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Deaths on December 09

1165 : Malcom IV, king of Scotland (1153-65), dies at 24
1292 : Sa'di, great Persian poet (Orchard, Rose Garden), dies
1437 : Sigismund, German Emperor/king of Hungary/Bohemia, dies at 70
1565 : Pius IV, [Gianangelo de' Medici], Italian Pope (1559-65), dies at 66
1625 : Ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Frisian humanist/historian, dies at 78
1636 : Giovanni B Aleotti, Ital writer/theater architect, dies at about 90
1641 : Anthonie "Antoon" van Dyck, Flemish painter, dies at 42
1669 : Clement IX, [Giulio Rospigliosi], Ital Pope (1667-69), dies
1674 : Edward Hyde 1st earl of Clarendon, English PM (1660-67), dies at 65
1706 : Pedro II, king of Portugal (1683-1706), dies at 58
1767 : Benedetto Alfieri, Italian architect (San Giovanni Battista), dies
1770 : Gottlieb Theophil Muffat, composer, dies at 80
1814 : Jose Angel Lamas, composer, dies at 39
1819 : Ann C Coleman, fiancee of pres Buchanan, commits suicide
1827 : Fran‡ois Leonard Rouwyzer, composer, dies at 90
1893 : George Elvey, composer, dies at 77
1905 : Henry Holmes, composer, dies at 66
1916 : P Paul Leroy-Beaulieu, French economist (Economist France), dies at 73
1924 : Bernard Zweers, Dutch composer (Gisbertus of Aemstel), dies at 70
1925 : Eugene Gigout, composer, dies at 81
1929 : Willis Cuttell, cricketer (two Tests England v S Africa 1899), dies
1930 : Jim Slight, cricketer (represented Australia at Oval 1880), dies
1933 : Morice Bird, cricketer (scored 280 runs in 10 Tests for England), dies
1940 : Maletti, Italian general, dies in battle
1941 : Leonard "Leo" Polak, Dutch philosopher, dies in Sachsenhausen at 61
1944 : Laird Cregar, actor (Charley's Aunt, Hangover Square), dies at 28
1948 : Sir Timothy O'Brien, cricketer (Bart 5 Tests England 1884-96), dies
1956 : Hans Barth, composer, dies at 59
1957 : Carswell Adams, sportscaster (Your Sports Special), dies
1959 : Kurt Kl„ber, writer, dies
1959 : Walter Compton, news anchor (DuMont Evening News), dies at 47
1963 : Philibert Schmitz, Belgium, historian (Order of St BenoŒt), dies at 75
1964 : Edith L Sitwell, English poet/author (Wheels), dies at 77
1966 : Yury Alexandrovich Shaporin, composer, dies at 79
1970 : Artem Mikoyan, Russian aircraft designer (MIG), dies at 65
1971 : Ralph J Bunche, UN delegate/Nobel Prize winner, dies at 67 in NYC
1974 : George Carew, cricketer (4 Tests for WI between 1935 & 1949), dies
1974 : Jorge Croner de Vasconcelos, composer, dies at 64
1975 : William A Wellman, US director (Ox Bow Incident), dies at 79
1976 : Nino Martini, actor (Here's to Romance), dies at 71
1977 : Clarice Lispector, writer, dies
1979 : Fulton J Sheen, archbishop/religious broadcaster, dies in NYC at 84
1981 : Tonny Til, rocker, dies at 56
1982 : Fritz Usinger, German writer (Song against Death), dies at 87
1982 : Joey Forman, actor (Sid Caesar Show, Joey Bishop Show), dies at 53
1982 : Leon Jaworski, special prosecutor (Watergate), dies at 77
1982 : Marty Robbins, country singer, dies
1982 : Paul Godwin, [Goldfein], Polish/Dutch violist, dies at 80
1982 : Roger Danneels, Flemish accordionist, dies at 55
1983 : David Rounds, actor (Terence-Beacon Hill), dies at 53
1988 : Roy Orbison, rocker (Pretty Woman), dies of a heart attack at 52
1990 : Mike Mazurski, wrestler/actor (Centerfold Girls), dies at 80
1992 : Carl Barger, baseball pres (Pitts Pirates, Fla Marlins), dies at 62
1992 : Vincent Gardenia, actor (All in the Family, LA Law), dies at 71
1993 : Danny Blanchflower, North Ireland soccer/union coach, dies at 67
1993 : Muhammad Reza Golpayegani, ayatollah of Iran, dies
1994 : Garnet Silk, Jamaican raggae-singer, dies at 28
1994 : Kim II Sung, pres of North Korea (1945-94), dies at 82
1994 : Maureen Cox Starkey, ex-wife of Ringo, dies of Leukemia at 48
1994 : Max Bill, Swiss painter/sculptor/politician, dies at 85
1995 : Benny Lee, entertainer, dies at 84
1995 : Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan (aviator), dies
1995 : Hugh Armstrong Clegg, industrial relations academic, dies at 75
1995 : Toni Cade Bambara, filmmaker, dies at 56
1995 : Vitali Viktorovich Savitsky, biologist/politician, dies at 40
1995 : Vivian Blaine, actress (Guys & Dolls), dies of heart failure at 74
1996 : Alain Emile Louis Marie Poher, politician, dies at 87
1996 : Alain Poher, French pres of European Parliament (1966-69), dies
1996 : Anne Bolt, photo-journalist/trade unionist, dies at 84
1996 : Faron Young, country singer, commits suicide at 64
1996 : Ivor Roberts-Jones, sculptor, dies at 83
1996 : Mary Douglas Nichol Leakey, archaeologist/anthropologist, dies at 83
1996 : Raphael Samuel, historian, dies at 32
1997 : Tamara Geva, dancer, dies at 91

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