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1970 - John J "Johnny" Murphy, American baseball pitcher (New York Yankees) and general manager (New York Mets), dies at age 61 of a heart attack.

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1977 - Anaïs Nin, Cuban/American writer (Delta of Venus), dies at age 73.

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1978 - Death of Kurt Gödel in Princeton, New Jersey (born in Brünn, Austria); mathematician who developed "Gödel's proof" which shows that mathematics can have internal contradictions.

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1984 - Ray Kroc, founder of MacDonalds/owner San Diego Padres, dies at age 82 (born 1902).

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1986 - Donna Reed, American actress (Donna Reed Show, Dallas), dies of cancer at age 64 (born 1921).

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1987 - Death of Douglas Sirk (original name, Claus Detlef Sierck) in Lugano, Switzerland (born in Hamburg, Germany), at age 86; film director with Universal Studios. His credits include Magnificent Obsession (1954), There's Always Tomorrow (1955), Written on the Wind (1956), The Tarnished Angels (1957), and Imitation of Life (1959).

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1994 - Esther Ralston, US actress (Tin Pan Alley, San Francisco Docks), dies at age 91.

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2006 - Death of Jim Gary, American sculptor (born 1939).

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2006 - Death of Shelley Winters, American actress (born 1920).

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2007 - Death of Darlene Conley, American actress (born 1934).

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