2000 Larry Linville, actor, M*A*S*H TV show, dies at 60 1999 Jean Vander Pyl, cartoon voice, The Flintstones, dies at 78 1996 Jessica Dubroff, attempting to be youngest pilot, dies in crash at 7 1995 Chen Yun, VPM of China 1949 - 1975, 1979 - 1980, dies 1995 Gunter Guillaume, German politican, dies 1995 Joseph Anthony "Joe" Richards, singer and actor (Colorado Ranger), dies at 44 1995 Morarji Desai, Prime Minister of India (1977-79), dies 1994 James L Lyons, jazz promoter, dies at 77 1994 Victor Afanasiev, Rus editor-in-chief of Pravda (1976-89), dies at 71 1993 Chris Hani, Secretary-General South Africian Communist Party, assassinated at 50 1992 Ken Ward, dies at 37 1992 Sam Kinison, loud mouth comedian, dies in a car crash at 38 1992 Peter D. Mitchell, British Scientist 1991 Kevin Peter Hall, actor (Harry and Hendersons), dies of AIDS at 35 1991 Natalie Schafer, actress (Gilligan's Island), dies at 90 from cancer 1989 Joan Barry, dies at 85 1986 Joseph P Addabbo, U.S. defence specialist/(Sen-D), dies at 61 1984 Nate Nelson, R&B-singer (Flamingos-I'll Be Home), dies on 52 birthday 1984 Ray Middleton, dies at 75 1983 Issam Sartawi, PLO ambassador to Portugal, murdered 1983 Ulf S von Euler-Chelpin, Swedish physiologist, dies at 78 1980 Kay Medford, actress (Dean Martin Show, To Rome With Love), dies at 65 1979 Henriette P "Hetty" Beck, actress (Dodendans), dies at 91 1979 Nino Rota, Italian composer (Torquemada), dies at 67 1975 Marjorie Main, actress (Ma and Pa Kettle), dies at 85 1975 Sophia JW "Sophie" Hermse, actress (But a Dream), dies at 86 1975 Walker Evans, U.S. photographer (Fortune Magazine), dies at 71 1974 Patricia Collinge, dies at 81 1974 Roger Bastide, French sociologist, dies at 76 1970 Charles Paton, dies at 96 1966 Christian J Modeste, Dutch king of gypsies, dies at 71 1966 Evelyn Waugh, British writer (Black Mischief), dies at 62 1965 Linda Darnell, dies from burns received in a fire at 41 1962 Stuart Sutcliffe, bassist (Beatles), dies of brain hemorrhage at 21 1962 Michael Curtiz, Hungarian Director 1961 Irene Warfield, silent screen actress (Satan Sanderson), dies at 65 1960 Arthur Benjamin, Austral composer/pianist (Devil Take Her), dies at 66 1958 Chuck Willis, rocker, dies at 30 1958 W C Handy, composer/musician, dies at 84 in NY 1956 Bozidar Sirola, composer, dies at 66 1956 Clarence Beaumont, 1st batter in 1st World Series, dies at 75 1956 Jozef Szulc, composer, dies at 81 1955 Oskar Frederik Lindberg, composer, dies at 68 1955 Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, French Philosopher 1955 Teilhard de Chardin, French Philosopher 1954 Auguste Lumiere, French photograph/movie pioneer, dies at 81 1954 Ludwig Curtius, German archaeologist (Die antike Kunst), dies at 79 1945 Hendrik N Werkman, resistance/painter (Blue Boat), executed at 63 1939 Alfredo Panzini, Italian author (Il Bacio de Lesba), dies at 75 1938 Nana Annor Adjaye, Pan-Africanist, dies in W Nzima Ghana 1937 Algernon Ashton, composer, dies at 77 1933 Henry Van Dyke, clergyman, educator, author, wrote poetry, hymns, essays, co-wrote first Presbyterian printed liturgy, 'The Common Book of Worship of 1906', served as U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands and Luxembourg, dies 1932 Andre Baillon, Belgian/French author (& sabots), dies at 56 1931 Kahlil Gibran, Poet 1929 Edmond Thieffry, Belgium, WW I pilot, dies at 36 1920 Moritz B Cantor, German mathematician, dies at 90 1920 Tryggve Andersen, Norwegian writer (Mod Kvaeld), dies at 53 1919 Emiliano Zapata, Mexican leader, murdered at 39 1911 Mikolajus Konstantinas Ciurlionis, composer, dies at 35 1909 Algernon Charles Swinburne, English poet, dies at 72 1900 Frank Hamilton Cushing, American Writer 1894 Charles Bowen, English Judge 1885 John H Scholten, theologist (Free Want), dies at 73 1863 Giovanni B Amia, Italian astronomer/physicist/botanist, dies at 77 1862 William Harvey Lamb Wallace, U.S. lawyer/Brigadier-General, dies at 40 1848 Godert AGP baron van Capellen, governor-general of Dutch-Indies, dies at 69 1825 Paul-Louis Courier, (Mere), French writer/interpreter, dies at 53 1817 Francis Cabot Lowell, American Businessman 1810 Konrad Back, composer, dies at 60 1807 Anna Amalia van Brumswijk-Wolfenbuttel, duchess of Saxon-Weimar, dies 1784 Simon Fokke, book illustrator, dies at 71 1760 Gerard George Clifford, head of East-Indian Company, dies at 75 1756 Giacomo Antonio Perti, Italian composer, dies at 94 1731 Maximilian Dietrich Freisslich, composer, dies at 58 1723 Claude F Tserclaes, South Netherlands earl of Tilly, dies at 74 1712 Yusuf Nabi, Turkish poet (Hayriye), dies at about 77 1640 Agostino Agazzari, Italian composer, dies at 61 1640 Charlotte Flandrina van Nassau, daughter of Willem I, dies at 60 1585 Gregory XIII, Ugo Buoncampagni, Italian Pope (1572-85), dies 1533 Frederik I, King of Denmark/Norway (1523-33), dies at 61 1362 Machteld, countess of Holland, dies 1008 Notger, bishop of Luik (972-1008), dies 947 Hugo van Arles, count of Arles/king of Italy, dies 879 Louis II, the stutterer, King of France (877-79), dies
