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

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  On this day in history kishio Hirao, composer, dies at 46  

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  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  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 December - 15.  

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

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

1984  Avon Long, actor (Roots: Next Generation), dies at 74 on this day in history.  

1989  On this day in history arnold Moss, actor (Gambit), dies at 79  

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 December - 15.  

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

1996  Gerald Moverley, priest, dies at 74 on December - 15.  

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 this day in history.  

2004  On December - 15 death of pauline Gore, mother of Al Gore (b. 1912)  

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

1610  On December - 15 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 this day in history.  

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

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