1999 Senor Wences, comedian, Ed Sullivan Show, dies at 103 1996 Cecilia Grace Hunt Reeves Gillie, bBC Executive, dies at 88 1996 Christopher Robin Milne, bookseller, dies at 75 1996 Tran Van Tra, soldier, dies at 77 1995 Milovan Djilas, Yugoslavian politician (1945-54), dies 1995 Sunil Jayasinghe, Sri Lankan wicketkeeper (1979 World Cup), suicide 1995 Tessie O'Shea, entertainer, dies at 81 1994 Jean Carmet, French actor (Merci la Vie, Le Sucre), dies at 72 1993 Cantinflas, Mario Moreno, Mexican actor (Pepe), dies at 81 1992 Benny Hill, comedian (Benny Hill Show), dies of a heart attack at 67 1992 Johnny Shines, Delta blues singer and guitarist, dies at 76 1991 Don[ald] Siegel, U.S. director (Coogan's Bluff/Dirty Harry), dies at 78 1991 Jumjaagiyn Tsedenbal, Mongolian politician, dies 1991 Sean O'Faolain, J Whelan, Irish writer (Nest of Simple), dies at 91 1991 Steve Marriott, English guitarist (Small Faces), dies in a fire at 44 1991 Yumzhagin Tsendenbal, Prime Minister of Mongolia 1952 - 1974, dies 1990 Horst Sinderman, RDA 1st minister (1973-76), dies 1987 Antony Tudor, dancer and choreographer (Amer Ballet Theater) dies at 78 1985 Charles Francis Richter, American Scientist 1984 Mabel Mercer, English/US singer (Fly me to the moon), dies at 84 1983 Jerzy Andrezjewski, writer, dies 1982 Archibald MacLeish, U.S., lawyer/writer (Conquistador), dies at 89 1982 Mimi Boesnach, actress (Wedding of Kloris and Roses), dies at 82 1982 Archibald McLeish, American Poet 1979 Peter Donald, host (Masquerade Party), dies at 60 1977 Bryan Foy, director/writer, dies at 80 1974 Agnes Moorehead, actress (Endora-Bewitched), dies at 67 1974 Mohammed Ayub Khan, premier/president (Pakistan), dies 1973 Robert Armstrong, actor (Fall Guy, Exposed), dies at 82 1971 Cecil Parker, actor (Court Jester, Operation Snafu), dies at 73 1968 Marion Weeks, singer/actress, dies of stroke at 81 1965 Dick Wessel, dies of heart attack on 52nd birthday 1965 Richard Wessell, actor (Carney-Riverboat), dies at 54 1964 August Sander, German Photographer 1962 Arthur Harmat, composer, dies at 76 1962 Jesse G Vincent, engineer designed 1st V-12 engine, dies at 82 1961 Edward J. Hart, Representative-D-New Jersey 1935 - 1955 1956 Jaap Vranken, organist/composer (Stabat mater), dies 1956 Lieven Duvosel, Flemish music composer (Levensschets), dies at 78 1953 Erich Weinert, writer, dies at 62 1947 Christian X, king of Denmark (1912-47), dies at 76 1941 Barend ter Haar, Dutch lawyer, dies in Buchenwald at 49 1935 Juliaan de Vriendt, Flemish painter, dies at 92 1932 Giuseppe Peano, mathematician, dies 1912 Bram Stoker, Irish theater manager/writer (Dracula), dies 1908 Henry Chadwick, sports reporter (baseball), dies at 85 1906 Australian wombat; oldest known marsupial, dies in London Zoo at 26 1902 Frank Richard Stockton, American Writer 1900 Mebel Mercer, popular British singer, dies 1899 Edouard Pailleron, French attorney/comedian, dies at 64 1872 Ljudwit Gaj, Croatian writer/poet (Pjesma iz Zagorja), dies at 62 1869 Johann Carl Gottfried Loewe, composer, dies at 72 1869 Piotr Studzinski, composer, dies at 42 1839 Giuseppe Rossini, father of Italian composer Gioacchino Rossini, dies 1836 Johan I Jozef, monarch of Liechtenstein/Field Marshal, dies at 75 1821 Franz K Achard, German physicist/chemist, dies at 67 1820 Arthur Young, author (Annals of Agriculture), dies 1812 George Clinton, 4th U.S. Vice President, dies at 73 1st Vice President to, die in office 1786 John Goodricke, English deaf and dumb astronomer, dies at 21 1769 Pontiac, indian chief to Ottawa, murdered 1768 Giovanni AC Canaletto, Italian painter/cartoonist (Rialto), dies at 70 1759 Georg Friedrich Handel, buried in Westminster Abbey 1695 Georg Caspar Weckler, composer, dies at 63 1662 Gerard Terborch, the elder, painter, dies 1643 Christoph Demantius, composer, dies at 75 1632 Nicolas Antione, converted to Judiasm, burned at the stake 1534 Elizabeth Barton, St. Magd van Kent, British prophet, dies 1317 Agnes van Montepulciano, Italian mystic/saint, dies 1314 Clement V, Bertrand Got, pope (1305-14) move papacy to Avignon, dies 1164 Victor IV, Ottaviano Montecello, Italian antipope (1159-64), dies
