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Deaths on December 05

1212 : Derek II of Are, Bishop of Utrecht (1197-1212), dies
1244 : Johanna of Constantinople, countess of Flanders (1205-44), dies
1355 : Jan III, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies
1560 : Fran‡ois II, King of France (1559-60), dies at 16
1594 : Gerardus Mercator, Flemish philosopher/cartographer, dies at 82
1663 : Severo Bonini, composer, dies at 80
1675 : John Lightfoot, English theologist (Horae Hebraicae), dies at 73
1745 : Christoph Forster, composer, dies at 52
1758 : Johann Friedrich Fasch, composer, dies at 70
1770 : James Stirling, Scot mathematician (Formula of Stirling), dies at 78
1784 : Phillis Wheatley, 1st important black poet in America, dies in Boston
1791 : Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, composer, dies in Vienna Austria at 35
1799 : Robert Kimmerling, composer, dies at 61
1818 : Bruno Daalberg/Anonymus Belga, sect of High Council Adel, dies at 60
1835 : August v Platen, writer, dies at 39
1842 : MJ Auguste Vestrius, French ballet dancers, dies at 82
1853 : Johann Peter Heuschkel, composer, dies at 80
1859 : Louis Poinsot, French mathematician/instrument maker, dies at 82
1870 : A Dumas Da, writer, dies at 68
1886 : Peter Hofstede de Groot, Dutch reformed theologist, dies at 84
1891 : JKLSBFXvPSMGRG Pedro II of Alcantara, emp of Brazil (1831-89), dies
1902 : Henry Stephen Cutler, composer, dies at 78
1916 : Hans Richter, composer, dies at 73
1922 : Samuel Muller Fzn, Dutch historian/archivist, dies
1925 : Wilhelmina E Drucker, [Lensing], Dutch feminist, dies at 78
1928 : Johannes F "Johan" Bakker Sr, actor/husband of Truus Soete, dies at 61
1935 : Frans, [MJ Fran‡ois] Erens, literary (Years Gone By), dies at 78
1938 : Christina "Dina" Koudijs-van Appeldoorn, pianist/composer, dies at 54
1940 : Jan Kubelik, composer, dies at 60
1942 : Buck Jones, Hollywood's last cowboy hero actor (Headin' East), buried
1951 : "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, of baseball's black sox scandal, dies
1955 : Paul Harvey, actor (Calamity Jane, Heldorado, Jamboree), dies at 73
1958 : Ferdinand Bruckner, writer, dies at 67
1959 : K S Duleepsinhji, cricketer (12 Tests for England, 995 runs), dies
1963 : Herbert H Lehman, (Gov-D-NY), dies
1963 : Karl Amadeus Hartmann, composer, dies at 58
1964 : Remy Angenot, Flemish actor (Tailor Wibbel), dies at 70
1966 : Sylveer Maes, Belgian bicylist, dies at 57
1968 : Fred Clark, actor (Zotz, Auntie Mame), dies of liver ailment at 54
1971 : Hugh Wakefield, actress (Blithe Spirit), dies
1974 : Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, tennis player (US Open 1909-11), dies at 87
1974 : Henry Wadsworth, actor (Applause, Ceiling Zero), dies at 72
1974 : Pietro Germi, actor/director (Serafino, Climax), dies at 60
1975 : Jimmy Nervo, actor (Frozen Limits), dies
1980 : Don Taylor, cricketer (3 Tests for NZ 1947-56, 159 runs), dies
1983 : Robert Aldrich, dir/producer (Last Sunset), dies at 65
1986 : Carmol Taylor, country songwriter, dies at 53 of cancer
1987 : "Fat" Larry James, US drummer (Fat Larry's Band-Zoom), dies at 38
1989 : John M Pritchard, British conductor, dies at 68
1990 : Steven Shaw, dies at 25
1991 : Aad Mansfield, soccer player/trainer (ADO/Feyenoord/FC Utrecht), dies
1991 : Jill Browne, dies at 54
1991 : Richard Speck, mass murderer, dies a day before his 50th birthday
1992 : Hilary Tindall, dies of cancer at 54
1992 : Sergei Aleksandrovich Yemelyanov, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 41
1993 : Alexandre Trauber, Hungarian/French set designer (Harem), dies at 87
1993 : Arthur Staal, Dutch architect (Shell Tower Amsterdam), dies at 86
1993 : Douglas Hopkins, guitarist (Gin Blossoms), dies of gun shot at 32
1994 : Harry Horner, Czech/US set designer/director (Our Town), dies at 84
1994 : Richard Brian Waring Barton-Chapple, writer, dies at 69
1994 : Ronald Ridout, school textbook author, dies at 78
1995 : Robert Charles Evans, mountaineer/doctor, dies at 77
1995 : Robert Parrish, film director editor/actor (Casino Royale), dies at 79
1995 : Victor Collin Matthews, businessman, dies on 76th birthday
1996 : Peter Hall, folklorist/musician, dies at 60
1996 : Wilf Carter, country singer, dies at 91
1997 : Colin Franklin, doctor, dies at 67
1997 : Daphne Fielding, socialite/writer, dies at 93

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