About December 4th

Sun Sign
♐ Sagittarius
Fire · Jupiter
curious, energetic, generous, idealistic
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Birthstone
Tanzanite
Violet-blue
Good fortune, success, communication
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Birth Flower
Holly
Narcissus
Foresight, good will, hope
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Celtic Tree
Elder
Ruis
deeply thoughtful, free-spirited, honest, transformative
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222 Notable deaths

Top causes of death

16 Myocardial Infarction
7 Gunshot Wound
5 Cancer
4 Heart Failure
4 Pneumonia

Top death years

8 2022
8 2017
6 2011
6 2020
5 2004

Deaths by gender

180 Male
41 Female

Top death places

9 Los Angeles
5 New York City
4 Budapest
3 Moscow
3 Helsinki

Top 5 notable deaths.

Frank Zappa

American musician (1940–1993).

Born December 21st, 1940 in Baltimore.

Died December 4th, 1993 at 52 years old in Los Angeles (prostate cancer).

Shashi Kapoor

Indian film actor and producer (1938–2017).

Born March 18th, 1938 in Kolkata.

Died December 4th, 2017 at 79 years old in Mumbai (liver cirrhosis). [ref]

Fred Hampton

African-american activist (1948-1969).

Born August 30th, 1948 in Summit.

Died December 4th, 1969 at 21 years old in Chicago (gunshot wound).

Umaga

American professional wrestler.

Born March 28th, 1973 in San Francisco, American Samoa.

Died December 4th, 2009 at 36 years old in Houston (myocardial infarction).

Hannah Arendt

German-american political theorist and philosopher (1906–1975).

Born October 14th, 1906 in Linden, Lindener Marktplatz 2, Hannover, Hanover.

Died December 4th, 1975 at 69 years old in Upper West Side (myocardial infarction).

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Top birth years

10 1985
10 1984
9 1979
9 1964
9 1977

Birthdays by gender

373 Male
120 Female

Top birth places

6 New York City
6 Los Angeles
6 Brooklyn
5 Vienna
4 Moscow

The meaning of life is that it stops. Franz Kafka