Famous Deaths In December - 15

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

1939  On December - 15 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 this day in history.   

1944  On December - 15 glenn Miller, US band leader/jazz composer, dies at 40   

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

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

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

1951  Eric Drummond, 1st sec-gen League of Nations (1919-33), dies at 75 on December - 15.   

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  On this day in history william "Dummy" Hoy, professional baseball player, dies at 99   

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

1966  Walt Disney, animator, dies at 65, put in suspended animation on this day in history.   

1968  On this day in history 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  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  On this day in history mukhtar Ashrafi, composer, dies at 63   

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

1978  Chill Wills, actor (Frontier Circus, Rounders), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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

1984  On December - 15 avon Long, actor (Roots: Next Generation), dies at 74   

1989  Arnold Moss, actor (Gambit), dies at 79 on December - 15.   

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 December - 15 kakuei Tanaka, PM of Japan (1972-74), dies   

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

1995  On this day in history james Geoffrey Cutcliffe Hepburn, tap-dancer/socialist, dies at 88   

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

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

2001  On this day in history death of russ Haas, American professional wrestler (b. 1974)   

2003  On this day in history death of george Fisher, American political cartoonist (b. 1923)   

2004  On December - 15 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1657  Michel-Richard Delalande, composer was born on December - 15.   

1667  On December - 15 birth of ludwig Ernst, composer   

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