Died on This Day (20-Dec)
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Junior Johnson | Robert Glenn Johnson Jr. , better known as Junior Johnson, was an American NASCAR driver of the 1950s and 1960s. | American NASCAR driver | 88 | 1 |
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Patrick Jenkin | Charles Patrick Fleeming Jenkin, Baron Jenkin of Roding, PC was a British Conservative Party politician who served as a cabinet minister in Margaret Thatcher's first government. | British Conservative politician | 90 | 4 |
| Barbara Farnsworth Heslop | Barbara Farnsworth Heslop CBE FRSNZ was a New Zealand immunologist specialising in transplantation immunology and immunogenetics. | Immunologist | 88 | 7 | |
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Hana Andronikova | Hana Andronikova was a Czech writer. Andronikova was born in Zlín. | Czech writer | 44 | 9 |
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Raoul Bott | Raoul Bott was a Hungarian-American mathematician known for numerous basic contributions to geometry in its broad sense. | Hungarian-born mathematician | 82 | 15 |
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Grigore Grigoriu | Grigore Grigoriu was an actor from the Republic of Moldova, known especially for interpreting the role of horse thief Luiku Zobar from the movie "Gypsies Are Found Near Heaven" . | Actor from the Republic of Moldova | 62 | 17 |
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Foster Brooks | Foster Brooks was an American actor and comedian best known for his portrayal of a lovable drunk in nightclub performances and television programs. | American actor and comedian | 89 | 19 |
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Karl Rolvaag | Karl Fritjof Rolvaag was an American diplomat and politician who served as the 31st Governor of Minnesota from March 25, 1963, to January 2, 1967, as a member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party. | American diplomat | 77 | 30 |
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Alpo K. Marttinen | Alpo Kullervo Marttinen was a Finnish-American colonel. | Finnish and American army officer | 67 | 45 |
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Charles Eady | Charles John Eady was an Australian sportsman, lawyer and politician. | Australian cricketer | 75 | 75 |
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Bernard Francis Law | Bernard Francis Law was an American cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, known largely for covering up the serial rape of children by Catholic priests. | American cardinal | 86 | 3 |
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Seriki Audu | Seriki "Sarki" Audu was a Nigerian footballer. He played for Gombe United and Lobi Stars in the Nigeria Premier League. | Nigerian footballer | 23 | 6 |
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Jimmy McCracklin | James David Walker Jr. , better known by his stage name Jimmy McCracklin, was an American pianist, vocalist, and songwriter. | American pianist, vocalist, and songwriter | 91 | 8 |
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Steve Landesberg | Stephen Landesberg was an American actor and comedian known for his role as the erudite, unflappable police detective Arthur P. | Actor/comedian | 74 | 10 |
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Son Seals | Frank "Son" Seals was an American electric blues guitarist and singer. | American electric blues guitarist and singer | 62 | 16 |
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Grote Reber | Grote Reber was an American pioneer of radio astronomy, which combined his interests in amateur radio and amateur astronomy. | American astronomer | 90 | 18 |
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Madge Sinclair | Madge Dorita Sinclair CD was a Jamaican actress best known for her roles in Cornbread, Earl and Me , Convoy , Coming to America , Trapper John, M. | Jamaican-born American actress | 57 | 25 |
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Mike Knode | Kenneth Thomson "Mike" Knode was an American football and baseball player. | American baseball player | 85 | 40 |
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Arnold Heeney | Arnold Danford Patrick Heeney, PC CC was a Canadian lawyer, diplomat and civil servant. | Canadian diplomat | 68 | 50 |
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Nils Johan Ekdahl | Nils Johan Ekdahl was a Swedish theologian, political writer and cultural historian. | Swedish theologian, political writer | 71 | 150 |