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December 30th
251 Notable deaths
Alfred Wünnenberg
Ss general (1891-1963).
Born July 20th, 1891 in Sarrebourg.
Died December 30th, 1963 at 72 years old in Krefeld.
Eero Mäntyranta
Finnish cross-country skier.
Born November 20th, 1937 in Pello. [ref]
Died December 30th, 2013 at 76 years old in Oulu (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Eliakim Hastings Moore
American mathematician (1862–1932).
Born January 26th, 1862 in Marietta.
Died December 30th, 1932 at 70 years old in Chicago.
Juan Prim, 1st Marquis of los Castillejos
Catalan noble (1814-1870).
Born December 6th, 1814 in Reus.
Died December 30th, 1870 at 56 years old in Madrid (gunshot wound).
Ion G. Duca
Romanian politician (1879-1933).
Born December 20th, 1879 in Bucharest.
Died December 30th, 1933 at 54 years old in Sinaia.
Don Lusk
American animator and director.
Born October 28th, 1913 in Los Angeles.
Died December 30th, 2018 at 105 years old in San Clemente. [ref]
Henry Yule
Scottish orientalist (1820–1889).
Born May 1st, 1820 in Scotland, Inveresk.
Died December 30th, 1889 at 69 years old in London.
Jan Fedder
German actor (1955-2019).
Born January 14th, 1955 in Hamburg.
Died December 30th, 2019 at 64 years old in Hamburg (mouth cancer). [ref]
Shinichi Hoshi
Japanese artist and writer (1926-1997).
Born September 6th, 1926 in Tokyo City.
Died December 30th, 1997 at 71 years old in Minato.
Héctor Timerman
Argentine journalist and politician.
Born December 16th, 1953 in Buenos Aires.
Died December 30th, 2018 at 65 years old in Buenos Aires (liver cancer).
Yuli Daniel
Soviet writer and poet (1925-1988).
Born November 15th, 1925 in Moscow.
Died December 30th, 1988 at 63 years old in Moscow.
Gedeon Richter
Hungarian pharmacist.
Born September 23rd, 1872 in Ecséd. [ref]
Died December 30th, 1944 at 72 years old in Budapest.
Giuseppe Occhialini
Italian physicist (1907-1993), who contributed to the discovery of the pion or pi-meson decay.
Born December 5th, 1907 in Fossombrone.
Died December 30th, 1993 at 86 years old in 14th arrondissement of Paris.
Danilo Dolci
Italian author, sociologist, social activist (1924-1997).
Born June 28th, 1924 in Sežana.
Died December 30th, 1997 at 73 years old in Trappeto (cardiac arrest).
Xu Shuzheng
Chinese warlord (1880–1925).
Born November 11th, 1880 in Xiao County.
Died December 30th, 1925 at 45 years old in Anci District.
Dmitri Ivanenko
Physicist.
Born July 29th, 1904 in Poltava.
Died December 30th, 1994 at 90 years old in Moscow.
Jean-Claude Forest
French comics author.
Born September 11th, 1930 in Le Perreux-sur-Marne.
Died December 30th, 1998 at 68 years old in Lagny-sur-Marne.
Luboš Kohoutek
Czech astronomer (1935–2023).
Born January 29th, 1935 in Zábřeh. [ref]
Died December 30th, 2023 at 88 years old in Bergedorf. [ref]
Nora Heysen
Australian painter (1911-2003).
Born January 11th, 1911 in Hahndorf. [ref]
Died December 30th, 2003 at 92 years old in Sydney. [ref]
Gottfried Michael Koenig
German-dutch composer, producer and director (1926-2021).
Born October 5th, 1926 in Magdeburg.
Died December 30th, 2021 at 95 years old in Culemborg. [ref]
Wolfgang de Beer
German footballer (1964–2024).
Born January 2nd, 1964 in Dinslaken.
Died December 30th, 2024 at 60 years old in Dortmund. [ref]
Katarina Taikon
Swedish romani writer-actor.
Born July 29th, 1932 in Almby parish. [ref]
Died December 30th, 1995 at 63 years old in Ytterhogdal. [ref]
Mihail Manoilescu
Romanian politician and economist (1891–1950).
Born December 9th, 1891 in Tecuci.
Died December 30th, 1950 at 59 years old in Sighetu Marmației.
Curt von François
German cartographer and commissioner of german southwest africa, founder of windhoek (1852-1931).
Born October 2nd, 1852 in Luxembourg.
Died December 30th, 1931 at 79 years old in Königs Wusterhausen.
George Ault
American painter (1891-1948).
Born October 11th, 1891 in Cleveland.
Died December 30th, 1948 at 57 years old in Woodstock (drowning).
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Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities. George R.R. Martin