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December 2, 2000 Gail Fisher, actress, Mannix, dies at 65 December 2, 1999 Joey Adams, American Comedian December 2, 1996 Penelope Jessel, politcal activist, dies at 76 December 2, 1995 Francis Joseph Quinn, academic, dies at 90 December 2, 1995 Roxie Roker, actress (Helen Willis-Jeffersons), dies at 66 December 2, 1995 Stanley Devon, photographer, dies at 88 December 2, 1995 [William] Robertson Davies, novelist essayist/dramatist, dies December 2, 1995 Robertson Davies, Canadian Novelist December 2, 1994 Donald John Urquhart, librarian, dies at 85 December 2, 1994 James Norman Dalrymple Anderson, lawyer, dies at 86 December 2, 1993 Pablo Escobar Gaviria, Colombian drug baron, shot to death at 44 December 2, 1992 Gary Mascaro, choreographer, dies at 43 December 2, 1992 Loek Elfferich, Dutch journalist/historian (Treason in Rotterdam), die December 2, 1990 Aaron Copeland, composer (Fanfare for Common Man), dies at 90 December 2, 1990 Robert Cummings, actor (Love that Bob), dies of kidney failure at 82 December 2, 1986 Desi Arnaz, actor (Ricky Ricardo-I Love Lucy), dies at 69 of cancer December 2, 1986 Lee Dorsey, R&B singer, dies at 59 December 2, 1985 Philip Larkin, [hermit of Hull], English poet, dies at 63 December 2, 1983 Fifi D'Orsay, "French Bombshell" (Dixie Jamboree), dies cancer at 79 December 2, 1982 David Blue, rocker, dies while jogging in Greenwich Village at 41 December 2, 1982 Marty Feldman, comedian (Young Frankenstein), dies at 49 December 2, 1981 Hershy Kay, composer, dies at 62 December 2, 1981 Nicolaas "Cola" Debrot, Governor of Dutch Antilles (1962-70), dies at 79 December 2, 1981 Wallace K[irkman] Harrison, U.S. architect (UN), dies at 86 December 2, 1980 Romain Gary, Russian Novelist December 2, 1979 Vasily Pavlovich Solov'yov-Sedoy, composer, dies at 72 December 2, 1976 Danny Murtaugh, baseball manager (Pittsburgh Pirates), dies at 59 December 2, 1976 William Tannen, actor (Jailhouse Rock, Sitting Bull), dies at 65 December 2, 1974 Sofie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatte, composer, dies at 72 December 2, 1972 Friedrich Christian Christiansen, German Luftwaffe general, dies December 2, 1972 Jose Limon, Mexican/US dancer (moor's pavane), dies at 64 December 2, 1970 Dora Paulen, German/Dutch cabaretiere, dies at about 72 December 2, 1969 Kliment J Voroshilov, president U.S.S.R. (1953-60), dies December 2, 1967 Francis J "Cardinal" Spellman, archbishop of NY, dies at 78 December 2, 1966 Luitzen [Bertus] Brouwers, Dutch mathematician, dies at 85 December 2, 1964 Roger Bissiere, French painter, dies at 76 December 2, 1963 Sabu Sabu, actor (Jungle Book, Drums), dies of heart attack at 39 December 2, 1957 Harrison Ford, silent screen actor (Rubber Tires), dies at 73 December 2, 1953 Francis Picabia, French painter/illustrator, dies at 75 December 2, 1950 Dino Lipatti, composer, dies at 33 December 2, 1944 Filippo T Marinetti, Italian writer (father of futurism), dies at 67 December 2, 1944 JW Ummels, Dutch resistance fighter (House of Saxon-Nazi), dies December 2, 1943 Nordahl Grieg, writer, dies December 2, 1935 Albert Kessel, 1st to die in California gas chamber December 2, 1933 Josef Gruber, composer, dies at 78 December 2, 1931 Paul-Marie-Theodore-Vincent D'indy, French count/composer, dies at 80 December 2, 1925 Julio Garreta, composer, dies at 50 December 2, 1923 Tomas Breton y Hernandez, composer, dies at 72 December 2, 1919 Henry Clay Frick, built largest coke and steel operation, dies at 69 December 2, 1918 Margit Kaffka, writer, dies at 38 December 2, 1918 Edmond Rostand, French Poet December 2, 1916 Francesco Paolo Tosti, composer, dies at 69 December 2, 1915 Jan Malat, composer, dies at 72 December 2, 1903 Victor Roger, composer, dies at 50 December 2, 1888 Franz Xaver Witt, composer, dies at 54 December 2, 1888 Mehmed N Kemal Bey, Turkish writer/journalist (Vatan), dies at 47 December 2, 1880 Josephine Lang, composer, dies at 65 December 2, 1864 Archibald Gracie Jr, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 31 December 2, 1859 John Brown, U.S. abolitionist (Harpers Ferry), hanged at 59 December 2, 1845 Johannes Simon Mayr, composer, dies at 82 December 2, 1831 Traugott Maximilian Eberwein, composer, dies at 56 December 2, 1828 Simon Paap, Dutch 56 cm long dwarf/cabaret artist, dies at 39 December 2, 1814 Marquis de Sade, writer, dies at 74 December 2, 1774 Johann Friedrich Agricola, German (court)composer/organist, dies at 54 December 2, 1763 Carl August Thielo, composer, dies at 56 December 2, 1723 Philip, French duke of Orleans/regent (1715-23)/PM (1723), dies December 2, 1719 Pasquier Quesnel, French theologist (La Foi), dies at 85 December 2, 1592 Alexander Farnese, land guardian of Netherlands (1579-92), dies at 46 December 2, 1515 Gonzalo de Cordoba, Spanish general/strategist/viceroy of Naples, dies December 2, 1463 Albrecht VI, archduke of Habsburg, dies December 2, 537 Sylvester, Italian Pope (536-37), dies |