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December 10 Deaths in History - December 10 Birthdays - December 10 Events
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December 10, 2002 Ian McNaughton, director, Monty Python's Flying Circus, dies at 76 December 10, 2000 Marie Windsor, actress, dies at 80 December 10, 1999 Shirley Hemphill, actress, What's Happening!, dies at 52 December 10, 1997 Violet Carlson, stage dancer/singer, dies at 97 December 10, 1996 Faron Young, country singer and actor (Hidden Guns), commits suicide at 34 December 10, 1996 John Duffey, bluegrass musician, dies at 62 December 10, 1995 Darren Robinson, singer, dies at 28 December 10, 1995 Gillian Rose, philosopher and writer, dies at 48 December 10, 1995 John Francis Boyd, journalist, dies at 85 December 10, 1995 Mary Madge Lascelles, literary critic/poet, dies at 95 December 10, 1995 Phillip Piratin, communist, dies at 88 December 10, 1994 Garnett Silk, vocalist, dies at 28 December 10, 1994 George G F van Renesse, concert pianist/music director, dies at 85 December 10, 1994 Keith Joseph, British MP (C), dies December 10, 1994 Ruth Evelyn Mansfield, doctor, dies at 92 December 10, 1993 Maroun Bagdadi, director/writer (Little Wars, Veiled Man), dies at 42 December 10, 1992 Carlomagno Andrade, Equadorian general, dies December 10, 1991 Berenice Abbott, U.S. photographer, dies at 93 December 10, 1990 Armand Hammer, CEO (Occidental Petroleum), dies at 92 December 10, 1988 Dick Clair, comedian (Clair and McMahon, Facts of Life), dies of AIDS December 10, 1988 Richard Castellano, aqctor (Honor thy Father), dies at 55 December 10, 1987 Jascha Heifetz, Russia, violinist, dies at 86 December 10, 1986 Kate Wolf, folksinger (Back Roads), dies of leukemia at 44 December 10, 1986 Susan Cabot-Roman, actress (Sorority Girl, Carnival Rock), dies December 10, 1983 Dorothy Cummings, actress (Dancing Mothers), dies at 84 December 10, 1983 Patrick O'Moore, actor (Jungle Gents), dies at 74 December 10, 1982 Freeman "Amos" Gosden, U.S. radio actor (Amos 'n' Andy), dies at 83 December 10, 1982 Roy Webb, composer, dies at 94 December 10, 1981 John Kieran, TV host (Information Please), dies at 89 December 10, 1979 Ann Dvorak, actress (G Men, Life of Her Own, Scarface), dies at 67 December 10, 1979 Fulton J Sheen, bishop (Life is Worth Living), dies at 84 December 10, 1978 Edward D Wood Jr, director (Plan 9), dies of heart failure at 54 December 10, 1978 Miura Isshu, Zen teacher, Hakuin Rinzai line, dies at 75 December 10, 1974 Paul Richards, actor (Dr. Thompson-Breaking Point), dies at 50 December 10, 1973 Earle Foxe, actor (Dance Fools Dance), dies at 81 December 10, 1972 Mark A Van Doren, U.S. literary (Our Lady Peace), dies at 78 December 10, 1971 Jozef MLT Cals, Dutch min of Education/premier (1965-66), dies at 57 December 10, 1969 Franco Capuana, composer, dies at 75 December 10, 1969 Leigh Harline, composer, dies at 62 December 10, 1968 Karl Barth, Swiss theologist/minister (Kirchliche Dogma), dies at 82 December 10, 1968 Patsy Moran, actress (Children of the Wild), dies at 65 December 10, 1968 Thomas Merton, French/US priest/writer (7 Story Mountain), dies at 53 December 10, 1967 Brazilio da Cunha Luz Itibere, composer, dies at 71 December 10, 1967 Carl Cunningham, rocker (Bar-kays), killed in a plane crash December 10, 1967 Jimmy King, rocker (Bar-kays), dies in a plane crash December 10, 1967 Otis Redding, singer (Dock of Bay), dies in plane crash at 26 December 10, 1967 Phalin Jones, rocker (Bar-kays), dies in plane crash December 10, 1967 Ron Caldwell, rocker (Bar-kays), dies in a plane crash December 10, 1966 Boris Koutzen, composer, dies at 65 December 10, 1965 Henry (Dixon) Cowell, U.S. pianist/composer (Aeolian Harp), dies at 68 December 10, 1964 Sam Cooke, U.S., singer (Sad Moon), slain at a motel at 33 December 10, 1959 Charles Jones, cricket batsman (WI in 4 Tests 1930-35, 63 runs), dies December 10, 1959 Henri Vidal, French actor (Fabiola), dies of a heart attack at 40 December 10, 1958 Juliane Gabriels, Flemish physician, dies at 72 December 10, 1946 Damon Runyon, U.S. journalist and writer (Guys and Dolls), dies at 66 December 10, 1946 Walter Johnson, great pitcher (Washington Senators), dies at 59 December 10, 1939 Wilhelm Grosz, composer, dies at 45 December 10, 1938 Mario Pilati, composer, dies at 35 December 10, 1936 Luigi Pirandello, Italian writer (Enrico IV, Nobel 1934), dies at 69 December 10, 1935 John H Aberson, 1st rector of Landbouw high school, dies at 78 December 10, 1931 Max Elskamp, Belgian author and poet (Six Chansons), dies at 69 December 10, 1921 Viktor Jacobi, composer, dies at 38 December 10, 1911 Joseph D Hooker, British botanist, dies at 94 December 10, 1910 Pablo Hernandez Salces, composer, dies at 76 December 10, 1909 Red Cloud, Sioux indian chief, dies December 10, 1896 Alfred Nobel, Swedish Nobel Prize ceremony on this date, dies at 63 December 10, 1890 Ludolf AJW Sloet van de Beele, Governor-General (Net India 1861-66), dies at 84 December 10, 1889 Anzengruber, writer, dies December 10, 1889 Ludwig Anzengruber, Austrian playwright, dies at 50 December 10, 1888 Mariano Obiols, composer, dies at 79 December 10, 1877 Federico Ricci, composer, dies at 68 December 10, 1877 Jared Kirtland, U.S. physician/naturalist, dies December 10, 1875 Otogaki Rengetsu, zen nun/benefactress of Tessai, dies at about 84 December 10, 1833 Dieudonne-Pascal Pieltain, composer, dies at 79 December 10, 1830 Simon Bolivar, South American freedom fighter/"dictator", dies December 10, 1826 Benedikt Emanuel Schack, composer, dies at 68 December 10, 1805 Friedrich Franz Hurka, composer, dies at 43 December 10, 1770 Theophil "Gottlieb" Muffat, German court organist/composer, dies at 80 December 10, 1749 Gabrielle Chatelet, [La belle Emilie], writer (Voltaire), dies at 42 December 10, 1665 Tarquinio Mercula, composer, dies December 10, 1638 Ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic, Dalmatian writer (Osman), dies at 49 December 10, 1616 Diogo do Couto, Portuguese historian/archivist of Goa, dies at 74 December 10, 1603 William Gilbert, Queen Elizabeth's physician, dies at 59 December 10, 1595 Reynier Cant, mayor of Amsterdam, dies at about 59 December 10, 1572 Cornelis Musius, Dutch humanist/poet, murdered at 72 December 10, 1524 Henry van Zutphen, Dutch Augustine/Luthern minister, burned to death December 10, 1490 Antoine Haneron, Bourgundy diplomat, dies at about 90 December 10, 1198 Averroes ibn-Rusjd, Moorish philosopher, dies December 10, 1041 Michael IV, Paphlagonicus, emperor of Byzantine, dies December 10, 969 Nicephorus II Phocas, Byzantine co-Emperor (963-69), murdered |