1968 – Giuseppe Paris, Italian gymnast (b. 1895) 1969 – Alberto Bonucci, Italian actor and director (b. 1918) 1969 – Rómulo Gallegos, Venezuelan novelist and politician (b. 1917) 1969 – Ain-Ervin Mere, Estonian SS officer (b. 1903) 1970 – Louisa Bolus, South African botanist and taxonomist (b. 1877) 1970 – Alfred Sturtevant, American geneticist and academic (b. 1891) 1970 – Karl von Spreti, German diplomat (b. 1907) 1971 – José Cubiles, Spanish pianist and conductor (b. 1894) 1973 – David Murray, British race car driver (b. 1909) 1973 – Isabel Jewell, American actress and singer (b. 1907) 1973 – Alla Tarasova, Russian ballerina (b. 1898) 1974 – Bino Bini, Italian fencer (b. 1900) 1974 – A. Y. Jackson, Canadian painter (b. 1882) 1975 – Tell Berna, American middle and long-distance runner (b. 1891) 1975 – Victor Marijnen, Dutch politician (b. 1917) 1975 – Chiang Kai-shek, Chinese general and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (b. 1887) 1975 – Harold Osborn, American track and fielder (b. 1899) 1976 – Howard Hughes, American pilot, engineer, and director (b. 1905) 1976 – Wilder Penfield, American-Canadian surgeon and academic (b. 1891) 1976 – Harry Wyld, British cyclist (b. 1900) 1977 – Carlos Prío Socarrás, President of Cuba, (b. 1903) 1977 – Yuri Zavadsky, Russian actor and director (b. 1894) 1981 – Émile Hanse, Belgian footballer (b. 1892) 1981 – Bob Hite, American singer-songwriter (b. 1945) 1981 – Pinchus Kremegne, French artist (b. 1890) 1982 – Abe Fortas, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1910) 1983 – Abd al-Quddus al-Ansari, Saudi Arabian historian, journalist and writer. (b. 1907) 1984 – Hans Lunding, Danish military officer (b. 1899) 1984 – Giuseppe Tucci, Italian scholar of oriental cultures (b. 1894) 1986 – Manly Wade Wellman, American writer (b. 1903) 1987 – Leabua Jonathan, 2nd Prime Minister of Lesotho (b. 1914) 1988 – Alf Kjellin, Swedish actor and director (b. 1920) 1989 – Frank Foss, American pole vaulter (b. 1895) 1989 – Karel Zeman, Czech director, artist, production designer and animator (b. 1910) 1991 – Sonny Carter, American soccer player, physician, and astronaut (b. 1947) 1991 – Jay Miller, American basketball player (b. 1943) 1991 – Jiří Mucha, Czech journalist, writer and screenwriter (b. 1915) 1991 – William Sidney, 1st Viscount De L'Isle (b. 1909) 1991 – John Tower, American soldier, academic, and politician (b. 1925) 1992 – Takeshi Inoue, Japanese footballer (b. 1928) 1992 – Molly