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Notable Deaths on December 9th

2012Jenni Rivera, Mexican-American singer-songwriter, dies in a plane crash at 43

1998Archie Moore, American boxer, dies at 81

December 9th Deaths
Date Event
1165
Malcom IV, King of Scots (1153-65), dies at 24 
1292
Sa'di, great Persian poet (Orchard, Rose Garden), dies 
1437
Sigismund, German Emperor/king of Hungary/Bohemia, dies at 70 
1544
Teofilo Folengo, Italian poet (b. 1491) 
1565
Pius IV, [Gianangelo de' Medici], Italian Pope (1559-65), dies at 66 
1603
William Watson, English conspirator (b. 1559) 
1625
Ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Frisian humanist/historian, dies at 78 
1636
Giovanni B Aleotti, Ital writer/theater architect, dies at about 90 
1636
Fabian Birkowski, Polish writer (b. 1566) 
1640
Pierre Fourier, Roman Catholic saint and French priest (b.1565) 
1641
Anthonie "Antoon" van Dyck, Flemish painter, dies at 42 
1669
Clement IX, [Giulio Rospigliosi], Ital Pope (1667-69), dies 
1674
Edward Hyde 1st earl of Clarendon, English PM (1660-67), dies at 65 
1692
William Mountfort, English actor and dramatist 
1706
Pedro II, king of Portugal (1683-1706), dies at 58 
1718
Vincenzo Coronelli, Italian cartographer and encylopaedist (b. 1650) 
1767
Benedetto Alfieri, Italian architect (San Giovanni Battista), dies 
1770
Gottlieb Theophil Muffat, composer, dies at 80 
1793
Gabrielle de Polastron, comtesse de Polignac, French aristocrat (b. 1749) 
1798
Johann Reinhold Forster, German botanist (b. 1729) 
1814
Jose Angel Lamas, composer, dies at 39 
1819
Ann C Coleman, fiancee of pres Buchanan, commits suicide 
1827
Francois Leonard Rouwyzer, composer, dies at 90 
1830
Heinrich Christian Friedrich Schumacher, Danish surgeon, botanist and professor of anatomy (b. 1757) 
1854
Almeida Garrett, Portuguese writer (b. 1799) 
1854
Almeida Garrett, Quem És Tu? 
1858
Robert Baldwin, Canadian politician (b. 1804) 
1887
Mahmadu Lamine, Senegalese marabout and military leader 
1893
George Elvey, composer, dies at 77 
1897
Josef Svátek, Prazský kat 
1905
Henry Holmes, composer, dies at 66 
1916
P Paul Leroy-Beaulieu, French economist (Economist France), dies at 73 
1916
Natsume Sōseki, Japanese novelist (b. 1867) 
1916
Soseki Natsume, And Then 
1917
Nat M. Wills, Nat Wills as King of Kazam 
1920
Mollie McConnell, His Old-Fashioned Dad 
1923
Raymond Radiguet, Devil in the Flesh 
1923
Meggie Albanesi, The House Surrounded 
1924
Bernard Zweers, Dutch composer (Gisbertus of Aemstel), dies at 70 
1925
Eugene Gigout, composer, dies at 81 
1925
Eugène Gigout, Rien que des mensonges 
1925
Harry L. Rattenberry, The Delicious Little Devil 
1929
Willis Cuttell, cricketer (two Tests England v South Africa 1899), dies 
1930
Jim Slight, cricketer (represented Australia at Oval 1880), dies 
1933
Morice Bird, cricketer (scored 280 runs in 10 Tests for England), dies 
1933
Julius Falkenstein, Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler 
1935
Walter Liggett, American crusading newspaper editor and muckraker (b. 1886) 
1935
Max Cohen, Dracula 
1936
Lottie Pickford, The Affair of an Egg 
1936
Carmen Phillips, Shackles 
1937
Nils Gustaf Dalén, Swedish physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1869) 
1937
Andrzej Strug, Goraczka. Dzieje jednego pocisku 
1937
Frances Nimmo Greene, The Right of the Strongest 
1938
Jonna Anker Kreutz, Menneskeskæbner 
1940
Maletti, Italian general, dies in battle 
1940
József Baróthy, Iglói diákok 
1940
Lee Willard, His Regeneration 
1940
John Hyams, Give Me Action 
1941
Leonard "Leo" Polak, Dutch philosopher, dies in Sachsenhausen at 61 
1941
Dmitry Merezhkovsky, Russian writer and philosopher (b. 1865) 
1941
Dmitri Merezhkovsky, Tsarevich Aleksey 
1941
Bruno Aspelin, Rautakylän vanha parooni 
1942
Carl Heinz Wolff, Pipin, der Kurze 
1942
Florence Latimer, The Pilgrim 
1943
Charles L. Gaskill, The Sleep of Cyma Roget 
1943
Edgar Allan Woolf, The Wizard of Oz 
1943
George Cooper, Lilac Time 
1943
Bonita, The Virginia Judge 
1943
Bonita Weber, On the Wrong Trek 
1944
Laird Cregar, actor (Charley's Aunt, Hangover Square), dies at 28 
1944
Laird Cregar, This Gun for Hire 
1944
Harold Howard, One Million B.C. 
1945
Eleanor Wesselhoeft, The Prisoner of Zenda 
1947
John Kelly, Bringing Up Baby 
1947
George Carney, 'I Know Where I'm Going!' 
1947
Elena Lunda, Aniello a fede 
1948
Sir Timothy O'Brien, cricketer (Bart 5 Tests England 1884-96), dies 
1952
Henry Stockbridge, Dynamite 
1952
Lillian Ducey, Enemies of Children 
1952
Stanislawa Chrzanowska, Year 1863 
1953
Hugo Edlund, En lyckoriddare 
1953
Issay Dobrowen, Polikushka 
1953
Wing Foo, China's Little Devils 
1954
Bill McGowan, Game 4 
1955
Hermann Weyl, German mathematician (b. 1885) 
1955
Harry Merland, Wake Island 
1956
Hans Barth, composer, dies at 59 
1956
Lou Handman, The Experiment 
1957
Carswell Adams, sportscaster (Your Sports Special), dies 
1958
Botho Hoefer, Ich heiße Niki 
1959
Walter Compton, news anchor (DuMont Evening News), dies at 47 
1959
Elias Gamboa, Under Fiesta Stars 
1959
Alfred E. Gold, Hindenburg Disaster Newsreel Footage 
1959
John Olsen, Baronessen fra benzintanken 
1959
Walter Compton, Dick Tracy 
1959
Tony Canzoneri, Sport Slants 
1959
Kurt Held, Die schwarzen Brüder 
1960
Margaret Smith, A Roaring Adventure 
1964
Edith L Sitwell, English poet/author (Wheels), dies at 77 
1965
Branch Rickey, American baseball executive (b. 1884) 
1965
Alfred Paix, An American in Paris 
1966
Yury Alexandrovich Shaporin, composer, dies at 79 
1967
Charles Léon Hammes, Luxembourgian lawyer and President of the European Court of Justice (b. 1898) 
1970
Artem Mikoyan, Russian aircraft designer (MIG), dies at 65 
1970
Sir Feroz Khan Noon, Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1893) 
1971
Ralph Bunche, UN delegate/Nobel Prize winner, dies at 67 
1971
Sergey Konenkov, Russian sculptor (b. 1874) 
1972
Louella Parsons, American gossip columnist (b. 1881) 
1974
George Carew, cricketer (4 Tests for WI between 1935 & 1949), dies 
1974
Jorge Croner de Vasconcelos, composer, dies at 64 
1975
William A Wellman, US director (Ox Bow Incident), dies at 79 
1975
William A. Wellman, A Star Is Born 
1975
Józef Zembrzuski, Zimowy zmierzch 
1976
Nino Martini, actor (Here's to Romance), dies at 71 
1977
Clarice Lispector, writer, dies 
1977
Jacques Auger, The Fortress 
1979
Fulton J Sheen, archbishop/religious broadcaster, dies in NYC at 84 
1979
Fulton J. Sheen, Life Is Worth Living 
1980
Harris Ashburn, The Incredible Shrinking Man 
1980
Marcello Pagliero, Paisan 
1980
Don Padgett, Columbia Panoramics: Tomorrow's Stars 
1980
Charles Parker, Cambridge Footlights Revue 'La Vie Cambridgienne' 
1981
Tonny Til, rocker, dies at 56 
1981
Daniel Faulkner, Philadelphia police officer (b. 1955) 
1981
Patty Keene, Xanadu 
1981
Róbert Bánky, Kettesben 
1981
Jørgen Deichmann, Wienerbarnet 
1981
John Kieran, Information Please: Series 1, No. 1 
1982
Fritz Usinger, German writer (Song against Death), dies at 87 
1982
Joey Forman, actor (Sid Caesar Show, Joey Bishop Show), dies at 53 
1982
Leon Jaworski, special prosecutor (Watergate), dies at 77 
1982
Marty Robbins, country singer, dies 
1982
Paul Godwin, [Goldfein], Polish/Dutch violist, dies at 80 
1982
Roger Danneels, Flemish accordionist, dies at 55 
1982
Joey Forman, Candy 
1982
Alzirinha Camargo, Agora É Que São Elas 
1982
Fred Jackman Jr., Earth vs. the Flying Saucers 
1982
Rafael de León, Pan's Labyrinth 
1983
David Rounds, actor (Terence-Beacon Hill), dies at 53 
1983
Kamil Behounek, Pán a sluha 
1983
David Rounds, Love of Life 
1983
Tito Junco, The Exterminating Angel 
1984
Razzle, English drummer (Hanoi Rocks) (b. 1960) 
1985
Victor Vicas, No Way Back 
1985
Charles B. Jenkins, The Postman Always Rings Twice 
1985
Ireneusz Iredynski, Okno 
1986
Percy Curtis, Age of Innocence 
1987
Ljubomir Didic, Ciguli Miguli 
1987
Marvin Keil, The Pit 
1987
Károly Szalay, Cigánykerék 
1987
María Francés, Placido 
1988
Maria De Matteis, War and Peace 
1989
Betty Moortgat, The Town That Dreaded Sundown 
1989
R.G. Springsteen, Singing Guns 
1990
Mike Mazurski, wrestler/actor (Centerfold Girls), dies at 80 
1990
Mike Mazurki, Some Like It Hot 
1990
Alfred Lohner, Cécile oder Die Schule der Väter 
1990
Mike Letz, The Bellboy 
1990
Anton Graf Bossi-Fedrigotti, Militiaman Bruggler 
1991
Berenice Abbott, Paris Was a Woman 
1992
Carl Barger, baseball pres (Pittsburgh Pirates, Fla Marlins), dies at 62 
1992
Vincent Gardenia, actor (All in the Family, LA Law), dies at 71 
1992
Jean-Paul Sassy, Skin and Bones 
1992
Will Höhne, Die große Starparade 
1992
Franco Franchi, Due marines e un generale 
1992
Vincent Gardenia, Moonstruck 
1992
George Scheitinger, The Natural 
1993
Danny Blanchflower, North Ireland soccer/union coach, dies at 67 
1993
Muhammad Reza Golpayegani, ayatollah of Iran, dies 
1993
Jan Bergquist, Straffet 
1993
Haskell Isenhuth, Swiss Miss 
1993
Everett McGarrity, Hallelujah 
1993
Danny Blanchflower, Danny Blanchflower 
1993
Herbert Grevenius, Summer Interlude 
1994
Garnet Silk, Jamaican raggae-singer, dies at 28 
1994
Kim II Sung, pres of North Korea (1945-94), dies at 82 
1994
Maureen Cox Starkey, ex-wife of Ringo, dies of Leukemia at 48 
1994
Max Bill, Swiss painter/sculptor/politician, dies at 85 
1994
Pat Haggerty, Super Bowl XVI 
1994
Max Bill,  
1994
Tetsuko Kobayashi, Samurai Rebellion 
1994
Peter Hey, Jesus von Ottakring 
1994
Garnett Silk, The Reggae Movie 
1995
Benny Lee, entertainer, dies at 84 
1995
Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan (aviator), dies 
1995
Hugh Armstrong Clegg, industrial relations academic, dies at 75 
1995
Toni Cade Bambara, filmmaker, dies at 56 
1995
Vitali Viktorovich Savitsky, biologist/politician, dies at 40 
1995
Vivian Blaine, actress (Guys & Dolls), dies of heart failure at 74 
1995
Bonvi, Stormtroopers II 
1995
Toni Cade Bambara, W.E.B. DuBois: A Biography in Four Voices 
1995
Douglas Corrigan, The Flying Irishman 
1995
Vivian Blaine, Guys and Dolls 
1995
Benny Lee, Mahler 
1996
Alain Emile Louis Marie Poher, politician, dies at 87 
1996
Alain Poher, French pres of European Parliament (1966-69), dies 
1996
Anne Bolt, photo-journalist/trade unionist, dies at 84 
1996
Faron Young, country singer, commits suicide at 64 
1996
Ivor Roberts-Jones, sculptor, dies at 83 
1996
Mary Douglas Nicol Leakey, archaeologist/anthropologist, dies at 83 
1996
Raphael Samuel, historian, dies at 32 
1996
Patty Donahue, American singer (The Waitresses) (b. 1956) 
1996
Diana Morgan, Went the Day Well? 
1996
June Carlson, Mom and Dad 
1996
Mary Leakey, Dr. Leakey and the Dawn of Man 
1996
Robert Holton, Monkey on My Back 
1997
Tamara Geva, dancer, dies at 91 
1997
Bang-ho Cho, Gaki teikoku - Akutare sensô 
1997
Tamara Geva, Manhattan Merry-Go-Round 
1997
Manning Wilson, Tales from the Crypt 
1997
Brent Chalem, The Monster Squad 
1998
Shaughnessy Cohen, Canadian politician (b. 1948) 
1998
Archie Moore, American boxer, dies at 81 
1998
Lumikki Tammi, Verovirkailijan sulhanen 
1998
Wlodzimierz Saar, Smierc prezydenta 
1998
Archie Moore, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 
1998
Maria Krawczyk-Wazyk, Skarb 
1999
Irena Osuchowska-Jasinska, Poznanskie slowiki 
1999
Whitey Kurowski, When It Was a Game 
1999
Marian B. Cockrell, Dark Waters 
1999
Sándor László-Bencsik, A piac 
1999
Alma Bressan, Clave de sol 
1999
Alvaro Tarcisio, The Killer Trailer 
2000
Milic od Macve, Do Not Mention the Cause of Death 
2000
Bonnie Barrett, Sea Scamps 
2000
Julián Marín, Aquel viejo molino 
2000
Mikael Strandberg, Macklean 
2000
Marina Shubert, Ab Mitternacht 
2000
Marina Koshetz, Luxury Liner 
2001
Michael Carver, British soldier (b. 1915) 
2001
John Blood, The Witches of Eastwick 
2001
Armando Grottini, ...e Napoli canta! 
2001
Józefina Pellegrini, Antyki 
2002
Mary Hansen, Australian guitarist and singer (Stereolab) (b. 1966) 
2002
Ian Hornak, American Painter, Draughtsman and Sculptor (b. 1944) 
2002
Stan Rice, American painter, educator, and poet (b. 1942) 
2002
Denavaka Hamine, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 
2002
Ian Hornak,  
2002
Aston S. Young, Piranha Part Two: The Spawning 
2003
Paul Simon, U.S. Senator from Illinois (b. 1928) 
2003
Norm Sloan, American basketball coach (b. 1926) 
2003
Barbara Kroner, Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures 
2003
Bill Chadney, The Kill 
2003
Gladys Shelly, Idea Girl 
2004
David Brudnoy, American radio personality (b. 1940) 
2004
Lea De Mae, Czech actress (b. 1976) 
2004
Patrick Wright, Track of the Moon Beast 
2004
Lea De Mae, Loaded 
2004
Morgan Cavett, Black Angels 
2004
Henny Backus, The Great Man 
2004
Louella MacFarlane, Hazel's Secret Wish 
2004
Norm Wilson, They Live 
2004
Norman D. Wilson, Lethal Weapon 3 
2004
Willie Metcalf, Ray 
2004
Khoren Abrahamyan, Arajin siro yerge 
2005
György Sándor, Hungarian pianist (b. 1912) 
2005
Robert Sheckley, American author (b. 1928) 
2005
Phil Tate, Miss World 1990 
2005
Roger Shattuck, Surrealism 
2005
Arthur Leigh, Stepfather II 
2005
Robert Sheckley, Freejack 
2005
Michael G. Botts, 8 Seconds 
2005
Andrew Krawetz, Ramblin' Gal 
2005
Jane Ball, The Keys of the Kingdom 
2005
Jess Schwidde, A River Runs Through It 
2005
Helmut Sakowski, Marie Grubbe 
2006
Tim Albrecht, Camp 
2006
Freddie Marsden, Zodiac 
2006
Russell Wade, The Body Snatcher 
2006
Alberico Vitalini, East of Kilimanjaro 
2006
Georgia Gibbs, The Georgia Gibbs Show 
2006
Beverly Crane, All Girl Revue 
2006
Johnny Hutch, Uncertain Curtain 
2006
Allen Waddell, Babes in Toyland 
2006
Ben Guy, Delivery 
2007
Thore Skogman, Swedish entertainer (b. 1931) 
2007
Paul Havea, The Sum of the Parts 
2007
Jerome de Nuccio, Reap the Wild Wind 
2007
Thore Skogman, Pang i bygget 
2007
Christina Gordon, Pandemic 
2007
Gorden C. Zahn, Der Fall Jägerstätter 
2007
Apichej Kittikornjaroen, Omen 
2008
Ibrahim Dossey, Ghanaian football player (b. 1972) 
2008
Yuri Glazkov, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1939) 
2008
Gregory Cassel, Something So Right 
2008
Sigi Harreis, Die Montagsmaler 
2008
Lynette Bernay, Up in the Air 
2008
Alicia Aller, Last Images of the Shipwreck 
2008
Art Foster, The Verdict 
2008
Wladyslaw Slesicki, Zanim opadna liscie... 
2008
Richard Marks, Molokai 
2009
Gene Barry, American actor, dies of congestive heart failure at 90 
2009
Barbro Fleege, Sonja 
2009
Gene Barry, War of the Worlds 
2009
Goldie Semple, Scandalous Me: The Jacqueline Susann Story 
2009
Liana Lombard, La vendedora de fantasías 
2010
Dov Shilansky, Israeli politician (b. 1924) 
2010
James Moody, American jazz musician (b. 1925) 
2010
John du Pont, American member of the Du Pont family and convicted murderer (b. 1938) 
2010
James Moody, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil 
2010
Alexander Kerst, An Ideal Husband 
2010
Boris Tishchenko, Deti kak deti 
2010
Robert Renfrow, Future-Kill 
2010
Masako Toyoda, Tsuzurikata kyoshitsu 
2010
Fausto Sarli, Ypotron - Final Countdown 
2010
Hansi Linder, Tamara 
2011
Peter W. Loosli, Gute Abig, Signor Steiger 
2011
Jacques Debary, That Obscure Object of Desire 
2011
Myra Taylor, Suspect 
2011
Jerry Carter, One True Thing 
2011
Christoph Engel, Wengler & Söhne 
2011
Mark Goldweber, The Company 
2012
Sir Patrick Moore, English amateur astronomer and author, dies from an infection at 89 
2012
Jenni Rivera, Mexican-American singer-songwriter, dies in a plane crash at 43 
2012
Norman Joseph Woodland, American inventor, dies at 91 
2012
Gloria Mestre, El bruto 
2012
Arthur Kardashian, Kim's Fairytale Wedding: A Kardashian Event - Part 2 
2012
Jacob Yebale, Red, White and a Little Blue 
2012
André José Adler, As Moças Daquela Hora 
2012
Anat Gov, Ken Ma?! 
2012
Tikhon Oskin, Solo dlya pistoleta s orkestrom 
2012
Riccardo Schicchi, La mia preda 
2012
Charles Rosen, A Labyrinth of Time 
2012
Patrick Moore, Time Lord 
2012
Jadwiga Siennicka, The Story of Sin 
2012
Jenni Rivera, Teletón XIV 
2013
Eleanor Parker, American actress, dies from pneumonia at 91 
2013
Eleanor Parker, The Sound of Music 
2013
Kees Brusse, Ciske de Rat 
2013
Peter Michalove, The Lasting 
2013
Lia Kopetti, Kölyök 
2013
John Wilbur, Super Bowl VII 
2013
Lloyd Pye, Alien Origins by Lloyd Pye 
2013
Jacq Firmin Vogelaar, Episode dated 20 February 1968 
2014
Jane Freilicher, Something's Gotta Give 
2014
Jose Feghali, Qwerty 
2014
José Feghali, The Cliburn: 50 Years of Gold 
2014
Vefik Hadzismajlovic, Dvije polovine srca 
2014
Robert Kinoshita, The Black Sleep 
2014
Mary Ann Mobley, General Hospital 
2014
Winfred 'Blue' Lovett, The Spectacular Now 
2014
Dorota Dabrowska, Daas 
2014
Sheila Stewart, Blackbird 
2014
Mikhail Logvinov, Mir vkhodyashchemu 
2014
Karl Otto Pöhl, The Battle of Ideas 
2015
American Indian activist, poet John Trudell dies at 69 
2016
Astronaut John Glenn, first American to orbit Earth, dies aged 95 
2017
Golf: Former European Ryder Cup Player Horton Dies, Aged 76 
2017
Fargo and Dances With Wolves actor Steve Reevis passes away at age 55 
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