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Deaths on December 08

xxxx : lf of Carinthia, last emperor of Austria-France, dies
xxxx : I, 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered
1292 : John Peckham, English archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 62
1587 : Mary, Queen of Scots (1560-1587), executed
1596 : Luis de Carabajal, 1st Jewish author in America, executed in Mexico
1643 : John Pym, English House of Commons member, dies at about 59
1652 : Adriaan W "Joris" van Geel, Flemish missionary, murdered at 35
1681 : Gerard Terborch, the Younger, Dutch painter/etcher, dies
1709 : Thomas Corneille, French dramatist, dies at 74
1722 : Elisabeth C "Liselotte" van Palts, German/French duchess, dies at 70
1751 : Jozef LD von K”nigsegg, minister of Austrian Netherlands, dies at 78
1785 : Antonio Maria Mazzoni, composer, dies at 68
1830 : H Benjamin Constant, French politician/writer, dies at 63
1831 : James Hoban, architect who designed White House, dies
1894 : Willem JF Nuyens, Dutch physician/RC historian, dies at 71
1896 : Earnest Angel, German statistician (Law of Angel), dies at 75
1900 : Henry Russell, composer, dies at 87
1903 : Herbert Spencer, British engineer/philosopher, dies at 83
1907 : Oscar II Frederick, King of Sweden (-1907)/Norway (-1905), dies
1923 : Dom Joseph Pothier, French Benedictine/musicologist, dies at 88
1924 : Franz X Scharwenka, German pianist/composer (Mataswintha), dies at 74
1926 : Jan Six, Dutch art historian/collector, dies
1934 : Bernhard Seklas, composer, dies at 62
1939 : Ernest Schelling, composer, dies at 63
1954 : Gladys George, actress (Roaring Twenties), dies at 50
1955 : Jacques Handschin, Swiss musicologist, dies at 69
1956 : Edgar Leslie Bainton, composer, dies at 76
1957 : Reginald Sheffield, actor (Second Chance), dies at 55
1961 : William Beatton Moonie, composer, dies at 78
1967 : Robert H Lawrence, USAF/astronaut, dies at 32
1969 : Vincenzo Davico, composer, dies at 80
1970 : Christopher K Ingold, English chemist, dies at 77
1972 : George Collins, (Rep-Ill), dies at 47, in airplane crash
1974 : Hugues Panassi‚, French jazz saxophonist/author, dies at 62
1978 : Golda Meir, Israel's PM (1969-74), dies in Jerusalem at 80
1980 : John Lennon, assassinated in NY by Mark David Chapman at 40
1981 : Shakey, [Walter Horton], harmonicist (Everybody's Fishin'), dies at 64
1982 : Andr‚ Kamperveen, Suriname minister, murdered
1982 : Bertus de Harder, Dutch soccer star (Bordeaux), dies
1982 : Bram Behr, Suriname revolutionary, murdered
1982 : Cyrill Daal, Suriname worker's union leader, murdered
1982 : Frank Wijngaarde, Suriname journalist, murdered
1982 : Harald Riedewald, Suriname attorney, murdered
1982 : John Baboeram, Suriname lawyer, murdered
1982 : Jozef Slagveer, Suriname journalist, murdered
1982 : Kenneth Goncalves, Deacon of Surinamese order of advocate, murdered
1982 : Leckie, Suriname scholar, murdered
1982 : Leslie Rahman, Suriname journalist, murdered
1982 : Marty Robbins, country singer, dies at 57
1982 : Shakey, [Walter Horton], rocker, dies at 72
1982 : Surendre Rambocus, Suriname army lieutenant, murdered
1983 : Slim Pickins, actor (Blazing Saddles), dies after brain surgery at 64
1984 : Luther Adler, actor (Dr Bernard Altman-The Psychiatrist), dies at 81
1988 : Anne Seymour, actress (Misty, Chevy Mystery Show), dies at 79
1988 : Herbert "Tubo" Rhoad, US singer (Persuasions-Good news), dies at 44
1989 : Hans Hartung, German/French painter, dies
1990 : Martin Ritt, US, director/actor (Norma Rae), dies at 70
1990 : Pony Sherrell Metcalf, NY, singer, dies of heart attack
1991 : Buck Clayton, US jazz trumpeter/orchestra leader, dies
1991 : Kimberly Bergalis, got AIDS from health care worker, dies at 23
1992 : William Shawn, US editor-in-chief (New Yorker, 1952-87), dies at 85
1993 : Andr‚ Cerf, French actor/producer (Nana), dies at 93
1993 : Carlotta Monti, lover of WC Fields, dies at 86
1994 : Antonio Carlos Jobim, Brazil composer (Girl From Ipanema), dies at 67
1994 : Israel Aaron Maisels, lawyer, dies at 89
1994 : Jes£s "Enrique" L¡ster, Span/Russian general (Civil War), dies at 87
1995 : Carl Marsden, bodyguard, dies at 36
1995 : Ernest LeRoy Boyer, educator, dies at 67
1995 : John Gillett, film researcher, dies at 70
1995 : Mikki Doyle, journalist, dies at 79
1996 : Howard E Rollins Jr, actor (Ed Harding-Another World), dies at 46
1996 : Marin Sorescu, poet/dramatist, dies at 60
1997 : Bob Bell, clown (WGN's 1st Bozo), dies at 75
1997 : Leon Poliakov, historian, dies at 87

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