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December 22 2013

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Albert Fraenkel
deceased
German physician (1864-1938) · 1864–1938
Days lived
27,229
Alfred Lücker🇩🇪
deceased
West German field hockey player (1931–2008) · 1931–2008
Days lived
28,393
Anton Tkáč🇸🇰
deceased
athlete · 1951–2022
Days lived
26,200
Arkady Vorobyov🇷🇺
deceased
athlete · 1924–2012
Days lived
32,222
Bennie Ellender🇺🇸
deceased
American football player and coach (1925-2011) · 1925–2011
Days lived
31,706
Chris Rea🇬🇧
deceased
English male singer-songwriter and guitarist (1951–2025) · 1951–2025
Days lived
27,322
Darryl F. Zanuck
deceased
Actor · 1902–1979
Days lived
28,232
Dmitry Zimin🇷🇺
deceased
Russian entrepreneur and researcher (1933–2021) · 1933–2021
Days lived
32,380
Fred Guy🇺🇸
deceased
American musician (1897–1971) · 1897–1971
Days lived
27,240
Friedrich von Thiersch🇩🇪
deceased
German architect (1852-1921) · 1852–1921
Days lived
25,449
Heinrich Waentig
deceased
German politician and economist (1870–1943) · 1870–1943
Days lived
26,938
Ignace Gelb🇺🇸
deceased
American historian (1907-1985) · 1907–1985
Days lived
28,559
Ingrid Steeger🇩🇪
deceased
actor · 1947–2023
Days lived
28,024
Joe Cocker🇬🇧
deceased
English musician (1944–2014) · 1944–2014
Days lived
25,783
Karl Koller🇩🇪
deceased
German Wehrmacht general Officer in the Wehrmacht’s Luftwaffe Branch · 1898–1951
Days lived
19,660
Libertas Schulze-Boysen🇫🇷
deceased
German opponent of the Nazis who belonged to the Red Orchestra (1913-1942) · 1913–1942
Days lived
10,624
Oto Bihalji-Merin🇷🇸
deceased
Yugoslav writer and art historian (1904–1993) · 1904–1993
Days lived
32,861
Otto Weidt🇩🇪
deceased
entrepreneur · 1883–1947
Days lived
23,609
Rochus Gliese🇩🇪
deceased
German film director and actor (1891-1978) · 1891–1978
Days lived
32,126
Roman Matveevich Semashkevich
deceased
Russian painter and graphic artist (1900-1937) · 1900–1937
Days lived
13,596
Ryan Freel🇺🇸
deceased
American baseball player (1976–2012) · 1976–2012
Days lived
13,438
Samuel Beckett🇮🇪
deceased
Irish writer (1906–1989) · 1906–1989
Days lived
30,569
Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
deceased
member of the House of Saud (1931-2018) · 1930–2018
Days lived
32,271
Uwe Kockisch🇩🇪
deceased
German actor · 1944–2025
Days lived
29,911

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