Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In December - 25

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

1940  On this day in history agnes Ayres, actress (Johnny Belinda, Sheik), dies at 42   

1942  On December - 25 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 this day in history.   

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

1950  Xavier Villaurrutia, Mexican poet (Nostalgia de la muerte), dies at 47 on this day in history.   

1951  Death of Harry T Moore, Florida NAACP official, killed by bomb on December - 25.   

1953  Death of Patsy Donovan, Irish-born American baseball player (b. 1865) on December - 25.   

1954  Death of Johnny Ace, Memphis rocker, accidently shot self in head at 25 on December - 25.   

1956  On December - 25 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 December - 25.   

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  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 this day in history.   

1979  On this day in history 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 this day in history joan Miro, Spanish surrealist, dies at his home in Majorca at 90   

1985  On December - 25 george Rhodes, orch leader (Sammy Davis Jr Show), dies at 66   

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 this day in history.   

1991  On December - 25 curt Bois, actor (Great Waltz, Boat is Full), dies at 90   

1992  Richard H Ichord, US leader of House Un-American Activities Committee, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1993  On this day in history death of pierre Victor Auger, French physicist (b. 1899)   

1994  Pierre Dreyfus, French director of Renault (1955-75), dies at 87 on this day in history.   

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

1996  On December - 25 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  On this day in history birth of john IV Laskaris, Byzantine Emperor (d. circa 1305)   

1461  Christina of Saxony, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1521) was born on December - 25.   

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 this day in history.   

1601  On this day in history birth of jose Ximenez, composer   

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

1628  Noel Coypel, French painter was born on this day in history.   

1646  On December - 25 birth of harald Vallerius, composer