Historical Deaths

🏥 Famous Historical Deaths - December 9, 2025

1982 Leon Jaworski, special prosecutor (Watergate), dies at 77

1565 Pius IV, [Gianangelo de' Medici], Italian Pope (1559-65), dies at 66

1996 Ivor Roberts-Jones, sculptor, dies at 83

1956 Hans Barth, composer, dies at 59

1641 Anthonie "Antoon" van Dyck, Flemish painter, dies at 42

1924 Bernard Zweers, Dutch composer (Gisbertus of Aemstel), dies at 70

1995 Benny Lee, entertainer, dies at 84

1996 Alain Emile Louis Marie Poher, politician, dies at 87

1996 Anne Bolt, photo-journalist/trade unionist, dies at 84

1770 Gottlieb Theophil Muffat, composer, dies at 80

1979 Fulton J Sheen, archbishop/religious broadcaster, dies in NYC at 84

1993 Muhammad Reza Golpayegani, ayatollah of Iran, dies

1970 Artem Mikoyan, Russian aircraft designer (MIG), dies at 65

1814 Jose Angel Lamas, composer, dies at 39

1982 Marty Robbins, country singer, dies

1929 Willis Cuttell, cricketer (two Tests England v S Africa 1899), dies

1982 Paul Godwin, [Goldfein], Polish/Dutch violist, dies at 80

1905 Henry Holmes, composer, dies at 66

1994 Maureen Cox Starkey, ex-wife of Ringo, dies of Leukemia at 48

1948 Sir Timothy O'Brien, cricketer (Bart 5 Tests England 1884-96), dies

1995 Hugh Armstrong Clegg, industrial relations academic, dies at 75

1996 Alain Poher, French pres of European Parliament (1966-69), dies

1959 Kurt Kl„ber, writer, dies

1995 Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan (aviator), dies

1996 Mary Douglas Nichol Leakey, archaeologist/anthropologist, dies at 83

1995 Vivian Blaine, actress (Guys & Dolls), dies of heart failure at 74

1966 Yury Alexandrovich Shaporin, composer, dies at 79

1963 Philibert Schmitz, Belgium, historian (Order of St BenoЊt), dies at 75

1994 Kim II Sung, pres of North Korea (1945-94), dies at 82

1916 P Paul Leroy-Beaulieu, French economist (Economist France), dies at 73

1974 George Carew, cricketer (4 Tests for WI between 1935 & 1949), dies

1819 Ann C Coleman, fiancee of pres Buchanan, commits suicide

1706 Pedro II, king of Portugal (1683-1706), dies at 58

1827 Fran‡ois Leonard Rouwyzer, composer, dies at 90

1983 David Rounds, actor (Terence-Beacon Hill), dies at 53

1636 Giovanni B Aleotti, Ital writer/theater architect, dies at about 90

1165 Malcom IV, king of Scotland (1153-65), dies at 24

1988 Roy Orbison, rocker (Pretty Woman), dies of a heart attack at 52

1976 Nino Martini, actor (Here's to Romance), dies at 71

1669 Clement IX, [Giulio Rospigliosi], Ital Pope (1667-69), dies

1995 Vitali Viktorovich Savitsky, biologist/politician, dies at 40

1767 Benedetto Alfieri, Italian architect (San Giovanni Battista), dies

1993 Danny Blanchflower, North Ireland soccer/union coach, dies at 67

1996 Raphael Samuel, historian, dies at 32

1982 Fritz Usinger, German writer (Song against Death), dies at 87

1925 Eugene Gigout, composer, dies at 81

1994 Garnet Silk, Jamaican raggae-singer, dies at 28

1941 Leonard "Leo" Polak, Dutch philosopher, dies in Sachsenhausen at 61

1981 Tonny Til, rocker, dies at 56

1975 William A Wellman, US director (Ox Bow Incident), dies at 79

1893 George Elvey, composer, dies at 77

1940 Maletti, Italian general, dies in battle

1990 Mike Mazurski, wrestler/actor (Centerfold Girls), dies at 80

1996 Faron Young, country singer, commits suicide at 64

1992 Carl Barger, baseball pres (Pitts Pirates, Fla Marlins), dies at 62

1977 Clarice Lispector, writer, dies

1933 Morice Bird, cricketer (scored 280 runs in 10 Tests for England), dies

1674 Edward Hyde 1st earl of Clarendon, English PM (1660-67), dies at 65

1964 Edith L Sitwell, English poet/author (Wheels), dies at 77

1974 Jorge Croner de Vasconcelos, composer, dies at 64

1292 Sa'di, great Persian poet (Orchard, Rose Garden), dies

1997 Tamara Geva, dancer, dies at 91

1944 Laird Cregar, actor (Charley's Aunt, Hangover Square), dies at 28

1959 Walter Compton, news anchor (DuMont Evening News), dies at 47

1995 Toni Cade Bambara, filmmaker, dies at 56

1982 Joey Forman, actor (Sid Caesar Show, Joey Bishop Show), dies at 53

1992 Vincent Gardenia, actor (All in the Family, LA Law), dies at 71

1625 Ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Frisian humanist/historian, dies at 78

1437 Sigismund, German Emperor/king of Hungary/Bohemia, dies at 70

1982 Roger Danneels, Flemish accordionist, dies at 55

1957 Carswell Adams, sportscaster (Your Sports Special), dies

1930 Jim Slight, cricketer (represented Australia at Oval 1880), dies

1994 Max Bill, Swiss painter/sculptor/politician, dies at 85

1971 Ralph J Bunche, UN delegate/Nobel Prize winner, dies at 67 in NYC

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