Notable Deaths on December 11th
December 11th Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
711 |
Justitianus II, emperor of Byzantium, dies at about 42 |
1121 |
Al-Afdal Shahanshah, Caliph of Egypt (b. 1066) |
1226 |
Robert de Ros, English politician (b. 1177) |
1282 |
Michael VIII, Paleologus, Byzantine emperor (1259-82), dies |
1524 |
Henry Van Zutphen, Dutch protestant martyr, burned at stake |
1532 |
Pietro Accolti, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1455) |
1573 |
Alardus/Eilard de Waterlant, duke of Alva, hanged |
1582 |
Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, marquis of Soria, dies at about 75 |
1595 |
Philip III van Croij, prince of Chimay/general, dies at 69 |
1610 |
Adam Elsheimer, German painter/cartoonist/etcher, buried at 32 |
1610 |
Forges Dimitri 2, Tsar of Russia, murdered |
1686 |
Louis II Condé, duke of Bourbon, dies at 65 |
1694 |
Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma (b. 1630) |
1718 |
Charles XII, King of Sweden (1697-1718), shot dead invading Norway at Fortress of Fredriksten |
1737 |
John Strype, English historian (b. 1643) |
1747 |
Edmund Curll, English bookseller (b. ca. 1675) |
1748 |
Ewald G von Kleist, German lawyer/inventor of condensator, dies at 55 |
1756 |
Theodor A Freiherr von Neuhoff, German adventurer/king, dies |
1757 |
Colley Cibber, Richard III |
1797 |
Richard Brocklesby, English physician (b. 1722) |
1817 |
Max von Schenkendorf, German poet, dies at 34 |
1831 |
John George Schetky, composer, dies at 55 |
1840 |
Emperor Kokaku of Japan (b. 1771) |
1847 |
Moritz Grave von Strachwitz, German poet, dies at 25 |
1857 |
Francois Henri Joseph Castil-Blaze, composer, dies at 73 |
1872 |
Kamehameha V, Hawaiian king (b. 1830) |
1880 |
Oliver Fisher Winchester, American businessman and politician (b. 1810) |
1891 |
Johan C J van Schagen, Dutch poet/writer (Narrenwijsheid), dies |
1892 |
William Milligan, Scottish theologian (b. 1821) |
1899 |
Andrew Wauchope, British Major-General, dies in Battle of Magersfontein in the Boer war, South Africa. Another British Major, The Marquess of Winchester also killed. |
1901 |
Lev Ivanov, The Turning Point |
1902 |
Matthias Hohner, German manufacturer (harmonica), dies at 68 |
1903 |
Patrick McShane, cricket player/ump (1884-85 Ashes series), dies |
1909 |
Innokenty Annensky, Russian poet (b. 1855) |
1911 |
Thomas Ball, US sculptor/painter/singer, dies at 92 |
1912 |
James Otis Kaler, Toby Tyler, or Ten Weeks with a Circus |
1918 |
Ivan Cankar, Slavic author (Hlapec Jernej), dies at 42 |
1918 |
Ivan Cankar, Idealist |
1919 |
Mrs. E.M. Kimball, The Feast of Life |
1920 |
Olive Schreiner, The Story of an African Farm |
1925 |
Frank Wunderlee, A Cheap Vacation |
1930 |
Friedrich von Bernhardi, German war theorist/historian, dies at 81 |
1933 |
Emile C Wauters, Belgian painter (Van der Goes Klooster), dies at 87 |
1937 |
Nikolay Dirin, Moy syn |
1937 |
Lige Conley, Air Pockets |
1938 |
May Wallace, County Hospital |
1939 |
Yukio Aoyama, Who's Your Servant? |
1940 |
J. Harold Murray, Women Everywhere |
1940 |
Georgi Filatov, Professor Mamlock |
1941 |
John Gillespie Magee, Jr., American poet and aviator (b. 1922) |
1941 |
Charles Émile Picard, French mathematician (b. 1856) |
1941 |
Arvid Ringheim, Dockan eller glödande kärlek |
1942 |
Franz C. Schmelkes, Czech-born Chemist who discovered azochloramid (chlorazodin), a disinfectant, dies of a heart attack at 43 |
1942 |
Jochen Klepper, Der Kahn der fröhlichen Leute |
1943 |
Alan Davis, King of the Underworld |
1944 |
Tichadel, Les rois de la flotte |
1944 |
Harry Zech, Hell's Angels |
1944 |
Antal Matány, Szenzáció |
1945 |
Charles Fabry, French physicist (b. 1867) |
1949 |
Moore Marriott, Oh, Mr. Porter! |
1949 |
Charles Dullin, Quai des Orfèvres |
1950 |
Leslie Comrie, New Zealand astronomer (b. 1893) |
1950 |
Ray Fitzgerald, The Mummy's Curse |
1950 |
Dewey Robinson, She Done Him Wrong |
1950 |
Annibale Betrone, Se quell'idiota ci pensasse... |
1951 |
Fred A. Datig, Skinner's Dress Suit |
1951 |
Fanny Schreck, Der Herr im Haus |
1951 |
Ora Devereaux, The Peddler of Lies |
1951 |
Francisco Rojas González, Roots |
1951 |
A.W. Newington, My Man Godfrey |
1951 |
Oskar Krabbe, Verettömät |
1952 |
R. Ellis Wales, The Penitentes |
1953 |
Albert Coates, Two Girls and a Sailor |
1954 |
Leo Menardi, L'avventura di Annabella |
1954 |
Henry Hall, Sagebrush Trail |
1954 |
Peter Abriss, Night Life of the Gods |
1955 |
Franz Adolf Syberg, composer, dies at 51 |
1955 |
Johan C Altorf, sculptor (October 3 Monument), dies at 79 |
1955 |
Elspeth Dudgeon, The Old Dark House |
1956 |
Kazimierz Szubert, Skarb |
1956 |
Joe Arado, Lady by Choice |
1957 |
Musidora, Les vampires |
1957 |
Emmett J. Scott, The Birth of a Race |
1957 |
Edward Pfitzenmeier, A Night in a Dormitory |
1958 |
Robin Morse, Rock All Night |
1959 |
Jim Bottomley, American baseball player (b. 1900) |
1959 |
Mary Waller, Experiments in Science |
1959 |
Joe Dill, Strangers in the Night |
1960 |
Svend Rindom, Master of the House |
1960 |
Edward Butcher, Our Little Girl |
1961 |
Paddy O'Flynn, Unguarded Girls |
1963 |
Barbara Read, Make Way for Tomorrow |
1963 |
Gaston Bell, The Third Degree |
1963 |
Zdzislaw Suwalski, Szczesciarz Antoni |
1963 |
Anthony Collins, Sunny |
1964 |
Percy Kilbride, actor (Ma & Pa Kettle), dies at 76 |
1964 |
Sam Cooke, Clarksdale, Mississippi, US musician ('A Change is Gonna Come') shot to death at 33 |
1965 |
Rafael Hernández, American Pie 2 |
1967 |
Howard Freeman, actor (Double Dynamite), dies after illness in NYC |
1967 |
Richard Stohr, composer, dies at 93 |
1967 |
Victor De Sabata, composer, dies at 75 |
1968 |
Nadine Riga, dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 59 |
1971 |
Maurice "Mac" McDonald, American fast-food pioneer (b. 1902) |
1972 |
John Mills, cricketer (7 Tests for NZ in early 1930's, 241 runs), dies |
1972 |
Semjon I Kirsanov, Ukrainian poet (Zolushka), dies at 66 |
1974 |
Reed Hadley, actor (Racket Squad, Public Defender), dies at 63 |
1975 |
Lee Wiley, American jazz singer (b. 1908) |
1975 |
Ralph Biengfang, Stranger Than Fiction 6371: Shampoo Springs |
1975 |
Lou Maury, Magoo Goes Skiing |
1978 |
Vincent du Vigneaud, American chemist and Nobel laureate (b. 1901) |
1978 |
Paul O'Dea, American baseball player (b. 1920) |
1979 |
Claire Carleton, NYC, actress (Alice-Cimarron City), dies at 66 |
1979 |
James J. Gibson, American perceptual psychologist (b. 1904) |
1980 |
Dorothy West, The House with Closed Shutters |
1980 |
Sepp Rist, Storm Over Mont Blanc |
1980 |
Lucius H. Chappell, Operation Petticoat |
1980 |
Yvonne Legeay, The Imaginary Voyage |
1980 |
Princess Viktoria Luise von Preußen, |
1980 |
Viktoria Luise von Preußen, |
1980 |
Lyne Chardonnet, The Toy |
1980 |
Milagros de la Vega, Mr. and Mrs. Juan Lamaglia |
1982 |
Fernando Roca, Our Man in Leotards |
1982 |
Worthington Miner, The Pawnbroker |
1982 |
Kelley Roos, A Night to Remember |
1983 |
Szymon Laks, composer, dies at 82 |
1983 |
Sir Neil Ritchie, British General (b. 1897) |
1983 |
Stanley Scheuer, West Side Story |
1983 |
James Pierce, Tarzan and the Golden Lion |
1983 |
Richard Walling, Girls |
1984 |
George Waggner, director/writer, dies at 90 |
1984 |
Oskar Seidlin, German-born American scholar (b. 1911) |
1984 |
Robert E. Kent, Don't Knock the Rock |
1984 |
Krafft A. Ehricke, Spaceflight |
1984 |
Ragnar Frisk, Asa Nisse in Military Uniform |
1984 |
George Waggner, The Wolf Man |
1984 |
Fred Lowery, Stand by Me |
1985 |
Erich Kleiber, Knife in the Head |
1985 |
Renata Radojewska, Niedorajda |
1986 |
Paul Keenan, actor (Summer Fantasy), dies at 30 |
1986 |
Fritz Maurischat, For the First Time |
1986 |
Astrid Kraa, Unge piger forsvinder i København |
1986 |
Maurice Askew, Thunderball |
1986 |
Paul Keenan, Days of Our Lives |
1986 |
Carlos Ramírez, Anchors Aweigh |
1987 |
G. A. Kulkarni, Indian (Marathi) writer (b. 1923) |
1987 |
Adile Nasit, The Chaos Class |
1987 |
Wolfram Handel, Nackt unter Wölfen |
1987 |
Curt W. Franke, Wer bist du? |
1987 |
Lou Marks, His Fatal Fate |
1987 |
Hy Mencher, Christmas Evil |
1987 |
Jascha Heifetz, Schindler's List |
1988 |
Ellsworth Wright, Go Man Go |
1988 |
George Leigh, Dial M for Murder |
1988 |
B. Harrison Orkow, Hell's House |
1989 |
Louise Dahl-Wolfe, American photographer (b. 1895) |
1989 |
Howard Lang, The Firemaker |
1989 |
Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Louise Dahl-Wolfe: Painting with Light |
1989 |
Lindsay Crosby, The Mechanic |
1990 |
Fernand J Collin, Belgian economist/banker, dies at 92 |
1990 |
David Turner, How to Make £250,000 |
1990 |
Concha Piquer, [Rec] 2 |
1990 |
Wynn Pearce, The Korean Story |
1991 |
Artur Lundkvist, Swedish writer/Prof (Swedish Academy), dies |
1991 |
Daniel Simon Scott, dies of Alzheimer's disease at 71 |
1991 |
Headman Tshabala, musician (Ladysmith Black Mambazo), slain at 44 |
1991 |
Robert Q Lewis, US comic/TV panel member (RQL Show), dies at 70 |
1991 |
Pat Walshe, The Wizard of Oz |
1991 |
Matthew Rapf, Ben Casey |
1991 |
Simon Scott, General Hospital |
1991 |
Mario Tobino, Down the Ancient Stairs |
1991 |
Jean Rigaux, Le trio infernal |
1991 |
Robert Q. Lewis, An Affair to Remember |
1991 |
Artur Lundkvist, Time of Desire |
1991 |
Carmen Rosales, Inspirasiyon |
1992 |
Michael Robbins, actor (Lunch Hour, On the Buses), dies at 62 |
1992 |
Vilma Banky, silent film actress (Eagle, Rebel), dies at about 90 |
1992 |
Andy Kirk, Grass |
1992 |
Ben Peter Freeman, The Stolen Costume |
1992 |
Michael Robbins, Victor Victoria |
1992 |
Néstor Gaffet, La mano en la trampa |
1993 |
Ales Gartner, Slavic ski trainer of Norway, dies at 45 |
1993 |
Eliva "Elvire" Popesco, Romanian/French actress (Le roi), dies at 99 |
1993 |
Leroy Daniels, Petey Wheatstraw |
1993 |
Raymond Gary, |
1993 |
Bancho Banov, Badi shtastliva, Ani! |
1993 |
Pancho Flores, Antonio |
1993 |
Yoshimi Imai, Come See the Paradise |
1993 |
Elvire Popesco, Purple Noon |
1993 |
Tommy Wonder, Mad Youth |
1994 |
Stanislaw Maczek, Polish/British general-major (WW II), dies at 102 |
1994 |
Yao Yilin, Vice PM of China (1979), dies |
1994 |
Philip Phillips, American archaeologist (b. 1900) |
1994 |
Avet Terteryan, Border |
1994 |
Yuli Raizman, Chastnaya zhizn |
1994 |
Vera Kuznetsova, Otchiy dom |
1994 |
Tay Dunn, Crazy Knights |
1994 |
Dionísio Azevedo, The Given Word |
1994 |
Carl Marzani, Deadline for Action |
1994 |
Carl Mariani, The Norseman |
1995 |
Arthur Mullard, comedian, dies at 82 |
1995 |
John Heawood, actor singer/choreographer (Pleasure Garden), dies at 75 |
1995 |
Robert Shelton (Shapiro), journalist, dies at 69 |
1995 |
John Heawood, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang |
1995 |
Arthur Mullard, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang |
1995 |
Jirí Lehovec, Mykoin PH 510 |
1996 |
Herbert Sally Frankel, economist, dies at 93 |
1996 |
Robert Bromston Thesiger Daniell, soldier, dies at 95 |
1996 |
W G G Duncan-Smith, fighter pilot, dies at 82 |
1996 |
William George Rushton, actor (TW3)/author/cartoonist, dies at 59 |
1996 |
William Rushton, That Was the Year That Was |
1996 |
Neil Reagan, Tugboat Annie Sails Again |
1996 |
Juan Carlos Barbieri, Cuerpo extraño: Cuando una mujer no quiere |
1997 |
Kenneth WIlliam Gatland, aerospace scientist, dies at 73 |
1997 |
Natalie Cantor Metzger, Eddie Cantor |
1997 |
Simon Jeffes, Napoleon Dynamite |
1997 |
Paul Scull, Maybe It's Love |
1997 |
Marie Deauville, Rasputin and the Empress |
1998 |
André Lichnerowicz, Polish-French physicist (b. 1915) |
1998 |
Lynn Strait, American singer (Snot) (b. 1968) |
1998 |
Alain Janey, Le Grand Amour |
1998 |
Pierre Rouve, Blow-Up |
1998 |
Max Streibl, Schwester Eva-Maria greift ein! |
1999 |
Charles Earland, Dynamite Brothers |
1999 |
Franjo Tudjman, The Death of Yugoslavia |
1999 |
Harry Wüstenhagen, Der Richter von London |
1999 |
Joseph Glassman, The Last Tycoon |
1999 |
Christopher Wren, The Red Signal |
1999 |
Sandy Prudden, Roundhouse |
2000 |
Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah, Pakistani politician, diplomat and author (b. 1915) |
2000 |
David Lewis, American actor (b. 1916) |
2000 |
Johannes Virolainen, SF-katsaus 8 |
2000 |
Don Devlin, Anatomy of a Psycho |
2000 |
Pauline Curley, Love Apple |
2000 |
Tito Gómez, La pequeña señora de Pérez |
2000 |
David Lewis, The Apartment |
2000 |
John P. Rousakis, Glory |
2000 |
Drew Michaels, The Boys in Company C |
2000 |
René Wheeler, The Chorus |
2000 |
N. Richard Nash, The Rainmaker |
2001 |
Valentin Karavaev, Vozvrashchenie bludnogo popugaya |
2001 |
Teguh Karya, Di balik kelambu |
2001 |
Zdenek Díte, A Kiss from the Stadium |
2001 |
Herbert Lichtenfeld, Reifezeugnis |
2001 |
Alan Fennell, Pit of Peril |
2001 |
Beverly Hope Atkinson, Heavy Traffic |
2002 |
Lester Hashey, Band of Brothers |
2002 |
Carlos Zara, Pra Frente, Brasil |
2002 |
Bill MacDowell, The Road Hustlers |
2002 |
Charles Gunning, The Haunting |
2002 |
Kay Rose, Speed |
2002 |
Thomas A. Gleason, The Winning Ticket |
2002 |
Luis Ciges, The Miracle of P. Tinto |
2002 |
Ila Schütz, A Kind of America |
2002 |
Marvin Breckinridge, The Forgotten Frontier |
2002 |
Dolly Dawn, Pennies from Heaven |
2003 |
Ahmadou Kourouma, Ivorian writer (b. 1927) |
2003 |
Jôjirô Okami, The Mysterians |
2003 |
Ann Petersen, Pauline and Paulette |
2003 |
Roman Marzec, Opowiesc w czerwieni |
2004 |
Arthur Lydiard, New Zealand running coach (b. 1917) |
2004 |
M.S. Subbulakshmi, Indian singer (b. 1916) |
2004 |
José Luis Cuciuffo, Argentinian footballer (b. 1962) |
2004 |
Christopher Blake, Aces High |
2004 |
M.S. Subbalakshmi, Seva Sadan |
2004 |
Terry Cowan, Love Crimes |
2004 |
Charlet Oberly, Flirting with Disaster |
2004 |
Jose Cuciuffo, Final: Argentina vs West Germany |
2005 |
Maria Kaniewska, Eva Wants to Sleep |
2005 |
Finn Ziegler, Musik + mystik |
2005 |
Benjamin Besson, Erziehung vor Verdun. Der große Krieg der weißen Männer |
2005 |
Branko Reljic, Cep koji ne propusta vodu |
2005 |
Norman Leavitt, The Day of the Locust |
2006 |
Elizabeth Bolden, American, oldest verified person in the world at the time of her death (b. 1890) |
2006 |
Micaela Nelligan, SLC Punk! |
2006 |
Elisabeth Müller, The Power and the Prize |
2006 |
Pierre-Marie Dong, Demain un jour nouveau |
2006 |
Dumitru Chesa, Cercul magic |
2006 |
Ed Maxcy, Side Effects |
2006 |
Abigail Shelton, Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter |
2007 |
Christie Hennessy, Irish singer (b. 1945) |
2007 |
Grace Paley, American writer (b. 1922) |
2007 |
Ashleigh Aston Moore, Canadian Actress (b. 1981) |
2007 |
Ashleigh Aston Moore, Now and Then |
2007 |
Freddie Fields, Glory |
2007 |
Christie Hennessy, Poison Ivy |
2007 |
Chris Dudka, Dream Trap |
2007 |
Terry Yates, Plagues: The Ebola Riddle |
2007 |
John B. Anderson, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring |
2007 |
Mike Frankovich Jr., Purple Rain |
2007 |
Zeenat Begum, Badla |
2007 |
Edward Hansen, Robin Hood |
2007 |
Allan Bérubé, Coming Out Under Fire |
2007 |
Kim Fry-Mosdell, Lake Placid |
2008 |
Bettie Page, American Playboy pin-up model, dies at 85 |
2008 |
Maddie Blaustein, American voice actress (b. 1960) |
2008 |
Reid Cruickshanks, Ed Wood |
2008 |
Bob Chandler, Learning in America: Schools That Work |
2008 |
Bettie Page, Bettie Page Reveals All |
2008 |
Madeleine Blaustein, Pokémon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back |
2008 |
Martha Settle Putney, The Women of World War II |
2009 |
Pedro Hebenstreit, Froschkönig |
2009 |
Ciarán Mac Mathúna, Folk Hibernia |
2009 |
Melanie Donabedian, Jennifer 8 |
2009 |
Katarzyna Latallo, Sam sobie sterem |
2009 |
Rosalie Williams, The Eligible Bachelor |
2009 |
Jacques Echantillon, La vie rêvée |
2009 |
Richard Saylor, Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday |
2009 |
Eric Wrinkles, Inside Death Row with Trevor McDonald |
2009 |
Francisco Piquer, The Grandfather |
2010 |
Dick Hoerner, American football player (b. 1922) |
2010 |
Anthony Santa Croce, Tremors 3: Back to Perfection |
2010 |
Urszula Modrzynska, Black Cross |
2010 |
Vladislav Zadrobílek, A Midsommer Nights Dreame |
2010 |
Sammy Ross, The War Lord |
2010 |
Marina Nemet, Beloved Love |
2010 |
Jeremiah Warner, The Wizard of Loneliness |
2011 |
Velko Kynev, A Nameless Band |
2011 |
Jim Brock, Howling: New Moon Rising |
2011 |
Bonnie Prudden, Off Your Duff |
2011 |
Susan Gordon, The Fugitive |
2011 |
Mauro Attilio Leveratto, Il diavolo in convento |
2011 |
Conor Laverty, Shock-O-Rama |
2011 |
Ahmed Bahgat, Ayam El-Sadat |
2011 |
M.S. Reddy, Ramayanam |
2011 |
Rodolfo Bottino, The Man from the Future |
2011 |
Lola Müthel, From the Life of the Marionettes |
2011 |
Harold Hopkins, Gallipoli |
2011 |
Mihnea Gheorghiu, Burebista |
2012 |
Ravi Shankar, Indian musician, dies at 92 |
2012 |
Karl Wägele, Collin |
2012 |
Antonie Hegerlíková, Fany |
2012 |
Otokar Balcy, Bolek i Lolek |
2012 |
Peter Bzdúch, Rivers of Babylon |
2012 |
Radmila Gutesa, Rodjaci na sve strane |
2012 |
Galina Vishnevskaya, Alexandra |
2012 |
Robert Fadeley, To Be Chosen |
2012 |
Ron Voz, Begin Again |
2012 |
Harry Oakes, Aliens |
2012 |
Charles Young, The Ride |
2012 |
Mücap Ofluoglu, Kaldirim çiçegi |
2012 |
Toni Blankenheim, Wozzeck |
2012 |
Roger Broggie, |
2012 |
Ravi Shankar, Gandhi |
2013 |
Nadir Afonso, Portuguese artist, dies at 93 |
2013 |
Barbara Branden, Canadian writer, dies from a lung infection at 84 |
2013 |
Kenneth A. Schechter, Korea: Stalin's Secret Air War |
2013 |
Barbara Branden, The Passion of Ayn Rand |
2013 |
Gipo Farassino, Episode #1.3 |
2013 |
Garry Robbins, Wrong Turn |
2013 |
Kate Barry, Balade avec Djian |
2013 |
Jimmy Amadie, Get Me a Fight |
2013 |
Nadir Afonso, Nadir Afonso - O Tempo Não Existe |
2013 |
Glauco Mirko Laurelli, A Moreninha |
2013 |
Frederick Fox, The Queen Mother: A Royal Century |
2014 |
George Ardisson, Juliet of the Spirits |
2014 |
Sergio Fiorentini, Il muro di gomma |
2014 |
Charmian Brent, The Great Train Robbery |
2014 |
László Varga, Macerás ügyek |
2014 |
Tom Adams, The Great Escape |
2014 |
Dawn Sears, Bandit: Bandit's Silver Angel |
2014 |
Jack Dabdoub, Final Verdict |
2014 |
Gerald Sim, Patriot Games |
2015 |
John "Hot Rod" Williams dies at age 53. Played for the Phoenix Suns of the NBA. |
2016 |
British restaurant critic AA Gill dies of cancer aged 62 |
2017 |
Pioneering black journalist Simeon Booker dies at age 99 |
2017 |
Macon Brock, co-founder of Dollar Tree and a prominent philanthropist, dies at 75 |
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