December 9th
211 Notable deaths
Josef Mánes
Czech painter (1820-1871).
Born May 12th, 1820 in Prague. [ref]
Died December 9th, 1871 at 51 years old in Prague. [ref]
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.
Died December 9th, 1989 at 85 years old in Los Angeles.
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]
Richard Claverhouse Jebb
British classical scholar and politician (1841–1905).
Born August 27th, 1841 in Dundee.
Died December 9th, 1905 at 64 years old in Cambridge.
Eugène Gigout
French organist and composer (1844–1925).
Born March 23rd, 1844 in Nancy.
Died December 9th, 1925 at 81 years old in Paris.
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 to death).
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 (1914–2005).
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.
Ali İhsan Sâbis
Turkish general and statesperson (1882–1957).
Born August 30th, 1882 in Istanbul.
Died December 9th, 1957 at 75 years old in Istanbul.
Matvei Muranov
Soviet politician (1873-1959).
Born December 11th, 1873 in Poltava.
Died December 9th, 1959 at 85 years old in Moscow.
Pietro Maletti
Italian general (1880-1940).
Born May 24th, 1880 in Castiglione delle Stiviere.
Died December 9th, 1940 at 60 years old in Egypt.
Carmen Phillips
American actress (1888–1966).
Born January 9th, 1895 in San Francisco.
Died December 9th, 1936 at 41 years old
Sergei Stolyarov
Soviet actor (1911–1969).
Born November 1st, 1911. [ref]
Died December 9th, 1969 at 58 years old in Moscow (cancer).
Soshana Afroyim
Austrian painter (1927–2015).
Born September 1st, 1927 in Vienna.
Died December 9th, 2015 at 88 years old in Vienna.
Gheorghe Gruia
Romanian handball player (1940–2015).
Born October 2nd, 1940 in Bucharest.
Died December 9th, 2015 at 75 years old in Mexico City (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Antal Apró
(1913–1994) politician, trade unionist, painter and varnisher, anti-fascist.
Born February 8th, 1913 in Szeged.
Died December 9th, 1994 at 81 years old in Budapest.
Paul Leroy-Beaulieu
French economist (1843-1916).
Born December 9th, 1843 in Saumur.
Died December 9th, 1916 at 73 years old in Paris.
Ferdinand Brunetière
French writer (1849–1906).
Born July 19th, 1849 in Toulon.
Died December 9th, 1906 at 57 years old in rue Joseph-Bara.
George Cooper
Actor (1892-1943).
Born December 12th, 1892 in Newark.
Died December 9th, 1943 at 50 years old in Sawtelle.
Gordon Forbes
South african tennis player (1934–2020).
Born February 21st, 1934 in Burgersdorp.
Died December 9th, 2020 at 86 years old in Plettenberg Bay (COVID-19). [ref]
Franz Rohr von Denta
Austro-hungarian field marshal and commander (1854-1927).
Born October 30th, 1854 in Arad.
Died December 9th, 1927 at 73 years old in Rodaun.
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Life is for the living. Death is for the dead. Let life be like music. And death a note unsaid. Langston Hughes