December 19th
158 Notable deaths
David Giler
American filmmaker.
Born July 23rd, 1943 in New York City.
Died December 19th, 2020 at 77 years old in Bangkok (cancer). [ref]
Robert H. Grubbs
Nobel prize winning american chemist (1942-2021).
Born February 27th, 1942 in Possum Trot.
Died December 19th, 2021 at 79 years old in Duarte. [ref]
Carl Gustav Fleischer
Norwegian general.
Born December 28th, 1883 in Bjørnør.
Died December 19th, 1942 at 58 years old in Ottawa (ballistic trauma).
Clifton Chenier
American accordion player and zydeco musician.
Born June 25th, 1925 in St. Landry Parish. [ref]
Died December 19th, 1987 at 62 years old in Lafayette (kidney failure).
Sara Berner
American actress (1912-1969).
Born January 12th, 1912 in Albany.
Died December 19th, 1969 at 57 years old in Van Nuys.
Dwight Macdonald
American writer, editor, film critic, social critic, philosopher and political radical (1906-1982).
Born March 24th, 1906 in New York City.
Died December 19th, 1982 at 76 years old in New York City.
Sonya Eddy
American actress (1967–2022).
Born June 17th, 1967 in Concord.
Died December 19th, 2022 at 55 years old [ref]
Keiji Nakazawa
Japanese manga artist (1939-2012).
Born March 14th, 1939 in Naka-ku.
Died December 19th, 2012 at 73 years old in Hiroshima (lung cancer). [ref]
Herbert C. Brown
American chemist.
Born May 22nd, 1912 in London.
Died December 19th, 2004 at 92 years old in West Lafayette (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Douglas Dick
American actor (1920-2015).
Born November 20th, 1920 in Charleston.
Died December 19th, 2015 at 95 years old in Los Angeles.
Deaths 51 to 60 of 158
It is the fate — the genetic and neural fate — of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death. Oliver Sacks