Deaths Date 1992 December | History by KabAstro

Dec 10 Bernard Reichel, Swiss composer, dies at 91
Dec 10 Carlomagno Andrade, Equadorian general, dies
Dec 10 Dan Maskell, English tennis commentator (b. 1908)
Dec 11 Andy Kirk, American jazz saxophonist, tuba player, and bandleader (Clouds Of Joy - "I Won't Tell a Soul (I Love You)"), dies at 94
Dec 11 Michael Robbins, British actor and comedian (On the Buses; The Great Muppet Caper), dies of cancer at 62
Dec 11 Suzanne Lilar, Belgian writer (Le burlador), dies at 91
Dec 12 Bernard CJ Lievegoed, Dutch anthroposopher (Free College), dies at 87
Dec 12 Jasu Patel, Indian cricket spin bowler (7 Tests, 29 wickets, BB 9-69 v Aust 1959; Gujarat), dies at 68
Dec 12 Suzanne Lilar, Belgian essayist, novelist and playwright (b. 1901)
Dec 13 Bernard Drukker, Dutch pianist and orchestra leader (duivelswiel), dies at 73
Dec 13 Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, American businessman and heir (Pan Am Airways), dies at 93
Dec 13 K.C. Irving, Canadian industrialist (b. 1899)
Dec 13 Robert Shone, British economist and director-general (NEDC), dies at 86
Dec 16 Anton [Tom] Koolhaas, Dutch writer (Gekke Witte), dies at 80
Dec 16 Rinus Terlouw, Dutch soccer player/trainer (Sparta), dies

Dec 17 Dana Andrews, American actor (Battle of the Bulge, Laura), dies of pneumonia at 83
Dec 17 Günther Anders, German Jewish philosopher, dies at 90
Dec 18 Charles Leatherland, Baron Leatherland, British journalist and Labour Party politician, dies at 94
Dec 18 Clara Hale 'Mother Hale', American social activist (Hale House Center for disadvantaged children), dies at 87
Dec 18 Edwin Gerschefski, American pianist, composer. and teacher (Saugatuck Suite), dies at 83
Dec 18 Mark Goodson, American radio and TV game show producer, with Bill Todman ("I've Got A Secret"; "The Price Is Right"; "Password"), dies of pancreatic cancerat 77
Dec 20 Peter Brocco, American actor blacklisted in the 1950's (Spartacus: One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest), dies of a heart attack at 89
Dec 21 Albert King [Nelson], American blues guitarist and singer (BB King & Friends; Blues Alive), dies of a heart attack at 69
Dec 21 Nathan Milstein, Ukrainian-American Grammy Award-winning concert violinist, transcriber and composer, dies at 87
Dec 21 Philip Farkas, American classical horn player (Chicago Symphony) and educator (University of Indiana), dies at 78
Dec 21 Stella Adler, American actress (Love on Toast; My Girl Tisa), and teacher (Stella Adler Studio of Acting), dies at 91
Dec 21 Sybil Andrews, English-Canadian painter, dies at 94
Dec 22 Frederick W Franz, CEO (Watch Tower), dies at 99
Dec 22 Harry Bluestone, British-American jazz and session violinist, bandleader, and music publisher, dies from Parkinson's disease at 85
Dec 22 Ted Willis, prolific English screenwriter (It's Great to be Young), dies at 74

Dec 23 Cyril Walters, Welsh cricketer (11 Tests for England, 784 runs), dies at 87
Dec 23 Eddie Hazel, American pop guitarist (Funkadelic - "Knee Deep"), dies at 42
Dec 24 Abdulkadir Widjojoatmodjo, Java diplomat, dies
Dec 24 Bobby LaKind, American conga player, vocalist, songwriter and occasional backup drummer (The Doobie Brothers), dies from terminal colon cancer at 47
Dec 24 Peyo [Pierre Culliford], Belgian cartoonist (The Smurfs; Johan et Pirlouit), dies of a heart attack at 64
Dec 25 Garrison H Davidson, US lt-gen commandant (West Point), dies
Dec 25 Helen Joseph, South African anti-apartheid activist, dies at 87
Dec 25 Monica Dickens, English/American journalist/author, dies at 77
Dec 25 Richard H Ichord, US leader of House Un-American Activities Committee, dies at 66
Dec 25 Ted Croker, English football administrator (Secretary English Football Association 1973-89), dies at 68
Dec 26 Bert Voeten, Dutch journalist and poet (Antipodes), dies at 74
Dec 26 Constance Carpenter, English-American actress (2 Worlds), dies of stroke at 87
Dec 26 Edmund Davies, British judge (as Lord Justice of appeal, tried the Great Train Robbers, Edmund-Davies police pay review), dies at 86
Dec 26 John G. Kemeny, Hungarian-American computer pioneer (developed BASIC programming language), dies at 66
Dec 26 Nikita Magaloff, Georgian-Russian-Swiss pianist (1st to record Chopin's complete works), dies at 80
Dec 27 Cardew "the Cad" [Douglas] Robinson, English comedian (Alfie), dies at 75
Dec 27 Jan Peeters, Dutch watercolor painter, stained glass, tile, and monument artist, dies at 80
Dec 27 Kay Boyle, American writer (Scottsboro: An American Tragedy), dies at 90
Dec 28 Mort Greene [Greenberger], American songwriter (Theme to "Leave It To Beaver"; "Sleepy Serenade"), dies at 80
Dec 28 Sal Maglie, American baseball pitcher (World Series 1954; MLB All Star 1951, 52; NY Giants; no-hitter 1956 Cleveland Indians), dies from bronchial pneumonia at 75
Dec 29 LH Ruitenberg, vicar/editor in chief (Reform Netherlands), dies at 87
Dec 29 Vivienne Segal, American Broadway stage actress and singer (Pal Joey), dies at 95
Dec 30 Caesar [Caesar] Domela, painter/son of Ferdinand D Nieuwenhuis, dies
Dec 30 Ling-Ling, 1st panda China gave US, dies at 23

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