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Deaths on the 17th of December in history

Deaths
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17 Dec 0695 Begga ancestress of the Carolingians/saint, dies
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17 Dec 0908 Abdallah ibn al-Mu'tazz, Abbasid prince and poet, anti-caliph for a day (b. 861)
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17 Dec 0908 al-Abbas ibn al-Hasan al-Jarjara'i, Abbasid vizier
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17 Dec 0942 William I of Normandy (b. 900)
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17 Dec 1187 Pope Gregory VIII (b. 1100)
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17 Dec 1187 Gregory VIII [Alberto de Morra] Italian Pope (1187), dies
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17 Dec 1195 Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut (b. 1150)
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17 Dec 1195 Boudouin V count of Hainault/Flanders (Boudouin VIII), dies
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17 Dec 1213 Jean de Matha French saint, dies at 53
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17 Dec 1273 Rumi, Persian jurist, theologian, and poet (b. 1207)
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17 Dec 1471 Isabella of Portugal duchess of Burgundy, dies
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17 Dec 1562 Adrian Willaert Flemish singer/bandmaster/composer, dies at about 82
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17 Dec 1651 Wolfgang Schonsleder composer, dies at 81
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17 Dec 1663 Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba (b. 1583)
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17 Dec 1679 Don Juan ruler of Spain, dies
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17 Dec 1711 Arnold Moonen vicar/literature (Defeated German Spraekkunst), dies
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17 Dec 1721 Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough, English soldier and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1640)
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17 Dec 1751 Kilian I von Dientzenhofer Czechoslovakian master builder, dies at 62
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17 Dec 1811 John Antes composer, dies at 71
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17 Dec 1811 Louis-Abet Deffroy de Reigny composer, dies at 54
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17 Dec 1829 Bernard Jumentier composer, dies at 80
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17 Dec 1830 Simón Bolívar, Venezuelan general and politician, 2nd President of Venezuela (b. 1783)
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17 Dec 1830 Simon Bolivar President of Colombia, dies at 47 in Colombia
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17 Dec 1833 Kaspar Hauser, German feral child (b. 1812)
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17 Dec 1847 Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma (b. 1791)
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17 Dec 1860 Désirée Clary, French wife of Charles XIV John of Sweden (b. 1777)
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17 Dec 1870 Giuseppe Saverio Raffaele Mercadante composer, dies at 75
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17 Dec 1881 Lewis H Morgan US ethnologist (Iroquois-Indians), dies at 62
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17 Dec 1891 Msiri king of Garanganja (Katanga), dies in battle
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17 Dec 1891 Omer Bodson Belgian captain, dies in battle
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17 Dec 1893 Levinus T Keuchenius Dutch Minister of Colonies (1888-90), dies at 71
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17 Dec 1899 Frederick "Freddy" Roberts: Son of British field marshal, dies in battle
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17 Dec 1899 Frederick "Freddy" Roberts son of British field marshal, dies in battle
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17 Dec 1907 William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Irish-Scottish physicist and engineer (b. 1824)
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17 Dec 1907 Kelvin of Largs [William Thomson] British physicist (Kelvin), dies at 83
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17 Dec 1909 Leopold II of Belgium (b. 1835)
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17 Dec 1913 Stefano Gobatti composer, dies at 61
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17 Dec 1916 Grigori Efimovich Rasputin: Russian monk, assassinated
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17 Dec 1917 Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, English physician and activist (b. 1836)
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17 Dec 1925 George Gibb, Scottish businessman (b. 1850)
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17 Dec 1925 A N "Monkey" Hornby cricketer (England captain at Oval 1882), dies
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17 Dec 1926 Alexandr Dmitriyevich Kastal'sky composer, dies at 70
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17 Dec 1927 Rajendra Lahiri, Indian activist (b. 1892)
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17 Dec 1928 Frank Rinehart, American photographer (b. 1861)
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17 Dec 1929 Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa, Portuguese general and politician, 10th President of Portugal (b. 1863)
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17 Dec 1930 Peter Warlock, Welsh composer and critic (b. 1894)
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17 Dec 1932 Charles Winckler, Danish discus thrower, shot putter, and tug of war competitor (b. 1867)
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17 Dec 1933 13th Dalai Lama (b. 1876)
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17 Dec 1933 Hans Vaihinger German philosopher (Side-Studies), dies at 81
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17 Dec 1937 Gerard Vissering banker/president of Dutch Bank, dies at 72
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17 Dec 1940 Alicia Boole Stott, Irish-English mathematician and educator (b. 1860)
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17 Dec 1944 Vassily V Kandinsky: Russian / German / French painter
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17 Dec 1944 Pieter A Roodenburgh student/resistance fighter, dies at 26
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17 Dec 1946 Constance [Clara] Garnett Russian-English translator, dies at 84
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17 Dec 1947 Christos Tsigiridis, Greek engineer (b. 1877)
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17 Dec 1948 Edgar Istel composer, dies at 68
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17 Dec 1949 David Stanley Smith composer, dies at 72
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17 Dec 1956 Eddie Acuff actor (Guns of Pecos), dies at 48
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17 Dec 1957 Dorothy Sayers [Atherton Fleming]: Author (Whose body), dies at 64
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17 Dec 1957 Dorothy L. Sayers, English author, poet, and playwright (b. 1893)
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17 Dec 1957 Dorothy Leigh Sayers [Atherton Fleming] author (Whose body), dies at 64
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17 Dec 1961 Marion Perkins sculptor (Man of Sorrow), dies at 53
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17 Dec 1962 Thomas Mitchell, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (b. 1892)
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17 Dec 1964 Victor Francis Hess, Austrian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1883)
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17 Dec 1965 Tito [Raffaele A] Schipa Italian tenor/composer (Rondine), dies at 76
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17 Dec 1966 Gustaf Paulson composer, dies at 68
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17 Dec 1967 Harold Holt, Australian lawyer and politician, 17th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1908)
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17 Dec 1967 Jack Perrin, American actor and stuntman (b. 1896)
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17 Dec 1967 [Francis] Barry Byrne Chicago IL, architect, dies at 83
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17 Dec 1969 Arturo da Costa e Silva President of Brazil (1967-69), dies at 67
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17 Dec 1970 Oliver Waterman Larkin, American historian, author, and educator (d. 1970)
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17 Dec 1972 Erwin Dressel composer, dies at 63
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17 Dec 1973 Charles G Abbot US astronomer (Sun Constant), dies at 101
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17 Dec 1973 Patrick Hadley composer, dies at 74
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17 Dec 1975 Noble Sissle jazz musician, dies at 86
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17 Dec 1975 Frank Sully actor (Parachute Nurse, Inside the Law), dies at 67
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17 Dec 1978 Don Ellis, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (b. 1934)
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17 Dec 1981 Antiochos Evangelatos, Greek composer and conductor (b. 1903)
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17 Dec 1981 Ada Kramm, Norwegian actress (b. 1899)
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17 Dec 1982 Homer S. Ferguson, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1889)
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17 Dec 1982 Leonid B Kogan Russian violist, dies at 58
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17 Dec 1982 Philipp Jarnach composer, dies at 90
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17 Dec 1985 Otto Gotsche writer, dies
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17 Dec 1986 Guillermo Cano Isaza, Colombian journalist (b. 1925)
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17 Dec 1986 Ron Kass record company president (MGM), dies at 52 of cancer
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17 Dec 1987 Linda Wong, American porn actress (b. 1951)
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17 Dec 1987 Marguerite Yourcenar, Belgian-American author and poet (b. 1903)
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17 Dec 1987 Bernard Cardinal Alfrink archbishop of Ultrecht Netherlands, dies at 87
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17 Dec 1987 Marguerite Yourcenard author (Memoirs of Hadrien), dies at 84
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17 Dec 1990 Don Draper actor (Pepper Agent 00X), dies of AIDS at 61
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17 Dec 1990 Mieke Verstraete Belgian/Netherlands actress (Pleasant Settled), dies at 79
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17 Dec 1991 John Blatnik (Representative-MN, 1947-75), dies at 80
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17 Dec 1992 Günther Anders, German journalist and philosopher (b. 1902)
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17 Dec 1992 Dana Andrews, American actor (b. 1909)
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17 Dec 1993 Frederik "Fried" L
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17 Dec 1993 Janet Margolin US actress (Annie Hall), dies at 50 of ovarian cancer
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17 Dec 1994 Jan Wiegel director/producer (Uninhabitable Country), dies at 64
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17 Dec 1995 Lila Clark Knapp publisher, dies at 63
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17 Dec 1996 Elizabeth Hill teacher of Salvonic languages, dies at 96
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17 Dec 1996 Francesco Siciliani opera administrator, dies at 85
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17 Dec 1996 Irving Caesar songwriter, dies at 101
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17 Dec 1996 Michael Saunders barrister, dies at 22
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17 Dec 1996 Ruby Murray singer, dies at 61
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17 Dec 1996 Stanko Todorov PM of Bulgaria (1971-81), dies
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17 Dec 1997 Reginald Victor Jones scientist, dies at 86
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17 Dec 1998 Allan D'Arcangelo, American painter (b. 1930)
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17 Dec 1999 Rex Allen, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1920)
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17 Dec 1999 Grover Washington, Jr., American singer-songwriter and saxophonist (b. 1943)
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17 Dec 1999 C. Vann Woodward, American historian and academic (b. 1908)
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17 Dec 2002 K. W. Devanayagam, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 10th Sri Lankan Minister of Justice (b. 1910)
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17 Dec 2002 James Hazeldine, English actor and director (b. 1947)
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17 Dec 2003 Ed Devereaux, Australian-English actor and screenwriter (b. 1925)
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17 Dec 2003 Otto Graham, American football player and coach (b. 1921)
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17 Dec 2003 Alan Tilvern, English actor (b. 1918)
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17 Dec 2004 Tom Wesselmann, American painter and sculptor (b. 1931)
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17 Dec 2005 Jack Anderson, American journalist and author (b. 1922)
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17 Dec 2005 Marc Favreau, Canadian actor and poet (b. 1929)
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17 Dec 2005 Haljand Udam, Estonian orientalist and academic (d. 1936)
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17 Dec 2006 Larry Sherry, American baseball player and coach (b. 1935)
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17 Dec 2008 Sammy Baugh, American football player and coach (b. 1914)
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17 Dec 2008 Freddy Breck, German singer-songwriter, producer, and journalist (b. 1942)
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17 Dec 2008 Ismet "Ćelo" Bajramović , Bosnian soldier. [b.1966]
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17 Dec 2008 Dave Smith, American baseball player and coach (b. 1955)
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17 Dec 2009 Chris Henry, American football player (b. 1983)
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17 Dec 2009 Jennifer Jones, American actress and singer (b. 1919)
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17 Dec 2009 Dan O'Bannon, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1943)
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17 Dec 2009 Alaina Reed Hall, American actress (b. 1946)
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17 Dec 2010 Captain Beefheart, American singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
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17 Dec 2010 Walt Dropo, American basketball and baseball player (b. 1923)
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17 Dec 2010 Ralph Coates, English footballer (b. 1946)
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17 Dec 2011 Eva Ekvall, Venezuelan journalist and author, Miss Venezuela 2000 (b. 1983)
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17 Dec 2011 Cesária Évora, Cape Verdean singer (b. 1941)
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17 Dec 2011 Kim Jong-il, North Korean commander and politician, 2nd Supreme Leader of North Korea (b. 1941)
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17 Dec 2012 Pgeezy, American rapper (b. 1976)
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17 Dec 2012 Richard Adams, Filipino-American activist (b. 1947)
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17 Dec 2012 James Gower, American priest and activist, co-founded the College of the Atlantic (b. 1922)
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17 Dec 2012 Daniel Inouye, American captain and politician (b. 1924)
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17 Dec 2012 Laurier LaPierre, Canadian historian, journalist, and politician (b. 1929)
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17 Dec 2012 Dina Manfredini, Italian-American super-centenarian (b. 1897)
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17 Dec 2012 Frank Pastore, American baseball player and radio host (b. 1957)
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17 Dec 2013 Fred Bruemmer, Latvian-Canadian photographer (b. 1929)
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17 Dec 2013 Ricardo María Carles Gordó, Spanish cardinal (b. 1926)
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17 Dec 2013 Richard Heffner, American historian and television host (b. 1925)
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17 Dec 2013 Tetsurō Kashibuchi, Japanese drummer, songwriter, and producer (b. 1950)
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17 Dec 2013 Janet Rowley, American geneticist and biologist (b. 1925)
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17 Dec 2013 Conny van Rietschoten, Dutch sailor (b. 1926)
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17 Dec 2014 Dieter Grau, German-American scientist and engineer (b. 1913)
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17 Dec 2014 Richard C. Hottelet, American journalist (b. 1917)
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17 Dec 2014 Oleh Lysheha, Ukrainian poet and playwright (b. 1949)
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17 Dec 2014 Lowell Steward, American captain (b. 1919)
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17 Dec 2014 Ivan Vekić, Croatian colonel, lawyer, and politician, Croatian Minister of the Interior (b. 1938)
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