Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In December - 15

1934  Maggis Lena Walker, 1st US (black) woman to head a bank, dies at 69 on December - 15.   

1939  On this day in history tom McKibbin, cricketer (5 Tests for Aust 1895-1898, 17 wkts), dies   

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 December - 15.   

1946  Conrad Haebler, historian (Hundert Kalenderinkunabeln), dies at 89 on December - 15.   

1947  On December - 15 death of arthur Machen, Welsh author (b. 1863)   

1950  Robert Muller-Hartmann, composer, dies at 66 on December - 15.   

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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1968  On this day in history jess Willard, Heavyweight boxing champ (1915-19), dies at 86   

1971  On December - 15 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 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 December - 15.   

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

1978  On this day in history 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  On this day in history avon Long, actor (Roots: Next Generation), dies at 74   

1989  Arnold Moss, actor (Gambit), dies at 79 on December - 15.   

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

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

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1534  On this day in history birth of lucas Osiander, composer   

1567  On this day in history birth of christoph Demantius, composer   

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  Gregory King, English statistician (Natural & Political Observations) was born on this day in history.   

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

1667  Ludwig Ernst, composer was born on December - 15.   

1720  On December - 15 birth of j F Beck, writer