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Deaths on the 21st of December in history

Deaths
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21 Dec 1972 Thomas the Apostle, Israeli martyr and saint (b. 1 AD)
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21 Dec 0882 Hincmar, French archbishop (b. 806)
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21 Dec 0918 Conrad I Duke of Franconia/German King (911-918), dies
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21 Dec 1308 Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse (b. 1244)
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21 Dec 1375 Boccaccio: Writer
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21 Dec 1375 Giovanni Boccaccio, Italian author and poet (b. 1313)
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21 Dec 1429 Jacquemart de Bl
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21 Dec 1504 Berthold von Henneberg, German archbishop (b. 1442)
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21 Dec 1549 Marguerite de Navarre, French wife of Henry II of Navarre (b. 1492)
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21 Dec 1579 Juan de Juanes [Vicente Juan Ma
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21 Dec 1597 Peter Canisius, Dutch priest and saint (b. 1521)
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21 Dec 1597 Petrus Canisius Dutch jesuit/saint, dies at 76
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21 Dec 1674 Rutger van Haersolte viceroy of Overijsselse, dies at about 66
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21 Dec 1734 Philipp Hyacinth Lobkowitz composer, dies at 54
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21 Dec 1736 Alessandro Galilei Italian architect (Cappella Corsini), dies at 45
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21 Dec 1755 Caspar Ruetz composer, dies at 47
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21 Dec 1765 Joseph Thadd
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21 Dec 1807 John Newton, English soldier and minister (b. 1725)
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21 Dec 1820 Charles-Francois Dumonchau: Composer, dies at 45
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21 Dec 1820 Charles-Fran
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21 Dec 1824 James Parkinson, English physician and paleontologist (b. 1755)
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21 Dec 1859 Nicolaas C Kist Dutch church historian/archivist, dies at 66
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21 Dec 1864 William Henry Fry composer, dies at 51
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21 Dec 1869 Friedrich Ernst Scheller, German jurist and politician (b. 1791)
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21 Dec 1873 Francis Garnier, French admiral and explorer (b. 1839)
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21 Dec 1889 Friedrich August von Quenstedt, German geologist and palaeontologist (b. 1809)
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21 Dec 1889 Joseph B Lightfoot English theologist/bishop of Durham, dies at 61
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21 Dec 1890 Niels Vilhelm Gade Danish composer, dies at 73
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21 Dec 1900 Roger Wolcott, American lawyer and politician, 39th Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1847)
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21 Dec 1906 Adalbert von Goldschmidt composer, dies at 58
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21 Dec 1907 Klara Hitler, Austrian mother of Adolf Hitler (b. 1860)
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21 Dec 1907 Oskar Lassar German dermatologist (public baths), dies at 58
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21 Dec 1914 A O Jones cricketer (12 Tests for England 1899-1909), dies
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21 Dec 1920 Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, Somalian general, founded the Dervish state (b. 1856)
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21 Dec 1920 Claude Tozer cricketer (dashing New South Wales batsman, shot to death
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21 Dec 1921 P B S Pinchback major Reconstruction politician, dies at 84
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21 Dec 1927 Jack Saunders cricketer (79 wickets-14 Tests for Australia 1902-08), dies
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21 Dec 1928 Harry Butt cricketer (England wicket-keeper vs South Africa 1895-96), dies
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21 Dec 1928 Luigi Cadorna Italian fieldmarshal (WWI, Caporetto), dies at 78
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21 Dec 1931 John-French Cantr
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21 Dec 1933 Knud Rasmussen, Greenlandic anthropologist and explorer (b. 1879)
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21 Dec 1933 Knud J V Rasmussen Danish Pole explorer (Thule), dies at 54
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21 Dec 1935 Kurt Tucholsky, German-Swedish journalist and author (b. 1890)
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21 Dec 1937 Frank B. Kellogg, American lawyer and politician, 45th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1856)
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21 Dec 1937 Frank Kellog US foreign minister (Nobel 1929), dies at 80
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21 Dec 1940 F. Scott Fitzgerald, American author and poet (b. 1896)
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21 Dec 1940 F[rancis] Scott [Key] Fitzgerald author (Great Gatsby, Zelda), dies of a heart attack in Hollywood at 44
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21 Dec 1942 Leendert Round sculptor (Giraffen, Blijdorp), dies at 63
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21 Dec 1945 George S. Patton, American general (b. 1885)
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21 Dec 1948 Seishiro Itagaki Japanese general/Minister of War, hanged
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21 Dec 1952 Kenneth Edwards, American golfer (b. 1886)
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21 Dec 1953 Kaarlo Koskelo, Finnish-American wrestler (b. 1888)
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21 Dec 1955 Dorothy Bernard actress (Margaret-Life With Father), dies at 65
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21 Dec 1956 Lewis M Terman psychologist (Genetic studies of genius), dies at 79
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21 Dec 1957 Eric Coates, English-American viola player and composer (b. 1886)
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21 Dec 1958 Lion Feuchtwanger, German-American author and playwright (b. 1884)
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21 Dec 1958 H[arry] B[yron] Warner actor (10 Commandments, New Moon), dies at 83
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21 Dec 1959 Rosanjin, Japanese calligrapher, engraver, and painter (b. 1883)
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21 Dec 1962 Gary Hocking, Welsh-Rhodesian motorcycle racer (b. 1937)
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21 Dec 1963 Jack Hobbs, English cricketer and journalist (b. 1882)
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21 Dec 1964 Carl Van Vechten, American author and photographer (b. 1880)
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21 Dec 1965 Claude Champagne, Canadian violinist, pianist, and composer (b. 1891)
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21 Dec 1965 Claude Adonai Champagne composer, dies at 74
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21 Dec 1967 Stuart Erwin, American actor (b. 1903)
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21 Dec 1967 Louis Washkansky dies 18 days after 1st heart transplant at 55
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21 Dec 1968 Vittorio Pozzo, Italian footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1886)
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21 Dec 1972 Horace Mann Bond president of Lincoln University (Pennsylvania), dies at 70
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21 Dec 1974 James Henry Govier, English painter and illustrator (b. 1910)
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21 Dec 1974 Richard Long, American actor and director (b. 1927)
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21 Dec 1975 William Lundigan announcer (CBS Mystery Theater), dies at 61
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21 Dec 1976 Edward Bartlett cricketer (West Indies Test batsman in 5 Tests 1928-31), dies
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21 Dec 1979 Bill Anderson cricketer (Test for New Zealand 1946, scored five & one), dies
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21 Dec 1980 Marc Connelly playwright (One Minute Please), dies at 90
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21 Dec 1982 Abu Al-Asar Hafeez Jullundhri, Pakistani poet and composer (b. 1900)
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21 Dec 1982 Ants Oras, Estonian-American author and academic (b. 1900)
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21 Dec 1983 Paul de Man, Belgian-American philosopher, critic, and academic (b. 1919)
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21 Dec 1983 Rod Cameron actor (Santa Fe Passage, Stampede), dies at 73
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21 Dec 1986 Bill Simpson, Scottish actor (b. 1931)
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21 Dec 1987 John Spence, American singer (No Doubt) (b. 1969)
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21 Dec 1987 Robert Paige actor (Son of Dracula, Pardon My Sarong), dies
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21 Dec 1988 Paul Jeffreys, English bass player (Be-Bop Deluxe) (b. 1952)
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21 Dec 1988 Nikolaas Tinbergen, Dutch-English ethologist and ornithologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1907)
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21 Dec 1988 Bob Steele [Robert Bradbury] dies after short illness at 60
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21 Dec 1988 Nicholas Tinbergen Dutch/British biologist, dies at 81
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21 Dec 1989 Elena Ceaucescu: Wife of Romanian Dictator Nicolae, executed
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21 Dec 1989 Nicolae Ceaucescu: Romanian Dictator (1945-89), executed
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21 Dec 1989 Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Nigerian-English photographer, co-founded Autograph ABP (b. 1955)
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21 Dec 1989 Jan Cikker composer, dies at 78
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21 Dec 1990 Clarence Johnson, American engineer, designed the Lockheed U-2 and Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird (b. 1910)
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21 Dec 1991 Sheldon Mayer, American author and illustrator (b. 1917)
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21 Dec 1992 Stella Adler, American actress and educator (b. 1901)
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21 Dec 1992 Albert King, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1924)
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21 Dec 1992 Nathan Milstein, Russian-American violinist and composer (b. 1903)
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21 Dec 1992 Sybil Andrews English/Canada painter, dies at 94
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21 Dec 1993 Philip Christison British general (Rangoon), dies at 100
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21 Dec 1994 Dean Rusk US Secretary of State, dies at 85
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21 Dec 1994 Shauna McDonald Brown British TV producer, dies at 37
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21 Dec 1995 Charlie Tumahai, New Zealand singer-songwriter and bass player (Be-Bop Deluxe, Mississippi, and Herbs) (b. 1949)
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21 Dec 1995 Robert Francis Vere Heuston professor of law, dies at 72
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21 Dec 1995 Trenchard Cox museum director, dies at 90
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21 Dec 1996 Margaret E Rey author of children's books, dies at 90
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21 Dec 1996 Olga Maria Nicolis di Robilant patron of the arts, dies at 96
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21 Dec 1997 Amie Comeaux, American singer and actress (b. 1976)
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21 Dec 1997 Bruce Woodcock boxer, dies at 76
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21 Dec 1997 Juzo Itami film director/actor (Lord Jim, Yuuguremade), dies at 64
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21 Dec 1997 Michael Lyne air-marshal, dies at 78
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21 Dec 1998 Roger Avon, English actor (b. 1914)
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21 Dec 1998 Karl Denver, Scottish-English singer (b. 1931)
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21 Dec 1998 Ernst-Günther Schenck, German colonel and physician (b. 1904)
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21 Dec 2001 Dick Schaap, American journalist and author (b. 1934)
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21 Dec 2003 Prince Alfonso of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (b. 1924)
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21 Dec 2004 Autar Singh Paintal, Indian physiologist and neurologist (b. 1925)
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21 Dec 2005 Elrod Hendricks, American baseball player and coach (b. 1940)
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21 Dec 2006 Scobie Breasley, Australian jockey and trainer (b. 1914)
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21 Dec 2006 Saparmurat Niyazov, Turkmen engineer and politician, 1st President of Turkmenistan (b. 1940)
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21 Dec 2007 Ken Hendricks, American businessman, founded ABC Supply (b. 1941)
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21 Dec 2009 Edwin G. Krebs, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
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21 Dec 2009 Christos Lambrakis, Greek journalist and businessman (b. 1934)
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21 Dec 2010 Enzo Bearzot, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1927)
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21 Dec 2012 Vivian Anderson, American baseball player (b. 1921)
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21 Dec 2012 Boyd Bartley, American baseball player (b. 1920)
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21 Dec 2012 Lee Dorman, American bass player (Iron Butterfly and Captain Beyond) (b. 1942)
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21 Dec 2012 David Lomon, English soldier (b. 1918)
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21 Dec 2012 Daphne Oxenford, English actress (b. 1919)
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21 Dec 2013 Eli Beeding, American captain and pilot (b. 1928)
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21 Dec 2013 Edgar Bronfman, Sr., Canadian-American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1929)
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21 Dec 2013 David Coleman, English sportscaster and game show host (b. 1926)
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21 Dec 2013 John Eisenhower, American historian, general, and diplomat, 45th United States Ambassador to Belgium (b. 1922)
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21 Dec 2013 Richard Hart, Jamaican-English historian, lawyer, and politician (b. 1917)
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21 Dec 2013 Rodolfo P. Hernández, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1931)
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21 Dec 2014 Jane Bown, English photographer (b. 1925)
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21 Dec 2014 Horacio Ferrer, Uruguayan poet and composer (b. 1922)
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21 Dec 2014 Udo Jürgens, Austrian-Swiss singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1934)
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21 Dec 2014 Sitor Situmorang, Indonesian poet and author (b. 1923)
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21 Dec 2014 Frank Truitt, American basketball player and coach (b. 1925)
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21 Dec 2014 Billie Whitelaw, English actress (b. 1932)
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