Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In December - 25

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

1940  On December - 25 agnes Ayres, actress (Johnny Belinda, Sheik), dies at 42   

1942  Vojislav Vuckovic, composer, dies at 32 on December - 25.   

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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1954  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1964  On December - 25 cheerio Meredith, actress (One Happy Family), dies at 74   

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

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

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 this day in history charlie Chaplin, actor (Modern Times), dies in Switzerland at 88   

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  On December - 25 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  Death of Ooka Shohei, Japanese novelist (b. 1909) on December - 25.   

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

1990  On December - 25 marguerite N Wittenberg, entertainer, dies of cancer at 77   

1991  Curt Bois, actor (Great Waltz, Boat is Full), dies at 90 on this day in history.   

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

1993  On December - 25 death of pierre Victor Auger, French physicist (b. 1899)   

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 December - 25.   

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  Christina of Saxony, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1521) was born on this day in history.   

1583  On December - 25 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  On December - 25 birth of jose Ximenez, composer   

1624  On December - 25 birth of angelus Silesius, [Johann Scheffler], German mystic (St Seelenlust)   

1628  On December - 25 birth of noel Coypel, French painter   

1646  Harald Vallerius, composer was born on this day in history.