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Friday, 12 December 2025
Jan 01 On this day in history helen Wills Moody Roark, tennis ace (31 Grand Slams), dies at 92 
Jan 02 Frank Muir, English writer, raconteur (b. 1920) died on this day in history.
Jan 04 In the year 1998 john Gary, singer, dies at 65
Jan 05 Georgi Sviridov, composer, dies at 82 in the year 1998.
Jan 07 Owen Bradley, American record producer (b. 1915) died on this day in history.
Jan 08 Michael Tippett, English composer/conductor (Child of our Time) dies at 93 on this day in history.
Jan 09 Kenichi Fukui, Japanese Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1981) dies at 79 on this day in history.
Jan 11 Klaus Tennstedt, conductor, dies at 71 on this day in history.
Jan 15 In the year 1998 amos "Junior" Wells, blues musician, dies at 63
Jan 16 David "Junior" Kimbrough, blues musician, dies at 67 on this day in history.
Jan 17 On this day in history emil Sitka, actor (3 Stooges shorts), dies of stroke at 82
Jan 19 Carl Perkins, singer/songwriter, dies at 65 on this day in history.
Jan 20 In the year 1998 zevulun Hammer, Vice PM of Israel, dies
Jan 21 Jack Lord, American actor (b. 1920) died on this day in history.
Jan 23 On this day in history hilla Limann, president of Ghana in (1979-81), dies
Jan 24 On this day in history jay Monahan, husband of Katie Couric, dies of cancer at 42
Jan 25 Mohammad Yusuf Khan, prime minister of Afganistan in (1963-65), dies on this day in history.
Jan 26 S P Leary, Texan Blues drummer (Muddy Waters), dies at 67 on this day in history.
Jan 29 On this day in history death of joseph Alioto, mayor of San Francisco (b. 1916)
Jan 30 On this day in history death of ricky Sanderson, stabbed 16-year old girl in NC, executed at 38
Feb 03 On this day in history death of karla Faye Tucker, murderer, executed at 38
Feb 05 In the year 1998 tim Kelly, guitarist, dies at 34
Feb 06 Carl Wilson, rock vocalist (Beach Boy), dies of lung cancer at 51 in the year 1998.
Feb 07 Carl Dean Wilson, musician, dies at 51 on this day in history.
Feb 08 William Lambert, Pulitzer prize-winning reporter, dies at 78 in the year 1998.
Feb 09 Laxness, Iceland's Nobel Literature laureate, dies at 95 on this day in history.
Feb 10 Buddy the Wonder Dog, dog (Air Bud), dies of cancer at 9 on this day in history.
Feb 13 In the year 1998 jo Clayton, author, Cancer Died, Drums of Chaos, dies at 58
Feb 15 On this day in history martha Gelhorn, female war correspondent (Reuters), dies at 89
Feb 17 Ernst Juenger, German writer, dies at 102 on this day in history.
Feb 18 Harry Caray, sportscaster (Chicago Cubs), dies at 77 in the year 1998.
Feb 19 On this day in history grandpa Jones, country comic/banjo wizard (Hee Haw), dies at 84
Feb 22 Grandpa [Louis Marshall] Jones, country singer (Hee Haw), dies at 84 in the year 1998.
Feb 23 On this day in history philip Abbott, actor (Arthur Ward-FBI), dies at 74
