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  On December - 15 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  On this day in history glenn Miller, US band leader/jazz composer, dies at 40   

1946  On December - 15 conrad Haebler, historian (Hundert Kalenderinkunabeln), dies at 89   

1947  Death of Arthur Machen, Welsh author (b. 1863) on this day in history.   

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

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

1953  On December - 15 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 December - 15.   

1968  On December - 15 jess Willard, Heavyweight boxing champ (1915-19), dies at 86   

1971  Death of Paul Pierre Lévy, French mathematician (b. 1886) on this day in history.   

1972  On this day in history edward Earle, actor (Charlie Chan-Meeting at Midnight), dies at 90   

1973  On this day in history orest Alexandrovich Evlahkov, composer, dies at 61   

1974  On this day in history erich Walter Sternberg, composer, dies at 83   

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 December - 15 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 December - 15 avon Long, actor (Roots: Next Generation), dies at 74   

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

1990  On this day in history betty Warren actress (Passport to Pimlico), dies   

1991  On December - 15 horatio Luro, US horse trainer (Northern Dancer), dies at 90   

1993  Kakuei Tanaka, PM of Japan (1972-74), dies on December - 15.   

1994  Hans de Jong, musician/conductor (Amsterdams Vrouwenkoor), dies at 86 on December - 15.   

1995  On this day in history james Geoffrey Cutcliffe Hepburn, tap-dancer/socialist, dies at 88   

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  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 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  On this day in history birth of christoph Demantius, composer   

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 December - 15 birth of gregory King, English statistician (Natural & Political Observations)   

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

1667  On this day in history birth of ludwig Ernst, composer   

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