Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In December - 15

1934  Maggis Lena Walker, 1st US (black) woman to head a bank, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

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

1943  On December - 15 thomas W "Fats" Waller, jazz pianist (Hot Chocolate), dies at 39 in KC Missouri   

1944  On this day in history glenn Miller, US band leader/jazz composer, dies at 40   

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  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 this day in history.   

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 December - 15.   

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

1962  On this day in history 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  On December - 15 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  On this day in history erich Walter Sternberg, composer, dies at 83   

1975  Mukhtar Ashrafi, composer, dies at 63 on December - 15.   

1977  Death of Wilfred Kitching, the 7th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1893) on December - 15.   

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

1979  Bern Hoffman, actor (Major Dell Conway), dies at 66 on December - 15.   

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  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  On December - 15 hans de Jong, musician/conductor (Amsterdams Vrouwenkoor), dies at 86   

1995  On December - 15 james Geoffrey Cutcliffe Hepburn, tap-dancer/socialist, dies at 88   

1996  On December - 15 gerald Moverley, priest, dies at 74   

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  Death of George Fisher, American political cartoonist (b. 1923) on this day in history.   

2004  On this day in history 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 December - 15 birth of christoph Demantius, composer   

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 December - 15.   

1657  Michel-Richard Delalande, composer was born on this day in history.   

1667  On December - 15 birth of ludwig Ernst, composer   

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