Famous Deaths 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 this day in history.   

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

1947  On this day in history death of gaspar G. Bacon, was Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1886)   

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

1951  On December - 25 death of harry T Moore, Florida NAACP official, killed by bomb   

1953  On December - 25 death of patsy Donovan, Irish-born American baseball player (b. 1865)   

1954  Death of Johnny Ace, Memphis rocker, accidently shot self in head at 25 on this day in history.   

1956  Robert Walser, writer, dies at 78 on December - 25.   

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

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

1971  On this day in history byron Arnold, composer, dies at 70   

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

1975  Gaston Gallimard, French publisher (Library Gallimard), dies at 94 on this day in history.   

1976  Arthur Mitchell, cricketer (batted in 6 Tests for Eng 1933-36), dies on this day in history.   

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

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

1980  Fred Emney, actor (Adventures of a Private Eye), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1983  On December - 25 joan Miro, Spanish surrealist, dies at his home in Majorca at 90   

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

1988  On this day in history death of ooka Shohei, Japanese novelist (b. 1909)   

1989  Barrel Regtien, student leader, dies on December - 25.   

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 this day in history.   

1994  On this day in history pierre Dreyfus, French director of Renault (1955-75), dies at 87   

1995  Dean Martin, singer/actor (Return to Me), dies at 78 on December - 25.   

1996  Derek Prouse, writer actor/director (Le Scandale), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1997  On this day in history anatoli Boukreev, mountaineer, dies at 39   

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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  Orlando Gibbons, English composer (O Clap Your Hands), baptized was born on this day in history.   

1587  Margarita of Austria, queen of Philip III of Spain (d. 1611) was born on this day in history.   

1601  Jose Ximenez, composer was born on December - 25.   

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

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

1646  Harald Vallerius, composer was born on December - 25.