Died On This Day: December 20

• Erik Gates (2009, Newbury Park, California, USA)
• James Gurley (2009, Palm Springs, California, USA)
• Brittany Murphy (2009, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Shari Rhodes (2009, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA)
• Lester Rodney (2009, Walnut Creek, California, USA)
• Yuri Sayadyan (2009, Yerevan, Armenia)
• Arnold Stang (2009, Newton, Massachusetts, USA)
• Clarence Thomas (2009, Kendall, Florida, USA)
• Matt Turney (2009, Poughkeepsie, New York, USA)
• Tadeo Villalba (2009, Madrid, Spain)
• Øystein Langeland (2008, Oslo, Norway)
• Olga Lepeshinskaya (2008, Moscow, Russia)
• Adrian Mitchell (2008, London, England, UK)
• Robert Mulligan (2008, Lyme, Connecticut, USA)
• Dorothy Sarnoff (2008, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA)
• Kathy Wetherell (2008, Peoria, Arizona, USA)
• Christian Bourgois (2007, Paris, France)
• Gar Campbell (2007, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Jeanne Carmen (2007, Irvine, California, USA)
• Arabella Churchill (2007, Glastonbury, Somerset, England, UK)
• Billy Daydoge (2007, Loma Linda, California, USA)
• Savas Dinçel (2007, Istanbul, Turkey)
• Philip Freund (2007, New York, USA)
• Lydia Mendoza (2007, San Antonio, Texas, USA)
• José Luis Pecker (2007, Madrid, Spain)
• T.V.S. Sastri (2007, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India)
• Kazumi Tanaka (2007, Tama, Tokyo, Japan)
• Tokuzô Tanaka (2007, Kashihara, Nara, Japan)
• Yukio Aoshima (2006, Tokyo, Japan)
• John Bishop (2006, Bad Heilbrunn, Germany)
• Anne Rogers Clark (2006, Wilmington, Delaware, USA)
• Francis Koon (2006, Asheville, North Carolina, USA)
• (2006, Czech Republic)
• Sharon 'Mae' West (2006, Santa Monica, California, USA)
• Argentina Brunetti (2005, Rome, Italy)
• José Roberto Hill (2005, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico)
• Billy E. Hughes (2005, Alma, Arkansas, USA)
• Andrzej Jurczak (2005, Lódz, Poland)
• Mariusz Piesiewicz (2005)
• Hilary Corbett (2004, Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
• Armand De Ridder (2004, Belgium)
• Howard Feuer (2004, Hackensack, New Jersey, USA)
• William J. Fisher (2004, Fort Grant, Arizona, USA)
• Liliane Maigné (2004, Limoges, Haute-Vienne, France)
• Jack Newfield (2004, New York City, New York, USA)
• Arlon Ober (2004, Port Richey, Florida, USA)
• Tony Van Bridge (2004, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada)
• Ray Crowe (2003, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA)
• Scott Destefano (2003)
• Charles Randolph Grean (2003, Manhattan, New York, USA)
• Grigore Grigoriu (2003, Palanca, Stefan Voda, Republic of Moldova)
• Joanne Campbell (2002, London, England, UK)
• Sonny Carson (2002, New York City, New York, USA)
• Bernard King (2002, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia)
• Jack W. Schoengarth (2002, Burbank, California, USA)
• John Walvoord (2002, Dallas, Texas, USA)
• Foster Brooks (2001, Encino, California, USA)
• Edward Evans (2001, Longsdon, Staffordshire, England, UK)
• Walter Joachim (2001, Montréal, Québec, Canada)
• Stephen F. Kesten (2001, Great Barrington, Massachusetts, USA)
• Kôji Nanbara (2001, Chofu, Tokyo, Japan)
• Jerzy Rosolowski (2001, Warsaw, Poland)
• Leopold Senghor (2001, Normandy, France)
• Joan Wheeler (2001, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Trude Forsher (2000, Santa Monica, California, USA)
• Richard Hazard (2000, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Mickey Mantle Jr. (2000, Dallas, Texas, USA)
• Giorgio Ansoldi (1999, Rome, Latium, Italy)
• Manuel Berenguer (1999, Spain)
• Imre Eck (1999, Budapest, Hungary)
• Riccardo Freda (1999, Rome, Italy)
• Peter Garey (1999, Englewood, New Jersey, USA)
• Carlos Niemeyer (1999, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil)
• Irving Rapper (1999, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Hank Snow (1999, Madison, Tennessee, USA)
• James Wainwright (1999, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• André Dewavrin (1998, Paris, France)
• Irene Hervey (1998, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Walentyna Hoffman (1998, Warsaw, Poland)
• Bosiljka Boci (1997, Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia)
• Jûzô Itami (1997, Tokyo, Japan)
• Dawn Steel (1997, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Turnley Walker (1997)
• Carl Sagan (1996, Seattle, Washington, USA)
• Lee Gusta (1995)
• Madge Sinclair (1995, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Pedro de Urdimalas (1995, Mexico, D.F., Mexico)
• Dean Rusk (1994, Athens, Georgia, USA)
• Wylie Draper (1993, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Abner J. Greshler (1993)
• Hulusi Kentmen (1993, Istanbul, Turkey)
• Alex Taifer (1993)
• Emil Tzanev (1993, Sofia, Bulgaria)
• Peter Brocco (1992, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Mahendra Dehlvi (1992, India)
• José María González Sinde (1992, Madrid, Spain)
• Chanel Price (1992, Eureka, California, USA)
• Steve Ross (1992, New York City, New York, USA)
• Károly Vogt (1992, Budapest, Hungary)
• Simone Beck (1991, France)
• Walter Chiari (1991, Milan, Lombardy, Italy)
• Helene Heigh (1991)
• Ben-Ghou-Bey (1990, Asunción, Paraguay)
• Andrea Dunbar (1990, Bradford, Yorkshire, England, UK)
• Stephen Southard (1990, Sherman Oaks, California, USA)
• Kurt Böhme (1989, Munich, Bavaria, West Germany)
• Hector Camerlynck (1989, Oostende, Flanders, Belgium)
• Roger Goupillières (1988, Paris, France)
• Louis W. Kellman (1988, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
• William H. O'Docharty (1988, Corpus Christi, Texas, USA)
• Max Robinson (1988, Washington, District of Columbia, USA)
• Marianne Molander (1987, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden)
• Beta Ponicanová (1987)
• Arkadi Rajkin (1987, Moscow, Soviet Union [now Russia])
• Ranko Bradic (1986, Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia)
• Rossella Como (1986, Rome, Italy)
• Penny Kunard (1986, San Bernardino, California, USA)
• Zoltán Greguss (1986, Budapest, Hungary)
• Sonia Lancelotti (1986, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil)
• Elaine Baker (1985, Laguna Niguel, California, USA)
• Rita Mousouri (1985, Athens, Greece)
• Murl Deusing (1984, Florida, USA)
• Amelia Hall (1984, Stratford, Ontario, Canada)
• Dmitriy Ustinov (1984, Moscow, USSR [now Russia])
• Gwen Berryman (1983)
• Husik Muradyan (1983, Yerevan, Armenia)
• Pavel Vezhinov (1983, Sofia, Bulgaria)
• John Vivyan (1983, Santa Monica, California, USA)
• Jane Arden (1982, North Yorkshire, England, UK)
• Artur Rubinstein (1982, Geneva, Switzerland)
• Vinicio Sofia (1982, Rome, Italy)
• Abigail Maia (1981, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil)
• Dimitris Rontiris (1981)
• Kanu Roy (1981, India)
• Dagmar Olsson (1980, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden)
• Ben Sharpsteen (1980, Sonoma County, California, USA)
• Minoru Shibuya (1980)
• Italo Cremona (1979, Turin, Italy)
• Benny Davis (1979, North Miami, Florida, USA)
• Kamala Jharia (1979, Calcutta, West Bengal, India)
• Böske Tóth (1979, Budapest, Hungary)
• Dmitri Pokras (1978, Moscow, USSR)
• Ole Wisborg (1978, Denmark)
• Tauno Kajander (1977, Kuusankoski, Finland)
• Richard J. Daley (1976, Chicago, Illinois, USA)
• Walter Fitzgerald (1976, London, England, UK)
• Kurt Jung-Alsen (1976, Berlin, Germany)
• Munro Leaf (1976, Garret Park, Maryland, USA)
• Oscar Rundblom (1976, Köping, Västmanlands län, Sweden)
• Ned Washington (1976, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• William Lundigan (1975, Duarte, California, USA)
• Nuno Roland (1975, Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil)
• George Sowards (1975, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• André Jolivet (1974, Paris, France)
• Joe Short (1974)
• Frank Webb (1974, Slayton, Minnesota, USA)
• Luis Carrero Blanco (1973, Madrid, Spain)
• Bobby Darin (1973, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Käthe von Nagy (1973, Ojai, California, USA)
• Joseph Cornell (1972, Queens, New York, USA)
• Günther Eich (1972, Salzburg, Austria)
• Gabby Hartnett (1972, Park Ridge, Illinois, USA)
• Antonio Helú (1972, Mexico, D.F., Mexico)
• Roy O. Disney (1971, Burbank, California, USA)
• Frank Tweddell (1971, New Haven, Connecticut, USA)
• Ethel Sokolow (1970, San Francisco, California, USA)
• Ned Davenport (1969, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Eleanor Evans (1969, Colwyn Bay, Wales, UK)
• Max Brod (1968, Tel Aviv, Israel)
• Marguerite Clayton (1968, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Frank Pelleg (1968, Haifa, Israel)
• Van Nest Polglase (1968, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• John Steinbeck (1968, New York City, New York, USA)
• Wilda Bennett (1967, Winnemucca, Nevada, USA)
• Bertha Mann (1967, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Ihsan Ipekçi (1966, Istanbul, Turkey)
• Karol Hanusz (1965, Warsaw, Poland)
• Paul Constantinescu (1963, Bucharest, Romania)
• Dmitri Feldman (1963)
• Grayce Hampton (1963, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Gustaw Morcinek (1963, Kraków, Poland)
• Laura Smithson (1963, London, England, UK)
• Max Lerel (1962, Lausanne, Switzerland)
• Herbert Grün (1961, Celje, Slovenia)
• Moss Hart (1961, Palm Springs, California, USA)
• Edwin Styles (1960, London, England, UK)
• Rufus Cruikshank (1959, London, England, UK)
• Fyodor Gladkov (1958, Moscow, Soviet Union. [now Russia])
• Elisabeth Risdon (1958, Santa Monica, California, USA)
• James Westheimer (1958)
• Walter Page (1957, New York City, New York, USA)
• Charley Rogers (1956, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Ralph E. Dyar (1955, Spokane, Washington, USA)
• Gretchen Lederer (1955, Anaheim, California, USA)
• James Hilton (1954, Long Beach, California, USA)
• Ivan Olbracht (1952, Prague, Czech Republic)
• Charles A. Post (1952, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• John Webb Dillon (1949, Hollywood, California, USA)
• Royal Raymond (1949, Van Nuys, California, USA)
• Julie Lampe (1948, Norway)
• C. Aubrey Smith (1948, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Loulou Hégoburu (1947, La Celle-Saint-Cloud, Yvelines, France)
• Challis Sanderson (1945, Hammersmith, London, England, UK)
• David Howard (1944, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Merna Kennedy (1944, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Johnny Marvin (1944, North Hollywood, California, USA)
• Fritz Pfeffer (1944, Neuengamme concentration camp, Germany)
• Yuri Tynyanov (1943)
• Jean Gilbert (1942, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
• Erich Ludendorff (1937, Tutzing, Bavaria, Germany)
• Nicholas Brierley (1935, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)
• André Dubosc (1935, Paris, France)
• Will Haggar Jr. (1935, Pembroke, Wales, UK)
• Frank Beal (1934, Hollywood, California, USA)
• Clarence Handyside (1931, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
• Hans Peppler (1930, Berlin, Germany)
• Emile Loubet (1929, Montélimar, Drôme, France)
• Courtice Pounds (1927, Surbiton, England, UK)
• Eric Campbell (1917, Los Angeles, California, USA)
• Wiktor Misiewicz (1914, Warsaw, Poland)
• Johan Helmich Roman (1758, Kalmar, Sweden)