politician, Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1875) 1976 – Eyvind Johnson, Swedish novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900) 1977 – Károly Kós, Hungarian architect, ethnologist, and politician (b. 1883) 1979 – Stan Kenton, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1911) 1980 – Gower Champion, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1919) 1981 – Nassos Kedrakas, Greek actor and cinematographer (b. 1915) 1982 – Anna German, Polish singer (b. 1936) 1984 – Truman Capote, American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1924) 1984 – Viktor Chukarin, Ukrainian gymnast and coach (b. 1921) 1984 – Waite Hoyt, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1899) 1988 – Art Rooney, American businessman, founded the Pittsburgh Steelers (b. 1901) 1990 – Morley Callaghan, Canadian author and playwright (b. 1903) 1995 – Doug Stegmeyer, American bass player and producer (b. 1951) 1998 – Lewis F. Powell, Jr., American lawyer and Supreme Court justice (b. 1907) 1999 – Rob Fisher, English keyboard player and songwriter (b. 1956) 2000 – Carl Barks, American author and illustrator (b. 1901) 2000 – Frederick C. Bock, American soldier and pilot (b. 1918) 2000 – Jack Nitzsche, American pianist, composer, and producer (b. 1937) 2000 – Allen Woody, American bass player and songwriter (b. 1955) 2001 – Aaliyah, American singer and actress (b. 1979) 2001 – Carl Brewer, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1938) 2001 – Üzeyir Garih, Turkish engineer and businessman, co-founded Alarko Holding (b. 1929) 2001 – Ken Tyrrell, English race car driver and businessman, founded Tyrrell Racing (b. 1924) 2002 – Dorothy Hewett, Australian author and poet (b. 1923) 2003 – Tom Feelings, American author and illustrator (b. 1933) 2005 – Peter Glotz, Czech-German academic and politician (b. 1939) 2006 – Noor Hassanali, Trinidadian-Tobagonian lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Trinidad and Tobago (b. 1918) 2007 – Benjamin Aaron, American lawyer and scholar (b. 1915) 2007 – Ray Jones, English footballer (b. 1988) 2008 – Ahmad Faraz, Pakistani poet (b. 1931) 2008 – Kevin Duckworth, American basketball player (b. 1964) 2009 – Ted Kennedy, American politician (b. 1932) 2009 – Mandé Sidibé, Malian economist and politician, Prime Minister of Mali (b. 1940) 2011 – Lazar Mojsov, Macedonian politician (b. 1920) 2012 – Florencio Amarilla, Paraguayan footballer, coach, and actor (b. 1935) 2012 – Neil Armstrong, American pilot, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1930) 2012 – Roberto González Barrera, Mexican banker and businessman (b. 1930) 2012 – Donald Gorrie,