Famous Deaths In December - 05

1928  Johannes F "Johan" Bakker Sr, actor/husband of Truus Soete, dies at 61 on December - 05.   

1931  On December - 05 death of vachel Lindsay, American poet (b. 1879)   

1935  On December - 05 frans, [MJ Francois] Erens, literary (Years Gone By), dies at 78   

1938  On this day in history christina "Dina" Koudijs-van Appeldoorn, pianist/composer, dies at 54   

1940  On this day in history jan Kubelik, composer, dies at 60   

1942  Death of Buck Jones, Hollywood's last cowboy hero actor (Headin' East), buried on December - 05.   

1950  On this day in history death of shri Aurobindo, Indian guru (b. 1872)   

1951  "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, of baseball's black sox scandal, dies on this day in history.   

1953  Death of Jorge Negrete, Mexican singer and actor (b. 1911) on this day in history.   

1955  Paul Harvey, actor (Calamity Jane, Heldorado, Jamboree), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1958  Ferdinand Bruckner, writer, dies at 67 on December - 05.   

1959  K S Duleepsinhji, cricketer (12 Tests for England, 995 runs), dies on this day in history.   

1963  Herbert H Lehman, (Gov-D-NY), dies on December - 05.   

1964  Remy Angenot, Flemish actor (Tailor Wibbel), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1965  On December - 05 death of joseph Erlanger, American physiologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1874)   

1966  On this day in history sylveer Maes, Belgian bicylist, dies at 57   

1968  Fred Clark, actor (Zotz, Auntie Mame), dies of liver ailment at 54 on this day in history.   

1971  Hugh Wakefield, actress (Blithe Spirit), dies on December - 05.   

1974  Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, tennis player (US Open 1909-11), dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1975  On this day in history jimmy Nervo, actor (Frozen Limits), dies   

1977  Death of Aleksandr Vasilevsky, Soviet military commander (b. 1895) on this day in history.   

1980  On December - 05 don Taylor, cricketer (3 Tests for NZ 1947-56, 159 runs), dies   

1983  On this day in history robert Aldrich, dir/producer (Last Sunset), dies at 65   

1984  On December - 05 death of adam Malik, Third Vice President of Indonesia (b. 1917)   

1986  Carmol Taylor, country songwriter, dies at 53 of cancer on this day in history.   

1987  "Fat" Larry James, US drummer (Fat Larry's Band-Zoom), dies at 38 on this day in history.   

1989  John M Pritchard, British conductor, dies at 68 on December - 05.   

1990  On this day in history steven Shaw, dies at 25   

1991  Aad Mansfield, soccer player/trainer (ADO/Feyenoord/FC Utrecht), dies on this day in history.   

1992  Hilary Tindall, dies of cancer at 54 on December - 05.   

1993  Alexandre Trauber, Hungarian/French set designer (Harem), dies at 87 on December - 05.   

1994  On December - 05 harry Horner, Czech/US set designer/director (Our Town), dies at 84   

1995  On December - 05 robert Charles Evans, mountaineer/doctor, dies at 77   

1996  On December - 05 peter Hall, folklorist/musician, dies at 60   

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1377  On this day in history birth of jianwen Emperor of China (d. 1402)   

1443  On this day in history birth of pope Julius II (d. 1513)   

1495  On this day in history birth of nicolas Cleynaerts, Flemish grammarian (d. 1542)   

1537  Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Japanese shogun (d. 1597) was born on December - 05.   

1539  On this day in history birth of fausto Paolo Sozzini, Italian theologian (d. 1604)   

1545  Janus Dousa, [Johan van de Does], Dutch politician/poet was born on December - 05.   

1547  On this day in history birth of ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Dutch-Frisian humanist/historian   

1661  Robert Haley, earl of Oxford/English premier (Whig, 1710-14) was born on this day in history.