2008 Bo Diddley, dies in Florida, of heart failure, at 79 2008 Mel Ferrer, dies in Santa Barbara, of heart failure, at 90 2003 Burke Marshall, American Lawyer 2002 Flora Lewis, American Journalist 2001 Imogene Coca, comic, Your Show of Shows, dies at 92 1997 Doc Cheatham, jazz musician, dies of stroke at 91 1996 John Alton, cinematographer, dies at 94 1996 Leon Garield, writer, dies at 74 1996 Ray Combs, comedian, host of 'Family Feud' television game show, dies in Glendale, California, at age 40, by suicide 1993 French JFM of Thiel, Dutch 2nd chamber chairman (1963-72), dies at 86 1993 Johnny Mize, baseball player, dies at 80 1992 Philip Dunne, founder (Screen Writers Guild), dies of cancer at 84 1990 Frederick Mellinger, founder of Fredericks of Hollywood, dies at 76 1990 Jack Gilford, actor (Cracker Jacks), dies at 82 1990 Rex Harrison, actor (My Fair Lady), dies of cancer at 82 1990 Robert Noyce, co-inventor (semi-conductor)/founder (Intel), dies 1990 Stuart Hall, actor (Cavalcade, Dawn Patrol), dies 1988 Horace A Hildreth, (Gov-Maine, 1945-49), dies at 85 1987 Andres Segovia, Spanish composer/guitarist, dies at 94 1987 Sammy Kaye, orchestra leader (Sammy Kaye Show), dies at 77 1986 Daniel Sternefeld, Belgian conductor and composer (Elegie), dies at 80 1983 Stan Rogers, musician, dies in aircraft fire 1979 Jim Hutton, actor (Ellery Queen), dies of liver cancer at 45 1977 Forrest Lewis, actor (Great Gildersleeve, Ichabod and Me), dies at 77 1977 Henri D Gagnebin, Swiss organist/composer, dies at 91 1977 Stephen Boyd, actor (Fantastic Voyage, Ben-Hur, Lisa), dies at 48 1976 Alan Dewitt, actor (Mr Tyler-It's About Time), dies at 52 1976 Bartoes, Albertus J Wijstma, cabaret performer/comic, dies at 73 1975 Eisaku Sato, premier of Japan (1964-71 Nobel 1974), dies at 74 1974 Elliott Sullivan, actor (Sergeant), dies at 66 1972 Franz Philipp, composer, dies at 81 1971 Charles de Keukeleire, Belgian director (Evil Eye), dies at 66 1967 Zamah Cunningham, actress (Menosha the Magnificent), dies at 74 1962 Franc S Finzgar, Slovic writer (Service Girls), dies 1962 V Sackville-West, writer, dies at 70 1962 Vita Sackville-West, English Novelist 1961 George S Kaufman, playwright/dir/pulitzer prize winner, dies at 72 1961 Peter H "Paul" Huf, actor and director (Dutch Comedy), dies at 70 1956 Jean Hersholt, actress (Emma, Grand Hotel, Greed), dies at 69 1951 Alain, Emile-Auguste Chartier, French philosopher, dies at 83 1951 John Erskine, U.S. writer/poet/pianist (Venus Love Goddess), dies at 71 1950 Stanislas Bizot, French checker player (world champ 1925), dies at 70 1949 Dynam-Victor Fumet, composer, dies at 82 1949 Ernest Ford, composer, dies at 91 1947 Hermann Darewsky, composer, dies at 64 1941 Lou Gehrig, 1st baseman (New York Yankee), dies of ALS in Riverdale New York at 37 1940 Willem E Roelofs, painter/cartoonist, dies 1937 Louis Vierne, composer, dies at 66 1928 Timothy Thomas Fortune, American Writer 1927 Eduard GHH Cuypers, architect (De Hooge Vuursche), dies at 67 1927 Freidrich Hegar, composer, dies at 85 1927 Lizzie Borden, accused murderer, dies at 68 1908 Redvers H Buller, English general, dies at 68 1901 James A Herne, J Aherne, U.S. playwright (Margaret Fleming), dies 1896 Gerhard Rohlfs, German explorer (Abbsynia/Ethiopia), dies 1882 Guiseppi Garibaldi, Italian rebel leader, dies at 74 1879 E Louis JJ Napoleon Bonaparte, crown prince, dies in battle at 23 1873 Francois Hainl, composer, dies at 65 1865 John E Feisser, founder (1st Dutch baptist church), dies at 59 1864 George Pierce Doles, U.S. businessman/Confederate Brigadier-General, dies at 34 1839 Wijnand YY Nuijen, painter/lithographer (Wrecked), dies at 26 1812 John W de Winter, Dutch Vice-Admiral, dies at battle at Kamperduin at 51 1750 Johann Valentin Rathgeber, German composer, dies at 68 1678 Pieter the Great, regent/diplomat, dies at 63 1676 John de Haen, Vice-Admiral (Kijkduin/Palermo), dies in battle at 45? 1639 Floris II van Pallandt, earl of Culemborg/politician, dies at 62 1632 Ernst Casimir, count of Nassau-Dietz/mayor of Friesland, dies at 58 1597 Diederik Sonoy, German/Netherlands governor of Northern quarter, dies at 67 1575 Pieter Aertsen, Long Worm, painter, dies at about 65 1572 Thomas Howard 4th duke of Norfolk, English Earl, executed at 36 1564 Gellius Faber, Jelle Smit, Fries theologist, dies 657 Eugene I, Italian Pope (654-7), dies
