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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[604]] – [[Chen Shubao|Houzhu]], emperor of the Chen dynasty (b. 553) * [[705]] – [[Wu Zetian]], Empress of the Zhou dynasty (b. 624) * [[714]] – [[Pepin of Herstal]], Frankish statesman (b. 635) * [[867]] – [[Eberhard of Friuli]], Frankish duke (b. 815) * [[874]] – [[Ado of Vienne|Ado]], archbishop of Vienne * [[882]] – [[Pope John VIII|John VIII]], pope of the Catholic Church * [[902]] – [[Wei Yifan]], chancellor of the Tang dynasty *[[AD 999|999]] – [[Adelaide of Italy]], Holy Roman Empress (b. 931) *[[1153]] – [[Ranulf de Gernon, 4th Earl of Chester]], Norman nobleman *[[1263]] – [[Haakon IV of Norway|Haakon IV]], king of Norway (b. 1204) *[[1316]] – [[Öljaitü]], Mongolian ruler (b. 1280) *[[1325]] – [[Charles, Count of Valois|Charles]], French nobleman (b. 1270) *[[1378]] – [[Secondotto, Marquess of Montferrat|Secondotto]], marquess of Montferrat (b. 1360) *[[1379]] – [[John FitzAlan, 1st Baron Arundel]], English general and politician, [[Earl Marshal#Lords Marshal of England, 1135–1397|Lord Marshall of England]] (b. 1348) *[[1470]] – [[John II, Duke of Lorraine|John II]], duke of Lorraine (b. 1424) *[[1474]] – [[Ali Qushji]], Uzbek astronomer, mathematician, and physicist (b. 1403) *[[1515]] – [[Afonso de Albuquerque]], Portuguese admiral and politician, 3rd [[List of governors of Portuguese India|Viceroy of Portuguese India]] (b. 1453) *[[1558]] – [[Thomas Cheney]], English diplomat and Lord Warden of the ''Cinque Ports'' *[[1583]] – [[Ivan Fyodorov (printer)|Ivan Fyodorov]], Russian printer *[[1594]] – [[Allison Balfour]], Scottish witch *[[1598]] – [[Yi Sun-sin]], Korean general (b. 1545) ===1601–1900=== *[[1669]] – [[Nathaniel Fiennes]], English soldier and politician (b. 1608) *[[1687]] – [[William Petty]], English economist and philosopher (b. 1623)<ref>{{cite web |title=Petty, Sir William {{!}} Dictionary of Irish Biography |url=https://www.dib.ie/biography/petty-sir-william-a7303 |website=www.dib.ie |access-date=27 May 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1751]] – [[Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau]] (b. 1700) *[[1774]] – [[François Quesnay]], French economist, physician, and philosopher (b. 1694) *[[1783]] – [[Johann Adolph Hasse]], German composer and educator (b. 1699) * 1783 – [[Sir William James, 1st Baronet]], Welsh-English commander and politician (b. 1720) *[[1805]] – [[Saverio Cassar]], Gozitan priest and rebel leader (b. 1746) *[[1809]] – [[Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy]], French chemist and entomologist (b. 1755) *[[1859]] – [[Wilhelm Grimm]], German anthropologist and author (b. 1786) *[[1892]] – [[Henry Yesler]], American businessman and politician, 7th [[Mayor of Seattle]] (b. 1810) *[[1897]] – [[Alphonse Daudet]], French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1840) *[[1898]] – [[Pavel Tretyakov]], Russian businessman and art collector (b. 1832) ===1901–present=== *[[1908]] – [[American Horse]], American tribal leader and educator (b. 1840) *[[1917]] – [[Frank Gotch]], American wrestler (b. 1878) *[[1921]] – [[Camille Saint-Saëns]], French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1835) *[[1922]] – [[Gabriel Narutowicz]], Lithuanian–Polish engineer and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Poland (b. 1865) *[[1928]] – [[Elinor Wylie]], American poet and author (b. 1885) *[[1935]] – [[Thelma Todd]], American actress and comedian (b. 1905) *[[1936]] – [[Frank Eugene]], American-German photographer and educator (b. 1865) *[[1940]] – [[Eugène Dubois]], Dutch paleoanthropologist (b. 1858) * 1940 – [[Billy Hamilton (baseball, born 1866)|Billy Hamilton]], American baseball player and manager (b. 1866) *[[1943]] – [[George Bambridge]], English diplomat (b. 1892) *[[1944]] – [[Betsie ten Boom]], Dutch Holocaust victim (b. 1885) *[[1945]] – [[Giovanni Agnelli]], Italian businessman, founded Fiat (b. 1866) * 1945 – [[Fumimaro Konoe]], Japanese lawyer and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1891) *[[1949]] – [[Sidney Olcott]], Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1873) *[[1952]] – [[Robert Henry Best]], American journalist (b. 1896) *[[1956]] – [[Nina Hamnett]], Welsh painter and author (b. 1890) *[[1961]] – [[Hans Rebane]], Estonian journalist and politician, 8th Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1882) *[[1965]] – [[W. Somerset Maugham]], British playwright, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1874) *[[1968]] – [[Futabayama Sadaji]], Japanese sumo wrestler, the 35th [[Makuuchi#Yokozuna|Yokozuna]] (b. 1912) * 1968 – [[Muhammad Suheimat]], Jordanian general and politician (b. 1916) *[[1969]] – [[Alphonse Castex]], French rugby union player (b. 1899) * 1969 – [[Soe Hok Gie]], Indonesian activist and academic (b. 1942) *[[1970]] – [[Oscar Lewis]], American anthropologist of Latin America (b. 1914) *[[1974]] – [[Kostas Varnalis]], Greek poet and playwright (b. 1884) *[[1976]] – [[Réal Caouette]], Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1917) *[[1977]] – [[Risto Jarva]], Finnish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1934) *[[1980]] – [[Colonel Sanders]], American businessman, founded [[KFC]] (b. 1890) * 1980 – [[Hellmuth Walter]], German-American engineer (b. 1900) *[[1982]] – [[Colin Chapman]], English engineer and businessman, founded [[Lotus Cars]] (b. 1928) *[[1983]] – [[Debs Garms]], American baseball player (b. 1907) *1983 – [[Mitchell WerBell III]], American [[mercenary]] (b. 1918)<ref>{{Cite web |date=1983-12-19 |title=Mitchell Livingston WerBell obituary |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1983/12/19/5c79a35d-b5bc-4900-977b-a019d0b3669f/ |access-date=2025-05-09 |website=The Washington Post |language=en}}</ref> *[[1984]] – [[Karl Deichgräber]], German philologist and academic (b. 1903) *[[1985]] – [[Thomas Bilotti]], American mobster (b. 1940) * 1985 – [[Paul Castellano]], American mobster (b. 1915) *[[1989]] – [[Oscar Alfredo Gálvez]], Argentinian race car driver (b. 1913) * 1989 – [[Silvana Mangano]], Italian actress (b. 1930) * 1989 – [[Aileen Pringle]], American actress (b. 1895) * 1989 – [[Lee Van Cleef]], American actor (b. 1925) *[[1991]] – [[Eszter Tamási]], Hungarian actress and journalist (b. 1938) *[[1993]] – [[Moses Gunn]], American actor (b. 1929) * 1993 – [[Kakuei Tanaka]], Japanese soldier and politician, 64th [[Prime Minister of Japan]] (b. 1918) *[[1996]] – [[Quentin Bell]], English historian and author (b. 1910) *[[1997]] – [[Lillian Disney]], American illustrator and philanthropist (b. 1899) *[[1998]] – [[William Gaddis]], American author and academic (b. 1922) *[[2001]] – [[Stuart Adamson]], English-Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1958) * 2001 – [[Stefan Heym]], German-American soldier and author (b. 1913) *[[2003]] – [[Robert Stanfield]], Canadian economist, lawyer, and politician, 17th [[Premier of Nova Scotia]] (b. 1914) * 2003 – [[Gary Stewart (singer)|Gary Stewart]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1945) *[[2004]] – [[Ted Abernathy]], American baseball player (b. 1933) * 2004 – [[Deyda Hydara]], Gambian journalist, co-founded ''[[The Point (the Gambia)|The Point]]'' (b. 1946) * 2004 – [[Agnes Martin]], American painter and educator (b. 1912) *[[2005]] – [[Kenneth Bulmer]], English author (b. 1921) * 2005 – [[Ed Hansen]], American director and screenwriter (b. 1937) * 2005 – [[John Spencer (actor)|John Spencer]], American actor (b. 1946) *[[2006]] – [[Don Jardine]], Canadian wrestler and trainer (b. 1940) * 2006 – [[Taliep Petersen]], South African singer-songwriter and director (b. 1950) * 2006 – [[Pnina Salzman]], Israeli pianist and educator (b. 1922) * 2006 – [[Stanford J. Shaw]], American historian and academic (b. 1930) *[[2007]] – [[Dan Fogelberg]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1951) *[[2009]] – [[Roy E. Disney]], American businessman (b. 1930) * 2009 – [[Yegor Gaidar]], Russian economist and politician, [[Prime Minister of Russia]] (b. 1956) * 2009 – [[Manto Tshabalala-Msimang]], South African physician and politician, 22nd [[Minister of Health (South Africa)|South African Minister of Health]] (b. 1940) *[[2010]] – [[Melvin E. Biddle]], American soldier, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (b. 1923) * 2010 – [[Ayinde Barrister]], Nigerian fuji musician (b. 1948) *[[2011]] – [[Robert Easton (actor)|Robert Easton]], American actor and screenwriter (b. 1930) * 2011 – [[Nicol Williamson]], Scottish actor (b. 1938) *[[2012]] – [[Elwood V. Jensen]], American biologist and academic (b. 1920) * 2012 – [[Jake Adam York]], American poet and academic (b. 1972) *[[2013]] – [[James Flint (RAF officer)|James Flint]], English commander (b. 1913) * 2013 – [[Ray Price (musician)|Ray Price]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1926) * 2013 – [[Marta Russell]], American journalist, author, and activist (b. 1951) *[[2014]] – [[Martin Brasier]], English paleontologist, biologist, and academic (b. 1947) * 2014 – [[Tim Cochran]], American mathematician and academic (b. 1955) *[[2015]] – [[Peter Dickinson]], Rhodesian-English author and poet (b. 1927) * 2015 – [[Lizmark]], Mexican wrestler (b. 1950) * 2015 – [[George Earl Ortman]], American painter and sculptor (b. 1926) *[[2017]] – [[Keely Smith]], American singer and actress (b. 1928)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Vacher |first1=Peter |title=Keely Smith obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/dec/17/keely-smith-obituary |website=The Guardian |access-date=27 January 2020 |date=17 December 2017}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Dick Van Arsdale]], American basketball player (b. 1943)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Araton |first=Harvey |date=December 16, 2024 |title=Dick Van Arsdale, 81, One of First Identical Twins in the N.B.A., Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/sports/basketball/dick-van-arsdale-dead.html |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241217005116/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/sports/basketball/dick-van-arsdale-dead.html |archive-date=December 17, 2024 |access-date=December 18, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en}}</ref> <!--Please do not add non-notable people, fictional characters, or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence. If there are multiple people in the same birth year, put them in alphabetical order. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information.-->
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