1938) 1978 – Ronnie Peterson, Swedish racing driver (b. 1944) 1982 – Albert Soboul, French historian and academic (b. 1914) 1984 – Jerry Voorhis, American politician (b. 1901) 1985 – William Alwyn, English composer, conductor, and educator (b. 1905) 1985 – Henrietta Barnett, British Women's Royal Air Force officer (b. 1905) 1985 – Eleanor Dark, Australian author (b. 1901) 1986 – Panagiotis Kanellopoulos, Greek academic and politician, 138th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1902) 1986 – Noel Streatfeild, English author (b. 1895) 1987 – Lorne Greene, Canadian actor (b. 1915) 1987 – Peter Tosh, Jamaican singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1944) 1987 – Mahadevi Varma, Indian poet and educator (b. 1907) 1988 – Roger Hargreaves, English author and illustrator (b. 1935) 1990 – Myrna Mack, Guatemalan anthropologist and activist (b. 1949) 1991 – Ernst Herbeck, Austrian-German poet (b. 1920) 1993 – Antoine Izméry, Haitian businessman and activist 1993 – Erich Leinsdorf, Austrian-American conductor (b. 1912) 1993 – Mary Jane Reoch, American cyclist (b. 1945) 1994 – Luciano Sgrizzi, Italian harpsichordist, pianist, and composer (b. 1910) 1994 – Jessica Tandy, English-American actress (b. 1909) 1995 – Anita Harding, English neurologist and academic (b. 1952) 1997 – Camille Henry, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1933) 1997 – Hannah Weiner, American poet (b. 1928) 1998 – Dane Clark, American actor (b. 1912) 1999 – Belkis Ayón, Cuban painter and lithographer (b. 1967) 1999 – Gonzalo Rodríguez, Uruguayan racing driver (b. 1972) 2001 – Alice Stewart Trillin, American author and educator (b. 1938) 2001 – Casualties of the September 11 attacks: see Category:Victims of the September 11 attacks 2002 – Kim Hunter, American actress (b. 1922) 2002 – Johnny Unitas, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1933) 2002 – David Wisniewski, American author and illustrator (b. 1953) 2003 – Anna Lindh, Swedish politician, 39th Minister of Foreign Affairs for Sweden (b. 1957) 2003 – John Ritter, American actor (b. 1948) 2004 – Fred Ebb, American songwriter (b. 1928) 2004 – David Mann, American painter and illustrator (b. 1939) 2004 – Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria (b. 1949) 2006 – William Auld, Scottish poet and author (b. 1924) 2006 – Joachim Fest, German journalist and author (b. 1926) 2007 – Ian Porterfield, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1946) 2007 – Gene Savoy, American explorer, theologian, and author (b. 1927) 2007 – Jean Séguy, French sociologist and author (b. 1925) 2007 – Joe Zawinul, Austrian