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Deaths on December 21

xxxx : Duke of Franconia/German King (911-918), dies
1308 : Henry I, the Child, 1st landgrave of Hessen (1256-1308), dies
1375 : Boccaccio, writer, dies
1375 : Giovanni Boccaccio, Italian poet (Vita di Dante), dies
1429 : Jacquemart de Bl‚haries, Tournay "heretic", burned to death
1579 : Juan de Juanes, [Vicente J Ma‡ip], Spanish relig painter, dies at 56
1597 : Petrus Canisius, Dutch jesuit/saint, dies at 76
1674 : Rutger van Haersolte, viceroy of Overijsselse, dies at about 66
1734 : Philipp Hyacinth Lobkowitz, composer, dies at 54
1736 : Alessandro Galilei, Italian architect (Cappella Corsini), dies at 45
1755 : Caspar Ruetz, composer, dies at 47
1765 : Joseph Thadd„us Stammel, Austrian sculptor, dies at 70
1820 : Charles-Fran‡ois Dumonchau, composer, dies at 45
1859 : Nicolaas C Kist, Dutch church historian/archivist, dies at 66
1864 : William Henry Fry, composer, dies at 51
1889 : Joseph B Lightfoot, English theologist/bishop of Durham, dies at 61
1890 : Niels Vilhelm Gade, Danish composer, dies at 73
1906 : Adalbert von Goldschmidt, composer, dies at 58
1907 : Oskar Lassar, German dermatologist (public baths), dies at 58
1914 : A O Jones, cricketer (12 Tests for England 1899-1909), dies
1920 : Claude Tozer, cricketer (dashing NSW batsman, shot to death
1921 : P B S Pinchback, major Reconstruction politician, dies at 84
1927 : Jack Saunders, cricketer (79 wickets-14 Tests for Aust 1902-08), dies
1928 : Harry Butt, cricketer (England wicket-keeper v S Africa 1895-96), dies
1928 : Luigi Cadorna, Italian fieldmarshal (WW I, Caporetto), dies at 78
1931 : John-French Cantr‚, Flemish wood carver/painter/cartoonist, dies at 45
1933 : Knud J V Rasmussen, Danish Pole explorer (Thule), dies at 54
1935 : Kurt Tucholsky, Ger journalist/writer (Panter, Tiger & Co), dies at 45
1937 : Frank Kellog, US foreign minister (Nobel 1929), dies at 80
1940 : F Scott Fitzgerald, author (Zelda), dies of a heart attack at 44
1942 : Leendert Round, sculptor (Giraffen, Blijdorp), dies at 63
1945 : George S Patton, US General (Sicily/Normandy), dies in car crash at 60
1948 : Seishiro Itagaki, Japanese General/min of War, hanged
1955 : Dorothy Bernard, actress (Margaret-Life With Father), dies at 65
1956 : Lewis M Terman, psychologist (Genetic studies of genius), dies at 79
1957 : Eric Coates, composer, dies at 71
1958 : H[arry] B[yron] Warner, actor (10 Commandments, New Moon), dies at 83
1958 : Lion Feuchtwanger, philosopher/writer (Der falsche Nero), dies at 74
1963 : Jack Hobbs, cricketer (61 Tests for England), dies
1965 : Claude Adonai Champagne, composer, dies at 74
1967 : Louis Washkansky, 18 days after 1st heart transplant, dies at 55
1967 : Stuart Erwin, actor (Trouble With Father), dies of heart attack at 64
1972 : Horace Mann Bond, president of Lincoln University (Pa), dies at 70
1974 : Richard Long, actor (Nanny & Professor), dies at 47
1975 : William Lundigan, announcer (CBS Mystery Theater), dies at 61
1976 : Edward Bartlett, cricketer (WI Test batsman in 5 Tests 1928-31), dies
1979 : Bill Anderson, cricketer (Test for NZ 1946, scored five & one), dies
1980 : Marc Connelly, playwright (One Minute Please), dies at 90
1983 : Rod Cameron, actor (Santa Fe Passage, Stampede), dies at 73
1987 : Robert Paige, actor (Son of Dracula, Pardon My Sarong), dies
1988 : Bob Steele, [Robert Bradbury], dies after short illness at 60
1988 : Nicholas Tinbergen, Dutch/British biologist, dies at 81
1989 : Elena Ceaucescu, wife of Romanian dictator Nicolae, executed
1989 : Jan Cikker, composer, dies at 78
1989 : Nicolae Ceaucescu, Romanian dictator (1945-89), executed
1992 : Albert King, US blues singer/guitarist (Crosscut Saw), dies at 71
1992 : Nathan Milstein, Ukrainian/US violist (Beethoven, Bach), dies at 87
1992 : Stella Adler, US actress (Love on Toast), dies at 90
1992 : Sybil Andrews, English/Canada painter, dies at 94
1993 : Philip Christison, British general (Rangoon), dies at 100
1994 : Dean Rusk, US Sect of State, dies at 85
1994 : Shauna McDonald Brown, British TV producer, dies at 37
1995 : Robert Francis Vere Heuston, professor of law, dies at 72
1995 : Trenchard Cox, museum director, dies at 90
1996 : Margaret E Rey, author of children's books, dies at 90
1996 : Olga Maria Nicolis di Robilant, patron of the arts, dies at 96
1997 : Bruce Woodcock, boxer, dies at 76
1997 : Juzo Itami, film director/actor (Lord Jim, Yuuguremade), dies at 64
1997 : Michael Lyne, air-marshal, dies at 78

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