Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In December - 15

1934  On this day in history maggis Lena Walker, 1st US (black) woman to head a bank, dies at 69   

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 December - 15.   

1944  Glenn Miller, US band leader/jazz composer, dies at 40 on this day in history.   

1946  Conrad Haebler, historian (Hundert Kalenderinkunabeln), dies at 89 on this day in history.   

1947  On December - 15 death of arthur Machen, Welsh author (b. 1863)   

1950  On this day in history robert Muller-Hartmann, composer, dies at 66   

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

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

1958  Death of Wolfgang Ernst Pauli, Austrian-born American physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1900) on December - 15.   

1961  William "Dummy" Hoy, professional baseball player, dies at 99 on this day in history.   

1962  On December - 15 charles Laughton, English actor (Hunchback of Notre Dame), dies at 63   

1966  Walt Disney, animator, dies at 65, put in suspended animation on December - 15.   

1968  On December - 15 jess Willard, Heavyweight boxing champ (1915-19), dies at 86   

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 this day in history.   

1973  Orest Alexandrovich Evlahkov, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1974  Erich Walter Sternberg, composer, dies at 83 on December - 15.   

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

1977  Death of Wilfred Kitching, the 7th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1893) on this day in history.   

1978  On this day in history chill Wills, actor (Frontier Circus, Rounders), dies at 75   

1979  Bern Hoffman, actor (Major Dell Conway), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1984  Avon Long, actor (Roots: Next Generation), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1989  Arnold Moss, actor (Gambit), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

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

1991  Horatio Luro, US horse trainer (Northern Dancer), dies at 90 on this day in history.   

1993  On this day in history kakuei Tanaka, PM of Japan (1972-74), dies   

1994  On this day in history hans de Jong, musician/conductor (Amsterdams Vrouwenkoor), dies at 86   

1995  James Geoffrey Cutcliffe Hepburn, tap-dancer/socialist, dies at 88 on December - 15.   

1996  On this day in history gerald Moverley, priest, dies at 74   

1997  On this day in history lillian Disney, widow of Walt Disney, dies at 98   

2001  Death of Russ Haas, American professional wrestler (b. 1974) on this day in history.   

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  Lucas Osiander, composer was born on December - 15.   

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

1574  On December - 15 birth of samuel Besler, composer   

1610  David Teniers II, Flemish courtpainter (Theatrum Pictorium) was born on December - 15.   

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 December - 15 birth of j F Beck, writer