Famous Deaths In December - 15

1934  Maggis Lena Walker, 1st US (black) woman to head a bank, dies at 69 on December - 15.   

1939  Tom McKibbin, cricketer (5 Tests for Aust 1895-1898, 17 wkts), dies on this day in history.   

1943  Thomas W "Fats" Waller, jazz pianist (Hot Chocolate), dies at 39 in KC Missouri on this day in history.   

1944  Glenn Miller, US band leader/jazz composer, dies at 40 on December - 15.   

1946  On this day in history conrad Haebler, historian (Hundert Kalenderinkunabeln), dies at 89   

1947  On this day in history death of arthur Machen, Welsh author (b. 1863)   

1950  Robert Muller-Hartmann, composer, dies at 66 on December - 15.   

1951  Eric Drummond, 1st sec-gen League of Nations (1919-33), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1953  Kishio Hirao, composer, dies at 46 on this day in history.   

1958  On this day in history death of wolfgang Ernst Pauli, Austrian-born American physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1900)   

1961  On December - 15 william "Dummy" Hoy, professional baseball player, dies at 99   

1962  Charles Laughton, English actor (Hunchback of Notre Dame), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1966  On this day in history walt Disney, animator, dies at 65, put in suspended animation   

1968  Jess Willard, Heavyweight boxing champ (1915-19), dies at 86 on December - 15.   

1971  On this day in history death of paul Pierre Lévy, French mathematician (b. 1886)   

1972  Edward Earle, actor (Charlie Chan-Meeting at Midnight), dies at 90 on December - 15.   

1973  On this day in history orest Alexandrovich Evlahkov, composer, dies at 61   

1974  On December - 15 erich Walter Sternberg, composer, dies at 83   

1975  Mukhtar Ashrafi, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1977  On December - 15 death of wilfred Kitching, the 7th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1893)   

1978  Chill Wills, actor (Frontier Circus, Rounders), dies at 75 on December - 15.   

1979  Bern Hoffman, actor (Major Dell Conway), dies at 66 on December - 15.   

1984  On this day in history avon Long, actor (Roots: Next Generation), dies at 74   

1989  On this day in history arnold Moss, actor (Gambit), dies at 79   

1990  Betty Warren actress (Passport to Pimlico), dies on December - 15.   

1991  On this day in history horatio Luro, US horse trainer (Northern Dancer), dies at 90   

1993  Kakuei Tanaka, PM of Japan (1972-74), dies on this day in history.   

1994  Hans de Jong, musician/conductor (Amsterdams Vrouwenkoor), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1995  On December - 15 james Geoffrey Cutcliffe Hepburn, tap-dancer/socialist, dies at 88   

1996  Gerald Moverley, priest, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1997  On December - 15 lillian Disney, widow of Walt Disney, dies at 98   

2001  On December - 15 death of russ Haas, American professional wrestler (b. 1974)   

2003  On December - 15 death of george Fisher, American political cartoonist (b. 1923)   

2004  On this day in history death of pauline Gore, mother of Al Gore (b. 1912)   

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1534  On December - 15 birth of lucas Osiander, composer   

1567  Christoph Demantius, composer was born on December - 15.   

1574  On December - 15 birth of samuel Besler, composer   

1610  On this day in history birth of david Teniers II, Flemish courtpainter (Theatrum Pictorium)   

1648  Gregory King, English statistician (Natural & Political Observations) was born on December - 15.   

1657  On December - 15 birth of michel-Richard Delalande, composer   

1667  Ludwig Ernst, composer was born on this day in history.   

1720  On this day in history birth of j F Beck, writer