Famous Deaths on 18th December

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468 - Huna Mari bar Mar Zutra, rabbi, executed in Pumpedita
821 - Theodulf, Bishop of Orléans
1133 - Hildebert, French writer
1290 - King Magnus I of Sweden (b. 1240)
1442 - Pierre Cauchon, French Catholic bishop (b. 1371)
1495 - King Alphonso II of Naples (b. 1448)
1505 - John IX van Horne, prince-bishop of Lieges, executed
1565 - Benedetto Varchi, Italian humanist/historian (L'Ercolano), dies at 62
1577 - Anna, duchess of Saxon/wife of prince Willem of Orange, dies at 32
1597 - Barbara Blomberg, German mistress of emperor Karel, dies at 67
1633 - Theodoor Galle, Flemish engraver, buried at 62
1638 - Le Pere Joseph, French mystic, dies
1651 - Francisco the Melo, Portuguese/Spanish earl of Assumar, dies at 54
1692 - Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German statesman (b. 1626)
1710 - Peter Codde, apostile vicar (1688-1704), dies at 62
1732 - Johann Valentin Eckelt, composer, dies at 59
1737 - Antonio Stradivari, renowned violin-maker, dies in Cremona Italy at 93
1751 - Kilian I von Dientzenhofer, builder (Nepomukkerk, Prague), dies at 62
1779 - Jan Punt, engraver/illustrator/actor (Gideonschool), dies at 68
1787 - Soame Jenyns, English writer (b. 1704)
1799 - Jean-Étienne Montucla, French mathematician (b. 1725)
1803 - Johann G von Herder, German philosopher/theologist/poet, dies at 59
French Naturalist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1829) 1829 - Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck, French naturalist, dies at 85
1831 - Willem Bilderdijk, Dutch poet/literary (My Relief), dies at 75
1835 - Johann Georg Anton Mederitsch-Gallus, composer, dies at 82
1839 - Charles-Henri Plantade, composer, dies at 75
1841 - Felice Blangini, composer, dies at 60
1843 - Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch, British Viceroy of India (b. 1748)
1848 - Bernard Bolzano, Bohemian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1781)
1858 - Joseph-Henri-Ignace Mees, composer, dies at 81
1862 - Johnson Kelly Duncan, architect/Confederate brig-generaal, dies at 35 of malarial fever
1865 - Francisco Manuel da Silva, composer, dies at 70
1869 - Louis Moreau Gottschalk, composer, dies at 40
1892 - Richard Owen, English zoologist (Dinosaurus), dies at 88
1897 - Carlo A Alfieri, Italian Member of parliament, dies at 70
1899 - John William Glover, composer, dies at 84
1911 - Alberto Randegger, composer, dies at 79
1918 - Henryk Jarecki, composer, dies at 72
1919 - Horatio William Parker, composer, dies at 56
1919 - John Alcock, pilot (1st non-stop over Atlantic), dies in crash at 27
1928 - Lucien Capet, composer, dies at 55
1931 - John T "Legs" Diamond, US gangster, murdered at 35
1932 - Eduard "Ede" Bernstein, German marxist/revisionist, dies at 82
1935 - Juan V Gomez, general/dictator of Venezuela (1908-35), dies
1936 - Andrija Mohorovičić, Austro-Hungarian-born Yugoslav seismologist (b. 1857)
1937 - S S Schultz, cricketer (one Test England v Australia 1879), dies
1939 - Matthew Brown, Journalist, dies at 51
1942 - Charlie Walker, cricketer (Aust tourist to England 1930, 1938), dies
1948 - Janet Fay, hammered to death by Honeymoon Killers
1959 - Dorothy L Sayers, writer, dies at 66
1963 - Winifried P I Zillig, German composer/conductor (Opfer), dies at 58
1966 - Gene Gauntier, dies in Cuernavaca Mexico
1971 - Aleksandr T Tvardovski, Russ editor in chief (Novyj Mir), dies at 61
1971 - Bobby Jones Jr, amateur golfer (Grand Slam 1930), dies at 69
1971 - Diana Lynn, actress (Annapolis Story, Easy Come Easy Go), dies at 45
1973 - Giulio Cesare Brero, composer, dies at 64
1973 - Allama Rasheed Turabi, Pakistani scholar, orator and philosopher (b. 1908)
1974 - Harry Hooper, American baseball player (b. 1887)
1975 - Theodosius Dobzhansky, Ukrainian geneticist (b. 1900)
1976 - George Emmett, cricketer (Engld opener v Aust Old Trafford 1948), dies
1977 - Cyril Ritchard, actor (Peter Pan), dies at 80
1977 - Louis Untermeyer, poet/critic/TV panelist (What's My Line), dies at 92
1980 - Alexei N Kosygin, Soviet PM (1964-80), suffers heart attack at 76
1981 - Mehmet Shehu, PM Albania (1954-81)/"US-Russ spy", commits suicide
1982 - Raymond Emery, cricketer (2 Tests NZ v WI 1952, 46 runs, 2 wkts), dies
1982 - Tibor de Machula, Hungary/Neth cellist, dies at 70
1982 - Hans-Ulrich Rudel, German pilot (b. 1916)
1985 - Xuân Diệu, Vietnamese poet (b. 1916)
1986 - Mamo Clark, actor (1 Million BC, Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island), dies
1987 - Conny Plank, German record producer and musician (b. 1940)
1990 - Anne Revere, actress (National Velvet), dies of pneumonia at 87
1990 - Paul Tortelier, composer, dies at 76
1991 - June Storey, actress (South of the Border), dies of cancer at 73
1991 - George Abecassis, English Formula 1 driver (b. 1913)
1992 - Dana Andrews, actor (Best Years of Our Lifes), dies at 83
1992 - Mark Goodson, TV game show producer (Goodson-Toddman), dies at 77
1992 - Mother Clare Hale, cared for NYC AIDS babies (Hale House), dies at 87
1993 - Sam Wanamaker, actor (Pvt Benjamin), dies of prostate cancer at 74
1993 - Charizma, American rapper (b. 1973)
1994 - Heinz Bernard Lowenstein, actor/director, dies at 71
1994 - Lilia Skala, Austrian/US actress (Ship of Fools, Caprice), dies at 98
1994 - Peter Hebblethwaite, English editor-in-chief (The Month), dies at 64
1994 - Roger Apéry, Greek-French mathematician (b. 1916)
1995 - Chaim Pearl, rabbi, dies at 76
1995 - Georgio Fini, restaurateur, dies at 70
1995 - Ross Thomas, author, dies at 69
1995 - Konrad Zuse, German engineer and computing pioneer (b. 1910)
1995 - Brian Brockless, English organist (b. 1926)
1996 - Arthur Jacobs, musicologist, dies at 74
1997 - Chris Farley, comedian (SNL, Tommy Boy), dies at 33
1998 - Lev Demin, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1926)
1999 - Robert Bresson, French film director (b. 1907)
2000 - Stan Fox, American race car driver (b. 1952)
2000 - Randolph Apperson Hearst, son of W. Randolph Hearst and father of Patty (b. 1915)
2000 - Kirsty MacColl, English singer and songwriter (b. 1959)
2001 - Gilbert Bécaud, French singer (b. 1927)
2001 - Dimitris Dragatakis, Greek composer (b. 1914)
2002 - Ray Hnatyshyn, Governor-General of Canada (b. 1934)
2002 - Wayne Owens, former U.S. Congressman (D-Utah) (b. 1937)
2004 - Anthony Sampson, British journalist and biographer (b. 1926)
2005 - Alan Voorhees, American engineer and urban planner (b. 1922)
2006 - Joseph Barbera, American cartoonist (b. 1911)
2006 - Ruth Bernhard, American photographer (1905)
2006 - Mike Dickin, British radio broadcaster (b. 1943)
2006 - Shaukat Siddiqui, Pakistani author, journalist and political activist (b. 1923)
2007 - Gerald Le Dain, Canadian Supreme Court judge (b. 1924)
2007 - Jack Linkletter, American television host, son of Art Linkletter (b. 1937)
2007 - Bill Strauss, American writer on generations, satirist, and founder of the Capitol Steps (b. 1947)
2008 - Majel Barrett, American actress and producer of Star Trek, also the widow of Gene Roddenberry (b. 1932)
2008 - Mark Felt, the infamous Deep Throat, American FBI official and whistle blower during the Watergate Scandal (b. 1932)
2010 - Phil Cavarretta, American baseball player (b. 1916)
2010 - Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, Italian banker and economist (b. 1940)
2010 - Jacqueline de Romilly, French philologist and classical scholar (b. 1913)
2010 - James Pickles, English jurist and columnist (b. 1925)
2012 - Marcus Worsley, British Lord-Lieutenant of North Yorkshire, dies at 87