December 9th
155 Notable deaths
Leon Orbeli
Armenian physiologist.
Born July 19th, 1882 in Tsaghkadzor.
Died December 9th, 1958 at 76 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Kurt Held
Writer (1897-1959).
Born November 4th, 1897 in Jena.
Died December 9th, 1959 at 62 years old in Sorengo.
Andrei Lomakin
Russian ice hockey player.
Born April 3rd, 1964 in Voskresensk.
Died December 9th, 2006 at 42 years old in Detroit. [ref]
Yumiko Shige
Sailor.
Born August 4th, 1965 in Karatsu.
Died December 9th, 2018 at 53 years old in Karatsu (breast cancer). [ref]
Yakov Rylsky
Soviet fencer (1928–1999).
Born October 25th, 1928 in Shemonaikha District.
Died December 9th, 1999 at 71 years old in Moscow (liver cirrhosis).
Leonardo Cilaurren
Spanish footballer (1912-1969).
Born November 5th, 1912 in Bilbao.
Died December 9th, 1969 at 57 years old in Madrid.
Julius Falkenstein
German actor.
Born February 25th, 1879 in Berlin.
Died December 9th, 1933 at 54 years old in Berlin (meningitis).
Kurt Schmied
Austrian footballer (1926-2007).
Born June 14th, 1926 in Vienna.
Died December 9th, 2007 at 81 years old in Vienna.
Alex Wilson
Canadian sprinter (1907-1994).
Born December 1st, 1907 in Quebec.
Died December 9th, 1994 at 87 years old in Mission.
János Flesch
Hungarian chess grandmaster (1933–1983).
Born September 30th, 1933 in Budapest.
Died December 9th, 1983 at 50 years old in London (traffic collision).
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Life without an ideal is spiritual death. Emma Goldman