Died on This Day (07-Dec)
Person | Person | Description | Age | Anniv | |
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Reinhard Bonnke | Reinhard Bonnke was a German-American Pentecostal evangelist, principally known for his gospel missions throughout Africa. | German-American Pentecostal evangelist | 79 | 1 | |
Sunny Murray | James Marcellus Arthur "Sunny" Murray was an American musician, and was one of the pioneers of the free jazz style of drumming. | Jazz drummer | 81 | 3 | |
Shirley Stelfox | Shirley Rosemary Stelfox was an English actress, known for her portrayal of the character Edna Birch, a moralising busybody in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale, and as Rose, the vampy sister of the snobby and overbearing Hyacinth Bucket in the first season of the comedy series Keeping Up Appearances. | English television actress | 74 | 5 | |
Ralph Parr | Colonel Ralph Sherman Parr, Jr. was an American double-flying ace of the Korean War. | American flying ace | 88 | 8 | |
Elizabeth Edwards | Mary Elizabeth Anania Edwards was an American attorney, author, and health care activist. | Deceased wife of john edwards | 61 | 10 | |
Mildred Adams Fenton | Mildred Adams Fenton trained in paleontology and geology at the University of Iowa. | American scientist | 96 | 25 | |
Robert Graves | Captain Robert von Ranke Graves was a British poet, historical novelist and critic. | British poet, historical novelist, critic | 90 | 35 | |
Thornton Wilder | Thornton Niven Wilder was an American playwright and novelist. | American writer | 78 | 45 | |
Dan Phelan | Daniel Phelan was a Major League Baseball first baseman who played for the Louisville Colonels of the American Association in 1890. | American baseball player | 81 | 75 | |
Mykhailo Verbytsky | Mykhailo Mykhailovych Verbytsky was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic priest and composer. | Ukrainian composer | 55 | 150 |
Person | Person | Description | Age | Anniv | |
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Belisario Betancur | Belisario Betancur Cuartas was a Colombian politician who served as the 26th President of Colombia from 1982 to 1986. | President of Colombia | 95 | 2 | |
Paul Elvstrøm | Paul Bert Elvstrøm was a Danish yachtsman. He won four Olympic gold medals and twenty world titles in a range of classes including Snipe, Soling, Star, Flying Dutchman, Finn, 505, and 5. | Danish yachtsman | 88 | 4 | |
Cosculluela | José Fernando Cosculluela Suárez , known professionally as Cosculluela, is a Puerto Rican rapper, singer and songwriter. | Puerto Rican musician | 33 | 7 | |
Harry Morgan | Harry Morgan was an American actor and director whose television and film career spanned six decades. | American actor | 96 | 9 | |
Rigoberto Alpizar | Rigoberto Alpizar was a Costa Rican-born United States citizen who was fatally shot at Miami International Airport by two United States Federal Air Marshals. | Unarmed person shot by police | 44 | 15 | |
Joan Bennett | Joan Geraldine Bennett was an American stage, film, and television actress. | American stage, film, and television actress | 80 | 30 | |
Luke Urban | Louis John "Luke" Urban was an American multi-sport athlete and coach. | American football player and coach | 82 | 40 | |
Rube Goldberg | Reuben Garrett Lucius Goldberg , known best as Rube Goldberg, was an American cartoonist, sculptor, author, engineer, and inventor. | American cartoonist | 87 | 50 | |
José Sebastião de Almeida Neto | José Sebastião de Almeida Neto was a Cardinal of the Catholic Church and Patriarch of Lisbon. | Catholic cardinal | 79 | 100 | |
Denis Decrès | Denis Decrès, , was an officer of the French Navy and count, later duke of the First Empire. | French admiral and noble | 59 | 200 |