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December 11th
148 Notable deaths
Rudolf Roessler
German spy for the soviet union (1897–1958).
Born November 22nd, 1897 in Kaufbeuren.
Died December 11th, 1958 at 61 years old in Kriens.
Victor de Sabata
Italian conductor and composer (1892-1967).
Born April 10th, 1892 in Trieste. [ref]
Died December 11th, 1967 at 75 years old in Santa Margherita Ligure (disease). [ref]
Louise Dahl-Wolfe
American photographer (1895–1989).
Born November 19th, 1895 in San Francisco.
Died December 11th, 1989 at 94 years old in Frenchtown, Allendale (pneumonia).
Aleksander Stavre Drenova
Albanian poet.
Born April 11th, 1872 in Drenovë.
Died December 11th, 1947 at 75 years old in Bucharest.
Charles Fabry
French physicist.
Born June 11th, 1867 in Marseille. [ref]
Died December 11th, 1945 at 78 years old in Paris. [ref]
Ahmadou Kourouma
Ivorian writer (1927-2003).
Born November 24th, 1927 in Boundiali.
Died December 11th, 2003 at 76 years old in Bron.
George Constantinescu
Romanian engineer (1881-1965).
Born October 4th, 1881 in Craiova.
Died December 11th, 1965 at 84 years old in Coniston Water.
Hawayo Takata
Introduced reiki to the western world (1900–1980).
Born December 24th, 1900 in Hanamaulu.
Died December 11th, 1980 at 79 years old
Wolf Erlbruch
German illustrator and writer.
Born June 30th, 1948 in Wuppertal. [ref]
Died December 11th, 2022 at 74 years old in Wuppertal. [ref]
Mamia Orakhelashvili
Soviet politician, born 1881.
Born June 10th, 1881 in Kutaisi.
Died December 11th, 1937 at 56 years old
Deaths 71 to 80 of 148
Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel