2008 Matthew John Rinaldo, Representative-R-New Jersey 1973 - 1993, died from Parkinson's disease 2002 Dennis Patrick, actor, Dallas, dies at 84 2002 Keene Curtis, actor, starred in original Broadwayproduction of Annie, dies at 77 2002 Stephen Ambrose, historian/writer, Band of Brothers, dies at 66 2000 Jean Peters, actress, dies at 73 2000 Gus Hall, American Businessman 1997 Adil Carcani, prime minister of Albania (1982-91), dies 1996 Albert Hughes Williams, teacher/historian, dies at 89 1996 Beryl Reid, actress (Yellowbeard, Psychomania), dies at 76 1996 Henri Nannen, journalist, dies at 82 1996 Rene Lacoste, tennis player, dies at 92 1995 Golfredo Corradetti, conductor, dies at 79 1995 Henry Roth, novelist (Call it Sleep), dies at 89 1993 Gwen Wells, actress (Nashville), dies of cancer at 42 1993 Leon Ames, U.S. actor (Mr Ed, Peggy Sue got Married), dies at 90 1992 Hughes Rudd, news anchor (CBS Morning News), dies of aneurysm at 71 1992 James Marshall, illustrator/author (The Stupids), dies at 50 1992 John Hancock, actor (Ike-Love and War), dies of heart attack at 51 1991 Daniel Oduber Quiros, president of Costa Rica (1974-1978), dies 1991 Donald Houston, actor (Battle Hell, Study in Terror), dies at 67 1990 Hans Freudenthal, mathematician/director OW&OC (F Institution), dies 1990 Le Duc Tho, North Vietnamese negotiator in Paris (1975), dies at 78 1989 Jay Ward, animator (Rocky and His Friends), dies at 69 of cancer 1988 Mike Venezia, jockey, dies in 5th-race fall at Belmont Race Track, New York 1987 Walter H Brattain, U.S. physicist (transistors, Nobel 1956), dies at 85 1981 Nils Asther, actor (Son of Lassie, Wild Orchids), dies at 84 1979 Clarence Muse, actor, dies at 90 1979 Rebecca Clarke, composer, dies at 93 1974 Ed Sullivan, TV host (Ed Sullivan Show, Toast of the Town), dies at 73 1970 Julia Culp, mezzo-soprano, dies at 90 1968 Bea Benaderet, actress (Petticoat Junction), dies of lung cancer at 62 1966 Clifton Webb, actor (Laura, Razor's Edge), dies of heart attack at 72 1965 Paul H Muller, Swiss chemist (DDT-Nobel 1948), dies at 66 1963 Henry Daniell, English actor (Woman in Green, Body Snatchers), dies 1959 K Rudolf Mengelberg, Dutch composer (Concert Amsterdam), dies at 67 1958 Alexander Moiseyevich Veprik, composer, dies at 59 1957 Erich Auerbach, German writer and educator, dies 1953 Millard Mitchell, actor (12 O'Clock High, Gunfighter), dies at 50 1948 Samuel S Hinds, actor (Raven, Test Pilot), dies at 73 1947 Sydney Webb, England, writer/husband of Beatrice Potter, dies 1941 GJ Berenschot, general/supreme commander Dutch East Indies army, dies 1926 Hans E Kinck, Norwegian philological/writer (Driftekaren), dies at 61 1924 Anatole France, Jacques Thibault, writer (Ecrivain Francais), dies 1920 Isaac Capadose, lawyer/evangelist, dies at 86 1918 Gerrit Engelke, German writer (Briefer der Liebe), dies 1909 Francisco Ferrer, Spanish anarchist, executed 1905 Henry Irving, John H Brodribb, English actor (Hamlet), dies at 67 1869 Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve, French writer (Tableau Historique), dies 1855 Gottfried Rieger, composer, dies at 91 1825 Maximiliaan I Jozef, king of Bayern, dies 1822 Antonio Canova, Italian sculptor, dies at 64 1819 Giovanni Battista Gaiani, composer, dies at 61 1815 Joachim Murat, marshal of France/King of Naples (1808-15), executed 1812 Isaac Brock, English general (conquered Detroit), dies in battle 1805 Johann Christoph Kuhnau, composer, dies at 70 1795 William Prescott, American Revolutionary soldier, dies 1777 Dismas Hatas, composer, dies at 52 1774 Willem Bentinck, mister of Rhoon/Pendrecht/Orangist, dies at 69 1715 Nicolas Malebranche, French Philosopher 1708 Henry van Nassau, mister of Ouwerkerk/Field Marshal, dies at 67 1701 Andreas Anton Schmelzer, composer, dies at 47 1680 Daniel Elsevier, book publisher/publisher, dies at 54 1680 Francois Roberday, composer, dies at 56 1652 Abraham Verhoeven, Flemish printer/newspaper publisher, dies 1643 Sweder van Haersolte, mister of Swaluwenborch/diplomat, dies at 61 1601 Tycho Brahe, greatest naked-eye observer, dies in Prague 1311 Gwijde van Names, Flemish marshal (Golden Track), dies at 35 1093 Robrecht I, the Fries, Count of Flanders, dies 54 Claudius, Roman Emperor, dies of poison mushrooms at 63
