Fats Waller (1904-1943)
Dec 15 American jazz organist, piano player, singer and composer ("Ain't Misbehavin'"; "Honeysuckle Rose"; "Hot Chocolate"), dies of pneumonia at 39 [1]
Beatrix Potter (1866-1943)
Dec 22 English children's author and illustrator (The Tale of Peter Rabbit), dies at 77
- Dec 23 Theo Thijssen, Dutch writer (Kees the boy), dies at 64
- Dec 25 Ilona Durigo, Hungarian contralto singer, dies at 62
- Dec 25 Raymond Huntington Woodman, composer, dies at 82
- Dec 29 William Henry Singer, American painter and collector (Singer Museum, Laren), dies at 75
- Dec 30 Hobart Bosworth, American actor (Woman of Affairs, Big Parade), dies at 76
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