Famous Deaths for December 1969
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| 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
| 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | |||
◀ 1968 1969 1970 ▶ | ||||||
Months in 1969: January February March April May June July August September October November
Deaths 1 - 22 of 22
1st - Magic Sam, American blues guitarist and singer (b. 1937)
2nd - Kliment J Voroshilov, president USSR (1953-60), dies
3rd - Ruth White, actress (Fugitive), dies of cancer at 55
3rd - Mathias Wieman, German actor (b. 1902)
4th - Alceo Toni, composer, dies at 85
4th - Fred Hampton, US Black-Panther leader, murdered
7th - Eric Portman, actor (Naked Edge), dies from heart ailment at 66
7th - Hugh Williams, actor (Human Monster), dies after surgery at 65
7th - Lefty O'Doul, American baseball player (b. 1897)
8th - Vincenzo Davico, composer, dies at 80
10th - Franco Capuana, composer, dies at 75
10th - Leigh Harline, composer, dies at 62
13th - Raymond A Spruance, US admiral (battle of Midway), dies at 83
13th - Spencer Williams, Jr., American actor (b. 1893)
17th - Arturo da Costa e Silva, President of Brazil (1967-69), dies at 67
22nd - Donald Foster, actor (Herbert Johnson-Hazel), dies at 80
22nd - Ilse Steppat, actress (Invisible Terror), dies at 52
22nd - Josef von Sternberg, Austrian director (Shanghai Express), dies at 75
23rd - Donald Foster, actor (Scaramouche), dies after long illness at 80
26th - Louise L de Vilmorin, French poet/author (History d'aimer), dies at 67
28th - Henry Oscar, actor (Saint in London), dies at 78
31st - Salvatore Baccaloni, opera singer/actor (Full of Life), dies at 69
