Famous people died in December - page 24

Wayne Rogers

Wayne Rogers

Wayne Rogers was an American actor best known for his role in the CBS TV series ‘M*A*S*H’

AmericanApril 7, 193390 views

Walter Lippmann

A Pulitzer Prize recipient, Walter Lippman was an American writer and reporter, who was one of the first to come up with the concept of the ‘Cold War’

AmericanSeptember 23, 1889168 views

Shoeless Joe Jackson

Shoeless Joe Jackson was an American baseball player

AmericanJuly 16, 1887191 views

Franz Boas

Franz Boas was a German-American anthropologist who is known as the ‘pioneer of modern anthropology’

AmericanJuly 9, 1858187 views

Reinaldo Arenas

Reinaldo Arenas was a Cuban writer and poet who rebelled against Fidel Castro’s Cuban government and fled to the US

CubanJuly 16, 1943236 views

Carwood Lipton

Carwood Lipton was a United States Army officer who served his country with honour during World War II

AmericanJanuary 30, 1920160 views

Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith

Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith was an American gentleman farmer who is best known as the last descendant of former American President Abraham Lincoln

AmericanJuly 19, 1904260 views

Alban Berg

Alban Berg was a renowned Austrian composer

Desi Arnaz

Desi Arnaz was a renowned musician and television producer of America

CubanMarch 2, 1917263 views

Berenice Abbott

Berenice Abbott was a well-known American photographer

AmericanJuly 17, 1898118 views