2004 "Paul ""Red"" Adair", Oil well fire expert, Hellfighters, dies at 88 2004 Bernard Levin, English Journalist 2001 Maureen Reagan, speaker/activist, dies at 60 1999 Brion James, actor, Blade Runner, dies at 54 1997 Douglas Gray, archivist, dies at 74 1997 Vincent Gulliver, Britain's oldest man, dies at 109 1996 Anne Kristen, actress (Truth or Dare, Rachel-Dr. Finlay), dies at 59 1996 Gerald Etheridge Gomez, cricketer, dies at 76 1996 Peter Winter, naval commander, dies at 78 1995 Brigid Brophy, novelist/campaigner, dies at 66 1995 Tom Scott, poet/editor, dies at 77 1994 Robert Hutton, Winne, U.S. actor (Rocket), dies at 74 1993 Kelly Ahrendt, 1st NYer to die of rabies in 40 years, dies at 14 1993 Roy Budd, English jazz pianist/composer (Paper Tiger), dies at 46 1992 Francisco Fernandez Ordonez, British foreign Minister to Spain (1985-92), dies 1992 John Anderson, actor (MacGyver), dies of heart attack at 69 1992 Titti Sotto, Cuban composer (La Esquina Habanera), dies 1991 Billy James, comedian/singer (Women at Play, Lusty Business), dies 1991 Shapur Bahktiar, Prime Minister of Iran 1979, assassinated 1991 Shotzie, Cincinnati Red dog mascot, dies at 9 1990 Eva Sully Block, actress (Kid Millions), dies of heart failure at 88 1989 Mickey Leland, Representative-D-Texas 1979 - 1989, and 15 others die in plane crash in Ethiopia 1987 Camille Chamoun, president of Lebanon, dies at 87 1987 Nobusuke Kishi, premier of Japan (1957-60), dies at 90 1985 Grayson Hall, actor (Dark Shadows), dies of cancer at 58 1984 Esther Phillips, U.S. singer (What a Difference a Day Makes), dies at 48 1978 Franz Alphons Wolpert, composer, dies at 60 1976 Cecil Weston, actor (Dude Ranch, Huckleberry Finn), dies at 86 1976 Murvyn Vye, actor (Bob Cummings Show), dies at 63 1972 Joi Lansing, actress (Bob Cummings Show), dies at 44 of cancer 1970 ... Haley, U.S. judge, shot dead 1970 James McClain, U.S. black activist, shot dead 1970 Jonathan P Jackson, U.S. black activist, shot dead 1970 William Christmas, U.S. black activist, shot dead 1969 Joseph Kosma, composer, dies at 63 1969 Russ Morgan, orchestra leader (Welcome Aboard), dies at 65 1967 Max Branch, music/radio commentator, dies at 75 1967 Max Tak, Dutch violinist and radio commentator, dies at 75 1962 Morris Louis, U.S. painter (post painterly abstraction), dies at 49 1960 Vaino Hannikainen, composer, dies at 60 1959 Armas Emmanuel Launis, composer, dies at 75 1957 Oliver Hardy, comedian of Laurel and Hardy, dies at 65 1943 Gustav Schmidt, German Lieutenant-General, dies in battle 1942 Richard Gott, British gen/commandant of 8th Army, dies in battle at 43 1941 Radindranath Tagore, Indian philosopher/poet/writer, dies at 80 1941 Rabindranath Tagore, Indian Poet 1938 Konstantin S Stanislavski, Russian director (S Method), dies at 75 1931 Leon Bismarck "Bix" Beiderbecke, jazz cornetist 'In a Mist', dies at 29 1928 Alphonse MAJ Ariens, Dutch RC pastor/social worker, dies at 68 1924 Camille Zeckwer, composer, dies at 49 1923 Hendrik Pierson, Dutch theologist (H Pierson Foundation), dies at 89 1921 Alexander A Block, Russian poet (Dvenatsat), dies at 40 1916 Charles E Manning, Australian judge/major, dies in battle at 36 1914 Boleslaw Dembinski, composer, dies at 81 1913 David Popper, composer, dies at 70 1893 Alfredo Catalani, composer, dies at 39 1885 Antony EJ Modderman, Dutch minister of Justice (1879-83), dies at 46 1867 Ira F Aldridge, U.S. actor (Othello/Shylock), dies in Lodes Poland at 63 1848 Freiherr Jons J Berzelius, Swedish chemist (atomic weight), dies at 68 1846 Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck, composer, dies at 76 1816 Dionysius G van der Keessel, Dut lawyer (Theses selectae), dies at 77 1799 John Bacon, English sculptor, dies at 58 1798 Johann Gottlieb Sollner, composer, dies at 65 1786 Friedrich Schwindl, composer, dies at 49 1712 Friederich Wilhelm Zachow, composer, dies at 48 1657 Robert Blake, English Admiral (Dover, Dungeness), dies at about 57 1616 Vincenzo Scamozzi, Italian architect (Procurazie Nuove, Venice), dies 1609 Eustache du Caurroy, composer, dies at 60 1547 Cajetanus van Thiene, Italian saint, dies 1106 Henry IV, Roman German king/emperor (1056/84-1105), dies at 54 1033 Frederick II, duke of Upper Lorraine
