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December 27 Deaths in History - December 27 Birthdays - December 27 Events
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December 27, 2003 Alan Bates, actor, King of Hearts, dies at 69 December 27, 2001 Millicent Carey McIntosh, American Educator December 27, 1999 Dick Peabody, actor, Combat, dies at 74 December 27, 1999 Leonard Goldenson, TV executive, dies at 94 December 27, 1997 Brendan Gill, journalist, dies at 83 December 27, 1997 Dorothy Stroud, garden historian, dies at 87 December 27, 1997 Ewart G. Abner, Jr., president (Motown Records), dies at 74 December 27, 1997 Tom Hudson, artist/teacher, dies at 75 December 27, 1995 Jeremy John Beadle, writer/broadcaster, dies at 39 December 27, 1995 Peter Refn, Danish journalist/director (Violets are Blue), dies at 54 December 27, 1995 Shura Cherkassky, pianist, dies at 86 December 27, 1994 Hans Berghuis, author and poet (Kleitabletten), dies at 70 December 27, 1994 Karl AF Schiller, West German economist/SPD-minister, dies at 83 December 27, 1994 Peter Barker Howard May, cricket (4537 runs-Eng 1951-61), dies at 64 December 27, 1994 Sadi de Gorter, Dutch author/diplomat (Abscess), dies at 82 December 27, 1993 Blandine Ebinger, [Loeser], actress (Madchen in Uniform), dies at 94 December 27, 1993 Youssef Sebti, Algerian scholar/poet, murdered at 50 December 27, 1992 Cardew "the Cad" [Douglas] Robinson, Engl comedian (Alfie), dies at 75 December 27, 1992 Jan Peeters, Dutch watercolorist/monument artist, dies December 27, 1991 Edward M Love, choreographer/dancer, dies of AIDS at 43 December 27, 1991 John Morgan Evans, actor, dies after lengthy illness at 49 December 27, 1991 W Hudson, U.S. "strongest man to the world" (540 kg), dies December 27, 1988 Fox Harris, actor (Alienator, Warlords, Sid and Nancy), dies December 27, 1988 Hall Ashby, U.S. director (Shampoo, 8 Million Ways to Die), dies at 59 December 27, 1987 Priscilla Dean, actress (Outside the Law), dies of injuries at 91 December 27, 1987 Rewi Alley, NZ author, pro Chinese communist, dies at 90 in Beijing December 27, 1986 Cliff Burton, bass player (Metallica), dies in a bus crash at 24 December 27, 1986 Lars-Eric Vilner Larsson, composer, dies at 78 December 27, 1985 Dian Fossey, U.S. naturalist (Gorillas in Mist), found dead in Rwanda December 27, 1983 Walter Scott, rocker, dies December 27, 1982 John Leonard Swigert Jr, astronaut (Apollo 13), dies of cancer at 51 December 27, 1981 Hoagy Carmichael, U.S. actor/songwriter (Stardust), dies at 82 December 27, 1979 Hafizullah Amin, president of Afghanistan (1979), murdered December 27, 1978 Bob de Lange, Dutch actor and director (Daniel), dies at 62 December 27, 1978 Chris Bell, rock guitarist (Big Star), dies at 27 in car crash December 27, 1978 Houari Boumediene, Algerian Pres, dies after 40 days in a coma at 53 December 27, 1974 Amy Vanderbilt, U.S. author (Complete book of etiquette), dies at 66 December 27, 1974 Raymond Glenn, actor (Raisin in the Sun, Carmen Jones), dies at 76 December 27, 1972 Lester B Pearson (L), 14th Canadian PM (Nobel 1957), dies at 75 December 27, 1959 Alfonso Reyes, Mexican poet, historian and diplomat, dies at 70 December 27, 1957 Alan Bridge, actor (Hail the Conquering Hero), dies at 66 December 27, 1952 Henri G Winkelman, Dutch supreme commander army/navy 1940, dies at 76 December 27, 1950 Max Beckmann, German painter/graphic artist, dies at 66 December 27, 1944 Amy Marcy Cheney Beach, composer, dies at 77 December 27, 1938 Emile Vandervelde, Belgian Secretary of State (BWP), dies at 72 December 27, 1938 O Mandelstam, writer, dies December 27, 1936 Hans von Seeckt, German Gen/advisor of Chiang Kai-shek, dies at 70 December 27, 1931 Peter Christian Lutkin, composer, dies at 73 December 27, 1931 Walter Courvoisier, composer, dies at 56 December 27, 1930 William Courtleigh, actor (Madame X, Eyes of Youth), dies at 63 December 27, 1925 Louis Dosfel, Flemish lawyer/literary (Assault!), dies at 44 December 27, 1925 Sergei Yesenin, Russian Poet December 27, 1924 William Archer, Scottish critic/playwright (Green Goddess), dies at 68 December 27, 1919 Achilles Alferaki, composer, dies at 73 December 27, 1919 Theodoor H de Meester, Dutch lib premier (1905-08), dies at 68 December 27, 1916 Nikolay Feopemptovich Solov'yov, composer, dies at 70 December 27, 1900 William G Armstrong, of Cragside, British const (hydr crane), dies at 90 December 27, 1880 Alessandro Nini, composer, dies at 75 December 27, 1877 Nikolai A Nekrasov, Russian poet (Metshty into Zvuki), dies at 56 December 27, 1858 Alexandre Pierre Francois Boely, composer, dies at 73 December 27, 1836 Stephen Fuller Austin, founder of state of Texas, dies at 43 December 27, 1805 Belle van Zuylen, Neth/Swiss writer (Trois Femmes), dies at 65 December 27, 1641 Francois van d'Aerssen, ruler of Sommelsdijk/diplomat, dies at 69 December 27, 1631 John Pijnas, Dutch painter, buried at about 47 December 27, 1603 Thomas Cartwright, English Presbyterian publicist, dies at about 68 December 27, 1595 Pietro Pontio, composer, dies at 63 December 27, 1590 Emmanuel-Philibert of Lalaing, marquis of Renty, dies at 33 December 27, 1065 Ferdinand I, the Great, king of Castilie, dies December 27, 975 Balderik, bishop of Utrecht (918-75), dies December 27, 418 Zosimus, Greek Pope (417-8), dies |