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History Deaths on December 15

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History Deaths on December 15

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Chill Wills, American actor (b. 1903)

#Chill_Wills

In 1978

Antonio Barrette, Canadian politician, 18th Premier of Quebec (b. 1899)

#Antonio_Barrette

In 1968

Sitting Bull, Hunkpapa Lakota tribal chief (b. 1831)

#Sitting_Bull

In 1890

Louis Victor de Rochechouart de Mortemart, French nobleman (b. 1636)

#Louis_Victor_de_Rochechouart_de_Mortemart

In 1688

Harry Zvi Tabor, English-Israeli physicist and engineer (b. 1917)

#Harry_Zvi_Tabor

In 2015

Bob Feller, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1918)

#Bob_Feller

In 2010

Vasily Zaytsev, Russian captain (b. 1915)

#Vasily_Zaitsev_(sniper)

In 1991

Charles Laughton, English-American actor, director, and producer (b. 1899)

#Charles_Laughton

In 1962

Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, English architect and politician, designed Chiswick House (b. 1694)

#Richard_Boyle,_3rd_Earl_of_Burlington

In 1753

Vallabhbhai Patel, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Deputy Prime Minister of India (b. 1875)

#Vallabhbhai_Patel

In 1950

Alfred Bird, English chemist and businessman, invented baking powder (b. 1811)

#Alfred_Bird

In 1878

William Proxmire, American soldier, journalist, and politician (b. 1915)

#William_Proxmire

In 2005

George Hickes, English minister and scholar (b. 1642)

#George_Hickes_(divine)

In 1715

Heinz Wolff, scientist and TV presenter (b. 1928)

#Heinz_Wolff

In 2017

Philip I, Latin emperor (b. 1243)

#Philip_I,_Latin_Emperor

In 1283

Jess Willard, American boxer and actor (b. 1881)

#Jess_Willard

In 1968

Joan Fontaine, British-American actress (b. 1917)

#Joan_Fontaine

In 2013

Jacques Charles François Sturm, French mathematician and academic (b. 1803)

#Jacques_Charles_François_Sturm

In 1855

Gaspar Fagel, Dutch lawyer and politician (b. 1634)

#Gaspar_Fagel

In 1688

Izaak Walton, English author (b. 1593)

#Izaak_Walton

In 1683

Craig Sager, American sports journalist (b. 1951)

#Craig_Sager

In 2016

Philips of Marnix, Lord of Saint-Aldegonde, Dutch nobleman (b. 1540)

#Philips_of_Marnix,_Lord_of_Saint-Aldegonde

In 1598

Basil II, Byzantine emperor (b. 958)

#Basil_II

In 1025

Keith Magnuson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1947)

#Keith_Magnuson

In 2003

Selim II, Ottoman sultan (b. 1524)

#Selim_II

In 1574

Charles d'Albert, duc de Luynes, French courtier, Constable of France (b. 1578)

#Charles_d'Albert,_duc_de_Luynes

In 1621

Christopher Hitchens, English-American essayist, literary critic, and journalist (b. 1949)

#Christopher_Hitchens

In 2011

Alp Arslan, Turkish sultan (b. 1029)

#Alp_Arslan

In 1072

León Febres Cordero, Ecuadorian engineer and politician, 46th President of Ecuador (b. 1931)

#León_Febres_Cordero

In 2008

Johannes Vermeer, Dutch painter and educator (b. 1632)

#Johannes_Vermeer

In 1675

Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, English noblewoman (b. 1623)

#Margaret_Cavendish,_Duchess_of_Newcastle-upon-Tyne

In 1673

Anatole Litvak, Russian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1902)

#Anatole_Litvak

In 1974

Bob Brookmeyer, American trombone player and composer (b. 1929)

#Bob_Brookmeyer

In 2011

Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna, archbishop and regent of Sweden (b. 1417)

#Jöns_Bengtsson_Oxenstierna

In 1467

Glenn Miller, American bandleader and composer (b. 1904)

#Glenn_Miller

In 1944

M. Balasundaram, Sri Lankan journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1903)

#M._Balasundaram

In 1965

Paul Lévy, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1886)

#Paul_Lévy_(mathematician)

In 1971

Fats Waller, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1904)

#Fats_Waller

In 1943

Blake Edwards, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)

#Blake_Edwards

In 2010

Wolfgang Pauli, Austrian-Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)

#Wolfgang_Pauli

In 1958

Serge Lifar, Russian-French ballet dancer and choreographer

#Serge_Lifar

In 1986

Jan Peerce, American tenor and actor (b. 1904)

#Jan_Peerce

In 1984

Joseph Martin Kraus, Swedish pianist, violinist, and composer (b. 1756)

#Joseph_Martin_Kraus

In 1792

Walt Disney, American animator, director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded The Walt Disney Company (b. 1901)

#Walt_Disney

In 1966

Daniel Rutherford, Scottish chemist and physician (b. 1749)

#Daniel_Rutherford

In 1819

Wanyan Liang, Chinese emperor (b. 1122)

#Wanyan_Liang

In 1161

Ottokar I, duke of Bohemia (b. 1155)

#Ottokar_I_of_Bohemia

In 1230

Julia Carson, American lawyer and politician (b. 1938)

#Julia_Carson

In 2007

Clay Regazzoni, Swiss race car driver (b. 1939)

#Clay_Regazzoni

In 2006

Crawford Vaughan, Australian politician, 27th Premier of South Australia (b. 1874)

#Crawford_Vaughan

In 1947

Owoye Andrew Azazi, Nigerian general (b. 1952)

#Owoye_Andrew_Azazi

In 2012

Girma Wolde-Giorgis, President of Ethiopia (b. 1924)

#Girma_Wolde-Giorgis

In 2018

Olga Zubarry, Argentinian actress (b. 1929)

#Olga_Zubarry

In 2012

Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, Mauritian physician and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Mauritius (b. 1900)

#Seewoosagur_Ramgoolam

In 1985

Eryue He, Chinese historical fiction writer (b.1945)

In 2018

Calestous Juma, academic (b. 1953)

In 2017

Fausto Zapata, Mexican journalist, lawyer, and politician, Governor of San Luis Potosí (b. 1940)

In 2014

Donald Metcalf, Australian physiologist and immunologist (b. 1929)

In 2014

Dyron Nix, American basketball player (b. 1967)

In 2013

Harold Camping, American evangelist, author, radio host (b. 1921)

In 2013

Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa, Nigerian politician, 18th Governor of Kaduna State (b. 1948)

In 2012

Eugene Victor Wolfenstein, American psychoanalyst and theorist (b. 1940)

In 2010

Oral Roberts, American evangelist, founded the Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association (b. 1918)

In 2009

Eliza Atkins Gleason, African American librarian (b. 1909)

In 2009

Mary Stolz, American journalist and author (b. 1920)

In 2006

Darrell Russell, American football player (b. 1976)

In 2005

Stan Leonard, Canadian golfer (b. 1915)

In 2005

Heinrich Gross, Austrian physician and psychiatrist (b. 1914)

In 2005

Vassal Gadoengin, Nauruan educator and politician, Speaker of the Nauru Parliament (b. 1943)

In 2004

George Fisher, American cartoonist (b. 1923)

In 2003

Vincent Apap, Maltese sculptor (b. 1909)

In 2003

Haris Brki?, Bosnian-Serbian basketball player (b. 1974)

In 2000

William Dale Phillips, American chemist and engineer (b. 1925)

In 1993

Edward Underdown, English actor and jockey (b. 1908)

In 1989

Wilfred Kitching, English 7th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1893)

In 1977

Karl Theodor Bleek, German lawyer and politician, 12th Mayor of Marburg (b. 1898)

In 1969

Keith Arbuthnott, 15th Viscount of Arbuthnott, Indian-Scottish general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Kincardineshire (b. 1897)

In 1966

Arthur Machen, Welsh journalist and author (b. 1863)

In 1947

Shneur Zalman, Russian rabbi, author and founder of Chabad (b. 1745)

In 1812

Hasan Kucek, Chopanid prince (b. c. 1319)

In 1343

Li Siyuan, Chinese emperor (d. 867)

In 933

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