2003 Adam Osborne, author, computer designer, book and software publisher, founded and wrote memoir about Osborne Computer Corporation 2002 R. A. Lafferty, science fiction writer, Nine Hundred Grandmothers, dies at 87 2001 John Phillips, singer, the Mamas and the Papas, dies at 65 1997 Willem de Kooning, abstract artist, dead Alzheimer's at 92 1996 Alepoude Odysseus Elytis llis, poet, dies at 84 1996 Hawkes Jessie Jacquetta Priestley, archaeologist, dies at 85 1995 Frederic Ramsey, Jr., folklorist/author, dies at 80 1995 Heinrich Sutermeister, Swiss composer (Raskolnikov), dies at 84 1992 Cornelis B Vaandrager, C Vaan, poet (Giant of Rotterdam), dies at 56 1991 Jack McCoy, Radio/TV personality, dies at 72 1991 Vilma Banky, actress (Eagle, Son of Sheik, Rebel), dies at 93 1990 Robin Harris, actor (House Party, Mo' Better Blues), dies at 36 1989 Piet Kruiver, Dutch soccer player, dies at 51 1989 William Challee, actor (Desperate, Moonchild), dies 1987 Bil Baird, puppeteer (Jack Paar Show), dies at 82 1986 Bernard Malamud, U.S. writer (Fixer, Natural), dies at 71 1985 Jack Miller, orchestra leader (Kate Smith Evening Hour), dies at 89 1984 Charlie Lau, White Sox coach/renowned hitting instructor, dies at 50 1984 Paul Frances Webster, lyricist, dies of Parkinson's disease at 76 1983 Umberto of Piemonte, King Umberto II of Italy (1946), dies 1982 Georg G Lampe, Dutch painter/director (Free Academy), dies at 60 1980 Erich Fromm, German/US psychoanalyst, dies at 79 1978 Faith Baldwin, U.S. author (They Who Love), dies at 84 1978 Peggy Wood, actress (One Life to Live, Mama), dies at 86 1977 Marien Ngouabi, president of Congo-Brazzaville, murdered 1976 James McCartney, father of Paul McCartney, dies at 73 1976 Robert de Roos, composer, dies at 69 1974 David C Imboden, actor (King of Kings), dies at 87 1973 Lauritz L H Melchior, Danish baritone/actor (Luxury Liner), dies at 82 1971 George Wood, England cricket wicketkeeper (v South Africa 1924), dies 1969 Barbara Bates, actress (Kathy-It's a Great Life), dies at 43 1969 John Bracken, Canadian Politician 1968 Manuel Gomez Carillo, composer, dies at 85 1967 Jimmy Blaine, singer (Stop the Music), dies at 42 1965 Farouk I, last King of Egypt (1936-52), dies at 45 1964 Norbert Wiener, U.S. mathematician (cybernetics), dies at 69 1956 Friedrich Panzer, German germanist (Hilde-Gudrun), dies at 85 1956 Louis Bromfield, writer, dies at 59 1944 Benjamin Delmonte, theater director/actor, dies at 79 1938 Cyril Rootham, composer, dies at 62 1936 Egon Friedell, Austrian journalist (Kleine Portratgalerie), dies at 58 1933 Luigi A duke of the Abruzzi, Italian explorer (Ruwenzori), dies at 60 1928 Paul van Ostaijen, Flemish writer (Outlawed), dies at 32 1924 John Frederick Bridge, composer, dies at 79 1918 Willem Coenen, composer, dies at 80 1917 William Shalders, South Africa cricket batsman (12 Tests 1895-1907), dies 1913 George I, king of Greece (1861-1913), assassinated by Schinas at 67 1913 August Bebel, German Politician 1900 Antonio Nobre, Portuguese poet (So [Lonely]), dies at 32 1899 Douglas Strutt Galton, English engineer (rails, trains), dies at 76 1899 Svetolik Rankovic, Serbian writer (Crushed Ideals), dies at 35 1889 William Henry Monk, composer, dies at 66 1886 Leopold Zunz, German intellect (Synagogue Poetry), dies at 91 1876 F Freiligrath, writer, dies at 65 1875 Ferdinand Laub, composer, dies at 43 1871 Augustus de Morgan, Indian Mathematician 1870 Joaquin y Garbayo Gaztambide, composer, dies at 48 1823 Jean-Baptiste Sebastien Breval, composer, dies at 69 1817 Johann Jakob Walder, composer, dies at 67 1816 Johann Paul Schulthesius, composer, dies at 67 1799 John Randall, composer, dies at 82 1768 Lawrence Sterne, writer (Sentimental Journey France and Italy), dies 1768 Laurence Sterne, Irish Novelist 1768 Laurence Stern, Irish Clergyman 1745 Robert Walpole, 1st English premier (1722-42), dies at 68 1690 Charles, duke of Lutherans, dies 1584 Ivan IV, the terrible, Russian tsar (1547-84), dies at 53 1493 John of Lannoy, Flemish governor/viceroy of Netherlands/Zealand, dies at 82 1314 Jacques De Molay, the last grand master of Order of Knights, dies 1227 Honorius III, Cencio Savelli, Pope (1216-27), dies 978 Edward, the Martyr, King of Anglo-Saxons (975-78)/st, murdered at 15 235 Marcus Aurelius Alexander, Syrian emperor of Rome (222-235), murdered
