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Deaths on the 4th of December in history

Deaths
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04 Dec 0749 John of Damascus, Syrian priest and saint (b. 676)
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04 Dec 0771 Karloman II: French King of Burgundy, dies at about 20
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04 Dec 0771 Carloman I, Frankish king (b. 751)
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04 Dec 0811 Charles: Eldest Son of Emperor Charles the Great, dies at about 39
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04 Dec 1075 Anno II, German archbishop and saint (b. 1010)
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04 Dec 1131 Omar Khayyám, Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1048)
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04 Dec 1137 Lotharius III of Supplinburg: Emperor (1125, 33-37), dies at 67
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04 Dec 1182 Henry: Earl of Gelre / Zutphen (1141 / 79-82)
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04 Dec 1214 William the Lion, Scottish king (b. 1143)
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04 Dec 1270 Theobald II of Navarre (b. 1238)
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04 Dec 1334 Pope John XXII (b. 1249)
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04 Dec 1340 Henry Burghersh, English bishop (b. 1292)
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04 Dec 1371 Reinald III [the Fat Duke]: Duke of Gelre (1343-61), dies at 38
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04 Dec 1371 Stefanus X Uros V: King of Serbia (1355-71)
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04 Dec 1459 Adolphus VIII, Count of Holstein (b. 1401)
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04 Dec 1576 Rheticus: Mathematician
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04 Dec 1576 Georg Joachim Rheticus, Austrian-Slovak mathematician and cartographer (b. 1514)
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04 Dec 1585 John Willock, Scottish minister and reformer (b. 1515)
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04 Dec 1603 Maarten de Vos: Flemish painter, dies at about 71
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04 Dec 1609 Alexander Hume, Scottish poet (b. 1560)
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04 Dec 1642 Cardinal Richelieu, French bishop (b. 1585)
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04 Dec 1649 Outgert Arisz Akersloot: Dutch silversmith, dies at about 73
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04 Dec 1649 William Drummond of Hawthornden (b. 1585)
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04 Dec 1676 Johann Georg Ebeling: Composer, dies at 39
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04 Dec 1679 Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher and author (b. 1588)
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04 Dec 1680 Thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (b. 1616)
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04 Dec 1696 Empress Meishō of Japan (b. 1624)
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04 Dec 1732 John Gay, English poet and playwright (b. 1685)
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04 Dec 1798 Luigi Galvani, Italian physician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1737)
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04 Dec 1807 Prince Hall: Activist / Masonic leader, dies in Boston
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04 Dec 1828 Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1770)
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04 Dec 1836 Daniel Read: Composer, dies at 79
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04 Dec 1841 David Daniel Davis, Welsh-English physician and academic (b. 1777)
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04 Dec 1850 William Sturgeon, English physicist, invented the electric motor (b. 1783)
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04 Dec 1884 Alice Mary Smith: Composer, dies at 45
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04 Dec 1893 John Tyndall, Irish-English physicist and chemist (b. 1820)
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04 Dec 1897 Griffith Rhys Jones, Welsh conductor (b. 1834)
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04 Dec 1902 Charles Dow, American journalist and publisher, co-founded the Dow Jones & Company (b. 1851)
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04 Dec 1909 Paul-Albert Besnard: French Painter / graphic artist (Elle), dies at 60
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04 Dec 1915 Gustav Hollaender: Composer, dies at 60
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04 Dec 1926 Ivana Kobilca, Slovenian painter (b. 1861)
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04 Dec 1932 Gustav Meyrink: Writer, dies at 64
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04 Dec 1933 Stefan George, German-Swiss poet and translator (b. 1868)
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04 Dec 1935 Johan Halvorsen, Norwegian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1864)
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04 Dec 1935 Charles Richet, French physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1850)
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04 Dec 1938 Dina Appeldoorn: Dutch pianist / composer, dies at 54
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04 Dec 1938 Tamanishiki San'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 32nd Yokozuna (b. 1903)
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04 Dec 1942 Juhan Kukk, Estonian politician, 3rd Head of State of Estonia (b. 1885)
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04 Dec 1943 Carlo Mierendorff: German politician / antifascist, dies at 46
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04 Dec 1944 Roger Bresnahan, American baseball player and manager (b. 1879)
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04 Dec 1945 Thomas Hunt Morgan, American geneticist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)
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04 Dec 1948 Karl Bonhoeffer: German psychiatrist / neurologist
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04 Dec 1948 Frank Benford, American physicist and engineer (b. 1883)
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04 Dec 1952 Karen Horney: German / US neo freudian psycho analyst, dies at 67
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04 Dec 1953 Daniel Gregory Mason: Composer, dies at 80
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04 Dec 1954 Nina Vasar: Wife of Russian Composer Dmitri Sjostakovitsj
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04 Dec 1955 József Galamb, Hungarian-American engineer (b. 1881)
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04 Dec 1959 Rosetta Duncan: (Duncan Sisters), dies in an auto accident at 58
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04 Dec 1967 Bert Lahr, American actor and singer (b. 1895)
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04 Dec 1969 Alceo Toni: Composer, dies at 85
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04 Dec 1969 Fred Hampton, American activist (b. 1948)
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04 Dec 1971 Shunryu Suzuki, Japanese-American monk and educator, founded the San Francisco Zen Center (b. 1904)
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04 Dec 1974 Lee Kinsolving: Actor (Explosive Generation), dies at 36
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04 Dec 1975 Hannah Arendt, German-American historian, theorist, and academic (b. 1906)
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04 Dec 1976 Tommy Bolin, American guitarist and songwriter (Zephyr, James Gang, and Deep Purple) (b. 1951)
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04 Dec 1976 Benjamin Britten, English pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1913)
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04 Dec 1976 W. F. McCoy, Irish soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1886)
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04 Dec 1977 Leila Hyams: Actress (Red Headed Woman, Freaks), dies at 72
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04 Dec 1978 Samuel Abraham Goldsmith: Neth / US phycists, dies at 76
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04 Dec 1979 Robert Karnes: Actor (Max-The Lawless Years), dies at 62
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04 Dec 1980 Stella Walsh-S-Walasiewicz: Sprinter (1932 Olympics - Gold Medalist), shot at 69
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04 Dec 1980 Francisco de Sá Carneiro, Portuguese lawyer and politician, 111th Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1934)
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04 Dec 1980 Stanisława Walasiewicz, Polish-American runner (b. 1911)
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04 Dec 1980 Don Warrington, Canadian football player (b. 1948)
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04 Dec 1983 Estelle Omens: Actress (Effect of Gamma Rays), dies at 55
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04 Dec 1984 John Rock: US co-developer of anti-conceptiepil, dies at 94
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04 Dec 1984 Jack Mercer, American animator, screenwriter, voice actor, and singer (b. 1910)
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04 Dec 1985 Marcel Boereboom: Belgian musicologist, dies at 83
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04 Dec 1986 Reuben Nakian: US sculptor, dies at 89
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04 Dec 1987 Arnold Lobel, American author and illustrator (b. 1933)
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04 Dec 1987 Rouben Mamoulian, Georgian-American director and screenwriter (b. 1897)
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04 Dec 1988 Osman Achmatowicz, Polish chemist and academic (b. 1899)
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04 Dec 1990 Edward Binns: US actor (12 Angry One), dies of heart attack at 74
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04 Dec 1992 Henry Clausen, American lawyer and author (b. 1905)
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04 Dec 1993 Frank Sturgis: Watergate burglar, dies at 68
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04 Dec 1993 Frank V Zappa: US music / Composer (Mothers of Invention), dies at 52
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04 Dec 1993 Hetty de Boer-Jongkind: Dutch medical astrologist, dies at 42
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04 Dec 1993 Margaret Landon, American missionary and author (b. 1903)
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04 Dec 1993 Frank Zappa, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Mothers of Invention) (b. 1940)
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04 Dec 1994 Geoffery Rudolph Elton: Historiographer, dies at 73
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04 Dec 1994 Jakob Kaplan: French head rabbi (1955-81), dies at 99
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04 Dec 1994 Julio Ramon Ribeyro: Peruvian playwright, dies at 66
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04 Dec 1994 Robert Jesse Charleston: Museum curator, dies at 78
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04 Dec 1994 Thomas Roy Garrett: Museum curator, dies at 63
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04 Dec 1995 Adrianne Jones: Killed by David Graham and Diane Zamora, at 16
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04 Dec 1995 Itzhak Rabin: Prime Minister of Israel (1968-73), assassinated
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04 Dec 1995 Lionel Giroux, Canadian wrestler (b. 1935)
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04 Dec 1996 Basil Nield: Judge / politician, dies at 83
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04 Dec 1996 Muriel Monkhouse: Red Cross worker, dies at 86
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04 Dec 1997 David Abell Wood: Priest, dies at 72
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04 Dec 1997 Richard Vernon, English actor (b. 1925)
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04 Dec 1999 Rose Bird, American academic and judge, 25th Chief Justice of California (b. 1936)
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04 Dec 2000 Henck Arron, Surinamese banker and politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Republic of Suriname (b. 1936)
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04 Dec 2003 Iggy Katona, American race car driver (b. 1916)
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04 Dec 2004 Teo Peter, Romanian bass player (b. 1954)
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04 Dec 2004 Elena Souliotis, Greek soprano (b. 1943)
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04 Dec 2005 Errol Brathwaite, New Zealand soldier and author (b. 1924)
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04 Dec 2005 Gregg Hoffman, American film producer (b. 1963)
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04 Dec 2005 Gloria Lasso, Spanish-Mexican singer (b. 1922)
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04 Dec 2006 K. Ganeshalingam, Sri Lankan accountant and politician, Mayor of Colombo (b. 1938)
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04 Dec 2006 James Kim, American television host and blogger (b. 1971)
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04 Dec 2006 Ross A. McGinnis, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1987)
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04 Dec 2007 Pimp C, American rapper and producer (UGK) (b. 1973)
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04 Dec 2007 Norval Morrisseau, Canadian painter (b. 1932)
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04 Dec 2007 Chip Reese, American poker player (b. 1951)
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04 Dec 2009 Umaga, American wrestler (b. 1973)
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04 Dec 2009 Liam Clancy, Irish singer, guitarist, and actor (The Clancy Brothers) (b. 1935)
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04 Dec 2011 Sócrates, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1954)
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04 Dec 2011 Hubert Sumlin, American singer and guitarist (b. 1931)
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04 Dec 2011 RJ Rosales, Filipino singer (b. 1974)
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04 Dec 2012 Vasily Belov, Russian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1932)
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04 Dec 2012 Jack Brooks, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1922)
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04 Dec 2012 Miguel Calero, Colombian footballer and manager (b. 1971)
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04 Dec 2012 Besse Cooper, American super-centenarian (b. 1896)
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04 Dec 2012 Anthony Deane-Drummond, English general (b. 1917)
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04 Dec 2012 Carroll E. Lanier, American sailor and politician (b. 1926)
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04 Dec 2013 Robert Allman, Australian actor and singer (b. 1927)
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04 Dec 2013 Charles Grigg, English illustrator (b. 1916)
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04 Dec 2013 Paddy O'Byrne, Irish radio host and actor (b. 1929)
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04 Dec 2013 Joana Raspall i Juanola, Spanish author and poet (b. 1913)
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04 Dec 2014 Claudia Emerson, American poet and academic (b. 1957)
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04 Dec 2014 V. R. Krishna Iyer, Indian lawyer and judge (b. 1914)
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04 Dec 2014 Lynne Kosky, Australian social worker and politician (b. 1958)
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04 Dec 2014 Vincent L. McKusick, American lawyer and judge (b. 1921)
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04 Dec 2014 Jeremy Thorpe, English lawyer and politician (b. 1929)
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