Died on This Day (08-Dec)

Person		Description	Age	Anniversary
Caroll Spinney	Caroll Edwin Spinney was an American puppeteer, cartoonist, author, artist and speaker, most famous for playing Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on Sesame Street from its inception in 1969 until 2018.	American puppeteer	85	1
John Glenn	John Herschel Glenn Jr. was a United States Marine Corps aviator, engineer, astronaut, businessman and politician.	American aviator, engineer, astronaut	95	4
Don Mitchell	Don Michael Mitchell was an American actor, best known for appearing with Raymond Burr in the NBC television series Ironside .	American actor	70	7
Murray Armstrong	Murray Alexander Armstrong was a Canadian professional ice hockey centre and National Collegiate Athletic Association ice hockey Head Coach.	Canadian ice hockey player	94	10
Darrell Abbott	Darrell Lance Abbott , best known by his stage name Dimebag Darrell, was an American musician.	Dimebag Darrell	38	16
Julian C. Dixon	Julian Carey Dixon was an American politician from the state of California serving from 1979 until his death from a heart attack in Los Angeles, California in 2000.	American politician	66	20
Bill Wambsganss	William Adolf Wambsganss was a second baseman in Major League Baseball.	American baseball player	91	35
Thor Bjørklund	Thor Bjørklund was a Norwegian inventor and businessman.	Norwegian inventor and businessman	86	45
Hermann Weyl	Hermann Klaus Hugo Weyl, was a German mathematician, theoretical physicist and philosopher.	German mathematician	70	65
George Augustus Henry Sala	George Augustus Henry Fairfield Sala was an author and journalist who wrote extensively for the Illustrated London News as G.	British journalist	67	125

Person		Description	Age	Anniversary
David Weatherall	Sir David John Weatherall, was a British physician and researcher in molecular genetics, haematology, pathology and clinical medicine.	British geneticist	85	2
Douglas Tompkins	Douglas Rainsford Tompkins was an American businessman, conservationist, outdoorsman, philanthropist, filmmaker, and agriculturalist.	American conservationist	72	5
Ambrose Madtha	Ambrose Madtha was the Roman Catholic archbishop and the Nuncio to Ivory Coast.	Roman Catholic archbishop	57	8
Georgiy Zhzhonov	Georgiy Stepanovich Zhzhonov , was a Soviet actor and writer.	Russian actor/writer	90	15
Maurice Gross	Maurice Gross was a French linguist and scholar of Romance languages.	French linguist	67	19
Tadeusz Kantor	Tadeusz Kantor was a Polish painter, assemblage and Happenings artist, set designer and theatre director.	Polish artist	75	30
John Lennon	John Winston Ono Lennon was an English singer, songwriter, musician and peace activist who achieved worldwide fame as the founder, co-songwriter, co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the Beatles.	Beetles Musician	40	40
Christopher Kelk Ingold	Sir Christopher Kelk Ingold was a British chemist based in Leeds and London.	British chemist	77	50
Alexander Siloti	Alexander Ilyich Siloti was a Russian pianist, conductor and composer.	Composer and pianist	82	75
Louis Philogène Brûlart	Louis Philogène Brulart, Comte de Sillery and Marquis de Puysieux was a French diplomat and nobleman who served as Foreign Minister from 1747 to 1751 but was forced to retire due to ill-health.	French politician	68	250

Anniversary Date: 08-Dec

Died on This Day (08-Dec)