Famous Deaths In December - 15

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

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

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 December - 15.   

1946  On December - 15 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 this day in history.   

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

1953  On this day in history kishio Hirao, composer, dies at 46   

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

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

1962  Charles Laughton, English actor (Hunchback of Notre Dame), dies at 63 on December - 15.   

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

1968  On this day in history jess Willard, Heavyweight boxing champ (1915-19), dies at 86   

1971  Death of Paul Pierre Lévy, French mathematician (b. 1886) on this day in history.   

1972  On December - 15 edward Earle, actor (Charlie Chan-Meeting at Midnight), dies at 90   

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 December - 15.   

1977  On this day in history death of wilfred Kitching, the 7th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1893)   

1978  On December - 15 chill Wills, actor (Frontier Circus, Rounders), dies at 75   

1979  On December - 15 bern Hoffman, actor (Major Dell Conway), dies at 66   

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 this day in history.   

1991  On December - 15 horatio Luro, US horse trainer (Northern Dancer), dies at 90   

1993  Kakuei Tanaka, PM of Japan (1972-74), dies on December - 15.   

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

1995  James Geoffrey Cutcliffe Hepburn, tap-dancer/socialist, dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1996  Gerald Moverley, priest, dies at 74 on December - 15.   

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

2001  Death of Russ Haas, American professional wrestler (b. 1974) on December - 15.   

2003  Death of George Fisher, American political cartoonist (b. 1923) on December - 15.   

2004  On December - 15 death of pauline Gore, mother of Al Gore (b. 1912)   

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1534  On this day in history birth of lucas Osiander, composer   

1567  On this day in history birth of christoph Demantius, composer   

1574  Samuel Besler, composer was born on this day in history.   

1610  David Teniers II, Flemish courtpainter (Theatrum Pictorium) was born on this day in history.   

1648  On this day in history birth of gregory King, English statistician (Natural & Political Observations)   

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

1667  On this day in history birth of ludwig Ernst, composer   

1720  J F Beck, writer was born on this day in history.