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December 23, 2000 Billy Barty, actor, UHF, dies at 76 December 23, 2000 Victor Borge, comedian/pianist, Victor Borge in London, dies at 91 December 23, 1997 Austin Whitaker, schoolmaster classical scholar/archivist, dies at 90 December 23, 1997 Brian Malzard Foss, psychologist, dies at 76 December 23, 1997 Donald Gunn MacRae, sociologist, dies at 76 December 23, 1997 Hrvoje Horvatic, video artist, dies at 39 December 23, 1997 Keith Bentley, international racing cyclist, dies at 72 December 23, 1997 Stanley Cortez, cinematographer (Magnificent Ambersons), dies at 92 December 23, 1996 Rina Ketty, singer, dies at 85 December 23, 1996 Ronnie Scott, musician/club-owner, dies at 69 December 23, 1995 David Land, impressario, dies at 77 December 23, 1995 Gabrielle Keiller, collector/golfer, dies at 87 December 23, 1995 Patric Reginald Lawrence Knowles, actor (Chisum, Mutiny), dies at 84 December 23, 1994 Charles Shirley, jazz arranger, dies at 74 December 23, 1994 Didier Rocher, son of French cosmetic maker Yves Rocher, dies at 41 December 23, 1994 Nora Dunfree, U.S. actress (Grass Harp), dies at 78 December 23, 1994 Sebastian Lewis Shaw, actor (High Season, Ace of Spades), dies at 89 December 23, 1993 Gertrude "Trudi" Duby Blom, actress, shot to death at about 92 December 23, 1992 Eddie Hazel, U.S. pop guitarist (Funkadelic-Knee Deep), dies at 42 December 23, 1991 Byron Q Griffith, producer/actor, dies at 73 December 23, 1989 Josef Alexander, composer, dies at 82 December 23, 1985 James Vance (20) and Raymond Belknap (18), commit suicide, sparking their families to sue rock group Judas Priest for subliminal messages December 23, 1982 Jack Webb, actor (Joe Friday-Dragnet), dies of a heart attack at 62 December 23, 1982 Norman Dinnerstein, composer, dies at 45 December 23, 1976 Frank Forest, actor (Big Broadcast of 1937, Champagne Waltz), dies December 23, 1976 Paul M Frank Forest, dies at 80 December 23, 1976 Walter Bauer, writer, dies at 72 December 23, 1975 Richard S Welch, CIA station chief in Athens, shot dead December 23, 1972 Andrej N Tupolev, Russian aircraft builder, dies at 84 December 23, 1972 Charles Atlas, [Angelo Siciliano], body builder, dies at 79 December 23, 1972 Abraham Joshua Heschel, Polish Educator December 23, 1971 Carlo Jachino, composer, dies at 84 December 23, 1970 Charlie Ruggles, actor (Ruggles, Aesop-Bullwinkle Show), dies at 84 December 23, 1969 Donald Foster, actor (Scaramouche), dies after long illness at 80 December 23, 1967 Karen Verne, actress (Ships of Fools, Underground), dies at 49 December 23, 1967 Richard Flury, composer, dies at 71 December 23, 1967 Ruth Fuller Sasaki, head of 1st Zen Institute of America, dies at 75 December 23, 1966 Hv Doderer, writer, dies at 70 December 23, 1966 Robert Keith, actor (Battle Circus, Men in War), dies at 68 December 23, 1964 Arrigo Pedrollo, composer, dies at 86 December 23, 1962 George Saiko, writer, dies at 70 December 23, 1962 Luis Alberni, actor (Topaze), dies at 76 December 23, 1959 Edward FLW Halifax, English viscount/viceroy of India, dies at 78 December 23, 1959 Lester Lonergan Jr, actor (Growing Paynes), dies at 65 December 23, 1959 Lord Irwin, ambassador to U.S. (1940-46), dies at 78 December 23, 1953 Lavrenti P Beria, soviet minister of internal security, executed December 23, 1951 Alfreds Kalnins, composer, dies at 72 December 23, 1951 Benito Lynch, Irish/Argentine writer (Palo Verde), dies at 66 December 23, 1950 Vincenzo Tommasini, composer, dies at 72 December 23, 1948 Hideki Tojo, Japan PM (1941-44) and 6 Japs, hanged for war crimes at 64 December 23, 1945 Mogens Klitgaard, Danish author (Brunkul), dies at 39 December 23, 1943 Theo[dorus J] Thijssen, Dutch writer (Kees de Jongen), dies at 64 December 23, 1939 Anthony H G Fokker, Dutch airplane builder (Spider), dies at 49 December 23, 1938 Robert Herrick, U.S. writer (Chimes), dies at 70 December 23, 1930 Johannes H Been, Brielle archivist, dies at 71 December 23, 1925 A S C Wallis, [Adele von Antal-Opzoomer], writer (Vorstengunst), dies December 23, 1915 Roland Leighton, dies at 20 December 23, 1911 Karl L Hoschna, composer, dies at 34 December 23, 1908 Eduard Wachmann, composer, dies at 72 December 23, 1908 Francois A Gevaert, Belg/Dutch composer (Diable au Moulin), dies at 68 December 23, 1891 Holger Simon Paulli, composer, dies at 81 December 23, 1812 Michel Delalande, composer, dies at 73 December 23, 1789 Charles-Michel abbe de l'Epee, (school for the deaf), dies at 77 December 23, 1696 Johann David Mayer, composer, dies at 60 December 23, 1688 Jean-Louis Lully, composer, dies at 21 December 23, 1652 John Cotton, Mass Bay Puritan preacher, dies at 68 December 23, 1619 Johan Sigismund, elector of Brandenburg/duke of Prussia, dies at 47 December 23, 1588 Hendrik de Guise, French leader of Catholic League, murdered at 37 December 23, 1569 St. Philip, metropolitan of Moscow, martyred by Ivan the Terrible December 23, 1502 Margaretha, English princess of Burgundy, dies at 57 December 23, 1236 Philippus Cancellarius, French theologist/poet (Summa Cum Laude), dies December 23, 1116 Ivo van Chartres, French canonist/bishop of Chartres/saint, dies December 23, 918 Conrad I, East Frankish/German king (911-18), dies December 23, 679 Dagobert II, king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered December 23, 558 Childebert, king of France (511-58), dies at about 62 |