Famous People Who Died in December 1975

Dec 4 Hannah Arendt, German-American political theorist and historian (Origins of Totalitarianism), dies of a heart attack at 69

Dec 7 Thornton Wilder, American playwright and writer (Bridge of San Luis Rey), dies at 78

Dec 7 Beatrix Loughran, American figure skater (Olympic gold 1924, 1928, 1932), dies at 75
Dec 8 Gary Thain, New Zealand bassist (Uriah Heep) (b. 1948)
Dec 9 William A Wellman, American director (Ox Bow Incident), dies at 79
Dec 9 Esdras Minville, Quebec writer, economist and sociologist, dies at 79
Dec 11 Lee Wiley, American jazz singer (Night in Manhattan), dies at 67
Dec 13 Cyril Delevanti, British actor (Soylent Green, The Night of the Iguana), dies at 88
Dec 13 Hendrik Johan Kruls, Dutch general and chief military authority (1944-46), dies at 73

Dec 14 Arthur Treacher, English TV announcer (Merv Griffin Show), dies at 81
Dec 15 Mukhtar Ashrafi, Soviet-Uzbek composer, dies at 63
Dec 17 Frank Sully, American actor (Along Came Jones, Phantom Thief, Inside the Law), dies at 67
Dec 17 Noble Sissle, jazz musician, dies at 86
Dec 17 Hound Dog Taylor [Theodore Roosevelt], American Chicago blues guitarist and singer, dies of lung cancer at 60
Dec 18 Theodosius Dobzhansky, Russian-American genetist, evolutionary biologist and author (Mankind Evolving), dies at 75
Dec 20 Vincent Lopez, orchestra leader (Welcome Aboard), dies at 76
Dec 20 William Lundigan, American actor (Climax, Pinky, They Asked for It), dies of lung and heart congestion at 61
Dec 23 Richard S Welch, CIA station chief in Athens, shot dead
Dec 24 Tilly Losch, Austrian dancer and actress (Duel in the Sun; Garden of Allah), dies at about 71 (birth date disputed)
Dec 24 Bernard Herrmann, American composer, dies of heart attack at 64
Dec 25 Gaston Gallimard, French publisher (Library Gallimard), dies at 94
Dec 29 Euell Gibbons, American outdoorsman and proponent of natural diets (b. 1911).
Dec 31 Donal Michalsky, composer, dies at 47