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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== *[[43 BC]] – [[Cicero]], Roman philosopher, lawyer, and politician (b. 106 BC) * [[283]] – [[Pope Eutychian|Eutychian]], pope of the Catholic Church * [[881]] – [[Anspert]], archbishop of Milan * [[983]] – [[Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor|Otto II]], Holy Roman Emperor (b. 955) *[[1254]] – [[Pope Innocent IV|Innocent IV]], pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1195) *[[1279]] – [[Bolesław V the Chaste|Bolesław V]], High Duke of Poland (b. 1226) *[[1295]] – [[Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Gloucester]], English officer (b. 1243) *[[1312]] – [[Michael II of Antioch]], Syriac Orthodox patriarch of Antioch ({{reign|1292|1312}})<ref name="Gorgias Press">{{cite book | last1 =Barsoum| first1=Ephrem |date=2003|title=The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences|edition=2nd|publisher=Gorgias Press|translator=Matti Moosa|author-link1=Ignatius Aphrem I Barsoum|page=488}}</ref> *[[1383]] – [[Wenceslaus I, Duke of Luxembourg|Wenceslaus I]], duke of Luxembourg (b. 1337) *[[1498]] – [[Alexander Hegius von Heek]], German poet (b. 1433) *[[1562]] – [[Adrian Willaert]], Dutch-Italian composer and educator (b. 1490) ===1601–1900=== *[[1649]] – [[Charles Garnier (missionary)|Charles Garnier]], French missionary and saint (b. 1606) *[[1672]] – [[Richard Bellingham]], English-American lawyer and politician, 8th [[List of colonial governors of Massachusetts#Massachusetts Bay Colony: 1629–86, 1689–92|Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony]] (b. 1592) *[[1680]] – [[Peter Lely]], Dutch-English painter (b. 1618) *[[1683]] – [[Algernon Sidney]], English philosopher and politician, [[Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports]] (b. 1623) *[[1723]] – [[Jan Santini Aichel]], Czech architect, designed the [[Pilgrimage Church of Saint John of Nepomuk]] and [[Karlova Koruna Chateau]] (b. 1677) *[[1725]] – [[Florent Carton Dancourt]], French actor and playwright (b. 1661) *[[1772]] – [[Martín Sarmiento]], Spanish monk, scholar, and author (b. 1695) *[[1775]] – [[Charles Saunders (Royal Navy officer)|Charles Saunders]], English admiral and politician (b. 1715) *[[1793]] – [[Joseph Bara]], French soldier and drummer (b. 1779) *[[1803]] – [[Küçük Hüseyin Pasha]], Turkish admiral and politician (b. 1757) *[[1815]] – [[Michel Ney]], German-French general (b. 1769) *[[1817]] – [[William Bligh]], English admiral and politician, 4th [[Governor of New South Wales]] (b. 1745) *[[1837]] – [[Robert Nicoll]], Scottish poet (b. 1814) *[[1842]] – [[Thomas Hamilton (writer)|Thomas Hamilton]], Scottish philosopher and author (b. 1789) *[[1874]] – [[Constantin von Tischendorf]], German theologian, scholar, and academic (b. 1815) *[[1879]] – [[Jón Sigurðsson]], Icelandic scholar and politician, 1st [[List of Speakers of the Parliament of Iceland|Speaker of the Parliament of Iceland]] (b. 1811) *[[1891]] – [[Arthur Blyth]], English-Australian politician, 9th [[Premier of South Australia]] (b. 1823) *[[1894]] – [[Ferdinand de Lesseps]], French businessman and diplomat, co-developed the [[Suez Canal]] (b. 1805) *[[1899]] – [[Juan Luna]], Filipino painter and sculptor (b. 1857) ===1901–present=== *[[1902]] – [[Thomas Nast]], German-American cartoonist (b. 1840) *[[1906]] – [[Élie Ducommun]], Swiss journalist and educator, [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1833) *[[1913]] – [[Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano]], Italian cardinal (b. 1828) *[[1917]] – [[Ludwig Minkus]], Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1826) *[[1918]] – [[Frank Wilson (politician)|Frank Wilson]], English-Australian politician, 9th [[Premier of Western Australia]] (b. 1859) *[[1941]] – [[Attack on Pearl Harbor]]: ** [[Mervyn S. Bennion]], American captain (b. 1887) ** [[Frederick Curtice Davis#Namesake|Frederick Curtice Davis]], American sailor (b. 1915) ** [[Julius Ellsberry]], American sailor (b. 1921) ** [[John C. England]], American sailor (b. 1920) ** [[Edwin J. Hill]], American sailor (b. 1894) ** [[Ralph Hollis]], American sailor (b. 1906) ** [[Herbert C. Jones]], American sailor (b. 1918) ** [[Isaac C. Kidd]], American admiral (b. 1884) ** [[Robert Lawrence Leopold]], American sailor (b. 1916) ** [[Herbert Hugo Menges]], American sailor (b. 1917) ** [[Thomas James Reeves]], American sailor (b. 1895) ** [[Aloysius Schmitt]], American priest and sailor (b. 1909) ** [[Robert R. Scott]], American sailor (b. 1915) ** [[Peter Tomich]], American sailor (b. 1893) ** [[Robert W. Uhlmann|Robert Uhlmann]], American sailor (b. 1919) ** [[Franklin Van Valkenburgh]], American captain (b. 1888) ** [[Eldon P. Wyman]], American sailor (b. 1917) *[[1947]] – [[Tristan Bernard]], French author and playwright (b. 1866) * 1947 – [[Nicholas Murray Butler]], American philosopher and academic, [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1862) *[[1949]] – [[Rex Beach]], American author, playwright, and water polo player (b. 1877) *[[1956]] – [[Huntley Gordon]], Canadian-American actor (b. 1887) * 1956 – [[Reşat Nuri Güntekin]], Turkish author and playwright (b. 1889) *[[1960]] – [[Ioannis Demestichas]], Greek admiral and politician (b. 1882) *[[1962]] – [[Kirsten Flagstad]], Norwegian opera singer (b. 1895) *[[1969]] – [[Lefty O'Doul]], American baseball player and manager (b. 1897) * 1969 – [[Eric Portman]], English actor (b. 1903) *[[1970]] – [[Rube Goldberg]], American cartoonist, sculptor, and author (b. 1883) *[[1975]] – [[Thornton Wilder]], American novelist and playwright (b. 1897) * 1975 – [[Hardie Albright]], American actor (b. 1903) *[[1976]] – [[Paul Bragg]], American nutritionist (b. 1895) *[[1977]] – [[Paul Gibb]], English cricketer and umpire (b. 1913) * 1977 – [[Peter Carl Goldmark]], Hungarian-American engineer (b. 1906) * 1977 – [[Georges Grignard]], French race car driver (b. 1905) *[[1978]] – [[Alexander Wetmore]], American ornithologist and paleontologist (b. 1886) *[[1979]] – [[Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin]], English-American astronomer and astrophysicist (b. 1900) *[[1980]] – [[Darby Crash]], American punk rock vocalist and songwriter (b. 1958)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/aug/24/popandrock1 |title=The death and afterlife of an LA punk |last=Adams |first=Tim |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=24 August 2008 |access-date=9 December 2020}}</ref> *[[1984]] – [[Jack Mercer]], American voice actor (b. 1910) * 1984 – [[LeeRoy Yarbrough]], American race car driver (b. 1938) *[[1985]] – [[J. R. Eyerman]], American photographer and journalist (b. 1906) * 1985 – [[Robert Graves]], English poet, novelist, critic (b. 1895) * 1985 – [[Potter Stewart]], American soldier and jurist (b. 1915) *[[1989]] – [[Haystacks Calhoun]], American wrestler and actor (b. 1934) * 1989 – [[Hans Hartung]], French-German painter (b. 1904) *[[1990]] – [[Joan Bennett]], American actress (b. 1910) * 1990 – [[Jean Paul Lemieux]], Canadian painter and educator (b. 1904) *[[1992]] – [[Richard J. Hughes]], American politician, 45th [[Governor of New Jersey]], and Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court (b. 1909) *[[1993]] – [[Abidin Dino]], Turkish-French painter and illustrator (b. 1913) * 1993 – [[Félix Houphouët-Boigny]], Ivoirian physician and politician, 1st [[List of heads of state of Ivory Coast|President of Ivory Coast]] (b. 1905) *[[1995]] – [[Kathleen Harrison]], English actress (b. 1892) *[[1997]] – [[Billy Bremner]], Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1942) *[[1998]] – [[John Addison]], English-American composer and conductor (b. 1920) * 1998 – [[Martin Rodbell]], American biochemist and endocrinologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1925) *[[2003]] – [[Carl F. H. Henry]] American journalist and theologian (b. 1913) * 2003 – [[Azie Taylor Morton]], American educator and politician, 36th [[Treasurer of the United States]] (b. 1933) *[[2004]] – [[Frederick Fennell]], American conductor and educator (b. 1914) * 2004 – [[Jerry Scoggins]], American singer and guitarist (b. 1913) * 2004 – [[Jay Van Andel]], American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded [[Amway]] (b. 1924) *[[2005]] – [[Bud Carson]], American football player and coach (b. 1931) *[[2006]] – [[Jeane Kirkpatrick]], American academic and diplomat, 16th [[United States Ambassador to the United Nations]] (b. 1926) *[[2008]] – [[Herbert Hutner]], American banker and lawyer (b. 1908) *[[2010]] – [[Elizabeth Edwards]], American lawyer and author (b. 1949) * 2010 – [[Kari Tapio]], Finnish singer (b. 1945)<ref>Kotiranta, Pirkko: [https://www.hs.fi/ihmiset/art-2000004774450.html Ujosta pojasta kasvoi iskelmän pitkätyöläinen], ''[[Helsingin Sanomat]]'' 9 December 2010. Accessed on 16 September 2019.</ref> *[[2011]] – [[Harry Morgan]], American actor (b. 1915) *[[2012]] – [[Roelof Kruisinga]], Dutch physician and politician, [[List of Ministers of Defence of the Netherlands|Dutch Minister of Defence]] (b. 1922) * 2012 – [[Ralph Parr]], American colonel and pilot (b. 1924) * 2012 – [[Marty Reisman]], American table tennis player and author (b. 1930) * 2012 – [[Saul Steinberg (businessman)|Saul Steinberg]], American businessman and financier (b. 1939) *[[2013]] – [[Édouard Molinaro]], French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1928) * 2013 – [[Chick Willis]], American singer and guitarist (b. 1934) *[[2014]] – [[Mark Lewis (storyteller)|Mark Lewis]], American author and educator (b. 1954) * 2015 – [[Gerhard Lenski]], American sociologist and academic (b. 1924) * 2015 – [[Hyron Spinrad]], American astronomer and academic (b. 1934) * 2015 – [[Peter Westbury]], English race car driver (b. 1938) *[[2016]] – [[Junaid Jamshed]], Pakistani recording artist, television personality, fashion designer, occasional actor, singer-songwriter and preacher. (b. 1964) * 2015 – [[Shirley Stelfox]], English actress (b. 1941)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hayward |first1=Anthony |title=Shirley Stelfox obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/dec/09/shirley-stelfox |website=The Guardian |access-date=9 August 2023 |date=9 December 2015}}</ref> * 2016 – [[Greg Lake]], English musician (b. 1947)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sweeting |first=Adam |date=8 December 2016 |title=Greg Lake Obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/dec/08/greg-lake-obituary |access-date=27 December 2024 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> *[[2017]] – [[Steve Reevis]], Native American actor (b. 1962)<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/steve-reevis-dead-fargo-dancing-wolves-actor-was-55-1065957 |title=Steve Reevis, 'Fargo,' 'Dancing With Wolves' Actor, Dies at 55 |magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |via=[[Associated Press]] |date=December 8, 2017 |issn=0018-3660 |access-date=December 5, 2020}}</ref> *[[2019]] – [[Ron Saunders]], English football player and manager (b. 1932)<ref>{{Cite news|last=Glanville|first=Brian|date=8 December 2019|title=Ron Saunders obituary|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/dec/08/ron-saunders-obituary|access-date=16 September 2020}}</ref> *[[2020]] – [[Dick Allen]], American baseball player and tenor (b. 1942)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/dick-allen-dies-at-78 |title=Dick Allen, feared slugger in '60s-70s, dies |work=MLB.com |last=Zolecki |first=Todd |date=December 7, 2020 |access-date=November 30, 2021 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201207210730/https://www.mlb.com/news/dick-allen-dies-at-78 |archive-date=2020-12-07 }}</ref> * 2020 – [[Chuck Yeager]], American aviator (b. 1923)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Desk|first=Kelli Dugan, Cox Media Group National Content|title=Chuck Yeager, first person to break sound barrier, dead at 97|url=https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/trending/chuck-yeager-first-person-break-sound-barrier-dead-97/WKYI7PFDBRG7RJDM4PR7L6Q4II/|access-date=2020-12-08|website=WHBQ|date=8 December 2020|language=en-US}}</ref> *[[2023]] – [[Benjamin Zephaniah]], British writer and [[Dub poetry|dub poet]] (b.1958)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Benjamin Zephaniah: Writer and poet dies aged 65|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67646607 |website=BBC |date=7 December 2023}}</ref> * 2023 – [[Refaat Alareer]], Palestinian professor and writer (b.1979)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Najjar |first=Joseph Stepansky,Farah |title=Israel-Hamas war updates: Gaza faces heavy Israeli bombardment |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2023/12/7/israel-hamas-war-live-palestinians-face-another-night-under-israeli-bombs |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}</ref> * 2023 – [[Emiko Miyamoto]], Japanese volleyball player (b. 1937)<ref>{{Cite web |title=「東洋の魔女」バレーボール女子 寺山恵美子さん死去 86歳 |url=https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20231210/k10014283681000.html |date=10 December 2023 |access-date=10 December 2023 |website=[[NHK]] News Web |language=ja}}</ref> * 2024 – [[Doudou Adoula]], Congolese atalaku and composer (b. 1965)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Actualité {{!}} L'animateur Doudou Adoula de Zaïko Langa Langa a rendu l'âme à Bruxelles {{!}} mediacongo.net |url=https://www.mediacongo.net/article-actualite-145136_l_animateur_doudou_adoula_de_zaiko_langa_langa_a_rendu_l_ame_a_bruxelles.html |access-date=2025-02-24 |website=www.mediacongo.net}}</ref> <!--Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. 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