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===1901–present=== *[[1907]] – [[Louise Granberg]], Swedish playwright (b. 1812)<ref>{{cite web |title=Litteraturbanken {{!}} Svenska klassiker som e-bok och epub |url=https://litteraturbanken.se/%C3%B6vers%C3%A4ttarlexikon/artiklar/Louise_Granberg_Stjernstr%C3%B6m |website=litteraturbanken.se |access-date=2 April 2020}}</ref> *[[1913]] – [[Ahmet Mithat Efendi]], Turkish journalist and translator (b. 1844) *[[1916]] – [[Eduard Strauss]], Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1835)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Randel |first1=Don Michael |title=The Harvard Concise Dictionary of Music and Musicians |date=30 October 2002 |publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=978-0-674-25572-2 |page=866 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HXILEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT866 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1917]] – [[Alfred Edwin McKay]], Canadian captain and pilot (b. 1892) *[[1918]] – [[Olavo Bilac]], Brazilian poet and journalist (b. 1865) *[[1919]] – [[Johannes Rydberg]], Swedish physicist and academic (b. 1854) *[[1924]] – [[Léon Bakst]], Russian painter and costume designer (b. 1866) *[[1932]] – [[Jack Blackham]], Australian cricketer (b. 1854) *[[1935]] – [[Clarence Day]], American author and illustrator (b. 1874) *[[1937]] – [[Maurice Ravel]], French pianist and composer (b. 1875) *[[1938]] – [[Florence Lawrence]], Canadian actress (b. 1886) *[[1942]] – [[Alfred Flatow]], German gymnast (b. 1869) *[[1943]] – [[Steve Evans (baseball)|Steve Evans]], American baseball player (b. 1885) *[[1945]] – [[Theodore Dreiser]], American novelist and journalist (b. 1871) *[[1946]] – [[Elie Nadelman]], Polish-American sculptor (b. 1882) *[[1947]] – [[Victor Emmanuel III of Italy]] (b. 1869) *[[1949]] – [[Jack Lovelock]], New Zealand runner and soldier (b. 1910) *[[1959]] – [[Ante Pavelić]], Croatian fascist dictator during [[World War II]] (b. 1889) *[[1960]] – [[Philippe Panneton]], Canadian physician, academic, and diplomat (b. 1895) *[[1963]] – [[Paul Hindemith]], German violist, composer, and conductor (b. 1895) *[[1967]] – [[Katharine McCormick]], American biologist and philanthropist (b. 1875) *[[1968]] – [[David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie]], Scottish peer, soldier and courtier (b. 1893) *[[1971]] – [[Max Steiner]], Austrian-American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1888) *[[1976]] – [[Katharine Byron]], American politician (b. 1903) *[[1981]] – [[Allan Dwan]], Canadian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1885) *[[1983]] – [[Dennis Wilson]], American drummer, songwriter, and producer (b. 1944) *[[1984]] – [[Sam Peckinpah]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1925) * 1984 – [[Mary Stewart, Baroness Stewart of Alvechurch]], British politician and educator (b. 1903) *[[1986]] – [[John D. MacDonald]], American colonel and author (b. 1916) * 1986 – [[Jan Nieuwenhuys]], Dutch painter (b. 1922) *[[1989]] – [[Hermann Oberth]], Romanian-German physicist and engineer (b. 1894) *[[1990]] – [[Warren Skaaren]], American screenwriter and producer (b. 1946) *[[1992]] – [[Sal Maglie]], American baseball player and coach (b. 1917) *[[1993]] – [[William L. Shirer]], American journalist and historian (b. 1904) *[[1994]] – [[Jean-Louis Lévesque]], Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1911) *[[1999]] – [[Clayton Moore]], American actor (b. 1914) *[[2001]] – [[Samuel Abraham Goldblith]], American lieutenant, biologist, and engineer (b. 1919) * 2001 – [[William X. Kienzle]], American priest and author (b. 1928) *[[2003]] – [[Benjamin Thurman Hacker]], American admiral (b. 1935) *[[2004]] – [[Jerry Orbach]], American actor and singer (b. 1935) * 2004 – [[Susan Sontag]], American novelist, essayist, critic, and playwright (b. 1933) *[[2006]] – [[Jamal Karimi-Rad]], Iranian politician, [[Ministry of Justice (Iran)|Iranian Minister of Justice]] (b. 1956) *[[2008]] – [[Irene Lieblich]], Polish-American painter and illustrator (b. 1923) *[[2009]] – [[The Rev|Jimmy Sullivan]], American musician, composer and songwriter. Known by his stage name [[The Rev]] (b. 1981) *[[2010]] – [[Billy Taylor]], American pianist and composer (b. 1921) * 2010 – [[Terry Peder Rasmussen]], American serial killer (b. 1943) *[[2012]] – [[Nicholas Ambraseys]], Greek-English seismologist and engineer (b. 1929) * 2012 – [[Mark Crispin]], American computer scientist and academic, designed the [[IMAP]] (b. 1956) * 2012 – [[Václav Drobný]], Czech footballer (b. 1980) * 2012 – [[Frankie Walsh]], Irish hurler and manager (b. 1936) *[[2013]] – [[Halton Arp]], American-German astronomer and critic (b. 1927) * 2013 – [[Esther Borja]], Cuban soprano and actress (b. 1913) * 2013 – [[Andrew Jacobs, Jr.]], American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1932) * 2013 – [[Alfred Marshall (businessman)|Alfred Marshall]], American businessman, founded [[Marshalls]] (b. 1919) * 2013 – [[Joseph Ruskin]], American actor and producer (b. 1924) * 2013 – [[Ilya Tsymbalar]], Ukrainian-Russian footballer and manager (b. 1969) *[[2014]] – [[Death of Leelah Alcorn|Leelah Alcorn]], American transgender teenager (b. 1997) * 2014 – [[Vahan Hovhannisyan]], Armenian politician (b. 1956) * 2014 – [[Frankie Randall (singer)|Frankie Randall]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1938) *[[2015]] – [[John Bradbury (drummer)|John Bradbury]], English drummer and songwriter (b. 1953) * 2015 – [[Eloy Inos]], Mariana Islander businessman and politician, 8th [[List of Governors of the Northern Mariana Islands|Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands]] (b. 1949) * 2015 – [[Lemmy]], English musician, singer, and songwriter (b. 1945) *[[2016]] – [[Debbie Reynolds]], American actress, singer and dancer (b. 1932)<ref>{{cite web |title=Debbie Reynolds obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/dec/29/debbie-reynolds-obituary-singin-in-the-rain-actor |website=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=28 December 2021 |language=en |date=29 December 2016}}</ref> * 2016 – [[Jean-Christophe Victor]], French political scientist (b. 1947) *[[2017]] – [[Rose Marie]], American actress and comedienne (b. 1923)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/28/obituaries/rose-marie-dead.html|title=Rose Marie, Decades-Spanning Showbiz Veteran, Is Dead at 94|last=Peterson|first=Alison J.|date=December 28, 2017|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[Grichka Bogdanoff]], French television presenter and scientific essayist (b. 1949)<ref>{{cite news |title=Grichka Bogdanoff, l'un des jumeaux stars des années 1980, est mort du Covid-19 |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2021/12/28/grichka-l-un-des-deux-freres-bogdanoff-est-mort_6107525_3382.html |access-date=28 December 2021 |publisher=La Monde |date=28 December 2021}}</ref> * 2021 – [[John Madden]], American football [[Pro Football Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] coach and commentator (b. 1936)<ref>{{cite web|title=John Madden, Hall of Fame coach and broadcaster, dies at 85|url=https://apnews.com/article/john-madden-oakland-raiders-coach-dies-nfl-cd81635dd3aac611af9e9424ec08d24a|author=Dubow, Josh|website=APNews.com|publisher=[[Associated Press|AP News]]|date=December 28, 2021|access-date=December 28, 2021}}</ref> * 2021 – [[Harry Reid]], American lawyer, politician, and former [[Senate majority leader]] (b. 1939)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Swanson|first=Ian|date=2021-12-28|title=Harry Reid, political pugilist and longtime Senate majority leader, dies|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/428846-harry-reid-political-pugilist-and-longtime-senate-majority-leader-dies|access-date=2021-12-29|website=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|language=en}}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Philomena Franz]], German Romani author (b. 1922)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-28 |title=Auschwitz-Überlebende aus Bergisch Gladbach: Philomena Franz ist mit 100 Jahren gestorben |url=https://www.ksta.de/region/rhein-berg/roesrath/roesrath-holocaus-ueberlebende-philomena-franz-ist-gestorben-384197 |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger |language=de}}</ref> *[[2023]] – [[Vijayakanth]], Indian actor and politician (b. 1952)<ref>{{cite news |title=Actor and DMDK founder 'Captain' Vijayakanth passes away in Chennai |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/actorpolitician-and-dmdk-founder-vijayakanth-passes-away-in-chennai-report-101703734686582.html |access-date=28 December 2023 |work=Hindustan Times |date=28 December 2023 |language=en}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Charles Dolan]], American businessman, founded [[Cablevision]] and [[HBO]] (b. 1926)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Goldstein |first=Richard |date=December 29, 2024 |title=Charles Dolan, Cablevision and HBO Founder, Dies at 98 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/29/business/charles-dolan-dead.html |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241229175334/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/29/business/charles-dolan-dead.html |archive-date=December 29, 2024 |access-date=December 30, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US}}</ref> <!--Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. Do not trust “this year in history” websites for accurate date information. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence.-->
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