Historical Deaths for Tomorrow

🏥 Famous Historical Deaths - December 10, 2025

1603 William Gilbert, Queen Elizabeth's physician, dies at 59

1982 Freeman "Amos" Gosden, US radio actor (Amos 'n' Andy), dies at 83

1995 Darren Robinson, singer, dies at 28

1490 Antoine Haneron, Bourgundy diplomat, dies at about 90

1939 Wilhelm Grosz, composer, dies at 45

1595 Reynier Cant, mayor of Amsterdam, dies at about 59

1904 James Cranston, cricketer (scored 16 & 15 in Test for England), dies

1969 Franco Capuana, composer, dies at 75

1910 Pablo Hernandez Salces, composer, dies at 76

1958 Juliane Gabriels, Flemish physician, dies at 72

1877 Federico Ricci, composer, dies at 68

1968 Karl Barth, Swiss theologist/minister (Kirchliche Dogma), dies at 82

1996 Faron Young, country singer/actor (Hidden Guns), commits suicide at 34

1995 John Francis Boyd, journalist, dies at 85

1921 Viktor Jacobi, composer, dies at 38

1931 Max Elskamp, Belgian author/poet (Six Chansons), dies at 69

1909 Red Cloud, Sioux indian chief, dies

1967 Phalin Jones, rocker (Bar-kays), dies in plane crash

1875 Otogaki Rengetsu, zen nun/benefactress of Tessai, dies at about 84

1198 Averro‰s ibn-Rusjd, Moorish philosopher, dies

1995 Gillian Rose, philosopher/writer, dies at 48

1041 Michael IV, Paphlagonicus, emperor of Byzantine, dies

1826 Benedikt Emanuel Schack, composer, dies at 68

1979 Fulton J Sheen, bishop (Life is Worth Living), dies at 84

1890 Ludolf AJW Sloet van de Beele, gov-gen (Net India 1861-66), dies at 84

1967 Otis Redding, singer (Dock of Bay), dies in plane crash at 26

1990 Armand Hammer, CEO (Occidental Petroleum), dies at 92

1911 Joseph D Hooker, British botanist, dies at 94

1638 Ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic, Dalmatian writer (Osman), dies at 49

1986 Kate Wolf, folksinger (Back Roads), dies of leukemia at 44

1968 Thomas Merton, French/US priest/writer (7 Story Mountain), dies at 53

1935 John H Aberson, 1st rector of Landbouw high school, dies at 78

1979 Ann Dvorak, actress (G Men, Life of Her Own, Scarface), dies at 67

1749 Gabrielle Chѓtelet, [La belle Emilie], writer (Voltaire), dies at 42

1983 Patrick O'Moore, actor (Jungle Gents), dies at 74

1995 Mary Madge Lascelles, literary critic/poet, dies at 95

1986 Susan Cabot-Roman, actress (Sorority Girl, Carnival Rock), dies

1959 Charles Jones, cricket batsman (WI in 4 Tests 1930-35, 63 runs), dies

1889 Anzengruber, writer, dies

1524 Henry van Zutphen, Dutch Augustine/Luthern minister, burned to death

1946 Walter Johnson, great pitcher (Washington Senators), dies at 59

0969 Nicephorus II Phocas, Byzantine co-Emperor (963-69), murdered

1770 Theophil "Gottlieb" Muffat, German court organist/composer, dies at 80

1896 Alfred Nobel, Swedish Nobel Prize ceremony on this date, dies at 63

1967 Brazilio da Cunha Luz Itibere, composer, dies at 71

1830 Simon Bolivar, South American freedom fighter/"dictator", dies

1888 Mariano Obiols, composer, dies at 79

1665 Tarquinio Mercula, composer, dies

1964 Sam Cooke, US, singer (Sad Moon), slain at a motel at 33

1936 Robert Abel, cricketer (744 runs in 13 Tests for Eng 1888-1902), dies

1877 Jared Kirtland, US physician/naturalist, dies

1994 Garnett Silk, vocalist, dies at 28

1967 Jimmy King, rocker (Bar-kays), dies in a plane crash

1995 Phillip Piratin, communist, dies at 88

1974 Paul Richards, actor (Dr Thompson-Breaking Point), dies at 50

1988 Dick Clair, comedian (Clair & McMahon, Facts of Life), dies of AIDS

1936 Luigi Pirandello, Italian writer (Enrico IV, Nobel 1934), dies at 69

1978 Edward D Wood Jr, director (Plan 9), dies of heart failure at 54

1946 Damon Runyon, US journalist/writer (Guys & Dolls), dies at 66

1971 Jozef MLT Cals, Dutch min of Education/premier (1965-66), dies at 57

1966 Boris Koutzen, composer, dies at 65

1992 Carlomagno Andrade, Equadorian general, dies

1805 Friedrich Franz Hurka, composer, dies at 43

1572 Cornelis Musius, Dutch humanist/poet, murdered at 72

1972 Mark A Van Doren, US literary (Our Lady Peace), dies at 78

1982 Roy Webb, composer, dies at 94

1616 Diogo do Couto, Portuguese historian/archivist of Goa, dies at 74

1967 Ron Caldwell, rocker (Bar-kays), dies in a plane crash

1994 George G F van Renesse, concert pianist/music director, dies at 85

1996 John Duffey, bluegrass musician, dies at 62

1987 Jascha Heifetz, Russia, violinist, dies at 86

1889 Ludwig Anzengruber, Austrian playwright, dies at 50

1994 Keith Joseph, British MP (C), dies

1968 Patsy Moran, actress (Children of the Wild), dies at 65

1991 Berenice Abbott, US photographer, dies at 93

1965 Henry (Dixon) Cowell, US pianist/composer (Aeolian Harp), dies at 68

1969 Leigh Harline, composer, dies at 62

1959 Henri Vidal, French actor (Fabiola), dies of a heart attack at 40

1988 Richard Castellano, aqctor (Honor thy Father), dies at 55

1993 Maroun Bagdadi, director/writer (Little Wars, Veiled Man), dies at 42

1978 Miura Isshu, Zen teacher, Hakuin Rinzai line, dies at 75

1981 John Kieran, TV host (Information Please), dies at 89

1983 Dorothy Cummings, actress (Dancing Mothers), dies at 84

1967 Carl Cunningham, rocker (Bar-kays), killed in a plane crash

1997 Violet Carlson, stage dancer/singer, dies at 97

1973 Earle Foxe, actor (Dance Fools Dance), dies at 81

1938 Mario Pilati, composer, dies at 35

1994 Ruth Evelyn Mansfield, doctor, dies at 92

1833 Dieudonne-Pascal Pieltain, composer, dies at 79

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