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Deaths on the 2nd of December in history

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02 Dec 0537 Sylvester: Italian Pope (536-37)
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02 Dec 1348 Emperor Hanazono of Japan (b. 1297)
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02 Dec 1381 John of Ruysbroeck, Flemish mystic (b. 1293)
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02 Dec 1463 Albrecht VI: Archduke of Habsburg
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02 Dec 1463 Albert VI, Archduke of Austria (b. 1418)
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02 Dec 1469 Piero di Cosimo de' Medici, Italian banker and politician (b. 1416)
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02 Dec 1515 Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, Spanish general (b. 1453)
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02 Dec 1547 Hernán Cortés, Spanish general and explorer (b. 1485)
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02 Dec 1592 Alexander Farnese: Land guardian of the Netherlands (1579-92), dies at 46
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02 Dec 1594 Gerardus Mercator, Flemish mathematician, cartographer, and philosopher (b. 1512)
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02 Dec 1615 Louis des Balbes de Berton de Crillon, French general (b. 1541)
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02 Dec 1665 Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet, French author (b. 1588)
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02 Dec 1694 Pierre Puget, French painter, sculptor, and architect (b. 1622)
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02 Dec 1719 Pasquier Quesnel, French theologian and author (b. 1634)
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02 Dec 1723 Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (b. 1674)
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02 Dec 1726 Samuel Penhallow, English-American historian and author (b. 1665)
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02 Dec 1747 Vincent Bourne, English poet and scholar (b. 1695)
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02 Dec 1748 Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1662)
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02 Dec 1763 Carl August Thielo: Composer, dies at 56
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02 Dec 1774 Johann Friedrich Agricola, German organist and composer (b. 1720)
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02 Dec 1814 Marquis de Sade, French philosopher, author, and politician (b. 1740)
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02 Dec 1828 Simon Paap: Dutch 56 cm long dwarf / cabaret artist, dies at 39
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02 Dec 1831 Traugott Maximilian Eberwein: Composer, dies at 56
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02 Dec 1844 Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko, Polish general and politician (b. 1768)
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02 Dec 1845 Johannes Simon Mayr: Composer, dies at 82
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02 Dec 1849 Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (b. 1792)
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02 Dec 1859 John Brown, American activist (b. 1800)
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02 Dec 1864 Archibald Gracie, Jr.: Confederate Brigadier General, dies in battle at 31
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02 Dec 1880 Josephine Lang: Composer, dies at 65
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02 Dec 1881 Jenny von Westphalen, German author (b. 1814)
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02 Dec 1888 Franz Xaver Witt: Composer, dies at 54
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02 Dec 1888 Mehmed N Kemal Bey: Turkish writer / journalist (Vatan), dies at 47
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02 Dec 1888 Namık Kemal, Turkish journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1840)
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02 Dec 1892 Jay Gould, American businessman and financier (b. 1836)
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02 Dec 1899 Gregorio del Pilar, Filipino general and politician, 1st Governor of Bulacan (b. 1875)
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02 Dec 1903 Victor Roger: Composer, dies at 50
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02 Dec 1915 Jan Malat: Composer, dies at 72
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02 Dec 1916 Francesco Paolo Tosti: Composer, dies at 69
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02 Dec 1918 Margit Kaffka: Writer, dies at 38
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02 Dec 1918 Edmond Rostand, French poet and playwright (b. 1868)
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02 Dec 1919 Henry Clay Frick: Built largest coke and steel operation, dies at 69
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02 Dec 1923 Tomas Breton y Hernandez: Composer, dies at 72
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02 Dec 1924 Kazimieras Būga, Lithuanian linguist and philologist (b. 1879)
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02 Dec 1925 Julio Garreta: Composer, dies at 50
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02 Dec 1931 Vincent d'Indy, French composer and educator (b. 1851)
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02 Dec 1933 Josef Gruber: Composer, dies at 78
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02 Dec 1935 Albert Kessel: 1st to die in California gas chamber
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02 Dec 1935 Albert Jean Louis Ayat, French fencer (b. 1875)
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02 Dec 1936 John Ringling, American businessman, co-founded Ringling Brothers Circus (b. 1866)
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02 Dec 1943 Nordahl Grieg, Norwegian journalist and author (b. 1902)
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02 Dec 1944 Filippo T Marinetti: Italian writer (father of futurism), dies at 67
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02 Dec 1944 JW Ummels: Dutch resistance fighter (House of Saxon-Nazi)
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02 Dec 1944 Josef Lhévinne, Russian pianist and educator (b. 1874)
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02 Dec 1944 Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Egyptian-Italian poet and composer (b. 1876)
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02 Dec 1944 Eiji Sawamura, Japanese baseball player and soldier (b. 1917)
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02 Dec 1950 Dinu Lipatti, Romanian pianist and composer (b. 1917)
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02 Dec 1953 Francis Picabia: French Painter / illustrator, dies at 75
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02 Dec 1953 Reginald Baker, Australian rugby player and actor (b. 1884)
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02 Dec 1953 Trần Trọng Kim, Vietnamese historian, scholar, and politician, Prime Minister of Vietnam (b. 1883)
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02 Dec 1957 Harrison Ford, American actor (b. 1884)
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02 Dec 1957 Manfred Sakel, Ukrainian-American neurophysiologist and psychiatrist (b. 1902)
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02 Dec 1963 Sabu Sabu: Actor (Jungle Book, Drums), dies of heart attack at 39
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02 Dec 1963 Sabu Dastagir, Indian-American actor and singer (b. 1924)
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02 Dec 1966 Luitzen [Bertus] Brouwers: Dutch mathematician, dies at 85
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02 Dec 1966 L. E. J. Brouwer, Dutch mathematician and philosopher (b. 1881)
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02 Dec 1966 Giles Cooper, Irish author, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1918)
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02 Dec 1967 Francis J "Cardinal" Spellman: Archbishop of NY, dies at 78
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02 Dec 1967 Billy Chapman, English footballer (b. 1902)
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02 Dec 1968 Adamson-Eric, Estonian painter (b. 1902)
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02 Dec 1969 Kliment J Voroshilov: President USSR (1953-60)
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02 Dec 1969 José María Arguedas, Peruvian anthropologist, author, and poet (b. 1911)
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02 Dec 1969 Kliment Voroshilov, Ukrainian-Russian marshal and politician, 3rd Head of State of The Soviet Union (b. 1881)
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02 Dec 1972 Friedrich Christian Christiansen: German Luftwaffe General
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02 Dec 1972 Yip Man, Chinese martial artist (b. 1893)
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02 Dec 1974 Sofie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatte: Composer, dies at 72
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02 Dec 1974 Max Weber, Swiss politician (b. 1897)
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02 Dec 1976 William Tannen: Actor (Jailhouse Rock, Sitting Bull), dies at 65
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02 Dec 1976 Danny Murtaugh, American baseball player and manager (b. 1917)
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02 Dec 1980 Chaudhry Muhammad Ali, Indian-Pakistani politician, 4th Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1905)
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02 Dec 1980 Roza Eskenazi, Turkish-Greek singer (Smyrna Trio) (b. 1890)
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02 Dec 1980 Romain Gary, Lithuanian-French author, director, and screenwriter (b. 1914)
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02 Dec 1981 Hershy Kay: Composer, dies at 62
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02 Dec 1981 Nicolaas "Cola" Debrot: Gov of Dutch Antilles (1962-70), dies at 79
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02 Dec 1981 Wallace K[irkman] Harrison: US Architect (UN), dies at 86
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02 Dec 1981 Wallace Harrison, American architect, co-founded Harrison & Abramovitz (b. 1895)
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02 Dec 1982 David Blue: Rocker, dies while jogging in Greenwich Village at 41
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02 Dec 1982 Marty Feldman, English actor, singer, director, and screenwriter (b. 1933)
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02 Dec 1982 Giovanni Ferrari, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1907)
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02 Dec 1983 Fifi D'Orsay, Canadian-American actress and singer (b. 1904)
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02 Dec 1985 Alex Courtney: Actor (Sword of Justice)
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02 Dec 1985 Aniello Dellacroce, American gangster (b. 1914)
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02 Dec 1985 Philip Larkin, English author and poet (b. 1922)
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02 Dec 1986 Lee Dorsey: R&B singer, dies at 59
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02 Dec 1986 Desi Arnaz, Cuban-American actor, singer, and producer, co-founded Desilu Productions (b. 1917)
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02 Dec 1986 John Curtis Gowan, American psychologist and academic (b. 1912)
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02 Dec 1987 Luis Federico Leloir, French-Argentinian physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)
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02 Dec 1987 Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich, Belarusian physicist, astronomer, and cosmologist (b. 1914)
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02 Dec 1988 Karl-Heinz Bürger, German SS officer (b. 1904)
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02 Dec 1988 Tata Giacobetti, Italian singer-songwriter (Quartetto Cetra) (b. 1922)
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02 Dec 1990 Aaron Copeland: Composer (Fanfare for Common Man), dies at 90
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02 Dec 1990 Aaron Copland, American composer and conductor (b. 1900)
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02 Dec 1990 Robert Cummings, American actor, singer, director, and producer (b. 1908)
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02 Dec 1992 Gary Mascaro: Choreographer, dies at 43
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02 Dec 1992 Loek Elfferich: Dutch journalist / Historian (Treason in Rotterdam), die
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02 Dec 1992 Michael Gothard, English actor (b. 1939)
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02 Dec 1993 Pablo Escobar, Colombian drug lord (b. 1949)
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02 Dec 1994 Donald John Urquhart: Librarian, dies at 85
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02 Dec 1994 James Norman Dalrymple Anderson: Lawyer, dies at 86
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02 Dec 1995 [William] Robertson Davies: Novelist essayist / dramatist
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02 Dec 1995 Francis Joseph Quinn: Academic, dies at 90
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02 Dec 1995 Stanley Devon: Photographer, dies at 88
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02 Dec 1995 Robertson Davies, Canadian author, playwright, and critic (b. 1913)
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02 Dec 1995 Roxie Roker, American actress (b. 1929)
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02 Dec 1995 Mária Telkes, Hungarian–American biophysicist and chemist (b. 1900)
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02 Dec 1996 Penelope Jessel: Politcal activist, dies at 76
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02 Dec 1997 Shirley Crabtree, English wrestler (b. 1930)
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02 Dec 1997 Michael Hedges, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1953)
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02 Dec 2000 Gail Fisher, American actress (b. 1935)
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02 Dec 2002 Ivan Illich, Austrian priest and philosopher (b. 1926)
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02 Dec 2002 Arno Peters, German cartographer and historian (b. 1916)
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02 Dec 2003 Alan Davidson, Irish soldier, historian, and author (b. 1924)
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02 Dec 2004 Alicia Markova, English ballerina and choreographer (b. 1910)
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02 Dec 2004 Leonid Telyatnikov, Kazakh-Ukrainian firefighter (b. 1951)
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02 Dec 2004 Mona Van Duyn, American poet and academic (b. 1921)
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02 Dec 2005 Kenneth Lee Boyd, American murderer (b. 1948)
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02 Dec 2005 William P. Lawrence, American admiral and pilot (b. 1930)
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02 Dec 2005 Van Tuong Nguyen, Thai-Australian drug trafficker (b. 1980)
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02 Dec 2005 Nat Mayer Shapiro, American painter (b. 1919)
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02 Dec 2006 Mariska Veres, Dutch singer (Shocking Blue) (b. 1947)
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02 Dec 2007 Jennifer Alexander, Canadian-American ballerina and actress (b. 1972)
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02 Dec 2008 Odetta, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress (b. 1930)
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02 Dec 2008 Kathleen Baskin-Ball, American minister (b. 1958)
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02 Dec 2008 Edward Samuel Rogers, Canadian businessman (b. 1933)
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02 Dec 2009 Foge Fazio, American football player and coach (b. 1938)
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02 Dec 2009 Maggie Jones, English actress (b. 1934)
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02 Dec 2009 Eric Woolfson, Scottish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (The Alan Parsons Project) (b. 1945)
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02 Dec 2012 Preeti Ganguly, Indian actress (b. 1953)
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02 Dec 2012 Tom Hendry, Canadian playwright, co-founded the Manitoba Theatre Centre (b. 1929)
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02 Dec 2012 Hiroshi Kato, Japanese martial artist (b. 1935)
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02 Dec 2012 Israel Keyes, American murderer (b. 1978)
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02 Dec 2012 Ehsan Naraghi, Iranian sociologist and author (b. 1926)
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02 Dec 2013 William Allain, American soldier and politician, 58th Governor of Mississippi (b. 1928)
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02 Dec 2013 Jean-Claude Beton, Algerian-French engineer and businessman, founded Orangina (b. 1925)
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02 Dec 2013 Marcelo Déda, Brazilian politician (b. 1960)
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02 Dec 2013 Rex Garvin, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (b. 1940)
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02 Dec 2013 Salim Kallas, Syrian actor and politician (b. 1936)
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02 Dec 2013 Junior Murvin, Jamaican singer-songwriter (b. 1946)
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02 Dec 2013 Christopher Evan Welch, American actor (b. 1965)
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02 Dec 2014 A. R. Antulay, Indian politician, 8th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (b. 1929)
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02 Dec 2014 Jean Béliveau, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1931)
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02 Dec 2014 Josie Cichockyj, English basketball player and coach (b. 1964)
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02 Dec 2014 Bobby Keys, American saxophonist (b. 1943)
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02 Dec 2014 Don Laws, American figure skater and coach (b. 1929)
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02 Dec 2014 Deven Verma, Indian actor, director, and producer (b. 1937)
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