Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In December - 15

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

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 this day in history.   

1947  Death of Arthur Machen, Welsh author (b. 1863) on December - 15.   

1950  On December - 15 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  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  William "Dummy" Hoy, professional baseball player, dies at 99 on this day in history.   

1962  On December - 15 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 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 this day in history.   

1973  Orest Alexandrovich Evlahkov, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1974  On December - 15 erich Walter Sternberg, composer, dies at 83   

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

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 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 this day in history.   

1990  Betty Warren actress (Passport to Pimlico), dies on December - 15.   

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

1993  Kakuei Tanaka, PM of Japan (1972-74), dies on December - 15.   

1994  On this day in history hans de Jong, musician/conductor (Amsterdams Vrouwenkoor), dies at 86   

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

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  On December - 15 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  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  Christoph Demantius, composer was born on this day in history.   

1574  Samuel Besler, composer was born on this day in history.   

1610  David Teniers II, Flemish courtpainter (Theatrum Pictorium) was born on December - 15.   

1648  On this day in history birth of gregory King, English statistician (Natural & Political Observations)   

1657  On this day in history birth of michel-Richard Delalande, composer   

1667  On this day in history birth of ludwig Ernst, composer   

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