Deaths Date 1970 December | History by KabAstro

Rube Goldberg (1883-1970)

Dec 7 American cartoonist whose carttoons inspired the Rube Goldberg contests (Pulitzer Prize 1948), dies of cancer at 87

Dec 8 Christopher Kelk Ingold, English chemist (Cahn–Ingold–Prelog priority rules), dies at 77
Dec 9 Artem Mikoyan, Russian aircraft designer (MIG), dies at 65
Dec 9 Sir Feroz Khan Noon, Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1893)
Dec 12 Doris Blackburn, Australian politician (Member of the Australian Parliament for Bourke), dies at 81
Dec 12 Louis Zimmer, Flemish astronomer and clockmaker (Jubelklok, Wonder Clock), dies at 82
Dec 14 Elmer Schoebel, American jazz pianist, arranger (New Orleans Rhythm Kings; Isham Jones), and composer ("Farewell Blues"; "Prince Of Wails"), dies at 73
Dec 14 Franz Schlegelberger, German Nazi politician, dies at 94
Dec 23 Bessie Abramowitz Hillman, Russian-American labor leader and founder of Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, dies at 71
Dec 23 Charlie Ruggles, American actor (Bringing Up Baby, The Patchwork Girl of Oz), dies at 84
Dec 23 Mimi Benzell, American operatic soprano (Gilda-Rigoletto), dies at 52
Dec 24 Gideon Nxumalo, South African jazz pianist, marimba player, and composer (Jazz Fantasia), dies at 41
Dec 26 Lillian Board, British 400m athlete (Olympic silver 1968), dies at 22
Dec 28 L. Mendel Rivers, American politician (Rep-D-SC), dies at 65
Dec 29 John de Mol Sr, Dutch accordionist, and orchestra leader, dies at 58
Dec 29 Marie Menken, American experimental filmmaker and socialite, dies at 61
Dec 29 William King Gregory, American zoologist and paleontologist (mammalian teeth, evolutionary theory), dies at 94
Dec 30 Lenore Ulric, American silent film and Broadway actress (Notorious, Better Woman), dies at 78