2012 Robertson Davies, novelist essayist/dramatist, dies 2007 Elizabeth Hardwick, dies at 91, in New York City 2004 Larry Buchanan, American Director 2000 Gail Fisher, actress, Mannix, dies at 65 1999 Joey Adams, American Comedian 1996 Penelope Jessel, politcal activist, dies at 76 1995 Francis Joseph Quinn, academic, dies at 90 1995 Roxie Roker, actress (Helen Willis-Jeffersons), dies at 66 1995 Stanley Devon, photographer, dies at 88 1995 Robertson Davies, novelist essayist/dramatist, dies 1995 Robertson Davies, Canadian Novelist 1994 Donald John Urquhart, librarian, dies at 85 1994 James Norman Dalrymple Anderson, lawyer, dies at 86 1993 Pablo Escobar Gaviria, Colombian drug baron, shot to death at 44 1992 Gary Mascaro, choreographer, dies at 43 1992 Loek Elfferich, Dutch journalist/historian (Treason in Rotterdam), die 1990 Aaron Copeland, composer (Fanfare for Common Man), dies at 90 1990 Robert Cummings, actor (Love that Bob), dies of kidney failure at 82 1986 Desi Arnaz, actor (Ricky Ricardo-I Love Lucy), dies at 69 of cancer 1986 Lee Dorsey, R&B singer, dies at 59 1985 Philip Larkin, hermit of Hull, English poet, dies at 63 1983 Fifi D'Orsay, "French Bombshell" (Dixie Jamboree), dies cancer at 79 1982 David Blue, rocker, dies while jogging in Greenwich Village at 41 1982 Marty Feldman, comedian (Young Frankenstein), dies at 49 1981 Hershy Kay, composer, dies at 62 1981 Nicolaas "Cola" Debrot, Governor of Dutch Antilles (1962-70), dies at 79 1981 Wallace K[irkman] Harrison, U.S. architect (UN), dies at 86 1980 Romain Gary, Russian Novelist 1979 Vasily Pavlovich Solov'yov-Sedoy, composer, dies at 72 1976 Danny Murtaugh, baseball manager (Pittsburgh Pirates), dies at 59 1976 William Tannen, actor (Jailhouse Rock, Sitting Bull), dies at 65 1974 Sofie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatte, composer, dies at 72 1972 Friedrich Christian Christiansen, German Luftwaffe general, dies 1972 Jose Limon, Mexican/US dancer (moor's pavane), dies at 64 1970 Dora Paulen, German/Dutch cabaretiere, dies at about 72 1969 Kliment J Voroshilov, president U.S.S.R. (1953-60), dies 1967 Francis J "Cardinal" Spellman, archbishop of NY, dies at 78 1967 Francis Joseph Spellman, American Clergyman 1966 Luitzen [Bertus] Brouwers, Dutch mathematician, dies at 85 1964 Roger Bissiere, French painter, dies at 76 1963 Sabu Sabu, actor (Jungle Book, Drums), dies of heart attack at 39 1957 Harrison Ford, silent screen actor (Rubber Tires), dies at 73 1953 Francis Picabia, French painter/illustrator, dies at 75 1950 Dino Lipatti, composer, dies at 33 1944 Filippo T Marinetti, Italian writer (father of futurism), dies at 67 1944 JW Ummels, Dutch resistance fighter (House of Saxon-Nazi), dies 1943 Nordahl Grieg, writer, dies 1935 Albert Kessel, 1st to die in California gas chamber 1933 Josef Gruber, composer, dies at 78 1931 Paul-Marie-Theodore-Vincent D'indy, French count/composer, dies at 80 1925 Julio Garreta, composer, dies at 50 1923 Tomas Breton y Hernandez, composer, dies at 72 1919 Henry Clay Frick, built largest coke and steel operation, dies at 69 1918 Margit Kaffka, writer, dies at 38 1918 Edmond Rostand, French Poet 1916 Francesco Paolo Tosti, composer, dies at 69 1915 Jan Malat, composer, teacher, dies at 72 1903 Victor Roger, composer, dies at 50 1888 Franz Xaver Witt, composer, dies at 54 1888 Mehmed N Kemal Bey, Turkish writer/journalist (Vatan), dies at 47 1880 Josephine Lang, composer, dies at 65 1864 Archibald Gracie, Jr., Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 31 1860 Ferdinand Christian Baur, German Theologian 1859 John Brown, U.S. abolitionist (Harpers Ferry), hanged at 59 1845 Johannes Simon Mayr, composer, dies at 82 1831 Traugott Maximilian Eberwein, composer, dies at 56 1828 Simon Paap, Dutch 56 cm long dwarf/cabaret artist, dies at 39 1814 Marquis de Sade, writer, dies at 74 1774 Johann Friedrich Agricola, German (court)composer/organist, dies at 54 1763 Carl August Thielo, composer, dies at 56 1723 Philip, French duke of Orleans, regent 1715 - 1723, Prime Minister 1723, dies 1719 Pasquier Quesnel, French theologist (La Foi), dies at 85 1592 Alexander Farnese, land guardian of Netherlands (1579-92), dies at 46 1515 Gonzalo de Cordoba, Spanish general/strategist/viceroy of Naples, dies 1463 Albrecht VI, archduke of Habsburg, dies 537 Sylvester, Italian Pope (536-37), dies
