2005 James H. Scheuer, Representative-D-New York 1965 - 1973, 1975 - 1983 and 1983 - 1993, died of natural causes at age 85 2003 Charles Bronson, tough actor, Death Wish, dies at 81 2002 J. Lee Thompson, British Director 1996 Christine Pascal, actress/director (Smile, Elsa), dies at 43 1996 Jose Toribio Merino, admiral/military junta of Chile 1973 - 1980, dies at 80 1996 Louise Brown, dancer/teacher, dies at 89 1995 Dame Pattie Maie Menzies, Australian, dies at 96 1995 Fischer S Black, Jr., financial Theorist, dies at 57 1995 Frank Perry, film director, dies at 65 1995 Holmes Sterling Morrison, musician, dies at 53 1995 Thomas Chalmers, broadcaster, dies at 82 1994 Lindsay Anderson, British director/critic (If ...), dies at 71 1994 Michael Gribble, film animator (Mike and Spike Festival), dies at 42 1993 Richard Jordan, U.S. actor (Hunt for Red October, Posse), dies at 55 1991 Alan Wheatley 1991 Hans Koetsier, sculptor artist (KLM-Schiphol), dies 1991 Jean Tinguely, Swiss sculptor artist (moving objects), dies 1989 Joe De Santis, dies at 80 1986 Otto Mortensen, composer, dies at 79 1982 Leo Pappenheim, conductor, dies at 86 1981 Mohammad Ali Rajai, president of Iran, assassinated by a bomb 1981 Mohammad Javad Bahonar, prime minister of Iran, assassinated by a bomb 1981 Vera-Ellen, actress (Big Leaguer, On the Town), dies of cancer at 55 1974 Abraham Schierbeek, Dutch biologist (Leeuwenhoek), dies at 87 1970 Anna Casati, Italian marchesa, murdered at 41 1970 Del Moore, actor/announcer (Cal-Bachelor Father), dies at 53 1970 Abraham Zapruder, Ukrainian Businessman 1968 William Talman, actor (Hamilton-Perry Mason), dies at 53 1967 Ad Reinhardt, American Artist 1964 Wesley Lau, actor (Lt Anderson-Perry Mason), dies at 43 1963 Axel Stordahl, orchestra leader (Frank Sinatra Show), dies at 50 1961 Charles Coburn, actor (Heaven Can Wait, Idiot's Delight), dies at 84 1956 Jose Antonio de Donostia, composer, dies at 70 1953 Dimiter Nenov, composer, dies at 51 1952 Arky Vaughn, infielder (Pirates and Dodgers), drowns 1949 Arthur Fielder, England cricket fast bowler (6 Tests 1903-08), dies 1944 Morten Nielsen, Danish resistance fighter, dies 1943 A[braham] [P] Merritt, author (Moon Pool, Creep Shadow!), dies at 58 1939 Wilhelm Bolsche, writer, dies at 78 1935 Henri Barbusse, French writer (Le feu), dies at 62 1934 Earnest L Wolzogen, German writer (That tolle Komtess), dies at 79 1932 Willem M van Rossum, cardinal/prefect of Propaganda Fide, dies at 77 1928 Wilhelm Wien, Germany physicist (laws of motion, Nobel 1911), dies at 64 1919 Johann Sigurjonsson, Icelandic writer (Dr. Rung), dies 1917 Uritsky, leader of Petrogradse Czechoslovakia, dies 1914 Adrian H. Stewart, British lieutenant, dies in battle in Cameroon at 26 1914 Aleksandr Samsonov, Russian general, commits suicide 1910 Albert Vandal, French earl/historian (Napoleon), dies at 57 1904 Kate Fanny Loder, composer, dies at 79 1903 Vincente F Lopez, historian (Historia the Chile), dies at 87 1879 John B Hood, confederate general (lost Atlanta), dies at 48 1879 John B. Hood, American Soldier 1844 Francis Baily, English astronomer/mathematician (Baily's Beads), dies 1826 Theodor Zwetler, composer, dies at 67 1809 Ignacy Potocki, Polish Foreign Minister (constitution), dies 1808 Joseph Anton Bauer, composer, dies at 83 1745 Jean-Baptiste Maurice Quinault, composer, dies at 57 1666 Benedictus Carpzovius, Benedikt Carpzov, German lawyer, dies 1580 Emanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy/governor of Netherlands, dies 1529 Juan del Encina, composer, dies at 61 1483 Louis XI, King of France (1461-83), dies at 60 1482 Louis van Bourbon, prince-Bishop of Luik (Cluppelslagers), dies 1181 Alexander III, Orlando Bandinelli, Italian Pope (1159-81), dies 526 Theodorik the Great, King of Ostrogoten 524 Chlodomer, King of the France to Orleans, dies at about 29
