2001 Al Waxman, actor, Cagney and Lacey, dies at 65 2000 Jester Hairston, actor/composer, Amos 'n' Andy, dies at 98 1998 Monica Edwards, English Writer 1997 Myfanwy Piper, librettist, dies at 85 Neville Crump, racehorse trainer, dies at 86 Paul Tsongas, Massachusetts senator, dies at 55 1996 Leonor Fini, painter, dies at 87 Minnesota Fats, Rudolf Wanderone, Jr., billiard hustler, dies at 82 N T Rama Rao, Prime Minister of Andhra Pradesh India 1983 - 1984, 1984 - 1989, 1994 - 1995, dies 1995 Adolph F J Butenandt, German bio-chemist (Nobel 1939), dies at 91 Charles Baskerville, vocalist, dies at 54 Joseph Kagan, businessman, dies at 79 1994 Arthur Altman, songwriter, dies at 83 1993 M Eleonore Lippits, 1st Dutch female missionary doctor, dies at 85 Mia Meijer, Dutch playwright/director (Machine Child), dies Mike Templeton, 2nd person to receive a heart pump, dies at 34 1992 John Remme, entertainer, dies of AIDS at 56 Tom Elios, entertainer, dies 1991 Hamilton Fish, congressman (NY), dies at 102 Lillian Bond, actress (Air Mail, Pick-up, Blond Cheat), dies at 83 Nita Krebs, actor (Munchkin-Wizard of Oz), dies of heart attack at 85 1990 Melanie Appleby, rocker (Mel and Kim), dies of liver cancer at 23 1989 Bruce Chatwin, British writer, dies at 49 1986 Claire James, actress (Jack Armstrong), dies 1985 Mahmoud Taha, Sudanese Moslem leader, hanged at 76 Wilfrid Brambell, actor (Hard Day's Night, Boys), dies at 72 1984 Malcolm H Kerr, 9th President of American University of Beirut, shot dead 1982 Burnet Corwin Tuthill, U.S. composer (Laurentia), dies at 93 Ramon J. Sender, Spanish writer, dies at 79 Trent Lehman, actor (Butch-Nanny and the Professor), dies at 20 1980 Cecil Beaton, British photographer, dies at 76 1979 Cyril Mockridge, composer, dies at 82 1978 Carl Betz, actor (Alex Stone-Donna Reed Show), dies at 67 Ivan Ivonovich Dzerzhinsky, composer, dies at 68 1977 Carl Zuckmayer, German/Swiss/US playwright (Second Wind), dies at 80 Paul Nordoff, U.S. composer (Frog Prince), dies at 67 Yvonne Printemps, actress (Paris Waltz, Voyage to America), dies at 81 1976 Sonia Dresdel, actor (Fallen Idol, Secret Tent), dies at 67 1972 Rudolf Wittelsbach, composer, dies at 69 1971 Catherine Calvert, actress (Fires of Faith), dies of stroke at 80 1970 David O McKay, 9th Mormon president, dies at 96 David O. McKay, American Clergyman 1968 Bert Wheeler, actor (Rainmakers, High Flyers, Dixiana), dies at 72 John Ridgely, actor (Air Force, Possessed, Big Sleep), dies at 58 Lee Tracy, actor (Martin Kane-Martin Kane Private Eye), dies at 69 1967 Albert Conti, actor (Eagle, Jazz Heaven, Topaz), dies at 79 Barney Ross, welterweight Boxing Champ (1934), dies at 57 Harry Antrim, actor (Ma and Pa Kettle), dies of heart attack at 83 Reese "Goose" Tatum, basketballer (Harlem Globetrotters), dies at 45 Simon FHJ Berkelbach van der Sprenkel, vicar/theologist, dies at 84 1966 Kathleen Norris, U.S. author, dies at 85 1963 Johnnie Moyes, journalist/cricketer (S Australia batsman), dies 1962 Raymond Moulaert, composer, dies at 86 1954 Sydney Greenstreet, actor (Conflict, Maltese Falcon), dies at 74 1952 Curly Howard, American Actor 1951 Robert Mark, U.S. chairman (Caste World Congress), dies at 41 1940 Kazimierz P Tetmajer, Polish writer/poet (Young Poland), dies at 74 1937 Frederick Pollock, English Judge 1936 Rudyard Kipling, author (Gunga Din, Nobel 1907), dies at 70 1923 Wallace Reid, actor (Birth of a Nation), dies at 31 1921 Adolf von Hildebrand, German sculptor, dies at 73 1919 John C F, son of English king George V, dies at 13 1918 Bohuslav Jeremias, composer, dies at 58 1913 Edmond R H Regout, Dutch industrialist/politician, dies at 49 1906 Bartolome Mitre, president of Argentina (1862-70), dies at 84 1902 Filippo Marchetti, composer, dies at 70 1890 Amadeus I FM, king of Spain (1870-73), dies at 44 1886 Michal Czajchovski, Sadik Pasja, writer, dies 1875 Joseph Philbrick Webster, composer, dies at 55 1862 John Tyler, 10th U.S. President (1841-45), dies in Richmond Virginia at 71 1854 Juda Turo, American philanthropist, dies 1769 Hakuin Ekaku, Zen teacher (reformer of Rinzai school), dies in Japan 1760 Claudio Casciolini, composer, dies at 62 1730 Peter II, czar of Russia (1727-30), dies at 14 1677 John A van Riebeeck, Dutch founder Cape Colony, dies at 57 1666 Adriaen A Bloemaert, Dutch landscape painter, dies at about 56 1664 Moise Amyrault, French theologist/vicar, dies 1659 Benedikt Lechler, composer, dies at 64 1580 Antonio Scandello, Italian composer (Passion of John), dies at 63 1479 Louis IX, the Rich, duke of Bayern (University of Ingolstadt), dies at 61 1367 Pedro I, king of Portugal (1357-67), dies at 46
