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Who died on 11 December?

Celebrities who died on 11 December

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Oldest

99 years, 7 months, 29 days

Youngest

33 years, 11 months, 2 days

Born first

10 May 1876

Died first

11 December 1918

Born last

1 May 1962

Died last

11 December 2022

American writer Anne Rice

Anne Rice

American writer

2021
Indian musician and sitar player Ravi Shankar

Ravi Shankar

Indian musician and sitar player

2012
English professor, botanist, author, broadcaster and environmental campaigner  David Bellamy

David Bellamy

English professor, botanist, author, broadcaster and environmental campaigner

2019
American recording artist, singer-songwriter and entrepreneur Sam Cooke

Sam Cooke

American recording artist, singer-songwriter and entrepreneur

1964
Bettie Mae Page  was an American model who became famous in the 1950s for her pin-up photos. Bettie Page

Bettie Page

Bettie Mae Page was an American model who became famous in the 1950s for her pin-up photos.

2008
New Zealand political scientist  James Flynn

James Flynn

New Zealand political scientist

2020
American baseball player and coach Jim Bottomley

Jim Bottomley

American baseball player and coach

1959
Spanish tennis player Manuel Santana

Manuel Santana

Spanish tennis player

2021
English television presenter and actor Keith Chegwin

Keith Chegwin

English television presenter and actor

2017
English comedian, cartoonist, satirist Willie Rushton

Willie Rushton

English comedian, cartoonist, satirist

1996
South Korean film director, screenwriter and film producer  Kim Ki-duk

Kim Ki-duk

South Korean film director, screenwriter and film producer

2020
Slovene writer, playwright, essayist, poet and political activist  Ivan Cankar

Ivan Cankar

Slovene writer, playwright, essayist, poet and political activist

1918
English actress Suzanna Leigh

Suzanna Leigh

English actress

2017
62nd Mayor of Toronto Mel Lastman

Mel Lastman

62nd Mayor of Toronto

2021
American actress  Dorothy West

Dorothy West

American actress

1980
German illustrator and writer Wolf Erlbruch

Wolf Erlbruch

German illustrator and writer

2022
singer,Carnatic vocalist M. S. Subbulakshmi

M. S. Subbulakshmi

singer,Carnatic vocalist

2004
actress Beryl Cunningham

Beryl Cunningham

actress

2020
Romanian philosopher  Alexandru Surdu

Alexandru Surdu

Romanian philosopher

2020
Japanese actress Yōko Fujiyama

Yōko Fujiyama

Japanese actress

2022
United States Army soldier Charles Robert Jenkins

Charles Robert Jenkins

United States Army soldier

2017
American politician Vera Katz

Vera Katz

American politician

2017
chairman Leadership Newspaper, Nigerian politician Sam Nda-Isaiah

Sam Nda-Isaiah

chairman Leadership Newspaper, Nigerian politician

2020
American actor and broadcaster Robert Q. Lewis

Robert Q. Lewis

American actor and broadcaster

1991
American actor Walter Coy

Walter Coy

American actor

1974
Russian soprano opera singer and recitalist Galina Vishnevskaya

Galina Vishnevskaya

Russian soprano opera singer and recitalist

2012
American actor Simon Scott

Simon Scott

American actor

1991
Director and actor Teguh Karya

Teguh Karya

Director and actor

2001
United States Army soldier Rafael Hernández Marín

Rafael Hernández Marín

United States Army soldier

1965
Indian sprinter Kenneth Powell

Kenneth Powell

Indian sprinter

2022
actor Percy Kilbride

Percy Kilbride

actor

1964
Aristocrat, socialite and writer Aline Griffith, Countess of Romanones

Aline Griffith, Countess of Romanones

Aristocrat, socialite and writer

2017
actor Reed Hadley

Reed Hadley

actor

1974
English character actor Moore Marriott

Moore Marriott

English character actor

1949
American actor Howard Freeman

Howard Freeman

American actor

1967
Russian ballet dancer Galina Samsova

Galina Samsova

Russian ballet dancer

2021
American physicist Vera Kistiakowsky

Vera Kistiakowsky

American physicist

2021
Romanian-born French stage and movie actress and theatre director Elvira Popescu

Elvira Popescu

Romanian-born French stage and movie actress and theatre director

1993
American oceanographer  James J. McCarthy

James J. McCarthy

American oceanographer

2019
American neuroscientist Leslie G. Ungerleider

Leslie G. Ungerleider

American neuroscientist

2020
American opera singer Ryan Allen

Ryan Allen

American opera singer

2018
Actress, writer, producer Musidora

Musidora

Actress, writer, producer

1957
Brazilian politician Farid Abrahão David

Farid Abrahão David

Brazilian politician

2020
physician Lev Shcheglov

Lev Shcheglov

physician

2020
American baseball player Ted Lepcio

Ted Lepcio

American baseball player

2019
vaudeville and silent film actress from Holyoke, Massachusetts, United States Pauline Curley

Pauline Curley

vaudeville and silent film actress from Holyoke, Massachusetts, United States

2000
Israeli politician  Moshe Mizrahi

Moshe Mizrahi

Israeli politician

2022
German conductor and choir director Gotthilf Fischer

Gotthilf Fischer

German conductor and choir director

2020