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 this day in history.   

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

1950  On this day in history robert Muller-Hartmann, composer, dies at 66   

1951  Eric Drummond, 1st sec-gen League of Nations (1919-33), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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 December - 15.   

1961  On December - 15 william "Dummy" Hoy, professional baseball player, dies at 99   

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  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  On December - 15 orest Alexandrovich Evlahkov, composer, dies at 61   

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

1975  On December - 15 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 this day in history chill Wills, actor (Frontier Circus, Rounders), dies at 75   

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  Arnold Moss, actor (Gambit), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history kakuei Tanaka, PM of Japan (1972-74), dies   

1994  Hans de Jong, musician/conductor (Amsterdams Vrouwenkoor), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1995  James Geoffrey Cutcliffe Hepburn, tap-dancer/socialist, dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1996  On December - 15 gerald Moverley, priest, dies at 74   

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 December - 15 birth of lucas Osiander, composer   

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

1574  On December - 15 birth of samuel Besler, composer   

1610  On this day in history birth of david Teniers II, Flemish courtpainter (Theatrum Pictorium)   

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

1657  Michel-Richard Delalande, composer was born on December - 15.   

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

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