Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In December - 11
Tuesday, 16 December 2025
1918 Ivan Cankar, Slavic author (Hlapec Jernej), dies at 42 on December - 11. 

1930 Friedrich von Bernhardi, German war theorist/historian, dies at 81 on this day in history. 

1933 On December - 11 emile C Wauters, Belgian painter (Van der Goes Klooster), dies at 87 

1941 Death of John Gillespie Magee, Jr., American poet and aviator (b. 1922) on this day in history. 

1945 Death of Charles Fabry, French physicist (b. 1867) on December - 11. 

1950 On this day in history death of leslie Comrie, New Zealand astronomer (b. 1893) 

1955 On this day in history franz Adolf Syberg, composer, dies at 51 

1959 On this day in history death of jim Bottomley, American baseball player (b. 1900) 

1964 On this day in history percy Kilbride, actor (Ma & Pa Kettle), dies at 76 

1967 On December - 11 howard Freeman, actor (Double Dynamite), dies after illness in NYC 

1968 Nadine Riga, dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 59 on this day in history. 

1971 Death of Maurice "Mac" McDonald, American fast-food pioneer (b. 1902) on this day in history. 

1972 John Mills, cricketer (7 Tests for NZ in early 1930's, 241 runs), dies on this day in history. 

1974 Reed Hadley, actor (Racket Squad, Public Defender), dies at 63 on December - 11. 

1975 On December - 11 death of lee Wiley, American jazz singer (b. 1908) 

1978 Death of Vincent du Vigneaud, American chemist and Nobel laureate (b. 1901) on this day in history. 

1979 Claire Carleton, NYC, actress (Alice-Cimarron City), dies at 66 on December - 11. 

1983 Szymon Laks, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history. 

1984 On this day in history george Waggner, director/writer, dies at 90 

1986 On December - 11 paul Keenan, actor (Summer Fantasy), dies at 30 

1987 On this day in history death of g. A. Kulkarni, Indian (Marathi) writer (b. 1923) 

1989 On this day in history death of louise Dahl-Wolfe, American photographer (b. 1895) 

1990 On December - 11 fernand J Collin, Belgian economist/banker, dies at 92 

1991 On this day in history artur Lundkvist, Swedish writer/Prof (Swedish Academy), dies 

1992 Michael Robbins, actor (Lunch Hour, On the Buses), dies at 62 on this day in history. 

1993 Ales Gartner, Slavic ski trainer of Norway, dies at 45 on this day in history. 

1994 Stanislaw Maczek, Polish/British general-major (WW II), dies at 102 on this day in history. 

1995 Arthur Mullard, comedian, dies at 82 on December - 11. 

1996 On this day in history herbert Sally Frankel, economist, dies at 93 

1997 On December - 11 kenneth WIlliam Gatland, aerospace scientist, dies at 73 

1998 On December - 11 death of andré Lichnerowicz, Polish-French physicist (b. 1915) 

2000 On this day in history death of shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah, Pakistani politician, diplomat and author (b. 1915) 

2003 On this day in history death of ahmadou Kourouma, Ivorian writer (b. 1927) 

2004 Death of Arthur Lydiard, New Zealand running coach (b. 1917) on December - 11. 

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