Famous Deaths In December - 19

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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1036  On this day in history birth of su Tung-p'o, China, poet/essayist/painter/calligrapher  

1498  Andreas Osiander, Germany, Protestant Reformation theologist was born on this day in history.  

1554  On this day in history birth of philip William, Prince of Orange (d. 1618)  

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

1683  Philip V, Versailles France, King of Spain (1700-24, 24-46) was born on this day in history.  

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

1714  On this day in history birth of john Winthrop, American astronomer (d. 1779)  

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