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Who died on 6 December?

Celebrities who died on 6 December

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Oldest

99 years, 4 months, 21 days

Youngest

38 years, 8 months, 7 days

Born first

30 May 1871

Died first

6 December 1942

Born last

13 April 1983

Died last

6 December 2022

American singer-songwriter Roy Orbison

Roy Orbison

American singer-songwriter

1988
Major League Baseball player Honus Wagner

Honus Wagner

Major League Baseball player

1955
French recording artist, singer and actor Johnny Hallyday

Johnny Hallyday

French recording artist, singer and actor

2017
President of Uruguay  Tabaré Vázquez

Tabaré Vázquez

President of Uruguay

2020
American politician Paul Sarbanes

Paul Sarbanes

American politician

2020
30th Prime Minister of Norway Kåre Willoch

Kåre Willoch

30th Prime Minister of Norway

2021
English association football player Marvin Morgan

Marvin Morgan

English association football player

2021
American actor Don Ameche

Don Ameche

American actor

1993
American actor and musician Werner Klemperer

Werner Klemperer

American actor and musician

2000
actor John Payne

John Payne

actor

1989
Indonesian politician Soedardjat Nataatmadja

Soedardjat Nataatmadja

Indonesian politician

2020
American actor  Ron Leibman

Ron Leibman

American actor

2019
Bulgarian actress Stoyanka Mutafova

Stoyanka Mutafova

Bulgarian actress

2019
Turkish philosopher Teoman Duralı

Teoman Duralı

Turkish philosopher

2021
American fiction writer, critic, philosophy professor William H. Gass

William H. Gass

American fiction writer, critic, philosophy professor

2017
English singer-songwriter Pete Shelley

Pete Shelley

English singer-songwriter

2018
Polish actress Irena Laskowska

Irena Laskowska

Polish actress

2019
American journalist Fred Hiatt

Fred Hiatt

American journalist

2021
US tennis player Dennis Ralston

Dennis Ralston

US tennis player

2020
Major League Baseball player Amos Rusie

Amos Rusie

Major League Baseball player

1942
American financier Donald Marron

Donald Marron

American financier

2019
Puerto Rican actress and former Warhol superstar Holly Woodlawn

Holly Woodlawn

Puerto Rican actress and former Warhol superstar

2015
South African anti-apartheid activist and politician Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim

Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim

South African anti-apartheid activist and politician

2021
Pakistani singer Aziz Mian

Aziz Mian

Pakistani singer

2000
American stage and television actress Frances Bavier

Frances Bavier

American stage and television actress

1989
Italian actor Gian Maria Volonté

Gian Maria Volonté

Italian actor

1994
American professional wrestler Larry Hennig

Larry Hennig

American professional wrestler

2018
American baseball player and coach Burleigh Grimes

Burleigh Grimes

American baseball player and coach

1985
professional baseball player Frank Crossin

Frank Crossin

professional baseball player

1965
1901-1992 American actor Hank Worden

Hank Worden

1901-1992 American actor

1992
Japanese singer, voice actor  Ichirō Mizuki

Ichirō Mizuki

Japanese singer, voice actor

2022
Greek musician Pavlos Sidiropoulos

Pavlos Sidiropoulos

Greek musician

1990
Jewish Slovak typographer, memoir writer, and Holocaust survivor Adolf Burger

Adolf Burger

Jewish Slovak typographer, memoir writer, and Holocaust survivor

2016
French politician André Aschieri

André Aschieri

French politician

2021
Indian actress Bina Rai

Bina Rai

Indian actress

2009
actor J. Edward Bromberg

J. Edward Bromberg

actor

1951
actress Ève Francis

Ève Francis

actress

1980
American football player  Jack Scarbath

Jack Scarbath

American football player

2020
German opera singer Hans Hotter

Hans Hotter

German opera singer

2003
British actor Percy Herbert

Percy Herbert

British actor

1992
Cypriot painter and illustrator Chris Achilleos

Chris Achilleos

Cypriot painter and illustrator

2021
Indian Bengali film and television actor  Monu Mukhopadhyay

Monu Mukhopadhyay

Indian Bengali film and television actor

2020
Bangladeshi cinematographer Mahfuzur Rahman Khan

Mahfuzur Rahman Khan

Bangladeshi cinematographer

2019
Auxiliary bishop of Orange in California Dominic Mai Luong

Dominic Mai Luong

Auxiliary bishop of Orange in California

2017
Serbian singer Džej Ramadanovski

Džej Ramadanovski

Serbian singer

2020
American actor Conrad Brooks

Conrad Brooks

American actor

2017
Italian politician Mario Alicata

Mario Alicata

Italian politician

1966
Economist, Union Minister of Government of India Yoginder K Alagh

Yoginder K Alagh

Economist, Union Minister of Government of India

2022