2008 Howard Metzenbaum, dies in Florida, at 90 2008 Alun Hoddinott, dies in Wales, at 78 2003 Lynne Thigpen, Joliet, Illinois, actress, Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego?, Nancy-Love Sidney 2003 Howard Fast, novelist, Spartacus, dies at 88 2003 Lynne Thigpen, actress, Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?, dies at 54 2001 "Morton Downey, Jr", former talk show host, The Morton Downey Jr. Show, dies at 68 2001 Robert Ludlum, novelist, The Bourne Identity, dies at 73 2001 Henry Lee Lucas, American Criminal 1999 Yehudi Menuhin, violin virtuoso, dies at 82 1996 Charles Bruce Perry, professor of medicine, dies at 92 1996 Gyula Kallai, Prime Minister of Hungry 1965 - 1967, dies at 85 1996 John Anthony Bowden Cuddon, writer/teacher, dies at 67 1994 Sandra Paretti, German/Swiss author (Drums of Winter), dies at 59 1993 Andreas J A I Bruggeman, Dutch mayor (Leiderdorp), dies at 62 1993 June Valli, singer (Crying in the Chapel), dies of cancer at 62 1993 Michael Kanin, screenwriter (Woman of the Year), dies at 83 1993 Wang Zhen, marxist/vice-premier of China (1988), dies 1992 Barbara Morrison, actress (Proj Moonbase), dies of heart failure at 84 1992 Hans G Kresse, Dutch cartoonist (Eric the Viking), dies at 70 1992 Ida Oosterbaan, Dutch founder (Women Action Committee), dies 1992 Karel Poons, father of Paul Deen, dies 1992 Philippe Soupault, writer, dies 1992 Salvo Lima, mayor (Palermo)/MP (chr-dem), murdered 1991 Etienne Decroux, French mime (Voyage, Surprise), dies at 92 1989 Maurice Evans, actor (Bewitched, MacBeth), dies at 87 1988 Billie Rhodes, dies 1988 William Camp, dies at 74 1985 Eugene Ormandy [Blau], Hungarian/US conductor, dies at 85 1984 Arnold Riley, playwright/actor, dies at 88 1983 Jevsei G. Liberman, Ukraine economist (Plan, profit, bonus), dies at 85 1982 Elisabeth Zernike, Dutch writer (Course of Events), dies at 90 1978 John Cazale, actor (Dog Day Afternoon, Deer Hunter), dies at 41 1978 Tolchard Evans, composer and conductor, dies 1974 Billy Fox, Protestant Dublin MP, assassinated 1973 Esther Williamson Ballou, composer, dies at 57 1973 Frankie "Fordham Flash" Frisch, baseball player, dies at 74 1973 Manuel Rojas Sepulveda, Chilean writer (Hijo de Ladron), dies at 77 1966 Estelita Rodriguez, actor (Golden Stallion, Susanna Pass), dies at 37 1961 Belinda Lee, actress (Joseph and his Brethren), dies in car crash at 25 1958 Ingeborg, Princess of Sweden, dies at 79 1957 Josephine Hull, actress (Harvey), dies at 71 1955 Charlie "Bird" Parker, U.S. jazz saxophonist, dies at 34 in New York City 1955 Theodor Plievier, writer, dies 1950 L Heinrich Mann, German/US writer (Between the Races), dies at 78 1949 Maria "Beppie" Bakker, Dutch actress/wife of Piet Vink Sr, dies at 95 1946 Philip Merivale, dies at 59 1945 Anne Frank, diarist (Diary of Anne Frank), killed in Belsen Camp 1942 Enrique Morera, composer, dies at 76 1941 Charles Sanford Skilton, composer, dies at 72 1937 Charles-Marie-Jean-Albert Widor, French organist/composer, dies at 93 1937 Jeno Hubay, composer, dies at 78 1932 Ivar Kreuger, "Swedish Match King" industrialist, commits suicide 1930 Alois Jirasek, writer, taught secondary school, wrote plays, historical novels, including, 'Against Everyone', dies in Prague, Czechoslovakia 1925 Sun Yat-Sen, Chinese revolutionary president, dies at 58 1924 Hilaire Comte de Chardonnet, inventor (rayon), dies 1916 M vs. Ebner-Eschenbach, writer, dies at 39 1916 Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian Novelist 1914 George Westinghouse, U.S. engineer (Westinghouse Electric), dies at 67 1913 Joseph Bayer, composer, dies at 61 1909 Johanna "Lena" Bakker, Dutch actress/wife of Bruno Gerlach, dies at 34 1908 Edmondo de Amicis, Italian writer (L'idioma Gentile), dies at 61 1905 Rudolf von Alt, Austrian painter, dies at 92 1902 John Peter Altgeld, German/US governor of Illinois, dies at 54 1889 Yohannes IV, Kasa, Emperor of Ethiopia (1872-89), dies in battle 1888 Henry Bergh, founder (ASPCA), dies at 76 1877 Crystobal Oudrid y Segura, composer, dies at 52 1852 Juan Bros y Bertomel, composer, dies at 75 1840 Friedrich Westenholz, composer, dies at 61 1834 Karl W. Feuerbach, mathematician (circle of Feuerbach), dies at 33 1832 Daniel Friedrich Kuhlau, German/Danish opera composer, dies at 45 1831 Johann Franz Volkert, composer, dies at 64 1824 Heinrich Carl Ebell, composer, dies at 48 1753 George Berkeley, philosopher/bishop (Cloyne), dies on 68th birthday 1734 Antonius Schultingh, Schultingius, Dutch lawyer, dies at 74 1681 French van Mieris, the Elder, Dutch genre painter, dies at 45 1648 Tirso de Molina, Spanish author, dies at about 63 1628 John Bull, English organist/composer, dies 1570 Jacob van den Eynden, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies 1563 John Bull, composer of British national anthem (God Save The King), dies 1507 Cesare Borgia, cardinal/soldier/politician, killed in battle at 31 1496 Johannes de Lapide, Johan Heynlin, German philosopher, dies 1471 Dionysius the Carthusian/van Rijkel, Dutch scholastic theologist, dies 1209 Djamal al-din Abu Mohammed Iljas Nizami, Persian poet, dies 604 Gregory I the Great, Pope (590-604), dies at 64 417 Innocent I, Italian Pope (401-417), dies
