December 1st
138 Notable deaths
Mariss Jansons
Latvian conductor (1943-2019).
Born January 14th, 1943 in Riga.
Died December 1st, 2019 at 76 years old in Saint Petersburg (disease). [ref]
Patrick Kavanagh
Irish poet.
Born October 21st, 1904 in Inniskeen. [ref]
Died December 1st, 1967 at 63 years old in Dublin. [ref]
Sucheta Kripalani
Chief minister of uttar pradesh and india's first woman chief minister.
Born June 25th, 1908 in Ambala.
Died December 1st, 1974 at 66 years old in New Delhi.
Don Calfa
American actor (1939-2016).
Born December 3rd, 1939 in Brooklyn.
Died December 1st, 2016 at 76 years old in Palm Springs (disease). [ref]
Charles de Foucauld
French catholic priest (1858-1916).
Born September 15th, 1858 in Strasbourg. [ref]
Died December 1st, 1916 at 58 years old in Tamanrasset (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Jim Loscutoff
American basketball player (1930-2015).
Born February 4th, 1930 in San Francisco.
Died December 1st, 2015 at 85 years old in Naples (pneumonia).
Vittorio Emanuele Orlando
Italian diplomat (1860-1952).
Born May 18th, 1860 in Palermo. [ref]
Died December 1st, 1952 at 92 years old in Rome. [ref]
Jack Colvin
American actor (1934-2005).
Born October 13th, 1934 in Lyndon.
Died December 1st, 2005 at 71 years old in North Hollywood (stroke).
Lee Dorsey
American pop/r&b singer.
Born December 24th, 1926 in Portland. [ref]
Died December 1st, 1986 at 59 years old in New Orleans (pulmonary emphysema). [ref]
Bai Chongxi
Chinese general (1893-1966).
Born March 18th, 1893 in Lingui District.
Died December 1st, 1966 at 73 years old in Taipei (thrombosis).
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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