Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In December - 25

1938  Death of Karel ÄŒapek, Czech author (b. 1890) on December - 25.   

1940  Agnes Ayres, actress (Johnny Belinda, Sheik), dies at 42 on December - 25.   

1942  Vojislav Vuckovic, composer, dies at 32 on this day in history.   

1943  Ilona Durigo, Hungarian singer, dies at 62 on December - 25.   

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

1947  Death of Gaspar G. Bacon, was Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1886) on December - 25.   

1950  On this day in history xavier Villaurrutia, Mexican poet (Nostalgia de la muerte), dies at 47   

1951  Death of Harry T Moore, Florida NAACP official, killed by bomb on this day in history.   

1953  On this day in history death of patsy Donovan, Irish-born American baseball player (b. 1865)   

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

1956  On December - 25 robert Walser, writer, dies at 78   

1957  Frederick Law Olmsted, US architect (Central Park), dies at 87 on December - 25.   

1961  Rheinhold Rudenberg, inventor of electron microscope, dies on December - 25.   

1963  On December - 25 tristan Tzara, writer, dies at 67   

1964  Cheerio Meredith, actress (One Happy Family), dies at 74 on December - 25.   

1971  Byron Arnold, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1973  Death of Ä°smet Ä°nönü, Turkish statesman (b. 1884) on this day in history.   

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

1976  On this day in history arthur Mitchell, cricketer (batted in 6 Tests for Eng 1933-36), dies   

1977  Charlie Chaplin, actor (Modern Times), dies in Switzerland at 88 on December - 25.   

1979  On December - 25 joan Blondell, actress (Real McCoys), dies at 70   

1980  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1985  George Rhodes, orch leader (Sammy Davis Jr Show), dies at 66 on December - 25.   

1988  Death of Ooka Shohei, Japanese novelist (b. 1909) on this day in history.   

1989  On December - 25 barrel Regtien, student leader, dies   

1990  Marguerite N Wittenberg, entertainer, dies of cancer at 77 on this day in history.   

1991  Curt Bois, actor (Great Waltz, Boat is Full), dies at 90 on December - 25.   

1992  Richard H Ichord, US leader of House Un-American Activities Committee, dies at 66 on December - 25.   

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

1994  Pierre Dreyfus, French director of Renault (1955-75), dies at 87 on December - 25.   

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 this day in history.   

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1250  John IV Laskaris, Byzantine Emperor (d. circa 1305) was born on December - 25.   

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

1583  On December - 25 birth of orlando Gibbons, English composer (O Clap Your Hands), baptized   

1587  On this day in history birth of margarita of Austria, queen of Philip III of Spain (d. 1611)   

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

1624  Angelus Silesius, [Johann Scheffler], German mystic (St Seelenlust) was born on December - 25.   

1628  Noel Coypel, French painter was born on December - 25.   

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