December 20th
157 Notable deaths
Yoshimitsu Morita
Film director.
Born January 25th, 1950 in Chigasaki. [ref]
Died December 20th, 2011 at 61 years old in Tokyo (acute liver failure). [ref]
Charley Rogers
British actor, film director and screenwriter (1887-1956).
Born January 15th, 1887 in Birmingham. [ref]
Died December 20th, 1956 at 69 years old in Los Angeles (traffic collision). [ref]
Albert Chevallier Tayler
English artist (1862-1925).
Born April 5th, 1862 in Essex. [ref]
Died December 20th, 1925 at 63 years old in London.
Julius Scheiner
1858-1913 german astronomer.
Born November 25th, 1858 in Cologne.
Died December 20th, 1913 at 55 years old in Potsdam.
Clara Thompson
American psychiatrist & psychoanalyst (1893-1958).
Born October 3rd, 1893 in Providence.
Died December 20th, 1958 at 65 years old in New York City.
Arturo Riccardi
Italian admiral (1878-1966).
Born October 30th, 1878 in Saluzzo.
Died December 20th, 1966 at 88 years old in Rome.
Carl Locher
Danish realist painter (1851-1915).
Born November 21st, 1851 in Flensburg. [ref]
Died December 20th, 1915 at 64 years old in Skagen. [ref]
Nicholas Marr
Georgian ethnologist and linguist.
Born January 6th, 1865 in Kutaisi. [ref]
Died December 20th, 1934 at 69 years old in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Klaus Hagerup
Norwegian author, actor and director.
Born March 5th, 1946 in Oslo, Haugerud, Oslo. [ref]
Died December 20th, 2018 at 72 years old in Oslo (cancer). [ref]
Adolfo Consolini
Italian discus thrower (1917-1969).
Born January 5th, 1917 in Costermano sul Garda.
Died December 20th, 1969 at 52 years old in Milan (hepatitis). [ref]
Deaths 101 to 110 of 157
That’s what literature is. It’s the people who went before us, tapping out messages from the past, from beyond the grave, trying to tell us about life and death! Listen to them! Connie Willis