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 December - 15 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  Conrad Haebler, historian (Hundert Kalenderinkunabeln), dies at 89 on this day in history.   

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

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

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  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 this day in history.   

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  Jess Willard, Heavyweight boxing champ (1915-19), dies at 86 on December - 15.   

1971  Death of Paul Pierre Lévy, French mathematician (b. 1886) on December - 15.   

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

1975  On this day in history mukhtar Ashrafi, composer, dies at 63   

1977  Death of Wilfred Kitching, the 7th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1893) on this day in history.   

1978  On December - 15 chill Wills, actor (Frontier Circus, Rounders), dies at 75   

1979  On December - 15 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 this day in history.   

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

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  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 December - 15.   

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 this day in history.   

2003  On this day in history death of george Fisher, American political cartoonist (b. 1923)   

2004  Death of Pauline Gore, mother of Al Gore (b. 1912) on December - 15.   

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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  Samuel Besler, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.