Famous Deaths In December - 25

1938  Death of Karel ÄŒapek, Czech author (b. 1890) on this day in history.   

1940  Agnes Ayres, actress (Johnny Belinda, Sheik), dies at 42 on this day in history.   

1942  On this day in history vojislav Vuckovic, composer, dies at 32   

1943  Ilona Durigo, Hungarian singer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1946  W C Fields, writer/comedian (Bank Dick, It's A Gift), dies at 67 on December - 25.   

1947  On December - 25 death of gaspar G. Bacon, was Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1886)   

1950  Xavier Villaurrutia, Mexican poet (Nostalgia de la muerte), dies at 47 on December - 25.   

1951  On this day in history death of harry T Moore, Florida NAACP official, killed by bomb   

1953  Death of Patsy Donovan, Irish-born American baseball player (b. 1865) on this day in history.   

1954  On December - 25 death of johnny Ace, Memphis rocker, accidently shot self in head at 25   

1956  On this day in history robert Walser, writer, dies at 78   

1957  Frederick Law Olmsted, US architect (Central Park), dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1961  Rheinhold Rudenberg, inventor of electron microscope, dies on this day in history.   

1963  Tristan Tzara, writer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1964  Cheerio Meredith, actress (One Happy Family), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1971  Byron Arnold, composer, dies at 70 on December - 25.   

1973  Death of Ä°smet Ä°nönü, Turkish statesman (b. 1884) on December - 25.   

1975  On December - 25 gaston Gallimard, French publisher (Library Gallimard), dies at 94   

1976  On December - 25 arthur Mitchell, cricketer (batted in 6 Tests for Eng 1933-36), dies   

1977  On December - 25 charlie Chaplin, actor (Modern Times), dies in Switzerland at 88   

1979  Joan Blondell, actress (Real McCoys), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1980  On December - 25 fred Emney, actor (Adventures of a Private Eye), dies at 80   

1983  Joan Miro, Spanish surrealist, dies at his home in Majorca at 90 on December - 25.   

1985  George Rhodes, orch leader (Sammy Davis Jr Show), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1988  On December - 25 death of ooka Shohei, Japanese novelist (b. 1909)   

1989  On this day in history barrel Regtien, student leader, dies   

1990  Marguerite N Wittenberg, entertainer, dies of cancer at 77 on December - 25.   

1991  On this day in history curt Bois, actor (Great Waltz, Boat is Full), dies at 90   

1992  On December - 25 richard H Ichord, US leader of House Un-American Activities Committee, dies at 66   

1993  Death of Pierre Victor Auger, French physicist (b. 1899) on December - 25.   

1994  On December - 25 pierre Dreyfus, French director of Renault (1955-75), dies at 87   

1995  On December - 25 dean Martin, singer/actor (Return to Me), dies at 78   

1996  On this day in history derek Prouse, writer actor/director (Le Scandale), dies at 74   

1997  Anatoli Boukreev, mountaineer, dies at 39 on December - 25.   

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1250  John IV Laskaris, Byzantine Emperor (d. circa 1305) was born on this day in history.   

1461  On this day in history birth of christina of Saxony, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1521)   

1583  On this day in history birth of orlando Gibbons, English composer (O Clap Your Hands), baptized   

1587  Margarita of Austria, queen of Philip III of Spain (d. 1611) was born on December - 25.   

1601  Jose Ximenez, composer was born on this day in history.   

1624  Angelus Silesius, [Johann Scheffler], German mystic (St Seelenlust) was born on this day in history.   

1628  On this day in history birth of noel Coypel, French painter   

1646  On this day in history birth of harald Vallerius, composer