History Deaths on December 08

Oliver Postgate, English voice actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1925)

#Oliver_Postgate

Maximilian von Spee, Danish-German admiral (b. 1861)

#Maximilian_von_Spee

Narcisa de Jesús, Ecuadorian saint (b. 1832)

#Narcisa_de_Jesús

John Lennon, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1940)

#John_Lennon

Melchior Anderegg, Swiss mountain guide (b. 1828)

#Melchior_Anderegg

Herbert Spencer, English biologist, anthropologist, sociologist, and philosopher (b. 1820)

#Herbert_Spencer

Douglas Tompkins, American businessman, co-founded The North Face and Esprit Holdings (b. 1943)

#Douglas_Tompkins

Kashiwado Tsuyoshi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 47th Yokozuna (b. 1938)

#Kashiwado_Tsuyoshi

Thomas Corneille, French playwright and philologist (b. 1625)

#Thomas_Corneille

Golda Meir, Ukrainian-Israeli educator and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1898)

#Golda_Meir

John Glenn, American astronaut and senator, first American to go into orbit (b. 1921)

#John_Glenn

Sándor Szokolay, Hungarian composer and academic (b. 1931)

#Sándor_Szokolay

John Trudell, American author, poet, and actor (b. 1946)

#John_Trudell

Péter Kuczka, Hungarian poet and author (b. 1923)

#Péter_Kuczka

Martha Tilton, American singer (b. 1915)

#Martha_Tilton

Marty Robbins, American singer-songwriter and race car driver (b. 1925)

#Marty_Robbins

John Peckham, Archbishop of Canterbury

#John_Peckham

Ivan Gunduli?, Croatian poet (b. 1589)

#Ivan_Gunduli?

Nicholas II, Duke of Opava (b. 1288)

#Nicholas_II,_Duke_of_Opava

Gian Giorgio Trissino, Italian humanist, poet, dramatist and diplomat (b. 1478)

#Gian_Giorgio_Trissino

Mattiwilda Dobbs, American soprano and actress (b. 1925)

#Mattiwilda_Dobbs

Luther Adler, American actor (b. 1903)

#Luther_Adler

Berthold IV, Duke of Zähringen (b.c 1125)

#Berthold_IV,_Duke_of_Zähringen

Sarit Thanarat, Thai field marshal and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1908)

#Sarit_Thanarat

Tris Speaker, American baseball player and manager (b. 1888)

#Tris_Speaker

Yevgeny Minayev, Russian weightlifter (b. 1933)

#Yevgeny_Minayev

Drogo of Metz, illegitimate son of Charlemagne (b. 801)

#Drogo_of_Metz

Jean Denis Attiret, French painter and missionary (b. 1702)

#Jean_Denis_Attiret

William Henry Vanderbilt, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1821)

#William_Henry_Vanderbilt

Thomas De Quincey, English journalist and author (b. 1785)

#Thomas_De_Quincey

George Boole, English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1815)

#George_Boole

William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington, English politician and diplomat, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1690)

#William_Stanhope,_1st_Earl_of_Harrington

Dimebag Darrell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1966)

#Dimebag_Darrell

Luis Días, Dominican singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1952)

#Luis_Días_(composer)

Keith Holyoake, New Zealand farmer and politician, 26th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1904)

#Keith_Holyoake

Philippe van Lansberge, Dutch astronomer and mathematician (b. 1561)

#Philippe_van_Lansberge

Alan Hodgkinson, English footballer and coach (b. 1936)

#Alan_Hodgkinson

Henry Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester, English lawyer and politician (b. 1606)

#Henry_Pierrepont,_1st_Marquess_of_Dorchester

J. Alden Weir, American painter (b. 1852)

#J._Alden_Weir

Knut Nystedt, Norwegian organist and composer (b. 1915)

#Knut_Nystedt

Joseph B. Keenan, American lawyer and politician (b. 1888)

#Joseph_B._Keenan

Hans Molisch, Czech-Austrian botanist and academic (b. 1856)

#Hans_Molisch

John Gowans, Scottish-English 16th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1934)

#John_Gowans

Mary Bosanquet Fletcher, Methodist preacher and philanthropist (b. 1739)

#Mary_Bosanquet_Fletcher

Richard S. Williamson, American lawyer and diplomat (b. 1949)

#Richard_S._Williamson

Isaac Lea, American conchologist, geologist, and publisher (b. 1792)

#Isaac_Lea

Friedrich Glauser, Swiss author (b. 1896)

#Friedrich_Glauser

Barthélemy d'Herbelot, French orientalist and academic (b. 1625)

#Barthélemy_d'Herbelot

Gladys George, American actress (b. 1904)

#Gladys_George

Robert Prosky, American actor (b. 1930)

#Robert_Prosky

Charles Radclyffe, English courtier and soldier (b. 1693)

#Charles_Radclyffe

Betty Holberton, American computer scientist and programmer (b. 1917)

#Betty_Holberton

Mendele Mocher Sforim, Russian author (b. 1836)

#Mendele_Mocher_Sforim

Slim Pickens, American actor (b. 1919)

#Slim_Pickens

Richard Baxter, English minister, poet, and hymn-writer (b. 1615)

#Richard_Baxter

Antônio Carlos Jobim, Brazilian singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1927)

#Antônio_Carlos_Jobim

John Davies, English poet, lawyer, and politician (b. 1569)

#John_Davies_(poet)

Ernst Krenkel, Russian geographer and explorer (b. 1903)

#Ernst_Krenkel

Benjamin Constant, Swiss-French philosopher and author (b. 1767)

#Benjamin_Constant

Russ Kemmerer, American baseball player and coach (b. 1930)

#Russ_Kemmerer

Pafnuty Chebyshev, Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1821)

#Pafnuty_Chebyshev

Camille Jenatzy, Belgian race car driver (b. 1868)

#Camille_Jenatzy

Charles Lightoller, English sailor (b. 1874)

#Charles_Lightoller

Haim Laskov, Israel Defense Forces fifth Chief of Staff (b. 1919)

#Haim_Laskov

Arnulf of Carinthia (b. 850)

#Arnulf_of_Carinthia

John Pym, English politician (b. 1583)

#John_Pym

Noël Chabanel, French missionary and saint (b. 1613)

#Noël_Chabanel

John Cornforth, Australian-English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1917)

#John_Cornforth

Buck Clayton, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1911)

#Buck_Clayton

Elsie Tu, English-Hong Kong educator and politician (b. 1913)

Tom Gosnell, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1951)

Johnny Lira, American boxer (b. 1951)

Jerry Brown, American football player (b. 1987)

Gerardo García Pimentel, Mexican journalist (b. 1983)

José Uribe, Dominican baseball player (b. 1959)

Rubén González, Cuban pianist (b. 1919)

Mirza Delibaši?, Bosnian basketball player and coach (b. 1954)

Bob Bell, American clown and actor (b. 1922)

Howard Rollins, American actor (b. 1950)

William Shawn, American journalist (b. 1917)

Semih Sancar, Turkish general (b. 1911)

Razzle, English drummer (Hanoi Rocks) (b. 1960)

Robert Jay Mathews, American militant leader, founded The Order (b. 1953)

André Kamperveen, Surinamese footballer and manager (b. 1924)

Bram Behr, Surinamese journalist and politician (b. 1951)

Gary Thain, New Zealand bass player (b. 1948)

Eleni Ourani, Greek poet and critic (b. 1896)

Ward Morehouse, American playwright, author, and critic (b. 1899)

Claude Cahun, French artist, photographer, and writer (b. 1894)

Albert Kahn, American architect, Fisher Building, Packard Automotive Plant, Ford River Rouge Complex (b. 1869)

George Lloyd, English-Canadian bishop and theologian (b. 1861)

Josip Štadler, Croatian archbishop (b. 1843)

Oscar II of Sweden (b. 1829)

Theobald Mathew, Irish social reformer and temperance movement leader (b. 1790)

Nathan Alcock, English physician (b. 1707)

Étienne Fourmont, French orientalist and academic (b. 1683)

Marie Anne de Mailly, French mistress of Louis XV of France (b. 1717)

Elizabeth Charlotte, Princess Palatine (b. 1652)

Hedwig Jagiellon, Polish and Lithuanian princess (b. 1408)

Zhou the Elder, Chinese queen consort