1996 Death Frances Lear, writer, dies at 73 1995 Death Reza Abdoh, playwright, theatre director, produced King Lear, Oedipus Rex, confronted audiences with issues of race, class, AIDS, died of AIDS at age 32 1982 Death Patrick Magee, Irish actor (Clockwork Orange, King Lear), dies at 58 1982 Death Alan Webb, actor (King Lear, Challenge to Lassie), dies at 75 1976 Death Ronald Radd, actor (King Lear, Up Jumped a Swagman), dies at 47 1971 Death Albertus W. "Albert" van Dalsum, actor and director (King Lear), dies at 82 1963 Birthday Reza Abdoh, born in Tehran, Iran, playwright, theatre director, produced King Lear, Oedipus Rex, confronted audiences with issues of race, class, AIDS 1952 Birthday Dominic Muldowney, born in Southampton, England, composer, created television, film scores for Loose Connections, King Lear, radio work, theater music, created large-scale oboe concerto, versatile has created music for David Bowie, Royal Academy of Music teacher 1951 Birthday Robert Lindsay, Ilketson England, actor, Strike it Rich, King Lear 1946 Birthday Amanda Lear, French singer 1930 Birthday Colin Blakely, Bangor N Ireland, actor, Shattered, Equus, King Lear 1926 Birthday Evelyn Lear, Shulman, born in Brooklyn, New York, soprano 1923 Birthday Frances Lear, Larchmont, New York, Woman's magazine publisher, Lears 1922 Birthday Norman Lear, TV writer/producer, All in The Family 1918 Birthday Jack MacGowran, Dublin Ireland, actor, King Lear, Exorcist 1906 Birthday Alan Webb, actor, King Lear, Taming of Shrew, Challenge of Lassie 1905 Birthday Grigori Kozintsev, born in Kiev, Ukraine, director, Hamlet, King Lear 1902 Birthday William Lear, engineer/manufacturer/CEO, Lear Jet Corp 1888 Death Edward Lear, poet/author, dies at 75 1812 Birthday Edward Lear, England, landscape painter, Complete Nonsense Book
