December 9 Deaths

Mary Leakey (1913 - 1996)

English anthropologist

Jenni Rivera (1969 - 2012)

American-Mexican singer

Branch Rickey (1881 - 1965)

American baseball player and manager

Anthony van Dyck (1599 - 1641)

Flemish painter

Patrick Moore (1923 - 2012)

English astronomer and television host

Eleanor Parker (1922 - 2013)

American actress

Marie Fredriksson (1958 - 2019)

Swedish singer-songwriter and musician

Ralph Bunche (1903 - 1971)

American diplomat

Fulton J. Sheen (1895 - 1979)

American bishop

John Eleuthère du Pont (1938 - 2010)

American businessman

Gene Barry (1919 - 2009)

American actor

Pope Pius IV (1499 - 1565)

Leader of the Catholic Church

Murray Bernthal (1911 - 2010)

American musician

Archie Moore (1916 - 1998)

American boxer

Paolo Rossi (1956 - 2020)

Italian footballer

Pope Clement IX (1600 - 1669)

Pope

Clarice Lispector (1920 - 1977)

Ukrainian-Brazilian author

Max Bill (1908 - 1994)

Vivian Blaine (1921 - 1995)

Actor

Ezra Cornell (1807 - 1874)

American politician

William Wellman (1896 - 1975)

Director, Actor

Artem Mikoyan (1905 - 1970)

Almeida Garrett (1799 - 1854)

Portuguese journalist and author

Gillian Rose (1947 - 1995)

Tony Canzoneri (1908 - 1959)