2002 Chaim Potok, writer, The Chosen, dies at 73 2002 Leo McKern, actor, Rumpole of the Bailey, dies at 82 2002 William Pierce, American Celebrity 2001 Eudora Welty, writer, The Optimist's Daughter, dies at 92 1999 King Hassan II, Moroccan Royalty 1998 John Hopkins, writer for film, television, edited screenplay 'Thunderball', television show 'Play for Today', dies in Woodland Hills, California 1997 Andrew Cunanan, serial killer (Gianni Versage), commits suicide 1996 Aliki Vougiouklaki, actress (Madalena), dies at 63 1996 Jessica Lucy Mitford, author, dies at 78 1996 John Corner, scientist, dies at 80 1995 Bob Rundick, poet/DJ, dies at 52 1995 Floyd McDaniel, blues singer and guitarist, dies at 80 1994 Aad Ivens, Dutch checkers player, dies at 80 1994 Hans J. Salter, Australia/US composer (Deanna-Durbin musicals), dies at 98 1994 Henry William Collins, artist, dies at 84 1993 Jordan, father of Michael Jordan, murdered 1992 Arletty, French actress (Hotel, Longest Day), dies at 94 1992 Maxine Audley, British actress (Vikings, Our Man in Havana), dies at 69 1991 Billie Carlyle 1990 Georges Flamant, actor (La Chienne), dies in Paris at 86 1990 Joe Turner, jazz pianist, dies of cardiac arrest at 82 1990 Robert Sommer, singer, dies of liver failure at 42 1986 Jouko Paavo Kalervo Tolonen, composer, dies at 73 1985 Kay Kyser, bandleader (Kay Kyser's Kollege), dies at 79 1984 Lloyd Gough, actor (Black Bart, Tolsa), dies of aortic aneurism at 77 1983 Georges Auric, French composer (It Always Rains on Sunday), dies at 84 1982 Vic Morrow, actor (Cimmaron), killed during "Twilight Zone" at 53 1979 Keith Godchaux, rocker (Grateful Dead), dies in a car accident at 31 1977 Rene de Vos, Dutch actor/composer (Jij Bent Mijn Leven), dies at 79 1976 Wilhelmina Von Bremen, 4X100 relay sprinter, Gold Medal 1932 Olympics, Bronze Medal 1932 Olympics, dies at 64 1974 Mary Forbes, actress (Nun-Les Miserables, Ivy), dies at 90 1973 Eddie Rickenbacker, WW I fighter pilot, dies at 82 1973 Marius-Franeois Gaillard, composer, dies at 72 1971 Van Heflin, actor (Great Adventure), dies at 60 1969 Deli Floyd, writer, dies 1968 Don Lillis, NFL president for the New York Jets 1968 Henry Hallett Dale, physiologist, dies 1966 Donald Novis, singer and actor (Pajama Game), dies at 60 1966 Douglass Montgomery, actor (Forbidden, Daybreak), dies at 56 1966 [Edward] Montgomery Clift, actor (From Here to Eternity), dies at 45 1966 Montgomery Clift, American Actor 1964 Jan PML de Vries, Dutch germanist/folklorist, dies at 74 1961 Esther Dale, actress (Birdie-Ma and Pa Kettle), dies after surgery at 75 1957 G Tomasi di Lampedusa, writer, dies at 61 1955 Betsy van Es, Flemish actress (Un soir de joie), dies at 55 1955 Cordell Hull, statesman, dies 1955 Harry Haden, actor (Harry-Stu Erwin Show), dies at 73 1951 Henri Philippe Petain, French marshal (Verdun/Vichy regime), dies 1951 Robert Joseph Flaherty, documentary film maker, dies 1951 Robert J. Flaherty, Director 1948 D[avid] W[ark] Griffith, U.S. director/producer, dies 1948 D. W. Griffith, American Director 1946 James Maxton, politician, dies 1944 Bernard M Cohen, attorney, killed at Belsen concentration camp 1944 Helmuth J von Moltke, German earl (July 20th plotter), executed 1944 Max HHR Nettlau, Austrian historian (Der Anarchismus), dies at 79 1943 Emanuel Querido, publisher (Sobibor), dies 1943 Meijer de Hond, Emanuel Querido, rabbi (Sobibor), dies 1942 Nikola J Vaptsarov, Bulgaria poet/communist, executed at 32 1933 Max Schillings, German composer and conductor (Mona Lisa), dies at 65 1932 Alberto Santos Dumont, Brazilian Aviator 1930 Glenn Hammond Curtiss, aviation pioneer/airplane builder, dies at 52 1927 Saad Zaghlul, Egyptian parliament chairman, dies at 74 1916 William Ramsey, chemist, dies 1909 Ernest F Cambier, Bel colonial pioneer (1st Congo railway), dies at 65 1909 Zygmunt Noskowski, composer, dies at 63 1905 Jean-Jacques, painter, dies 1904 John Simon, public health pioneer, dies 1885 Ulysses S Grant, 18th U.S. president, dies in Mount McGregor, New York, at 63 1885 Ulysses S. Grant, American President 1878 Miguel Hilarion Eslava y Elizondo, composer, dies at 70 1875 Isaac Merritt Singer, inventor (sewing machine), dies at 63 1866 Thomas Forbes Walmisley, composer, dies at 83 1844 Christian Gobrecht, 4th U.S. chief engraver (1840-44), dies in office 1840 Frantisek Max Knize, composer, dies at 55 1829 Wojciech Boguslawski, composer, dies at 72 1816 Elizabeth Hamilton, author (Cats: A Celebration), dies at 68 1803 Arthur Wolfe, 1st viscount Kilwarden/Chief Justice of Ireld, murdered 1793 Thomas Mckean, U.S. attorney/signer Declaration of Independence, dies at 72 1757 Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti, Italian composer (La Silvia), dies at 71 1690 Richard Gibson, minature painter, dies 1685 Pietro Reggio, composer, dies at 53 1645 Michael Fjodorovitsj, tsar of Russia (1613-45)/1st Romanov, dies 1581 Georges Lalaing, viceroy of Friesland, dies 1568 Don Carlos, son of Spanish king Philip II, dies at about 23 1562 Gottfried/Gotz von Berlichingen, German Knight of kingdom, dies 1403 Henry Percy, Harry Hotspur, killed in battle at 39 1373 Birgitta van Sweden, Swedish saint, dies 945 Richarius, bishop of Luik (922-45), dies
