2004 Yasser Arafat, PLO leader/former terrorist, dies at 64 1999 Mary Kay Bergman, cartoon voice, South Park, dies at 38 1996 Helen Rosenthal, Teacher/health administrator, dies at 47 1995 Charles Scribner, Jr., publisher, dies at 74 1995 Cornelie Coposu, politician, dies at 79 1995 Kenneth Goldstein, folklorist/enthomusicologist, dies at 68 1994 Elizabeth Lefanu Maconchy, English composer (My Dark Heart), dies at 87 1994 Ernest Clark, actor (Pope Must Die, Gandhi), dies at 82 1994 Frances Tustin, child Psychologist, dies at 81 1994 Pedro Zamora, aIDS Activist, dies at 22 1993 Erskine Hawkins, U.S. trumpeter/composer (After Hours), dies at 79 1993 Harry R "Rob" Haldeman, White House chief of staff (Nixon), dies at 67 1992 Aleksandr Yakovlevich Petrushenko, cosmonaut, dies at 50 1992 Giulio C Argan, Italian art critic/mayor of Rome, dies 1987 L. T. Coggeshall, medical scientist and Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare 1956 - 1958, dies at 86 1987 Nico Slothouwer, poet (Liefdesstratenplan), commits suicide at 30 1986 Roger C Carmel, actor (Mudd-Star Trek, Mothers-in-Law), dies at 54 1984 Martin Luther King Sr, U.S. vicar/father of MLK, Jr., dies at 84 1976 Alexander Calder, U.S. sculptor, dies at 78 1975 Marty May, (Fireball Fun For All), dies at 79 1974 Alfonso Leng, composer, dies at 80 1974 Jane Ace, comedian (Easy Aces), dies at 74 1973 Stringbean, David Akeman, banjoist/comedian (Hee Haw), dies at 58 1972 Berry Oakley, U.S. rock bassist (Allman Bro), dies in car crash at 24 1971 A. P. Herbert, British novelist, humorist, playwright and activist at age 81 1969 Frank Newburg, actor (Homemaker), dies at 83 1968 Jeanne Demessieux, composer, dies at 47 1967 Harry Seymour, composer/actor (Tenderfoot), dies of heart attack at 76 1967 Jordan Whitfield, actor (Swamp Fox), dies of heart attack at 50 1965 Gaston Glass, actor (Opening Your Eyes), dies after long illness at 65 1964 Edward Steuermann, composer, dies at 72 1964 H[enry] Beam Piper, U.S., sci-fi author (4 Day Planet), dies at 60 1962 Joseph Allen, Jr., actor (All Women Have Secrets), dies at 44 1962 Rene Coty, President of France, dies at 80 1958 Andre Bazin, French Critic 1956 Victor Young, orchestra leader (Milton Berle Show), dies at 56 1955 John Loudon, Dutch minister of Foreign affairs (1913-18), dies at 87 1954 John Rosamund Johnson, composer, dies at 81 1947 Martin Dibelius, German theologist (That Drawer Jahwes), dies at 64 1945 Jerome Kern, U.S. composer (Sally, Leave it to Jane), dies at 60 1942 Anton H Blaauw, botanist (Perception of the Lichtes), dies at 60 1942 Hector Abbas, actor and director (Rosa Lynd Company), dies at 58 1936 Edward German, composer, dies at 74 1929 Mieczyslaw Soltys, composer, dies at 66 1918 Victor Adler, Austrian neurologist/foreign minister, dies 1917 Liliuokalani, last queen of Hawaii (1891-93), dies from a stroke at 79 1912 Joseph Wieniawski, composer, dies at 75 1912 Jose Canalejas Y Mendez, premier Spain, murdered 1907 Henry Gadsby, composer, dies at 64 1901 Antonio Zamara, composer, dies at 72 1895 Julius Tausch, composer, dies at 68 1886 Paul Bert, French Scientist 1880 Lucretia Mott, U.S. quaker (1st Woman's Rights Convention), dies 1861 Pedro V van Alcantara, king of Portugal (1853-61), dies at 24 1855 Soren A Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher/theologist, dies at 42 1841 Catherine McAuley, founder, the Sisters of Mercy, established 12 foundations in Ireland, 2 in England, inherited fortune from father, used money to care for, educate, homeless women and children, dies at her House of Mercy 1831 Nat Turner, former slave, led a violent insurrection, hanged in VA 1810 Johann Zoffany, British? painter, dies at 77 1810 Johann/John Zoffany, German painter (Tribuna degl' Uffizi), dies at 77 1772 John Mauritius Quinkhard, portrait painter, dies at 84 1755 Johan van de Bergh, Leids regent, dies at 91 1641 Ferdinand van Austrian, cardinal of Spain, dies 1638 Cornelis Cornelisz, "of Haarlem", painter, dies at about 76 1528 Lucas van Prague, Czechoslovakian leader of Bohemian Brothers, dies at about 68 1331 Stefanus VIII Uros III Decanski, king of Serbia (1322-31), dies 1154 Sancho I, king of Portugal, dies 1150 Hartbert, bishop of Utrecht (1140-50), dies 826 Theodorus Studites, Byzantine theologist/poet/saint, dies 511 Clovis, king of Salische France/founder of Merovingische, dies at 45 397 Martinus, (St. Maarten), Roman bishop of Tours, dies at about 81 307 Flavius Valerius Severus, compassionate emperor of Rome (306-07), dies
