1997 Bob Bell, clown (WGN's 1st Bozo), dies at 75 1997 Leon Poliakov, historian, dies at 87 1996 Howard E Rollins, Jr., actor (Ed Harding-Another World), dies at 46 1996 Marin Sorescu, poet/dramatist, dies at 60 1995 Ernest LeRoy Boyer, educator, dies at 67 1995 John Gillett, film researcher, dies at 70 1995 Mikki Doyle, journalist, dies at 79 1994 Antonio Carlos Jobim, Brazil composer (Girl From Ipanema), dies at 67 1994 Israel Aaron Maisels, lawyer, dies at 89 1994 Jesus "Enrique" Lister, Span/Russian general (Civil War), dies at 87 1993 Andre Cerf, French actor/producer (Nana), dies at 93 1993 Carlotta Monti, lover of WC Fields, dies at 86 1992 William Shawn, U.S. editor-in-chief (New Yorker, 1952-87), dies at 85 1991 Buck Clayton, U.S. jazz trumpeter/orchestra leader, dies 1991 Kimberly Bergalis, got AIDS from health care worker, dies at 23 1990 Martin Ritt, U.S., director/actor (Norma Rae), dies at 70 1990 Pony Sherrell Metcalf, New York, singer, dies of heart attack 1989 Hans Hartung, German/French painter, dies 1988 Anne Seymour, actress (Misty, Chevy Mystery Show), dies at 79 1988 Herbert "Tubo" Rhoad, U.S. singer (Persuasions-Good news), dies at 44 1986 Henry Reed, English Writer 1986 Sydney J. Harris, journalist, wrote, syndicated column, 'Strictly Personal', wrote for Chicago Daily News, Chicago Sun-Times, political positions placed him on the list of Nixon political opponents, wrote, 'The Authentic Person: Dealing with Dilemma', dies in Chicago, Illinois 1984 Luther Adler, actor (Dr. Bernard Altman-The Psychiatrist), dies at 81 1983 Slim Pickins, actor (Blazing Saddles), dies after brain surgery at 64 1982 Andre Kamperveen, Suriname minister, murdered 1982 Bertus de Harder, Dutch soccer star (Bordeaux), dies 1982 Bram Behr, Suriname revolutionary, murdered 1982 Cyrill Daal, Suriname worker's union leader, murdered 1982 Frank Wijngaarde, Suriname journalist, murdered 1982 Harald Riedewald, Suriname attorney, murdered 1982 John Baboeram, Suriname lawyer, murdered 1982 Jozef Slagveer, Suriname journalist, murdered 1982 Kenneth Goncalves, Deacon of Surinamese order of advocate, murdered 1982 Leckie, Suriname scholar, murdered 1982 Leslie Rahman, Suriname journalist, murdered 1982 Marty Robbins, country singer, dies at 57 1982 Shakey, Walter Horton, rocker, dies at 72 1982 Surendre Rambocus, Suriname army lieutenant, murdered 1981 Shakey, Walter Horton, harmonicist (Everybody's Fishin'), dies at 64 1980 John Lennon, assassinated in New York by Mark David Chapman at 40 1978 Golda Meir, Israel's Prime Minister 1969 - 1974, dies in Jerusalem at 80 1974 Hugues Panassie, French jazz saxophonist/author, dies at 62 1972 George Collins, (Rep-Ill), dies at 47, in airplane crash 1970 Christopher K Ingold, English chemist, dies at 77 1969 Vincenzo Davico, composer, dies at 80 1967 Robert H Lawrence, USAF/astronaut, dies at 32 1961 William Beatton Moonie, composer, dies at 78 1957 Reginald Sheffield, actor (Second Chance), dies at 55 1956 Edgar Leslie Bainton, composer, dies at 76 1955 Jacques Handschin, Swiss musicologist, dies at 69 1955 Hermann Weyl, German Mathematician 1954 Gladys George, actress (Roaring Twenties), dies at 50 1939 Ernest Schelling, composer, dies at 63 1934 Bernhard Seklas, composer, dies at 62 1933 John Joly, Irish Scientist 1926 Jan Six, Dutch art historian/collector, dies 1924 Franz X. Scharwenka, German pianist/composer (Mataswintha), dies at 74 1923 Dom Joseph Pothier, French Benedictine/musicologist, dies at 88 1907 Oscar II Frederick, King of Sweden (-1907)/Norway (-1905), dies 1903 Herbert Spencer, British engineer/philosopher, dies at 83 1900 Henry Russell, composer, dies at 87 1896 Earnest Angel, German statistician (Law of Angel), dies at 75 1896 Ernst Engel, German Economist 1894 Willem JF Nuyens, Dutch physician/RC historian, dies at 71 1864 George Boole, Irish Mathematician 1859 Thomas De Quincey, English Author 1831 James Hoban, architect who designed White House, dies 1830 H Benjamin Constant, French politician/writer, dies at 63 1792 Henry Laurens, American Politician 1785 Antonio Maria Mazzoni, composer, dies at 68 1751 Jozef LD von Konigsegg, minister of Austrian Netherlands, dies at 78 1722 Elisabeth C "Liselotte" van Palts, German/French duchess, dies at 70 1709 Thomas Corneille, French dramatist, dies at 74 1691 Richard Baxter, English Clergyman 1681 Gerard Terborch, the Younger, Dutch painter/etcher, dies 1652 Adriaan W. "Joris" van Geel, Flemish missionary, murdered at 35 1643 John Pym, English House of Commons member, dies at about 59 1596 Luis de Carabajal, 1st Jewish author in America, executed in Mexico 1587 Mary, Queen of Scots (1560-1587), executed 1292 John Peckham, English archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 62 899 Arnulf of Carinthia, last emperor of Austria-France, dies 644 Omar I, 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered
