Famous Deaths on 29th December

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721 - Empress Gemmei of Japan (b. 661)
1141 - Yue Fei, Chinese general, executed
1170 - Thomas Becket, English Archbishop of Canterbury, assassinated by 4 knights of King Henry II at 52
1558 - Hermann Finck, composer, dies at 31
1563 - Sebastian Castellio, French theologian (b. 1515)
1619 - Antoine Arnauld, French lawyer (Philippica), dies
1630 - Jan Baptist Stalpart van der Wiele, RC pastor/lyricist, dies at 51
1634 - John Albert Vasa, Polish bishop (b. 1612)
1661 - Antoine Gérard de Saint-Amant, French poet (b. 1594)
1689 - Olfert Dapper, Amsterdam historian/geographer, buried
1689 - Thomas Sydenham, English physician (b. 1624)
1731 - J Brook Taylor, English mathematician, dies at 46
1737 - Joseph Saurin, French mathematician (b. 1659)
1785 - Johann Heinrich Rolle, composer, dies at 69
1785 - Johan Herman Wessel, Norwegian poet (b. 1742)
1815 - Saartjie Baartman, Hottentot Venus, dies in Paris
1821 - Jean-Baptiste Dumonceau de Bergendael, S Neth general, dies at 61
1822 - Albert Christoph Dies, composer, dies at 67
1825 - Giuseppe Maria Gioacchino Cambini, composer, dies
Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Becket (1170) 1825 - Jacques-Louis David, French painter (Death of Marat), dies at 77
1835 - Charles-Joseph Tolbecque, composer, dies at 29
1836 - Johann Baptist Schenk, composer, dies at 83
1847 - William Crotch, composer, dies at 72
1871 - Ferdinand Marcucci, composer, dies at 71
1877 - Willem Sassen, Dutch attorney general on Curacao (Affair-S), dies
1890 - Big Foot, Sioux Indian chief, dies at Wounded Knee
1891 - Leopold Kronecker, German mathematician, dies at 68
1894 - Christina Rossetti, English poet, dies at 64 in London
1897 - William James Linton, American wood engraver and political reformer. (b. 1812)
1898 - Georg Goltermann, composer, dies at 74
1915 - Charles Beach Hawley, composer, dies at 57
1916 - Grigori Rasputin, Russian faith healer/intriguer, murdered at 45
1924 - Carl Spitteler, Swiss writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)
1925 - Félix E Vallotton, Swiss painter/writer (Chaste Susanne), dies at 60
1926 - Rainer M Rilke, Austrias songwriter/writer (Wise Queen), dies at 51
1929 - Wilhelm Maybach, German automobile designer (b. 1846)
1933 - Joh Georghe Duca, premier of Romania, murdered
1937 - Don Marquis, American author (b. 1878)
1942 - Frank D Adams, Canadian geologist, dies at 83
1943 - William H Singer, US painter/collector (Singer Museum), dies at 75
1947 - Joseph Cuvelier, Belgian historian/general, dies at 78
1952 - Beryl Rubinstein, composer, dies at 54
1953 - Violet MacMillan, American Broadway theatre actress(b. 1887)
1956 - Martin Albertz, German theologist (Jesus Christ's Church), dies at 73
1957 - Tom Richmond, cricketer (Notts leg-spinner took 2-86 in Eng Test), die
1958 - Doris Humphrey, US dancer/choreographer (Dances of Women), dies at 63
1959 - Robin Humphrey Milford, composer, dies at 56
1960 - Eden Phillpotts, British writer (b. 1862)
1960 - Philippe Panneton, Quebec physician, diplomat and writer (b. 1895)
1964 - Bernard von Brentano, German writer (Big Cats), dies at 63
1964 - Miroslav Krejci, composer, dies at 73
1965 - Kusaku Yamada, composer, dies at 79
1967 - Paul Whiteman, US orchestra leader (Fabulous Dorseys), dies at 77
1968 - Austin Farrer, English theologian and philosopher (b. 1904)
1970 - John de Mol, Dutch accordionist, dies at 58
1970 - Marie Menken, American experimental filmmaker and socialite (b. 1909)
1971 - Stuart Holmes, dies of stomach ailment at 87
1972 - Fritz Behrend, composer, dies at 83
1975 - Euell Gibbons, American outdoorsman and proponent of natural diets (b. 1911).
1976 - Ivo van Damme, Belgian 800/1500 m sprinter (Oly-silver-76), dies at 22
1980 - Roy Engle, actor (Police Chief-My Favorite Martian), dies at 67
1980 - Tim Hardin, US singer (Bird on a Wire), dies of a drug overdose at 39
1980 - Tim Hardin, American musician (b. 1941)
1980 - Nadezhda Mandelstam, Russian writer (b. 1899)
1981 - Guido Provoost, Belgian historian, dies at 41
1981 - Miroslav Krleža, Croatian writer (b. 1893)
1982 - Sol C Siegel, US film producer (High Society), dies at 79
1984 - Leo Robin, lyricist, dies of heart failure at 84
1986 - Andrei Tarkovski, Russian director (Stalker), dies at 54
1986 - John Antill, composer, dies at 82
1986 - [Maurice] Harold MacMillan, PM of Great-Britain (1957-63), dies at 92
1988 - Mike Beuttler, British racing driver (b. 1940)
1991 - Julia McCarthy, dies of cancer at 64
1992 - LH Ruitenberg, vicar/editor in chief (Reform Netherlands), dies at 87
1992 - Vivienne Segal, US actress (Broadway, Pal Joey), dies at 95
1993 - Frunzik Mkrtchyan, Soviet Armenian actor (b. 1930)
1994 - Eugene Tanner Jr, singer, dies at 58
1994 - Frank Thring, Australian actor (El Cid, Ben-Hur), dies at 68
1995 - Hope Clara Chenhalls, food inspector, dies at 85
1995 - Louise Chaplin, actress, dies at 87
1995 - Madeleine Barot, resistance heroine, dies at 86
1995 - Nello Celio, president of Switz (1972), dies at 81
1996 - Alma Birk, journalist/politician, dies at 77
1996 - Daniel Raphaeautl Mayer, journalist/resistance leader, dies at 86
1996 - Mireille Hartuch, singer/songwriter, dies at 90
1996 - Oswald Szemerenyi, philologist, dies at 83
1996 - Peggy (Margaret McCrorie) Herbison, politician, dies at 89
1996 - Robert Morris, lawyer, dies at 81
1996 - Willaim Brown, British TV executive, dies at 67
1996 - William Thomas Pennar Davies, poet author/theologian, dies at 85
1997 - (Hanlon) Pat Clarke, cyclist, dies at 82
1997 - Robert Steel, academic, dies at 82
1998 - Jean-Claude Forest, writer and illustrator of comics (Barbarella) (b. 1930)
1999 - Leon Radzinowicz, British criminologist (b. 1906)
2001 - Takashi Asahina, Japanese conductor (b. 1908)
2003 - Earl Hindman, American actor (b. 1942)
2003 - Dinsdale Landen, English actor (b. 1932)
2003 - Bob Monkhouse, English comedian and game show host (b. 1928)
2004 - Liddy Holloway, New Zealand actress (b. 1947)
2004 - Ken Burkhart, American baseball player (b. 1915)
2004 - Julius Axelrod, American biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1912)
2005 - Gerda Boyesen, Norwegian-born body psychotherapist (b. 1922)
2007 - Phil O'Donnell, Scottish footballer (b. 1972)
2007 - Kevin Greening, British radio presenter (b. 1962)
2008 - Freddie Hubbard, American jazz trumpet player (b. 1938)
2009 - "Dr. Death" Steve Williams, American former professional wrestler and football player (b. 1960)
2009 - Akmal Shaikh, British drug trafficker, executed by lethal injection in the People's Republic of China (b. 1956)
2010 - Bill Erwin, American actor (b. 1914)
2012 - Jean Topart, French actor, dies at 90
2012 - Tony Greig, English cricket captain, dies from a heart attack at 66