2003 Don Gibson, songwriter/singer, I Can't Stop Loving You, dies at 75 2001 Harrison A. Williams, Senator-D-New Jersey 1959 - 1982, died of heart disease 1998 Esther Rolle, actress, Good Times, dies at 78 1996 Andrew John Fairclough, trade union educator, dies at 45 Johan Fleming Ramsland, broadcaster, dies at 54 1995 Alan Hull, singer/composer, dies at 50 Edward LeBone Molotlegi, chief of the Bafokeng, dies at 66 John Prickett, teacher/ecumenist, dies at 88 Marguerite Young, writer, dies at 87 Peter John Welding, record producer, dies at 60 1994 G Waller, German/Swiss movie journalist (NRC/Variety), dies at 82 1993 Jthm de Vreeze, Dutch MP (KVP, 1956..77), dies at 80 1992 Audre Lorde, St. Croix' feminist author (Black Unicorn), dies 1991 John Blatnik, (Rep-Minn, 1947-75), dies at 80 Kelly Jean Van Dyke-Nance, (Jerry Van Dyke's daughter), suicide at 33 Paul Reid Roman, actor (Aviator, Blue Knight), dies of cancer at 55 1989 Billy Lee, actor (Sons of Legion, Biscuit Eater), dies Emerson Buckley, composer, dies at 73 1988 Sheilah Graham, gossip columnist, dies of heart failure at 84 1987 Irene Wicker, singer and actress (Singing Lady), dies at 81 1986 Alan Hewitt, actor (Det Brennan-My Favorite Martian), dies at 71 Georges Besse, French president-director of Renault, murdered 1985 Jimmy Ritz, actor (Ritz Brothers), dies of heart failure at 81 1982 Bill Baldwin, announcer, dies at 69 Duk Koo Kim, S Korean boxer, legally declared dead Eduard Tubin, composer, dies at 77 Ruth Donnelly, comedienne, dies at 86 in New York City 1981 Bob Eberly, singer (Jimmy Dorsey Band), dies at 65 1979 John Glassock, bass (Jethro Tull), dies at 27 following heart surgery 1978 Claude Dauphin, actor (Paris Precinct), dies at 75 James J "Gene" Tunney, heavyweight boxing champ (1926-8), dies at 80 1976 Victor Alessandro, composer, dies at 60 1975 Kay Johnson, actress (Real Glory, Of Human Bondage), dies at 70 1974 Clive Brook, actor and director (On Approval), dies at 87 1971 Gladys Cooper, actress (Margaret-The Rogues), dies at 83 Melville Cooper, actor (Diane, Bundle of Joy), dies of cancer at 75 1970 Naunton Wayne, actor (Dead of Night), dies at 69 1968 Wilhelm Lehmann, writer, dies at 86 Mervyn Peake, British Writer 1962 Arthur Vining Davis, CEO (Alcoa-1910-57), dies at 95 in Miami 1959 Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian composer/pianist/conductor, dies at 72 1955 James Price Johnson, composer, dies at 64 1947 Ricarda Huch, writer, dies at 83 1944 Bernard Ray, U.S. lieutenant, dies in Battle at Hurtgenwald 1943 Paul Charles Rene Landormy, composer, dies at 74 1941 Earnest Udet, German general/head air pioneer, commits suicide 1931 Georgi Atanasov, composer, dies at 50 John P Lotsy, botanist/geneticist (Resumptio Genetics), dies at 64 1929 Herman Hollerith, German/U.S. statistician (punch card), dies at 69 1927 Adolf A Joffe, Russian author/diplomat, commits suicide at 44 1917 F-Auguste-R Rodin, French sculptor (Baiser, Thinker), dies at 77 Auguste Rodin, French Sculptor 1905 Adolf WAKF, duke of Nassau/grand duke of Luxembourg, dies at 88 Philip EFMCBLG, earl of Flanders, dies 1893 Alexander-Jozef von Battenberg, king of Bulgaria (1879-86), dies at 36 1875 Hilario Ascasubi, Argentina author (pampa, gauchos and indians), dies 1862 Alexey Nikolayevich Verstovsky, composer, dies at 63 1856 William Knyvett, composer, dies at 77 John Eaton, American Politician 1848 Jozef B "Olim" Cannaert, Flemish lawyer, dies 1826 Louise Reichardt, composer, dies at 47 1818 Charlotte Sophia von Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen of England, dies 1796 Catharina II the Great, empress of Russia (1762-96), dies at 67 1770 Gian Francesco de Majo, composer, dies at 38 1768 Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st duke of Newcastle, dies at 75 1747 Alain R Lesage, French author (Le diable boiteux), dies at 79 1648 Thomas Ford, composer, dies 1608 Adolf, count of Nassau-Siegen, dies in battle at 22 1562 Antoine of Bourbon, duke of Vendome/huguenot, dies in battle at 47 1558 Mary I Tudor, "Bloody Mary", queen of England (1553-58), dies at 42 Reginald Pole, English cardinal/scholar/"heretic", dies at 58 1512 Kempo Roeper, Frisian rebel, quartered 1231 Elisabeth van Thuringen, Hungarian princess, dies at about 24 1093 Margaret, widow of Scottish king Malcolm III, dies 594 Gregorius van Tours, Frankisch bishop of Tours, dies 474 Leo II, Byzantine Emperor (474), dies 375 Valentinianus I, co-emperor of E Roman Empire (336-75), dies at 54
