Famous Deaths 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  On this day in history thomas W "Fats" Waller, jazz pianist (Hot Chocolate), dies at 39 in KC Missouri  

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

1946  On December - 15 conrad Haebler, historian (Hundert Kalenderinkunabeln), dies at 89  

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

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 December - 15.  

1953  On December - 15 kishio Hirao, composer, dies at 46  

1958  Death of Wolfgang Ernst Pauli, Austrian-born American physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1900) on this day in history.  

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 December - 15 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 this day in history edward Earle, actor (Charlie Chan-Meeting at Midnight), dies at 90  

1973  Orest Alexandrovich Evlahkov, composer, dies at 61 on December - 15.  

1974  On this day in history erich Walter Sternberg, composer, dies at 83  

1975  On this day in history mukhtar Ashrafi, composer, dies at 63  

1977  On December - 15 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  Bern Hoffman, actor (Major Dell Conway), dies at 66 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1991  Horatio Luro, US horse trainer (Northern Dancer), dies at 90 on December - 15.  

1993  On December - 15 kakuei Tanaka, PM of Japan (1972-74), dies  

1994  On December - 15 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  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  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  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  On December - 15 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  Gregory King, English statistician (Natural & Political Observations) was born on this day in history.  

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

1667  Ludwig Ernst, composer was born on this day in history.  

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