2003 Michael Kelly, journalist, Atlantic Monthly - died in Iraq in an accident, dies at 45 2000 Terence McKenna, novel writer/mystic, dies at 43 1999 Helen Aberson, writer, Dumbo, dies at 92 1999 Lionel Bart, composer, songwriter, wrote pop music, musicals, created book, music and lyrics for Oliver!, dies at 68 1997 Judy Flannery, master triathelete, killed by a car at 56 1996 Carl Stokes, 1st black mayor of a major U.S. city, Cleveland, dies 1996 Christopher John Seward, aid worker, dies at 45 1996 Ron Brown, Secretary of Commerce, dies in an accident 1996 Ronald Harmon Brown, politician, dies at 54 1996 Roosevelt "Booba" Barnes, bluesman, dies at 59 1995 David Alexander Reginald Herbert, writer, dies at 86 1995 Harvey Pennick, golfer/teacher, dies at 89 1994 Betty Furness, actress/news consumer reporter (WNBC), dies at 78 1994 Frank G Wells, U.S. director (Walt Disney), dies at 62 1994 Jerome Lejeune, French geneticist (Syndrome of Down), dies at 67 1994 Pat Harper, New York City news anchor (WPIX, WNBC), dies 1993 Alexander Mnouchkine, French movie producer (Professional), dies at 83 1993 Dieter Plage, German wildlife filmmaker, dies at 57 1993 Eduardo Cabellero Calderon, Colombian writer/diplomat, dies at 83 1993 Pinky Lee, kiddie host (Pinky Lee Show), dies of heart attack at 85 1992 Lloyd "Slim" Andrews, actor (Buf Bill in Tomahawk Territory), dies 1992 Margaret Barker, actress (Fathers and Son), dies of lung cancer at 83 1991 Graham Greene, British writer (3rd Man, Our man in Havana), dies at 86 1990 Katharine Balfour, actress (Love Story), dies of ALS at 69 1990 Sarah Vaughn, jazz singer, dies of lung cancer at 66 1990 Sarah Vaughan, American Musician 1989 Norman Woolard, actor (Guilty, Saul and David, Medeleine), dies at 79 1988 Milton A Caniff, U.S. cartoonist (Terry and the Pirates), dies at 81 1986 Peter Pears, English tenor (Death in Venice), dies at 75 1986 Richard Manuel, rock pianist/vocalist (Band), dies on 41st birthday 1982 Herman W. Filarski, Dutch bridge journalist, dies at 69 1982 Warren Oates, actor (East of Eden, Stoney Burke), dies at 53 1980 Luella Gear, actress (Joe and Mabel), dies at 82 1976 Maurice Johnstone, composer, dies at 75 1975 Mary Ure, actress (Sons and Lovers, Where Eagles Dare), dies at 42 1974 Marston Bates, American Scientist 1972 Ferde Ferdinand Rudolph von Grofe, composer, dies at 80 1972 Ferde Grofe, U.S. composer (Grand Canyon Suite), dies at 80 1971 Joseph Valachi, U.S. gangster, dies at 66 1971 Manfred Bonnington Lee, Ellery Queen, detective writer, dies at 65 1971 Joe Valachi, American Celebrity 1969 Rex Evans, actor (Frankenstein meets the Wolfman, Zara), dies at 65 1966 Russel Crouse, U.S. stagewriter (Life with Father), dies at 73 1962 Benny "Kid" Paret, U.S. welterweight boxer, dies after fight, at 24 1962 Manolis Kalomiris, Greek opera composer, dies at 78 1960 Anton Pannekoek, Dutch astronomer/marxist theorist, dies at 87 1958 Theodor Kramer, writer, dies 1956 T Kostov, Bulgarian vice-premier, executed 1951 Johannes C. Kielstra, Dut economist/Governor of Suriname 1933 - 1944, dies at 72 1950 Adolf Wiklund, composer, dies at 70 1950 Carter G Woodson, American historian (black studies), dies at 74 1950 Kurt Julian Weill, German composer (Dreigroschenoper), dies at 50 1950 Carter G. Woodson, American Historian 1949 Basil Harwood, composer, dies at 89 1946 Masaharu Homma, Lieutenant General (responsible for Bataan Death March), executed 1945 Joseph Weinheber, Austria poet and writer (Vienna Verbatim), dies at 43 1943 Conrad Veidt, German/US actor (Cabinet of Dr. Calgary), dies at 50 1942 Albert Siklos, composer, dies at 63 1942 Paul Gilson, composer, dies at 76 1941 Andre Michelin, French tire manufacturer, dies at 88 1941 Pal Teleki-von Szek, Prime Minister Hungary 1920 - 1921, 1939 - 1941, suicide at 61 1936 Bruno Hauptmann, convicted Lindbergh baby killer, executed 1933 Wilson Mizner, playwright, entrepreneur, raconteur, wrote, 'The Deep Purple', 'The Greyhound', opium addict, boxing manager, hotel manager, managed restaurant The Brown Derby, with brother, Addison Mizner, dies 1930 Emma Albani, Canadian Musician 1920 Homer Newton Bartlett, composer, dies at 74 1919 Paul Geisler, composer, dies at 62 1910 Catherine Helen Spence, Australian Author 1909 Benjamin Johnson Lang, composer, dies at 71 1901 Richard D'Oyly Carte, promotor (Gilbert and Sullivan operas), dies 1897 Johannes Brahms, German composer and conductor, 'Hungarian Dances', dies at 63 1884 Carel JCH van Nispen tot Sevenaer, Dutch Cath politician, dies at 59 1882 Friedrich Wilhelm Kucken, composer, dies at 71 1882 Jesse James, outlaw, shot dead at 34, in St. Joseph, Missouri by Robert Ford 1876 Henriette Davidis, writer, dies 1868 Franz Adolf Berwald, Swedish composer, dies at 71 1862 James Clark Ross, Arctic explorer, dies 1858 Sigismund Ritter von Neukomm, Austrian composer, dies at 79 1854 John Wilson, Scottish Writer 1850 Vaclav Jan Krtitel Tomasek, organist/pianist/composer, dies at 75 1849 Juliusz Slowacki, Pol poet (Father of the Plague-Patient), dies at 39 1838 Francesco Antommarchi, Napoleon's physician on St. Helena, dies at 57 1826 Reginald Heber, bishop and hymn writer, dies 1822 Friedrich Bertuch, writer, dies 1811 Pieter-Jozef Verhaghen, Flemish (court)painter, dies at 83 1797 Nonnosus Madlseder, composer, dies at 66 1769 Gerhard Tersteegen, German evangelist/poet (in blood), dies at 71 1695 Melchior de Hondecoeter, Dutch still life painter, dies at about 58 1694 Ferdinand van Apshoven de Jongere, Flemish painter, buried at 64 1682 Bartolome Esteban Murillo, Spanish painter, dies 1581 Huibert Duifhuis, Roman Catholic pastor (Rotterdam/Utrecht), dies 1525 Giovanni Rucellai, Italian poet (Le Api), dies at 49 1512 Richard Pafraet, Dutch printer, dies 1287 Honorius IV, Giacomo Savelli, Italian Pope (1285-87), dies 628 Chosroes II, emperor of Persia (579..628), murdered by his son 33 Christ, crucified (according to astronomer Humphreys and Waddington)
