2004 John Peel, DJ, dies at 65 1999 Hoyt Axton, singer/actor/songwriter, Joy to the World, dies at 61 1996 Gordon Scarrott, engineer, dies at 80 1996 Hans Walter Kosterliz, biochemist, dies at 93 1996 Sylvia Mary Paget Chancellor, philanthropist, dies at 95 1995 Bernhard Heiliger, sculptor, dies at 79 1995 Georgia Neese Gray, 1st Woman Treasurer of USA, dies at 95 1994 Rudi van Vlaenderen, Flemish actor/dir/poet (Thyestes), dies at 64 1994 Tutta Rolf, actress (Whalers), dies at 87 1994 Wilbert Harrison, singer, dies at 65 1993 Absolutely Nobody, David Powers, Washington lieutenant governor candidate, dies at 37 1993 H Hardenberg, writer, dies 1992 Dottie Green, female baseball player (Peaches), dies of cancer at 71 1992 Jerome Andrews, US/French dancer/choreographer, dies 1992 Laurel Cronin, actor (Beethoven, Housesitter), dies of cancer at 53 1991 Bill Graham, rock promoter, dies at 60 1991 Lori Rae Matthews, crushed to death by an artist's 485 lb umbrella 1990 William Paley, CEO (CBS), dies of a heart attack at 89 1990 William S. Paley, American Businessman 1984 John Woods Duke, composer, dies at 85 1984 Laurie Langenbach, author, dies at 37 1984 Sue Randall, actress (Miss Landers-Leave it to Beaver), dies at 49 1982 Giovanni Benelli, archbishop of Florence/Pope candidate, dies 1980 Marcello J tie Neves Alves Caetano, premier of Portugal, dies at 74 1979 Park Chung-hee, South Korean President, assassinated 1976 Deryck Victor Cooke, composer, dies at 57 1972 Igor Sikorsky, Russian/US helicopter builder, dies at 83 1971 Robert Gordon director/writer (Loveless), dies at 76 1968 Erich Von Stroheim, actor and director (Napoleon), dies of cancer at 52 1964 Agnes Miegel, writer, dies 1962 Hattie McDaniel actress, 'Gone With the Wind', dies at 67 1962 Louise Beavers, actress (Beulah-Beulah), dies at 64 1961 Milan Stojadinovic, premier of Yugoslavia (1935-39), dies at 73 1957 N Kazantzakis, writer, dies 1957 Nikos Kazantzakis, Greek Writer 1956 Walter Gieseking, German pianist/composer, dies at 60 1955 Arne Eggen, composer, dies at 74 1954 Floris HL Prims, Flemish priest/historian/archivist of Antwerp, dies 1936 Bob Dellemijn, Lourdes-ganger/Franco-volunteer, dies in battle at 18 1935 Akos Buttykai, composer, dies at 64 1929 Arno Holz, poet, dramatist, freelance writer, wrote book of poetry 'Phantaesus', dies at 66 1909 Horiboemi Ito, Prince of Japan, assassinated by a Korean 1903 Herbert Stanley Oakeley, composer, dies at 73 1903 Victorin de Joncieres, composer, dies at 64 1890 Collodi, Carlo Lorenzini, Italian writer (Pinocchio), dies 1890 Carlo Collodi, Italian Writer 1881 Billy Clanton, brother of Ike, dies 1874 Peter Cornelius, German composer, dies at 49 1868 B F Randolph, South Carolina state senator, assassinated 1867 John Fawcett, composer, dies at 77 1864 Henriette ALF countess of Wegimont, wife of king Willem I, dies at 72 1858 Isac Baker Woodbury, composer, dies at 39 1848 Vissarion G Belinski, Russian literature critic, dies 1823 Josef Preindl, composer, dies at 67 1806 Timothy Dexter, American Businessman 1756 Johann Theodor Romhild, composer, dies at 72 1749 Louis-Nicholas Clerambault, French composer/organist, dies at 72 1733 Antonio Veracini, composer, dies at 74 1706 Andreas Werkmeister, composer, dies at 60 1693 Coenraad van Beuningen, mayor of Amsterdam/diplomat, dies at 71 1679 Roger Boyle, British Soldier 1678 John Jenkins, composer, dies 1661 Johann B Schup, Schuppius, German poet/historian/vicar, dies 1658 Francisco de Borja y Aragon Esquilache, Spanish poet, dies 1640 Pietro Tacca, Italian sculptor/architect, dies at 63 1608 Juan Pantoja de la Cruz, Spanish royal painter, dies 1607 Philipp Nicolai, German Lutherian theologist/poet/composer, dies at 52 1576 Frederick II the Vrome, ruler of Palts, dies 1440 Gilles de Rais, French marshal, killer of 140 children, hanged 1235 Andras II Arpad, King of Hungary (1205-35), dies 1132 Floris the Black, brother of earl Dirk VI of Holland, murdered 899 Alfred the Great, writer/king of Wessex (871-99), dies
