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Deaths on December 24

1069 : Godfried II, with the Beard, duke of Neder-Lutherans, dies
1380 : John von Neumarkt, German bishop/Chancellor Karel IV, dies
1453 : John Dunstable, English composer, dies
1524 : Vasco da Gama, Portuguese explorer/viceroy of Cochin, dies at about 55
1541 : Andreas R Bodenstein von Carlstadt, radical Lutheran, dies at about 61
1548 : Maximilian of Egmond, Dutch count/stadholder of Frisia, dies
1660 : Mary I Henriette Stuart, queen of England, dies at 29
1707 : No‰l Coypel, French painter, dies at 78
1823 : Philipp Christoph Kayser, composer, dies at 68
1862 : Joseph Funk, composer, dies at 84
1863 : W M Thackeray, writer, dies at 52
1869 : Edwin M[cMasters] Stanton, US Secretary of War (1861-65), dies at 55
1885 : Louis-Prosper Gachard, Belgian historian, dies at 85
1898 : Eugeniusz Pankiewicz, composer, dies at 41
1904 : Juliaan Dillens, Flemish sculptor, dies at 55
1907 : Isidor Feinstein "Izzy" Stone, journalist (IF Stone's Weekly), dies
1908 : Fran‡ois-Auguste Gevaert, Belgian musicologist/composer, dies at 80
1909 : Nicolaas G Pierson, director Suriname/Dutch Bank, dies at 80
1930 : Eduard David, German minister (constitution of Weimar), dies at 67
1930 : Oskar Nedbal, composer, dies at 56
1932 : Eyvind Alnaes, composer, dies at 60
1935 : Alban Maria Johannes Berg, composer, dies at 50
1942 : Friedrich Klose, composer, dies at 80
1942 : Jean LXF Darlan, French admiral, murdered by gaullists
1942 : K Balmont, writer, dies at 75
1944 : Joseph Gustav Mraczek, composer, dies at 66
1945 : Francisco Pujol, composer, dies at 67
1952 : Henry A "Hans" Kramers, Dutch theoretical physicist, dies at 58
1954 : Johnny Ace, ballad singer, dies at 25 of Russian Roulette
1955 : Nana Bryant, actress (Mrs Nestor-Our Miss Brooks), dies at 67
1957 : Norma Talmadge, US actress (sign on bay), dies at 60
1961 : Guy de Lioncourt, composer, dies at 76
1966 : Gaspar Cassado Moreu, composer, dies at 69
1972 : Charles Atlas, bodybuilder, dies at 79
1972 : Ernst Kreuder, writer, dies at 69
1974 : Tilly Losch, actress (Duel in the Sun, Good Earth), dies at 70
1975 : Bernard Herrmann, US movie composer, dies at 64
1975 : Otto AP Frst von Bismarck-Sch”nhausen, German diplomat, dies at 78
1976 : Victor Stanitsin, actor (War & Peace, Jubilee), dies at 79
1977 : Harri‰t Freezer, Dutch journalist/author, dies at 66
1979 : Dirk Uipko Stikker, Dutch CEO (Heineken)/sect-gen NATO, dies at 82
1979 : Rudi [Rudolf] Dutschke, German student leader, dies at 39
1980 : Alec Lafayette Chew Wilder, composer, dies at 73
1980 : Karl D”nitz, German great admiral/Fhrer (1945), dies at 89
1982 : Louis Aragon, French poet (Pour un R‚alisme Socialiste), dies at 85
1984 : Ian Hendry, actor (Assassin, Get Carter, Repulsion), dies at 53
1984 : Peter Lawford, actor (Thin Man), dies of cardiac arrest at 61
1986 : Gardner F[rancis] Fox, author (Kothar-Barbarian Swordsman), dies at 75
1987 : John M "Joop" de Uyl, Dutch social-dem premier (1973-77), dies at 68
1991 : Walter Hudson, 1,025 lb man, dies at 46
1992 : Abdulkadir Widjojoatmodjo, Java diplomat, dies
1992 : Pierre Culliford [Peyo], Belgian cartoonist (Smurfs), dies at 64
1993 : Alexander Mackendrick, British/US director (Lady Killers), dies at 81
1993 : Norman Vincent Peale, rev (Power of Positive Thinking), dies at 95
1993 : Yen Chia-kan, PM/Pres of Taiwan (1963-72, 75-78), dies
1994 : Jimmy Buddy Lee Land Ace, singer, dies at 57
1994 : John Eastburn Boswell, medievalist, dies at 47
1994 : John James Osborne, playwright, dies at 65
1994 : John Keith Wright, English Asst Sect of State (1971-84), dies at 66
1994 : John Osborne, English playwright (Entertainer, Luther), dies at 65
1994 : Julie Haydon, [Donella Donaldson], US actress (Scoundrel), dies at 84
1994 : Louise H "Lous" Hensen, actress (Uncle Wanja, Charlotte), dies at 74
1994 : Nathan I. Daniel, inventor (Guitars), dies at 82
1994 : Rossano Brazzi, It resistance fight/actor (Final Justice), dies at 78
1995 : Geoffrey Pinnington, journalist, dies at 76
1995 : Harry McLevy, trade unionist, dies at 59
1996 : Edward Leadbitter, politician, dies at 77
1996 : Nguyen Huu Tho, Pres of Vietnam (1980-81), dies
1996 : Peter Dormer, arts writer, dies at 47
1997 : Alan Fluck, musical educationalist, dies at 69
1997 : Anthea Joseph, music producer, dies at 57
1997 : James Komack, producer (Courtship of Eddie's Father), dies at 67
1997 : Toshiro Mifune, Japanese actor (Shogun), dies at 77

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