Famous Deaths for 13th December 2021

1404 – Albert I, Duke of Bavaria and third son of Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor, dies at 74
1862 – Conrad Feger Jackson, US Union brigadier general, dies in Battle of Fredericksburg at 49
1908 – Augustus Le Plongeon, French-American photographer and antiquitarian, dies at 83
1911 – Reggie Duff, Australian cricket batsman (23 Tests; 104 on debut), dies of alcoholism at 33
1980 – Harm van Riel, Dutch Liberal Party politician, dies at 73
1981 – Pigmeat [Dewey] Markham, American comedian (Here Comes da Judge-Laugh In), dies at 75
1992 – Bernard Drukker, Dutch pianist/orchestra leader (duivelswiel), dies
1993 – Charles JB Jonckheere, Flemish poet/writer: Ogentroost, dies at 87
2010 – Stuart “Woolly” Wolstenholme, British keyboardist and vocalist (Barclay James Harvest), commits suicide at 63
2019 – Richard G Hatcher, American attorney and politician (Mayor of Gary, Indiana, 1968-88), dies at 88

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