Izidor Guzmics, Hungarian theologian and educator (b. 1786) 1868 – Ferenc Gyulay, Hungarian-Austrian commander and politician (b. 1799) 1901–present 1922 – Samu Pecz, Hungarian architect and academic (b. 1854) 1930 – Peeter Põld, Estonian scientist and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Education (b. 1878) 1943 – Charles Atangana, Cameroonian ruler (b. 1880) 1947 – Frederick Russell Burnham, American soldier and adventurer (b. 1861) 1951 – Nellie McClung, Canadian author and suffragist (b. 1873) 1967 – Siegfried Sassoon, English soldier and writer (b. 1886) 1969 – Drew Pearson, American journalist and author (b. 1897) 1970 – François Mauriac, French novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885) 1971 – Alan Brown, English soldier (b. 1909) 1974 – Gerd Neggo, Estonian dancer, dance teacher, and choreographer (b. 1891) 1977 – Ethel Waters, American singer and actress (b. 1896) 1981 – Ann Harding, American actress (b. 1901) 1981 – Albert Speer, German architect and author (b. 1905) 1982 – Haskell Curry, American mathematician and academic (b. 1900) 1982 – Władysław Gomułka, Polish activist and politician (b. 1905) 1983 – Henry M. Jackson, American lawyer and politician (b. 1912) 1983 – Larry McDonald, American physician and politician (b. 1935) 1984 – Madeleine de Bourbon-Busset, Duchess of Parma (b. 1898) 1985 – Stefan Bellof, German racing driver (b. 1957) 1986 – Murray Hamilton, American actor (b. 1923) 1988 – Luis Walter Alvarez, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911) 1989 – A. Bartlett Giamatti, American businessman and academic (b. 1938) 1989 – Kazimierz Deyna, Polish footballer (b. 1947) 1989 – Tadeusz Sendzimir, Polish-American engineer (b. 1894) 1990 – Edwin O. Reischauer, American scholar and diplomat (b. 1910) 1991 – Otl Aicher, German graphic designer and typographer (b. 1922) 1997 – Zoltán Czibor, Hungarian footballer (b. 1929) 1998 – Józef Krupiński, Polish poet and author (b. 1930) 1998 – Cary Middlecoff, American golfer and sportscaster (b. 1921) 1998 – Osman F. Seden, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1924) 1999 – W. Richard Stevens, Zambian computer scientist and author (b. 1951) 2003 – Rand Brooks, American actor and producer (b. 1918) 2003 – Terry Frost, English painter and academic (b. 1915) 2004 – Ahmed Kuftaro, Syrian religious leader, Grand Mufti of Syria (b. 1915) 2004 – Alastair Morton, South African businessman (b. 1938) 2005 – R. L. Burnside, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1926) 2006 – György Faludy, Hungarian author and poet (b.