2005 Harold Kalin, singer, member of pop music duo with brother Herbert 'Herbie' Kalin, dies from automobile accident injuries, at age 71 2004 Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, writer/physician, On Death and Dying, dies at 78 2003 John Jacob Rhodes, Representative-R-Arizona 1953 - 1983, died from cancer 1999 Mary Jane Croft, actress, The Lucy Show, dies at 83 1998 E. G. Marshall, actor, The Defenders, dies at 88 1997 Phillip Humphrey Vellacott, classicist, dies at 90 1996 Ahmed Bahauddin, journalist, dies at 69 1996 Emile Noel, international civil servant, dies at 73 1996 John Christopherson, artist/collector, dies at 75 1996 Robert Louis Tewdwr Moss, journalist/travel writer, dies at 42 1995 Erich Geiringer, general Practitioner campaigner, dies at 78 1995 Gary Crosby, singer and actor (Operation Bikini, Mardi Gras), dies at 61 1994 Jason McRoy, downhill MTB racer, dies at 23 1994 Wijnanda MC "Nan" Aberson, friend of Gerard Van de Reve Sr, dies at 82 1992 Andreas M Donner, Dutch state leader/jurist (Constitution), dies at 74 1992 Larrie Londin, jazz drummer, dies at 48 1991 Abel Kivlat, U.S. 1500m runner. Silver Medal 1912 Olympics, dies at 99 1991 Beb [Elizabeth] Vuyk, Netherlands/Indian writer (Camp Diary), dies at 86 1991 Bernard Castro, patented convertible couch, dies at 87 1991 Mike Sokoll, cowboy actor, dies at 97 1988 Leonard Frey, actor (Tattoo, Magic Christian), dies of AIDS at 49 1988 Max Shulman, author (Dobie Gillis, Tender Trap), dies at 69 1987 Bayard Rustin, U.S. civil rights activist, dies at 77 1985 Paul Creston [Giuseppe/Joseph Guttoveggio], U.S. composer, dies at 78 1983 Jack Somack, actor (Ball Four, Stockard Channing Show), dies at 64 1983 Shawn Lewis, 5th wife of Jerry Lee Lewis, dies of methadone overdose 1978 Louis Prima, singer, dies at 66 1978 Kofi Busia, statesman, leader of the Ghana Congress Party, which became the United Party, Prime Minister, 2nd Republic of Ghana, 1969 - 1972, died 1976 Michael Dewar Head, composer, dies at 76 1975 Charles H Revson, U.S. cosmetic magnate, dies at 69 1973 Billy Greene, actor (Burton-One Man's Family), dies at 76 1973 Slava Vorlova, composer, dies at 79 1972 Carlos Wesley "Don" Byas, U.S. jazz saxophonist, dies at 59 1972 Don Byas, American Musician 1967 Amanda Randolph, actress (Danny Thomas, Amos n Andy), dies at 65 1967 Henry J Kaiser, industrialist (Boulder Dam, Liberty ship), dies at 85 1964 Maurice Schoemaker, composer, dies at 73 1962 Henry George Ley, composer, dies at 74 1958 John G Strijdom, premier of South Africa (1954-58), dies at 65 1958 Kenneth Leighton, composer, dies at 28 1957 Albert Edward Sammons, composer, dies at 71 1954 Getulio D Vargas, president/dictator Brazil: 1930 - 1945, 1951 - 1954, suicide at 71 1950 Ernst Wiechert, writer, dies at 63 1943 Ernst Ottwalt, writer, dies 1943 Simone Weil, French philosopher (Le pesanteur et la grace), dies at 34 1940 Paul G Nipkow, German TV pioneer (Nipkow disk), dies at 80 1939 Frederick Carl Frieseke, American Artist 1923 Kate Douglas Wiggin, author (US kindergarten movement), dies at 66 1907 Pieter Louis Tak, writer (Chronicle), dies at 58 1906 Alfred Stevens, Belgian painter, dies 1895 John F Loudon, entrepreneur/colonial director, dies at 74 1889 Jan E Matzeliger, Suriname inventor (shoe lacing machine), dies 1888 Rudolph J E Clausius, German physicist (thermodynamics), dies 1841 Karl Friedrich Curschmann, composer, dies at 36 1840 Joseph Waast Aubert Nonot, composer, dies at 89 1833 Adrian H Haworth, English entomologist/botanist, dies at 65 1806 Paul-Louis Cyffle, Flemish sculptor/goldsmith (Terre Lorraine), dies 1801 Jacques-Denis Antoine, French builder (La Monnaie Paris), dies at 68 1770 Thomas Chatterton, English poet (Revenge), dies 1759 Ewald C von Kleist, German poet, dies at 44 1724 Andreas Kneller, composer, dies at 75 1712 Thomas Bullis, composer, dies at 54 1680 Ferdinand Bulb, Dutch painter/etcher, buried 1680 Thomas Blood, English Soldier 1666 Francisco M the Melo, Portuguese author (Obras Morales), dies at 57 1647 Nicholas Stone "Elder", English sculptor/architect, dies at about 61 1595 Thomas Digges, English astronomer (Universe Infinite), dies 1572 Charles de Feligny, French officer/huguenot, murdered 1572 Gaspard de Chatillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded 1371 Eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated 1313 Henry VII, Roman Catholic German King/emperor (1308/12-13), dies 1217 Eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle 1103 Magnus III Berbein, Blootbeen, King of Norway (1093-1103), dies