2003 Donald O'Connor, actor/dancer, Singing in the Rain, dies at 78 2000 Frank Wills, often unemployed security guard, he the Democratic National Committee office in the Watergate Building had been burgled in June 1972, dies at 52 2000 Keith Roberts, writer, Pavane, dies at 65 1996 Mohammed Najibullah, politician, dies at 55 1996 Najibullah, President of Afghanistan Democratic Party 1986 - 1990, executed 1995 Alison "Night Bird" Steele, DJ (WNEW-FM, WXRK-FM), dies of cancer 1995 Christopher Shaw, composer pianist/critic, dies at 71 1994 Gerald Bledsoe, DJ (Soul Alive, WWRL), dies of heart attack at 51 1994 Guiseppe Martelli, physicist, dies at 71 1994 Ruth Niehaus, dies 1993 Andrei Solovyiov, Russian photographer, dies in battle at 38 1993 James H Doolittle, U.S. air force general (Tokyo 1942), dies at 96 1993 Jimmy Doolittle, American Aviator 1992 Keith Prentice, U.S. actor (Boys in the Band), dies 1992 Keith Prentice, U.S. actor (Boys in the Band), dies of cancer at 52 1992 Ray Gill, actor (Prelude to a Kiss), dies of AIDS at 42 1992 Wim Van Exter, founder Unity Profession Central (1944), dies 1991 Huib Orizand, Dutch actor (Paul Vlanderen), dies 1991 Jan Hart, director (Friends of Curacao), dies 1991 Oona Chaplin, daughter of Eugene O'Neill/wife of Charles, dies at 66 1988 William V Shannon, U.S. ambassador to Ireland (1977-81), dies at 61 1986 Cliff Burton, bass player for Metallica, a thrash metal band, dies in Sweden at age 24, when tour bus for the band skidded and crashed, inducted posthumously into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with Metallica 1985 Lloyd Nolan, actor (Dr. Chegley-Julia), dies of lung cancer at 83 1984 John Facenda, sportscaster (NFL Action), dies at 72 1983 Tino Rossi, singer and actor (Destins, Belle Menuniere), dies at 76 1982 Saad Sayd, Abu Walid, Palestinian commandant in Lebanon, dies 1981 Coenraad van Emde Boas, Dutch sexologist, dies at 77 1981 Robert Montgomery, actor/dir (Robert Montgomery Presents), dies at 77 1979 Gracie Fields, actress (Queen of Hearts), dies at 81 1979 Jimmy McCullough, musician (Wings), dies of a drug overdose 1975 Mark Frechette, actor (Zabriskie Point, Uomini Contro), dies at 27 1972 Rory Storm, lead singer (Rory Storm and Hurricane), commits suicide 1969 Violet Farebrother, actress (Downhill, Easy Virtue), dies at 81 1967 Felix F Yussupov, Russian monarch, dies at 80 1965 Clara Bow, U.S. actress, (Down to the Sea in Ships, Wings), dies at 60 1965 Harry Reser, orchestra leader (Sammy Kaye Show), dies at 69 1962 Francisco Brochado da Rocha, Prime Minister of Brazil 1962, dies at 52 1961 Hilda Doolittle, U.S. poet (Bid Me to Live), dies at 75 1961 Peter Dawson, Australian Musician 1960 Sylvia Pankhurst, English feminist/daughter of Emmeline, dies at 78 1956 Gerald Raphael Finzi, composer, dies at 55 1956 Milburn Apt, in X-2 rocket plane reaches 3370 kph, but, dies in crash 1956 Babe Didrikson Zaharias, javelin, 2 Gold Medals 1932 Olympics, Silver Medal 1932 Olympics, dies at 45 1955 Henri Liebrecht, Belgian stagewriter/journalist, dies at 71 1953 Jules-Marie Canneel, Flemish painter/caricaturist, dies at 72 1948 Frank Cellier, actor (Spider, Quiet Wedding, Big Blockade), dies at 64 1944 Aimee Semple McPherson, Canada/U.S. evangelist/faith healer, dies at 53 1944 Aristide Maillol, French sculptor/graphic artist, dies in car crash at 82 1943 Waclaw Gieburowski, composer, dies at 65 1942 Douglas Munro, only U.S. Coast Guard with WW II-Med of Honor, dies 1940 Walter Benjamin, German/French literature critic/writer, dies at 48 1935 Alan Gray, composer, organist, known for descants, hymn tunes, works include, 'Common Praise', dies at 79 1932 John Sharp Williams, American Politician 1921 Engelbert Humperdinck, Germany opera composer (Schneewittchen), dies at 67 1919 Adelina [Adela JM] Patti, Italian soprano (Lucio), dies at 76 1917 Edgar Degas, painter, Paris 1916 Emile A G Verhaeren, Belgian writer (Les Heures du Soir), dies at 61 1915 Conrad T van Deventer, Dutch jurist/MP (liberal), dies at 57 1915 Kaspar C E Ritter von Zumbusch, German/Austrian sculptor, dies at 84 1915 Remy de Gourmont, French critic/writer (Physique L'Amour), dies at 57 1891 I Gontscharow, writer, dies 1875 Edouard Corbiere, French captain/writer (Le Negrier), dies at 82 1870 Henry TP Comstock, Canadian silver prospector, dies at 50 1868 Alexander Walewski, French earl/duke/diplomat/Foreign minister, dies 1865 William Duane, American Lawyer 1844 Charles Nodier, French writer (History du chien the Brisquet), dies 1831 Henry van Wine, archivist/founder General Rijksarchief, dies at 91 1831 Joannis Capodistrias, Greek governor of Troezen, murdered at 55 1821 Luis (Philippus) Brion, Curaeaos admiral/supreme commander, dies at 39 1808 Gaetano B Vestris, ballerina, dies at 79 1784 Boniface Stoecki, composer, dies at 38 1700 Innocent XII, Antonio Pignatelli, Pope (1691-1700), dies at 85 1674 Robert Arnauld d'andilly, French literary/financier/translator, dies 1674 Thomas Traherne, English poet/mystic (Roman Forgeries), dies 1660 St. Vincent de Paul, Vincentian Cong founder, dies 1651 Maximilian I, duke/ruler of Bayern (Codex Maximilianus), dies at 78 1641 Francois van d'aerssen, mister of Sommelsdijk/diplomat, dies at 69 1617 Johan Earnest count of Nassau-Siegen, dies 1612 Piotr Skarga, Polish theology/Prime Minister (Sanctity of Life), dies at 76 1590 Urban VII, Giambattista Castagna, Italian Pope (1590), dies 1566 Marcus A Vida, Marcus Hieronymus, Italian humanist/poet/bishop, dies 1404 William of Wykeham, chancellor/Bishop of Winchester, dies 1259 Ezzeline III da Romano, gentleman of Verona/"cruel monster", dies
