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History Deaths on December 26

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History Deaths on December 26

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James Rizzi, American painter and illustrator (b. 1950)

#James_Rizzi

In 2011

Arthur III, duke of Brittany (b. 1393)

#Arthur_III,_Duke_of_Brittany

In 1458

Howard Hawks, American director and screenwriter (b. 1896)

#Howard_Hawks

In 1977

Valdemar, king of Sweden (b. 1239)

#Valdemar,_King_of_Sweden

In 1302

Jason Robards, American actor (b. 1922)

#Jason_Robards

In 2000

Gerald Ford, American commander, lawyer, and politician, 38th President of the United States (b. 1913)

#Gerald_Ford

In 2006

Albert Giraud, Belgian poet (b. 1860)

#Albert_Giraud

In 1929

Frederick Dalrymple-Hamilton, Scottish admiral (b. 1890)

#Frederick_Dalrymple-Hamilton

In 1974

Claude Adrien Helvétius, French philosopher and activist (b. 1715)

#Claude_Adrien_Helvétius

In 1771

Dietrich Eckart, German journalist, poet, and politician (b. 1868)

#Dietrich_Eckart

In 1923

Sigurd Køhn, Norwegian saxophonist and composer (b. 1959)

#Sigurd_Køhn

In 2004

Savitri, Indian actress, playback singer, dancer, director and producer (b. 1936)

#Savitri_(actress)

In 1981

Ivar Formo, Norwegian skier and engineer (b. 1951)

#Ivar_Formo

In 2006

Frederic Remington, American painter and illustrator (b. 1861)

#Frederic_Remington

In 1909

Harold B. Lee, American religious leader, 11th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1899)

#Harold_B._Lee

In 1973

Lillian Board, South African-English runner (b. 1948)

#Lillian_Board

In 1970

Galeazzo Maria Sforza, duke of Milan (b. 1444)

#Galeazzo_Maria_Sforza

In 1476

Jean de Marigny, French archbishop

#Jean_de_Marigny

In 1350

Angus Ogilvy, English businessman (b. 1928)

#Angus_Ogilvy

In 2004

Shankar Dayal Sharma, Indian academic and politician, 9th President of India (b. 1918)

#Shankar_Dayal_Sharma

In 1999

Dorothy Bliss, American invertebrate zoologist, curator at the American Museum of Natural History (b. 1916)

#Dorothy_Bliss

In 1987

Anatoly Lunacharsky, Russian journalist and politician (b. 1875)

#Anatoly_Lunacharsky

In 1933

Philip I, Prince of Taranto, titular Latin Emperor (b. 1278)

#Philip_I,_Prince_of_Taranto

In 1331

Ina Boudier-Bakker, Dutch author (b. 1875)

#Ina_Boudier-Bakker

In 1966

Vincent Schiavelli, American actor (b. 1948)

#Vincent_Schiavelli

In 2005

Antoine Houdar de la Motte, French author (b. 1672)

#Antoine_Houdar_de_la_Motte

In 1731

Harry S. Truman, American colonel and politician, 33rd President of the United States (b. 1884)

#Harry_S._Truman

In 1972

Seth Warner, American colonel (b. 1743)

#Seth_Warner

In 1784

Gasparo Gozzi, Italian playwright and critic (b. 1713)

#Gasparo_Gozzi

In 1786

Doug Harvey, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1924)

#Doug_Harvey_(ice_hockey)

In 1989

Jean Léonard Marie Poiseuille, French physician and physiologist (b. 1797)

#Jean_Léonard_Marie_Poiseuille

In 1869

Ted Ditchburn, English footballer and manager (b. 1921)

#Ted_Ditchburn

In 2005

Henri de Bourbon, prince of Condé (b. 1588)

#Henri,_Prince_of_Condé_(1588-1646)

In 1646

Elsa Lanchester, English-American actress (b. 1902)

#Elsa_Lanchester

In 1986

Cornelius Castoriadis, Greek economist and philosopher (b. 1922)

#Cornelius_Castoriadis

In 1997

Charles de Lorraine, French cardinal (b. 1524)

#Charles,_Cardinal_of_Lorraine

In 1574

Francis Caulfeild, 2nd Earl of Charlemont, Irish politician, Lord Lieutenant of Tyrone (b. 1775)

#Francis_Caulfeild,_2nd_Earl_of_Charlemont

In 1863

Erich Topp, German commander (b. 1914)

#Erich_Topp

In 2005

Suat Hayri Ürgüplü, Turkish politician, Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1903)

#Suat_Hayri_Ürgüplü

In 1981

Leo Tindemans, Belgian politician, 43rd Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1922)

#Leo_Tindemans

In 2014

Curtis Mayfield, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1942)

#Curtis_Mayfield

In 1999

Jan Letzel, Czech architect, designed the Hiroshima Peace Memorial (b. 1880)

#Jan_Letzel

In 1925

Salvador Jorge Blanco, 48th President of the Dominican Republic (b. 1926)

#Salvador_Jorge_Blanco

In 2010

Thomas Holland, 1st Earl of Kent, English commander (b. 1314)

#Thomas_Holland,_1st_Earl_of_Kent

In 1360

Sylva Koscina, Italian actress (b. 1933)

#Sylva_Koscina

In 1994

Melvil Dewey, American librarian and educator, created the Dewey Decimal Classification (b. 1851)

#Melvil_Dewey

In 1931

Stanis?aw Bara?czak, Polish-American poet, critic, and scholar (b. 1946)

#Stanis?aw_Bara?czak

In 2014

Farid al-Atrash, Syrian-Egyptian singer-songwriter, oud player, and actor (b. 1915)

#Farid_al-Atrash

In 1974

Euthymius of Sardis, Byzantine bishop and saint (b. 754)

#Euthymius_of_Sardis

In 831

James B. Edwards, American dentist, soldier, and politician, 3rd United States Secretary of Energy (b. 1927)

#James_B._Edwards

In 2014

Marta Eggerth, Hungarian-American actress and singer (b. 1912)

#Marta_Eggerth

In 2013

George S. Irving, American actor, singer and dancer (b. 1922)

#George_S._Irving

In 2016

Jack Benny, American comedian, vaudevillian, actor, and violinist (b. 1894)

#Jack_Benny

In 1974

Babur, Mongolian emperor (b. 1483)

#Babur

In 1530

Pablo Sorozábal, German-Spanish composer and conductor (b. 1897)

#Pablo_Sorozábal

In 1988

John Fothergill, English physician and botanist (b. 1712)

#John_Fothergill_(physician)

In 1780

Guillermo Stábile, Argentinian footballer and manager (b. 1905)

#Guillermo_Stábile

In 1966

Teena Marie, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1956)

#Teena_Marie

In 2010

Gorgeous George, American wrestler (b. 1915)

#Gorgeous_George

In 1963

Jim O'Toole, American baseball player (b. 1937)

#Jim_O'Toole

In 2015

Michele Steno, doge of Venice (b. 1331)

#Michele_Steno

In 1413

Gerry Anderson, English director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1929)

#Gerry_Anderson

In 2012

Heinrich Schliemann, German-Italian archaeologist and author (b. 1822)

#Heinrich_Schliemann

In 1890

Paul Blair, American baseball player and coach (b. 1944)

#Paul_Blair_(baseball)

In 2013

Tony Smith, American sculptor and educator (b. 1912)

#Tony_Smith_(sculptor)

In 1980

Irv Weinstein, American broadcaster and television news anchor (b. 1930)

In 2017

Ricky Harris, American comedian, actor (b. 1962)

In 2016

Sidney Mintz, American anthropologist and academic (b. 1922)

In 2015

Ibrahim Tannous, Lebanese general (b. 1929)

In 2012

Gerald McDermott, American author and illustrator (b. 1941)

In 2012

Joe Bodolai, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1948)

In 2011

Sarekoppa Bangarappa, Indian politician, 15th Chief Minister of Karnataka (b. 1932)

In 2011

Pedro Armendáriz, Jr., Mexican-American actor and producer (b. 1940)

In 2011

Houston Antwine, American football player (b. 1939)

In 2011

Edward Bhengu, South African activist (b. 1934)

In 2010

Felix Wurman, American cellist and composer (b. 1958)

In 2009

Munir Niazi, Indian-Pakistani poet (b. 1928)

In 2006

Viacheslav Platonov, Russian volleyball player and coach (b. 1939)

In 2005

Kerry Packer, Australian publisher and businessman (b. 1937)

In 2005

Muriel Costa-Greenspon, American soprano (b. 1937)

In 2005

Reggie White, American football player and wrestler (b. 1961)

In 2004

Mieszko Talarczyk, Polish-Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1974)

In 2004

Jonathan Drummond-Webb, South African surgeon and academic (b. 1959)

In 2004

Troy Broadbridge, Australian footballer (b. 1980)

In 2004

Virginia Coffey, American civil rights activist (b. 1904)

In 2003

Armand Zildjian, American businessman, founded the Avedis Zildjian Company (b. 1921)

In 2002

Herb Ritts, American photographer and director (b. 1952)

In 2002

Nigel Hawthorne, English actor (b. 1929)

In 2001

Ram Swarup, Indian writer on Hindu philosophy and religion (b. 1920)

In 1998

Cahit Arf, Turkish mathematician and academic (b. 1910)

In 1997

JonBenét Ramsey, American child beauty queen and prominent unsolved murder victim (b. 1990)

In 1996

Gene Callahan, American art director and production designer (b. 1923)

In 1990

Glenn McCarthy, American businessman, founded the Shamrock Hotel (b. 1907)

In 1988

Amber Reeves, New Zealand-English author and scholar (b. 1887)

In 1981

Weegee, Ukrainian-American photographer and journalist (b. 1898)

In 1968

Herbert Otto Gille, German general (b. 1897)

In 1966

Tetsuro Watsuji, Japanese historian and philosopher (b. 1889)

In 1960

Jack Tresadern, English footballer and manager (b. 1890)

In 1959

Henry Watson Fowler, English lexicographer and educator (b. 1858)

In 1933

Niccolò III d'Este, marquess of Ferrara

In 1441

John, 3rd Earl of Kent, English politician (b. 1330)

In 1352

Reginald Fitz Jocelin, archbishop-elect of Canterbury

In 1191

Gao Qiong, Chinese general (b. 935)

In 1006

Masrur al-Balkhi, Abbasid general

In 893

Zheng, empress of the Tang Dynasty

In 865

Zosimus, pope of the Catholic Church

In 418

Dionysius, pope of the Catholic Church

In 268

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