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December 12, 2000 George Montgomery, sculptor/actor, dies at 84 December 12, 1999 Joseph Heller, writer, Catch-22, dies at 76 December 12, 1998 Lord Lew Grade, producer, The Muppet Show, dies at 91 December 12, 1996 Gerald Ian Lacey, architect/town planner, dies at 70 December 12, 1996 Jack Perry, businessman, dies at 81 December 12, 1996 Jean-Pierre Guerlain, cosmetics pioneer, dies at 91 December 12, 1996 Michael Geoffrey Corcos, medical researcher, dies at 77 December 12, 1996 Vance Oakley Packard, writer (Hidden Perseuders), dies at 82 December 12, 1995 Andrew Olle, broadcaster, dies at 48 December 12, 1995 David Lincoln Lightbown, politician, dies at 63 December 12, 1995 David Saul Marshall, diplomat lawyer/politician, dies at 97 December 12, 1995 James Altgens, John F. Kennedy assassination photographer, dies at 76 December 12, 1995 Lindsay Oliver John Boynton, furniture historian, dies December 12, 1995 Mary Bruce, dance Teacher, dies at 95 December 12, 1995 Mohyedin Alempour, tajik artist/journalist, dies at 50 December 12, 1994 Antoine Pinay, French PM (1952)/foreign minister, dies at 102 December 12, 1994 Donna J. Stone, poet, dies of heart failure at 61 December 12, 1994 Herman H Felderhof, radio-announcer/head (NRU/NOS Radio), dies at 83 December 12, 1994 John Edward Caulwell Hearne, writer, dies at 68 December 12, 1994 Stuart Allen Roosa, astronaut (Apollo 14), dies of pancreatitis at 46 December 12, 1993 Gerard "Ge" Nabrink, Dutch anarchist/NVSH-founder, dies at 90 December 12, 1993 Jeremiah Sullivan, actor (Soldier, Double-Stop), dies of AIDS at 58 December 12, 1993 Jozsef Antall, historian/premier of Hungary (1990-93), dies at 61 December 12, 1992 Bernard CJ Lievegoed, Dutch anthroposopher (Free College), dies at 87 December 12, 1991 Eleanor Boardman, actor (Crowd), dies in at 93 December 12, 1991 Ken Keltner, U.S. baseball player (Cleveland Indians), dies at 75 December 12, 1991 Lex Karsemeijer, Dutch tenor/choral dir (Sweet 16, Pro Musica), dies December 12, 1988 John Canning, New York Post managing editor, dies at 56 December 12, 1987 Louis de Meester, composer, dies at 83 December 12, 1985 Anne Baxter, actress (Myra-Marcus Welby, Victoria-Hotel), dies at 62 December 12, 1985 Ian Stewart, keyboardist/road mgr (Rolling Stones), dies at 47 December 12, 1978 Clifton Chenier, U.S. accordionist (Bayou Blues), dies at 53 December 12, 1978 Fay Compton, actress (Othello), dies at 74 December 12, 1977 Clementine O Spencer-Churchill (Hozier), British barones, dies at 92 December 12, 1976 Jack Cassidy, actor (Oscar/Jetman-He and She), dies at 49 December 12, 1971 David Sarnoff, U.S. TV pioneer (RCA), dies at 80 December 12, 1971 Frank Wolff, actor (Erotic Illusion, Last Gun), suicide at 43 December 12, 1971 Jack Barnhill, Northern Ireland senator, assassinated December 12, 1971 John A Emmens, art historian/poet (Dog of Pavlov), dies at 47 December 12, 1970 Louis Zimmer, Flem clock maker (Jubelklok, Wonder Clock), dies at 82 December 12, 1968 Tallulah Bankhead, actress (All Star Revue), dies of pneumonia at 65 December 12, 1965 Johnny Lee, actor (Calhoun-Amos 'n' Andy), dies at 67 December 12, 1962 Sid Saylor, actor (Wally-Waterfront), dies at 67 December 12, 1961 Daiun Sogaku Harada, Zen founder of Sanbo Kyodan lineage, dies at 91 December 12, 1959 Russell Simpson, actor (Abraham Lincoln), dies at 79 December 12, 1957 Robert Frank Kurka, composer, dies at 35 December 12, 1956 Lorenzo Perosi, composer, dies at 83 December 12, 1947 Julio A Peixoto, Brazilian writer (Fruta do Mato), dies at 70 December 12, 1946 Johannes L "Jan" Walch, Dutch literary (Abelard and Heloise), dies at 67 December 12, 1939 Douglas Fairbanks, actor (Zorro, 3 Musketeers, Robin Hood), dies at 56 December 12, 1937 Alfred Abel, actor (Dr. Mabuse, Metropolis), dies at 57 December 12, 1933 Theodore Moses Tobani, composer, dies at 78 December 12, 1932 Egon Richter, writer, dies December 12, 1927 Heinrich Reitsch, composer, dies at 67 December 12, 1926 Jean Richepin, French poet and writer (Contes sans morale), dies at 77 December 12, 1923 Raymond Radiguet, French journalist and writer (Ball du Comte), dies at 20 December 12, 1921 Henrietta Leavitt, cepheid period-luminosity relation discover, dies December 12, 1920 Olive Schreiner, South Afr writer (Healing Imagination), dies at 75 December 12, 1920 Paul Lacome, composer, dies at 82 December 12, 1912 Luitpold von Bayern, prince-regent of Bayern, dies at 91 December 12, 1889 Robert Browning, English poet (Ring and Book), dies at 77 December 12, 1880 Michel Chasles, French mathematician (geometry), dies at 83 December 12, 1877 Jose M de Alencar, Brazilian writer/minister of Justice, dies at 48 December 12, 1872 Willem A Schimmelpenninck van der Oye, Dutch politician, dies at 72 December 12, 1843 Willem I Frederik, King of Netherlands (1814-40), dies at 71 December 12, 1836 Giuseppe Farinelli, composer, dies at 67 December 12, 1812 John Malchair, composer, dies at 82 December 12, 1788 Joseph Gibbs, composer, dies at 88 December 12, 1777 Albrecht von Haller, Swiss physician/biologist/author, dies at 69 December 12, 1772 Johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer, dies at 41 December 12, 1677 Jacob Binckes/Benckes, Dutch Admiral (Chatham), dies in battle December 12, 1600 John Craig, Scottish church reformer/James VI's court vicar, dies December 12, 1263 Hakon IV, Gamli, King of Norway (1217-63), dies December 12, 1204 Maimonides, [Moses Ben Maimon], Span/Egyptian rabbi, dies at 69 December 12, 1112 Tancred, monarch of Galilea/Edessa/Antioch, dies December 12, 884 Carloman, co-king of France (879, 882-884), dies |