Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In December - 25

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

1940  On December - 25 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 December - 25.   

1946  W C Fields, writer/comedian (Bank Dick, It's A Gift), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1947  On December - 25 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  On this day in history death of harry T Moore, Florida NAACP official, killed by bomb   

1953  Death of Patsy Donovan, Irish-born American baseball player (b. 1865) on this day in history.   

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 December - 25.   

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

1963  On December - 25 tristan Tzara, writer, dies at 67   

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  Charlie Chaplin, actor (Modern Times), dies in Switzerland at 88 on this day in history.   

1979  Joan Blondell, actress (Real McCoys), dies at 70 on December - 25.   

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

1983  Joan Miro, Spanish surrealist, dies at his home in Majorca at 90 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1989  On December - 25 barrel Regtien, student leader, dies   

1990  Marguerite N Wittenberg, entertainer, dies of cancer at 77 on December - 25.   

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

1992  Richard H Ichord, US leader of House Un-American Activities Committee, dies at 66 on December - 25.   

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

1994  On December - 25 pierre Dreyfus, French director of Renault (1955-75), dies at 87   

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

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

1997  On December - 25 anatoli Boukreev, mountaineer, dies at 39   

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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 this day in history.   

1583  Orlando Gibbons, English composer (O Clap Your Hands), baptized was born on December - 25.   

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  On December - 25 birth of noel Coypel, French painter   

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