2008 Jo Stafford, dies in California, of congestive heart failure, at 90 2003 Celia Cruz, singer/actress, dies at 77 2003 Carol Shields, Canadian Author 1999 John F. Kennedy, Jr., publisher and philanthropist, 'George' magazine, dies at 38 1996 John Panozzo, drummer, dies at 48 1995 Charles Bruck, Hungarian/French/U.S. conductor (Dutch Opera), dies at 83 1995 Eleanore M "May" Sarton, Belg/US writer (Land of Silence), dies at 83 1995 Juan Manuel Fangio, racing Driver, dies at 84 1995 Max Factor, Jr., makeup inventor, dies 1995 Mordechai Gur, Israeli general, commits suicide at 65 1995 Patsy Ruth Miller, actress (Wide Open, Sap, Twin Beds), dies at 91 1995 Peter Francis de Sautoy, publisher, dies at 83 1995 Stephen Harold Spender, writer, dies at 86 1995 Travis Kemp, dancer/teacher, dies at 91 1994 M Vink, surgeon (1st Dutch kidney transplant), dies at 78 1994 Madzy Rollin Couquerque, tennis star/international hockey, dies at 91 1992 "Gorgeous" George, Arena, wrestler, dies at 84 1992 Buck Buchanan, NFL defensive lineman (Kansas City Chiefs), dies at 51 1991 Cornelis Z. Forster, Suriname granman/gaanman, dies 1991 Dwight Weist, Radio actor/film narrator (Radio Days), dies at 81 1991 Frank Rizzo, Mayor-D-Philadelphia, 1972 - 1980, dies of a heart attack at 70 1991 Robert Motherwell, U.S. painter (Elegies to Spanish Rep), dies at 76 1989 Herbert von Karajan, Austrian conductor, dies at 81 1985 Heinrich Boll, German writer (Nobel 1972), dies at 67 1985 Wayne King, orchestra leader (Wayne King Show), dies at 84 1984 Billy Williams, singer (Your Show of Shows), dies at 73 1982 Leendert Braat, sculptor/writer (White World), dies 1982 Patrick Dewaere, actor (Catherine and Co), shoots self at 35 1981 Harry Chapin, folk vocalist (Taxi), dies in car crash at 38 1979 James F Mcintyre, archbishop of Los Angeles, dies at 93 1973 Trijntje "Nine" van de Schaaf, author (Fries dorpsleven), dies at 91 1972 Giorgio Nataletti, composer, dies at 65 1971 H T Tsiang, dies at 65 1962 Jan M Romein, historian (Breaking of Two Ages), dies 1961 [Louise] Sophie M E de Vries, actress (English Professor), dies at 88 1960 Albrecht von Kesselring, German Field Marshal (Italy), dies at 74 1960 John Phillips Marquand, novelist, dies at 66 1955 Jean de Merode, Marie-Louise Courtenay, Belgian princess, dies at 81 1953 Joseph Hilaire Pierre Belloc, author (Path to Rome), dies at 82 1953 Hilaire Belloc, English Poet 1944 John Post, Dutch farmer/resistance fighter (passage fight), executed 1939 Beatrice Erskine Lane Suzuki, Zen student, dies 1923 Louis M A Couperus, poet and writer (Books of Small Soles), dies at 60 1917 Ludwig Philipp Scharwenka, Germany composer (Album Polonaise), dies at 70 1916 Ilja [Elias] Metsjnikov, Russian bacteriologist (Nobel 1908), dies 1916 Ludwig P Scharwenka, German composer (Album Polonaise), dies at 70 1916 Victor Alexander Haden Horsley, physician, dies 1915 Ellen G. White, American Writer 1915 Ellen White, American Writer 1897 Levin Goldschmidt, German business law expert, dies 1896 Edmond-Louis-Antoine Huot de Goncourt, novelist, dies at 74 1896 William Hamilton Gibson, illustrator/author/novelist, dies 1890 Gottfried Keller, novelist/poet, dies 1889 Michele Amari, Italian historian/minister of Education, dies at 83 1887 Nicaise de Keyser, Flemish painter (Battle at Woeringen), dies at 73 1886 Ned Buntline, Edward Zane Carroll Judson, author, dies 1868 Louis-Francois Dauprat, composer, dies at 87 1864 Victor JB Girardey, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 27 1857 Pierr-Jean Beranger, songwriter, writer, book of memoirs, 'Ma biographie', published in 1858, dies 1843 Hubert MAJ van Asch van Wijck, politician, dies at 68 1827 Josiah Spode, potter, dies 1782 Louise Ulrike, queen of Sweden/wife of Adolf Frederik, dies at 61 1764 Ivan VI, Emperor of Russia (1740-41), murdered at 23 1762 Jacques Hotteterre, composer, dies at 87 1747 Giuseppe Maria Crespi, painter/etcher, dies 1736 Thomas Yalden, poet/fable writer, dies 1730 Elijiah Fenton, poet, dies 1729 Johann David Heinichen, composer, dies at 46 1698 Cristoph Kaldenbach, composer, dies at 84 1691 Francois-Michel Le Tellier, marquis de Louvois, statesman, dies 1686 John Pearson, British Theologian 1664 Andreas Gryphius, German writer, poet, dramatist, master of philosophy, works include historical tragedy 'Leo Armenius', dies at age 47 1647 Massaniello, Tommaso Aniello, Napolitan rebel, murdered 1590 Bartholomaeus a Martyribus, Fernandez, pontiff of Portugal, dies 1557 Anne of Cleeves, queen of England/4th wife of Henry VIII, dies at 41 1482 John van Schaffelaar, Gelders knight, dies 1216 Innocent III, Lotario di Segni, Italian Pope (1198-1216), dies 1139 Walram II, duke of Limburg/Netherlands-Lutherans, dies 1099 El Cid, Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, Span general strategist, dies at 59 599 Monulphus, bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht (St. Servaaskerk), dies 276 Mark Annius Florianus, emperor of Rome (276), murdered
