Famous Deaths for December 1970
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| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
| 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | ||
◀ 1969 1970 1971 ▶ | ||||||
Months in 1970: January February March April May June July August September October November
Deaths 1 - 16 of 16
1st - Frank Smailes, cricketer (England pace bowler Test v India 1946), dies
6th - Thomas S Power, USAF-gen (Raid on Tokyo-March 1945), dies at 65
7th - Rube Goldberg, US cartoonist (Mike & Ike, Pulitzer 1948), dies at 87
8th - Christopher K Ingold, English chemist, dies at 77
9th - Artem Mikoyan, Russian aircraft designer (MIG), dies at 65
9th - Sir Feroz Khan Noon, Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1893)
12th - Louis Zimmer, Flem clock maker (Jubelklok, Wonder Clock), dies at 82
12th - Doris Blackburn, Australian politician (b. 1889)
14th - Franz Schlegelberger, German Nazi politician (b. 1876)
23rd - Charlie Ruggles, actor (Ruggles, Aesop-Bullwinkle Show), dies at 84
26th - Lillian Board, British athlete (b. 1948)
28th - L Mendel Rivers, (Rep-D-SC), dies at 65
29th - John de Mol, Dutch accordionist, dies at 58
29th - Marie Menken, American experimental filmmaker and socialite (b. 1909)
30th - Sonny Liston, World heavyweight boxing champion (1962-64), found dead at 38
31st - Cyril M Scott, English composer/author (Alchemist), dies at 91
