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<html> <head> <title>Died on December 8th</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 15px 15px 15px 15px;"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> Died on December 8th LISTS <table border=1 class="sortable" id="sort_grunk"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/775/000137364/">Luther Adler</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-May-1903</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Dec-1984</tt></td> <td>Broadway actor</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/823/000031730/">George Boole</a></td> <td><center>Mathematician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Nov-1815</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Dec-1864</tt></td> <td>Inventor of Boolean Algebra</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/957/000043828/">David Brudnoy</a></td> <td><center>Radio Personality</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Jun-1940</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Dec-2004</tt></td> <td>Boston talk radio host</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/163/000114818/">Robert Cantwell</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Jan-1908</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Dec-1978</tt></td> <td>Laugh and Lie Down</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/506/000167005/">Bud Carson</a></td> <td><center>Football</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Apr-1931</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Dec-2005</tt></td> <td>Pittsburgh Steelers DC, 1972-77</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/512/000167011/">George Cayley</a></td> <td><center>Inventor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Dec-1773</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Dec-1854</tt></td> <td>Father of aeronautics</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/152/000129762/">George Washington Collins</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Mar-1925</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Dec-1972</tt></td> <td>Congressman from Illinois, 1970-72</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/767/000196179/">Benjamin Constant</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Oct-1767</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Dec-1830</tt></td> <td>French political thinker</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/021/000083769/">Dimebag Darrell</a></td> <td><center>Guitarist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Aug-1966</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Dec-2004</tt></td> <td>Lead guitarist for Pantera</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/099/000096808/">Sir John Davies</a></td> <td><center>Poet</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Apr-1569</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Dec-1626</tt></td> <td>Orchestra, or a Poem of Dancing</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/490/000122124/">Deane C. Davis</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Nov-1900</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Dec-1990</tt></td> <td>Governor of Vermont, 1969-73</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/006/000094721/">Thomas De Quincey</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Aug-1785</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Dec-1859</tt></td> <td>Confessions of an English Opium-Eater</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/406/000041283/">William Dieterle</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Jul-1893</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Dec-1972</tt></td> <td>The Hunchback of Notre Dame</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/966/000129579/">Julian C. Dixon</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Aug-1934</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Dec-2000</tt></td> <td>Congressman from California, 1979-2000</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/886/000095601/">Ernst Engel</a></td> <td><center>Economist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Mar-1821</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Dec-1896</tt></td> <td>Engel's Law</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/462/000213820/">Gladys George</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Sep-1900</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Dec-1954</tt></td> <td>Valiant Is the Word for Carrie</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/633/000204021/">James Hoban</a></td> <td><center>Architect</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1758</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Dec-1831</tt></td> <td>Architect of the White House</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/191/000164696/">Keith Holyoake</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Feb-1904</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Dec-1983</tt></td> <td>Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1960-72</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/071/000071855/">Antonio Carlos Jobim</a></td> <td><center>Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Jan-1927</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Dec-1994</tt></td> <td>The Girl from Ipanema</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/154/000206533/">Albert Kahn</a></td> <td><center>Architect</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Mar-1869</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Dec-1942</tt></td> <td>Detroit architect, factory designer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/916/000049769/">Henry Laurens</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Feb-1724</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Dec-1792</tt></td> <td>Captured negotiating treaty with Holland</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/294/000026216/">John Lennon</a></td> <td><center>Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Oct-1940</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Dec-1980</tt></td> <td> Beatle</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/050/000113708/">Robert Mathews</a></td> <td><center>Criminal</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Jan-1953</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Dec-1984</tt></td> <td>White supremacist died in shootout with FBI</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/947/000024875/">Golda Meir</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-May-1898</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Dec-1978</tt></td> <td>Fourth Prime Minister of Israel</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/281/000103969/">Oscar II</a></td> <td><center>Royalty</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Jan-1829</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Dec-1907</tt></td> <td>King of Sweden and Norway</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/195/000022129/">Slim Pickens</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Jun-1919</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Dec-1983</tt></td> <td>Tough cowboy actor</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/214/000130821/">Robert Prosky</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Dec-1930</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Dec-2008</tt></td> <td>Pat Chase on Veronica's Closet</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/382/000042256/">Martin Ritt</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Mar-1914</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Dec-1990</tt></td> <td>The Long Hot Summer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/004/000109674/">Marty Robbins</a></td> <td><center>Country Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Sep-1925</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Dec-1982</tt></td> <td>El Paso</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/838/000107517/">Howard E. Rollins, Jr.</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Oct-1950</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Dec-1996</tt></td> <td>A Soldier's Story</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/094/000349044/">Anne Seymour</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Sep-1909</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Dec-1988</tt></td> <td>Character actress</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/639/000044507/">William Shawn</a></td> <td><center>Journalist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Aug-1907</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Dec-1992</tt></td> <td>Editor of The New Yorker, 1952-87</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/132/000085874/">Tris Speaker</a></td> <td><center>Baseball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Apr-1888</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Dec-1958</tt></td> <td>Exceptional centerfielder</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/013/000094728/">Herbert Spencer</a></td> <td><center>Philosopher</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Apr-1820</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Dec-1903</tt></td> <td>Synthetic Philosophy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/499/000098205/">Gerard Terborch</a></td> <td><center>Painter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1617</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Dec-1681</tt></td> <td>Dutch subject painter</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/785/000115440/">Giangiorgio Trissino</a></td> <td><center>Scholar</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Jul-1478</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Dec-1550</tt></td> <td>Sofonisba</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/592/000050442/">William Henry Vanderbilt</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-May-1821</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Dec-1885</tt></td> <td>Wealthy son of Cornelius Vanderbilt</td> </tr> </table> Do you know something we don't? <a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=106908" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a> Copyright ©2012 Soylent Communications </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"><div class="contentf"><center><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a> <a style="color: #0000ff" href="http://mapper.nndb.com/maps/939/000000939/"><img src="http://mapper.nndb.com/t/939/939/s939.jpg" width=128> Alternative Rock Starter</a> Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</center></div> <div class="contentf"><center> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </center></div> <div class="contentf"><center>BibliographiesNNDB has added thousands of bibliographies for people, organizations, schools, and general topics, listing more than 50,000 books and 120,000 other kinds of references. 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