2008 Tony Snow, dies in Washington, D.C., of colon cancer, at 53 1996 Andrew Rodger Waterson, scholar Naturalist, dies at 84 1996 Gottfried von Einem, composer, dies at 78 1996 John Boon, publisher, dies at 79 1996 John Chancellor, news anchor (VOA, NBC), dies at 68 1996 John William Chancellor, journalist, dies at 68 1996 Jonathan Melvoin, keyboardist (Smashing Pumpkins), dies of heorin OD 1996 William Darling, journalist, dies at 73 1995 Alan David Marks, pianist/composer, dies at 49 1995 Earl Coleman, singer, dies at 69 1995 Ernie Furtado, bassist, dies at 72 1995 Michael Clegg, naturalist/broadcaster, dies at 62 1994 David Malcolm Lewis, expert in Greek Epigraphy, dies at 56 1994 Henk Terlingen, radio/TV-host (Sport in Image), dies at 52 1994 James Bysse Joll, historian, dies at 76 1993 Gusti Huber, Mother of Bibi Besch, dies of heart failure at 78 1993 Lily van Lugt Melsert, actress (Tomorrow will be better), dies at 91 1992 Albert Pierrepont, last British executioner (433 men/17 women), dies 1992 Reginald Beck, English film editor (Robbery, Accident, Boom), dies 1990 Richard R Briggs, dies after short illness at 71 1988 Joshua Logan, Broadway producer, dies at 79 of palsy 1988 Raymond W. Goldsmith, U.S. economist, dies at 83 1983 Chris Wood, rocker (Traffic), dies at 39 1982 Kenneth More, British actor (Genevieve), dies of Parkinson disease at 67 1981 Ben Seijes, historian (WW II), dies at 73 1980 John W. Davis, President (WV State college), dies at 92 1979 Kalervo Tuukkanen, composer, dies at 69 1979 Minnie Ripperton, Andrea Davis, singer (Lovin' You), dies at 30 1977 Ed Holmes, actor (Growing Paynes, Once Upon a Tune), dies at 66 1977 Frantisek Suchy, composer, dies at 75 1976 Ted Mack, TV host (Original Amateur Hour), dies at 72 1976 James Wong Howe, Chinese Director 1973 Lon Chaney, Jr., actor (Wolfman), dies after long illness at 66 1966 D T Suzuki, Zen Buddhism scholar, dies in Tokyo, Japan at 96 1956 Maurice Lippens, Belgian governor of Congo (1921-23), dies at 80 1953 Joseph Jongen, Belgian composer, dies at 79 1953 Marie-Alphonse-Nicolas-Joseph Jongen, composer, dies at 79 1935 Alfred Dreyfus, French officier (Dreyfus Affair), dies 1933 Willem H Drucker, lawyer, dies at 45 1929 Robert Henri, U.S. painter (The Eight), dies at 63 1926 Charles Wood, composer, dies at 40 1917 Fournier, Swiss/French postage stamp merchant/forger, dies 1916 Aritius S Talma, Dutch minister of Agriculture, dies at 52 1907 Maria Anna Mahler, Gustav Mahlers eldest daughter, dies of scarlet fever and diptheria at 4 years and 7 months of age in Maiernigg, Austria, five days after her father, Gustav Mahler's 47th birthday. She is buried at Grinzing Cemetery, Vienna. 1906 Henrique Alves de Mesquita, composer, dies at 70 1902 Pieter Caland, Dutch hydraulic engineer (New Waterway), dies at 74 1899 Esquire Mauritius A de Savornin Lohman, Governor of Suriname, dies at 67 1898 Paul Voulet, French captain/mass murderer in Senegal, dies 1897 Felix Godefroid, composer, dies at 78 1883 Hermann Zopff, composer, dies at 57 1882 Alfred Humphreys Pease, composer, dies at 44 1874 Fritz Reuter, writer, dies at 63 1849 Dolley Madison, wife of the 4th President of the United States, James Madison, First Lady of the United States, 1809 - 1817, acted as First Lady for Thomas Jefferson, portrait appears on United States Mint 1/2 ounce $10 gold coins, died at age 81 in Washington, D.C. 1844 Charles-Louis Panckoucke, French publisher, dies at 63 1839 Christian Traugott Tag, composer, dies at 62 1804 Alexander Hamilton, Sect of Treasury, dies in pistol duel 1773 Johann Joachim Quantz, German royal flautist/composer, dies at 76 1742 Evaristo EF dall' Abaco, Italian cellist/composer, dies on 67th birthday 1733 Ann-Therese de Marguent de Lambert, French marquess/author, dies at 86 1712 Richard Cromwell, English Lord Protector (1658-59), dies at 85 1640 Henry Casimir I, count of Nassau-Dietz, dies 1633 Simon Besler, composer, dies at 49 1575 Renee/Renata de France, duchess of Ferara/daughter of Louis XII, dies 1545 Maria Manuela van Portugal, niece of Spanish king Philip II, dies 1536 Desiderius Erasmus, humanist/priest (Novum instrumentum omne), dies 1450 Jack Cade, slain in a revolt against British King Henry VI 1429 John [Jean C] Gerson, French theologist (Theologica mystic), dies at 65 1073 Johannes Gualbertus, Italian monk/saint, dies 783 Bertha "with the great feet", wife of French king Pippin III, dies
