December 11th
143 Notable deaths
Paul Mebus
German footballer (1920-1993).
Born June 9th, 1920 in Düsseldorf.
Died December 11th, 1993 at 73 years old in Cologne.
Ferdinand Keller
German footballer (1946–2023).
Born July 30th, 1946 in Munich.
Died December 11th, 2023 at 77 years old [ref]
Nobuko Tsuchiura
Japanese architect.
Born September 22nd, 1900 in Hongō.
Died December 11th, 1998 at 98 years old
Harry Forbes Witherby
British ornithologist (1873–1943).
Born October 7th, 1873 in Burley.
Died December 11th, 1943 at 70 years old in Surrey. [ref]
Paulin Obame-Nguema
Gabonese politician.
Born December 28th, 1934 in Libreville.
Died December 11th, 2023 at 88 years old in Libreville.
Juho Heiskanen
Finnish general (1889-1950).
Born December 18th, 1889 in Joensuu.
Died December 11th, 1950 at 60 years old in Helsinki.
Gotthilf Fischer
German conductor and choir director.
Born February 11th, 1928 in Plochingen.
Died December 11th, 2020 at 92 years old in Weinstadt. [ref]
Pentti Hämäläinen
Finnish boxer (1929-1984).
Born December 19th, 1929 in Kotka.
Died December 11th, 1984 at 54 years old in Kotka.
Paulos Tzadua
Cardinal; ethiopian catholic archbishop of addis abeba (1921-2003).
Born August 25th, 1921 in Ethiopia.
Died December 11th, 2003 at 82 years old in Rome.
Jiří Hanke
Czechoslovak soccer player and soccer coach (1924-2006).
Born December 12th, 1924 in Dolní Bučice.
Died December 11th, 2006 at 81 years old in Lausanne.
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When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings. Sogyal Rinpoche