2006 Henry M. Morris, American Celebrity 2005 Peter Benenson, British Lawyer 1999 "Glen Seaborg, Ph.D", chemist, won a Nobel for discovering plutonium and other elements, dies at 86 Harry Rossoll, illustrator, created Smokey Bear, dies at 89 1998 Luigi Veronesi, Italian abstract artist (Campo Grafico), dies at 90 Umberto Mastroianni, Italian sculptor, dies at 87 1997 Andrei Donatovich Sinyavsky, writer/critic, dies at 71 Tony Williams, jazz drummer (Miles Davis), dies at 51 1996 Haing S Ngor, doctor/actor (Killing Fields), dies at 45 Marion Farouk Political scientist-Sluglett, dies at 59 Vehbi Koc, indistrialist/philanthropist, dies at 94 1995 Jack Clayton, British director (Great Gatsby), dies at 73 Oh Jin Woo, Korean minister of defense, dies Terence Weil, cellist/teacher, dies at 73 1994 Jersey Joe Walcott, boxer, dies at 80 Wladyslaw Sila Lawyer Adviser to Solidarity-Nowicki, dies at 80 Yann Piat, French MP (FN/PR), murdered at 44 Marvin J. Ashton, American Clergyman 1993 Eddie Constantine, actor (Alphaville, License to Kill), dies at 75 Jan D Boeke, Dutch organist/conductor, dies Jean G H "Sjeng" Tans, Dutch Prime Minister, social democrat, 1965 - 1969, dies John D Boeke, organist/conductor, dies Troy Caldwell, country musician (Marshall Tucker Band), dies at 45 1992 Guy Deghy, actor (Matter of Who, 1 Eyed Soldiers), dies at 79 John E Allen, Jr., actor (1 2 3), dies Ollie O'Toole, dies after long illness at 79 1990 Deborra Hampton, actress (Crossroads, 2 of a Kind), dies at 30 1988 Amapola Del Vando, actress (Cowboy), dies at 78 1987 James Coco, actor (Joe-Dumplings), dies at 58 1983 John Cowles Sr, U.S. publisher, dies at 84 Tennessee Williams, U.S. playwright (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof), dies at 71 1982 J K Irani, cricket wicketkeeper (2 Tests for India 1947-48), dies 1978 Daniel "Chappie" James, Jr., retired Air Force general, dies at 58 1977 William E. Vaughan, pseudonym Burton Hills, columnist, author, wrote for Kansas City Star newspaper 1946 - 1977, published articles in Better Homes and Gardens, Reader's Digest, often quoted and best-remembered for writing style employing folksy aphorisms, died age 61 from lung cancer 1975 Elijah Muhammad, leader of Nation of Islam, dies in Chicago at 78 1970 Mark Rothko, abstract expressionist (Green on Blue), dies at 66 1969 Jan Zajic, Czechoslovakian student, self incinerates 1968 Camille Huysmans, Belgian premier (1946-47), dies at 96 1967 John Griggs, actor (Joey Bishop Show), dies at 57 1964 Alexander Archipenko, sculptor, dies 1962 Wilhelm Pessler, German sociologist, dies at 81 1960 Everhardus J van Romondt, Dutch Antillean minister, dies at 51 1957 Kurt von Wolfurt, composer, dies at 76 Mark Aldanov, Mark A Landau, Russian/French chemist, dies at 70 1955 Marij Kogoj, composer, dies at 59 1953 Jesus Garcia Leoz, composer, dies at 49 1950 George Richards Minot, American Scientist 1947 Friedrich Paschen, German physicist, dies at 82 1945 Mario R de Morais Andrade, Brazilian poet/folklorist, dies at 51 1942 Leo Ascher, composer, dies at 61 1934 Daniel Protheroe, composer, dies at 67 John McGraw, manager (New York Giants), dies at 60 1925 Pedro Miguel Marques y Garcia, composer, dies at 81 1922 Henri-Desire Landru, French sex murderer, guillotined at 52 1920 Aloys, Liechtenstein nobleman/politician, dies at 73 1915 George Mimot, physician (Nobel-1934), dies 1914 John Tenniel, British illustrator (Alice in Wonderland), dies at 93 1906 Anton Stepanovich Arensky, Russian composer and conductor c t, dies at 44 1902 Carl Ignaz Franz Umlauf, composer, dies at 77 1901 Jose Rogel, composer, dies at 71 1899 Paul Julius von Reuter, founder of the news agency (Reuters), dies 1894 James Morrison Steele Mackaye, U.S. actor/author/director, dies at 51 1865 Otto Ludwig, German writer (Zwischen Himmel und Erde), dies at 47 1852 Thomas Moore, writer (Utopia), dies 1851 Ferdinand Simon Gassner, composer, dies at 53 1826 Piotr A von der Pahlen, military governor of St. Petersburg, dies at 60 1819 Filinto Elisio, do Nascimento, Portuguese poet, dies at 84 1756 Eliza Haywood, British Novelist 1723 Christopher Wren, England, astronomer/architect, dies at 90 1719 Giovanni Maria Casini, composer, dies at 66 1713 Frederik I, King of Prussia (1701-13), dies at 55 1682 Alessandro Stradella, Italian violist/composer, murdered at 37 1643 Marco da Gagliano, Italian opera composer, dies at 60 1634 Albrecht WE baron von Wallenstein, German duke, murdered at 50 Van Friedland/Mecklenburg, general-admiral, dies at 50 1602 Everard van Reyd, Dutch historian, dies at about 51 1601 Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, executed for treason against Elizabeth 1495 Djem Sultan, son of Turkish sultan Mehmed II, dies at 35 1247 Hendrik IV, duke of Limburg/earl of Bergen (1226-47), dies 779 Walburgis, Anglo-Saxon abbess/saint (Walpurgis Night), dies
