2005 Jef Raskin, American Scientist 2004 Boris Trajkovski, Macedonian Statesman 2002 Lawrence Tierney, actor/businessman, Dillinger, dies at 81 1999 Jose Quintero, director, founded the Circle in the Square company, dies at 75 1999 Michael Angelo Avallone, writer, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., novelization, dies at 73 1998 J T Walsh, actor (Good Morning Vietnam), dies at 54 1998 Shirley Ardell Mason, psychological study, "Subject of Sybil, a best-seller on multiple-personality disorder", dies at 75 1998 Theodore William Schultz, American Economist 1997 David Doyle, TV actor (Charlie's Angels) 1997 Giuseppe 'Nuccio' Bertone, car Designer, dies at 82 1996 Audrey Angers, charity pioneer 1996 Daniel John Chapman Cunningham, physiologist, dies at 76 1994 Avery Fisher, U.S. audio manufacturer (1st hi-fi), dies at 87 1994 Leopold "Hans" Kohr, Austrian social philosopher, dies at 84 1994 Bill Hicks, comedian, social critic, dark comedic style, challenged mainstream beliefs, performed on HBO special, 'One Night Stand', dies of pancreatic cancer and liver cancer 1993 Constance Ford, U.S. actress (Another World, Burden Hunt), dies at 64 1993 Fletcher Knebel, author (7 Days in May), commits suicide at 81 1993 Mark Kolthoff, Dutch painter/photographer, dies at 92 1992 Gerrit Schulte, "Crazy Cyclist", Dutch 6-days bicyclist, dies at 76 1992 Jean R Yawkey, owner (Boston Red Sox), dies of a stroke at 83 1990 Cornell Gunther, U.S. musician (Coasters, Poison Ivy), dies at 53 1990 Maurine Stuart, Zen teacher, head of Cambridge Buddhist Association, dies 1990 Scott Jarvis, musician (Great Expectationa), dies 1982 Gabor Szabo, Hungarian jazz pianist (Perfect Circle), dies at 45 1981 FC Terborgh, Reijnier Flaes, lawyer/writer (Turkish War), dies at 79 1981 Howard Hanson, U.S. composer and conductor (Nordic), dies at 84 1981 Munabi, assistant to Uganda president Obote, murdered 1977 Bukka White, rocker, dies at 43 1977 Maxime Jacob, composer, dies at 71 1973 Mary Finney, actress (Honestly Celeste), dies at 68 1972 Tom Manders, Dutch cabaret artist (Dorus), dies at 50 1971 Edward van der Merwe, cricket keeper (South Africa in 2 Tests in 30's), dies 1971 Fernandel, Contandin, French actor (Death of Champion), dies at 67 1971 Joseph Desire Fernandel, comedian, dies of cancer at 67 1971 Tullio Carminati, actor (Roman Holiday, Moulin Rouge), dies at 76 1970 Ethel Leginska, composer, dies at 83 1969 Karl Jaspers, German psychiatrist/philosopher, dies at 86 1969 Levi Eshkol, Sjkolnik, premier (Israel), dies at 73 1968 Eric Feldary, actor (16 Fathoms Deep), dies of burns at 55 1967 Harry McNaughton, comedian (It Pays to be Ignorant), dies at 70 1966 Minerva Urecal, actress (Peter Gunn, Adv of Tugboat Annie), dies at 71 1965 Jimmie Lee Jackson, civil rights activist, dies of injuries 1963 Artturi A Leinonen, Fin journalist/politician (Prophet), dies at 74 1962 Carl Emil Theodor Ehrenberg, composer, dies at 83 1961 Karl Albiker, German sculptor (Problem of the Plastic), dies at 83 1961 Mohammed V, ibn Yusuf, sultan/King of Morocco, dies at 51 1960 Aleksandar Belic, Swedish linguist, dies at 83 1959 Lou Costello, actor (Abbott and Costello), dies at 52 1956 Herman Courtens, Belgian baron/painter, dies at 72 1956 Elsie Janis, American Musician 1954 William R Inge, English theologist/philosopher, dies at 93 1954 William R. Inge, English Clergyman 1954 William Ralph Inge, English Clergyman 1954 Dean Inge, English Author 1953 Elisabeth "Ilse" Kuyper, Dutch/US (opera)composer, dies 1953 Martinus Nijhoff, Dutch poet/linguist (spelling), dies at 58 1950 Harry Lauder (Maclennan), Scottish comic/singer, dies at about 75 1947 Ben Webster, actor (Old Curiosity Shop), dies at 82 1941 Jan Keizer, Zaanse February striker, shot to death 1939 E Fernandez Arbos, Spanish violinist/conductor/composer, dies at 75 1933 Antonio Nicolau, Spanish composer and conductor, dies at 74 1931 Otto Wallach, German chemist (Nobel 1910), dies at 83 1930 Raffaele Merry del Val, Spanish Cardinal, dies at 64 1926 Frederik Pijper, Dut vicar/church historian (Monasteries), dies at 67 1926 Peter Erasmus Lange-Muller, composer, dies at 75 1921 Carl Menger, Austrian economist, dies at 81 1920 Ludwig Rubiner, writer, dies at 38 1913 Felix Draeseke, composer, dies at 77 1911 Sam Walter Foss, American Poet 1909 Caran d'Ache, Emmanuel Poire, French illustrator, dies 1906 Manuel Fernandez Caballero, composer, dies at 70 1903 Richard J Gatling, U.S. inventor (Gatling Gun), dies at 84 1901 Chi-hsui, during Boxer Rebellion in China, beheaded 1901 Hsu Cheng-yu, during Boxer Rebellion in China, beheaded 1871 Charles Niellon, Belgian brigade general, dies at 76 1859 Ferdinand Lukas Schubert, composer, dies at 64 1857 Ole Andreas Lindeman, composer, dies at 88 1827 David Moritz Michael, composer, dies at 75 1823 John P Kemble, English actor and director (Covent Garden), dies at 66 1821 Joseph de Maistre, French Diplomat 1813 Robert R Livingston, U.S. diplomat signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 66 1810 Johann Ernst Rembt, composer, dies at 60 1770 Francois Hanot, composer, dies at 72 1770 Giuseppe Tartini, Italian composer/violinist, dies at 77 1766 August Bernhard Valentin Herbing, composer, dies at 30 1726 Maximilian II M Emanuel, elect of Bavaria/governor of Netherlands, dies 1686 Godefroi L earl d'estrades, French diplomat/marshal, dies at about 78 1630 William Brade, composer, dies 1577 Erik XIV Wasa, King of Sweden (1560-69), dies at 43 1561 Diana, dies at 40 1538 Worp van Thabor, Frisian abbott of Thabor (Chronicon Frisiae), dies 1324 Dino Compagni, Italian silk seller/poet/chronicler, dies 1266 Manfred, bastard son of Emperor Frederik II/king of Sicily, dies 1154 Rogier II Guiscard, King of Sicily (1101-54), dies at 60 1076 Godfried III, with the Hump, duke of Netherlands-Lutherian, murdered