2005 John T. Walton, American Businessman 2005 Shelby Foote, American Author 2004 Hugh Cave, pulp writer, a professional writer for over 70 years, dies at 95 2002 John Entwistle, bass player, The Who, dies at 57 2002 Timothy White, American Critic 2001 Jack Lemmon, actor, movie version of The Odd Couple, dies at 76 2001 Jack Lemon, American Actor 2001 Tove Jansson, Finnish Novelist 1996 Cubby Alberto Romolo Broccoli, movie producer, dies at 87 1996 Roy James Alfred Kaulback, soldier, dies at 85 1995 Lionel Edmund "Sonny" Taylor, musician, dies at 70 1995 Madeleine Gillian Jinkinson, medical administrator, dies at 59 1995 Prez "Kidd" Kenneth, blues singer and guitarist, dies at 61 1993 Wolfgang Grams, German RAF-terrorist, shot to death at 40 1992 Allen James, vocalist/actor (Show Boat), dies of lung cancer at 84 1992 Sandy Amoros, Brooklyn Dodger, dies at 62 of pneumonia 1992 Stefanie Ann Sargent, guitarist (7 Year Bitch), dies of overdose at 24 1991 Klas Bruinsma, leader criminal organization, murdered 1991 Willem J [Molly] Geertsema, liberal/foreign minister, dies 1989 Alfred J Ayer, English philosopher (Logical Positivism), dies 1989 Jack Beutel, actor (The Outlaw), dies 1988 Leonie Fuller Adams, U.S. poet (High Falcon), dies at 88 1987 Jackie Gleason, comedian (Ralph Kramden-Honeymooners), dies at 71 1986 Don Rogers, of Cleveland Browns, dies of cocaine poisoning 1986 Edna Mae Cooper, actress (Folly of Vanity, Grounds for Divorce), dies 1983 Don Ida, balloonists, dies during a race 1983 Maxie Anderson, balloonists, dies during a race 1983 Alden Nowlan, Canadian Poet 1982 Jack Mullaney, actor (My Living Doll, It's About Time), dies at 49 1980 Steve Peregrin Took, percussionist (T-Rex), dies at 31 1975 Robert Stolz, Austrian composer (Fruhling im Prater), dies at 94 1973 Earl Browder, leader U.S. Communist Party (1930-45), dies at 82 1973 Ernest Truex, actor (Pop-Pete and Gladys, Mr. Peepers), dies at 73 1969 Richard Vance Maxfield, composer, dies at 42 1966 Arthur D Waley, Schloss, British sinology/poet (Monkey), dies 1965 Anthony Veiller, writer, dies at 62 1964 Daniel Lazarus, composer, dies at 65 1961 Paul (II) Guilfoyle, actor (Apache, Final Anaylsis), dies at 58 1960 Harry Pollitt, England, Britsh communist chairman (1956-60) 1958 Robert Greig, actor (Devil Doll, Indian Love Call), dies at 78 1957 Malcolm Lowry, English writer (Ultramarine), dies at 48 1954 Francis L Casadesus, French violinist, composer and conductor, dies at 83 1950 Milada Horakova, Czechoslovakian advocate/anti fascist, hanged 1948 George Templeton Strong, composer, dies at 92 1944 Werner Wehrli, composer, dies at 52 1934 Max Pallenberg, Austria actor (Brave Suender), dies in air crash at 56 1918 Josephin Peladan, French writer/CEO (French Red Cross), dies 1917 Gustav von Schmolle, German economist (Historical School), dies at 79 1889 Carlotta Patti, Italian soprano, dies 1889 Whitney Eugene Thayer, composer, dies at 50 1876 Christian G Ehrenberg, German zoologist (micro-organisms), dies at 81 1864 Charles Garrison Harker, U.S. Union-Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 26 1863 Martin E Green, Confederate Brigadier-General, shot dead at 38 1862 Chatham Roberdeau Wheat, Confederate major, dies in battle at about 35 1859 Jean C Baud, Governor-General of Dutch-Indies (1834-36), dies at 69 1848 Denis-Auguste Affre, archbsp of Paris (1840-48), shot to death at 54 1848 Zschokke, writer, dies 1839 Ranjit Singh, Governor of Lahore, dies 1832 Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisla, composer, dies at 72 1829 James Smithson, dies, his will establishes Smithsonian Institute 1829 Louis-Sebastien Lebrun, composer, dies at 64 1814 Johann Friedrich Reichardt, composer, dies at 61 1785 Egbert de Free Temminck, Amsterdam regent, dies at 84 1776 Thomas Hickey, plan to hand George Washington to British, executed 1757 Willem Gideon Deutz, Amsterdam regent/banker/merchant, dies at 59 1679 Pablo Bruna, composer, dies at 68 1654 Johann V Andreae, German vicar/writer (Christenburg), dies at 67 1641 Michiel Jansz of Mierevelt, royal painter, dies at 74 1638 Lukaris Cyrillus, patriarch of Alexandria/Constantinople, dies 1543 Agnolo Firenzuola, Giovannini, Italian monk (De golden ezel), dies 1458 Alfonso V, King of Aragon/Sicily/Naples (Alfonso I), dies 1296 Floris V, count of Holland and Zeeland, dies 1137 Guigo de Castro, Venerabilis, 5th prior of Grande Chartreuse, dies 444 Cyrillus van Alexandria, patriarch of Alexandria, dies