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  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 this day in history.   

1946  Conrad Haebler, historian (Hundert Kalenderinkunabeln), dies at 89 on December - 15.   

1947  Death of Arthur Machen, Welsh author (b. 1863) on this day in history.   

1950  On December - 15 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 December - 15.   

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  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 this day in history.   

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

1971  Death of Paul Pierre Lévy, French mathematician (b. 1886) on December - 15.   

1972  On this day in history edward Earle, actor (Charlie Chan-Meeting at Midnight), dies at 90   

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

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

1975  On December - 15 mukhtar Ashrafi, composer, dies at 63   

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

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

1979  On this day in history bern Hoffman, actor (Major Dell Conway), dies at 66   

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

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

1990  On this day in history betty Warren actress (Passport to Pimlico), dies   

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  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 this day in history.   

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

1997  Lillian Disney, widow of Walt Disney, dies at 98 on this day in history.   

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

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

2004  Death of Pauline Gore, mother of Al Gore (b. 1912) on this day in history.   

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1534  On December - 15 birth of lucas Osiander, composer   

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

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  On December - 15 birth of ludwig Ernst, composer   

1720  On December - 15 birth of j F Beck, writer