Historical Deaths for Yesterday

🏥 Famous Historical Deaths - Dec 8

0644 Omar I, 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered

0899 Arnulf of Carinthia, last emperor of Austria-France, dies

1292 John Peckham, English archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 62

1587 Mary, Queen of Scots (1560-1587), executed

1596 Luis de Carabajal, 1st Jewish author in America, executed in Mexico

1643 John Pym, English House of Commons member, dies at about 59

1652 Adriaan W "Joris" van Geel, Flemish missionary, murdered at 35

1681 Gerard Terborch, the Younger, Dutch painter/etcher, dies

1709 Thomas Corneille, French dramatist, dies at 74

1722 Elisabeth C "Liselotte" van Palts, German/French duchess, dies at 70

1751 Jozef LD von K”nigsegg, minister of Austrian Netherlands, dies at 78

1785 Antonio Maria Mazzoni, composer, dies at 68

1830 H Benjamin Constant, French politician/writer, dies at 63

1831 James Hoban, architect who designed White House, dies

1894 Willem JF Nuyens, Dutch physician/RC historian, dies at 71

1896 Earnest Angel, German statistician (Law of Angel), dies at 75

1900 Henry Russell, composer, dies at 87

1903 Herbert Spencer, British engineer/philosopher, dies at 83

1907 Oscar II Frederick, King of Sweden (-1907)/Norway (-1905), dies

1923 Dom Joseph Pothier, French Benedictine/musicologist, dies at 88

1924 Franz X Scharwenka, German pianist/composer (Mataswintha), dies at 74

1926 Jan Six, Dutch art historian/collector, dies

1934 Bernhard Seklas, composer, dies at 62

1939 Ernest Schelling, composer, dies at 63

1954 Gladys George, actress (Roaring Twenties), dies at 50

1955 Jacques Handschin, Swiss musicologist, dies at 69

1956 Edgar Leslie Bainton, composer, dies at 76

1957 Reginald Sheffield, actor (Second Chance), dies at 55

1961 William Beatton Moonie, composer, dies at 78

1967 Robert H Lawrence, USAF/astronaut, dies at 32

1969 Vincenzo Davico, composer, dies at 80

1970 Christopher K Ingold, English chemist, dies at 77

1972 George Collins, (Rep-Ill), dies at 47, in airplane crash

1974 Hugues Panassi‚, French jazz saxophonist/author, dies at 62

1978 Golda Meir, Israel's PM (1969-74), dies in Jerusalem at 80

1980 John Lennon, assassinated in NY by Mark David Chapman at 40

1981 Shakey, [Walter Horton], harmonicist (Everybody's Fishin'), dies at 64

1982 Andr‚ Kamperveen, Suriname minister, murdered

1982 Bertus de Harder, Dutch soccer star (Bordeaux), dies

1982 Bram Behr, Suriname revolutionary, murdered

1982 Cyrill Daal, Suriname worker's union leader, murdered

1982 Frank Wijngaarde, Suriname journalist, murdered

1982 Harald Riedewald, Suriname attorney, murdered

1982 John Baboeram, Suriname lawyer, murdered

1982 Jozef Slagveer, Suriname journalist, murdered

1982 Kenneth Goncalves, Deacon of Surinamese order of advocate, murdered

1982 Leckie, Suriname scholar, murdered

1982 Leslie Rahman, Suriname journalist, murdered

1982 Marty Robbins, country singer, dies at 57

1982 Shakey, [Walter Horton], rocker, dies at 72

1982 Surendre Rambocus, Suriname army lieutenant, murdered

1983 Slim Pickins, actor (Blazing Saddles), dies after brain surgery at 64

1984 Luther Adler, actor (Dr Bernard Altman-The Psychiatrist), dies at 81

1988 Anne Seymour, actress (Misty, Chevy Mystery Show), dies at 79

1988 Herbert "Tubo" Rhoad, US singer (Persuasions-Good news), dies at 44

1989 Hans Hartung, German/French painter, dies

1990 Martin Ritt, US, director/actor (Norma Rae), dies at 70

1990 Pony Sherrell Metcalf, NY, singer, dies of heart attack

1991 Buck Clayton, US jazz trumpeter/orchestra leader, dies

1991 Kimberly Bergalis, got AIDS from health care worker, dies at 23

1992 William Shawn, US editor-in-chief (New Yorker, 1952-87), dies at 85

1993 Andr‚ Cerf, French actor/producer (Nana), dies at 93

1993 Carlotta Monti, lover of WC Fields, dies at 86

1994 Antonio Carlos Jobim, Brazil composer (Girl From Ipanema), dies at 67

1994 Israel Aaron Maisels, lawyer, dies at 89

1994 JesЈs "Enrique" LЎster, Span/Russian general (Civil War), dies at 87

1995 Carl Marsden, bodyguard, dies at 36

1995 Ernest LeRoy Boyer, educator, dies at 67

1995 John Gillett, film researcher, dies at 70

1995 Mikki Doyle, journalist, dies at 79

1996 Howard E Rollins Jr, actor (Ed Harding-Another World), dies at 46

1996 Marin Sorescu, poet/dramatist, dies at 60

1997 Bob Bell, clown (WGN's 1st Bozo), dies at 75

1997 Leon Poliakov, historian, dies at 87

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