19 Dec 0211
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Publius Septimius Geta, Roman emperor (b. 189) |
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19 Dec 0401
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Anastasius I Bishop of Rome (399-401), dies
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19 Dec 1111
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Al-Ghazali, Iranian jurist, philosopher, and mystic (b. 1058) |
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19 Dec 1123
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Saint Berardo, Italian bishop |
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19 Dec 1327
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Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy (b. 1260) |
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19 Dec 1370
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Pope Urban V (b. 1310) |
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19 Dec 1370
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death
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Urban V [Guillaume de Grimoard] 1st Avignon Pope (1362-70), dies
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19 Dec 1614
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Melchior Bischoff composer, dies at 67
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19 Dec 1737
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James Louis Sobieski, Polish son of John III Sobieski (b. 1667) |
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19 Dec 1741
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Vitus Bering, Danish-Russian hydrographer and explorer (b. 1681) |
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19 Dec 1741
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Vitus J Bering Dutch navigator/explorer, dies
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19 Dec 1745
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Jean-Baptiste van Loo, French painter (b. 1684) |
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19 Dec 1749
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death
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Francesco Antonio Bonporti, Italian priest and composer (b. 1672) |
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19 Dec 1751
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death
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Louise of Great Britain (b. 1724) |
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19 Dec 1798
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death
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Charles-Joseph Panckoucke publisher (Moniteur Universel), dies at 62
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19 Dec 1800
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death
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Georg Peter Weimar composer, dies at 66
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19 Dec 1804
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death
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Mary Bright British PM Rockingham, dies
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19 Dec 1807
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death
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Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm, German-French author and playwright (b. 1723) |
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19 Dec 1810
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death
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Johann Heinrich Egli composer, dies at 68
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19 Dec 1813
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death
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James McGill, Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist, founded McGill University (b. 1744) |
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19 Dec 1815
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death
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Michel Woldemar composer, dies at 65
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19 Dec 1815
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death
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Robert Hudson composer, dies at 83
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19 Dec 1819
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Thomas Fremantle, English admiral and politician (b. 1765) |
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19 Dec 1823
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death
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Nicolas-Joseph Hullmandel composer, dies at 67
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19 Dec 1848
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death
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Adam FJA van Duyn: Governor of South Holland, dies at 77
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19 Dec 1848
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Emily Brontë, English author and poet (b. 1818) |
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19 Dec 1848
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death
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Adam van Duyn governor of South Holland, dies at 77
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19 Dec 1851
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death
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J M William Turner British painter (Rain, Steam & Speed), dies at 76
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19 Dec 1867
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death
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Jean-Georges Kastner composer, dies at 57
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19 Dec 1878
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death
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Bayard Taylor, American author and poet (b. 1825) |
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19 Dec 1899
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death
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Henry Ware Lawton, American general (b. 1843) |
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19 Dec 1914
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death
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Johann F Ritter von Schulte German catholic lawyer, dies at 87
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19 Dec 1915
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death
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Alois Alzheimer, German psychiatrist and neuropathologist (b. 1864) |
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19 Dec 1916
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death
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Thibaw Min, Burmese king (b. 1859) |
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19 Dec 1925
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death
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Jose Ignacio Quinton composer, dies at 44
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19 Dec 1927
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death
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Ashfaqulla Khan, Indian activist (b. 1900) |
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19 Dec 1927
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death
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Ram Prasad Bismil, Indian poet and activist (b. 1897) |
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19 Dec 1927
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death
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Roshan Singh, Indian activist (b. 1892) |
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19 Dec 1930
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death
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Johnny Douglas cricketer (soccer int, boxing gold medal), drowns
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19 Dec 1932
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death
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Yun Bong-gil, South Korean activist (b. 1908) |
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19 Dec 1933
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death
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George Jackson Churchward, English engineer (b. 1857) |
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19 Dec 1938
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death
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Stephen Warfield Gambrill, American lawyer and politician (b. 1873) |
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19 Dec 1939
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death
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Hans Langsdorff, German captain (b. 1894) |
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19 Dec 1939
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death
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Eric Fogg composer, dies at 36
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19 Dec 1939
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death
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Karl Wagenfeld Low German writer (Lucifer, Death & Devil), dies at 70
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19 Dec 1939
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death
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Willem Benoy Flemish actor/director (The White), dies at 57
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19 Dec 1941
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death
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L M Dovator Russian general, dies in battle
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19 Dec 1944
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death
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Abbas II of Egypt (b. 1874) |
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19 Dec 1944
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death
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Rudolph Karstadt, German businessman (b. 1856) |
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19 Dec 1946
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death
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Paul Langevin, French physicist and academic (b. 1872) |
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19 Dec 1951
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death
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Barton Yarbrough actor (Dragnet), dies at 51
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19 Dec 1952
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death
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Harry Makepeace cricketer (cricket & soccer international for England), dies
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19 Dec 1953
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death
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Robert Andrews Millikan, American physicist and eugenicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1868) |
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19 Dec 1953
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death
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Robert A Millikan US physicist (Nobel 1923), dies at 85
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19 Dec 1953
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death
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Rudolf Leonhard writer, dies
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19 Dec 1957
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death
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John W Van Druten US stage/screenwriter (I Remember Mama), dies at 56
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19 Dec 1959
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death
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Walter Williams claimed to be last survivor of Civil War, dies at 117
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19 Dec 1962
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death
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Warren Brittingham, American soccer player (b. 1886) |
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19 Dec 1966
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death
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Ehm Welk writer, dies at 82
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19 Dec 1967
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death
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Alfred Courtens Belgian sculptor, dies at 78
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19 Dec 1968
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death
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Norman Thomas, American minister and politician (b. 1884) |
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19 Dec 1970
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death
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Mihkel Müller, Estonian-Finnish wrestler (b. 1887) |
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19 Dec 1972
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death
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Ahmet Emin Yalman, Turkish journalist, author, and academic (b. 1888) |
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19 Dec 1977
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death
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Nellie Tayloe Ross: 1st woman governor, dies at 101
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19 Dec 1977
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death
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Nellie Taylor Ross 1st woman governor, dies at 101
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19 Dec 1982
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death
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Dwight Macdonald, American philosopher, author, and critic (b. 1906) |
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19 Dec 1982
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death
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Jean-Jacques Grunenwald French organist/composer, dies at 71
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19 Dec 1982
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death
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Lawrence Collingwood composer, dies at 95
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19 Dec 1983
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death
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Raymond Massey actor (Dr Gillespie-Dr Kildaire), dies at 87
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19 Dec 1984
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death
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Joy Ridderhof, American missionary (b. 1903) |
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19 Dec 1984
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death
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Michel Magne composer, dies at 54
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19 Dec 1986
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death
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V. C. Andrews, American author (b. 1923) |
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19 Dec 1986
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death
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Werner Dankwort, Russian-German colonel and diplomat (b. 1895) |
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19 Dec 1987
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death
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August Mälk, Estonian author, playwright, and politician (b. 1900) |
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19 Dec 1988
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death
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Robert Bernstein, American author and playwright (b. 1919) |
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19 Dec 1989
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death
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Dorothea "Stella" Gibbons: English journalist / author, dies at 87
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19 Dec 1989
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death
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Preben Mahrt, Danish actor (b. 1920) |
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19 Dec 1989
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death
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Stella Gibbons, English journalist, author, and poet (b. 1902) |
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19 Dec 1989
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death
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Dorothea "Stella" Gibbons English journalist/author, dies at 87
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19 Dec 1990
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death
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Basil Henson actor (Change Partners), dies of stroke at 71
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19 Dec 1991
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death
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Joe Cole, American roadie and author (b. 1961) |
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19 Dec 1991
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death
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Ernest K Gann US adventure novelist, dies at 81
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19 Dec 1991
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death
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Paul Maxwell actor (City of Fear, Freedom to Die), dies at 70
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19 Dec 1993
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death
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Anthonius AM "Ton" Kors: Writer (Time of Anton de Lange), dies at 47
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19 Dec 1993
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death
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Michael Clarke, American drummer (The Byrds, The Flying Burrito Brothers, and Firefall) (b. 1946) |
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19 Dec 1993
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death
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Anthonius "Ton" Kors writer (Time of Anton de Lange), dies at 47
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19 Dec 1993
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death
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Antoon Veerman Dutch ARP Assistant Secretary of Education (1973-75), dies at 77
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19 Dec 1994
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death
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Noel Pointer jazz violinist, dies at 39
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19 Dec 1995
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death
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Dame Ruth Nita Barrow governor-General of Barbados, dies at 79
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19 Dec 1995
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death
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Harold Watkinson politician/businessman, dies at 85
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19 Dec 1995
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death
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Janet Wilder stuntwoman, dies at 29
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19 Dec 1996
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death
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Marcello Mastroianni, Italian-French actor and singer (b. 1924) |
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19 Dec 1996
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death
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Marcello Mastroiani actor (8
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19 Dec 1996
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death
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Ronald Howard actor (Hunting Party, Koroshi), dies at 78
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19 Dec 1996
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death
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Yuli Borisovich Khariton scientist, dies at 82
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19 Dec 1997
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death
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Masaru Ibuka, Japanese businessman, co-founded Sony (b. 1908) |
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19 Dec 1997
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death
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Jimmy Rogers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1924) |
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19 Dec 1997
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death
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David Norman Schramm physicist, dies at 52
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19 Dec 1998
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death
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Mel Fisher, American treasure hunter (b. 1922) |
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19 Dec 1998
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death
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Antonio Ordóñez, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1932) |
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19 Dec 1999
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death
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Desmond Llewelyn, Welsh-English actor (b. 1914) |
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19 Dec 2000
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death
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Rob Buck, American guitarist and songwriter (10,000 Maniacs) (b. 1958) |
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19 Dec 2000
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death
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Milt Hinton, American bassist and photographer (b. 1910) |
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19 Dec 2000
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death
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David Dewayne Johnson, American murderer (b. 1963) |
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19 Dec 2000
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death
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John Lindsay, American lawyer and politician, 103rd Mayor of New York City (b. 1921) |
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19 Dec 2000
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death
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Pops Staples, American singer and guitarist (The Staple Singers) (b. 1915) |
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19 Dec 2001
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death
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Arkie Whiteley, Australian actress (b. 1964) |
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19 Dec 2002
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death
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Will Hoy, English race car driver (b. 1952) |
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19 Dec 2002
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death
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Arthur Rowley, English footballer and manager (b. 1926) |
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19 Dec 2002
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death
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George Weller, American author, playwright, and journalist (b. 1907) |
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19 Dec 2003
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death
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Peter Carter-Ruck, English lawyer, founded Carter-Ruck (b. 1914) |
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19 Dec 2003
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death
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Hope Lange, American actress (b. 1933) |
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19 Dec 2003
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death
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Les Tremayne, English-American actor (b. 1913) |
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19 Dec 2004
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death
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Herbert C. Brown, English-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912) |
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19 Dec 2004
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death
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Renata Tebaldi, Italian soprano (b. 1922) |
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19 Dec 2005
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death
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Vincent Gigante, American mobster (b. 1927) |
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19 Dec 2008
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death
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James Bevel, American minister and activist (b. 1936) |
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19 Dec 2008
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death
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Carol Chomsky, American linguist and educator (b. 1930) |
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19 Dec 2008
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death
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Michael Connell, American political consultant (b. 1963) |
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19 Dec 2008
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death
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Kenny Cox, American pianist (b. 1940) |
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19 Dec 2008
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death
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Dock Ellis, American baseball player and coach (b. 1945) |
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19 Dec 2009
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death
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Giridharilal Kedia, Indian businessman (b. 1936) |
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19 Dec 2009
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death
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Hussein-Ali Montazeri, Iranian theologian, scholar, and activist (b. 1922) |
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19 Dec 2009
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death
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Zeki Ökten, Turkish director and producer (b. 1941) |
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19 Dec 2009
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death
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Kim Peek, American megasavant (b. 1951) |
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19 Dec 2010
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death
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Anthony Howard, English journalist and author (b. 1934) |
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19 Dec 2010
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death
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Trudy Pitts, American singer and pianist (b. 1932) |
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19 Dec 2012
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death
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Inez Andrews, American singer-songwriter (The Caravans) (b. 1929) |
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19 Dec 2012
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death
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Robert Bork, American lawyer, judge, and scholar, United States Attorney General (b. 1927) |
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19 Dec 2012
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death
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Paul Crauchet, French actor (b. 1920) |
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19 Dec 2012
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death
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Georges Jobé, Belgian motocross rider (b. 1961) |
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19 Dec 2012
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death
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Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, Israeli general and politician, 22nd Transportation Minister of Israel (b. 1944) |
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19 Dec 2012
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death
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Larry Morris, American football player (b. 1933) |
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19 Dec 2012
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death
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Peter Struck, German lawyer and politician, 13th German Federal Minister of Defence (b. 1943) |
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19 Dec 2013
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death
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Winton Dean, English musicologist and author (b. 1916) |
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19 Dec 2013
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death
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Herb Geller, American-German saxophonist and composer (b. 1928) |
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19 Dec 2013
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death
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Al Goldstein, American publisher and pornographer (b. 1936) |
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19 Dec 2013
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death
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Nae Lăzărescu, Romanian actor (b. 1940) |
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19 Dec 2013
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death
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Ned Vizzini, American author and screenwriter (b. 1981) |
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19 Dec 2014
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death
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S. Balasubramanian, Indian journalist and director (b. 1936) |
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19 Dec 2014
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death
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Philip Bradbourn, English politician (b. 1951) |
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19 Dec 2014
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death
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Arthur Gardner, American actor and producer (b. 1910) |
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19 Dec 2014
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death
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Igor Rodionov, Russian general and politician, 3rd Russian Minister of Defence (b. 1936) |
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19 Dec 2014
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death
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Dick Thornton, American-Canadian football player and coach (b. 1939) |
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