December 3rd
170 Notable deaths
Sourou-Migan Apithy
Beninese politician (1913-1989).
Born April 8th, 1913 in Porto-Novo. [ref]
Died December 3rd, 1989 at 76 years old in Paris. [ref]
Georgy Ushakov
Soviet explorer.
Born January 30th, 1901 in Lazarevo, Jewish Autonomous Oblast.
Died December 3rd, 1963 at 62 years old in Moscow.
Luis Alcoriza
Spanish-born mexican film director and screenwriter (1918-1992).
Born September 5th, 1918 in Badajoz. [ref]
Died December 3rd, 1992 at 74 years old in Cuernavaca. [ref]
Felix Bernstein
German jewish mathematician (1878-1956).
Born February 24th, 1878 in Halle (Saale). [ref]
Died December 3rd, 1956 at 78 years old in Zurich. [ref]
Catherine Pozzi
French poet.
Born July 13th, 1882 in Paris. [ref]
Died December 3rd, 1934 at 52 years old in Paris (tuberculosis). [ref]
Adam Stegerwald
German politician (1874-1945).
Born December 14th, 1874 in Greußenheim.
Died December 3rd, 1945 at 70 years old in Würzburg (pneumonia).
Adam Darius
American dancer (1930-2017).
Born May 10th, 1930 in Manhattan.
Died December 3rd, 2017 at 87 years old in Espoo (myocardial infarction).
Lothar Baumgarten
German artist (1944-2018).
Born October 5th, 1944 in Rheinsberg.
Died December 3rd, 2018 at 74 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Émile Meyerson
Polish-born french epistemologist, chemist, and philosopher of science.
Born February 12th, 1859 in Lublin.
Died December 3rd, 1933 at 74 years old in 8th arrondissement of Paris (myocardial infarction).
Giulio Questi
Italian film director (1924–2014).
Born March 18th, 1924 in Bergamo.
Died December 3rd, 2014 at 90 years old in Rome.
Deaths 101 to 110 of 170
When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings. Sogyal Rinpoche