2007 Jean Balissat, composer, professor of composition and orchestration, University of Geneva, dies in Corcelles-le-Jorat, Switzerland 2005 Gordon Gould, American Physicist 2003 Sheb Wooley, singer/actor, ", One-eyed, One-horn Flying Purple People Eater, ", dies at 82 2002 James Gregory, actor, Barney Miller, dies at 90 2002 Tony Martinez, actor, The Real McCoys, dies at 82 1997 Antony Kearey, television producer, dies at 77 1996 Andrew MacElhone, bar owner, dies at 73 1996 Gene Nelson, actor/dancer (SOB, Purple Hills, Starlift), dies at 76 1996 McGeorge Bundy, U.S. national security advisor (1961-66), dies at 77 1995 Michael Balfour, historian, dies at 86 1995 Pierre Olaf, cabaret artist/clown, dies at 67 1994 Alain Bernardin, impressario of the Crazy Horse Saloon, dies at 78 1994 Albert de Courtray, French archbishop of Lyon/cardinal, dies at 71 1994 Bernie Lazaroff Leighton, pianist, dies at 73 1994 Dolly Hare, German/British actress (Broken Blossom), dies at 84 1994 Jack Dodson, actor (Howard Sprague-Andy Griffith Show), dies at 63 1993 Johanna F Zandstra-Giezen, oldest person in Netherland, dies at 111 1993 Willie Mosconi, world billiards champ, dies of heart attack at 80 1992 Duke Robbins, entertainer, dies of pneumonia at 71 1992 Lee Tully, entertainer, dies 1992 Millicent Fenwick, Representative-R-New Jersey 1975 - 1982, dies at 82 1991 Carol White, actress (Prehistoric Women, Dulcima), dies at 47 1990 Loretta Tupper, radio/TV entertainer, dies of cancer at 84 1990 Steve Condos, tap dancer, dies of heart attack at 71 1982 Rolfe Sedan, actor (Mr Beasley-Burns and Allen Show), dies at 86 1979 Nur Mohammed Taraki, president of Afghanistan (1978-79), killed 1977 Marc Bolan, rock vocalist and guitarist (T Rex), dies in a car crash at 29 1977 Maria Callas, American-born prima donna, dies in Paris at 53 1973 Frederic Meyer, actor (Faraway Hill), dies at 63 1971 Ferdinand LR Sassen, priest/philosopher (Descartes), dies at 77 1964 Leo Weismantel, German writer (Das Totenliebespar), dies at 76 1962 Saif al-Islam Achmad, monarch of Yemen, dies at about 71 1961 Yme C Schuitmaker, potato farmer/dramatist, dies 1957 Ch'i Pai-shih, traditional Chinese painter, dies at 93 1955 Leopold C M S Amery, British minister of Colonies (India), dies at 81 1953 Colin G Fink, U.S. chemist (electro-chemistry), dies 1951 Bill Klem, American Athlete 1950 Pedro De Cordoba, actor (Club Havana, Swamp Fire), dies at 68 1948 Ferdinand I MKLM, prince of Saxony-Coburg/tsar of Bulgaria, dies 1946 James Jeans, English physicist/mathematician/astronomer, dies at 69 1945 John "Pa" van de Steur, philanthropist (Java), dies at 80 1945 John McCormack, Irish singer (Irish national anthem/folk songs), dies 1936 Irving Thalberg, U.S. producer (MGM), dies 1936 Karl Buresch, Austrian politician, dies 1926 Rudolf C Eucken, German philosopher (Nobel 1908), dies at 80 1925 Leo Fall, Austria operetta composer (That Pink von Stambul), dies 1925 Leopold Fall, composer, dies at 52 1920 Daniel Andersson, Swedish poet and writer (Polar History), dies at 32 1911 Edward Whymper, English mountaineer (Ascent of Matterhorn), dies 1896 Carlos Gomez, composer, dies at 60 1845 John Kinker, translator/philosopher/poet, dies at 81 1837 Pedro V van Alcantara, king of Portugal (1853-61), dies 1834 Antoine-Vincent Arnault, French writer (Guillaume the Nassau), dies 1824 Louis XVIII SX, earl of Province/king of France (1814-24), dies 1798 Damasus Brosmann, composer, dies at 67 1736 Daniel G Fahrenheit, Prussian/Netherlands physicist (thermometer), dies at 50 1696 Lambert Pietkin, composer, dies at 83 1672 Anne Bradstreet, American poet, dies (birth date unknown) 1652 Dirck Janszoon Sweelinck, Dutch composer, dies at 61 1589 Michael Bajus, Michel de Bay, Belgian theologist, dies at 76? 1542 Diego de Almagro, Spanish captain-general of Peru, beheaded 1498 Tomas de Torquemada, inquisitor who burned 10,000 people, dies 1394 Clement VII, Robert de Geneve, Pope (1378-94), dies 1380 Charles V, the Wise, King of France (1364-80), dies 1087 Victor III, Dauferio/Desiderius, Italian Pope (1086-87), dies 655 Martinus I, bannished Pope (649-53), dies 96 Titus Flavius Domitianus, emperor of Rome (81-96), murdered at 45
