Famous Deaths for 5th December 2022

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1624 - Gaspard Bauhin, Swiss botanist (b. 1560)

1886 - Peter Hofstede de Groot, Dutch reformed theologist, dies at 84

1963 - Karl Amadeus Hartmann, German composer, dies at 58

1971 - Hugh Wakefield, British actor (The Man Who Knew Too Much, Blithe Spirit), dies at 83

1995 - Victor Collin Matthews, British businessman, dies on 76th birthday

1995 - Robert Charles Evans, mountaineer/doctor, dies at 77

2006 - David Bronstein, Ukrainian-born chess grandmaster, dies at 82

2008 - Patriarch Alexy II of Russia, head of the Russian Orthodox Church (b. 1929)

2008 - Nina Foch, Dutch-American actress (The Ten Commandments, Spartacus, An American in Paris), dies from complications of myelodysplastic syndrome at 84

2021 - Bob Dole, American politician (Senate Republican leader, 1985-96, Presidential candidate in 1996), dies of lung cancer at 98

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