Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In December - 15

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

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

1574  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1720  J F Beck, writer was born on December - 15.