2006 Karin Struck, author, wrote women's literature, politically liberal, openly opposes abortion, converted to Catholicism, 1996 dies 2002 Guy Stockwell, actor, Beau Geste, dies at 67 2000 Deborah Laake, writer, Secret Ceremonies: A Mormon Woman's Intimate Diary of Marriage and Beyond, dies at 47 1998 Carl Wilson, rock vocalist (Beach Boy), dies of lung cancer at 51 1998 Nazim al-Kudsi, Syrian Prime Minister 1949, 1950 - 1951, President 1961 - 1963, dies 1998 Johann Hoelzel Falco, musician, singer, songwriter, hip pop, new wave, electro pop genres, hits include 'Der Kommissar', 'Rock Me Amadeus', dies at age 40 in Puerta Plata, Dominican Republic, from injuries received in a collision with a bus 1998 Carl Wilson, rock 'n' roller, Beach Boys, dies at 51 1998 Falco, singer, Rock Me Amadeus, dies at 40 1996 Guy Madison, actor (Wild Bill Hickok), dies at 74 1996 Ronald Fletcher, broadcaster, dies at 85 1996 Rosemary Tsay, drama critic/SOE operator, dies at 76 1995 Arthur S Taylor, Jr., U.S. drummer/author (Notes on notes), dies at 65 1995 James Ingram Merrill, U.S. poet (Braving the elements), dies at 68 1995 James Merrill, American Poet 1994 Ignace Strasfogel, Polish/US pianist/conductor/composer, dies at 84 1994 Jack Kirby, cartoonist and co-creator X-Men, Incredible Hulk, Captain America, Fantastic Four, and Thor, dies at 76 1994 Joseph Cotten, actor (Citizen Kane), dies at 88 1994 Norman Del Mar, conductor/writer (Conducting Brahms), dies at 74 1993 Frances Hunt, actress (You're a Sweetheart), dies of stroke at 77 1993 Arthur Ashe, tennis star (Wimbledon 1975), dies of AIDS at 49 1992 Frank Wilson, actor (Beware, Sunday Sinners, Club), dies at 37 1992 Wade Preston, actor (Man Called Sledge), dies at 62 1991 Danny Thomas, comedian (Jazz Singer), dies of a heart attack at 79 1991 Marten Levendig, Dutch TV correspondent to Moscow, dies 1990 Jane Novak, silent screen actress (Ghost Town), dies of stroke at 94 1990 John Merivale, actor (Caltiki), dies 1989 Andre Cayatte, dies 1989 Barbara Tuchman, historian (Guns of August-Pulitzer), dies at 77 1988 Lee Goodman, actor (Imitation of Life), dies of TB at 64 1988 Marghanita Laski, English author (Victorian chaise-lounge), dies 1986 William Collier, actor (Up the River, She's My Weakness), dies 1985 Charles Briggs, actor (13 Frightened Girls, Captain Newman), dies at 53 1985 Dandy Nichols, actress (Confessions of a Window Cleaner), dies at 78 1982 Ben Nicholson, England, painter/sculptor (Circle), dies at 87 1979 Alain Teister, Dutch sculptor/writer, dies at 47 1979 Arthur van Schendel, Dutch art historian, dies at 68 1976 Vince Guaraldi, jazz pianist (Charlie Brown TV specials), dies at 43 1973 Ira S. Bowen, U.S. physicist and astronomer (Mount Wilson/Palomar), dies at 74 1972 Julian H Steward, U.S. anthropologist (South American), dies at 70 1970 Roscoe Karns, actor (Captain Shafer-Hennesey), dies at 78 1968 C Montague Shaw, actor (Buck Rogers, Planet Outlaws), dies at 85 1967 Martine Carol, French actress (Nana), dies of heart attack at 46 1966 Johan Algot Haquinius, composer, dies at 79 1965 Jack Wagner, actor (Jive Junction), dies at 68 1964 Sophocles Venizelos, premier of Greece (1944, 50-51), dies at 69 1964 W L Cornford, England cricket wicket-keeper (4 Tests vs. New Zealand 1930), dies 1964 Emilio Aguinaldo, Filipino Statesman 1963 Mohammed ibn al-Chattabi Abd el-Krim, Morocco opposition leader, dies 1963 Werner Erich Josten, German composer (Jungle), dies at 77 1961 Archibald T Davison, composer, dies at 77 1960 Jesse Belvin, rocker, dies at 26 in a car crash 1958 7 soccer players of Manchester United, die in an aircrash at Munich 1954 Maxwell Bodenheim, American Poet 1952 George VI, King of Britain (1936-52), dies at 56 1952 King George VI, British Royalty 1948 Robert Brasillach, French author/nazi collaborator, dies at 38 1947 Albert JM Bakker, Dutch actor (Teun the night watch), dies at 82 1947 Luigi Russolo, composer, dies at 61 1947 Ellen Wilkinson, English Politician 1945 Jan Bos, Dutch resistance fighter, executed 1945 Paul Bos, Dutch resistance fighter, executed 1943 HA Seyffardt, Dutch Lieutenant-General/NSB "minister", dies at 71 1942 Wobbe de Vries, Dutch linguist, dies at 78 1941 Maximilien Luce, French painter, dies at 82 1938 Marianne V von Werefkin, Russian/German/Swiss house painter, dies at 77 1930 Eva Strittmatter, writer, dies at 17 1927 Daniel F Scheurleer, Dutch musicologist/banker, dies at 71 1923 Edward E Barnard, U.S. astronomer (5th moon Jupiter), dies at 65 1923 Edward E. Barnard, American Scientist 1919 Friedrich W. Mengelberg, German sculptor/painter, dies at 81 1918 Gustav Klimt, Austrian painter/cartoonist, dies at 55 1917 Edouard A Drumont, French anti-semite journalist, dies at 72 1916 Anne C A I van Diest, Belgian physician/feminist, dies at 73 1914 J Albert Neuhuys, Dutch painter (Hague School), dies at 69 1899 Georg Leo earl von Caprivi, German chancellor, dies at 67 1897 Ebenezer C Brewer, British writer (Dictionary of Phrase and Fable), dies 1896 Abraham Czn van Stolk, Dutch art collector, dies at 82 1881 Pieter Mijer, Governor-General of Netherlands Indies (1866-72), dies at 68 1865 John Pegram, U.S. Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 33 1859 Johannes Josephus Viotta, composer, dies at 45 1812 Carlo Goldoni, writer, dies at 104 1804 Joseph Priestley, English / U.S0 theologist, philosopher. and chemist, dies at 70 1798 Niels Schiorring, composer, dies at 54 1793 Carlo Goldoni, Italian author (L'avaro), dies at 85 1785 Iman Willem Falck, Dutch governor of Ceylon (1765-83), dies at 48 1783 Lancelot "Capability" Brown, English architect (Kew), dies at about 67 1725 Johann Philipp Krieger, composer, dies at 75 1699 Jozef Ferdinand of Bavaria, heir of Spanish king Carlos II, dies 1695 Ahmed II, 21st sultan of Turkey (1691-95), dies 1617 Prosper Alpinus, Italian physician/botanist, dies at 63 1612 Christopher Clavius, calendar reformer, dies (birth date unknown) 1497 John Ockeghem, Flemish singer/composer, dies at 79 1140 Thurstan, archbishop of York, dies 891 Photius, Byzantine theologist/patriarch of Constantinople/saint, dies 743 Hisham ibn 'Abd al-Malik, 10th Moslem caliph, dies at about 52
