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  Tom McKibbin, cricketer (5 Tests for Aust 1895-1898, 17 wkts), dies on December - 15.   

1943  On this day in history 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 this day in history conrad Haebler, historian (Hundert Kalenderinkunabeln), dies at 89   

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

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

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

1953  On this day in history kishio Hirao, composer, dies at 46   

1958  On December - 15 death of wolfgang Ernst Pauli, Austrian-born American physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1900)   

1961  On this day in history william "Dummy" Hoy, professional baseball player, dies at 99   

1962  On December - 15 charles Laughton, English actor (Hunchback of Notre Dame), dies at 63   

1966  Walt Disney, animator, dies at 65, put in suspended animation on this day in history.   

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  On December - 15 edward Earle, actor (Charlie Chan-Meeting at Midnight), dies at 90   

1973  Orest Alexandrovich Evlahkov, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

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 December - 15.   

1978  Chill Wills, actor (Frontier Circus, Rounders), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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  On December - 15 arnold Moss, actor (Gambit), dies at 79   

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  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 December - 15.   

1996  Gerald Moverley, priest, dies at 74 on December - 15.   

1997  Lillian Disney, widow of Walt Disney, dies at 98 on December - 15.   

2001  On this day in history death of russ Haas, American professional wrestler (b. 1974)   

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

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

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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  David Teniers II, Flemish courtpainter (Theatrum Pictorium) was born on this day in history.   

1648  On December - 15 birth of gregory King, English statistician (Natural & Political Observations)   

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

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

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