December 6th
178 Notable deaths
Marcel Leboutte
Belgian footballer.
Born May 11th, 1880 in Spa. [ref]
Died December 6th, 1976 at 96 years old [ref]
Hendrik Ooms
Olympic cyclist (1916-1993).
Born March 18th, 1916 in Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude.
Died December 6th, 1993 at 77 years old in The Hague.
Nikolai Mikhailovich Albov
Russian botanist (1866-1897).
Born October 15th, 1866 in Pavlovo.
Died December 6th, 1897 at 31 years old in La Plata (tuberculosis).
George Healis
American rower.
Born June 3rd, 1906 in Philadelphia.
Died December 6th, 1990 at 84 years old in Fort Lauderdale.
Giovanni Mangiante
Italian gymnast (1893-1967).
Born August 28th, 1893 in Brescia.
Died December 6th, 1967 at 74 years old in Brescia.
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]
John Geiger
American rower.
Born March 28th, 1873 in Philadelphia.
Died December 6th, 1956 at 83 years old in Philadelphia.
Vitaliy Dyrdyra
Olympic sailor (1938–2024).
Born November 4th, 1938 in Melnykivka.
Died December 6th, 2024 at 86 years old
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I could just remember how my father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time. William Faulkner