Deaths in History for Saturday 18th January 2014: 1936 - Rudyard Kipling, author (Gunga Din, Nobel 1907), dies at 70 1940 - Kazimierz P Tetmajer, Polish writer/poet (Young Poland), dies at 74 1951 - Robert Mark, US chairman (Caste World Congress), dies at 41 Poet Rudyard KiplingPoet Rudyard Kipling (1936) 1952 - Curly Howard, American actor and comedian (b. 1903) 1954 - Sydney Greenstreet, actor (Conflict, Maltese Falcon), dies at 74 1962 - Raymond Moulaert, composer, dies at 86 1963 - Johnnie Moyes, journalist/cricketer (S Aust batsman), dies 1966 - Kathleen Norris, US author, dies at 85 1967 - Albert Conti, actor (Eagle, Jazz Heaven, Topaz), dies at 79 1967 - Barney Ross, welterweight Boxing Champ (1934), dies at 57 1967 - Harry Antrim, actor (Ma & Pa Kettle), dies of heart attack at 83 1967 - Reese "Goose" Tatum, basketballer (Harlem Globetrotters), dies at 45 1967 - Simon FHJ Berkelbach van der Sprenkel, vicar/theologist, dies at 84 1968 - Bert Wheeler, actor (Rainmakers, High Flyers, Dixiana), dies at 72 1968 - John Ridgely, actor (Air Force, Possessed, Big Sleep), dies at 58 1968 - Lee Tracy, actor (Martin Kane-Martin Kane Private Eye), dies at 69 1969 - Hans Freyer, German sociologist (b. 1887) 1970 - David O McKay, 9th Mormon president, dies at 96 1971 - Catherine Calvert, actress (Fires of Faith), dies of stroke at 80 1972 - Rudolf Wittelsbach, composer, dies at 69 1975 - Gertrude Olmstead, American actress (b. 1897) 1976 - Ad Verhoeven, soccer player (Xerxes, Sparta), dies in crash [or 1/17] 1976 - Sonia Dresdel, actor (Fallen Idol, Secret Tent), dies at 67 1977 - Carl Zuckmayer, German/Swiss/US playwright (Second Wind), dies at 80 1977 - Paul Nordoff, US composer (Frog Prince), dies at 67 1977 - Yvonne Printemps, actress (Paris Waltz, Voyage to America), dies at 81 1978 - Carl Betz, actor (Alex Stone-Donna Reed Show), dies at 56 1978 - Ivan Ivonovich Dzerzhinsky, composer, dies at 68 1978 - Hasan Askari, Pakistani philosopher, critic and writer (b. 1919) 1978 - Walter H. Thompson, English Scotland Yard detective, bodyguard of Winston Churchill (b. 1890) 1979 - Cyril Mockridge, composer, dies at 82 1980 - Cecil Beaton, British photographer, dies at 76 1982 - Burnet Corwin Tuthill, US composer (Laurentia), dies at 93 1982 - Trent Lehman, actor (Butch-Nanny & the Professor), dies at 20 1984 - Malcolm H Kerr, 9th pres of American U of Beirut, shot dead 1984 - Vassilis Tsitsanis, Greek singer and songwriter (b. 1915) 1985 - Mahmoud Taha, Sudanese Moslem leader, hanged at 76 1985 - Wilfrid Brambell, actor (Hard Day's Night, Boys), dies at 72 1986 - Claire James, actress (Jack Armstrong), dies 1989 - Bruce Chatwin, British writer, dies at 49 1990 - Melanie Appleby, rocker (Mel & Kim), dies of liver cancer at 23 1990 - Rusty Hamer, American actor (b. 1947) 1991 - Hamilton Fish, congressman (NY), dies at 102 1991 - Lillian Bond, actress (Air Mail, Pick-up, Blond Cheat), dies at 83 1991 - Nita Krebs, actor (Munchkin-Wizard of Oz), dies of heart attack at 85 1992 - John Remme, entertainer, dies of AIDS at 56 1992 - Tom Elios, entertainer, dies 1993 - M Eleonore Lippits, 1st Dutch female missionary doctor, dies at 85 1993 - Mia Meijer, Dutch playwright/director (Machine Child), dies 1993 - Mike Templeton, 2nd person to receive a heart pump, dies at 34 1993 - Eleanor Hibbert, British author (b. 1906) 1994 - Arthur Altman, songwriter, dies at 83 1995 - Adolph F J Butenandt, German bio-chemist (Nobel 1939), dies at 91 1995 - Charles Baskerville, vocalist, dies at 54 1995 - Joseph Kagan, businessman, dies at 79 1995 - Ron Luciano, American baseball umpire (b. 1937) 1996 - Leonor Fini, painter, dies at 87 1996 - Minnesota Fats, [Rudolf Wanderone Jr], billiard hustler, dies at 82 1996 - N T Rama Rao, PM of Andhra Pradesh India (1983-84, 84-89, 94-95), dies 1996 - Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, Indian actor (b. 1923) 1997 - Myfanwy Piper, librettist, dies at 85 1997 - Neville Crump, racehorse trainer, dies at 86 1997 - Paul Tsongas, (Sen-D-Mass), dies at 55 2000 - Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, Austrian architect (b. 1897) 2001 - Al Waxman, Canadian actor (b. 1935) 2003 - Edward "The Sheik" Farhat, American professional wrestler (b. 1926) 2005 - Lamont Bentley, American actor (b. 1973) 2006 - Jan Twardowski, Polish poet (b. 1915) 2007 - Brent Liles, American musician (Agent Orange/Social Distortion) (b. 1963) 2008 - Georgia Frontiere, American football team owner (b. 1927) 2008 - Frank Lewin, American composer and music theorist (b. 1925) 2008 - John Stroger, first African-American Cook County Board President (b. 1929) 2009 - Tony Hart, British artist and TV presenter (b. 1925) 2009 - Grigore Vieru, Romanian poet (b. 1935) 2009 - Bob May, American actor (b. 1939) 2011 - Sargent Shriver, American politician (b. 1915)

• published: 18 Jan 2014
• views: 1