Notable Deaths on December 21st
December 21st Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
72 |
Thomas the Apostle |
918 |
Conrad I, Duke of Franconia/German King (911-918), dies |
1295 |
Marguerite Berenger of Provence, wife of Louis IX of France (bc. 1221) |
1308 |
Henry I, the Child, 1st landgrave of Hessen (1256-1308), dies at 64 |
1375 |
Giovanni Boccaccio, Italian poet (Vita di Dante), dies |
1504 |
Bertold von Henneberg-Römhild, German archbishop and elector (b. 1442) |
1549 |
Marguerite of Navarre, wife of Henry II of Navarre (b. 1492) |
1549 |
Marguerite de Navarre, The Secrets of Love: Three Rakish Tales |
1579 |
Vicente Masip, Spanish painter |
1597 |
Petrus Canisius, Dutch jesuit/saint, dies at 76 |
1674 |
Rutger van Haersolte, viceroy of Overijsselse, dies at about 66 |
1734 |
Philipp Hyacinth Lobkowitz, composer, dies at 54 |
1736 |
Alessandro Galilei, Italian architect (Cappella Corsini), dies at 45 |
1755 |
Caspar Ruetz, composer, dies at 47 |
1801 |
József Gvadányi, A peleskei nótárius |
1807 |
John Newton, English cleric and hymnist (b. 1725) |
1807 |
John Newton, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button |
1820 |
Charles-Francois Dumonchau, composer, dies at 45 |
1824 |
James Parkinson, English physician, geologist, paleontologist, and political activist (b. 1755) |
1859 |
Nicolaas C Kist, Dutch church historian/archivist, dies at 66 |
1864 |
William Henry Fry, composer, dies at 51 |
1873 |
Francis Garnier, French explorer (b. 1839) |
1889 |
Joseph B Lightfoot, English theologist/bishop of Durham, dies at 61 |
1889 |
Friedrich August von Quenstedt, German geologist (b. 1809) |
1890 |
Niels Vilhelm Gade, Danish composer, dies at 73 |
1890 |
Johanne Louise Heiberg, En søndag på Amager |
1900 |
Roger Wolcott, American political figure, 39th Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1847) |
1900 |
Roger Wolcott, Admiral Dewey at State House, Boston |
1906 |
Adalbert von Goldschmidt, composer, dies at 58 |
1907 |
Oskar Lassar, German dermatologist (public baths), dies at 58 |
1914 |
A O Jones, cricketer (12 Tests for England 1899-1909), dies |
1918 |
Hobey Baker, |
1920 |
Claude Tozer, cricketer (dashing NSW batsman, shot to death |
1921 |
P B S Pinchback, major Reconstruction politician, dies at 84 |
1922 |
Leo Leipziger, Die Ballhaus-Anna |
1925 |
Lottie Lyell, The Sentimental Bloke |
1925 |
Georg Kundert, Wien im Krieg |
1925 |
Melli Beese, |
1926 |
Arthur Mackley, The Deputy's Chance That Won |
1927 |
Jack Saunders, cricketer (79 wickets-14 Tests for Aust 1902-08), dies |
1927 |
Axel Ringvall, Life in the Country |
1928 |
Harry Butt, cricketer (England wicket-keeper v South Africa 1895-96), dies |
1928 |
Luigi Cadorna, Italian fieldmarshal (WW I, Caporetto), dies at 78 |
1933 |
Knud J V Rasmussen, Danish Pole explorer (Thule), dies at 54 |
1933 |
Tod Sloan, Determination |
1933 |
Knud Rasmussen, The Wedding of Palo |
1935 |
Kurt Tucholsky, Ger journalist/writer (Panter, Tiger & Co), dies at 45 |
1935 |
Kurt Tucholsky, Gripsholm |
1936 |
Iris Stuart, Wedding Bill$ |
1937 |
Frank Kellogg, US Secretary of State and Nobel laureate, dies at 80 |
1937 |
Walter Downing, Two-Fisted Sheriff |
1937 |
Frank B. Kellogg, |
1937 |
Pierre Collings, Animal Crackers |
1937 |
Ted Healy, San Francisco |
1938 |
James Milton Black, Runaway Jury |
1939 |
Margaret Shelby, Billie |
1940 |
F Scott Fitzgerald, author (Zelda), dies of a heart attack at 44 |
1940 |
Hal Kemp, Small Time Crooks |
1940 |
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button |
1940 |
Lucille Mulhall, The Cherokee Strip |
1940 |
Mary Cecil, The Women |
1940 |
Jack O'Hara, The Fifty-Fifty Girl |
1941 |
David Howard, The Lost Jungle |
1942 |
Leendert Round, sculptor (Giraffen, Blijdorp), dies at 63 |
1942 |
Nellie Slattery, The Little Grey Mouse |
1942 |
Tony Kornman, The Ridin' Streak |
1944 |
Nathaniel Lief, Start Cheering |
1945 |
George S Patton, US General (Sicily/Normandy), dies of congestive heart failure at 60 |
1945 |
George S. Patton, Nazi Concentration Camps |
1946 |
George Clarke, Here's George |
1947 |
Mark Hellinger, The Roaring Twenties |
1948 |
Seishiro Itagaki, Japanese General/min of War, hanged |
1949 |
Ralph Spence, The Flying Deuces |
1950 |
Carlo Alberto Salustri, L'ultimo dei Cognac |
1951 |
Frances Guihan, A Million for Love |
1951 |
Ursula Abel, Aus erster Ehe |
1952 |
Georg Vogelsang, The Punch Bowl |
1954 |
Vladimir Legoshin, U nikh est Rodina |
1955 |
Dorothy Bernard, actress (Margaret-Life With Father), dies at 65 |
1955 |
Edward Fertner, Zemsta |
1955 |
Milan Marjanovic, Martin u nebo, Martin iz neba |
1955 |
Gladys Ripley, The Great Mr. Handel |
1955 |
Otis Garth, Mister Scoutmaster |
1956 |
Lewis M Terman, psychologist (Genetic studies of genius), dies at 79 |
1957 |
Eric Coates, composer, dies at 71 |
1957 |
Eric Coates, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader |
1957 |
Fred Walker, Those Who Dare |
1957 |
Fred T. Walker, Ghost Town Renegades |
1957 |
Helena Buczynska, Stalowe serca |
1958 |
H[arry] B[yron] Warner, actor (10 Commandments, New Moon), dies at 83 |
1958 |
Lion Feuchtwanger, philosopher/writer (Der falsche Nero), dies at 74 |
1958 |
H.B. Warner, It's a Wonderful Life |
1958 |
Lion Feuchtwanger, Goya - oder Der arge Weg der Erkenntnis |
1959 |
Rosanjin, Japanese calligrapher, restaurateur and ceramicist (b. 1883) |
1959 |
Edward Gross, Make a Wish |
1960 |
Robert Klein, Married in Haste |
1961 |
M.F. Murphy, Night Life of the Gods |
1961 |
Kenneth Hunter, The Adventures of Robin Hood |
1962 |
May Hall, Battling Jane |
1962 |
Albert Duvaleix, La Poison |
1963 |
Jack Hobbs, cricketer (61 Tests for England), dies |
1963 |
Jack Hobbs, |
1963 |
Harry Sharrock, Escapade |
1963 |
William Telaak, The Phantom Planet |
1963 |
Ernest Smith, Navajo |
1964 |
Carl Van Vechten, American writer and photographer (b. 1880) |
1965 |
Claude Adonai Champagne, composer, dies at 74 |
1967 |
Louis Washkansky, 18 days after 1st heart transplant, dies at 55 |
1967 |
Stuart Erwin, actor (Trouble With Father), dies of heart attack at 64 |
1972 |
Horace Mann Bond, president of Lincoln University (Pa), dies at 70 |
1974 |
Richard Long, actor (Nanny & Professor), dies at 47 |
1974 |
James Henry Govier, British artist (b. 1910) |
1975 |
William Lundigan, announcer (CBS Mystery Theater), dies at 61 |
1975 |
Stefan Dekierowski, Tajemnice Nalewek |
1976 |
Edward Bartlett, cricketer (WI Test batsman in 5 Tests 1928-31), dies |
1976 |
Harry Wolff, Betty Fools Dear Old Dad |
1977 |
Elsa Ebbesen, Winter Light |
1978 |
Margaret Carl, Das Mißverständnis |
1979 |
Bill Anderson, cricketer (Test for NZ 1946, scored five & one), dies |
1979 |
Gottfried Madjera, Der Fackelträger |
1979 |
Fairfax Nisbet, Kiss the Maiden All Forlorn |
1979 |
Michl Lang, Onkel Filser - Allerneueste Lausbubengeschichten |
1980 |
Marc Connelly, playwright (One Minute Please), dies at 90 |
1980 |
Nelson Rodrigues, The Golden Mouth |
1980 |
Mieczyslaw Vogt, Dwie brygady |
1980 |
Marc Connelly, Captains Courageous |
1980 |
Stanislaw Jaskiewicz, The Dancing Hawk |
1980 |
Bob Iller, Natürlich die Autofahrer |
1980 |
Robert Webber, All This Is Ended |
1981 |
Allan Dwan, Canadian-born American director and screenwriter (b. 1885) |
1981 |
Seweryn Butrym, Wiem kim jestes |
1981 |
Carlos León, Su excelencia |
1981 |
Walter Rankin, Night of Terror |
1981 |
Angela Scellars, Creature from the Haunted Sea |
1982 |
Gladys Henson, The Prince and the Showgirl |
1982 |
Betty Beckers, The Things of Life |
1982 |
Jackie McKane, Deafenwolf |
1983 |
Rod Cameron, actor (Santa Fe Passage, Stampede), dies at 73 |
1983 |
Paul de Man, Belgian-born literary critic (b. 1919) |
1983 |
Rod Cameron, Winnetou and Old Firehand |
1984 |
Judith Raskin, Labyrinth |
1984 |
Jerry Fletcher, Free, Blonde and 21 |
1985 |
Lillevi Bergman, Just Once More |
1985 |
Qristepore Lebanidze, Kvevri |
1985 |
Manny Vezie, Wake Up the Echoes: The History of Notre Dame Football |
1985 |
Kamatari Fujiwara, Seven Samurai |
1985 |
Wilhelm Gröhl, Kretschinskis Hochzeit |
1986 |
Peggy Zardo, Teacher's Beau |
1986 |
Bill Simpson, It's All in the Mind |
1986 |
Hans Baur, Eine Puppe für Klein-Helga |
1986 |
Abe Siegel, Around the World in Eighty Days |
1987 |
Robert Paige, actor (Son of Dracula, Pardon My Sarong), dies |
1987 |
John Spence, founding No Doubt member (b. 1969) |
1987 |
Warren McCollum, Reefer Madness |
1987 |
Ted Fish, The Sand Pebbles |
1987 |
Jacques Sigurd, Air of Paris |
1987 |
Ralph Nelson, Lilies of the Field |
1987 |
Fred R. Feitshans Jr., Dillinger |
1987 |
Simmy Bow, Rocky |
1987 |
Robert Paige, Son of Dracula |
1988 |
Bob Steele, [Robert Bradbury], dies after short illness at 60 |
1988 |
Nicholas Tinbergen, Dutch/British biologist, dies at 81 |
1988 |
Bob Steele, The Big Sleep |
1988 |
Venus Xtravaganza, Paris Is Burning |
1988 |
Ursula Deinert, Mordsache Holm |
1988 |
Noreen Gammill, A Matter of Life and Breath |
1988 |
Matthew Freeman, Superman IV: The Quest for Peace |
1988 |
Bohdan Czeszko, A Generation |
1989 |
Jan Cikker, composer, dies at 78 |
1989 |
Ján Cikker, Vlcie diery |
1989 |
Inma de Santis, Devil's Exorcist |
1989 |
Barin Kumar, Shocker |
1989 |
Kauko Hynninen, Kaikki minun poikiani |
1989 |
Esther Brodelet, Young as You Feel |
1989 |
Elsie Griffin, The Mikado |
1990 |
Clarence "Kelly" Johnson, American aeronautical engineer (Lockheed Skunk Works; b. 1910) |
1990 |
Alice Jorgens, Caught with the Goods |
1990 |
Clarence Johnson, SR-71 Blackbird: The Secret Vigil |
1990 |
Svyatoslav Astafyev, Nashestvie |
1990 |
LeRoi Antoine, City Beneath the Sea |
1991 |
Maja Gadelius, Svensson ordnar allt! |
1991 |
Waldemar Kazanecki, Noce i dnie |
1991 |
Colin Douglas, Horror of Fang Rock: Part One |
1991 |
Hannes Häyrinen, Radio tekee murron |
1991 |
Pick Temple, Honest Abe |
1991 |
Leo Pentti, Gas, Inspector Palmu! |
1991 |
Rusty Lee, Raising Arizona |
1991 |
Sheldon Mayer, Video Comics |
1992 |
Albert King, US blues singer/guitarist (Crosscut Saw), dies at 71 |
1992 |
Nathan Milstein, Ukrainian/US violist (Beethoven, Bach), dies at 87 |
1992 |
Stella Adler, US actress (Love on Toast), dies at 90 |
1992 |
Sybil Andrews, English/Canada painter, dies at 94 |
1992 |
Walter Fitz, Löwengrube |
1992 |
Nathan Milstein, The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts |
1992 |
Albert King, Star Trek Into Darkness |
1992 |
Stella Adler, Shadow of the Thin Man |
1992 |
Don Cox, Seed |
1993 |
Philip Christison, British general (Rangoon), dies at 100 |
1993 |
Emil Saarinen, Episode dated 28 November 1967 |
1993 |
Ivan Kozlovsky, Ivan Semenovich Kozlovskiy |
1993 |
Eleanor Cody Gould, Husbands |
1993 |
Guy des Cars, Bajo un mismo rostro |
1994 |
Dean Rusk, US Sect of State, dies at 85 |
1994 |
Shauna McDonald Brown, British TV producer, dies at 37 |
1994 |
Mabel Poulton, Palais de danse |
1994 |
Eugene J. Zukor, Mystery Sea Raider |
1994 |
Rozzell Sykes, Renewal |
1994 |
Jeff Tornberg, Bad |
1994 |
Koreya Senda, Tora! Tora! Tora! |
1995 |
Robert Francis Vere Heuston, professor of law, dies at 72 |
1995 |
Trenchard Cox, museum director, dies at 90 |
1995 |
Hugh K. Gagnier, The Hostage |
1995 |
Barbara Scott, Van de Velde: Das Leben zu zweit - Sexualität in der Ehe |
1995 |
Charlie Tumahai, Once Were Warriors |
1996 |
Margaret E Rey, author of children's books, dies at 90 |
1996 |
Olga Maria Nicolis di Robilant, patron of the arts, dies at 96 |
1996 |
Margret Rey, Curious George |
1996 |
Christine Brückner, Der Mann mit den Heringen |
1997 |
Bruce Woodcock, boxer, dies at 76 |
1997 |
Juzo Itami, film director/actor (Lord Jim, Yuuguremade), dies at 64 |
1997 |
Michael Lyne, air-marshal, dies at 78 |
1997 |
Jan Wilkowski, Medvezhonok Rimtsimtsi |
1997 |
Roger Barkley, The Billion Dollar Hobo |
1997 |
Jerry Masucci, Vigilante |
1997 |
Sacco van der Made, De zaak Brument/De zaak Luneau |
1997 |
Johnny Coles, Charles Mingus Sextet |
1998 |
Roger Avon, Durham actor (b. 1914) |
1998 |
Karl Denver, Scottish singer (b 1931) |
1998 |
Ernst Gunther Schenck, German doctor who joined the Sturmabteilung in 1933 {b. 1904) |
1998 |
Robert James Kern, Night Shift |
1998 |
Roger Avon, Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. |
1998 |
Stanislaw Sapinski, Dzieci z naszej szkoly |
1998 |
Karl Denver, Episode #2.1 |
1998 |
Adelaide Hawley Cumming, Television Fashions |
1999 |
Rikiya Iwaki, Chihô kisha Tachibana Yôsuke 5: Yonezawa Zaô tsûshin kyoku |
1999 |
Bernard Smith, How the West Was Won |
1999 |
Bill Edwards, Hail the Conquering Hero |
1999 |
Stefan Petrov, Za Rodinata |
1999 |
Walter Marti, Selbstzerstörung des Walter Matthias Diggelmann |
1999 |
John Arnatt, Whistle Down the Wind |
1999 |
Frank Onaitis, Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids |
1999 |
Frank Stanley, Magnum Force |
2000 |
John Lee, The Castle |
2000 |
Tom Yohe, Drawing Power |
2000 |
Florynce Kennedy, Born in Flames |
2000 |
Dulce Mann, Hot T-Shirts |
2000 |
Adrian Henri, Yesterday's Girl |
2001 |
Dick Schaap, American sports journalist (b. 1934) |
2001 |
Dick Schaap, Great Sports Dynasties of the Century |
2001 |
Olga Zabotkina, Cheryomushki |
2001 |
Kevin Manser, The Year My Voice Broke |
2001 |
Jacques Mauclair, Same Old Song |
2001 |
Peter Kriendler, Prohibition: Thirteen Years That Changed America |
2002 |
Chester Beachell, Around Is Around |
2002 |
Duke Callaghan, Conan the Barbarian |
2002 |
José Hierro, Zobel - Un tema |
2003 |
Prince Alfonso of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Spanish playboy and businessman (b. 1924) |
2003 |
Yan Frid, The Dog in the Manger |
2003 |
Prinz Alfonso von und zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Episode #1.1 |
2003 |
Oleg Troyanovski, Cold War: The Strangelove Factor |
2003 |
Ron Frazier, Presumed Innocent |
2003 |
Mary van den Berg, 't was een april |
2003 |
Dorothy Burr, Temptation |
2003 |
Charles Shannon II, Episode dated 13 October 1997 |
2004 |
Autar Singh Paintal, Indian medical scientist (b. 1925) |
2004 |
Richard Hamilton, Men in Black |
2004 |
Tadeusz Ryszka, How to Gain Money, Women and Fame? |
2004 |
Virginia McNaughton, Richard Himber & His Orchestra |
2004 |
Ossi Räikkä, Ja viina vie |
2004 |
Ton Schippers, The Dress |
2004 |
Lennart Bernadotte, Klart. Tåg ut! |
2004 |
Ib Mossin, The Son from Vingaarden |
2005 |
Elrod Hendricks, American baseball player and coach (b. 1940) |
2005 |
Horace E. Crouch, History Undercover: One Hour Over Tokyo |
2005 |
Ellie Hendricks, |
2005 |
Elrod Hendricks, 100 Years of the World Series |
2005 |
Carolyn Parker, Deceitfully Funny |
2005 |
Anton Karastoyanov, Momcheto si otiva |
2005 |
Myron Healey, The Incredible Melting Man |
2005 |
Ryszard Sielicki, Yokmok |
2006 |
Scobie Breasley, Australian jockey (b. 1914) |
2006 |
Saparmurat Niyazov, President of Turkmenistan (b. 1940) |
2006 |
Charles Hodgson, The World of George Orwell: Keep the Aspidistra Flying |
2006 |
Peter Spelson, The Psychotronic Man |
2006 |
Sidney Wooderson, |
2006 |
John Lamb, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea |
2006 |
Pierre Louki, Jouez hautbois, résonnez musettes |
2006 |
Lois Hall, Gone in Sixty Seconds |
2006 |
Philippa Pearce, Tom's Midnight Garden |
2006 |
Saparmurat Niyazov, More Than They Deserve/The Eyes Have It/Turkmenbashi/Does the Nose Know?/Bering Strait |
2006 |
Charles Bolton, To Encourage the Others |
2006 |
Nelly Vágó, Hanussen |
2006 |
Ben Kapen, Theatre of the Absurd: Luigi Pirandello, Six Characters in Search of an Author |
2007 |
Ken Hendricks, American businessman (b. 1941) |
2007 |
Werner Albring, Stalins deutsche Elite |
2007 |
Ted Valentine, Come Fly with Me |
2007 |
Beverly George, To the Limit |
2007 |
Jirí Pauer, Tam za lesem |
2007 |
Vera Galatíková, Valley of the Bees |
2007 |
Jeani Read, The Sechelt Queen |
2007 |
David G.B. Williams, Innocent Prey |
2007 |
Norton Nascimento, Agosto |
2008 |
Christopher Hibbert, Palaces of a Queen |
2008 |
Dale Wasserman, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
2008 |
Raluca Zamfirescu, The Moromete Family |
2009 |
Joan Brosnan Walsh, The Boxer |
2009 |
Harry Järv, Beyond Enemy Lines |
2009 |
Marianne Stone, Lolita |
2009 |
Érico Freitas, Mangue Bangue |
2009 |
Hannu Esko, Nurmoo |
2009 |
Jan Rosenthal, The Muppets Take Manhattan |
2009 |
Bjørg Engh, Det angår ikke oss |
2009 |
Nikolay Penkov, Tayna zapisnoy knizhki |
2010 |
Enzo Bearzot, Italian football player and manager (b. 1927) |
2010 |
Jack Griesenbeck, Trespasses |
2010 |
Marcia Lewis, Night Warning |
2010 |
Ernie Tripke, James Dean's Death |
2010 |
Lech Emfazy Stefanski, Camouflage |
2011 |
Gerhard Deutschmann, Gesetz ohne Gnade |
2011 |
Gerd Deutschmann, Kleine Semmeln |
2011 |
Pauli Virta, Olavi Virta |
2011 |
Umanosuke Ueda, Bakuretsu toshi |
2011 |
Jürgen Hentsch, The Deathmaker |
2011 |
John Chamberlain, Who Gets to Call It Art? |
2011 |
Ashton McComb, Recount |
2012 |
Daphne Oxenford, Gilbert & Sullivan: The Very Models |
2012 |
Jane Chung, When Harry Met Sally... |
2012 |
Annie France, Mon amour est près de toi |
2012 |
Lee Dorman, Musical Mutiny |
2012 |
Jarl Borssén, Pippi in the South Seas |
2013 |
Eli Beeding, American Air Force Captain and rocket test pilot, dies at 85 |
2013 |
Yelena Chekan, Neudobnyy chelovek |
2013 |
David Coleman, A Question of Sport |
2013 |
Björn Json Lindh, The Hunters |
2013 |
Julian F. Myers, Coffy |
2013 |
Edgar M. Bronfman, Charlotte's Web |
2013 |
Michael Rodarte, Mercy Me |
2013 |
William Aldridge, Mio in the Land of Faraway |
2013 |
Bronzell Miller, Bringing Down the House |
2013 |
Inge Baaring, Ballad of Carl-Henning |
2013 |
John S.D. Eisenhower, Hold at All Costs: The Story of the Battle of Outpost Harry |
2013 |
Trigger Alpert, The Garry Moore Show |
2014 |
Udo Jürgens, Der Mann mit dem Fagott |
2014 |
Vasil Siskov, Bog da gi ubie spionite |
2014 |
Alan Williams, The Election Results |
2014 |
Michelle Tisseyre, Panique |
2014 |
Jane Bown, The Secret Life of Mary Poppins: A Culture Show Special |
2014 |
Walter De Buck, Paradijsvogels |
2014 |
Cal Bellini, Little Big Man |
2014 |
Billie Whitelaw, Hot Fuzz |
2014 |
Horacio Ferrer, Pichuco |
2014 |
Morteza Ahmadi, Bus |
2016 |
French acting great Michele Morgan dies, aged 96 |
2017 |
Dual Kentucky winner LeRoy Jolley dies aged 80 |
2017 |
Hip-hop pioneer Combat Jack dies aged 48 |
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