Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In December - 15

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

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

1943  Thomas W "Fats" Waller, jazz pianist (Hot Chocolate), dies at 39 in KC Missouri on December - 15.   

1944  Glenn Miller, US band leader/jazz composer, dies at 40 on this day in history.   

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

1947  On this day in history death of arthur Machen, Welsh author (b. 1863)   

1950  Robert Muller-Hartmann, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1951  Eric Drummond, 1st sec-gen League of Nations (1919-33), dies at 75 on December - 15.   

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 this day in history.   

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  On December - 15 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  Orest Alexandrovich Evlahkov, composer, dies at 61 on December - 15.   

1974  Erich Walter Sternberg, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1975  Mukhtar Ashrafi, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

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  Avon Long, actor (Roots: Next Generation), dies at 74 on December - 15.   

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

1990  Betty Warren actress (Passport to Pimlico), dies on December - 15.   

1991  Horatio Luro, US horse trainer (Northern Dancer), dies at 90 on this day in history.   

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

1994  On this day in history hans de Jong, musician/conductor (Amsterdams Vrouwenkoor), dies at 86   

1995  On December - 15 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 this day in history.   

2001  Death of Russ Haas, American professional wrestler (b. 1974) on this day in history.   

2003  Death of George Fisher, American political cartoonist (b. 1923) on December - 15.   

2004  On this day in history death of pauline Gore, mother of Al Gore (b. 1912)   

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1534  On December - 15 birth of lucas Osiander, composer   

1567  On December - 15 birth of christoph Demantius, composer   

1574  Samuel Besler, composer was born on December - 15.   

1610  On December - 15 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  Ludwig Ernst, composer was born on December - 15.   

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