2004 Russ Meyer, maker of busty movies, Vixen, dies at 82 2002 Bob Hayes, American Athlete 2000 Bea Marcus, pitchwoman, famous for saying I've fallen and I can't get up!, dies at 88 1997 Harry Brian Boyne, journalist, dies at 87 Jimmy Witherspoon, singer, dies at 65 1996 Spiro Theodore Agnew, U.S. Vice President (1969-73), dies at 77 1995 Donald Alfred Davie, poet/critic, dies at 73 Doreen Cannon, teacher of acting (London), dies at 64 Lesley Sunderland, decorative artist, dies at 47 1994 Franco Moschino, fashion designer, created colorful, provocative designs poking fun at the fashion establishment, dies of a heart attack at age 44 Vitas Gerulaitis, tennis star (Davis Cup 1979), dies at 40 1986 Corita Kent, artist, educator, mediums include silkscreen, serigraphy, producing fine art with messages of love and peace, famous work includes the 1985 Love Samp and Rainbow Swash, dies of cancer 1980 K A Porter, writer, dies at 90 1979 Gene Kelly, sportscaster (Sportsreel), dies at 60 1975 Pamela Brown, actress (Cleopatra, Beckett, Night Digger), dies at 58 1974 Edna Best, actress (Key, Calendar, Escape), dies at 74 1973 Nora Nicholson, actress (Blue Lagoon, Crow Hollow), dies at 80 Theo Lefevre, premier Belgium, dies 1970 Jimi Hendrix, rock guitarist (Purple Hayes), dies of an overdose at 27 1969 Rudolph Wagner-Regeny, composer, dies at 66 1968 Franchot Tone, actor (Advise and Consent, Dark Waters), dies at 63 Francis McDonald, actor (Will-Adv of Champion), dies at 77 Willem Kooiman, Dutch theologist/church historian, dies at 65 1966 Fernand Lamy, composer, dies at 85 1964 Sean O'Casey, Irish playwright, 'Juno and the Paycock' and 'The Plough and the Stars', dies at 84 Clive Bell, English Critic 1962 Therese Neumann, German stigma, dies at 64 1961 Dag Hammarskjold, United Nations Secretary General, dies in an air crash over Congo at 56 1952 Hippoliet Daeye, Flemish painter (Dreamy), dies Maria Matos, Portuguese actress (Menina da Radio), dies at 61 1951 John Douglas Cockcroft, physicist, dies 1949 Frank Morgan, actor (Annie Get Your Gun, Wizard of Oz), dies at 59 Theodor Zockler, German theologist (Jodenzending), dies at 82 1944 Anthony Stefanich, British boxer/captain, killed in Arnhem Hendrikus Colijn, Dutch premier (1933-39), dies at 75 Hubert Ahaus, chaplin (Godsrijk), dies at 67 Paul Grabner, German SS-captain, dies in battle in Arnhem Peter Waddy, British major 1st Para Brigade, dies in battle in Arnhem Robert Cole, U.S. Lt-colonel, dies in battle at Best 1934 Marie Shotwell, actress (Sally of the Sawdust), dies at 54 1929 Hermann Gradener, composer, dies at 85 1924 Francis Herbert Bradley, British philosopher (neo-idealism), dies F. H. Bradley, British Philosopher 1918 Ernest Bristow Farrar, composer, dies at 33 1911 Pjotr A Stolypin, premier Russia (1906-11), murdered at 49 1905 George MacDonald, sci-fi author (Princess and Curdie), dies at 80 1904 Herbert von Bismarck, German politician/son of Otto, dies 1903 Isidor Vorobchievici, composer, dies at 67 Theodore Furchtegott Kirchner, composer, dies at 79 Alexander Bain, Scottish Philosopher 1896 Armand-Hippolyte-Louis Fizeau, physicist, dies 1894 Rafael Nunez, president (Colombia)/writer (La fonolgia Moderna), dies 1890 Dion Boucicault, Irish/US actor and playwright (Octoroon), dies at 67 1879 Daniel Drew, American Businessman 1872 Charles XV Louis E, king of Sweden/Norway (1859-72), dies 1860 Casimiro de Abreu, Brazilians poet (Primaveras), dies Joseph Locke, railway engineer, dies 1857 Karol Kazimierz Kurpinski, composer, dies at 72 1831 Peter Hansel, composer, dies at 60 1830 William Hazlitt, critic/essayist, dies 1827 Robert Pollok, poet, dies 1819 John Langdon, American Politician 1818 Olaf Swaertz, botanist, dies 1797 Louis-Lazare Hoche, French revolutionary general, dies 1792 Gottlieb August Spangenberg, founder (Moravian Church in Amer), dies 1783 Leonhard Euler, mathematician, dies 1775 Andrew Foulis, bookseller/printer, dies 1759 James Wolfe and the French commander Louis Montcalm, killed 1735 Justus van Effen, writer/founder (Holland Spectator), dies at 51 1721 Matthew Prior, poet/diplomat, dies 1684 Jan A "Joannes" Antonides van der Goes, poet (Ystroom), dies at 37 1426 Hubert [Huybrecht] van Eyck, painter, dies 1261 Koenraad van Hochstaden, archbishop of Cologne, dies 1180 Louis VII, King of France, dies 1137 Erik II Eimune, Onvergetelijke, king of Denmark (1134-37), murdered 993 Arnulf vanf Gent, Westfries earl (988-93), dies in battle 96 Domitian, Roman emperor, dies 31 Sejanus, Roman head of praetorisch guard, executed
