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Deaths on the 20th of December in history

Deaths
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20 Dec 0069 Aulus Vitellius Roman commandant of Rhine & 7th emperor, murdered
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20 Dec 0217 Pope Zephyrinus
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20 Dec 0860 Æthelbald of Wessex (b. 834)
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20 Dec 0910 Alfonso III de Great king of Asturias, dies
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20 Dec 1073 Domingo Spanish monastery founder/abbot/saint, dies
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20 Dec 1295 Margaret of Provence (b. 1221)
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20 Dec 1355 Stephen Uroš IV Dušan of Serbia (b. 1308)
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20 Dec 1355 Stefanus IX Uros IV Dusan king (1331-46)/Serbia (1346-55), dies
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20 Dec 1539 Johannes Lupi, Flemish composer (b. 1506)
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20 Dec 1590 Ambroise Paré, French physician and surgeon (b. 1510)
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20 Dec 1590 Ambroise Par
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20 Dec 1632 Nicolas Antoine French cath pastor who converted to Judaism, executed
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20 Dec 1676 John Galle Flemish engraver/printer, dies at 76
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20 Dec 1679 Johan Maurits count of Nassau-Siegen, dies at 75
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20 Dec 1722 Kangxi Emperor of China (b. 1654)
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20 Dec 1723 Augustus Quirinus Rivinus, German physician and botanist (b. 1652)
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20 Dec 1738 Jean-Joseph Mouret composer, dies at 56
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20 Dec 1740 Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon, English field marshal and politician, Governor of Portsmouth (b. 1675)
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20 Dec 1749 Pakubuwono II susuhunan of Mataram Java, dies
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20 Dec 1765 Louis, Dauphin of France (b. 1729)
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20 Dec 1768 Carlo Innocenzo Frugoni, Italian poet and academic (b. 1692)
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20 Dec 1783 Antonio Soler, Spanish priest and composer (b. 1729)
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20 Dec 1783 Antonio Francisco Jawer Jose Soler Sp composer (Fandango), dies at 54
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20 Dec 1793 Joseph Legros composer, dies at 54
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20 Dec 1798 Cornelis Ploos van Amstel Dutch engraver/art collector, dies at 72
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20 Dec 1799 David Traugott Nicolai composer, dies at 66
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20 Dec 1812 Sacagawea, American explorer (b. 1788)
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20 Dec 1812 Sacagawea Shoshone interpreter for Lewis & Clark, dies
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20 Dec 1815 Giovanni Meli Sicilian poet (Buccolica), dies at 75
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20 Dec 1819 Louis-Luc Loiseau de Persuis composer, dies at 50
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20 Dec 1820 John Bell, American farmer (b. 1750)
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20 Dec 1821 Gian Francesco Fortunati composer, dies at 75
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20 Dec 1856 Francesco Bentivegna, Italian activist (b. 1820)
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20 Dec 1862 Robert Knox, Scottish surgeon and zoologist (b. 1791)
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20 Dec 1875 Michail P Pogodin Russian historian/writer (Povesti), dies at 75
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20 Dec 1876 Hannah Omish at 12 is youngest ever hanged in US
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20 Dec 1880 Gaspar Tochman, Polish-American colonel and lawyer (b. 1797)
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20 Dec 1893 George C. Magoun, American businessman (b. 1840)
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20 Dec 1903 Gavriil Musicescu composer, dies at 56
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20 Dec 1909 Benjamin Ipavec composer, dies at 79
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20 Dec 1915 Upendrakishore Ray, Indian painter and composer (b. 1863)
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20 Dec 1916 Louis de Champsavin, French horse rider (b. 1867)
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20 Dec 1916 Manuel Giro composer, dies at 68
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20 Dec 1916 William Wallace Gilchrist composer, dies at 70
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20 Dec 1917 Lucien Petit-Breton, French cyclist (b. 1882)
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20 Dec 1920 Linton Hope, English sailor and architect (b. 1863)
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20 Dec 1921 Hans Hartwig von Beseler, German general and politician (b. 1850)
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20 Dec 1927 Frederick Semple, American golfer and tennis player (b. 1872)
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20 Dec 1929 Émile Loubet, French lawyer and politician, 8th President of France (b. 1838)
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20 Dec 1929 Emile Loubet French premier (1892)/President (1899-1906), dies at 90
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20 Dec 1935 Martin O'Meara, Irish-Australian sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1882)
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20 Dec 1936 Baron De Borchgrave Belgian ambassador, murdered in Madrid
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20 Dec 1937 Erich Ludendorff, German general (b. 1865)
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20 Dec 1938 Annie Armstrong, American missionary (b. 1850)
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20 Dec 1938 Matilda Howell, American archer (b. 1859)
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20 Dec 1939 Hans Langsdorff German captain (Graaf Spee), commits suicide
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20 Dec 1941 Igor Severyanin, Russian-Estonian poet and author (b. 1887)
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20 Dec 1942 Jean Gilbert [Max Winterfield] German composer, dies at 63
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20 Dec 1944 Abbas Hilmi II viceroy of Egypt (1892-1914), dies at 70
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20 Dec 1945 Charles Eady cricketer (Tasmanian player for Australia 1896-1901), dies
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20 Dec 1947 St-Georges de Bouch
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20 Dec 1948 C Aubrey Smith actor (Prisoner of Zenda), dies at 85
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20 Dec 1948 Ladha Ramji cricketer (brother of Amar Singh, Test India 1933-34), dies
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20 Dec 1950 Enrico Mizzi, Maltese lawyer and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1885)
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20 Dec 1954 James Hilton, English-American author and screenwriter (b. 1900)
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20 Dec 1954 Emilis Melngailis composer, dies at 80
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20 Dec 1956 Ramón Carrillo, Argentinian neurologist and physician (b. 1906)
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20 Dec 1959 Juhan Simm, Estonian composer and conductor (b. 1885)
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20 Dec 1961 Moss Hart, American director and playwright (b. 1904)
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20 Dec 1961 Earle Page, Australian soldier and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1880)
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20 Dec 1961 Moss Heart US dramatist (You can't take it with you), dies at 57
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20 Dec 1962 Erik William Gustav Leidzen composer, dies at 68
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20 Dec 1962 Luis Abraham Delgadillo composer, dies at 75
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20 Dec 1963 Paul Constantinescu composer, dies at 54
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20 Dec 1965 Egon Freiherr von Eickstedt German anthropologist, dies at 73
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20 Dec 1968 John Steinbeck, American author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
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20 Dec 1968 Bax Brod composer, dies at 84
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20 Dec 1968 Max Brod writer, dies at 84
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20 Dec 1969 Giles Chippindall, Australian public servant (b. 1893)
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20 Dec 1971 Roy O. Disney, American businessman, co-founded The Walt Disney Company (b. 1893)
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20 Dec 1972 G
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20 Dec 1973 Luis Carrero Blanco, Spanish admiral and politician, 69th President of the Government of Spain (b. 1904)
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20 Dec 1973 Bobby Darin, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1936)
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20 Dec 1974 Rajani Palme Dutt, English journalist and politician (b. 1896)
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20 Dec 1974 André Jolivet, French composer (b. 1905)
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20 Dec 1974 Andr
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20 Dec 1975 Vincent Lopez orchestra leader (Welcome Aboard), dies at 76
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20 Dec 1975 William Lundigan Syracuse NY, actor (Climax), dies at 61
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20 Dec 1976 Richard J. Daley, American lawyer and politician, 48th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1902)
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20 Dec 1976 Walter Fitzgerald actor (Adventures of Sadie, Fallen Idol), dies at 80
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20 Dec 1981 Dimitris Rontiris, Greek actor and director (b. 1899)
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20 Dec 1982 Arthur Rubinstein, Polish-American pianist and composer (b. 1887)
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20 Dec 1982 Artur Rubinstein pianist (My Young Years), dies in Geneva Switzerland at 95
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20 Dec 1986 Joe DeSa, American baseball player (b. 1959)
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20 Dec 1988 Max Robinson 1st black network (ABC) TV anchor, dies of AIDS at 49
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20 Dec 1989 Kurt Böhme, German opera singer (b. 1908)
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20 Dec 1989 Audrey Christie actress (Splendor in the Grass), dies at 77
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20 Dec 1991 Simone Beck, French chef and author (b. 1904)
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20 Dec 1991 Sam Rabin, English wrestler, singer, and sculptor (b. 1903)
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20 Dec 1991 Albert Van Vlierberghe, Belgian cyclist (b. 1942)
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20 Dec 1991 Andries D Copier Dutch glass designer (Guild glass), dies
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20 Dec 1991 Fop[pe] I Brouwer biologist (Everything That Lives & Grows), dies
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20 Dec 1991 Helene Heigh actress (Undercover Woman, Teen Age Thunder), dies at 86
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20 Dec 1991 Stephen Birnbaum US tourism writer, dies at 54
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20 Dec 1991 Thomas Newman actor/composer (Cape Fear), dies of heart attack at 60
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20 Dec 1991 Walter Chiari actor (Girl Under Sheet), dies of heart attack at 67
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20 Dec 1993 W. Edwards Deming, American statistician, academic, and author (b. 1900)
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20 Dec 1993 Hulusi Kentmen, Turkish actor (b. 1912)
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20 Dec 1993 Moses Gunn actor (Shaft), dies at 64
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20 Dec 1994 J C "Jody" Bateman: Fiddler, dies at 75
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20 Dec 1994 Dean Rusk, American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 54th United States Secretary of State (b. 1909)
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20 Dec 1995 John Henry Jacques co-operative retailer, dies at 90
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20 Dec 1995 Madge Sinclair actress (Star Trek IV, Conrack, Convoy), dies at 55
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20 Dec 1996 Carl Sagan, American astronomer, astrophysicist, and cosmologist (b. 1934)
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20 Dec 1996 Amata Kabua President of Marshall Islands (1979-96), dies
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20 Dec 1996 Roger Peacock writer, dies at 76
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20 Dec 1997 Juzo Itami, Japanese actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1933)
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20 Dec 1997 Denise Levertov, English-American poet and author (b. 1923)
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20 Dec 1997 Dawn Steel, American film producer (b. 1946)
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20 Dec 1997 Vincent Ciccone inventor (Blow-Pops candy), dies at 81
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20 Dec 1998 Irene Hervey, American actress (b. 1909)
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20 Dec 1998 Alan Lloyd Hodgkin, English physiologist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)
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20 Dec 1998 C. P. Lyons, Canadian historian and author (b. 1915)
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20 Dec 1999 Riccardo Freda, Egyptian-Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1909)
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20 Dec 1999 Hank Snow, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1914)
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20 Dec 2001 Foster Brooks, American actor (b. 1912)
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20 Dec 2001 Léopold Sédar Senghor, Senegalese poet and politician, 1st President of Senegal (b. 1906)
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20 Dec 2002 Bernard King, Australian actor and chef (b. 1934)
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20 Dec 2005 M. Moorthy, Malaysian soldier and mountaineer
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20 Dec 2006 Anne Rogers Clark, American dog breeder and trainer (b. 1929)
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20 Dec 2006 Piergiorgio Welby, Italian poet and activist (b. 1945)
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20 Dec 2006 Shi Yuejun, Chinese spree killer (b. 1970)
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20 Dec 2007 Savaş Dinçel, Turkish actor (b. 1942)
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20 Dec 2008 Adrian Mitchell, English author, poet, and playwright (b. 1932)
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20 Dec 2009 Mairoon Ali, Trinidadian actress (b. 1954)
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20 Dec 2009 Brittany Murphy, American actress and singer (b. 1977)
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20 Dec 2009 Arnold Stang, American actor and singer (b. 1918)
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20 Dec 2010 Brian Hanrahan, English journalist (b. 1949)
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20 Dec 2010 Steve Landesberg, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1936)
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20 Dec 2010 James Robert Mann, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1920)
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20 Dec 2010 K. P. Ratnam, Sri Lankan academic and politician (b. 1914)
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20 Dec 2011 Barry Reckord, Jamaican playwright (b. 1926)
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20 Dec 2012 Stan Charlton, English footballer and manager (b. 1929)
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20 Dec 2012 Robert Juniper, Australian painter and sculptor (b. 1929)
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20 Dec 2012 Eagle Keys, American-Canadian football player and coach (b. 1923)
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20 Dec 2012 Jimmy McCracklin, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1921)
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20 Dec 2012 Victor Merzhanov, Russian pianist and educator (b. 1919)
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20 Dec 2013 Pyotr Bolotnikov, Russian runner (b. 1930)
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20 Dec 2013 Lord Infamous, American rapper (Three 6 Mafia) (b. 1973)
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20 Dec 2013 Nelly Omar, Argentinian actress and singer (b. 1911)
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20 Dec 2013 Masafumi Ōura, Japanese volleyball player and coach (b. 1969)
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20 Dec 2013 Reginaldo Rossi, Brazilian singer-songwriter (b. 1944)
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20 Dec 2013 Vivian St. John, American wrestler (b. 1950)
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20 Dec 2014 Per-Ingvar Brånemark, Swedish surgeon and academic (b. 1929)
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20 Dec 2014 John Freeman, English lawyer, politician, and diplomat, British Ambassador to the United States (b. 1915)
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20 Dec 2014 Ranulph Glanville, English architect and academic (b. 1946)
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20 Dec 2014 Bob Lanier, American lawyer, banker, and politician, 58th Mayor of Houston (b. 1925)
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20 Dec 2014 William Lowell Putnam III, American mountaineer and businessman (b. 1924)
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