2004 Francoise Sagan, writer, A Certain Smile, dies at 69 2004 Tim Choate, actor, Babylon 5, dies at 49 2003 Herb Gardner, writer, A Thousand Clowns, dies at 68 2000 Bonnie Wiley, journalist, dies at 90 2000 Dorr Bothwell, painter, dies at 97 1998 Jeff Moss, writer/composer, Sesame Street, dies at 56 1997 Jonathon Silver, entrepreneur/arts patron, dies at 47 1996 Iorwerth Eiddon Stephen Edwards, egyptologist, dies at 87 1996 Mark Frankel, actor (Solitaire for 2, Simon-Sisters), dies at 34 1996 Pavel Anatolievich Sudoplatov, spy, dies at 89 1994 Colin Berry Haycraft, publisher, dies at 65 1994 David Napley, solicitor, dies at 79 1994 Otto F Walther, Swiss publisher/author (Der Stumme), dies at 66 1993 Zita Johann, Hungarian/U.S. actress (Mummy), dies at 89 1991 Mary Lawrence, actress (Best Man), dies of respiratory failure at 73 1991 Theodore Geisel, author (Dr. Seuss), dies of cancer at 87 1990 Jay Currin, stuntman/actor (Back to the Beach, Serial), dies at 34 1984 Neil Hamilton, actor (Com Gordon-Batman), dies of asthma at 85 1983 Isobel Baillie, oratorio singer, dies 1982 Sarah Churchill, actress (Royal Wedding, Spring Meeting), dies at 67 1981 Patsy Kelly, actress (Brigid Murphy-Cop and the Kid), dies at 71 1978 Ruth Etting, U.S. dancer/singer (Ziegfeld Follies), dies at 80 1976 Bruno VeSota, actor and director (Chopper, Teenage Doll), dies at 54 1976 Romney Brent, actor and writer (Dinner at the Ritz), dies at 74 1975 Clive Morton, actor (Goodbye Mr. Chips, Moonraker), dies at 71 1975 Ian Hunter, actor (Sir Richard-Robin Hood), dies at 75 1968 Harry Robert Wilson, composer, dies at 67 1968 Robert Arthur Ley, sci-fi author (Telepath, Power of X), dies at 47 1968 Virginia Valli, actress (Flames, Guilty?, Storm), dies of stroke at 70 1967 Orville Caldwell, Deputy Major (LA-1940), dies at 71 1967 Robert H van Gulik, diplomat/writer (Judge Tie), dies 1964 Paul E Kahle, German orientalist, dies 1961 Sumner Welles, U.S. diplomat (Good Neighbor Policy), dies at 68 1960 Matyas Seiber, composer, dies at 55 1960 Melanie Klein, Reizes, child psycho-analyst, dies 1953 Berthold Viertel, writer, dies at 68 1951 Georges Rency, Belgian poet/literature, dies at 75 1951 Phillippus Paracelsus, physician/alchemist, dies at 48 1949 Pierre Breville, composer, dies at 88 1948 Warren William, actor (Fear, Wolf Man, Madame X), dies at 53 1939 Carl Laenmie, film producer, dies 1934 Edwin Lehare, composer, dies at 69 1910 Rudolf Dellinger, composer, dies at 53 1898 Bartel Wilton, ship builder, dies at 70 1896 Francis SK Fitzgerald, U.S. writer (Great Gatsby, Zelda), dies 1894 Martinus Nijhoff, founder Nijhoff's book publisher (Van Dale), dies 1892 Cornelis A van Sypesteyn, Dutch governor of Suriname, dies at 69 1892 Patrick S Gilmore, composer, dies at 62 1889 Daniel H. Hill, American Soldier 1881 Luigi Ferdinando Casamorata, composer, dies at 74 1875 William Walker, composer, dies at 66 1865 Frantiszek Soltyk, composer, dies at 81 1856 Henry, 1st viscount Hardinge of Lahore, Governor-General of India, dies 1855 Alexandre Stievenard, composer, dies at 86 1834 A J Pedro I van Alcantara, Emperor of Brazil (1822-31), dies 1815 John Sevier, indian fighter (Gov/Rep-Tn), dies at 70 1813 Andre-Ernest-Modeste Gretry, composer, dies at 72 1790 John Keyse Sherwin, engraver/painter, dies 1755 Georg Gebel, composer, dies at 45 1568 Antoon van Stralen, Flemish mayor of Antwerp, beheaded at about 47 1545 Albrecht von Brandenburg, archbishop/monarch of Mainz, dies at 55 1541 Paracelsus, Swiss Scientist 1536 Janus Secundus, neo latin poet (Basia), dies at 24 1517 Frederik IV, of Baden, bishop of Utrecht, dies 1435 Isabella of Bayern, Queen of France (Treaty of Troyes), dies 1230 Alfonso IX, king of Leon/Castilie, dies 1228 Stefanus I Nemanjic de Eerstgekroonde, king of Serbia (1217-28), dies 1180 Manuel I Comnenus, Byzantine emperor (1143-80), dies 1143 Innocent II, Gregorio de' Papareschi, Italian Pope 1130 - 1143, dies 911 Ludwig III, the child, last Carolingian German King (899-911), dies 786 Al-Hadi, Arabic kalief of Islam (185-86), dies 768 Pippin III, the short, King of France, dies at 53 366 Liberius, Italian Pope (352-66), dies
