1165 – Malcolm IV of Scotland, nicknamed Virgo “the Maiden”, King of Scots (1153-65), dies of poor health at 24
1544 – Teofilo Folengo, Italian macaronic poet, dies at 53
1692 – William Mountfort, English actor and dramatist, dies at approximately 38
1854 – Almeida Garrett, Portuguese writer (b. 1799)
1905 – Henry Holmes, English violinist and composer, dies at 66
1971 – Sergey Konenkov, Russian sculptor, dies at 97
1983 – David Rounds, American actor (Terence-Beacon Hill, Alice, The Blue and The Grey), dies of cancer at 53
1996 – Raphael Samuel, British Marxist historian, dies at 61
1996 – Anne Bolt, photo-journalist and trade unionist, dies at 84
1997 – Tamara Geva, Russian-born dancer and actress, dies at 91
Category: Famous Deaths
Famous Deaths for 8th December 2020
1292 – John Peckham, English archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 62
1722 – Elisabeth Charlotte “Liselotte”, German-French duchess of Orleans, dies at 70
1874 – Franz Wilhelm Ferling, German oboist and composer (48 études for oboe) dies at 78
1926 – Jan Six, Dutch art historian/collector, dies
1991 – [Wilbur] Buck Clayton, American jazz trumpet player and bandleader, dies at 80
1992 – William Shawn, American magazine editor (New Yorker, 1952-87), dies at 85
2006 – Martha Tilton, American singer (b. 1915)
2006 – José Uribe, Dominican baseball player (b. 1959)
2016 – Sheila Quinn, British nurse and adviser (British Red Cross), dies at 96
2016 – John Glenn, American astronaut (1st American to orbit the earth) and politician (Senator D-Ohio), dies at 95
Famous Deaths for 7th December 2020
1899 – Anton de Kontski [Antoni Kątski], Polish-American pianist and composer (Awakening Of The Lion), Polish pianist and composer, dies at 82
1941 – Franklin Van Valkenburgh, United States Navy, Medal of Honor recipient, killed in Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor (b. 1888)
1970 – Romaine Brooks [Beatrice Romaine Goddard], American painter, dies at 96
1980 – Darby Crash, American Punk rocker (Germs), dies of an overdose at 22
1984 – Lee Roy Yarbrough, American race car (Nascar) driver (b. 1938)
1984 – Jeanne Cagney, American actress (Lion is in the Streets, Quicksand, Kentucky Rifle), dies of cancer at 65
1990 – Jean Paul Lemieux, Canadian painter, dies at 86
2004 – Jerry Scoggins, American singer (b. 1913)
2006 – Jay McShann, American musician (b. 1910)
2019 – Ron Saunders, English soccer striker (Portsmouth) and manager (Manchester City, Aston Villa, Birmingham City), dies at 87
Famous Deaths for 6th December 2020
1891 – Émile Bayard, French artist and illustrator, dies at 54
1924 – Gene Stratton-Porter, American author, screenwriter and naturalist (b. 1863)
1925 – Dat So la Lee “Dabuda” or Louise Keyser, Native American (Washoe) basket weaver dies aged about 96
1941 – Oskar Ernst Bernhardt, German author (In the Light of Truth: The Grail Message), dies at 66
1971 – Hugo Godron, Dutch composer, dies at 71
1988 – Bill Harris, American guitarist (Clovers-Love Potion No 9), dies at 63
1989 – Gabor Jodal, Romanian composer, dies at 76
2003 – Hans Hotter, German bass-baritone (b. 1909)
2013 – Stan Tracey, British jazz pianist, dies at 86
2017 – William H. Gass, American novelist and philosopher (Omensetter’s Luck), dies at 93
Famous Deaths for 5th December 2020
1212 – Derek II of Are, Bishop of Utrecht (1197-1212), dies
1244 – Johanna of Constantinople, countess of Flanders (1205-44), dies
1570 – Johan Friis, Danish statesman (b. 1494)
1870 – Alexandre Dumas, French writer (The Three Musketeers, The Count of Monte Cristo), dies at 68
1931 – Vachel Lindsay, American poet (b. 1879)
1940 – Jan Kubelik, Czech composer, dies at 60
1974 – Pietro Germi, Italian actor, writer and director (Divorce Italian Style, The Facts of Murder), dies from hepatitis at 60
1994 – Ronald Ridout, English school textbook author (English Today), dies at 78
1996 – Peter Hall, British folklorist and musician, dies at 60
2007 – Karlheinz Stockhausen, German classical and electronic music composer, dies at 79
Famous Deaths for 4th December 2020
1609 – Alexander Hume, Scottish poet (Hymns and Sacred Songs), dies
1732 – John Gay, English poet and dramatist (The Beggar’s Opera), dies at 47
1902 – Charles Dow, American journalist and economist (co-founded Dow Jones and 1st editor of Wall St Journal), dies at 51
1948 – Karl Bonhoeffer, German psychiatrist/neurologist, dies
1980 – Francisco Sá Carneiro, 109th Prime Minister of Portugal, dies at 46
1997 – David Abell Wood, priest, dies at 72
2005 – Gloria Lasso, French-Spanish singer (b. 1922)
2012 – Jonathan Harvey, English composer (Bhakti, Music of Stockhausen), dies at 73
2013 – McDonald Bailey, British-Trinidadian 100m runner (Olympic bronze 1952), dies at 92
2017 – Ali Abdullah Saleh, Yemeni politician and 1st President of Yemen (1990-2012), is killed during the Battle of Sana’a at 75
Famous Deaths for 3rd December 2020
1905 – John Bartlett, American writer and publisher (compiled Familiar Quotations), dies at 85
1907 – Allen Thomas, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 76
1933 – Richard Henry Warren, American organist and composer, dies at 74
1949 – Maria Ouspenskaya, Russian actress (Spookies), dies at 62
1949 – Elin Pelin, Bulgarian writer (The Gerak Family; Earth), dies at 72
1985 – Sam Gillman, actor (Sam-Shane), dies at 70
1998 – Ed Widseth, American College Football Hall of Fame tackle (University of Minnesota; Pro Bowl 1938; NY Giants), dies at 88
1999 – Jarl Wahlström, 12th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1918)
2001 – Grady Martin, American country music guitarist (The Nashville A-Team), dies at 72
2011 – Dharam Devdutt “Dev” Anand, Indian comedian, actor, director and producer, dies at 88
Famous Deaths for 2nd December 2020
1592 – Alexander Farnese, land guardian of Neth (1579-92), dies at 46
1747 – Vincent Bourne, English classical scholar (b. 1695)
1860 – Alfred Bunn, British theatrical manager (b. 1796)
1953 – Ernie Hayes MBE, English cricket all-rounder (5 Tests; Surrey, Leicestershire), dies at 77
1974 – Sofie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatte, composer, dies at 72
1976 – William Tannen, American actor (Jailhouse Rock, Sitting Bull), dies at 65
1980 – Richard Pindle Hammond, American composer dies at 83
2003 – Alan Davidson, British author (b. 1924)
2008 – Ted Rogers OC, Canadian entrepreneur and MLB team owner (Toronto Blue Jays), dies of heart failure at 75
2009 – Maggie Jones, English actress (b. 1934)
Famous Deaths for 1st December 2020
1433 – Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan, 100th Emperor of Japan, dies at 56
1727 – Johann Heinrich Buttstett, German composer, dies at 61
1842 – Philip Spencer, 1st US naval officer condemned for mutiny, hanged
1884 – William Swainson (lawyer), second, and last, Attorney-General (New Zealand) of the Crown Colony of New Zealand (b. 1809)
1970 – Frank Smailes, English cricket all-rounder (1 Test; 8 County C’ships, Yorkshire), dies at 60
1976 – George Earnshaw, American baseball pitcher (World Series 1929-30; Philadelphia Athletics), dies at 76
1977 – Teun Struycken [Antoon Arnold Marie Struycken], Dutch Minister of Justice (1950-51) and Governor of the Netherlands Antilles (1951-56), dies at 70
1984 – Roelof Frankot, Dutch painter (b. 1911)
1990 – Jan H de Groot, Dutch co-founder (Vrij Nederland), dies
1996 – Barbak Karmal, politician, dies at 67
Famous Deaths for 30th November 2020
1016 – Edmund II, Ironsides, King of the Saxons (1016), dies at 27
1841 – Charles Louis W J van Keverberg, Dutch government official, dies at 73
1864 – Hiram Bronson Granbury, Confederate brigadier general, dies in the Battle of Franklin at 33
1979 – Zeppo Marx [Herbert Manfred Marx], American comedian and actor (Marx Brothers), dies at 78
1983 – George Headley OD MBE, West Indies cricket batsman (22 Tests; 2,190 runs @ 60.83; 10 x 100), dies at 74
1985 – Phil Tucker, American film director (Robot Monster), dies at 58
1994 – Guy Debord, situationist, dies at 63
1995 – William Roerick, American actor (The Wasp Woman, Guiding Light), dies in car crash at 83
2008 – Munetaka Higuchi, Japanese drummer (Loudness) (b. 1958)
2010 – Faye Wright, American spiritual figure (b. 1914)