Dec 9 Willis Cuttell, English cricket spin bowler (2 Tests, 6 wickets; Lancashire CCC), dies at 66 Dec 12 Charles Goodnight, American cattle baron (b. 1836) Dec 13 Knut Algot Håkanson, Swedish composer, dies at 42 Dec 19 Lemon Henry "Blind Lemon" Jefferson, American blues singer and guitarist, dies at 36 Dec 20 Emile Loubet, French premier (1892)/president (1899-1906), dies at 90 Dec 29 Wilhelm Maybach, German industrialist and engine designer (the 1st Mercedes), dies at 83 Nov 1929 Famous Deaths by Year Jan 1930 Famous People by Cause of Death Assassination Drug Overdose Gunshot Wound Murder Plane Crash Suicide