2007 George E. Sangmeister, Representative-D-Illinois 1989 - 1995, died of leukemia at 76 2003 Wally George, American Celebrity 2003 Arthur Berger, American Composer 2001 Herblock, political cartoonist, The Washington Post, dies at 91 2001 Herbert Lawrence Block, American Cartoonist 1996 Charles Wegg Solicitor-Prosser, dies at 86 1995 Ariston Muguranayanga Chambati, politician/businessman, dies at 59 1995 Louis Meyer, Indie 500 racer (3 wins), dies at 91 1994 James Hill, director, dies at 75 1994 Niels Kaj Jerne, Danish immunologist (Nobel prize 1984), dies at 82 1994 Paul Swift, U.S. actor (Egg Man in Pink Flamingo), dies of AIDS at 60 1993 Agnes de Mille, choreographer (Oklahoma!, Rodeo), dies at 88 1993 Cyril Cusack, actor (Fahrenheit 451), dies of neuron disease at 82 1993 Kenneth Nelson, US/English actor (Boys in the Band), dies at 63 1992 Allan Bloom, author (Closing of the American Mind), dies at 62 1992 Ed Blackwell, U.S. jazz drummer (Quartet), dies 1991 Leo Durocher, baseball coach/manager (Dodgers, Giants), dies at 86 1990 J Teengs Gerritsen, resistance fighter, dies 1990 John "Cat" Thompson, basketball hall of famer, dies at 84 1990 Juan Jose Arevalo, president of Guatemala (1945-51), dies 1988 Billy Daniels, singer, dies of cancer at 73 1986 Paul Tournier, author, physician, famous Christian physician, pioneer of person-centered psychotherapy, wrote 'Medecine de la Personne', advocating we are more than our body, we are spiritual beings, dies from carcinoma, Troinex, Switzerland 1976 Nikolai Lopatnikoff, composer, dies at 73 1969 Wim van Nuland, priest and writer 'Doorstep', dies 1967 Norman Angell (Lane), English journalist/pacifist (Nobel 1933), dies 1966 Johnny Kidd, rocker (Johnny Kidd and Pirates), dies at 26 in a car crash 1966 Smiley Lewis, Overton Amos Lemons, rocker, dies at 46 1964 Eugen Varga, Hungarian/Russian economist/politician, dies at 84 1963 Grace Darmond, silent screen actress (Below the Surface), dies at 69 1963 Gustaf Grundgens, actor, director and theatre director (M), dies at 63 1962 Mauritius Dekker, Boris Robazki, writer (Boots in Jail), dies at 66 1959 Mario Lanza, opera singer, dies at 38 of a heart attack 1959 Prime Minister Kassem of Iraq, assassinated 1951 Anton F Philips, CEO (Philips), dies at 77 1939 Harvey (William) Cushing, U.S. neurologist, dies at 70 1939 Harvey Cushing, American Scientist 1925 Hubert Platt Main, composer, dies at 86 1925 Christy Mathewson, American Athlete 1924 Clemens Baeumker, German historian (Christian Philosophy), dies at 71 1922 Marie Lloyd, British Musician 1918 C Hubert H Parry, English musicologist/composer (Jerusalem), dies at 70 1915 Samuel Prowse Warren, composer, dies at 74 1904 Isabella Bird, English Writer 1897 Francis W. Newman, English Writer 1890 John Hill Hewitt, composer, dies at 89 1887 George James Webb, composer, dies at 84 1886 Robert Collier, Robert Porrett Collier, 1st Baron Monkswell, politician, judge, educated at Oxford, successfully defended Brazilian pirates, dies 1867 Henry Timrod, American Poet 1864 Alexander Gardiner, U.S. Union Brigadier-General, dies in battle 1864 John Gregg, U.S. judge/Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 36 1849 Edgar Allen Poe, poet (Raven), dies in Baltimore at 40 1849 Edgar Allan Poe, American Poet 1811 August R van Hekeren van Suideras, Dutch orangist, dies at 68 1792 George Mason, American Statesman 1780 Patrick Ferguson, English major in SC, dies in battle at 36 1777 Simon Fraser, English general, dies in battle 1772 John Woolman, American Clergyman 1766 Andre Cheron, composer, dies at 71 1681 Nicolaas Heinsius, Dutch philological/diplomat, dies at 61 1660 Paul Scarron, French, stagewriter (Le Roman Comique), dies at 50 1639 John I Pontanus, physicist/historian (Amsterdam), dies at 68 1612 Menso Alting, Dutch reformed vicar/theologist, dies at 70 1571 Ali Pasha, Turkish fleet commander, dies in battle 1488 Andrea del Verrochio, sculptor/painter/goldsmith, dies at about 52 929 Charles III, the Plain, King of France (893-929), dies 336 Marcus, bishop of Rome (336), dies 290 [Christian] Sergius, roman soldier/martyred saint, decapitated
