Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In December - 15
Wednesday, 09 July 2025
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 December - 15.
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 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 On December - 15 eric Drummond, 1st sec-gen League of Nations (1919-33), dies at 75
1953 Kishio Hirao, composer, dies at 46 on this day in history.
1958 On December - 15 death of wolfgang Ernst Pauli, Austrian-born American physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1900)
1961 William "Dummy" Hoy, professional baseball player, dies at 99 on December - 15.
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 December - 15.
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 On December - 15 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 On December - 15 mukhtar Ashrafi, composer, dies at 63
1977 On December - 15 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 Bern Hoffman, actor (Major Dell Conway), dies at 66 on December - 15.
1984 On December - 15 avon Long, actor (Roots: Next Generation), dies at 74
1989 Arnold Moss, actor (Gambit), dies at 79 on December - 15.
1990 On December - 15 betty Warren actress (Passport to Pimlico), dies
1991 On December - 15 horatio Luro, US horse trainer (Northern Dancer), dies at 90
1993 On December - 15 kakuei Tanaka, PM of Japan (1972-74), dies
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 On this day in history lillian Disney, widow of Walt Disney, dies at 98
2001 Death of Russ Haas, American professional wrestler (b. 1974) on December - 15.
2003 On December - 15 death of george Fisher, American political cartoonist (b. 1923)
2004 On this day in history death of pauline Gore, mother of Al Gore (b. 1912)
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