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Deaths on December 23

xxxx : debert, king of France (511-58), dies at about 62
xxxx : ad I, East Frankish/German king (911-18), dies
xxxx : bert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered
1116 : Ivo van Chartres, French canonist/bishop of Chartres/saint, dies
1236 : Philippus Cancellarius, French theologist/poet (Summa Cum Laude), dies
1502 : Margaretha, English princess of Burgundy, dies at 57
1569 : St Philip, metropolitan of Moscow, martyred by Ivan the Terrible
1588 : Hendrik de Guise, French leader of Catholic League, murdered at 37
1619 : Johan Sigismund, elector of Brandenburg/duke of Prussia, dies at 47
1652 : John Cotton, Mass Bay Puritan preacher, dies at 68
1688 : Jean-Louis Lully, composer, dies at 21
1696 : Johann David Mayer, composer, dies at 60
1789 : Charles-Michel abb‚ de l'Ep‚‚, (school for the deaf), dies at 77
1812 : Michel Delalande, composer, dies at 73
1891 : Holger Simon Paulli, composer, dies at 81
1908 : Eduard Wachmann, composer, dies at 72
1908 : Fran‡ois A Gevaert, Belg/Dutch composer (Diable au Moulin), dies at 68
1911 : Karl L Hoschna, composer, dies at 34
1913 : James Middleton, cricketer (24 wkt of lefty pace S Af 1895-1903), dies
1915 : Roland Leighton, dies at 20
1925 : A S C Wallis, [AdŠle von Antal-Opzoomer], writer (Vorstengunst), dies
1930 : Johannes H Been, Brielle archivist, dies at 71
1938 : Robert Herrick, US writer (Chimes), dies at 70
1939 : Anthony H G Fokker, Dutch airplane builder (Spider), dies at 49
1943 : Theo[dorus J] Thijssen, Dutch writer (Kees de Jongen), dies at 64
1945 : Mogens Klitgaard, Danish author (Brunkul), dies at 39
1948 : Hideki Tojo, Japan PM (1941-44) & 6 Japs, hanged for war crimes at 64
1950 : Vincenzo Tommasini, composer, dies at 72
1951 : Alfreds Kalnins, composer, dies at 72
1951 : Benito Lynch, Irish/Argentine writer (Palo Verde), dies at 66
1953 : Lavrenti P Beria, soviet minister of internal security, executed
1959 : Edward FLW Halifax, English viscount/viceroy of India, dies at 78
1959 : Lester Lonergan Jr, actor (Growing Paynes), dies at 65
1959 : Lord Irwin, ambassador to US (1940-46), dies at 78
1962 : George Saiko, writer, dies at 70
1962 : Luis Alberni, actor (Topaze), dies at 76
1964 : Arrigo Pedrollo, composer, dies at 86
1966 : Hv Doderer, writer, dies at 70
1966 : Robert Keith, actor (Battle Circus, Men in War), dies at 68
1967 : Karen Verne, actress (Ships of Fools, Underground), dies at 49
1967 : Richard Flury, composer, dies at 71
1967 : Ruth Fuller Sasaki, head of 1st Zen Institute of America, dies at 75
1969 : Donald Foster, actor (Scaramouche), dies after long illness at 80
1970 : Charlie Ruggles, actor (Ruggles, Aesop-Bullwinkle Show), dies at 84
1971 : Carlo Jachino, composer, dies at 84
1972 : Andrej N Tupolev, Russian aircraft builder, dies at 84
1972 : Charles Atlas, [Angelo Siciliano], body builder, dies at 79
1973 : Arthur Richardson, cricketer (9 Tests 1924-26), dies
1975 : Richard S Welch, CIA station chief in Athens, shot dead
1976 : Frank Forest, actor (Big Broadcast of 1937, Champagne Waltz), dies
1976 : Paul M Frank Forest, dies at 80
1976 : Walter Bauer, writer, dies at 72
1982 : Jack Webb, actor (Joe Friday-Dragnet), dies of a heart attack at 62
1982 : Norman Dinnerstein, composer, dies at 45
1985 : James Vance (20) & Raymond Belknap (18), commit suicide, sparking
1985 : their families to sue rock group Judas Priest for subliminal messages
1989 : Josef Alexander, composer, dies at 82
1990 : Frank King, cricketer (WI fast bowler played 14 Tests 1953-56), dies
1991 : Byron Q Griffith, producer/actor, dies at 73
1992 : Cyril Walters, cricketer (11 Tests for England, 784 runs), dies
1992 : Eddie Hazel, US pop guitarist (Funkadelic-Knee Deep), dies at 42
1993 : Gertrude "Trudi" Duby Blom, actress, shot to death at about 92
1994 : Charles Shirley, jazz arranger, dies at 74
1994 : Didier Rocher, son of French cosmetic maker Yves Rocher, dies at 41
1994 : Nora Dunfree, US actress (Grass Harp), dies at 78
1994 : Sebastian Lewis Shaw, actor (High Season, Ace of Spades), dies at 89
1995 : David Land, impressario, dies at 77
1995 : Gabrielle Keiller, collector/golfer, dies at 87
1995 : Patric Reginald Lawrence Knowles, actor (Chisum, Mutiny), dies at 84
1996 : Rina Ketty, singer, dies at 85
1996 : Ronnie Scott, musician/club-owner, dies at 69
1997 : Austin Whitaker, schoolmaster classical scholar/archivist, dies at 90
1997 : Brian Malzard Foss, psychologist, dies at 76
1997 : Donald Gunn MacRae, sociologist, dies at 76
1997 : Hrvoje Horvatic, video artist, dies at 39
1997 : Keith Bentley, international racing cyclist, dies at 72
1997 : Stanley Cortez, cinematographer (Magnificent Ambersons), dies at 92
1997 : Stanlye Cortez, cinematographer, dies at 89

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