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

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