Famous Deaths on 9th December

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1165 - Malcom IV, King of Scots (1153-65), dies at 24
1292 - Sa'di, great Persian poet (Orchard, Rose Garden), dies
1437 - Sigismund, German Emperor/king of Hungary/Bohemia, dies at 70
1544 - Teofilo Folengo, Italian poet (b. 1491)
1565 - Pius IV, [Gianangelo de' Medici], Italian Pope (1559-65), dies at 66
1603 - William Watson, English conspirator (b. 1559)
1625 - Ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Frisian humanist/historian, dies at 78
1636 - Giovanni B Aleotti, Ital writer/theater architect, dies at about 90
1636 - Fabian Birkowski, Polish writer (b. 1566)
1640 - Pierre Fourier, Roman Catholic saint and French priest (b.1565)
1641 - Anthonie "Antoon" van Dyck, Flemish painter, dies at 42
1669 - Clement IX, [Giulio Rospigliosi], Ital Pope (1667-69), dies
1674 - Edward Hyde 1st earl of Clarendon, English PM (1660-67), dies at 65
1692 - William Mountfort, English actor and dramatist
1706 - Pedro II, king of Portugal (1683-1706), dies at 58
1718 - Vincenzo Coronelli, Italian cartographer and encylopaedist (b. 1650)
1767 - Benedetto Alfieri, Italian architect (San Giovanni Battista), dies
1770 - Gottlieb Theophil Muffat, composer, dies at 80
1793 - Gabrielle de Polastron, comtesse de Polignac, French aristocrat (b. 1749)
1798 - Johann Reinhold Forster, German botanist (b. 1729)
1814 - Jose Angel Lamas, composer, dies at 39
1819 - Ann C Coleman, fiancee of pres Buchanan, commits suicide
1827 - Francois Leonard Rouwyzer, composer, dies at 90
1830 - Heinrich Christian Friedrich Schumacher, Danish surgeon, botanist and professor of anatomy (b. 1757)
1854 - Almeida Garrett, Portuguese writer (b. 1799)
1858 - Robert Baldwin, Canadian politician (b. 1804)
1887 - Mahmadu Lamine, Senegalese marabout and military leader
1893 - George Elvey, composer, dies at 77
1905 - Henry Holmes, composer, dies at 66
1916 - P Paul Leroy-Beaulieu, French economist (Economist France), dies at 73
1916 - Natsume Sōseki, Japanese novelist (b. 1867)
1924 - Bernard Zweers, Dutch composer (Gisbertus of Aemstel), dies at 70
1925 - Eugene Gigout, composer, dies at 81
1929 - Willis Cuttell, cricketer (two Tests England v South Africa 1899), dies
1930 - Jim Slight, cricketer (represented Australia at Oval 1880), dies
1933 - Morice Bird, cricketer (scored 280 runs in 10 Tests for England), dies
1935 - Walter Liggett, American crusading newspaper editor and muckraker (b. 1886)
1937 - Nils Gustaf Dalén, Swedish physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1869)
1940 - Maletti, Italian general, dies in battle
1941 - Leonard "Leo" Polak, Dutch philosopher, dies in Sachsenhausen at 61
1941 - Dmitry Merezhkovsky, Russian writer and philosopher (b. 1865)
1944 - Laird Cregar, actor (Charley's Aunt, Hangover Square), dies at 28
1948 - Sir Timothy O'Brien, cricketer (Bart 5 Tests England 1884-96), dies
1955 - Hermann Weyl, German mathematician (b. 1885)
1956 - Hans Barth, composer, dies at 59
1957 - Carswell Adams, sportscaster (Your Sports Special), dies
1959 - Walter Compton, news anchor (DuMont Evening News), dies at 47
1964 - Edith L Sitwell, English poet/author (Wheels), dies at 77
1965 - Branch Rickey, American baseball executive (b. 1884)
1966 - Yury Alexandrovich Shaporin, composer, dies at 79
1967 - Charles Léon Hammes, Luxembourgian lawyer and President of the European Court of Justice (b. 1898)
1970 - Artem Mikoyan, Russian aircraft designer (MIG), dies at 65
1970 - Sir Feroz Khan Noon, Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1893)
Diplomat and Nobel Laureate Ralph Bunche (1971) 1971 - Ralph Bunche, UN delegate/Nobel Prize winner, dies at 67
1971 - Sergey Konenkov, Russian sculptor (b. 1874)
1972 - Louella Parsons, American gossip columnist (b. 1881)
1974 - George Carew, cricketer (4 Tests for WI between 1935 & 1949), dies
1974 - Jorge Croner de Vasconcelos, composer, dies at 64
1975 - William A Wellman, US director (Ox Bow Incident), dies at 79
1976 - Nino Martini, actor (Here's to Romance), dies at 71
1977 - Clarice Lispector, writer, dies
1979 - Fulton J Sheen, archbishop/religious broadcaster, dies in NYC at 84
1981 - Tonny Til, rocker, dies at 56
1981 - Daniel Faulkner, Philadelphia police officer (b. 1955)
1982 - Fritz Usinger, German writer (Song against Death), dies at 87
1982 - Joey Forman, actor (Sid Caesar Show, Joey Bishop Show), dies at 53
1982 - Leon Jaworski, special prosecutor (Watergate), dies at 77
1982 - Marty Robbins, country singer, dies
1982 - Paul Godwin, [Goldfein], Polish/Dutch violist, dies at 80
1982 - Roger Danneels, Flemish accordionist, dies at 55
1983 - David Rounds, actor (Terence-Beacon Hill), dies at 53
1984 - Razzle, English drummer (Hanoi Rocks) (b. 1960)
1990 - Mike Mazurski, wrestler/actor (Centerfold Girls), dies at 80
1992 - Carl Barger, baseball pres (Pittsburgh Pirates, Fla Marlins), dies at 62
1992 - Vincent Gardenia, actor (All in the Family, LA Law), dies at 71
1993 - Danny Blanchflower, North Ireland soccer/union coach, dies at 67
1993 - Muhammad Reza Golpayegani, ayatollah of Iran, dies
1994 - Garnet Silk, Jamaican raggae-singer, dies at 28
1994 - Kim II Sung, pres of North Korea (1945-94), dies at 82
1994 - Maureen Cox Starkey, ex-wife of Ringo, dies of Leukemia at 48
1994 - Max Bill, Swiss painter/sculptor/politician, dies at 85
1995 - Benny Lee, entertainer, dies at 84
1995 - Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan (aviator), dies
1995 - Hugh Armstrong Clegg, industrial relations academic, dies at 75
1995 - Toni Cade Bambara, filmmaker, dies at 56
1995 - Vitali Viktorovich Savitsky, biologist/politician, dies at 40
1995 - Vivian Blaine, actress (Guys & Dolls), dies of heart failure at 74
1996 - Alain Emile Louis Marie Poher, politician, dies at 87
1996 - Alain Poher, French pres of European Parliament (1966-69), dies
1996 - Anne Bolt, photo-journalist/trade unionist, dies at 84
1996 - Faron Young, country singer, commits suicide at 64
1996 - Ivor Roberts-Jones, sculptor, dies at 83
1996 - Mary Douglas Nichol Leakey, archaeologist/anthropologist, dies at 83
1996 - Raphael Samuel, historian, dies at 32
1996 - Patty Donahue, American singer (The Waitresses) (b. 1956)
1997 - Tamara Geva, dancer, dies at 91
1998 - Shaughnessy Cohen, Canadian politician (b. 1948)
Boxing Champ Archie Moore (1998) 1998 - Archie Moore, American boxer, dies at 81
2001 - Michael Carver, British soldier (b. 1915)
2002 - Mary Hansen, Australian guitarist and singer (Stereolab) (b. 1966)
2002 - Ian Hornak, American Painter, Draughtsman and Sculptor (b. 1944)
2002 - Stan Rice, American painter, educator, and poet (b. 1942)
2003 - Paul Simon, U.S. Senator from Illinois (b. 1928)
2003 - Norm Sloan, American basketball coach (b. 1926)
2004 - David Brudnoy, American radio personality (b. 1940)
2004 - Lea De Mae, Czech actress (b. 1976)
2005 - György Sándor, Hungarian pianist (b. 1912)
2005 - Robert Sheckley, American author (b. 1928)
2007 - Thore Skogman, Swedish entertainer (b. 1931)
2008 - Ibrahim Dossey, Ghanaian football player (b. 1972)
2008 - Yuri Glazkov, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1939)
2010 - Dov Shilansky, Israeli politician (b. 1924)
2010 - James Moody, American jazz musician (b. 1925)
2010 - John du Pont, American member of the Du Pont family and convicted murderer (b. 1938)
2012 - Sir Patrick Moore, English amateur astronomer and author, dies from an infection at 89
2012 - Jenni Rivera, American singer-songwriter, dies in a plane crash at 43
2012 - Norman Joseph Woodland, American inventor, dies at 91