2004 Alexandra Scott, young philanthropist, raised over $700,000 for cancer research in 4 years by selling lemonade, dies at 8 2003 Marie Trintignant, French Actress 2003 Tom Lewis, Representative-R-Florida 1983 - 1995, died of natural causes 1997 Ngiratkel Etpison, president of Palau, 1989-1992, dies 1997 Svyatoslav Richter, Russian pianist, dies of heart attack at 82 1996 Pierre Lucien Claverie, bishop of Oran, dies at 58 1996 Tadeusz Reichstein, Polish/Swiss chemist (Nobel 1950), dies at 99 1995 Loudi Nijhoff, Dutch actress (Alicia, Van Geluk Gesproken), dies 1995 Robert L "Bob" Talley, pianist, dies at 75 1994 George Dixon, trumpet/sax, dies at 85 1994 Gerard van de Groenekan, furniture maker/designer, dies at 90 1993 Alfred Manessier, French painter (glass-in-lead), dies in car crash at 81 1993 Anatoli Koretski, Russian major general, murdered 1993 Ewing Kaufman, founder/owner (Kansas City Royals), dies of lung cancer at 76 1993 Lea Verschuuren-Smulders, Dut author (Kleutertje Luister), dies at 72 1993 Viktor Polyanitshko, governor of Kaukasus, murdered 1992 Chico Alvarez, trumpeteer, Stan Kenton Orchestra, dies of cancer at 72 1992 Kenny Sacha, actor (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), dies of AIDS at 39 1992 Stanley Dudek, U.S. platform diver (watershows), dies 1991 Stuart Wilson, actor (Lethal Weapon 3), dies at 87 1990 Norbert Elias, German/English/Netherlands philosopher/sociologist, dies 1989 John Ogdon, English pianist/composer, dies at 52 1988 Florence Eldridge, Broadway actress (The Swan), dies at 86 1988 John Cardinal Dearden, U.S. cardinal, dies at 80 1988 Trindad Silva, actor (Hill St. Blues), dies at 38 in an auto accident 1987 Benson Fong, actress (Charlie Chan, Purple Heart), dies at 70 1987 Pola Negri, actress (Forbidden Paradise), dies at 92 1986 Willem Klein, variety artist, dies at about 73 1985 Joseph Walker, cameraman, dies at 92 1983 Peter Arne, actor (Straw Dogs), bludgeoned to death in London at 62 1981 Paddy Chayefsky, screenwriter (Network, Hospital) dies of cancer at 58 1981 Seppo Antero Yrjonpoika Nummi, composer, dies at 49 1980 Strother Martin, actor (Slapshot), dies of heart attack at 61 1979 Joseph Kotalla, German war criminal (4 of Breda), dies at 71 1977 Francis Gary Powers, U.S. U-2 pilot, dies at 47 1975 Howard Joslin, actor (Quebec, Detective Story), dies at 68 1973 Gian Francesco Malipiero, composer, dies at 91 1973 Walter Ulbricht, President East Germany, dies at 80 1970 Frances Farmer, actress (Toast of NY, Come and Get It), dies at 55 1966 Bud Powell, U.S. jazz pianist/composer, dies 1966 Charles Whitman, former marine, kills 13 at University of Texas, shot by cops 1965 Kiyoshi Nobutoki, composer, dies at 77 1964 Johnny Burnette, rocker, drowns at 30 1963 Theodore Roethke, U.S. poet (Praise to the end!), dies 1962 Leon Kruczkowski, Polish author (Niemcy), dies at 62 1954 Charles-A Cingria, writer, dies 1946 Andrei Vlasov, Russian general (Red Army, Wehrmacht) executed at 45 1944 Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina, President of Philippines (1935-42), dies at 65 1943 Ismar Elbogen, German/US learned/rabbi (Jewish Lexicon), dies at 68 1940 Paul Hirsch, German Politician 1934 Piotr Maszynski, composer, dies at 79 1926 Israel Zangwill, British zionists writer (Ghetto tragedies), dies 1925 John Pieter Veth, painter/lithographer/etcher/writer, dies at 61 1922 Vaclav Juda Novotny, composer, dies at 72 1920 Bal Gangadhar Tilak, British-Indian hindu leader, dies 1916 Claude Newberry, South Africa cricket All-rounder (v England 1913-14), dies 1911 Konrad Duden, German linguist (Das grosse Duden Lexicon), dies 1902 Ludwig Beckmann, painter, dies 1884 Heinrich Laube, writer, dies 1883 Karl Wilhelm Dindorf, classic scholar, dies 1882 Henry Clarence Kendall, Australian poet, dies of tuberculosis at 43 1857 Charles Turner, engraver, dies 1846 Peter Ritter, composer, dies at 83 1837 Walter Geikie, painter, dies 1834 Robert Morrison, missionary in China/translated bible, dies 1821 Elizabeth Inchbald (Simpson), actress/author (Lady Abbess), dies at 68 1813 Carl Stenborg, composer, dies at 60 1805 Friedrich Christoph Gebtewitz, composer, dies at 51 1787 Alfonsus M de' Liguori, Italian theologist/bishop/saint, dies at 90 1743 Richard Savage, English poet/playwright, dies at about 46 1714 Anne Stuart, queen of England (1702-14), dies at about 49 1667 Paul Foot, lawyer/historian, dies at 48 1628 Francesco Gonzaga, composer, dies at 37 1589 Jacques Clement, French monk (Henri III), dies 1457 Laurentius Valla, Italian philosopher (Voluptate), dies at about 50 1190 Floris III, Count of Holland, dies 1137 Louis VI, King of France, dies (1108-37) 527 Justinus I, Byzantine emperor (518-27), dies