Famous Deaths In December - 19
Saturday, 30 September 2023
1951 On this day in history barton Yarbrough, actor (Dragnet), dies at 51
1952 Harry Makepeace, cricketer (cricket & soccer intl for England), dies on December - 19.
1953 On this day in history robert A Millikan, US physicist (Nobel 1923), dies at 85
1957 John W Van Druten, US stage/screenwriter (I Remember Mama), dies at 56 on December - 19.
1959 Walter Williams, claimed to be last survivor of Civil War, dies at 117 on this day in history.
1966 On December - 19 ehm Welk, writer, dies at 82
1967 On December - 19 alfred Courtens, Belgian sculptor, dies at 78
1968 On December - 19 norman Thomas, founder (ACLU)/Socialist Party (1926-55), dies at 84
1977 On December - 19 nellie Tayloe Ross, 1st woman governor, dies at 101
1982 Jean-Jacques Grunenwald, French organist/composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.
1984 Michel Magne, composer, dies at 54 on December - 19.
1986 Death of V. C. Andrews, American author (b. 1923) on December - 19.
1989 On this day in history dorothea "Stella" Gibbons, English journalist/author, dies at 87
1990 Basil Henson, actor (Change Partners), dies of stroke at 71 on this day in history.
1991 Ernest K Gann, US adventure novelist, dies at 81 on December - 19.
1993 On December - 19 anthonius AM "Ton" Kors, writer (Time of Anton de Lange), dies at 47
1994 On this day in history noel Pointer, jazz violinist, dies at 39
1995 On this day in history dame Ruth Nita Barrow, governor-general of Barbados, dies at 79
1996 Marcello Mastroiani, actor (8½, Assassin, Family Diary), dies at 72 on December - 19.
1997 David Norman Schramm, physicist, dies at 52 on December - 19.
1998 On December - 19 death of antonio Ordóñez, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1932)
1999 On December - 19 death of desmond Llewelyn, Welsh actor (b. 1914)
2000 Death of Rob Buck, American guitarist (10,000 Maniacs) (b. 1958) on December - 19.
2001 Death of Marcel Mule, French saxophonist. (b. 1901) on December - 19.
2002 On this day in history death of arthur Rowley, English footballer. (b. 1926)
2003 Death of Peter Carter-Ruck, English lawyer (b. 1914) on December - 19.
2004 On this day in history death of herbert C. Brown, English-born American chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1912)
2005 Death of Keith Duckworth, English mechanical engineer (Cosworth; b. 1933) on this day in history.
2008 On this day in history death of james Bevel, 1960s Civil rights movement leader (b. 1936)
2009 On this day in history death of hossein-Ali Montazeri, Iranian dissident cleric Grand Ayatollah (b. 1922)
2010 Death of Trudy Pitts, American jazz organist, pianist, and vocalist (b. 1932) on December - 19.
2020 Death of Mekere Morauta, 7th Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea on December - 19.
2021 Death of Robert H. Grubbs, American Nobel chemist (b. 1942) on December - 19.
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