2009 Paul Harvey, radio broadcaster and news commentator, 'The Rest of the Story' 2007 Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., dies of caridac arrest at 89, newspapers remembered him as a historian of power 2003 Chris Brasher, British Athlete 2002 Mary Stuart, long-time soap star, Search for Tomorrow, dies at 76 2001 Roger Caras, American Activist 1996 Daniel Chipenda, angolam politician, dies at 64 1995 Herman "Ace" Wallace, blues guitarist/singer, dies at 69 1995 Max Rudolf, conductor, dies at 92 1994 Aisin Giorro Pu Chieh, brother of Last Emperor of China, dies at 86 1994 Buster Holmes, chef/restaurateur, dies at 88 1994 Elbert "Skippy" Williams, tenor Sax player, dies at 77 1994 George Osborne Sayles, historian, dies at 92 1994 Leopoldina Poldi Feichtegger Gerhard, dies at 90 1994 Pu Yi, brother of last Chinese emperor, Pu Yi, dies at 87 1993 Fer A Olthoff, Dutch WW II resistance fighter (Het Parool), dies 1993 Franco Brusati, Italian dir/writer (Bread and Chocolate), dies at 70 1993 Ishiro Honda, Japanese director/producer (Godzilla), dies at 81 1993 Joyce Carey, Lawrence, English actress (Number 27), dies at 94 1993 Ruby Keeler, actress (42nd Street, Dames), dies of cancer at 82 1992 Angelique Pettyjohn, actress (Body Talk, Star Trek), dies at 49 1992 Emilla Sherman, choreographer/rockette, dies 1992 La Lupe, Cuban singer, dies of a heart attack in the Bronx at 53 1991 Guillermo Ungo, member of El Salvador junta (1979-80), dies 1990 Fabia Drake, actress (Nice Girl Like Me), dies at 86 1989 Hermann Burger, writer, essayist, novelist, poet, wrote 'Tractatus logico-suicidalis' 1988, advocating suicide, dies of suicide, from overdose of sleeping pills, in Brunegg, Switzerland 1988 Mikha'il Na'imah, Lebanese playwright, dies at 99 1987 Anny Ondra, actress (Blackmail), dies at 83 1987 Nora Kaye, U.S. ballet dancer, dies at 67 1986 Sven Olof Palme, Swedish Prime Minister 1969 - 1976, 1982 - 1986, assassinated at 59 1985 Charita Bauer, actress (Mary-Aldrich Family), dies at 62 in New York City 1979 Jane Hylton, English actress (Adv of Sir Lancelot), dies at 52 1979 Mr Ed, talking horse, dies 1978 Eric Frank Russell, sci-fi author (Hugo, Deep Space), dies at 73 1978 Philip Ahn, Los Angeles California, actor (Master Kan-Kung Fu), dies at 66 1977 Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, comedian (Jack Benny Show), dies at 71 1975 Istvan Kardos, composer, dies at 83 1974 Mees Toxopeus, Dutch rescue-vessel captain, dies at 89 1973 Cecil Kellaway, actor (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner), dies at 78 1973 Hope Landin, actress (I Remember Mama, Sugarfoot), dies at 79 1972 Victor Barna, table tennis champ, dies 1968 Doretta Morrow, actress (Because You're Mine), dies at 41 1968 Frankie Lymon, singer, dies at 25 1968 Juanita Hall, actress (Captain Billy), dies at 66 1966 Charles A Bassett II, astronaut, dies at 34, in a crash of T-38 jet 1966 Elliot McKay See, Jr., astronaut, dies at 38 in T-38 jet crash 1965 Adolf Scharf, president of Austria (1957-65), dies at 74 1964 Dirk HW Filarski, painter/lithographer (Bergen School), dies at 78 1963 Theodore Newton, actor (Voltaire, Ace of Aces), dies at 58 1963 Rajendra Prasad, Indian Statesman 1962 Harold Ogden "Chic" Johnson, comedian (Olsen and Johnson), dies at 70 1961 Joris Vriamont, Flemish writer/music publisher, dies at 64 1960 F S Flint, British translator/poet (imagist movement), dies at 74 1960 Jonathan Hale, actor (Blondie), shoots himself at 68 1959 Maxwell Anderson, U.S. dramatist (Key Largo, Bath Seed), dies at 70 1953 Jim Thorpe, decathlete (Olympics-gold-1912), dies at 64 1949 Stanley Robert Marchant, composer, dies at 65 1940 Alfonso XIII de Borbon, corrupt king of Spain (1902-31), dies 1940 Johan C Braakensiek, Dutch political cartoonist, dies at 81 1936 Pedro Munoz Seca, La Caraba/La oca, dies at 55 1935 Alexander W. F. Idenburg, Governor-General of Netherlands Indies (1909-16), dies at 73 1931 Ban Johnson, created (baseball's AL), dies after a long illness 1929 Clemens Freiherr von Pirquet, Austrian artist (React of P), dies at 54 1929 John Ebenezer West, composer, dies at 65 1925 Friedrich Ebert, soc-dem president Germany, dies 1922 Vicente Lleo, composer, dies at 51 1916 Henry James, US/British writer (Bostonians), dies in London at 72 1913 Elephant seal, 6.8-m, 4000-kg, killed in S Georgia (South Atlantic) 1912 Bill Storer, English cricket wicketkeeper (6 Tests 1897-99), dies 1905 Joseph C Juglar, French physician/economist, dies at 85 1903 Girolamo/Jeromin de Rada, Albanian poet, dies at 88 1876 Charles Edward Horsley, composer, dies at 53 1869 Alphonse de Lamartine, French Poet 1844 Abel P Upshur, Secretary of State, dies in explosion on USS Princeton 1844 Thommas W. Gilmer, Navy Secretary, dies in explosion on USS Princeton 1818 Adriaan Loosjes Pzn, Dut publisher/writer (Moral Stories), dies at 56 1796 Friedrich Wilhelm Rust, composer, dies at 56 1784 Phillis Wheatly, poet, dies 1781 Richard Stockton, U.S. attorney, signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 50 1742 Willem J 's-Gravesande, Dutch physicist, dies at 53 1737 Hercule Brehy, composer, dies at 63 1665 Lodewijk van Nassau, Dutch governor (Bois-le-Duc), dies 1638 Claude G Bachet de Meziriac, French mathematician/poet, dies at 56 1638 Henri duc de Rohan, French soldier/Huguenot leader, dies 1626 Cyril Tourneur, English poet/dramatist, dies at about 51 1618 Filips Willem, Prince of Orange, dies at 63 1609 Paul Sartorius, composer, dies at 39 1573 Jan "Hans" Liefrinck, Flemish engraver/publisher, dies at about 54 1261 Hendrik, duke of Brabant (1248-61), dies
