Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In December - 15

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

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

1943  Thomas W "Fats" Waller, jazz pianist (Hot Chocolate), dies at 39 in KC Missouri on this day in history.   

1944  Glenn Miller, US band leader/jazz composer, dies at 40 on December - 15.   

1946  Conrad Haebler, historian (Hundert Kalenderinkunabeln), dies at 89 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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 December - 15.   

1961  William "Dummy" Hoy, professional baseball player, dies at 99 on December - 15.   

1962  On December - 15 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  On this day in history 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 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 December - 15 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 December - 15.   

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  On December - 15 kakuei Tanaka, PM of Japan (1972-74), dies   

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

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

1996  On this day in history gerald Moverley, priest, dies at 74   

1997  On this day in history lillian Disney, widow of Walt Disney, dies at 98   

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

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  On December - 15 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  Gregory King, English statistician (Natural & Political Observations) was born on December - 15.   

1657  Michel-Richard Delalande, composer was born on this day in history.   

1667  Ludwig Ernst, composer was born on December - 15.   

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