Famous Deaths In December - 15
Saturday, 07 September 2024
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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