2006 Stanley Kunitz, American Poet 2004 Anna Lee, actress, General Hospital, dies at 90 Charlotte Benkner, the world's second oldest person for a few years, dies at 114 2003 Robert Stack, actor, The Untouchables, dies at 84 Wendy Hiller, actress, Pygmalion, dies at 90 2000 Karl Shapiro, American Poet 1999 Bill Ballantine, clown, Ringling Brothers Clown College, dies at 87 1998 Frank Sinatra, singer/actor, From Here to Eternity, dies at 82 Marjory Stoneman Douglas, environmentalist/author, dies at 108 1997 Harry Blackstone, Jr., magician, dies of cancer at 62 Laurie Lee, writer "Harry Blackstone, Jr.", magician, dies at 62 Princess Caradja-Kretzulesco, royalty, a direct descendent of Prince Vlad the Impaler, who was nicknamed Dracula, dies at 76 Thelma Carpenter, singer, The Wiz 1996 Edqard John Gurney, politician, dies at 82 Qazaleh Alizadeh, writer, dies at 48 Sritharan Jeganathan, cricketer, 1st Sri Lankan Test player to die Vera Chapman, writer, dies at 98 1995 Maezumi Hakuyu Taizan Koun, teacher (Zen Buddhism), dies at 64 1994 Leonard Teale, Australian actor/reciter (Homicide), dies 1993 Patrick Haemers, Belgian criminal, commits suicide at 40 William Randolph Hearst, U.S. newspaper magnate (Pulitzer), dies at 85 1992 Lyle Alzado, NFL defense linesman (Raiders), dies of cancer at 43 1991 Ast Fonteyne, Flemish lecture artist, dies Herman Niels, Flemish radio director, dies Jiang Qing, widow of Chinese leader Mao Tse Tung, commits suicide John Edward Craven, dies Shintaro Abe, minister of Exterior of Japan (1982-86), dies 1990 Andre Ameller, composer, dies at 78 1988 Willem Drees, Prime Minister of Netherland 1948 - 1958, dies at 101 1987 Rita Hayworth, actress (Gilda), dies of Alzheimer's disease at 68 1985 Mohammed Munir, Indonesian worker's union leader, executed 1984 Larry Stock, songwriter (Blueberry Hill), dies 1983 Miguel Aleman Valdes, attorney/president of Mexico (1946-52), dies at 80 1982 Baron Mariel-Henri Jaspar, Belgian minister/ambassador, dies Hugh Beaumont, actor (Ward-Leave it to Beaver), dies at 73 1980 Hugh Griffith, actor (Passover Plot, Ben Hur, Tom Jones), dies at 67 Wilhelm Weismann, composer, dies at 79 1979 Paul van 't Veeer, Dutch journalist and writer (Vrije Volk), dies at 57 1976 Keith Relf, rock vocalist (Yardbirds), electrocuted at 33 1970 Billie Burke, comedienne (Glinda-Wizard of Oz), dies at 84 1969 Enid Bennett, silent film actress (Skippy, Hairpins), dies at 75 1968 Husband Edward Kimmel, commandant U.S. Ocean fleet WW II, dies at 86 1966 Georgia BD Camp Johnson, U.S. poet/playwright, dies at 88 Megan Lloyd George, English politician, dies at 64 1965 Frances Perkins, U.S. 1st female minister of Labor (1933-45), dies at 83 1959 Sidney Bechet, U.S. jazz clarinetist/saxophonist/bandleader, dies at 62 1955 Betty Ann Davies, dies at 44 1954 Heinz Guderian, German Soldier 1953 Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Japans/U.S. painter/etcher, dies at 59 1947 John Ray Sinnock, U.S. chief engraver (1925-47), dies at 59 1943 Henri La Fontaine, Belgian Lawyer 1940 Emma Goldman, U.S. anarchists/feminist/author (Living My Life), dies Jacob van Gelderen, economist/sociologist/SDAP-2nd-Chamber, dies at 49 Menno ter Braak, Dutch writer (Forum, New Elite), suicide at 38 1938 Jacobus C J "Jacques" Hermans, actor (Ghetto), dies at 81 1936 Edmond HH Allenby, English Field Marshal in Egypt, dies at 74 Samuel Pl'h Naber, spy/librarian, dies at 71 1931 David Belasco, American Playwright 1925 Henry Rider Haggard, English writer (Dawn, She), dies H. Rider Haggard, English Writer 1919 Henry J. Heinz, American Businessman 1912 August Strindberg, Swedish writer (Deaddans), dies at 63 Frederik VIII C W K, King of Denmark (1906-12), dies at 68 1904 Richard Hol, Dutch composer/organist/conductor, dies at 78 1893 Earnest E Kummer, German mathematician (surface of Kummer), dies at 83 Johan T Buys, Dutch lawyer, dies at 65 1887 Lysander Spooner, American Philosopher 1877 John Roberts, composer, dies at 54 1870 Ramon Vilanova y Barrera, composer, dies at 69 1864 William N. Green, Jr., Union Brigadier-General, dies 1863 Emile Racine Gauthier Prudent, composer, dies at 46 1847 Fanny Cacilia Mendelssohn Hensel, composer, dies at 41 1833 Johann Wilhelm Cornelius von Konigslow, composer, dies at 88 1832 John van Speijk, Dutch heroic sailor, buried 1820 Paul Friedrich Struck, composer, dies at 43 1801 Johann Ernst Altenburg, composer, dies at 66 1761 Thomas Simpson, English mathematician (rule of Simpson), dies at 50 1742 Dominique Marie Valet, French RC/old-catholic bishop, dies at 64 1726 John B Wellekens, poet/painter (Wedding Guests), dies Moshe Darshan, Rabbi/author (Torat Ahsam), dies 1667 Georges de Scudery, French writer (Alaric ou Rome Vaincue), dies at 65 1643 Louis XIII, king of France (1610-43), dies at 41 1610 Henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of France (1572, 89-1610), murdered at 56 1565 Nicolaus von Amsdorf, German reform theologist, dies 964 John XII, Octavianus, Pope (955-64), dies 649 Theodore, Greek Pope (642-49) (excommunicated by Paul II), dies 347 Pachomius, Egyptian monastery founder/abbot (Coenobieten), dies
