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2010 Florence Green, the last known female First World War veteran who served with the Women's RAF in 1918, dies at 108
2009 Andrew Wyeth, American artist, dies at 91, after a brief illness
2002 Carl Olson, American Athlete
2001 Auberon Waugh, British Author
2000 Robert Rathburn Wilson, nuclear physicist, a leader of the Manhattan Project, dies at 82
1998 David "Junior" Kimbrough, blues musician, dies at 67
1998 Peter Diamand, artistic administrator, dies at 84
1998 Emil Sitka, actor, Three Stooges shorts, dies at 83
1997 Charlie Alfred Galbraith, jazz trombonist, dies at 76
1997 Innis Cosby, son of Bill Cosby, murdered on LA highway at 29
1997 Jim Kensil, NFL president for the New York Jets, dies of heart failure at 66
1997 Stephen Fitz-Simon, entrepreneur, dies at 59
1996 Harry Potts, footballer/manager, dies at 75
1996 Kaye Webb, publisher, dies at 81
1995 William Dillard, trumpeter/singer, dies at 83
1994 Harry Nilsson, singer/Songwriter, dies at 52
1994 Martin Kosleck, German/US actor (Hitler Gang), dies at 86
1994 Noel Fore, Belgian cyclist (Paris-Roubaix 1959), dies at 61
1994 Stephen Kritsick, veterinarian (Good Morning America), dies at 42
1993 Florence Desmond, Dawson, actress (Sally in Our Alley), dies at 87
1993 Glenn Corbett, U.S. actor (Shenandoah, Chisum, Midway), dies at 63
1993 Sathasivam Krishnakumar, Sri Lanka commander, commits suicide
1992 Roselle Novelle, silent film actress, dies at 95
1989 Pierre Boileau, screenwriter (Vertigo), dies at 82
1989 Romo Vincent, actor (Naked Jungle), dies
1989 Trey Wilson, actor (Bull Durham, Twins, Raising Arizona), dies
1987 Earl Wilson, Bdwy columnist (Midnight Earl), dies in Yonkers at 79
1987 Ilse Langen, writer, dies at 87
1987 Joyce Jameson, comedienne (Spike Jones Show), dies at 54
1981 Bernard Lee, actor (Fallen Idol, Dr. No), dies at 73
1980 Anna van Wageningen-Salomons, Dut author (Unspoilt Dream), dies at 94
1979 Fred Elizalde, composer, dies at 71
1979 Ted Cassidy, actor (Lurch-Addams Family), dies at 46
1973 Ray Barrett, sportscaster (Gillette Summer Sports Reel), dies at 65
1972 David Seville, singer (Alvin and Chipmunks), dies at 52
1971 Kermit Maynard, cowboy actor (Saturday Roundup), dies at 68
1970 Armijn Pane, Indonesian writer (Djinak-djinak merpati), dies at 61
1969 Jan Palach, protesting Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, self immolates at 20
1969 Vernon Duke, songwriter, composer, memorable songs 'Take a Chance on Love', 'April in Paris', dies at 65
1968 Robert R "Bob" Jones, founder (Bob Jones University), dies at 84
1967 Dirk Vansina, Flemish playwright (Sage of Kai-Roi), dies at 72
1967 Robert J Van De Graaff, U.S. nuclear physicist, dies at 65
1966 Margarete Susman, writer, dies at 91
1963 Gilardo Gilardi, composer, dies at 73
1962 Emanuel Stickelberger, Swiss writer (Holbein in England), dies at 77
1957 Alexander Cambridge, Governor-General (South Africa 1923-31/Canada 1940-5), dies at 82
1957 Arturo Toscanini, Italian U.S. conductor (NBC), dies in New York City at 89
1955 Jonkheer Reneke de Marees van Swinderen, Dutch Minister (1908-13), dies
1955 Reneke de Marees van Swinderen, Dutch minister (1908-13), dies at 94
1954 Michail M Prishvin, Russian writer, dies
1950 Gustav Krupp, German Businessman
1946 Johanna HC Albregt, actress/wife of Henri Dons (Paradise), dies at 71
1945 Dennis Donnini, British rifleman (Victoria Cross), dies in battle at 19
1943 Franz Courtens, Flemish painter (Sunny Lane), dies at 88
1942 Carole Lombard, actress, (Bolero), and mom killed in plane crash at 32
1939 Albert Fish, mass murderer, executed
1935 Richard Wetz, composer, dies at 59
1920 Reginald De Koven, composer, dies at 60
1919 Jaroslav Jeremias, composer, dies at 19
1916 Arnold Aletrino, Dut physician-criminologist (From Death), dies at 57
1912 Georg Heym, poet, writer, wrote, 'Der ewige Tag', poetry considered early Expressionist style, dies at 24 from falling through the ice, trying to save a friend
1901 Arnold Bocklin, Swiss painter, dies at 73
1901 Hiram Revels, dies at 73
1893 Johan Philip Koelman, painter/sculptor/architect, dies at 74
1892 Imakita Kosen, Zen teacher/abbot of Engagkuji monastery, dies
1891 Clement-Philibert-Leo Delibes, composer, dies at 54
1891 Leo Delibes, French ballet composer (Lakme), dies at 54
1886 Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer (La Gioconda), dies at 51
1885 Edmond About, French Novelist
1864 Anton Schindler, German violinist and biographer (Beethoven), dies at 68
1849 Wilhelm M L de Wette, German theologist, dies at 69
1842 Thomas Freanby, Norwegian landscape painter, dies
1838 Aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33
1817 Antonin Josef Alois Volanek, composer, dies at 55
1794 Edward Gibbon, historian (Decline and Fall), dies in London at 56
1703 Matteo Coferati, composer, dies at 64
1697 Richard Savage, poet, dies
1595 Murad III, sultan of Turkey (1574-95), dies
1343 Robert of Anjou, king (Naples), dies
308 Marcellus I, Catholic Pope (-308), dies











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