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December 13th
181 Notable deaths
Robert Sink
United states army officer.
Born April 3rd, 1905 in Lexington.
Died December 13th, 1965 at 60 years old in Fort Bragg.
Grandma Moses
American artist (1860-1961).
Born September 7th, 1860 in Washington County, Greenwich. [ref]
Died December 13th, 1961 at 101 years old in Hoosick Falls. [ref]
Raymond A. Spruance
United states admiral (1886-1969).
Born July 3rd, 1886 in Baltimore.
Died December 13th, 1969 at 83 years old in Monterey.
Paul Samuelson
American economist.
Born May 15th, 1915 in Gary. [ref]
Died December 13th, 2009 at 94 years old in Belmont. [ref]
Richard Holbrooke
American diplomat (1941-2010).
Born April 24th, 1941 in New York City. [ref]
Died December 13th, 2010 at 69 years old in Washington, D.C. (aortic dissection). [ref]
Josef Kramer
German ss officer, concentration camp commandant, and convicted war criminal (1906–1945).
Born November 10th, 1906 in Munich.
Died December 13th, 1945 at 39 years old in Hamelin (hanging to death).
Yurizan Beltran
American pornographic actress and model (1986–2017).
Born November 2nd, 1986 in Los Angeles. [ref]
Died December 13th, 2017 at 31 years old in Los Angeles (drug overdose).
Ella Josephine Baker
(1903-1986) african-american civil rights and human rights activist.
Born December 13th, 1903 in Norfolk.
Died December 13th, 1986 at 83 years old in Manhattan.
Nicholas Roerich
Russian painter, writer, archaeologist and philosopher (1874–1947).
Born October 9th, 1874 in Saint Petersburg.
Died December 13th, 1947 at 73 years old in Kullu. [ref]
Elisabeth Volkenrath
Female nazi concentration camp guard.
Born September 5th, 1919 in Świerzawa.
Died December 13th, 1945 at 26 years old in Hamelin (hanging).
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