producer, and playwright (b. 1858) 1944 – George Herriman, American cartoonist (b. 1880) 1944 – Tony Mullane, Irish-American baseball player (b. 1859) 1944 – William Stephens, American engineer and politician, 24th Governor of California (b. 1859) 1945 – Huldreich Georg Früh, Swiss composer (b. 1903) 1961 – Robert Garrett, American discus thrower and shot putter (b. 1875) 1970 – Anita Louise, American actress (b. 1915) 1972 – George Sanders, English actor (b. 1906) 1973 – Olga Grey, Hungarian-American actress (b. 1896) 1974 – Gustavo R. Vincenti, Maltese architect and developer (b. 1888) 1975 – Mike Brant, Israeli singer and songwriter (b.1947) 1976 – Carol Reed, English director and producer (b. 1906) 1976 – Markus Reiner, Israeli engineer and educator (b. 1886) 1982 – John Cody, American cardinal (b. 1907) 1983 – William S. Bowdern, American priest and author (b. 1897) 1988 – Carolyn Franklin, American singer-songwriter (b. 1944) 1988 – Clifford D. Simak, American journalist and author (b. 1904) 1990 – Dexter Gordon, American saxophonist, composer, and actor (b. 1923) 1992 – Yutaka Ozaki, Japanese singer-songwriter (b. 1965) 1995 – Art Fleming, American game show host (b. 1925) 1995 – Ginger Rogers, American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1911) 1995 – Lev Shankovsky, Ukrainian military historian (b. 1903) 1996 – Saul Bass, American graphic designer and director (b. 1920) 1998 – Wright Morris, American author and photographer (b. 1910) 1999 – Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin, Irish journalist and author (b. 1914) 1999 – Roger Troutman, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1951) 2000 – Lucien Le Cam, French mathematician and statistician (b. 1924) 2000 – David Merrick, American director and producer (b. 1911) 2001 – Michele Alboreto, Italian racing driver (b. 1956) 2002 – Lisa Lopes, American rapper and dancer (b. 1971) 2003 – Samson Kitur, Kenyan runner (b. 1966) 2004 – Thom Gunn, English-American poet and academic (b. 1929) 2005 – Jim Barker, American politician (b. 1935) 2005 – Swami Ranganathananda, Indian monk and educator (b. 1908) 2006 – Jane Jacobs, American-Canadian journalist, author, and activist (b. 1916) 2006 – Peter Law, Welsh politician and independent member of parliament (b. 1948) 2007 – Alan Ball Jr., English footballer and manager (b. 1945) 2007 – Arthur Milton, English footballer and cricketer (b. 1928) 2007 – Bobby Pickett, American singer-songwriter (b. 1938) 2008 – Humphrey Lyttelton, English trumpet player, composer, and radio host (b. 1921) 2009 – Bea Arthur, American actress