Died on This Day (28-Dec)
Person | Person | Description | Age | Anniv | |
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Carley Ann McCord | Carley Ann McCord was an American sports reporter. | American sports reporter | 30 | 1 | |
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Sue Grafton | Sue Taylor Grafton was an American author of detective novels. | American author of detective novels | 77 | 3 |
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Lemmy | Ian Fraser Kilmister , better known as Lemmy, was an English musician who was the founder, lead singer, bassist, primary songwriter, and only continuous member of the rock band Motörhead. | English musician, singer and songwriter | 70 | 5 |
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Halton Arp | Halton Christian "Chip" Arp was an American astronomer. | American astronomer | 86 | 7 |
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Kaye Stevens | Kaye Stevens was an American singer and actress. Her big break in show business came at the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas, when the headliner for the night, Debbie Reynolds, became ill and Stevens filled in for the night. | Actress and singer | 79 | 9 |
Patrick Cranshaw | Joseph Patrick Cranshaw was an American character actor known for his distinctive look and deadpan humor. | American film and television actor | 86 | 15 | |
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Benjamin Thurman Hacker | Rear Admiral Benjamin Thurman Hacker was a U.S. Navy officer, who became the first Naval Flight Officer to achieve Flag rank. | United States Navy admiral | 68 | 17 |
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Benny Morton | Benny Morton was an American jazz trombonist, most associated with the swing genre. | American musician | 78 | 35 |
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L. Mendel Rivers | Lucius Mendel Rivers was a Democratic U.S. Representative from South Carolina, representing the Charleston-based 1st congressional district for nearly 30 years. | American politician | 65 | 50 |
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Dwight Watson | Dwight Grant Watson was an American football player and coach. | American football player and coach | 47 | 100 |
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June Whitfield | Dame June Rosemary Whitfield was an English radio, television and film actress. | English radio, television and film actress | 93 | 2 |
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Debbie Reynolds | Mary Frances "Debbie" Reynolds was an American actress, singer, and businesswoman. | American actress, singer, businesswoman | 84 | 4 |
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Leelah Alcorn | Leelah Alcorn was an American transgender girl whose suicide attracted international attention; she had posted a suicide note to her Tumblr blog about societal standards affecting transgender people and expressing the hope that her death would create a dialogue about discrimination, abuse, and lack of support for transgender people. | American transgender girl | 17 | 6 |
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Emmanuel Scheffer | Emmanuel Scheffer was an Israeli football player and coach who was born in Germany. | Footballer, coach | 88 | 8 |
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Avi Cohen | Avraham "Avi" Cohen was an Israeli footballer who played as a defender, and a manager. | Israeli football player-manager | 54 | 10 |
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Jerry Orbach | Jerome Bernard Orbach was an American actor and singer, described at the time of his death as "one of the last bona fide leading men of the Broadway musical and global celebrity on television" and a "versatile stage and film actor". | Actor/singer | 69 | 16 |
Kiel Martin | Kiel Urban Mueller , known professionally as Kiel Martin, was an American actor best known for his role as Detective John "J. | American actor | 46 | 30 | |
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Amir Elahi | Amir Elahi was one of the fifteen cricketers who have played Test cricket for more than one country. | Cricketer | 72 | 40 |
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Theodore Dreiser | Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser was an American novelist and journalist of the naturalist school. | Novelist, journalist | 74 | 75 |
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Philip Hardwick | Philip Hardwick was an English architect, particularly associated with railway stations and warehouses in London and elsewhere. | British architect | 78 | 150 |