1892 – John Greenleaf Whittier, American poet and activist (b. 1807) 1893 – Hamilton Fish, American lawyer and politician, 26th United States Secretary of State (b. 1808) 1901–present 1907 – Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu, Romanian philologist, journalist, and playwright (b. 1838) 1910 – William Holman Hunt, English painter and soldier (b. 1827) 1920 – Simon-Napoléon Parent, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Quebec (b. 1855) 1921 – Alfred William Rich, English author and painter (b. 1856) 1929 – Frederic Weatherly, English lawyer, author, and songwriter (b. 1848) 1933 – Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon, English ornithologist and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (b. 1862) 1939 – Kyōka Izumi, Japanese author, poet, and playwright (b. 1873) 1940 – José Félix Estigarribia, Paraguayan soldier and politician, President of Paraguay (b. 1888) 1941 – Mario García Menocal, Cuban lawyer and politician, President of Cuba (b. 1866) 1942 – Cecilia Beaux, American painter and academic (b. 1855) 1949 – José Clemente Orozco, Mexican painter and illustrator (b. 1883) 1951 – Maria Montez, Dominican-French actress (b. 1912) 1951 – John French Sloan, American painter and etcher (b. 1871) 1954 – Bud Fisher, American cartoonist (b. 1885) 1956 – C. B. Fry, English cricketer, academic, and politician (b. 1872) 1959 – Maurice Duplessis, Canadian lawyer and politician, 16th Premier of Quebec (b. 1890) 1960 – Wilhelm Pieck, German carpenter and politician, President of East Germany (b. 1873) 1961 – Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy, Dutch lawyer, jurist, and politician, 34th Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1885) 1962 – Karen Blixen, Danish memoirist and short story writer (b. 1885) 1962 – Graham Walker, English motorcycle racer and journalist (b. 1897) 1964 – Walter A. Brown, American businessman (b. 1905) 1969 – Everett Dirksen, American lieutenant and politician (b. 1896) 1970 – Yitzhak Gruenbaum, Polish-Israeli journalist and politician, 1st Internal Affairs Minister of Israel (b. 1879) 1971 – Spring Byington, American actress (b. 1886) 1971 – Ludwig Suthaus, German tenor (b. 1906) 1972 – Dimitris Poulianos, Greek painter and illustrator (b. 1899) 1973 – Holling C. Holling, American author and illustrator (b. 1900) 1973 – Lev Vladimirsky, Kazakhstani-Russian admiral (b. 1903) 1974 – S. M. Rasamanickam, Ceylon politician (b. 1913) 1978 – Cecil Aronowitz, South African-English viola player (b. 1916) 1978 – Keith Moon, English drummer (The Who) (b. 1946) 1978 – Charles Williams, English composer and conductor (b. 1893) 1979 – I.