Famous Deaths In May - 25
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1926 Death of Symon Petlyura, leader of Ukraine (pogroms), assassinated at 47 on May - 25.
1927 On this day in history death of payne Whitney, American businessman (b. 1876)
1930 Death of Randall Thomas Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1848) on May - 25.
1934 On May - 25 gustav Theodore Holst, English composer (Ode to Death), dies at 59
1935 On May - 25 death of sir Frank Watson Dyson, English astronomer (b. 1868)
1936 On May - 25 jan Levoslav Bella, composer, dies at 92
1937 Henry O Tanner, artist, dies on May - 25.
1940 Death of Joe De Grasse, American film director (b. 1873) on May - 25.
1943 Death of Nils von Dardel, Swedish post-impressionist painter (b. 1888) on May - 25.
1946 Patty Smith Hill, songwriter (Happy Birthday To You), dies at 78 on May - 25.
1949 On this day in history simon H Spoor, intelligence officer/general (WW II), dies at 47
1951 Death of Paula von Preradović, Croatian-born writer (b. 1887) on May - 25.
1954 On this day in history death of robert Capa, Hungarian-born photojournalist (b. 1913)
1958 On this day in history rolland Beaumont, cricketer (5 Tests for S Africa), dies
1964 On May - 25 vasily Andreyevich Zolotaryov, composer, dies at 92
1965 Sonny Boy Williamson, [Aleck Miller], blues player, dies at 65 on this day in history.
1968 On this day in history charles K Feldman, [Gould], producer (Casino Royale), dies at 63
1971 Death of Jo Etha Collier, young black woman killed by 3 whites in Drew Miss on this day in history.
1974 Donald Crisp, actor/director (Beloved Brat, Dawn Patrol), dies at 91 on May - 25.
1977 On May - 25 death of yevgenia Ginzburg, Russian writer (b. 1904)
1979 On May - 25 death of john Arthur Spenkelink, American murderer (b. 1949)
1981 Rosa Ponselle, US singer (Metropolitan Opera), dies at 84 on this day in history.
1982 On May - 25 larry J Blake, actor (Earth vs the Flying Saucers), dies at 68
1983 Sydney Box, academy award producer, dies at 76 on May - 25.
1984 On this day in history piet Ketting, Dutch pianist/conductor/composer, dies at 79
1985 On May - 25 harold Hecht, choreographer, dies at 77 of cancer
1986 Chester Bowles, US senator/ambassador, dies at 85 on this day in history.
1988 On May - 25 death of ernst Ruska, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)
1990 Vic Tayback, actor (Mel-Alice), dies of a heart attack at 60 on May - 25.
1991 On this day in history dorothy Davis Bostwick, entertainer, dies
1992 Danny Biasone, persuaded NBA to use 24 second clock, dies at 83 on May - 25.
1993 Dan Seymour, actor (Bombs over Burma, Intrigue, Watusi), dies at 78 on this day in history.
1994 Eric Gale, guitarist, dies at 55 on May - 25.
1995 Dany Robin, actress (Follow the Boys, Topaz, Julietta), dies at 68 on May - 25.
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