2007 Rudolf Arnheim, dies in Germany, at 102 2000 Jacob Lawrence, American Artist 1997 Reid Shelton, actor, Daddy Warbucks in Annie 1996 Edward Morris Bernstein, economist, dies at 91 1996 Robert Kidd, marine geoscientist, dies at 48 1996 Walter Pardon, carpenter/traditional singer, dies at 81 1995 Charles Rowe, cricket (scored 0 in only Test for New Zealand vs. Australia 1946), dies 1995 Frank Chacksfield, conductor/arranger, dies at 81 1995 Walter Landor, designer, dies at 81 1994 Angela Lakeberg, siamese twin, dies at 11 months 1994 Dhirendra Bhramachari, Flying Swami, hindu leader, dies at 70 1994 Jan Tinbergen, Dutch economist (Plan of Labor, Nobel 1969), dies at 91 1994 Lloyd Lindroth, the Liberace of the Harp, dies at 63 1993 Alexis Smith, dancer/actress (Follies), dies of cancer at 72 1993 Arthur Alexander, singer/songwriter (You Better Move On), dies at 53 1993 Ian Mikardo, British politician, dies 1992 Cathy Bennett, jury selection expert, dies of breast cancer at 41 1992 Clarence Miller, blues/jazz vocalist, dies at 69 of a heart attack 1991 Bob Irwin, Comedian, dies of Alzheimer's related illness at 88 1991 Charles Loloma, painter/sculptor, dies 1991 Max van Praag, Dutch singer, dies at 77 1989 Piet[er J] Lieftinck, Dutch minister of Finance (1945-52), dies 1987 Grandon Rhodes, actor (Gentleman From Nowhere), dies 1987 Madge Kennedy, actress (Marrying Kind, 3 Bad Sisters), dies 1982 Guillaume Jorissen, Flemish politician, dies at 60 1982 Hank Ladd, TV host (Arrow Show, Waiting for the Break), dies at 74 1981 Allen Ludden, game show host (Password), dies at 63 1981 Russell Hayden, actor (Hidden Gold, Apache Chief, Justice), dies 1980 Leonard Huizinga, journalist and writer (Olivier and Adrian), dies at 73 1977 Hans Andreus, Johan W van de Zant, Dutch poet, dies at 51 1976 James A Farley, U.S. Postmaster General (1932-38), dies at 88 1976 Paul T B Rodenko, Dutch poet and writer (Never Marry a Witch), dies at 55 1976 Sybil Thorndike, actress (Melba, Major Barbara), dies at 93 1975 David Frederick Barlow, composer, dies at 48 1974 M A Asturias, writer, dies 1974 Phillip Tead, actor (Lightnin', Fighting Blade), dies at 80 1971 Harold Lloyd, Jr., actor (Frankenstein's Daughter), dies at 40 1967 Stefan Boleslaw Poradowski, composer, dies at 64 1964 Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook/newspaper owner (Leatherhead), dies 1964 W Maxwell Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook, English Minister of Information, dies at 85 1964 William Maxwell Aitken, Canadian Businessman 1962 Henry Kendall, actor (Shadow, Romance and Riches), dies at 65 1960 Rene Maran, Martiniques writer (Batouala, Prix Goncourt), dies 1958 Robert Donat, actor (Citadel, Goodbye Mr. Chips, 39 Steps), dies at 53 1957 Robert Oboussier, composer, dies at 56 1953 Ugo Betti, dramatist, dies 1947 Wladyslaw Raczkiewicz, president of Poland (1939-40), dies at 62 1946 Rama VIII, king of Siam (1935-46), dies at 21 1944 99 inhabitants of Tulle, hanged by SS 1939 Owen Moore, actor (She Done Him Wrong), commits suicide at 52 1932 Natalia Janotha, composer, dies at 76 1931 Henrique Oswald, composer, dies at 79 1929 Lewis Bennison, dies 1922 Albert Baertsoen, Flemish painter/etcher, dies at 56 1911 Carry Amelia Moore Nation, American temperance leader, dies 1908 Jose FdT Coelho, Portuguese writer (Os meus amores), dies at 46 1907 Manuel Estrada Vabrera, president Guatemala, murdered 1901 Walter Besant, novelist/philanthropist, dies 1897 Alvin Graham Clark, dies 3 weeks after 1st use of Yerkes 40" lens 1892 Friedrich Wilhelm Langhans, composer, dies at 59 1870 Charles Dickens, English writer (David Copperfield), dies at 58 1870 Erik Drake, composer, dies at 82 1868 James Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak (1841-68), dies 1863 Benjamin Franklin "Grimes" Davis, Union major, dies in battle at 30 1847 Pierre-Simon Ballanche, French philosopher/poet (Orphee), dies 1839 Gerrit J Pijman, Dutch minister of War (1798-1800), dies at 89 1834 William Carey, English Clergyman 1832 Manuel Garcia, composer, dies at 57 1825 M Pauline Bonaparte, Corsican duchess of Parma/Guastalla, dies at 44 1820 Wilhelmina FS, princess of Prussia/Orange, dies at 68 1717 Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de la Mothe-Guyon, French mystic, dies at 69 1717 Louis Le Quointe, composer, dies at 64 1681 William Lilly, English astrologer, dies 1656 Thomas Tomkins, composer, dies 1597 Jose de Anchieta, Spanish jesuit/missionary, dies 1572 Jeanne d'Albret, queen of Navarra, dies at 44 1382 Philip of Lead, lawyer of Utrecht, dies 1361 Philippe de Vitry, French composer/poet, dies at 69 1171 Jacob Ben Meir, Rabbenu Tam, French Tosofist, dies 68 Claudius Nero, Roman emperor (54-68), commits suicide at 31