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  On December - 19 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 this day in history.   

1959  Walter Williams, claimed to be last survivor of Civil War, dies at 117 on December - 19.   

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

1967  On this day in history alfred Courtens, Belgian sculptor, dies at 78   

1968  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1986  On this day in history death of v. C. Andrews, American author (b. 1923)   

1989  On this day in history dorothea "Stella" Gibbons, English journalist/author, dies at 87   

1990  On this day in history basil Henson, actor (Change Partners), dies of stroke at 71   

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

1993  Anthonius AM "Ton" Kors, writer (Time of Anton de Lange), dies at 47 on December - 19.   

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 December - 19 marcello Mastroiani, actor (8½, Assassin, Family Diary), dies at 72   

1997  David Norman Schramm, physicist, dies at 52 on December - 19.   

1998  Death of Antonio Ordóñez, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1932) on December - 19.   

1999  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

2002  On this day in history death of arthur Rowley, English footballer. (b. 1926)   

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

2004  Death of Herbert C. Brown, English-born American chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1912) on this day in history.   

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

2008  On December - 19 death of james Bevel, 1960s Civil rights movement leader (b. 1936)   

2009  On December - 19 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 this day in history.   

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

2021  On December - 19 death of robert H. Grubbs, American Nobel chemist (b. 1942)   

2023  On this day in history death of ed Budde , 83, American football player ( Kansas City Chiefs ).   

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1036  Su Tung-p'o, China, poet/essayist/painter/calligrapher was born on this day in history.   

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

1554  Philip William, Prince of Orange (d. 1618) was born on this day in history.   

1676  On this day in history birth of louis-Nicholas Clerambault, Paris France, composer/organist   

1683  On this day in history birth of philip V, Versailles France, King of Spain (1700-24, 24-46)   

1699  William Bowyer, English printer (d. 1777) was born on this day in history.   

1714  John Winthrop, American astronomer (d. 1779) was born on this day in history.   

1723  On December - 19 birth of susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother