2004 Richard Biggs, actor, Babylon 5, dies at 44 2001 Whitman Mayo, actor, Sanford and Son, dies at 70 2000 Randolph Walker, theater actor, dies at 72 1998 John Derek, actor/director, dies at 71 1997 Alfred Day Hershey, American Scientist 1996 Duncan Montgomery Stewart, academic, dies at 66 1996 Rex Collings, writer/publisher, dies at 70 1995 Robert Flemyng, actor (Kafka, Rebecca, Funny Face), dies at 83 1994 Frederick Hemming McClintock, criminologist, dies at 68 1994 Mitacq, Michel Tacq, Belgian comic strip artist (Beaver Patrol), dies 1993 Mieczyslaw Horszowski, Polish/U.S. pianist (Carnegie Hall), dies at 100 1991 Lino Brocka, director (Macho Dancer, Jaguar), dies in car crash at 51 1990 Max Wall, actor (Jabberwocky), dies 1990 Rocky Graziano, boxer, dies at 71, of heart failure 1988 Dennis Day, tenor/comedian (Jack Benny Show, Danny Boy), dies at 71 1988 Giorgio Almirante, Italy, fascist (member of parliament), dies at 73 1987 Mario Zafred, composer, dies at 65 1986 Martin Gabel, actor (Thief, Marnie), dies at 63 1985 Alister Hardy, British Scientist 1984 John Marley, actor (Cat Ballou), dies at 77 following heart surgery 1978 Bjarne Brustad, composer, dies at 83 1977 Gijsbert van Hall, banker/mayor of Amsterdam (1957-67), dies at 73 1977 Marius Monnikendam, Dutch choir composer, dies at 80 1975 Torben Meyer, actor (Viking, Roberta, Sunny), dies at 90 1972 Margaret Rutherford, English actress (Murder Ahoy, VIP's), dies at 80 1972 C. Day Lewis, English Poet 1970 Joseph W. Krutch, U.S. writer (Measure of Man), dies at 76 1970 Joseph Wood Krutch, American Environmentalist 1967 Henry C Rumke, psychiatrist (Light of Man), dies at 74 1967 J Langston Hughes, U.S. author (Tambourines to Glory), dies at 65 1967 Langston Hughes, American Poet 1965 Bobby Watson, comedian (Hitler Gang, Boys Town), dies at 77 1965 Heinrich Barth, Swiss philosopher (Das Sein in der Zeit), dies 1961 Joan Davis, actress (I Married Joan), dies of heart attack at 53 1958 Magdalene Szekely-Lulofs, author (Our Italian Employees), dies at 58 1957 Langston Hughes, poet laureate, dies 1953 Vaclav Klicka, composer, dies at 70 1949 Hans Erich Pfitzner, Russian/German composer, dies at 80 1949 Klaus H T Mann, German/US writer (Turning Point), dies 1948 Claude McKaye, Jamaican/US author (Banjo, Home to Harlem), dies at 57 1948 Claude McKay, Jamaican Writer 1945 Carel A Lion Cachet, lithographer/wood carver, dies 1939 Ernst Toller, writer, dies at 45 1939 Willem de Merode, poet (Precious Blood), dies at 51 1932 Lady Augusta, Isabella Gregory, playwright (Gold Apple), dies at 80 1932 Lady Gregory, Irish Dramatist 1928 William HT Gairdner, English missionary (Nile Mission Press), dies at 54 1925 John [Denton Pinkstone] French, British field marshall (WWI), dies at 72 1921 Marie E Wilton, writer, dies 1910 Jules Renard, French writer (Le plaisir the rompre), dies at 46 1898 Edward Bellamy, writer, dies at 48 1885 Victor(-Marie) Hugo, French writer (Les Miserables), dies at 83 1885 Victor Hugo, French Author 1880 Heinrich WA Freiherr von Gagern, German liberal politician, dies at 80 1878 Franz von Holstein, composer, dies at 52 1868 Julius Plucker, German mathematician/physicist (formula of P), dies 1859 Ferdinand II, Re Bomba, Dutch King of Sicily, dies at 49 1849 Maria Edgeworth, Irish Novelist 1825 Domenico Corri, composer, dies at 80 1819 John H van Kinsbergen, lt-admiral/founder (Corps Marines), dies at 84 1819 Hugh Williamson, American Politician 1801 Heinrich Gottfried Reichard, composer, dies at 58 1781 Garret Wesley Mornington, composer, dies at 45 1688 Johann A Quenstedt, German Lutherian theologist, dies at 70 1667 Alexander VII, Fabio Chigi, Italian Pope (1655-67), dies at 68 1540 Francesco Guicciardini, Italian historian/president of Romagna, dies at 57 1501 Robert Gaguin, French writer/diplomat (Arte Metrificandi), dies at 66 987 Louis V le Faineant, the Lazy, king of France (986-87), poisoned at 20 337 Constantine the Great, emperor of Rome (306-37)/anti semite, dies
