2010 Famous Australian opera singer Dame Joan Sutherland dies in Switzerland at age 83, after a lengthy illness 1998 Richard Denning, actor, Hawaii Five-O, dies at 84 1996 Arthur Walter Lucas, picture restorer, dies at 80 1996 Edith Tilton Penrose, economist, dies at 81 1996 Johnny Costa, jazz pianist (Mr Rogers), dies at 74 1996 Terry Patchett, politician, dies at 56 1996 William Vickrey, economist, dies at 82 1994 Maja Bulgakova, Ukranian actress (Krylja), dies in auto-accident at 62 1994 Nic Jonk, sculptor/painter (Nereus on Zeepaard), dies at 66 1992 Theo Wolvencamp, painter (Cobra), dies 1992 Willem RJ Wittkampf, journalist and writer (Liner, Cannon), dies 1990 Douglas Edwards, WW II correspondent, dies of cancer at 73 1990 Robert Tessier, actor (Nightwish, Future Force), dies at 56 1990 Anatole Broyard, American Critic 1989 Paul Shenar, actor (Deadly Force, Dream Lover), dies at 53 1988 Morgan Farley, actor (Open Secret), dies of natural causes at 90 1988 Wayland Flowers, ventriloquist (Madame), dies of AIDS at 48 1986 Norm Cash, 1st baseman (Detroit Tigers), dies at 51 1985 Tex Williams, country-western singer, dies at 68 of cancer 1981 Brooks Hays, American Politician 1978 Nancy Spungen, killed by boyfriend Six Vicious in New York City 1977 Mason Gross, professor (Think Fast, 2 for the Money), dies at 66 1976 Connie Boswell, actress (Artists and Models), dies at 68 1971 Chester Conklin, actor (Greed, Modern Times), dies at 83 1971 Ralph J Bunche, 1st black U.S. diplomat (Nobel 1950), dies at 67 1970 Anis Fuleihan, composer, dies at 69 1965 Dorothea Lange, American Photographer 1963 Edith Piaf, French singer (No, I don't regret anything), dies at 47 1963 Jean Cocteau, French author (La Voie Humaine), dies at 73 1961 Leonard "Chico" Marx, comedian (Marx Brothers), dies at 74 1960 Richard Cromwell, actor (Jezebel, Riot Squad), dies of cancer at 50 1959 Bert Bell, NFL hall of famer, dies at 64 1958 Max Jakob Friedlander, German/Dutch art historian, dies at 91 1942 Leonid Vladimirovich Nikolayev, composer, dies at 64 1933 Josef Hofmiller, writer, dies 1925 Karl M Lybeck, Fin/Swedish language poet (Samlade Arbeten), dies at 71 1907 Adolf Furtwangler, Germany archaeologist (Die antiken Gemmen), dies at 53 1897 Leon Boelmann, French organist/composer (Suite Gothique), dies at 35 1896 Anton Bruckner, Austr composer (Te Deum, Wagner Symphony), dies at 72 1893 Barthelemy Menn, Swiss graphic artist/painter, dies at 77 1891 Charles Stewart Parnells, remains buried in Ireland 1850 Louisa Maria, queen of Belgium (1832-50)/wife of Leopold I, dies at 38 1839 Leonor de Almeida marquesa de Alorna, Portuguese poet, dies at 88 1837 Samuel Wesley, composer (Exultate Deo), dies at 71 1812 Jurriaan F de Frederici, Dutch governor-general (Suriname), dies at 60 1809 Meriwether Lewis, (Lewis and Clark Expedition), commits suicide at 35 1779 Casimir Pulaski, General, dies 1705 Guillaume Amontons, French physicist, dies at 42 1666 Henry de Fleury dee Coulan, mister of Buat/ritmeester, dies 1617 Franchois Vranck, economist/writer (Deduction), dies at about 62 1598 Joachim Camerarius, German botanist (horticulture catalog), dies 1531 Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss church reformer (Zwinglianen), dies 1424 Jan Zizka, Czechoslovakian (army)leader (Hussieten), dies of plague at 46 1347 Louis IV, Duke of Bayern/Romania-Germany King/emperor, dies 1303 Boniface VIII, Benedetto Gaetani, lawyer/pope (1294-1303), dies 965 Bruno I, archbishop of Cologne/duke of Lutheran, dies at about 40 732 Abd ar-Rahman, Yemenite general strategist (Bordeaux occupier), dies
