Famous Deaths for 18th December 2019

1495 – Alphonso II, King of Naples (1494-95), dies at 47
1565 – Benedetto Varchi, Italian humanist/historian (L’Ercolano), dies at 62
1692 – Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German statesman (b. 1626)
1787 – Soame Jenyns, English writer (b. 1704)
1799 – Jean-Étienne Montucla, French mathematician, dies at 74
1858 – Joseph-Henri-Ignace Mees, Flemish composer, dies at 81
1862 – Johnson Kelly Duncan, architect/Confederate brig-generaal, dies at 35 of malarial fever
1977 – Louis Untermeyer, American poet and critic (Immortal Poems, Story Poems), dies at 92
1993 – Charizma, American rapper (b. 1973)
2008 – Mark Felt, the infamous “Deep Throat”, American FBI official and whistle blower during the Watergate Scandal dies aged 95

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