2007 Dan Fogelberg, dies in Deer Isle, Maine, of prostate cancer, at 56 2004 Agnes Martin, Canadian Artist 2003 Jenifer Estess, activist/producer, founded Project A.L.S, dies at 40 2003 Madlyn Rhue, actress, Star Trek, dies at 69 2001 Roy Brocksmith, character actor, Picket Fences, dies at 56 1998 William Gaddis, American Novelist 1997 Nicolette Larson, singer (Lotta Love), dies from brain seizure at 45 1997 Richard Warwick, actor (Johnny Dangerously, Sebastine, If), dies at 52 1996 Jean-Pierre Levy, resistance leader, dies at 85 1996 Joe Coral, bookmaker, dies at 92 1996 Quentin Bell, artist author/teacher, dies at 86 1995 Nina Verchinina, dancer choreographer/teacher, dies at 85 1994 Mary Durack, poet, author, historian, dies at 81 1994 Samuel Lipman, music critic, dies at 60 1993 Bentri Seddik, Algerian court judge, murdered at 46 1993 Kakuei Tanaka, premier of Japan (1972-74), dies at 75 1993 Moses Gunn, actor (Roots), dies of asthma at 64 1993 Ratu Penaia Ganilau, president of Fiji (1987-93), dies at 75 1993 Richard AFM Auwerda, Dutch journalist and writer (Volkskrant), dies at 68 1992 Anton [Tom] Koolhaas, Dutch writer (Snow White), dies at 80 1992 Rinus Terlouw, Dutch soccer player/trainer (Sparta), dies 1991 Fred D Scott, actor (2 Gun Troubador), dies 1989 Aileen Pringle, actress (Age of Consent, Convicted, Night Parade), dies 1989 Lee Van Cleef, U.S. actor (Good, Bad and Ugly), dies at 64 1989 Silvana Mangano, Italian actress (Death in Venice), dies at 59 1987 Albert P. Morano, Representative-R-Connecticut, 1951 - 1959, dies at 79 1985 Paul Castellano, Organized-crime chief, shot dead at a New York City restaurant 1983 Kusan Sunim, found Milae Sa temple/Bulsung Sa Zen in Korea, dies at 74 1982 Anthony C B Chapman, England, formula 1 racer, dies at 54 1982 Colin Chapman, English Inventor 1980 Harland "Colonel" Sanders, founder Kentucky Fried Chicken, dies at 90 1980 Colonel Sanders, also known as Harland Sanders, American Celebrity 1978 Blanche Calloway, U.S. singer/dancer/radio hostess, dies at 76 1976 George, a goose that lived to 49 years 8 months, dies 1974 Kostas Varnalis, writer, dies 1965 William Somerset Maugham, English author (Razor's Edge), dies at 91 1965 W. Somerset Maugham, British Playwright 1961 Boris Semyonovich Shekhter, composer, dies at 61 1961 Cato Engelen-Sewing, Dutch soprano singer/primadonna, dies at 93 1960 Anna Luther, silent screen actress (Sinners in Silk), dies at 63 1950 Otto Vrieslander, composer, dies at 70 1949 Traitsjo Kostov, Bulgarian communist vice-premier, executed 1945 Fumimaro Konu, Japanese prince/Prime Minister 1937 - 1939, 1940 - 1941, commits harakiri 1940 M Eugene F T Dubois, geologist/paleontologist (Wadjakmens), dies 1940 William Wallace, composer, dies at 80 1935 Thelma Todd, actress (Horse Feathers, Bohemian Girl), dies of 30 1931 Gustave J Waffelaert, Flemish theologist/bishop of Bruges, dies at 82 1928 Elinor Wylie, American Poet 1927 Hugh Archibald Clarke, composer, dies at 88 1923 Pongrac Kacsoh, composer, dies at 50 1922 Eliezer Ben-Jehuda, Perelmann, Latvia/Palestinian writer, dies at 67 1922 Gabriel Narutowicz, 1st President of Poland (Dec 7-16, 1922), assassinated 1921 Charles Camille Saint-Saens, French composer, dies at 86 1920 Ma, the Benovelent, Chinese muslim rebel (holy war), dies 1916 Grigori Rasputin, a powerful Russian monk, murdered 1914 Ivan Zajc, conductor, composer, opened doors for 20th century achievements in Croatian music, wrote opera, La Tirolese, 1855, dies at 82 in Zagreb, Croatia 1897 Alphonse Daudet, writer, dies at 57 1897 L-M Alphonse Daudet, Frans writer (Tartarin sur les Alpes), dies at 57 1874 Abraham Capadose, physician/missionary, dies at 79 1871 Willibald Alexis, German writer (Schloss Avalon), dies at 73 1870 Stanislaw Duniecki, composer, dies at 31 1863 John Buford, American Soldier 1861 Karol Joseph Lipinski, composer, dies at 71 1859 Wilhelm Grimm, writer, dies at 73 1858 Richard Bright, British Dr. (Bright's disease/nephritis), dies at 69 1852 Andries H Potgieter, South African/Transvaal explorer, dies at 59 1852 Henri-Jean Rigel, composer, dies at 80 1833 Friedrich August Kanne, composer, dies at 55 1821 Claire E J, countess the Remusat/Vergennes/author (Salon), dies at 41 1816 Vincenzo Galeotti, Tomazelli, Italian dancer/choreographer, dies at 73 1790 Ludwig August Lebrun, composer, dies at 38 1783 Johann Adolf Hasse, Dutch operatic composer (Sesostrate), dies at 84 1781 Georg Simon Lohlein, composer, dies at 56 1774 Francois Quesnay, French personal physician of Louis XIV, dies at 80 1719 Adrian "Aart" van Wijck, Dutch theologist (anti-jansenism), dies at 78 1673 Juan de Padilla, composer, dies at 68 1672 John II Casimir Vasa, cardinal/king of Poland (1648-68), dies at 63 1670 Dorothy, 1st English marquis of Halifax, dies 1404 Albrecht of Bavaria, duke of Bavaria, dies at about 74 999 Adelheid the Saint, German empress of Otto I/saint, dies at about 68 882 John VIII, Italian Pope (872-82), dies 875 Ado of Vienne, French archbishop of Vienne, dies at about 75 714 Pippin II, of Heristal, Duke/prince of France, dies
