2007 Oscar Peterson, dies in Ontario, Canada, of renal failure, at 82 2001 Jan Kott, Polish Critic 2000 Billy Barty, actor, UHF, dies at 76 2000 Victor Borge, comedian/pianist, Victor Borge in London, dies at 91 1997 Austin Whitaker, schoolmaster classical scholar/archivist, dies at 90 1997 Brian Malzard Foss, psychologist, dies at 76 1997 Donald Gunn MacRae, sociologist, dies at 76 1997 Keith Bentley, international racing cyclist, dies at 72 1997 Stanley Cortez, cinematographer (Magnificent Ambersons), dies at 92 1996 Rina Ketty, singer, dies at 85 1996 Ronnie Scott, musician/club-owner, dies at 69 1995 David Land, impressario, dies at 77 1995 Gabrielle Keiller, collector/golfer, dies at 87 1995 Patric Reginald Lawrence Knowles, actor (Chisum, Mutiny), dies at 84 1994 Charles Shirley, jazz arranger, dies at 74 1994 Didier Rocher, son of French cosmetic maker Yves Rocher, dies at 41 1994 Nora Dunfree, U.S. actress (Grass Harp), dies at 78 1994 Sebastian Lewis Shaw, actor (High Season, Ace of Spades), dies at 89 1993 Gertrude "Trudi" Duby Blom, actress, shot to death at about 92 1992 Eddie Hazel, U.S. pop guitarist (Funkadelic-Knee Deep), dies at 42 1991 Byron Q Griffith, producer/actor, dies at 73 1989 Josef Alexander, composer, dies at 82 1985 James Vance (20) and Raymond Belknap (18), commit suicide, sparking their families to sue rock group Judas Priest for subliminal messages 1982 Jack Webb, actor (Joe Friday-Dragnet), dies of a heart attack at 62 1982 Norman Dinnerstein, composer, dies at 45 1976 Frank Forest, actor (Big Broadcast of 1937, Champagne Waltz), dies 1976 Paul M Frank Forest, dies at 80 1976 Walter Bauer, writer, dies at 72 1975 Richard S Welch, CIA station chief in Athens, shot dead 1972 Andrej N Tupolev, Russian aircraft builder, dies at 84 1972 Charles Atlas, Angelo Siciliano, body builder, dies at 79 1972 Abraham Joshua Heschel, Polish Educator 1971 Carlo Jachino, composer, dies at 84 1970 Charlie Ruggles, actor (Ruggles, Aesop-Bullwinkle Show), dies at 84 1969 Donald Foster, actor (Scaramouche), dies after long illness at 80 1967 Karen Verne, actress (Ships of Fools, Underground), dies at 49 1967 Richard Flury, composer, dies at 71 1967 Ruth Fuller Sasaki, head of 1st Zen Institute of America, dies at 75 1966 Hv Doderer, writer, dies at 70 1966 Robert Keith, actor (Battle Circus, Men in War), dies at 68 1964 Arrigo Pedrollo, composer, dies at 86 1962 George Saiko, writer, dies at 70 1962 Luis Alberni, actor (Topaze), dies at 76 1959 Edward FLW Halifax, English viscount/viceroy of India, dies at 78 1959 Lester Lonergan, Jr., actor (Growing Paynes), dies at 65 1959 Lord Irwin, ambassador to U.S. (1940-46), dies at 78 1953 Lavrenti P Beria, soviet minister of internal security, executed 1951 Alfreds Kalnins, composer, dies at 72 1951 Benito Lynch, Irish/Argentine writer (Palo Verde), dies at 66 1950 Vincenzo Tommasini, composer, dies at 72 1948 Hideki Tojo, Japan Prime Minister 1941 - 1944 and 6 Japs, hanged for war crimes at 64 1945 Mogens Klitgaard, Danish author (Brunkul), dies at 39 1943 Theo[dorus J] Thijssen, Dutch writer (Kees de Jongen), dies at 64 1939 Anthony H G Fokker, Dutch airplane builder (Spider), dies at 49 1938 Robert Herrick, U.S. writer (Chimes), dies at 70 1930 Johannes H Been, Brielle archivist, dies at 71 1925 A S C Wallis, Adele von Antal-Opzoomer, writer (Vorstengunst), dies 1915 Roland Leighton, dies at 20 1911 Karl L Hoschna, composer, dies at 34 1908 Eduard Wachmann, composer, dies at 72 1908 Francois A Gevaert, Belg/Dutch composer (Diable au Moulin), dies at 68 1891 Holger Simon Paulli, composer, dies at 81 1818 Philip Francis, English Politician 1812 Michel Delalande, composer, dies at 73 1789 Charles-Michel abbe de l'Epee, (school for the deaf), dies at 77 1696 Johann David Mayer, composer, dies at 60 1688 Jean-Louis Lully, composer, dies at 21 1652 John Cotton, Mass Bay Puritan preacher, dies at 68 1619 Johan Sigismund, elector of Brandenburg/duke of Prussia, dies at 47 1588 Hendrik de Guise, French leader of Catholic League, murdered at 37 1569 St. Philip, metropolitan of Moscow, martyred by Ivan the Terrible 1502 Margaretha, English princess of Burgundy, dies at 57 1236 Philippus Cancellarius, French theologist/poet (Summa Cum Laude), dies 1116 Ivo van Chartres, French canonist/bishop of Chartres/saint, dies 918 Conrad I, East Frankish/German king (911-18), dies 679 Dagobert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered 558 Childebert, king of France (511-58), dies at about 62
