2003 Martha Scott, actress, Our Town, dies at 86 2003 Ilya Prigogine, Belgian Physicist 2002 Jean Berger, composer, pianist, professor, studied at Heidelberg, Vienna universities, dies at 91 2002 Mildred Wirt Benson, journalist/writer, wrote many early Nancy Drew books, dies at 96 2001 Joe Moakley, Representative-D-Massachusetts 1973 - 2001, died of Myelodysplastic syndrome 1998 Phil Hartman, comic, Saturday Night Live, dies at 49 1996 John "Jack" Layden, local politician, dies at 70 1996 Sidney Greenbaum, grammarian, dies at 66 1995 Daniela Rocca, actress (Battle of Austerlitz), dies at 57 1995 Henning Kronstam, ballet dancer, performed over 120 roles with Royal Danish Ballet for over 20 years, dies at 60 of a pulmonary embolism 1995 Jean Elizabeth Leuckert Muir, designer dressmaker, dies at 66 1995 Jean Muir, (Dress Queen), British model, dies at 66 1994 Julius Boros, pro golfer (U.S. Open 1952), dies of heart attack at 74 1994 Rita Gillespie, tV Director, dies at 65 1993 Billy Conn, boxer/actor (Pittsburgh Kid), dies at 75 1991 Brigitte B Fischer, writer, dies 1991 Ethel Lois Payne, journalist (Chicago Defender), dies at 79 1990 Giorgio Manganelli, writer, dies at 67 1990 Hussein Bin Onn, 1st minister of Malasia (1976-81), dies 1990 Joseph Hardy, actor and director (Tree Grows in Brooklyn), dies at 71 1987 Charles Ludlam, actor (Big Easy), dies at 44 1986 Lurene Tuttle, actress (Father of Bride, Julia), dies at 79 1984 Eric Morecambe, British comedian (Morecambe and Wise), dies at 58 1981 Mary Lou Williams, black musician, dies at 71 in Durham NC 1981 Stefan Wyszynski, Polish Cardinal, dies 1977 Jiri Reinberger, composer, dies at 63 1975 Eric Emerson, entertainer, dies 1975 Roy Roberts, actor (Petticoat Junction, Lucy Show), dies at 75 1973 Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Germ composer and conductor (Hassan), dies at 73 1973 Jacques Lipchitz, Polish/French/U.S. art critic sculptor, dies at 81 1972 Edward VIII, King of Great Britian/Northern Ireland/emperor (India 1936), dies at 77 1972 King Edward VIII, English Royalty 1971 Audie Murphy, actor (Whispering Smiths), dies at 46 1969 Rhys Williams, actor 'Nightmare', 'Okinawa', 'Corn is Green', dies at 71 1964 John Finley Williamson, conductor (Westminster Choir), dies at 76 1963 Vissarion Yakovlevich Shebalin, composer, dies at 60 1958 Mikulas Schneider-Trvavsky, composer, dies at 77 1954 Achille Longo, composer, dies at 54 1946 Carter Glass, American Politician 1944 Katri Vala, Finnish poet, dies at 42 1942 Jean F van Royen, German secretary PTT (camp Amersfoort), dies 1940 Adriaan J Enschede, dir (Dutch printers Joh Enschede), dies at 50 1940 Randle Ayrton, actor (Manx Man), dies at 70 1940 Theodor Streicher, composer, dies at 65 1940 Walter Connolly, actor (It Happened One Night, Good Earth), dies at 53 1937 Alfred Adler, Austria psychiatrist (Individual Psychology), dies at 67 1927 Georges Eekhoud, Belgian writer (Belgian Kempen), dies 1922 Carl Tieke, composer, dies at 58 1921 Geo Mestdagh, Belgian aviation pioneer, dies 1914 Adolf Gustaw Sonnenfeld, composer, dies at 76 1913 Lord Avebury, John Lubbock, British banker/politician, dies 1913 John Lubbock, British Statesman 1911 Stephanus J du Toit, So Afr theologist/journalist (Afr Bond), dies 1898 Edward Bellamy, U.S. author (Looking Backward), dies 1890 Viktor Ernst Nessler, composer, dies at 49 1889 Willem M d'Ablaing, lawyer, dies at 37 1883 August Freyer, composer, dies at 79 1864 Henry H Giesy, U.S. Union-Brigadier-General, dies in battle 1863 Edmund Kirby, Jr., Union Brigadier-General, dies of injuries at 23 1862 Lev A Ms, Russian nobleman/poet, dies at 40 [5/16] 1849 Anne Bronte, novelist, dies 1843 Noah Webster, lexicographer (Webster's Dictionary), dies at 84 1838 Thomas Busby, composer, dies 1836 Anton Reicha, composer, dies at 66 1833 Johann Christian Friedrich Haeffner, composer, dies at 74 1808 Richard Hurd, English Writer 1805 Ridolfo Luigi Boccherini, Italian composer/cellist (Minuet), dies at 62 1791 Joseph Schmitt, composer, dies at 57 1787 Johann Georg Leopold Mozart, Austrian composer, dies at 67 1747 Luc de Clapiers, born in Aix-en-Provence, France, writer, essayist, moralist, considered a modern Stoic, believed mankind is noble, employed epigrammic language to express observations of human conduct and motives, dies in Paris 1685 Pieter de la Court, economist/historian, dies at about 67 1650 Gilles Hayne, composer, dies at 59 1534 Dirk Martens, Flemish printer/humanist, dies at about 83 1521 Willem van Croij, duke of Soria, dies at about 62 1357 Afonso IV, King of Portugal (1325-57), dies at 66 1317 Guy van Avesnes/Henegouwen, bishop of Utrecht, dies at about 63 1259 Christoffel I, King of Denmark, dies 1089 Lanfrance, Archbishop of Canterbury, dies
