December 30th
207 Notable deaths
Alfred North Whitehead
English mathematician and philosopher (1861–1947).
Born February 15th, 1861 in Ramsgate.
Died December 30th, 1947 at 86 years old in Cambridge.
Isamu Noguchi
Japanese-american artist and landscape architect (1904–1988).
Born November 17th, 1904 in Los Angeles.
Died December 30th, 1988 at 84 years old in New York City (heart failure).
Lew Ayres
American actor (1908–1996).
Born December 28th, 1908 in Minneapolis.
Died December 30th, 1996 at 88 years old in Los Angeles.
Candy Barr
American pornographic actress, stripper (1935-2005).
Died December 30th, 2005 at 70 years old in Victoria (pneumonia). [ref]
Luise Rainer
German-born actress (1910–2014).
Born January 12th, 1910 in Düsseldorf.
Died December 30th, 2014 at 104 years old in London (pneumonia). [ref]
John Gregory Dunne
Novelist, screenwriter, literary critic, journalist, essayist (1932-2003).
Born May 25th, 1932 in Hartford.
Died December 30th, 2003 at 71 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction).
John Pilger
Australian journalist (1939–2023).
Born October 9th, 1939 in Sydney.
Died December 30th, 2023 at 84 years old in London (pulmonary fibrosis). [ref]
Abdurrahman Wahid
4th president of indonesia.
Born September 7th, 1940 in Jombang.
Died December 30th, 2009 at 69 years old in Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo National General Hospital (cardiovascular disease). [ref]
Han van Meegeren
Dutch painter and art forger (1889-1947).
Born October 10th, 1889 in Deventer.
Died December 30th, 1947 at 58 years old in Amsterdam (myocardial infarction).
Tyrus Wong
Chinese-american artist (1910-2016).
Born October 25th, 1910 in Taishan.
Died December 30th, 2016 at 106 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
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The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins? Edgar Allan Poe