2004 Paul Nitze, American Writer 2003 Alija Izetbegovic, Bosniak Activist 1997 Glen Buxton, guitarist (Alice Cooper), dies of pneumonia at 49 1996 Oliver Charles Anderson, novelist, dies at 84 1995 Don E Cherry, jazz Musician, dies at 58 1995 Vicki Stangroome, campaigner, dies at 53 1994 Martha Raye, actress (Pin Up Girl), dies after illness at 78 1994 Munavarsjo Nazrijev, vice-president of Tadzjikistan, dies 1994 Oldrich Cernik, Czechoslovakia premier (1968-70), dies at 72 1994 Stanislaw Brunstein, artist, dies at 79 1993 Bert Schoofs, table tennis star, dies at 48 1993 Dionisio Herrero, Spanish air force general, murdered 1993 Lois Kibbee, actress (Edge of Night), dies of brain tumor at 71 1993 Roy Armstrong, English historian (Traditional buildings), dies at 91 1992 Cleavon Little, actor (Blazing Saddles), dies at 53 1992 Gert Nastian, general and companion of Petra Kelly, found dead at 69 1992 Maurice le Roux, French conductor and composer (Contes immoraux), dies 1992 Petra Kelly, founder (German Green Party), found dead at 44 1988 Friedrich Weinreb, Polish/Netherlands theologist/economist, dies at 77 1987 Jacqueline du Pre, British cellist, dies at 42 1986 Moses Asch, record founder (Folkways), dies at 81 1984 Henri Michaux, writer, dies 1984 Jerzy Popieluszko, Polish priest/dissident, kidnapped and murdered 1984 Jon-Erik Hexum, accidentally shoots himself on set of "Cover Up" at 27 1983 18/10? Albert "Carel" Willink, painter: magic(al)-realism, dies at 83 1983 Albert Carel Willink, painter (surrealism), dies at 83 1983 Maurice Bishop, premier of Grenada (1979-83), murdered in coup 1982 Jock Ewing, dies in an aircrash on TV show "Dallas" 1981 Frank DeKova, actor (F Troop), dies 1981 Paul Snoek, Edm Schietekat, Belgian poet, dies at 48 1978 Gig Young, kills his bride of 3 weeks and then commits suicide at 64 1971 Alberto Pirelli, Italian industrial, dies at 89 1971 Betty Bronson, actress (Naked Kiss), dies after brief illness at 64 1970 Unica Zurn, author, painter, dies at 54 1966 Elizabeth Arden, U.S. cosmetic manufacturer, dies 1964 Maurice Gosfield, actor (Doberman-Phil Silvers Show), dies at 51 1961 Benjamin Merkelbach, architect/city builder of Amsterdam, dies at 60 1961 John Axel Fernstrom, composer, dies at 63 1960 Gunther AR Raphael, German composer (Busskantate), dies at 57 1959 Boughera El Quafi, marathoner, Gold Medal 1928 Olympics, shot to death at 60 1959 Stanley Bate, composer, dies at 45 1957 Vere G Childe, British archaeologist/prehistorian, dies at 65 1955 John Hodiak, actress (Lifeboat, Battleground), dies at 41 1950 Edna St. Vincent Millay, American Author 1943 Adrianus M de Young, writer (Merijntje Gijzen's youth), murdered 1943 Camille Claudel, French Artist 1937 Betty Carver, wife of English Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, dies 1937 Ernest Rutherford baron of Nelson, English physicist (Nobel 1908), dies 1936 Lu Xun, Chinese Author 1934 Johan J Arch, graphic artist (houtgravures), dies at 63 1932 Arthur Friedheim, composer, dies at 72 1921 Antonio Granjo, premier (Portugal), murdered 1918 Joseph Lesage, French painter/etcher (WW I), dies at 34 1910 Lutzen Wagenaar, Fries writer/vicar (Tsjerk Ages), dies 1909 Cesare Lombroso, Italian psychiatrist/criminologist, dies 1909 Christopher KH de Neree tot Babberich, cartoonist, dies at 29 1893 Lucy Stone, American Activist 1890 Richard Francis Burton, English Writer 1888 Amaat Vyncke, Flemish missionary/founder (Flemish Wind), dies at 38 1864 Daniel Davidson Bidwell, magistrate/Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 45 1851 Marie-Therese-Charlotte, d of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette, dies at 72 1838 Henry Fagel, baron/court clerk of States-General/diplomat, dies at 73 1835 Henry Doeff, translator (Dutch-Japanese dictionary), dies at 57 1834 Cornelis Loots, accountant/poet (Volkswoede), dies at 69 1813 Josef Poniatovski, Polish gen/marshal of France, dies in battle 1810 Jean-Georges Noverre, French choreographer (ballet d'action), dies 1793 Francisco Morera, composer, dies at 62 1790 Lyman Hall, U.S. physician and signer Declaration of Independence, dies at 66 1786 Pietro Alessandro Pavona, composer, dies at 58 1760 Charles Lawrence, British Politician 1758 Johan H Roman, Finnish/Swedish composer and conductor /violinist, dies 1745 Jonathan Swift, English writer (Gulliver's Travels), dies 1609 Jacobus Arminius, Jacob Hermans, theologist, dies at about 49 1608 Martinus A del Rio, Spanish lawyer historian/theologist, dies 1553 Bonifazio Veronese/Veneziano, de' Pitati, Italian painter, dies 1547 Pierino del Vaga, Italian painter, dies at about 46 1268 Konradin von Hohenstaufen, duke of Zwaben, beheaded
