Famous Deaths In December - 04

1926  Death of Ivana Kobilca, Slovenian-born painter (b. 1861) on this day in history.   

1932  On December - 04 gustav Meyrink, writer, dies at 64   

1933  Stefan George, German poet (Das neue Reich), dies at 65 on December - 04.   

1935  On December - 04 hylton Philipson, cricketer (England keeper in 5 Tests 1892-95), dies   

1938  On December - 04 dina Appeldoorn, Dutch pianist/composer, dies at 54   

1943  Carlo Mierendorff, German politician/antifascist, dies at 46 on this day in history.   

1944  On December - 04 death of roger Bresnahan, American baseball player (b. 1879)   

1945  On December - 04 death of thomas Hunt Morgan, American geneticist, Nobel laureate (b. 1866)   

1948  Karl Bonhoeffer, German psychiatrist/neurologist, dies on December - 04.   

1952  Karen Horney, German/US neo freudian psycho analyst, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1953  On December - 04 daniel Gregory Mason, composer, dies at 80   

1954  Nina Vasar, wife of Russian composer Dmitri Sjostakovitsj, dies on this day in history.   

1956  Death of Alexandr Rodchenko, Russian painter and photographer (b. 1891) on December - 04.   

1959  Rosetta Duncan, (Duncan Sisters), dies in an auto accident at 58 on December - 04.   

1967  On December - 04 bert Lahr, [Irving Lahrheim], US comic (Wizard of Oz), dies at 72   

1969  Alceo Toni, composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1971  On this day in history shunryu Suzuki, Zen teacher, founder of SF Zen Center, dies   

1973  On December - 04 michael O'Shea, actor (Smart Woman), dies of heart attack at 67   

1974  Lee Kinsolving, actor (Explosive Generation), dies at 36 on December - 04.   

1975  Hannah Arendt, German/US sociologist, dies at 69 [or Dec 5] on December - 04.   

1976  On this day in history benjamin Britten, British composer (Beggar's Opera), dies at 63   

1977  On December - 04 leila Hyams, actress (Red Headed Woman, Freaks), dies at 72   

1978  Samuel Abraham Goldsmith, Neth/US phycists, dies at 76 on December - 04.   

1979  On this day in history robert Karnes, actor (Max-The Lawless Years), dies at 62   

1980  Death of Stella Walsh-S-Walasiewicz, sprinter (Olympic-gold-1932), shot at 69 on December - 04.   

1983  Estelle Omens, actress (Effect of Gamma Rays), dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1984  John Rock, US co-developer of anti-conceptiepil, dies at 94 on this day in history.   

1985  Marcel Boereboom, Belgian musicologist, dies at 83 on December - 04.   

1986  Reuben Nakian, US sculptor, dies at 89 on December - 04.   

1987  On December - 04 rouben Mamoulian, dir (Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde), dies at 90   

1988  Death of Osman Achmatowicz, Polish chemist (b. 1899) on this day in history.   

1990  Edward Binns, US actor (12 Angry One), dies of heart attack at 74 on this day in history.   

1993  On December - 04 frank Sturgis, watergate burglar, dies at 68   

1994  On this day in history geoffery Rudolph Elton, historiographer, dies at 73   

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1443  On this day in history birth of pope Julius II, (1503-13), patron of Michelangelo, Bramante, Raphael   

1555  Heinrich Meibom, German historian and poet (d. 1625) was born on December - 04.   

1580  Samuel Argall, English adventurer and naval officer (d. 1626) was born on December - 04.   

1584  On this day in history birth of john Cotton, Puritan clergyman in Mass Bay colony   

1595  Jean Chapelain, French writer (d. 1674) was born on this day in history.   

1646  On this day in history birth of alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon, Marshal of France (d. 1730)   

1660  On this day in history birth of andre Campra, composer   

1667  Michel Pignolet de Monteclair, composer was born on December - 04.