2007 Tom Snyder, dies in San Francisco, at 71, of complications with leukemia 2006 Jim Olin, Representative-D-Virginia 1983 - 1993, died at age 86 2002 Ron Walotsky, fantasy artist, dies at 59 2000 Dr. Rene Favaloro, doctor, invented heart by-pass surgery, dies at 77 2000 Richard Kerry, American Diplomat 1998 Jerome Robbins, choreographer, West Side Story, dies at 79 1996 Aruna Asaf Ali, politician, dies at 88 1994 Dorothy Crowfoot-Hodgkin, chemist (B-12, Nobel 1964), dies at 78 1994 Francisco Veguillas, Spanish general, murdered at 68 1994 John Bayard Britton, abortion doctor, killed by Paul Hill 1993 AJA Quintus Bosz, Indonesian/Suriname lawyer, dies at 78 1992 Tavio Amorin, Togolese politician, murdered 1990 Bruno Kreisky, union chancellor Austria, dies 1988 Ellin Berlin, MacKay, Mrs. Irving Berlin, dies at 86 1985 James F Nolan, actor (Dante), dies of cancer at 69 1984 Fred Waring, orchestra leader (Fred Waring Show), dies at 84 1984 Woodrow Parfey, actor (Time Express), dies at 61 of a heart attack 1983 David Niven, actor (Rugues), dies in Switzerland at 73 1983 J B Charles, Willem Nagel, Dutch criminologist/writer, dies at 83 1983 Luis Bunuel, director (Monk), dies of cirrhosis of liver at 83 1983 Raymond Massey, actor (Dr. Kildare), dies of pneumonia at 86 1982 Cor[nelis R J] Kieboom, resistor/President Feyenoord, dies at 81 1982 Harold Sakata, actor (Kenji-Sarge), dies at 62 1982 Richard N Gale, English general/paracommandant, dies at 86 1980 Jan Tausinger, composer, dies at 58 1979 Herbert Marcuse, philosopher (Eros and Civilization), dies at 81 1978 Wesley La Violette, composer, dies at 84 1975 James [Benjamin] Blish, sci-fi author (Star Trek Reader), dies at 54 1974 Cass Elliot, singer (Mamas and Papas), chokes to death in London at 32 1974 Erich Kastner, writer, dies at 75 1973 Eileen Percy, silent film actress (Wicked, Backstage), dies at 72 1970 John G B Barbirolli, English conductor/composer, dies at 70 1970 Jonel Perlea, composer, dies at 69 1966 Pal Jardanyi, composer, dies at 44 1966 Edward Gordon Craig, British Actor 1963 Dorian Le Gallienne, composer, dies at 48 1962 Ronald Fisher, English Mathematician 1960 Richard Simon, co-founder (Simon and Shuster), dies 1958 Charles O'Malley, actor in silent westerns (Iron Horse), dies at 61 1956 Ludwig Klages, German philosopher (Study of Graves), dies at 83 1946 Gertrude Stein, American Author 1941 James Stephenson, actor (Sea Hawk, River's End), dies at 52 1933 Gerhard Rusenkrone Schjelderup, composer, dies at 73 1930 Alexander von Fielitz, composer, dies at 69 1922 Edward Gailliard, Flemish language/archaeologist, dies at 81 1913 Tobias MC Asser, lawyer (Nobel 1911), dies 1911 Oscar Carre, circus director, dies at 64 1906 Alexandre Luigini, composer, dies at 56 1900 Umberto I, Italian King (1878-1900) assassinated by Gaetano Bresci 1897 Joost G Kist, lawyer/president of High Council (1885-97), dies at 74 1890 Vincent Van Gogh, painter, dies in Auvers, France 1886 Adolf Muller, composer, dies at 84 1886 Solomon Gazfried, rabbi/author (Kitzur Shulchan Aruch), dies 1867 Charles Anthon, American Writer 1863 Edward Needle Kirk, U.S. Union Brigadier-General, dies in battle at about 35 1859 Auguste Mathieu Panseron, composer, dies at 63 1857 Charles LJL Bonaparte, Corsican/French prince of Canino, dies at 54 1856 Robert A Schumann, German pianist/composer (Humoresque), dies at 46 1844 Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, composer, dies at 53 1838 Jonathan Huntington, composer, dies at 66 1833 William Wilberforce, English Politician 1825 Micah Hawkins, composer, dies at 48 1808 Selam III, poet/composer/sultan of Turkey (1789-1808), dies 1797 Christoph Rheineck, composer, dies at 48 1786 Franz Asplmayr, composer, dies at 58 1669 Christopher Simpson, composer, dies 1649 David Teniers I, Flemish painter (altaar stukken), dies 1644 Urban VIII, Maffeo Barberini, Pope (1623-44), dies 1632 Samuel Ampzing, vicar/poet (Biblical Treasures), dies 1596 Jacobus Latomus, Flemish poet (Psalms/Jeremias) dies at about 84 1573 Spanish prince of Eboli, dies 1164 Olaf, King of Norway, dies 1108 Philip I, co-king of France (1059, 1060-1108), dies at 56 1099 Urban II, Odo van Lagery, French Pope (1088-99), dies 1095 Ladislaus I Arpad de Heilige, King of Hungary, dies 1030 Olaf Haraldsson, King of Norway, dies in battle of Stiklestad
