Quote Authors Who Died on January 1st

Alexis Korner

English Musician

Apr 19, 1928 - Jan 1, 1984

Arleigh Burke

American Soldier

Oct 19, 1901 - Jan 1, 1996

Arthur Middleton

American Politician

Jun 26, 1742 - Jan 1, 1787

Benjamin Franklin Fairless

American Businessman

May 3, 1890 - Jan 1, 1962

C. P. Scott

British Journalist

Oct 26, 1846 - Jan 1, 1932

Cesar Romero

American Actor

Feb 15, 1907 - Jan 1, 1994

Claiborne Pell

American Politician

Nov 22, 1918 - Jan 1, 2009

Donna Douglas

American Actress

Sep 26, 1933 - Jan 1, 2015

Edward Weston

American Photographer

Mar 24, 1886 - Jan 1, 1958

Edwin Lutyens

British Architect

Mar 29, 1869 - Jan 1, 1944

Eugene Wigner

American Physicist

Nov 17, 1902 - Jan 1, 1995

Grace Hopper

American Scientist

Dec 9, 1906 - Jan 1, 1992

Hank Williams

American Musician

Sep 17, 1923 - Jan 1, 1953

Helen Suzman

South African Politician

Nov 7, 1917 - Jan 1, 2009

Helen Wills Moody

American Athlete

Oct 6, 1905 - Jan 1, 1998

John Gresham Machen

American Theologian

Jul 28, 1881 - Jan 1, 1937

Mario Cuomo

American Politician

Jun 15, 1932 - Jan 1, 2015

Maurice Chevalier

French Actor

Sep 12, 1888 - Jan 1, 1972

Ray Walston

American Actor

Dec 2, 1914 - Jan 1, 2001

Robert Matsui

American Politician

Sep 17, 1941 - Jan 1, 2005

Shirley Chisholm

American Politician

Nov 30, 1924 - Jan 1, 2005

Tillie Olsen

American Novelist

Jan 14, 1913 - Jan 1, 2007

Townes Van Zandt

American Musician

Mar 7, 1944 - Jan 1, 1997

William Wycherley

English Dramatist

1640 - Jan 1, 1716

Willie Keeler

American Athlete

Mar 3, 1872 - Jan 1, 1923

Ulrich Beck

German Sociologist

May 15, 1944 - Jan 1, 2015