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December 6th
190 Notable deaths
Pina Pellicer
Mexican actress (1934–1964).
Born April 3rd, 1934 in Mexico City.
Died December 6th, 1964 at 30 years old in Mexico City (barbiturate overdose).
Michael Zaslow
American actor.
Born November 1st, 1942 in Inglewood.
Died December 6th, 1998 at 56 years old in New York City (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis).
Peter Blake
New zealand yachtsman (1948–2001).
Born October 1st, 1948 in Bayswater.
Died December 6th, 2001 at 53 years old in Macapá (gunshot wound). [ref]
William H. Gass
American fiction writer, critic, philosophy professor.
Born July 30th, 1924 in Fargo.
Died December 6th, 2017 at 93 years old in University City (heart failure). [ref]
Jack Hogan
American actor (1929–2023).
Born November 24th, 1929 in Chapel Hill. [ref]
Died December 6th, 2023 at 94 years old in Bainbridge Island. [ref]
Refaat Alareer
Palestinian writer, palestinian victim of the israeli bombing of the gaza strip in december 2023.
Born September 23rd, 1979 in Shuja'iyya.
Died December 6th, 2023 at 44 years old in Gaza City. [ref]
Stella Young
Australian comedian, journalist and disability advocate (1982-2014).
Born February 24th, 1982 in Stawell.
Died December 6th, 2014 at 32 years old in Melbourne.
Adolf Burger
Jewish slovak typographer, memoir writer, and holocaust survivor (1917-2016).
Born August 12th, 1917 in Veľká Lomnica. [ref]
Died December 6th, 2016 at 99 years old in Prague. [ref]
Viktor Shklovsky
Soviet jewish writer.
Born January 24th, 1893 in Saint Petersburg.
Died December 6th, 1984 at 91 years old in Moscow.
Džej Ramadanovski
Serbian singer.
Born April 29th, 1964 in Belgrade.
Died December 6th, 2020 at 56 years old [ref]
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