Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In December - 19

1951  Barton Yarbrough, actor (Dragnet), dies at 51 on December - 19.   

1952  Harry Makepeace, cricketer (cricket & soccer intl for England), dies on December - 19.   

1953  Robert A Millikan, US physicist (Nobel 1923), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1957  John W Van Druten, US stage/screenwriter (I Remember Mama), dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1959  On this day in history walter Williams, claimed to be last survivor of Civil War, dies at 117   

1966  Ehm Welk, writer, dies at 82 on December - 19.   

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  Nellie Tayloe Ross, 1st woman governor, dies at 101 on this day in history.   

1982  On December - 19 jean-Jacques Grunenwald, French organist/composer, dies at 71   

1984  On December - 19 michel Magne, composer, dies at 54   

1986  On December - 19 death of v. C. Andrews, American author (b. 1923)   

1989  Dorothea "Stella" Gibbons, English journalist/author, dies at 87 on December - 19.   

1990  Basil Henson, actor (Change Partners), dies of stroke at 71 on December - 19.   

1991  On December - 19 ernest K Gann, US adventure novelist, dies at 81   

1993  On this day in history anthonius AM "Ton" Kors, writer (Time of Anton de Lange), dies at 47   

1994  On December - 19 noel Pointer, jazz violinist, dies at 39   

1995  Dame Ruth Nita Barrow, governor-general of Barbados, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1996  On this day in history marcello Mastroiani, actor (8½, Assassin, Family Diary), dies at 72   

1997  David Norman Schramm, physicist, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1998  Death of Antonio Ordóñez, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1932) on this day in history.   

1999  Death of Desmond Llewelyn, Welsh actor (b. 1914) on this day in history.   

2000  On this day in history death of rob Buck, American guitarist (10,000 Maniacs) (b. 1958)   

2001  Death of Marcel Mule, French saxophonist. (b. 1901) on December - 19.   

2002  On December - 19 death of arthur Rowley, English footballer. (b. 1926)   

2003  On this day in history death of peter Carter-Ruck, English lawyer (b. 1914)   

2004  On this day in history death of herbert C. Brown, English-born American chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1912)   

2005  On this day in history death of keith Duckworth, English mechanical engineer (Cosworth; b. 1933)   

2008  On this day in history death of james Bevel, 1960s Civil rights movement leader (b. 1936)   

2009  Death of Hossein-Ali Montazeri, Iranian dissident cleric Grand Ayatollah (b. 1922) on this day in history.   

2010  Death of Trudy Pitts, American jazz organist, pianist, and vocalist (b. 1932) on this day in history.   

2020  On December - 19 death of mekere Morauta, 7th Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea   

2021  On this day in history death of robert H. Grubbs, American Nobel chemist (b. 1942)   

2023  On December - 19 death of ed Budde , 83, American football player ( Kansas City Chiefs ).   

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1036  On December - 19 birth of su Tung-p'o, China, poet/essayist/painter/calligrapher   

1498  On December - 19 birth of andreas Osiander, Germany, Protestant Reformation theologist   

1554  On December - 19 birth of philip William, Prince of Orange (d. 1618)   

1676  On December - 19 birth of louis-Nicholas Clerambault, Paris France, composer/organist   

1683  On December - 19 birth of philip V, Versailles France, King of Spain (1700-24, 24-46)   

1699  William Bowyer, English printer (d. 1777) was born on December - 19.   

1714  On December - 19 birth of john Winthrop, American astronomer (d. 1779)   

1723  Susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother was born on December - 19.