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Chane't Johnson was born A'Drewana Chane't Johnson in Dallas, Texas. Graduating with honors from Duncanville High School, Chane't was awarded a talent scholarship to Southern Methodist University in Dallas where she earned her BFA in Theatre Arts, and worked multiple seasons with the Shakespeare Festival of Dallas. She went on to achieve an MFA in Theatre Arts from the University of California San Diego (UCSD) in 2001 (awarded San Diego Fellow), the same year she was chosen for the role of Lena in the play "Boesman and Lena" written and directed by Athol Fugard. To date, it is her most cherished role. Chane't lists among her creative influences, Whoopi Goldberg, Anna Deavere Smith, Carole Burnett, Nell Carter, Morgan Freeman, Louis Gossett Jr., and her favorite comedian, Jonathan Winters. She has expanded her work into directing and producing with "Nurses Who Kill..." and "Trailerate" two web shows she launched in 2010. Chane't has two short films Texas Toast and Pony Man arriving in 2011, and is in development to direct and produce two fantasy/horror feature films, The Dark Sisters and Anomoly slated for 2012.- Henrietta King was born on 18 April 1923 in Richmond, Virginia, USA. She was married to Don King. She died on 2 December 2010 in Boca Raton, Florida, USA.
- Fritz von Hardenberg was born in 1954. He was an actor, known for Bismarck (1990), Ein Haus in der Toscana (1991) and Peterchens Mondfahrt (1990). He died on 2 December 2010.
- Ron Santo, one of the best third basemen in baseball history who played his entire career in the city of the Broad Shoulders, mostly for the hapless Cubs, was born on February 25, 1940 in Seattle, Washington. The six-foot-tall third baseman made his debut with the Cubs in 1960 and played with Chicago's North Side team for 14 season before winding up on the South Side with the White Sox in 1974 for his final season.
As a Cub, he was a nine-time All-Star and won five Gold Gloves for his fielding excellence. Playing a critical field position at time now called the "Second Dead Ball Era", Santo managed a .277 average by racking up 2,254 hits, 342 of which were home runs. When he retired, only Eddie Matthews (who hit 512 homers) had more home runs as a third baseman, and he was only the second third baseman in history to go yard 300 times.
He set many fielding records for third basemen. Among third-sackers who came after him, only Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt combined the slick glove with the power displayed by Santo.
Yet, surprisingly, despite expert analysis by such sabermetricians as Bill James that proved what a high-quality, Hall of Fame caliber player he was, Santo received little respect from Hall of Fame voters. The oversight was so egregious that several overhauls in the voting procedure were instituted so that deserving candidates like Santo would be better served. Yet, in his life-time, though he finished first three times in Veterans Committee voting, he was denied induction as he failed to reach a threshold of votes.
He became a broadcaster for WGN-Radio covering Cubs games in 1990, earning the moniker, "the single Biggest Cubs fan of all time".
At the time he was playing pro ball, Santo was suffering from Type 1 juvenile diabetes. He did not let on that he was ailing, as he was afraid that he wold be forced to retire. In 2002, both of his legs were amputated.
Ron Santo died on December 2, 2010 in Scottsdale, Arizona from bladder cancer. He was 70 years old.
Long considered one of the very best players not to be in Baseball's Hall of Fame, Santo took his failure to enter the Vahalla of pro baseball with grace and equanimity. (There is a paucity of third baseman and catchers in Cooperstown as they require players with outstanding fielding skills rather than the slugging that typically punches a ticket to the Hall of Fame.) In December 2011, Ron Santo finally was voted into the Hall by the Veterans Committee. He will be officially inducted in 2012, taking his proper place in Cooperstown with other immortals of the game. - Keith English was born on 10 March 1966 in Denver, Colorado, USA. He died on 2 December 2010 in Littleton, Colorado, USA.
- Miriam Hynková was born on 11 October 1933 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. She was an actress, known for Inzenýrská odysea (1979), Nejmladsí z rodu Hamru (1975) and Muz na radnici (1976). She was married to Evzen Sokolovský. She died on 2 December 2010 in Praha, Czech Republic.
- Alfred Müller was born on 4 July 1926 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor and editor, known for Mohr und die Raben von London (1968), Die gläserne Fackel (1989) and American Playhouse (1980). He was married to Eva Drechsler. He died on 2 December 2010 in Berlin, Germany.
- USMC Sergeant Matthew T. Abbate enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 2006, and was deployed to Fallujah, Iraq. He deployed for the third time in September 2010, to Afghanistan, as a scout sniper with the 3rd Batallion, 5th Marines Division. In the first 90 days of their deployment fighting the Taliban, the 3/5 lost 24 Marines, the highest number of any casualties of any unit since the beginning of the war in Afghanistan.
He was a member of the Darkhorse battalion, and on June 14, 2012, He was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for his heroism during battle.
The Marine Corps Times reports Abbate took command when his scout-sniper section was ambushed by the Taliban while patrolling what turned out to be a minefield on October 14, 2010.
Abbate's Navy Cross citation reads, in part:
"With total disregard for his own life, he sprinted forward through the minefield to draw enemy fire and rallied the dazed survivors. While fearlessly firing at the enemy from his exposed position, he directed fires of his Marines until they effectively suppressed the enemy, allowing life-saving aid to be rendered to the casualties." - Kirsten Jacobsen was born on 18 February 1942 in Aalborg, Jylland, Denmark. She died on 2 December 2010 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
- Maria Starzynska was born on 18 December 1929 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. Maria was a writer, known for Pierscien ksieznej Anny (1971). Maria died on 2 December 2010 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.