2008 Sydney Pollack, dies in California, of stomach cancer, at 73 2003 Kathleen Winsor, American Author 2001 Anne Haney, character actress, Mrs. Doubtfire, dies at 67 1997 Manfred Von Ardenne, German scientific pioneer, dies at 90 1996 Halka Grossman, resistance fighter/politician, dies at 76 1995 Isadore "Friz" Freling, cartoon director (Sylvester), dies at 88 1995 Ron Weatherburn, jazz pianist, dies at 61 1995 Severn Darden, comedian (Second City), dies at 65 1994 George Wildman Ball, under minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 84 1994 Sonny Sharrock, U.S. free-jazz guitarist, dies at 53 1994 Warren Harding "Sonny" Sharrock, jazz Guitarist, dies at 53 1993 Carleton Morse, radio dramatist (One Man's Family), dies at 91 1993 Cor de Great, pianist/conductor/composer (Vernissage), dies at 78 1993 Marvin Young, producer/child actor (Player), dies at 90 1992 Danny Biasone, basketball innovator (24-second clock), dies at 83 1991 Tom Cassidy, anchor (CNN), dies of AIDs at 41 1991 Tom Eyen, playwright (Dreamgirls), dies of cardiac arrest at 50 1979 George Brent, actor (Baby Face, Dark Victory, 42nd St), dies at 75 1977 Jim Boles, actor (Kraft Music Hall, One Man's Family), dies at 63 1977 William Powell, rocker (O'Jays), dies of cancer at 35 1976 Martin Heidegger, German philosopher (Holzweg), dies at 86 1974 Kitty Gordon, entertainer, dies at 96 1974 Stewart Alsop, columnist and political analyst, worked for Saturday Evening Post and Newsweek, dies 1973 Jacques Lipchitz, U.S. cubist sculptor, dies at 81 1971 John Longden, actor (Man From Interpol), dies at 70 1969 Kathryn Minner, entertainer, dies of heart attack at 77 1968 William E "Little Willie" John, U.S. R&B-singer (Fever), dies at 30) 1967 Antoon Spinoy, Belgian politician, dies at 60 1967 George E Stone, actor (5 Star Final, Front Page), dies at 64 1966 Don Castle, actor (Motor Patrol, Born to Speed), dies at 47 1966 Neal Dodd, actor (Only Women, You Belong to Me), dies at 86 1963 Sharon Lynn, actress (Way Out West, Big Broadcast), dies at 53 1959 Ed Walsh, baseball pitcher (1.82 ERA), dies at 78 1959 Joe Kelly, TV host (Quiz Kids), dies at 57 1958 Francis Carco(pino), French author/critic (L'homme traque), dies at 71 1956 Al Simmons, outfielder (A's)/lifetime batting avg of .334, dies at 54 1954 Franz Pfemfert, writer, dies at 74 1952 Damaso Alonso, Spanish linguistic/poet (Hombrey Dios), dies at 55 1951 Lincoln Ellsworth, artic explorer, dies at 71 1950 Antonina Neshdanova, Russian soprano (Bolshoi Theater), dies 1946 Friedrich A H von Waldeck, monarch of Waldeck, dies 1943 Edsel Ford, owner (Ford Motor Company), dies at 49 1939 Charles H Mayo, U.S. surgeon/co-founder (Mayo Clinic), dies at 74 1939 Cornelis J Cutters, supreme commander of Navy (1910-18), dies 1933 Jimmie Rodgers, country singer, dies at 35 1926 S V Petlura, Ukrainain ataman, assassinated by Shalom Schwarzbard 1924 Johann Heinrich Beck, composer, dies at 67 1924 Victor Herbert, Irish/US cellist/ composer and conductor, dies at 65 1912 Jan Blockx, Belgian opera composer (Bride of the Sea), dies at 61 1908 Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Indies theologist (Ahmadiyya motion), dies at 69 1905 Alphonse de Rothschild, French banker, dies 1891 Frederick Bowen Jewson, composer, dies at 67 1883 Abd el-Kader, Algerian sultan/religious ruler, dies at about 74 1880 John Curwen, composer, dies at 63 1876 Frantisek Palacky, Czechoslovakian historian/MP, dies at 77 1873 August Conradi, composer, dies at 51 1871 Aime Maillart, composer, dies at 54 1868 Michael Barrett, Irish nationalist, last British public execution 1864 Ch Sealsfield, writer, dies at 71 1832 Francois-Louis Perne, composer, dies at 59 1831 Georg Hermes, German philosopher/theologist (Hermenianen), dies 1818 Michael A Barclay de Tolly, Russian Field Marshal/War Minister, dies 1753 Willem Maurits, earl of Nassau/Governor of Zeeuws-Flanders, dies 1703 Samuel Pepys, English marine expert (Diary)/composer, dies at 70 1685 Karel, monarch of Palts, dies 1648 Vincent Voiture, French Poet 1609 Cornelis Claesz, mapmaker, buried 1595 Philippus Nerius, Filippo Neri, Italian merchant/saint, dies at 79 1512 Bajezid II, governor of Amasja/8th sultan of Turkey, dies 1421 Mohammed I, sultan of Turkey (1413-21), dies 735 Beda Venerabilis, English speaking church historian, dies at about 62 604 605? Augustinus van Canterbury, bishop/apostle of England, dies
