2004 Estee Lauder, entrepreneur, dies at 97 2002 Barbara Grizzuti Harrison, American Writer 2001 Al Hibbler, singer, Unchained Melody, dies at 85 1999 Arthur Boyd, Australian Artist 1997 Pat Paulsen, comedian (Smothers Brothers Show), dies at 69 1996 Donald Cammell, film director, dies at 62 1996 Erma Bombeck, columnist (Septic Tank is Always Greener), dies 1996 Preston Lockwood, actor (House of Windsor, Black Candle), dies at 83 1995 Douglas Gunsekera, banker, dies at 77 1993 Oliver R Tambo, chairman (African National Congress), dies at 75 1991 J de Graaf, ethicus/president church and peace, dies 1990 Joseph Leberman, entertainer, dies 1990 Tom Rolfing, actor (He Knows You're Alone, Cliff-Another World), dies 1986 Bessie Wallis Warfield Simpson, (Edward abdicated for her), dies at 89 1985 Sergei Yutkevich, Russian director, (Otello, Banya), dies at 80 1980 Alentejo Carpentier, Cuban/French writer (Guerra del Tiempo), dies at 75 1980 Alejo Carpentier, Cuban Novelist 1979 John Carroll, actor (Hired Wife, Fiesta, Geraldine), dies at 72 1976 Mark Tobey, U.S. abstract painter, (Broadway Norm), dies at 85 1975 William Hartnell, actor (Jackpot, This Sporting Life), dies at 67 1974 Bud Abbott, comedian (Abbott and Costello), dies at 78 1968 Norman McKaye, actor (Untamed Fury, Frogman), dies at 62 1968 Tommy Noonan, actor (Gentlemen Perfer Blondes), dies at 45 1967 Frank Overton, actor (12 O'Clock High), dies at 48 1967 Vladimir M Komarov, cosmonaut (Voshkod I), dies in Soyuz 1 at 40 1966 Louis A. Johnson, American Public Servant 1965 Louise Dresser, actress (State Fair, Ship Comes In, Mammy), dies at 86 1961 Lee Moran, actor (Circus Clown), dies of heart ailment at 72 1960 John P "John" Musch, actor/founder (JM), dies at 84 1959 Jef van Hoof, composer, dies at 72 1957 Andries CD de Graeff, Governor-General of Netherlands Indies (1926-31), dies at 84 1956 Albrecht G Alt, German theologist (Small Schriften), dies at 72 1956 Henry Stephenson, actor (Conquest, Mr. Lucky), dies at 85 1955 Alfred Polgar, Austrian writer/theater critic, dies at 79 1952 Hans [Hendrik A] Kramers, physicist (quantum mechanics), dies at 57 1952 Jules Poncelet, Belgian minister of State, dies at 82 1948 Joseph Wihtol, composer, dies at 84 1948 Manuel Marua Ponce, Mexican composer (Ferial), dies at 65 1948 Rosita Marstini, actress (I Cover Waterfront, Big Parade), dies at 54 1947 Willa Cather, American Author 1945 Anton de Kom, Suriname resistance fighter, dies at 47 1945 Hubert Bath, composer, dies at 61 1943 Gerardus H de Hare, socialist vicar, dies at 63 1941 Karin Boye, Swedish Poet 1939 John Foulds, composer, dies at 58 1936 Alphons Diepenbrock, composer, dies at 73 1936 Bernard van Dieren, composer, dies at 51 1935 Paul Klengel, composer, dies at 80 1933 Felix Adler, German Educator 1928 Ferdinand B Hummel, composer, dies at 72 1924 George Street, English cricket wicket keeper (1 Test 1923), dies 1924 G. Stanley Hall, American Psychologist 1922 Richard Batka, composer, dies at 53 1917 Oskar Blumenthal, writer, dies 1915 Harry Banks, English Soldier 1912 Justin M'Carthy, politician/novelist (Miss Misanthrope), dies at 81 1904 Friedrich Siemens, German industrialist, Siemens, dies 1904 Friedrich Siemens, German industrial, dies at 77 1900 George J D Campbell, British Minister of Indies (1868-74, 80-85), dies at 76 1891 Count Helmuth K B von Moltke, Prussian gen/Field Marshal, dies 1875 Jose Maria de la Purificacion Ventura, composer, dies at 58 1855 Walenty Karol Kratzer, composer, dies at 75 1850 Louis Alexandre Piccinni, composer, dies at 70 1848 Francois van Campenhout, Belgian composer (Brabaneonne), dies at 69 1827 Pierre Joseph Candielle, composer, dies at 82 1824 Herman Muntinghe, theologist (History of Mankind), dies at 71 1776 Carolus van de Abeele, Flemish Jesuit, dies at 84 1776 Giuseppi Paolucci, composer, dies at 49 1758 Florian Wrastill, composer, dies at 41 1731 Daniel Defoe, English novelist (Robinson Crusoe), dies 1617 Carlo Concino, French marquis of Ancre/state advisor, murdered 1530 Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (De partu Virginis), dies 1185 Antoku Taira, emperor of Japan (1180-85), drowns 1077 Geza I, King of Hungary (1074-7), dies 729 Egbertus, English bishop/saint, dies in Iona at 89 709 Wilfried, bishop of York, dies at about 76
