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  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 December - 15.   

1944  Glenn Miller, US band leader/jazz composer, dies at 40 on this day in history.   

1946  On this day in history conrad Haebler, historian (Hundert Kalenderinkunabeln), dies at 89   

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

1950  On December - 15 robert Muller-Hartmann, composer, dies at 66   

1951  Eric Drummond, 1st sec-gen League of Nations (1919-33), dies at 75 on December - 15.   

1953  Kishio Hirao, composer, dies at 46 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history charles Laughton, English actor (Hunchback of Notre Dame), dies at 63   

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

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 December - 15.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1977  Death of Wilfred Kitching, the 7th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1893) on this day in history.   

1978  Chill Wills, actor (Frontier Circus, Rounders), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1979  On December - 15 bern Hoffman, actor (Major Dell Conway), dies at 66   

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

1991  On this day in history horatio Luro, US horse trainer (Northern Dancer), dies at 90   

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  James Geoffrey Cutcliffe Hepburn, tap-dancer/socialist, dies at 88 on this day in history.   

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

1997  Lillian Disney, widow of Walt Disney, dies at 98 on December - 15.   

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 December - 15.   

2004  Death of Pauline Gore, mother of Al Gore (b. 1912) on this day in history.   

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1534  On December - 15 birth of lucas Osiander, composer   

1567  Christoph Demantius, composer was born on this day in history.   

1574  On December - 15 birth of samuel Besler, composer   

1610  On December - 15 birth of david Teniers II, Flemish courtpainter (Theatrum Pictorium)   

1648  On December - 15 birth of gregory King, English statistician (Natural & Political Observations)   

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

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

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