Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In May - 25

1926  On May - 25 death of symon Petlyura, leader of Ukraine (pogroms), assassinated at 47   

1927  Death of Payne Whitney, American businessman (b. 1876) on this day in history.   

1930  On May - 25 death of randall Thomas Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1848)   

1934  Gustav Theodore Holst, English composer (Ode to Death), dies at 59 on May - 25.   

1935  On May - 25 death of sir Frank Watson Dyson, English astronomer (b. 1868)   

1936  On May - 25 jan Levoslav Bella, composer, dies at 92   

1937  On this day in history henry O Tanner, artist, dies   

1940  Death of Joe De Grasse, American film director (b. 1873) on this day in history.   

1943  Death of Nils von Dardel, Swedish post-impressionist painter (b. 1888) on May - 25.   

1946  Patty Smith Hill, songwriter (Happy Birthday To You), dies at 78 on May - 25.   

1949  On this day in history simon H Spoor, intelligence officer/general (WW II), dies at 47   

1951  Death of Paula von Preradović, Croatian-born writer (b. 1887) on May - 25.   

1954  On this day in history death of robert Capa, Hungarian-born photojournalist (b. 1913)   

1958  Rolland Beaumont, cricketer (5 Tests for S Africa), dies on May - 25.   

1964  On this day in history vasily Andreyevich Zolotaryov, composer, dies at 92   

1965  On May - 25 sonny Boy Williamson, [Aleck Miller], blues player, dies at 65   

1968  On this day in history charles K Feldman, [Gould], producer (Casino Royale), dies at 63   

1971  On this day in history death of jo Etha Collier, young black woman killed by 3 whites in Drew Miss   

1974  Donald Crisp, actor/director (Beloved Brat, Dawn Patrol), dies at 91 on May - 25.   

1977  On May - 25 death of yevgenia Ginzburg, Russian writer (b. 1904)   

1979  Death of John Arthur Spenkelink, American murderer (b. 1949) on this day in history.   

1981  Rosa Ponselle, US singer (Metropolitan Opera), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1982  On May - 25 larry J Blake, actor (Earth vs the Flying Saucers), dies at 68   

1983  Sydney Box, academy award producer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1984  On May - 25 piet Ketting, Dutch pianist/conductor/composer, dies at 79   

1985  On this day in history harold Hecht, choreographer, dies at 77 of cancer   

1986  Chester Bowles, US senator/ambassador, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1988  Death of Ernst Ruska, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906) on this day in history.   

1990  On May - 25 vic Tayback, actor (Mel-Alice), dies of a heart attack at 60   

1991  On May - 25 dorothy Davis Bostwick, entertainer, dies   

1992  On May - 25 danny Biasone, persuaded NBA to use 24 second clock, dies at 83   

1993  Dan Seymour, actor (Bombs over Burma, Intrigue, Watusi), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1994  Eric Gale, guitarist, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1995  Dany Robin, actress (Follow the Boys, Topaz, Julietta), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

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1048  Emperor Shenzong of China (d. 1085) was born on May - 25.   

1334  Emperor Sukō (d. 1398) was born on May - 25.   

1458  On this day in history birth of mahmud Begada, Sultan of Gujarat (d. 1511)   

1494  On May - 25 birth of jacopo Pontormo II, Italy, painter (Sepulture of Christ)   

1550  On May - 25 birth of camillus de Lellis, Italian soldier/monastery founder/saint   

1606  Charles Garnier, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1649) was born on May - 25.   

1661  On this day in history birth of claude Buffier, French philosopher and historian (d. 1737)   

1688  On this day in history birth of christian August Jacobi, composer