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December 9 Deaths in History - December 9 Birthdays - December 9 Events
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December 9, 1997 Tamara Geva, dancer, dies at 91 December 9, 1996 Alain Emile Louis Marie Poher, politician, dies at 87 December 9, 1996 Alain Poher, French President of European Parliament (1966-69), dies December 9, 1996 Anne Bolt, photo-journalist/trade unionist, dies at 84 December 9, 1996 Faron Young, country singer, commits suicide at 64 December 9, 1996 Ivor Roberts-Jones, sculptor, dies at 83 December 9, 1996 Mary Douglas Nichol Leakey, archaeologist/anthropologist, dies at 83 December 9, 1996 Raphael Samuel, historian, dies at 32 December 9, 1996 Mary Leakey, British Scientist December 9, 1995 Benny Lee, entertainer, dies at 84 December 9, 1995 Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan (aviator), dies December 9, 1995 Hugh Armstrong Clegg, industrial relations academic, dies at 75 December 9, 1995 Toni Cade Bambara, filmmaker, dies at 56 December 9, 1995 Vitali Viktorovich Savitsky, biologist/politician, dies at 40 December 9, 1995 Vivian Blaine, actress (Guys and Dolls), dies of heart failure at 74 December 9, 1994 Garnet Silk, Jamaican raggae-singer, dies at 28 December 9, 1994 Kim II Sung, President of North Korea (1945-94), dies at 82 December 9, 1994 Maureen Cox Starkey, ex-wife of Ringo, dies of Leukemia at 48 December 9, 1994 Max Bill, Swiss painter/sculptor/politician, dies at 85 December 9, 1993 Danny Blanchflower, North Ireland soccer/union coach, dies at 67 December 9, 1993 Muhammad Reza Golpayegani, ayatollah of Iran, dies December 9, 1992 Carl Barger, baseball President (Pittsburgh Pirates, Florida Marlins), dies at 62 December 9, 1992 Vincent Gardenia, actor (All in the Family, LA Law), dies at 71 December 9, 1990 Mike Mazurski, wrestler/actor (Centerfold Girls), dies at 80 December 9, 1988 Roy Orbison, rocker (Pretty Woman), dies of a heart attack at 52 December 9, 1983 David Rounds, actor (Terence-Beacon Hill), dies at 53 December 9, 1982 Fritz Usinger, German writer (Song against Death), dies at 87 December 9, 1982 Joey Forman, actor (Sid Caesar Show, Joey Bishop Show), dies at 53 December 9, 1982 Leon Jaworski, special prosecutor (Watergate), dies at 77 December 9, 1982 Paul Godwin, [Goldfein], Polish/Dutch violist, dies at 80 December 9, 1982 Roger Danneels, Flemish accordionist, dies at 55 December 9, 1981 Tonny Til, rocker, dies at 56 December 9, 1979 Fulton J. Sheen, archbishop/religious broadcaster, dies in New York City at 84 December 9, 1977 Clarice Lispector, writer, dies December 9, 1976 Nino Martini, actor (Here's to Romance), dies at 71 December 9, 1975 William A Wellman, U.S. director (Ox Bow Incident), dies at 79 December 9, 1974 Jorge Croner de Vasconcelos, composer, dies at 64 December 9, 1971 Ralph J Bunche, United Nations delegate/Nobel Prize winner, dies at 67 in New York City December 9, 1971 Ralph Bunche, American Diplomat December 9, 1970 Artem Mikoyan, Russian aircraft designer (MIG), dies at 65 December 9, 1966 Yury Alexandrovich Shaporin, composer, dies at 79 December 9, 1965 Branch Rickey, American Athlete December 9, 1964 Edith L Sitwell, English poet/author (Wheels), dies at 77 December 9, 1964 Edith Sitwell, British Poet December 9, 1963 Philibert Schmitz, Belgium, historian (Order of St. Benoat), dies at 75 December 9, 1959 Kurt Klaber, writer, dies December 9, 1959 Walter Compton, news anchor (DuMont Evening News), dies at 47 December 9, 1957 Carswell Adams, sportscaster (Your Sports Special), dies December 9, 1956 Hans Barth, composer, dies at 59 December 9, 1944 Laird Cregar, actor (Charley's Aunt, Hangover Square), dies at 28 December 9, 1941 Leonard "Leo" Polak, Dutch philosopher, dies in Sachsenhausen at 61 December 9, 1940 Maletti, Italian general, dies in battle December 9, 1925 Eugene Gigout, composer, dies at 81 December 9, 1924 Bernard Zweers, Dutch composer (Gisbertus of Aemstel), dies at 70 December 9, 1916 P Paul Leroy-Beaulieu, French economist (Economist France), dies at 73 December 9, 1905 Henry Holmes, composer, dies at 66 December 9, 1893 George Elvey, composer, dies at 77 December 9, 1827 Francois Leonard Rouwyzer, composer, dies at 90 December 9, 1819 Ann C Coleman, fiancee of President Buchanan, commits suicide December 9, 1814 Jose Angel Lamas, composer, dies at 39 December 9, 1770 Gottlieb Theophil Muffat, composer, dies at 80 December 9, 1767 Benedetto Alfieri, Italian architect (San Giovanni Battista), dies December 9, 1706 Pedro II, king of Portugal (1683-1706), dies at 58 December 9, 1674 Edward Hyde 1st earl of Clarendon, English PM (1660-67), dies at 65 December 9, 1669 Clement IX, [Giulio Rospigliosi], Ital Pope (1667-69), dies December 9, 1641 Anthonie "Antoon" van Dyck, Flemish painter, dies at 42 December 9, 1636 Giovanni B Aleotti, Ital writer/theater architect, dies at about 90 December 9, 1625 Ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Frisian humanist/historian, dies at 78 December 9, 1565 Pius IV, [Gianangelo de' Medici], Italian Pope (1559-65), dies at 66 December 9, 1437 Sigismund, German Emperor/king of Hungary/Bohemia, dies at 70 December 9, 1292 Sa'di, great Persian poet (Orchard, Rose Garden), dies December 9, 1165 Malcom IV, king of Scotland (1153-65), dies at 24 |