2007 Betty Hutton, dies in California, complications of colon cancer, at 86 2002 James Tobin, American Economist 1996 Barry Appleby, cartoonist, dies at 86 1996 Charles William Oatley, electrical engineer, dies at 92 1996 Clifton Eugene Bancroft Robinson, public servant, dies at 70 1996 John Henry Pyle Pafford, librarian, dies at 96 1996 Vince Edwards, actor (Ben Casey), dies of cancer at 67 1995 Carel Birnie, found Utrecht Opera/Dutch Dance Theater, dies at 69 1995 Ernest Kabushemeye, Burundese minister of Mijnbouw, murdered 1995 Frank Fidler, artist, dies at 84 1994 Jacques Doucet, French painter (Mostar Sarajevo), dies at 69 1993 Dino Bravo, wrestler (WWF), shot to death at 44 1993 Edgar Nelson Barclift, dancer, dies after lengthy illness at 76 1993 Manuel da Fonseca, Portuguese writer (Cerro Maior), dies at 81 1992 David Carroll, actor (Grand Hotel), dies of pulmonary embolism at 41 1992 Heinz Kuhn, Prime Minister (Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany), dies at 80 1992 Manuel De Dios Unanue, U.S. anti-drug journalist, murdered at 48 1992 Richard Brooks, director (Blackboard Jungle, Key Largo), dies at 79 1989 Johan Fleerackers, Flemish linguist, dies at 57 1989 John J. McCloy, American Lawyer 1988 Pham Hung, premier of Vietnam, dies at about 74 1987 [Wayne] Woody Hayes, football coach (Ohio State), dies at 74 1984 Nakagawa Soen, Zen teacher/poet, dies in Rytutakuji monastery at 76 1982 Edmund Cooper, British sci-fi writer (Tomorrow Came), dies at 55 1979 Victor Kilian, actor (Gentleman's Agreement), dies at 88 1975 Philip Bezanson, composer, dies at 59 1975 Sammy Spear, orchestra leader (Dom Deluise Show), dies at 65 1975 Walter Kinsella, actor (Happy-Martin Kane Private Eye), dies at 74 1973 Manuel Rojas Sepulveda, writer 1972 Fredric [William] Brown, sci-fi author (Martians Go Home), dies at 65 1971 Philo T Farnsworth, U.S. TV pioneer, dies at 64 1971 Roy Glenn, dies in Los Angeles at 56 1971 Whitney M Young, Jr., leader (National Urban League 1961-71), dies at 49 1971 Whitney M. Young, American Activist 1970 Erle Stanley Gardner, U.S. writer (Perry Mason), dies at 80 1969 John Wyndham, Parkes Lucas B Harris, author (Chrysalids), dies at 65 1967 Geraldine Farrar, soprano/actress (Such Sweet Compulsion), dies at 85 1965 James Reeb, U.S. vicar/civil rights activist, murdered 1962 Will Vesper, German author (Tristan und Isolde), dies at 79 1960 Roy Chapman Andrews, U.S. biologist/explorer, dies at 76 1959 Haydn Wood, composer, dies at 76 1959 Lester Dent, American Writer 1957 Richard E Byrd, U.S., explorer (Antarctica), dies at 68 1956 Sergey Nikiforovich Vasilenko, Russian opera composer, dies at 83 1955 Alexander Fleming, English bacteriologist (penicillin), dies at 73 1951 Philippe of Isacker, Belgian minister, dies at 66 1950 Florence Arliss, actress (Disraeli), dies at 78 1949 Henri-Honore Giraud, French genl/MP, dies at 70 1949 Juan Lamonte de Grignon, composer, dies at 76 1947 Victor Hely-Hutchinson, composer, dies at 45 1944 Hendrik W van Loon, Netherlands/U.S. radio commentator/writer, dies at 62 1944 Hendrik Willem Van Loon, American Journalist 1941 Walford Davies, British organist/composer, dies at 71 1937 Paul Scheinpflug, composer, dies at 61 1925 Andreas Hallen, composer, dies at 78 1921 Sherburne W. Burnham, U.S. astronomer (binary stars), dies at 83 1919 Harald Fryklof, composer, dies at 36 1908 Peter Milne, composer, dies at 83 1907 Nikola Petkow, premier (Bulgaria), murdered 1897 Berthold Tours, composer, dies at 58 1897 Henry Drummond, Scottish geologist/evangelist, dies at 45 1874 Charles Sumner, a white civil rights leader, dies at 63 1857 Manuel Jose Quintana, Spanish author and poet (A la paz), dies at 84 1845 John Chapman, Johnny Appleseed, dies in Allen County Indiana 1833 Fridolin Weber, composer, dies at 71 1826 Gervais-Franeois Couperin, composer, dies at 66 1820 Benjamin West, British painter (Death of General Wolfe), dies at 81 1807 Anton Eberl, composer, dies at 41 1787 Maximilian JLP Gardel, French ballet dancer/choreographer, dies at 45 1786 Jacobus Bellamy, Zelandus, Dutch/Swiss poet, dies at 28 1772 George Reuter, composer, dies at 63 1715 Jan-Erasmus Quellinus, Flemish painter, dies at 80 1486 Albrecht III Achilles, elector of Brandenburg, dies at 71 638 Sophronius of Jerusalem, saint/patriarch of Jerusalem, dies 222 Varius A Bassianus, Syrian emperor of Rome (218-22), murdered at 18?
