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  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  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  On December - 15 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)  

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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 this day in history.  

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  Edward Earle, actor (Charlie Chan-Meeting at Midnight), dies at 90 on December - 15.  

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

1974  Erich Walter Sternberg, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history 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 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  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 December - 15.  

1996  Gerald Moverley, priest, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

2004  Death of Pauline Gore, mother of Al Gore (b. 1912) on December - 15.  

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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 this day in history birth of samuel Besler, composer  

1610  On this day in history birth of david Teniers II, Flemish courtpainter (Theatrum Pictorium)  

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  Ludwig Ernst, composer was born on December - 15.  

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