De Piro, Maltese priest and missionary (b. 1877) 1936 – Ettie Annie Rout, New Zealand author and activist (b. 1877) 1937 – Walter Dubislav, German logician and philosopher of science, Vienna circle member (b. 1895) 1938 – Bruno Jasieński, Polish poet and author (b. 1901) 1943 – Friedrich Zickwolff, German general (b. 1893) 1948 – Ruth Benedict, American anthropologist and academic (b. 1887) 1948 – Folke Bernadotte, Swedish soldier and diplomat (b. 1895) 1951 – Jimmy Yancey, American pianist and composer (b. 1898) 1953 – David Munson, American runner (b. 1884) 1953 – Hans Feige, German general (Wehrmacht) (b. 1880) 1961 – Adnan Menderes, Turkish lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1899) 1965 – Alejandro Casona, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1903) 1966 – Fritz Wunderlich, German tenor and actor (b. 1930) 1971 – Carlos Lamarca, Brazilian captain (b. 1937) 1972 – Akim Tamiroff, American actor (b. 1899) 1973 – Hugo Winterhalter, American bandleader and composer (b. 1909) 1975 – Nicola Moscona, Greek-American singer-songwriter (b. 1907) 1980 – Anastasio Somoza Debayle, Nicaraguan commander and politician, 73rd President of Nicaragua (b. 1925) 1982 – Manos Loïzos, Egyptian-Greek composer (b. 1937) 1983 – Humberto Sousa Medeiros, Portuguese-American cardinal (b. 1915) 1984 – Richard Basehart, American actor and director (b. 1914) 1985 – Laura Ashley, Welsh fashion designer, founded Laura Ashley plc (b. 1925) 1987 – Harry Locke, English actor (b. 1913) 1991 – Zino Francescatti, French violinist and composer (b. 1902) 1992 – Roger Wagner, American conductor and educator (b. 1914) 1993 – Willie Mosconi, American pool player and actor (b. 1913) 1993 – Christian Nyby, American director and producer (b. 1913) 1994 – John Delafose, American accordion player (b. 1939) 1994 – Vitas Gerulaitis, American tennis player and coach (b. 1954) 1994 – Karl Popper, Austrian-English philosopher and academic (b. 1902) 1995 – Isadore Epstein, Estonian-American astronomer and academic (b. 1919) 1995 – Lucien Victor, Belgian cyclist (b. 1931) 1996 – Spiro Agnew, American soldier and politician, 39th Vice President of the United States (b. 1918) 1997 – Red Skelton, American actor and comedian (b. 1913) 1998 – Ted Binion, American poker player and businessman (b. 1943) 1998 – Geoffrey Dutton, Australian historian and author (b. 1922) 1999 – Frankie Vaughan, English singer and actor (b. 1928) 2000 – Georgiy Gongadze, Georgian-Ukrainian journalist and director (b. 1969) 2003 – Erich Hallhuber, German actor (b. 1951) 2005 – Jacques