Tuesday, 20 July 2021

20 PEOPLE WHO LEFT THE WORLD ON DECEMBER 21ST

 

918 Conrad I, German King and Duke of Franconia

1375 Giovanni Boccaccio, Italian poet

1597 Petrus Canisius, Dutch Jesuit saint, aged 76

1674 Rutger van Haersolte, viceroy of Overijsselse, 66

1736 Alessandro Galilei, Italian architect, aged 45

1864 William Henry Fry, composer, 51

1890 Niels Wilhelm Gade, Danish composer, aged 73

1906 Adalbert von Goldschmidt, composer, 58

1928 Harry Butt, English cricketer, wicket-keeper

1940 F Scott Fitzgerald, author, died of a heart attack aged 44

1945 George S Patton, World War Two U.S. General killed in car crash aged 60
1955 Dorothy Bernard, actress, 65

1957 Eric Coates, composer, 71

1958 Harry Byron (HB) Warner, actor, aged 83

1963 Jack Hobbs, English cricketer

1967 Stuart Erwin, actor, dies of heart attack aged 64

1974 Richard Long, actor, 47

1980 Marc Connelly, playwright, aged 90

1983 Rod Cameron, actor 73

1992 Stella Adler, U.S. actress, 90

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