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  Thomas W "Fats" Waller, jazz pianist (Hot Chocolate), dies at 39 in KC Missouri on December - 15.   

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  On this day in history death of arthur Machen, Welsh author (b. 1863)   

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 this day in history.   

1953  Kishio Hirao, composer, dies at 46 on December - 15.   

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

1961  On December - 15 william "Dummy" Hoy, professional baseball player, dies at 99   

1962  Charles Laughton, English actor (Hunchback of Notre Dame), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1966  On this day in history walt Disney, animator, dies at 65, put in suspended animation   

1968  Jess Willard, Heavyweight boxing champ (1915-19), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1973  On December - 15 orest Alexandrovich Evlahkov, composer, dies at 61   

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

1975  Mukhtar Ashrafi, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

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

1978  On December - 15 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  Avon Long, actor (Roots: Next Generation), dies at 74 on December - 15.   

1989  On December - 15 arnold Moss, actor (Gambit), dies at 79   

1990  Betty Warren actress (Passport to Pimlico), dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1994  Hans de Jong, musician/conductor (Amsterdams Vrouwenkoor), dies at 86 on December - 15.   

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

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

1997  On December - 15 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 December - 15 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 this day in history.   

1567  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of michel-Richard Delalande, composer   

1667  On December - 15 birth of ludwig Ernst, composer   

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