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Deaths on the 5th of December in history

Deaths
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05 Dec 2063 Publius Cornelius Lentulus Sura, Roman politician (b. 114 BC)
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05 Dec 1082 Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona (b. 1053)
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05 Dec 1212 Derek II of Are: Bishop of Utrecht (1197-1212)
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05 Dec 1244 Johanna of Constantinople: Countess of Flanders (1205-44)
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05 Dec 1355 Jan III: Duke of Brabant / Limburg
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05 Dec 1355 John III, Duke of Brabant (b. 1300)
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05 Dec 1560 Francois II: King of France (1559-60), dies at 16
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05 Dec 1560 Francis II of France (b. 1544)
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05 Dec 1570 Johan Friis, Danish politician (b. 1494)
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05 Dec 1594 Gerardus Mercator: Flemish philosopher / cartographer, dies at 82
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05 Dec 1624 Gaspard Bauhin, Swiss botanist and physician (b. 1560)
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05 Dec 1654 Jean François Sarrazin, French author (b. 1611)
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05 Dec 1663 Severo Bonini, Italian organist and composer (b. 1582)
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05 Dec 1675 John Lightfoot: English Theologist (Horae Hebraicae), dies at 73
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05 Dec 1745 Christoph Forster: Composer, dies at 52
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05 Dec 1749 Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye, Canadian commander and explorer (b. 1685)
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05 Dec 1758 Johann Friedrich Fasch, German violinist and composer (b. 1688)
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05 Dec 1770 James Stirling, Scottish mathematician and surveyor (b. 1692)
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05 Dec 1784 Phillis Wheatley, Senegalese-American slave and poet (b. 1753)
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05 Dec 1791 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1756)
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05 Dec 1799 Robert Kimmerling: Composer, dies at 61
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05 Dec 1818 Bruno Daalberg / Anonymus Belga: Secretary of High Council Adel, dies at 60
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05 Dec 1819 Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg, German poet and lawyer (b. 1750)
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05 Dec 1835 August v Platen: Writer, dies at 39
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05 Dec 1842 MJ Auguste Vestrius: French ballet dancers, dies at 82
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05 Dec 1853 Johann Peter Heuschkel: Composer, dies at 80
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05 Dec 1859 Louis Poinsot: French Mathematician / instrument maker, dies at 82
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05 Dec 1870 Alexandre Dumas, French author and playwright (b. 1802)
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05 Dec 1886 Peter Hofstede de Groot: Dutch reformed theologist, dies at 84
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05 Dec 1887 Eliza R. Snow, American poet and songwriter (b. 1804)
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05 Dec 1891 JKLSBFXvPSMGRG Pedro II of Alcantara: Emp of Brazil (1831-89)
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05 Dec 1891 Pedro II of Brazil (b. 1825)
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05 Dec 1895 Gall, American tribal chief (b. 1840)
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05 Dec 1902 Henry Stephen Cutler: Composer, dies at 78
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05 Dec 1916 Hans Richter: Composer, dies at 73
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05 Dec 1918 Schalk Willem Burger, South African commander, lawyer, and politician, 6th President of the South African Republic (b. 1852)
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05 Dec 1922 Samuel Muller Fzn: Dutch Historian / archivist
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05 Dec 1925 Wilhelmina E Drucker [Lensing]: Dutch feminist, dies at 78
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05 Dec 1925 Władysław Reymont, Polish author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
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05 Dec 1926 Claude Monet, French painter (b. 1840)
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05 Dec 1928 Johannes F "Johan" Bakker, Sr.: Actor / husband of Truus Soete, dies at 61
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05 Dec 1931 Vachel Lindsay, American poet (b. 1879)
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05 Dec 1935 Frans [MJ Francois] Erens: Literary (Years Gone By), dies at 78
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05 Dec 1938 Christina "Dina" Koudijs-van Appeldoorn: Pianist / composer, dies at 54
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05 Dec 1940 Jan Kubelik: Composer, dies at 60
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05 Dec 1940 Jan Kubelík, Czech violinist and composer (b. 1880)
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05 Dec 1941 Amrita Sher-Gil, Hungarian-Pakistani painter (b. 1913)
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05 Dec 1942 Jock Delves Broughton, English captain (b. 1883)
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05 Dec 1946 Louis Dewis, Belgian-French painter (b. 1872)
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05 Dec 1950 Sri Aurobindo, Indian guru and poet (b. 1872)
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05 Dec 1951 Shoeless Joe Jackson, American baseball player and manager (b. 1887)
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05 Dec 1951 Abanindranath Tagore, Indian painter, author, and academic (b. 1871)
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05 Dec 1953 Jorge Negrete, Mexican-American singer and actor (b. 1911)
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05 Dec 1953 William Sterling Parsons, American admiral (b. 1901)
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05 Dec 1955 Paul Harvey: Actor (Calamity Jane, Heldorado, Jamboree), dies at 73
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05 Dec 1955 Glenn L. Martin, American pilot and businessman, founded the Glenn L. Martin Company (b. 1886)
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05 Dec 1958 Ferdinand Bruckner: Writer, dies at 67
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05 Dec 1961 Emil Fuchs, German-American lawyer and businessman (b. 1878)
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05 Dec 1963 Herbert H Lehman: (Gov-D-NY)
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05 Dec 1963 Karl Amadeus Hartmann, German composer (b. 1905)
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05 Dec 1963 Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, Indian-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1892)
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05 Dec 1964 Remy Angenot: Flemish actor (Tailor Wibbel), dies at 70
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05 Dec 1964 V. Veerasingam, Sri Lankan educator and politician (b. 1892)
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05 Dec 1965 Joseph Erlanger, American physiologist, neuroscientist, and academic Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)
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05 Dec 1966 Sylveer Maes: Belgian bicylist, dies at 57
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05 Dec 1966 Sylvère Maes, Belgian cyclist (b. 1909)
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05 Dec 1968 Fred Clark, American actor and singer (b. 1914)
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05 Dec 1969 Princess Alice of Battenberg (b. 1885)
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05 Dec 1969 Claudius Dornier, German businessman, founded Dornier Flugzeugwerke (b. 1884)
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05 Dec 1971 Hugh Wakefield: Actress (Blithe Spirit)
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05 Dec 1973 Robert Watson-Watt, Scottish engineer, invented the radar (b. 1892)
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05 Dec 1974 Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman: Tennis player (US Open 1909-11), dies at 87
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05 Dec 1974 Henry Wadsworth: Actor (Applause, Ceiling Zero), dies at 72
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05 Dec 1974 Pietro Germi: Actor / director (Serafino, Climax), dies at 60
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05 Dec 1975 Jimmy Nervo: Actor (Frozen Limits)
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05 Dec 1975 Constance McLaughlin Green, American historian and author (b. 1897)
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05 Dec 1977 Katherine Milhous, American author and illustrator (b. 1894)
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05 Dec 1977 Aleksandr Vasilevsky, Russian marshal and politician, Minister of Defence for the Soviet Union (b. 1895)
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05 Dec 1979 Jesse Pearson, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (b. 1930)
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05 Dec 1983 Robert Aldrich, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1918)
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05 Dec 1986 Carmol Taylor: Country songwriter, dies at 53 of cancer
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05 Dec 1986 Edward Youde, Welsh-Chinese sinologist and diplomat, 26th Governor of Hong Kong (b. 1924)
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05 Dec 1989 John M Pritchard: British conductor, dies at 68
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05 Dec 1989 John Pritchard, English conductor (b. 1921)
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05 Dec 1989 George Selden, American author (b. 1929)
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05 Dec 1990 Steven Shaw: Dies at 25
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05 Dec 1990 Alfonso A. Ossorio, American painter (b. 1916)
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05 Dec 1991 Aad Mansfield: Soccer player / trainer (ADO / Feyenoord / FC Utrecht)
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05 Dec 1991 Jill Browne: Dies at 54
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05 Dec 1991 Robert Karvelas, American actor (b. 1921)
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05 Dec 1991 Richard Speck, American murderer (b. 1941)
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05 Dec 1992 Hilary Tindall: Dies of cancer at 54
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05 Dec 1992 Sergei Aleksandrovich Yemelyanov: Russian Cosmonaut, dies at 41
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05 Dec 1993 Alexandre Trauber: Hungarian / French set designer (Harem), dies at 87
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05 Dec 1993 Arthur Staal: Dutch Architect (Shell Tower Amsterdam), dies at 86
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05 Dec 1993 Douglas Hopkins: Guitarist (Gin Blossoms), dies of gun shot at 32
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05 Dec 1993 Doug Hopkins, American guitarist and songwriter (Gin Blossoms) (b. 1961)
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05 Dec 1994 Richard Brian Waring Barton-Chapple: Writer, dies at 69
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05 Dec 1994 Ronald Ridout: School textbook author, dies at 78
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05 Dec 1994 Harry Horner, Czech-American director, producer, and production designer (b. 1910)
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05 Dec 1994 Günter Meisner, German actor (b. 1926)
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05 Dec 1995 Robert Charles Evans: Mountaineer / doctor, dies at 77
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05 Dec 1995 Robert Parrish: Film director editor / actor (Casino Royale), dies at 79
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05 Dec 1995 Victor Collin Matthews: Businessman, dies on 76th birthday
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05 Dec 1995 L. B. Cole, American illustrator and publisher (b. 1918)
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05 Dec 1995 Charles Evans, English mountaineer, surgeon, and educator (b. 1918)
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05 Dec 1995 Gwen Harwood, Australian poet and playwright (b. 1920)
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05 Dec 1995 Lisa McPherson, American homicide victim (b. 1959)
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05 Dec 1996 Peter Hall: Folklorist / musician, dies at 60
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05 Dec 1996 Wilf Carter: Country singer, dies at 91
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05 Dec 1997 Colin Franklin: Doctor, dies at 67
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05 Dec 1997 Daphne Fielding: Socialite / writer, dies at 93
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05 Dec 1998 Albert Gore, Sr., American lawyer and politician (b. 1907)
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05 Dec 2001 Franco Rasetti, Italian-American physicist and academic (b. 1901)
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05 Dec 2002 Roone Arledge, American sportscaster and producer (b. 1931)
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05 Dec 2002 Ne Win, Burmese general and politician, 4th President of Burma (b. 1911)
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05 Dec 2005 Edward L. Masry, American lawyer and politician (b. 1932)
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05 Dec 2005 Kevin McQuay, Australian businessman (b. 1949)
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05 Dec 2005 Frits Philips, Dutch businessman (b. 1905)
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05 Dec 2006 David Bronstein, Ukrainian-Belarusian chess player (b. 1924)
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05 Dec 2007 Andrew Imbrie, American composer and academic (b. 1921)
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05 Dec 2007 George Paraskevaides, Greek-Cypriot businessman, co-founded Joannou & Paraskevaides (b. 1916)
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05 Dec 2007 Karlheinz Stockhausen, German composer and academic (b. 1928)
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05 Dec 2008 Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow (b. 1929)
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05 Dec 2008 George Brecht, American artist (b. 1926)
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05 Dec 2008 Constantin Ticu Dumitrescu, Romanian politician (b. 1928)
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05 Dec 2008 Nina Foch, Dutch-American actress (b. 1924)
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05 Dec 2008 Anca Parghel, Romanian singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1957)
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05 Dec 2009 Vimolchatra, Thai princess (b. 1921)
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05 Dec 2009 William Lederer, American soldier and author (b. 1912)
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05 Dec 2010 Alan Armer, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
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05 Dec 2010 John Leslie, American porn actor, director, and producer (b. 1945)
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05 Dec 2010 Don Meredith, American football player, sportscaster, and actor (b. 1938)
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05 Dec 2011 Peter Gethin, English race car driver (b. 1940)
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05 Dec 2011 Gennady Logofet, Russian footballer and manager (b. 1942)
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05 Dec 2012 Dave Brubeck, American pianist and composer (b. 1920)
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05 Dec 2012 Nakamura Kanzaburō XVIII, Japanese actor (b. 1955)
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05 Dec 2012 Sarah Kirsch, American singer and guitarist (Fuel, Pinhead Gunpowder, and Fifteen) (b. 1970)
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05 Dec 2012 Elisabeth Murdoch, Australian philanthropist (b. 1909)
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05 Dec 2012 Oscar Niemeyer, Brazilian architect, designed the United Nations Headquarters and Cathedral of Brasília (b. 1907)
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05 Dec 2012 Yves Niaré, French shot putter (b. 1977)
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05 Dec 2012 Kaisa Sere, Finnish computer scientist (b. 1954)
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05 Dec 2012 Ignatius IV of Antioch, Syrian patriarch (b. 1920)
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05 Dec 2013 Fred Bassetti, American architect, founded Bassetti Architects (b. 1917)
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05 Dec 2013 William B. Edmondson, American diplomat, United States Ambassador to South Africa (b. 1927)
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05 Dec 2013 Nelson Mandela, South African lawyer and politician, 1st President of South Africa, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
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05 Dec 2013 Danny Matt, German-Israeli general (b. 1927)
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05 Dec 2013 Colin Wilson, English philosopher and author (b. 1931)
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05 Dec 2014 Ernest C. Brace, American captain and pilot (b. 1931)
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05 Dec 2014 Manuel De Sica, Italian composer (b. 1949)
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05 Dec 2014 Queen Fabiola of Belgium (b. 1928)
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05 Dec 2014 Jackie Healy-Rae, Irish hurdler and politician (b. 1931)
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05 Dec 2014 Silvio Zavala, Mexican historian and author (b. 1909)
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