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December 9th
177 Notable deaths
Manuel Márquez Sterling
Cuban journalist, diplomat and politician (1872-1934).
Born August 28th, 1872 in Lima. [ref]
Died December 9th, 1934 at 62 years old in Washington, D.C..
Jorge María Mejía
Argentine cardinal (1923-2014).
Born January 31st, 1923 in Buenos Aires.
Died December 9th, 2014 at 91 years old in Rome.
R. G. Springsteen
American actor and director (1904-1989).
Born September 8th, 1904 in Tacoma. [ref]
Died December 9th, 1989 at 85 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Ellen Andrée
Model for degas and others.
Born March 7th, 1856 in 3rd arrondissement of Paris.
Died December 9th, 1933 at 77 years old in 9th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Sergey Timofeyevich Konyonkov
Russian and soviet sculptor (1874-1971).
Died December 9th, 1971 at 97 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Hermann Höfle
Ss general and police leader (1898–1947).
Born September 12th, 1898 in Augsburg.
Died December 9th, 1947 at 49 years old in Bratislava (hanging).
Rodrigo Carazo Odio
President of costa rica (1926-2009).
Born December 27th, 1926 in Cartago.
Died December 9th, 2009 at 82 years old in San José (heart failure). [ref]
Rudolf Meidner
Swedish economist.
Born June 23rd, 1914 in Wrocław.
Died December 9th, 2005 at 91 years old in Lidingö.
Blagoje Paunović
Serbian football player/manager (1947-2014).
Born June 4th, 1947 in Medveđa.
Died December 9th, 2014 at 67 years old in Belgrade. [ref]
Katharine Way
American physicist.
Born February 20th, 1902 in Sewickley.
Died December 9th, 1995 at 93 years old in Chapel Hill.
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By becoming deeply aware of our mortality, we intensify our experience of every aspect of life. Robert Greene