2000 Paul Young, singer, Mike and the Mechanics, dies at 53 1999 George Brown, Jr., Representative-D-California 1963 - 1971 and 1973 - 1999, died of complications from surgery 1997 Alan Charig, paleontologist, BBC science show presenter, dies at 70 Gianni Versace, fashion designer, shot to death by Andrew Cunanan at 50 1996 Dana Hill, actress (Vacation), dies at 32 1995 Eddie J Bush, golf professional, dies at 83 Willie George "Bill" Woodruff Sr, vocalist, dies at 66 1994 Jeanne Bieruma Oosting, Dutch painter/illustrator, dies 1993 David Brian, U.S. actor (Damned Don't Cry, Fort Worth), dies at 78 1992 Henk van der Molen, guitarist/composer/writer (Martine Bijl), dies 1991 Bert Convy, actor (Snoop Sisters, Win Lose or Draw), dies at 57 1990 Alison Leggatt, actress (Day of Triffids, Cows), dies at 86 Margaret Mary Lockwood, actress (Man in Grey, Wicked Lady), dies at 73 Troy Dixon, rapper (Trouble T-Roy of Heavy D), dies at 22 of a fall 1988 Eleanor Estes, author (Ginger Pye, Moffats), dies at 82 1987 Alfie Bass, actor (Moonraker, Are You Being Served), dies at 66 1986 Benny Rubin, actor/comedian (Benny Rubin Show), dies at 87 Florence Halop, actress (Florence-Night Court), dies at 63 1983 Eddie Foy, Jr., actor (Eddie-Fair Exchange), dies of cancer at 78 1980 Eddie Jackson, comedian (Jimmy Durante Show), dies at 84 Henri Martelli, composer, dies at 85 1977 Konstantin Fedin, writer, dies 1976 Paul William Gallico, writer, dies at 78 1975 Charles Weidman, U.S. dancer and choreographer (Fables for Our Time), dies 1971 Guy Wilkerson, dies of cancer at 71 1969 Peter Van Eyck, dies after long illness at 56 1968 Lura Anson, dies in Woodland at 76 1960 Lawrence Mervil Tibbett, baritone, dies after surgery at 63 1959 Ernest Bloch, Swiss/US composer (Macbeth), dies at 78 Peter A Egge, Norwegian writer (The Dream), dies 1958 Julia Lennon, mother of Beatle John, dies in an auto accident Nuries-Said, Iraqi soldier/statesman, assassinated, dies 1957 George Cleveland, actor (Grampa-Lassie), dies at 74 Marie C of Zeggelen, author (Dessajongen), dies at 87 1948 John J Pershing, Black Jack, U.S. general (Mexico, WW I), dies at 87 John Joseph Pershing, American Soldier 1947 Henry Kolker, dies at 76 1940 Donald Calthrop, dies at 52 Robert Wadlow, world's tallest man (8'11.1"), dies at 32 1939 Johon Mellanby, physiologist, dies Percy Scott Worthington, architect, dies 1937 Walter Gay, artist, dies 1935 Pieter WA Cort van de Linden, Dutch premier (1913-18), dies at 89 1934 Jules Renkin, Belgian Prime Minister 1931 - 1932, dies 1933 Irving Babbitt, U.S. writer (Democracy and Leadership), dies at 67 1930 Leopold von Auer, Hungarian/US violinist, dies 1929 Hugo Von Hofmannsthal, playwright and poet, dies 1915 Ludwik Grossman, composer, dies at 80 1912 Francisco Lazaro, Portuguese marathon runner (Olympics), dies at 21 1910 Daniel Kinet, auto racer/1st Belgian flyer, dies 1904 Anton Pavlovich Chechov, Russian writer (Uncle Vanya), dies at 44 1890 Gottfried Keller, writer, dies at 70 1885 Rosalia de Castro, Spanish writer, dies at 48 1883 Tom Thumb, famous small person (40"), dies of a stroke at 44 1881 William "Billy the Kid" Bonney, shot by sheriff Pat Garrett at 21 1876 Aleksander Fredro, Polish comedy writer (Zemstra), dies at 82 1869 A J Hayne, black captain of Arkansas militia, assassinated 1868 William Thomas Morton, dentist (1st to use ether), dies 1865 Reinier C Bakhuizen van de Brink, Dutch historian, dies at 55 1862 David Emanuel Twiggs, U.S. Confederate general-major (Monterrey), dies at 72 1857 Carl Czerny, Austrian pianist/composer, dies at 66 1856 Margaretha J de Neufville, author (The Kidnap), dies at 81 1854 Wincenty Studzinski, composer, dies at 39 1839 Winthrop Mackworth Praed, politician/poet, dies 1810 Jean-Baptiste Rey, composer, dies at 75 1798 Gaetano Pugnani, composer, dies at 66 1789 Jacques Duphly, composer, dies at 74 1784 Johan B Straub, South German sculptor, dies 1782 Farinelli, Italian singer, dies at 77 Robert Wainwright, composer, dies at 33 1765 Charles Andrew Vanloo, painter, dies 1751 John Wilson, botanist, dies 1738 Alexander Voznitsyn, Rus Naval officer converted to Judaism, executed Antonio Maria Pacchioni, composer, dies at 84 Baruch Leibov, converted Russian Naval officer to Judaism, executed 1685 James Scott, Duke of Monmouth, illegitimate son of Charles 2, executed 1609 Annibale Carracci, painter, dies 1417 Willem J Eggert, financier (W E Center, Purmerend), dies 1416 John, Duke of Berry, captain of Paris, dies 1411 Johannes Parvus, Jean Petit, French theologist, dies 1381 John Ball, English priest/ideologist of Boer uprising, hanged 1291 Rudolf I, King of Germany and Holy Roman Empire, dies 1274 John F Bonaventura, Italian/French theologist/dominican/saint, dies 1085 Robert Guiscard, Duke of Apulia and Calabria, dies at 70 668 Constantius II, emperor of Byzantium, dies at 37
