2008 John Michael Hayes, dies in New Hampshire, of natural causes, at 89 2007 Kevin DuBrow, singer, lead vocalist, Quiet Riot, heavy metal band 1973 - 2007, dies in Las Vegas, Nevada at age 52 2004 Terry Melcher, record producer, Kokomo, dies at 62 2001 Marcelle Ferron, Canadian Artist 1999 Alexander Liberman, American Designer 1998 Alan J. Pakula, "director, producer", All the President's Men, dies at 70 1998 Tetsuya Ted Fujita, scientist, rated the strength of tornados, dies at 78 1997 Christina Corrigan, obese girl (680 lbs), dies at 13 1997 Durlyn Eddmonds, murderer, executed at 45 1997 Frank Joseph Kofsky, teacher/writer, dies at 62 1997 Walter Stewart, murderer, executed at 42 1996 Denis Jenkinson, journalist, dies at 74 1996 Edward Kassner, music publisher, dies at 76 1996 Ian Powell Bancroft, civil servant, dies at 73 1996 Krishnarao Shiva Shelvankar, journalist/diplomat, dies at 90 1995 Gwen Swire, socila worker, dies at 61 1995 Martha Hill, modern dancer/teacher, dies at 94 1995 Shirley Bergeron, singer and guitarist, dies at 62 1994 Cab Calloway, singer (Minnie the Moocha), dies at 87 1994 Cabell "Cab" Calloway, musician, dies at 86 1994 Dedrick Gobert, U.S. actor (Boyz 'n the Hood), shot to death at 22 1994 Julian Gustave Symons, writer, dies at 82 1994 Julian Symons, Br detective writer (Death's Darkest Face), dies at 82 1994 Li Yuan Artist-chia, dies at 65 1993 Dorothy Revier, actress (Sally on the Subway), dies at 89 1993 Kenneth Burke, philosopher, literary theorist, Agnostic, awarded Guggenheim Fellowship 1935, music critic for 'The Nation', editor, 'The Dial' literary magazine, attended Columbia University, dies of heart failure at his home in Andover, New Jersey 1992 Bobby Russell, song writer (Honey, Little Green Apples), dies at 52 1992 Diane Varsi, actress (Allison-Peyton Place, Bloody Mama), dies at 54 1992 Dorothy Walker Bush, mother of President George Bush, dies at 91 1991 Reggie Nalder, actor (Mark of Devil), dies of bone cancer at 80 1988 Christine Onassis, heiress, dies of heart failure at 37 1985 Stepin Fetchit, Lincoln Penny, 1st black star, dies of pneumonia 83 1984 George Aiken, Governor of Vermont 1937 - 1941, Senator-R-Vermont, 1941 - 1975, dies at 92 1983 Peter Coffield, Ill, actor (Kevin-W E B), dies at 37 1982 Erving Goffman, U.S., sociologist (Asylums), dies at 60 1981 Griffiths Mxenge, South Afr's anti-apartheid advocate, murdered 1976 Basil Spence, Scottish Architect 1971 Bill Stern, sportscaster (Saturday Night Fights), dies at 64 1963 Carmen Amaya, Spanish flamenco dancer, dies at about 50 1960 Phyllis Haver, actress (Don Juan), commits suicide at 61 1959 Edward C Tolman, U.S. psychologist (behaviorism), dies 1959 Gerard J Arbous, actor/publicist (Bohemian Amsterdam), dies at 83 1956 Francis L Sullivan, actor (Joan of Arc, Winslow Boy), dies at 53 1954 F Henri Berr, French occurence philosopher (L'hymne la vie), dies 1950 Thomas Wood, composer, dies at 57 1949 James Ensor, Flemish painter/etcher (Oestereetster), dies at 89 1943 Andre Antoine, French stage manager (Theatre Antoine), dies at 85 1942 Edouard Combe, composer, dies at 76 1942 Bruno Schulz, Polish Novelist 1936 Buenaventura Durruti, Spanish anarchists army leader, dies in battle 1933 Enrique Jose Varona, Cuban sociologist/vice-president, dies at 84 1932 Marie MJ Poupelet, French sculptor/poster artist, dies 1931 Frederic Cliffe, composer, dies at 74 1931 Xu Zhimo, Roman Poet 1929 Arthur H Mann, English composer (Church of England Hymnal), dies 1928 Achille Simonetti, composer, dies at 71 1924 Lee Stack, British sirdar in Egypt, governer-general of Sudan, murdered 1923 French Netscher, author/journalist (In 3rd Chamber), dies at 59 1915 Joe Hill, Labor leader/songwriter, executed for murder 1915 Solomon Schechter, theologist, dies at about 64 1911 Ramon Caceres, President (Dominican Republic), murdered 1908 Albert Dietrich, composer, dies at 79 1899 [Maria] Catharina Beersmans, Belgian actress (Medea), dies at 55 1887 Emma Lazarus, U.S. poet ("Give us your tired and poor"), dies in New York at 38 1880 Bernard de Hair, vicar/poet/church historian, dies at 74 1854 Alberich Zwyssig, composer, dies at 46 1850 Richard Mentor Johnson, American Politician 1828 Franz P Schubert, Austria composer (That Schone Mullerin), dies at 31 1828 Franz Schubert, Austrian Composer 1825 Jan Vaclav Hugo Vorisek, composer, dies at 34 1804 Pietro Alessandro Guglieli, Italian opera composer, dies at 75 1798 Theobald W. Tone, Irish nationalist, dies 1795 Thomas Linley, composer, dies at 62 1785 Bernard de Bury, composer, dies at 65 1719 Jean Deutz, minster of Heemskerk/merchant/Amsterdam regent, dies at 64 1703 Man in the Iron Mask, prisoner in Bastille prison in Paris, dies 1692 Georg F von Waldeck, German commander-in-chief (Colors), dies 1672 John Wilkins, English Clergyman 1665 Nicholas Poussin, French painter, dies 1630 Johann Hermann Schein, German composer (Opella Nova), dies at 44 1495 Alfonso II, king of Naples (1494-95), dies 1472 Joannes/Basilius Bessarion, archbishop of Nicaea, dies 1389 Dimitri Ivanovitch "Donskoi", monarch of Vladimir-Soezdal, dies at 39 1316 Jan I, king of France (Nov 15-19 1316), dies 1272 David of Augsburg, Franciscan minister/author, dies 498 Anastasius II, Pope (496-9)8 (Dante Inferno XI, 8-9), dies