deaths
December 12, 2002
Dee Brown, American historian and author (born 1908)

Dee Brown (writer)
Dorris Alexander "Dee" Brown was an American novelist, historian, and librarian. His most famous work, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (1970), details the history of the United States' westward colonization of the continent between 1860 and 1890 from the point of view of Native Americans.
December 12
December 12 is the 346th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 19 days remain until the end of the year.