Famous Deaths for 23rd December 2022

558 – Childebert, King of France (specifically, the Neustrian Franks) (511-58), dies at about 62
1556 – Nicholas Udall, English playwright (wrote the 1st comedy in English “Ralph Roister Doister”), dies at about 52
1902 – Frederick Temple, 95th Archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 81
1939 – Anthony H. G. Fokker, Dutch airplane builder (Spider), dies at 49
1948 – Seishirō Itagaki, Japanese military officer and politician (War Minister, 1938-39), hanged for war crimes at 63
1959 – Lester Lonergan Jr, American actor (Growing Paynes), dies at 65
1967 – Karen Verne [Ingeborg Klinkerfuss], German actress (Sky Murder, All Through the Night, Madame X), dies from a heart ailment at 49
1970 – Charlie Ruggles, American actor (Bringing Up Baby, The Patchwork Girl of Oz), dies at 84
2004 – P. V. Narasimha Rao, Indian politician, 9th Prime Minister of India (1991-96), dies of a heart attack at 83
2018 – (Ann) “Honey” Lantree, British rock drummer (The Honeycombs), dies at 75

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