve-It's a Great Life), dies at 42 1957 Lorinc Szabo, Hungarian poet (Tucsokzene), dies at 57 1954 Herbert Prior, actor (Pollyanna), dies at 87 1953 Arnold Bax, British composer, dies at 69 1953 Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, British composer (Coronation March), dies at 69 1952 Alfred Neumann, German writer, dies at 56 1941 Wilhelm Kienzl, Austria composer (Kuhreigen), dies at 84 1931 Carl August Nielsen, composer, dies at 66 1930 Charles LP "Philip" Zilcken, painter/etcher/author (Bauer), dies at 73 1929 Gustav Stresemann, German chancellor (Nobel 1926), dies at 51 1929 Jeanne Eagels, actress (The Letter), dies at 35 1919 Daniel Brink Towner, composer, dies at 69 1912 Guido Papini, composer, dies at 65 1907 Alfred Reisenauer, composer, dies at 43 1903 Benedetto Junck, composer, dies at 51 1896 William Morris, writer, dies at 62 1890 Andries Andre, actor (Trumpeter-Major), dies at 36 1889 Karel Miry, composer, dies at 66 1884 Hans Makart, Austrian painter (Geur), dies at 44 1881 Orson Pratt, American Theologian 1873 Kintpuash, Captain Jack, fought Modoc indians, Oregon, dies 1862 Pleasant Adam Hackleman, Union Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 47 1853 Andre Georges Louis Onslow, composer, dies at 69 1828 Josephus Andreas Fodor, composer, dies at 77 1826 Jens I Baggesen, Danish writer/linguist (Labyrinth), dies 1820 Ludwig Wenzel Lachnith, composer, dies at 74 1795 Tula, leader Curacaose slave uprising, executed 1777 Jeremias van Riemsdok, Governor-General of Dutch Indies, dies at 64 1750 Georg Matthias Monn, composer, dies at 33 1703 Pieter van Wooden, Amersfoorts rebel leader, beheaded 1703 Richard Saab, Amersfoorts rebel leader, beheaded 1685 Fidel Molitor, composer, dies at 58 1656 Myles Standish, Plymouth Colony leader, dies (birth date unknown) 1653 Mark Zuesius Boxhorn, historian, dies at 41 1646 Virgilio Mazzocchi, composer, dies at 49 1568 Elisabeth van Valois, French queen of Spain, dies at 23 1564 Christophorus Fabritius, Christoffel Smit, calvinist vicar, burned 1283 Dafydd ap Gruffyd, last monarch of Gwynnedd (North-Wales), dies 695 "Black Ewald", helper of Willibrord, murdered 695 "White Ewald", helper of Willibrord, murdered
