2005 Robert Sheckley, American Author 2003 Paul M. Simon, Senator-D-Illinois 1985 - 1997, dies following heart surgery 2002 Mary Hansen, Australian Musician 1997 Tamara Geva, dancer, dies at 91 1996 Alain Emile Louis Marie Poher, politician, dies at 87 1996 Alain Poher, French President of European Parliament (1966-69), dies 1996 Anne Bolt, photo-journalist/trade unionist, dies at 84 1996 Ivor Roberts-Jones, sculptor, dies at 83 1996 Raphael Samuel, historian, dies at 32 1996 Mary Leakey, British Scientist 1995 Benny Lee, entertainer, comedy actor, singer, appeared in radio comedy programs, including It's a Square World, appeared in episodes of Are You Being Served?, and the television series Minder, dies at 84 1995 Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan (aviator), dies 1995 Hugh Armstrong Clegg, industrial relations academic, dies at 75 1995 Toni Cade Bambara, filmmaker, dies at 56 1995 Vitali Viktorovich Savitsky, biologist/politician, dies at 40 1995 Vivian Blaine, actress (Guys and Dolls), dies of heart failure at 74 1994 Garnet Silk, Jamaican raggae-singer, dies at 28 1994 Kim II Sung, President of North Korea (1945-94), dies at 82 1994 Maureen Cox Starkey, ex-wife of Ringo, dies of Leukemia at 48 1994 Max Bill, Swiss painter/sculptor/politician, dies at 85 1993 Danny Blanchflower, North Ireland soccer/union coach, dies at 67 1993 Muhammad Reza Golpayegani, ayatollah of Iran, dies 1992 Carl Barger, baseball President (Pittsburgh Pirates, Florida Marlins), dies at 62 1992 Vincent Gardenia, actor (All in the Family, LA Law), dies at 71 1990 Mike Mazurski, wrestler/actor (Centerfold Girls), dies at 80 1988 Roy Orbison, rocker (Pretty Woman), dies of a heart attack at 52 1983 David Rounds, actor (Terence-Beacon Hill), dies at 53 1982 Fritz Usinger, German writer (Song against Death), dies at 87 1982 Joey Forman, actor (Sid Caesar Show, Joey Bishop Show), dies at 53 1982 Leon Jaworski, special prosecutor (Watergate), dies at 77 1982 Paul Godwin, Goldfein, Polish/Dutch violist, dies at 80 1982 Roger Danneels, Flemish accordionist, dies at 55 1979 Fulton J. Sheen, archbishop/religious broadcaster, dies in New York City at 84 1977 Clarice Lispector, writer, dies 1976 Nino Martini, actor (Here's to Romance), dies at 71 1975 William A Wellman, U.S. director (Ox Bow Incident), dies at 79 1974 Jorge Croner de Vasconcelos, composer, dies at 64 1971 Ralph J Bunche, United Nations delegate/Nobel Prize winner, dies at 67 in New York City 1971 Ralph Bunche, American Diplomat 1970 Artem Mikoyan, Russian aircraft designer (MIG), dies at 65 1966 Yury Alexandrovich Shaporin, composer, dies at 79 1965 Branch Rickey, American baseball player, manager, and general manager 1964 Edith L Sitwell, English poet/author (Wheels), dies at 77 1964 Edith Sitwell, British Poet 1963 Philibert Schmitz, Belgium, historian (Order of St. Benoat), dies at 75 1959 Kurt Klaber, writer, dies 1959 Walter Compton, news anchor (DuMont Evening News), dies at 47 1957 Carswell Adams, sportscaster (Your Sports Special), dies 1956 Hans Barth, composer, dies at 59 1948 Robert Quillen, American Journalist 1944 Laird Cregar, actor (Charley's Aunt, Hangover Square), dies at 28 1941 Leonard "Leo" Polak, Dutch philosopher, dies in Sachsenhausen at 61 1940 Maletti, Italian general, dies in battle 1925 Eugene Gigout, composer, dies at 81 1924 Bernard Zweers, Dutch composer (Gisbertus of Aemstel), dies at 70 1916 P Paul Leroy-Beaulieu, French economist (Economist France), dies at 73 1905 Henry Holmes, composer, dies at 66 1893 George Elvey, composer, dies at 77 1827 Francois Leonard Rouwyzer, composer, dies at 90 1819 Ann C Coleman, fiancee of President Buchanan, commits suicide 1814 Jose Angel Lamas, composer, dies at 39 1770 Gottlieb Theophil Muffat, composer, dies at 80 1767 Benedetto Alfieri, Italian architect (San Giovanni Battista), dies 1706 Pedro II, king of Portugal (1683-1706), dies at 58 1674 Edward Hyde 1st earl of Clarendon, English Prime Minister 1660 - 1667, dies at 65 1669 Clement IX, Giulio Rospigliosi, Italian Pope 1667 - 1669, dies 1641 Anthonie "Antoon" van Dyck, Flemish painter, dies at 42 1636 Giovanni B Aleotti, Italian writer/theater architect, dies at about 90 1625 Ubbo Emmius, van Embden, Frisian humanist/historian, dies at 78 1565 Pius IV, Gianangelo de' Medici, Italian Pope (1559-65), dies at 66 1437 Sigismund, German Emperor/king of Hungary/Bohemia, dies at 70 1437 Emperor Sigismund, German Statesman 1292 Sa'di, great Persian poet (Orchard, Rose Garden), dies 1165 Malcom IV, king of Scotland (1153-65), dies at 24
