Famous People Who Died On December 15

Dying is just like taxes in the respect that it is going to happen to you and me. Over history, we realize it doesn't matter who you are, you are going to face death. Famous people have no secret weapon against death. They are just like you and I. They will die. We will die. Death is a part of life. However, many of us look forward to eternal life in Heaven. After we all pass from this world, I hope to meet each one of you in a better place called Heaven.

We Live And We Die

Nobody Lives Forever

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What happened today in history?

1939- "Gone With the Wind" premieres in Atlanta

1944 - US Congress gives General Eisenhower his 5th star

1964- 1st time 4 people in space

Deaths

1786-1817 - Maria Countess Walewska, lover of emperor Napoleon Bonaparte I, some say she died Dec. 11, others Dec. 15th

1831-1890 - Sitting Bull, Hunkpapa-Sioux chief beat General Lee at Little Big Horn, holy man who led his people into war against the U.S, was killed when authorities tried to arrest him on the reservation

1904-1944 - Glenn Miller was a US band leader/jazz composer, dies while traveling with U.S. troops during World War II

1876-1951 - Eric Drummond was the 1st secretary-General League of Nations (1919-33), he was a British diplomat

1901-1966 - Walt Disney, animator, film producer, director, screenwriter, and entrepreneur dies at 65, put in suspended animation, he died of lung cancer

1893-1977 - Wilfred Kitching, was the 7th General of The Salvation Army

1899-1977 - Lillian Disney was the widow of Walt Disney, dies at 98, exactly thirty-one years after her husband Walt Disney

1912-2004 - Pauline Gore was the mother of Al Gore and wife of former U.S. Senator Al Gore Sr., members of the Democratic Party

1915-2005 - William Proxmire was a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, was a member of the Democratic

Party

1918-2009 - Oral Roberts was an American television evangelist and author, founded Oral Roberts University

10 Days Until Christmas, Merry Christmas

This is series of famous people who died was inspired by Faye Farley who writes about famous people who were born on the same dates. Each day I will make a list of the famous people who died on the particular day with a link to her story about who was born on a particular day. Today's famous deaths will be linked to her September 27 story because she has not made it to October yet. Click here to check out Faye's writing

Sources

Historyorb.com

Wikipedia.com

Holidayinsights.com