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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[537]] – [[Pope Silverius]] * [[930]] – [[Ma Yin]], Chinese warlord, king of [[Chu (Ten Kingdoms)]] (b. 853) * [[949]] – [[Odo of Wetterau]], German nobleman *[[1022]] – [[Elvira Menéndez (died 1022)|Elvira Menéndez]], queen of [[Alfonso V of Castile]] (b. 996) *[[1255]] – [[Muhammad III of Alamut]], Nizari Ismaili Imam<ref name=Daftary1992p422>{{cite book |last1=Daftary |first1=Farhad |title=The Isma'ilis: Their History and Doctrines |date=1992 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-42974-0 |page=422 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1340]] – [[Geoffrey le Scrope]], Chief Justice of King Edward III of England *[[1348]] – [[Emperor Hanazono]] of Japan (b. 1297) *[[1381]] – [[John of Ruusbroec]], Flemish priest and mystic (b. 1293) *[[1455]] – [[Isabel of Coimbra]], queen of Portugal (b. 1432)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Anne Commire|author2=Deborah Klezmer|title=Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gDsOAQAAMAAJ|year=2000|publisher=Yorkin Publications|isbn=978-0-7876-4066-8|page=702}}</ref> *[[1463]] – [[Albert VI, Archduke of Austria]] (b. 1418) *[[1469]] – [[Piero di Cosimo de' Medici]], Italian banker and politician (b. 1416) *[[1510]] – [[Muhammad Shaybani]], [[Khan (title)|Khan]] of [[Bukhara]] (b. 1451) *[[1515]] – [[Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba]], Spanish general (b. 1453) *[[1547]] – [[Hernán Cortés]], Spanish general and explorer (b. 1485)<ref>{{cite book |last1=MacNutt |first1=Francis Augustus |title=Fernando Cortes and the Conquest of Mexico, 1485-1547 |date=1909 |publisher=G. P. Putnam's Sons |location=New York |page=432}}</ref> *[[1594]] – [[Gerardus Mercator]], Flemish mathematician, cartographer, and philosopher (b. 1512) ===1601–1900=== *[[1615]] – [[Louis des Balbes de Berton de Crillon]], French general (b. 1541) *[[1665]] – [[Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet]], French author (b. 1588) *[[1694]] – [[Pierre Puget]], French painter, sculptor, and architect (b. 1622) *[[1719]] – [[Pasquier Quesnel]], French theologian and author (b. 1634) *[[1723]] – [[Philippe II, Duke of Orléans]] (b. 1674) *[[1726]] – [[Samuel Penhallow]], English-American historian and author (b. 1665) *[[1747]] – [[Vincent Bourne]], English poet and scholar (b. 1695) *[[1748]] – [[Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset]], English politician, [[Lord President of the Council]] (b. 1662) *[[1774]] – [[Johann Friedrich Agricola]], German organist and composer (b. 1720) *[[1814]] – [[Marquis de Sade]], French philosopher, author, and politician (b. 1740) *[[1844]] – [[Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko]], Polish general and politician (b. 1768) *[[1849]] – [[Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen]] (b. 1792) *[[1859]] – [[John Brown (abolitionist)|John Brown]], American abolitionist (b. 1800) *[[1881]] – [[Jenny von Westphalen]], German author (b. 1814) *[[1885]] – [[Allen Wright]], Principal chief of the [[Choctaw Nation]] (1866–1870); proposed the name "Oklahoma", from Choctaw words ''okra'' and ''umma'', meaning "Territory of the Red People." (b. 1826) *[[1888]] – [[Namık Kemal]], Turkish journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1840) *[[1892]] – [[Jay Gould]], American businessman and financier (b. 1836) *[[1899]] – [[Gregorio del Pilar]], Filipino general and politician, 1st [[Governor of Bulacan]] (b. 1875) ===1901–present=== *[[1918]] – [[Edmond Rostand]], French poet and playwright (b. 1868) *[[1924]] – [[Kazimieras Būga]], Lithuanian linguist and philologist (b. 1879) *[[1927]] – [[Paul Heinrich von Groth]], German scientist who systematically classified minerals and founded the journal ''[[Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie]]'' (b. 1843) *[[1931]] – [[Vincent d'Indy]], French composer and educator (b. 1851)<ref>{{cite book|author1=John Warrack|author2=Ewan West|title=The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WbDbuLJPKBgC&pg=PA243|date=7 March 1996|publisher=Oxford University Press, USA|isbn=978-0-19-280028-2|pages=243}}</ref> *[[1936]] – [[John Ringling]], American businessman, co-founded [[Ringling Brothers Circus]] (b. 1866) *[[1943]] – [[Nordahl Grieg]], Norwegian journalist and author (b. 1902) *[[1944]] – [[Josef Lhévinne]], Russian pianist and educator (b. 1874) * 1944 – [[Filippo Tommaso Marinetti]], Egyptian-Italian poet and composer (b. 1876) * 1944 – [[Eiji Sawamura]], Japanese baseball player and soldier (b. 1917) *[[1950]] – [[Dinu Lipatti]], Romanian pianist and composer (b. 1917) *[[1953]] – [[Reginald Baker (sportsman)|Reginald Baker]], Australian rugby player (b. 1884) * 1953 – [[Trần Trọng Kim]], Vietnamese historian, scholar, and politician, [[List of Prime Ministers of Vietnam|Prime Minister of Vietnam]] (b. 1883) *[[1957]] – [[Harrison Ford (silent film actor)|Harrison Ford]], American actor (b. 1884) * 1957 – [[Manfred Sakel]], Ukrainian-American neurophysiologist and psychiatrist (b. 1902) *[[1966]] – [[L. E. J. Brouwer]], Dutch mathematician and philosopher (b. 1881) * 1966 – [[Giles Cooper (playwright)|Giles Cooper]], Irish author, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1918) *[[1967]] – [[Francis Spellman]], American cardinal (b. 1889).<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.anb.org/view/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.001.0001/anb-9780198606697-e-0801438|title=Spellman, Francis Joseph (1889-1967), Roman Catholic prelate |website=[[American National Biography]] |year=2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.0801438 |isbn=978-0-19-860669-7 |access-date=May 4, 2021|last1=Fogarty |first1=Gerald P. }}</ref> *[[1969]] – [[José María Arguedas]], Peruvian anthropologist, author, and poet (b. 1911) * 1969 – [[Kliment Voroshilov]], Ukrainian-Russian marshal and politician, 3rd [[List of heads of state of the Soviet Union|Head of State of The Soviet Union]] (b. 1881) *[[1974]] – [[Sylvi Kekkonen]], Finnish writer and wife of President of Finland [[Urho Kekkonen]] (b. 1900)<ref name="kb">{{cite web |title=Kekkonen, Sylvi (1900-1974) |url=https://kansallisbiografia.fi/kansallisbiografia/henkilo/8089 |website=Kansallisbiografia.fi |publisher=National Biography of Finland |access-date=1 August 2021 |language=fi}}</ref> * 1974 – [[Max Weber (Swiss politician)|Max Weber]], Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1897) *[[1976]] – [[Danny Murtaugh]], American baseball player and manager (b. 1917) *[[1980]] – [[Chaudhry Muhammad Ali]], Indian-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 4th [[Prime Minister of Pakistan]] (b. 1905) * 1980 – [[Romain Gary]], Lithuanian-French author, director, and screenwriter (b. 1914) *[[1981]] – [[Wallace Harrison]], American architect, co-founded [[Harrison & Abramovitz]] (b. 1895) *[[1982]] – [[Marty Feldman]], English actor and comedian (b. 1934) * 1982 – [[Giovanni Ferrari]], Italian footballer and manager (b. 1907) *[[1983]] – [[Fifi D'Orsay]], Canadian-American actress and singer (b. 1904) *[[1985]] – [[Philip Larkin]], English poet, author, and librarian (b. 1922) *[[1986]] – [[Desi Arnaz]], Cuban-American actor, singer, businessman, and television producer (b. 1917) * 1986 – [[John Curtis Gowan]], American psychologist and academic (b. 1912) *[[1987]] – [[Luis Federico Leloir]], French-Argentinian physician and biochemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1906) * 1987 – [[Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich]], Belarusian physicist, astronomer, and cosmologist (b. 1914) *[[1988]] – [[Karl-Heinz Bürger]], German colonel (b. 1904) * 1988 – [[Tata Giacobetti]], Italian singer-songwriter (b. 1922) *[[1990]] – [[Aaron Copland]], American composer and conductor (b. 1900) * 1990 – [[Robert Cummings]], American actor, director, and producer (b. 1908) *[[1993]] – [[Pablo Escobar]], Colombian drug lord (b. 1949) *[[1995]] – [[Robertson Davies]], Canadian author, playwright, and critic (b. 1913) * 1995 – [[Roxie Roker]], American actress (b. 1929) * 1995 – [[Mária Telkes]], Hungarian–American biophysicist and chemist (b. 1900) *[[1997]] – [[Shirley Crabtree]], English wrestler (b. 1930) * 1997 – [[Michael Hedges]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1953) *[[1999]] – [[Charlie Byrd]], American guitarist (b. 1925) *[[2000]] – [[Gail Fisher]], American actress (b. 1935) *[[2002]] – [[Ivan Illich]], Austrian priest and philosopher (b. 1926) * 2002 – [[Arno Peters]], German cartographer and historian (b. 1916) *[[2003]] – [[Alan Davidson (food writer)|Alan Davidson]], British soldier, historian, and author (b. 1924) *[[2004]] – [[Alicia Markova]], English ballerina and choreographer (b. 1910) * 2004 – [[Mona Van Duyn]], American poet and academic (b. 1921) *[[2005]] – [[William P. Lawrence]], American admiral and pilot (b. 1930) * 2005 – [[Van Tuong Nguyen]], Australian convicted drug trafficker (b. 1980) *[[2006]] – [[Mariska Veres]], Dutch singer (b. 1947) *[[2007]] – [[Jennifer Alexander]], Canadian-American ballerina and actress (b. 1972) * 2007 – [[Elizabeth Hardwick (writer)|Elizabeth Hardwick]], American literary critic, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1916) *[[2008]] – [[Odetta]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress (b. 1930) * 2008 – [[Henry Molaison]], American [[memory disorder]] patient (b. 1926) * 2008 – [[Edward Samuel Rogers]], Canadian lawyer and businessman (b. 1933) * 2008 – [[Renato de Grandis]], Italian composer, musicologist, and writer (b. 1927) *[[2009]] – [[Foge Fazio]], American football player and coach (b. 1938) * 2009 – [[Eric Woolfson]], Scottish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (b. 1945) *[[2012]] – [[Tom Hendry]], Canadian playwright, co-founded the [[Manitoba Theatre Centre]] (b. 1929) * 2012 – [[Ehsan Naraghi]], Iranian sociologist and author (b. 1926) *[[2013]] – [[William Allain]], American soldier and politician, 58th [[Governor of Mississippi]] (b. 1928) * 2013 – [[Jean-Claude Beton]], Algerian-French engineer and businessman, founded [[Orangina]] (b. 1925) * 2013 – [[Marcelo Déda]], Brazilian lawyer and politician (b. 1960) * 2013 – [[Junior Murvin]], Jamaican singer-songwriter (b. 1946) *[[2014]] – [[A. R. Antulay]], Indian lawyer and politician, 8th [[Chief Minister of Maharashtra]] (b. 1929) * 2014 – [[Jean Béliveau]], Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1931) * 2014 – [[Josie Cichockyj]], English basketball player and coach (b. 1964) * 2014 – [[Bobby Keys]], American saxophonist (b. 1943) * 2014 – [[Don Laws]], American figure skater and coach (b. 1929) *[[2015]] – [[Sandy Berger]], American lawyer and politician, 19th [[National Security Advisor (United States)|United States National Security Advisor]] (b. 1945) * 2015 – [[Will McMillan (actor)|Will McMillan]], American actor, director, and producer (b. 1944) * 2015 – [[George T. Sakato]], American soldier, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (b. 1921) *[[2020]] – [[Pat Patterson (wrestler)|Pat Patterson]], American wrestler (b. 1941)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tony Marinaro on Twitter: "Just got a text from my buddy Rodger Brulotte letting me know that legendary wrestler Pat Patterson of @WWE passed away earlier this morning in a Miami hospital. Patterson, had cancer. He was 79. Thoughts and prayers go out to his family and friends. RIP. #WWE"|url=https://twitter.com/tonymarinaro/status/1334124104228741129|access-date=December 2, 2020|work=Twitter}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=WWE Hall of Famer Pat Patterson passes away|url=https://www.wwe.com/article/wwe-hall-of-famer-pat-patterson-passes-away|work=WWE|date=December 2, 2020|access-date=December 2, 2020}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Ed Botterell]], Canadian Olympic sailor (b. 1931)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-12-03 |title=Eight Bells - Ed Botterell: Another Legend Gone - Sailing in Canada |url=https://sailingincanada.ca/lifestyle/people-profiles/eight-bells-ed-botterell-another-legend-gone/ |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=sailingincanada.ca |language=en-US}}</ref> *2024 – [[Helmut Duckadam]], Romanian footballer (b. 1959)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ex-Steaua Bucharest keeper Duckadam, the 'Hero of Seville', dies at 65|url=https://www.reuters.com/sports/soccer/ex-steaua-bucharest-keeper-duckadam-hero-seville-dies-65-2024-12-02/|work=Reuters|date=December 2, 2024|access-date=December 2, 2024}}</ref> *2024 – [[Neale Fraser]], Australian tennis player (b. 1933)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Flink |first=Steve |date=December 3, 2024 |title=Farewell Neale Fraser, 3-time major champion & Australian Davis Cup hero {{!}} ATP Tour {{!}} Tennis |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/news/neale-fraser-passes-away-december-2024 |access-date=December 3, 2024 |website=ATP Tour |language=en}}</ref> *2024 – [[Paul Maslansky]], American film producer and writer (b. 1933)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Buenahora |first=Andrés |date=December 7, 2024 |title=Paul Maslansky, 'Police Academy' Producer, Dies at 91 |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/paul-maslansky-dead-police-academy-1236242106/ |access-date=December 8, 2024 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |language=en-US}}</ref> *2024 – [[Debbie Mathers]], Mother of Eminem (b. 1955)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Correal |first=Annie |date=December 3, 2024 |title=Debbie Nelson, Eminem's Mother, Dies at 69 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/03/arts/music/debbie-nelson-eminem-mother-dead.html |access-date=December 4, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> *2024 – [[Israel Vázquez]], Mexican boxer (b. 1977)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cauich |first=Eduard |date=December 3, 2024 |title=Mexican boxing star Israel 'El Magnífico' Vázquez dies at age 46 |url=https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2024-12-03/israel-magnifico-vazquez-mexican-boxer-dies |access-date=December 5, 2024 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
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