Famous Deaths for 12th December 2023

1821 – Phoebe Hessel, English woman who disguised herself as a man to serve in the British Army, probably to be with her lover, Samuel Golding, dies at 108
1956 – Lorenzo Perosi, composer, dies at 83
1960 – Christopher Hornsrud, Prime Minister of Norway (3 weeks), dies at 101
1961 – Daiun Sogaku Harada, Zen founder of Sanbo Kyodan lineage, dies at 91
1995 – Andrew Olle, broadcaster, dies at 48
1995 – James Altgens, JFK assassination photographer, dies at 76
1995 – Mary Bruce, American tap dance teacher, dies at 95
2004 – George Hunter, South African boxer (Olympic gold light heavyweight 1948), dies at 77
2008 – Tassos Papadopoulos, Cypriot lawyer and politician (President, 2003-08), dies at cancer at 74
2020 – Charley Pride, American country singer (Sweet Country), dies of COVID-19 complications at 86

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