2003 John Hawkesworth, producer/writer, ", Upstairs, Downstairs, ", dies at 82 2001 John Lilly, American Scientist 1996 Aubrey Brabazon, jockey/trainer, dies at 76 1996 Elizabeth Gille, writer translator/editor, dies at 59 1996 Frances Lear, writer, dies at 73 1996 Kenneth Muir, english scholar, dies at 89 1996 Udom Patpongsiri, property developer, dies at 79 1995 Frederick Archibauld Warner, diplomat, dies at 77 1995 George Kirby, comedian/impressionist (Pearl Bailey), dies at 71 1994 Alex Scott, trainer, Horses, dies at 34 1994 Andre Michel Lwoff, physiologist, dies at 92 1994 Lina Basquette, actress (Night for Crime, Hard Hombre), dies at 87 1994 Roberto Viola, Argentine general/president (1981), dies at 69 1993 Alex Lyon, English Labor Lower house leader (1966-83), dies at 61 1993 Gordon Douglas, actor and director (Tony Rome), dies of cancer at 85 1993 Paul Nowee, writer (Arendsoog.. premiejager), dies at 57 1993 Reizl Bozyk, Polish/U.S. actress (Crossing Delancey), dies at 79 1993 Tony Brafa, actor (Enrico Pallazzo-Naked Gun), dies at 72 1991 Nancy Welford, entertainer, dies at 87 1990 Liesbeth de Uyl-of Vessem, feminist/wife of Joop du, dies 1990 Michel Levis, French cultural anthropologist/writer, dies 1990 Patrick White, Australian writer (Nobel 1973), dies 1989 Virgil Thomson, U.S. composer/critic (4 saints in 3 acts), dies at 92 1988 Joachim Prinz, author/Rabbi of Berlin (1926-37), dies at 86 1987 Alfred Bester, sci-fi author (Dark Side of Earth), dies at 73 1985 Charles F Richter, U.S. seismologist (scale of R), dies at 85 1985 Heleb MacInnes, U.S. spy writer (Affiliate in place), dies at 77 1985 Simone Signoret, German/French actress (Room at Top, Gina), dies at 64 1984 Ellsworth Bunker, U.S. ambassador (South-Vietnam, dies at 90) 1983 Freddy Martin, orchestra leader (started Merv Griffin), dies at 76 1983 William D Elliot, actor (Bernie Loves Bridget, Adam 12), dies at 49 1978 Edgar Bergen, ventriloquist (Charlie McCarthy), dies at 75 1976 Louis Fourestier, composer, dies at 84 1970 Patrick Aherne, actor (Bwana Devil, Botany Bay), dies at 69 1965 E[dward] E[lmer] "Doc" Smith, sci-fi author (Triplanetary), dies at 75 1963 Arnold Foster, composer, dies at 66 1960 Harry St. John Philby, sheik Abdullah, British explorer, dies 1959 John H Kliegl, developer of Klieg light, dies at 89 1959 Taylor Holmes, actor (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), dies at 81 1958 Niels Bjerrum, Danish chemist (ph-stipulation), dies at 79 1955 James Dean, actor (Rebel Without a Cause), dies in car crash at 24 1955 Michael Chekhov, actor (Rhapsody, Abie's Irish Rose), dies at 64 1955 Pentti Haanpaa, Finnish writer (Maantieta pitkin), dies at 49 1952 Waldorf Astor, House of Lords and Commons/owner of Observer, dies 1940 Walter Kollo, composer, dies at 62 1935 Joannes D J Aengenent, bishop of Haarlem (1928-35), dies at 62 1929 Charles E Bonin, French explorer/diplomat (China), dies 1922 Paul Barth, German philosopher/sociologist, dies at 64 1921 Oskar Panizza, writer, dies at 77 1913 Rudolf Diesel, German Inventor 1912 Mary Frances Allitsen, composer, dies at 63 1904 Sigurd Lie, composer, dies at 33 1888 Catherine Eddowes, English, murdered by Jack the Ripper at 45 1888 Elizabeth Stride, Long Liz, English, murdered by Jack the Ripper at 45 1885 Maria J Small-Gartmann, actress, dies at 60 1884 Louis Lacombe, composer, dies at 65 1877 Toohoolhoolzote, prophet of Nez Perce indians, dies in battle 1862 Isaac Peace Rodman, banker/Union Brigadier-General, dies of injury at about 40 1819 Nicolas Roze, composer, dies at 74 1811 Thomas Percy, English bishop of Dromore, dies at 82 1803 Charles Broche, composer, dies at 51 1770 George Whitefield, American Clergyman 1755 Francesco Durante, composer, dies at 71 1716 Heinrich Georg Neuss, composer, dies at 62 1712 Johann Michael Zacher, composer, dies at 61 1630 John Billington, murderer, 1st American execution, hanged 1612 Ercole Bottrigari, composer, dies at 81 1572 Francisco Borgia, theologist/saint, dies at 61 1351 Muso Soseki, Zen teacher/Rinzai line/head of Nanzenji, dies in Japan 739 P'u-chi Ho-shang Tao-chao, Northern Ch'an Line Zen teacher, dies
