December 9th
150 Notable deaths
Issay Dobrowen
Composer and pianist.
Born February 27th, 1894 in Nizhny Novgorod. [ref]
Died December 9th, 1953 at 59 years old in Oslo. [ref]
Otto Landsberg
Justice minister of germany (1869-1957).
Born December 4th, 1869 in Rybnik.
Died December 9th, 1957 at 88 years old in Baarn.
Takeshi Kaikō
Japanese writer and activist.
Born December 30th, 1930 in Osaka.
Died December 9th, 1989 at 58 years old in Chigasaki (esophageal cancer).
Paul Kirchhoff
German anthropologist.
Born August 17th, 1900 in Halle.
Died December 9th, 1972 at 72 years old in Mexico City. [ref]
George Cooper
Actor (1892-1943).
Born December 12th, 1892 in Newark.
Died December 9th, 1943 at 50 years old in Sawtelle.
Georges Dufrénoy
French painter (1870-1943).
Born June 20th, 1870 in Thiais. [ref]
Died December 9th, 1943 at 73 years old in Salles-Arbuissonnas-en-Beaujolais.
Ásmundur Sveinsson
Icelandic sculptor.
Born May 20th, 1893 in Western Region.
Died December 9th, 1982 at 89 years old in Reykjavík.
Yuri Shaporin
Soviet composer and conductor.
Born November 8th, 1887 in Hlukhiv. [ref]
Died December 9th, 1966 at 79 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Sergei Stolyarov
Soviet actor.
Born November 1st, 1911. [ref]
Died December 9th, 1969 at 58 years old in Moscow (cancer). [ref]
Dalton Trevisan
Brazilian writer (1925–2024).
Born June 14th, 1925 in Curitiba.
Died December 9th, 2024 at 99 years old in Curitiba. [ref]
Deaths 101 to 110 of 150
Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde