Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In December - 19

1951  On this day in history barton Yarbrough, actor (Dragnet), dies at 51   

1952  On December - 19 harry Makepeace, cricketer (cricket & soccer intl for England), dies   

1953  Robert A Millikan, US physicist (Nobel 1923), dies at 85 on December - 19.   

1957  John W Van Druten, US stage/screenwriter (I Remember Mama), dies at 56 on December - 19.   

1959  On this day in history walter Williams, claimed to be last survivor of Civil War, dies at 117   

1966  Ehm Welk, writer, dies at 82 on December - 19.   

1967  Alfred Courtens, Belgian sculptor, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1968  Norman Thomas, founder (ACLU)/Socialist Party (1926-55), dies at 84 on December - 19.   

1977  Nellie Tayloe Ross, 1st woman governor, dies at 101 on December - 19.   

1982  On this day in history jean-Jacques Grunenwald, French organist/composer, dies at 71   

1984  On December - 19 michel Magne, composer, dies at 54   

1986  On December - 19 death of v. C. Andrews, American author (b. 1923)   

1989  Dorothea "Stella" Gibbons, English journalist/author, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1990  On this day in history basil Henson, actor (Change Partners), dies of stroke at 71   

1991  On this day in history ernest K Gann, US adventure novelist, dies at 81   

1993  Anthonius AM "Ton" Kors, writer (Time of Anton de Lange), dies at 47 on December - 19.   

1994  Noel Pointer, jazz violinist, dies at 39 on this day in history.   

1995  Dame Ruth Nita Barrow, governor-general of Barbados, dies at 79 on December - 19.   

1996  Marcello Mastroiani, actor (8½, Assassin, Family Diary), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1997  On this day in history david Norman Schramm, physicist, dies at 52   

1998  Death of Antonio Ordóñez, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1932) on this day in history.   

1999  Death of Desmond Llewelyn, Welsh actor (b. 1914) on December - 19.   

2000  On this day in history death of rob Buck, American guitarist (10,000 Maniacs) (b. 1958)   

2001  On December - 19 death of marcel Mule, French saxophonist. (b. 1901)   

2002  On December - 19 death of arthur Rowley, English footballer. (b. 1926)   

2003  On December - 19 death of peter Carter-Ruck, English lawyer (b. 1914)   

2004  Death of Herbert C. Brown, English-born American chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1912) on this day in history.   

2005  On December - 19 death of keith Duckworth, English mechanical engineer (Cosworth; b. 1933)   

2008  On this day in history death of james Bevel, 1960s Civil rights movement leader (b. 1936)   

2009  Death of Hossein-Ali Montazeri, Iranian dissident cleric Grand Ayatollah (b. 1922) on December - 19.   

2010  Death of Trudy Pitts, American jazz organist, pianist, and vocalist (b. 1932) on December - 19.   

2020  Death of Mekere Morauta, 7th Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea on this day in history.   

2021  On December - 19 death of robert H. Grubbs, American Nobel chemist (b. 1942)   

2023  Death of Ed Budde , 83, American football player ( Kansas City Chiefs ) on December - 19.   

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1036  On this day in history birth of su Tung-p'o, China, poet/essayist/painter/calligrapher   

1498  On December - 19 birth of andreas Osiander, Germany, Protestant Reformation theologist   

1554  On this day in history birth of philip William, Prince of Orange (d. 1618)   

1676  On this day in history birth of louis-Nicholas Clerambault, Paris France, composer/organist   

1683  On December - 19 birth of philip V, Versailles France, King of Spain (1700-24, 24-46)   

1699  On December - 19 birth of william Bowyer, English printer (d. 1777)   

1714  On this day in history birth of john Winthrop, American astronomer (d. 1779)   

1723  Susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother was born on December - 19.