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Deaths on the 25th of December in history

Deaths
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25 Dec 0795 Pope Adrian I (b. 700)
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25 Dec 0795 Adrian I Italian Pope (772-95), dies
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25 Dec 0820 Leo V the Armenian, Byzantine emperor (b. 775)
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25 Dec 0940 Makan ibn Kaki, Iranian general
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25 Dec 1156 Peter the Venerable, French saint (b. 1092)
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25 Dec 1156 Peter Venerabilis French theologist/9th abbot of Cluny, dies at about 61
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25 Dec 1249 Peter Nolascus Spanish monastery founder/St, dies
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25 Dec 1513 Johannes Amerbach Swiss publisher/printer, dies at about 70
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25 Dec 1530 Babur emperor of Delhi, dies
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25 Dec 1553 Pedro de Valdivia, Spanish-Chilean explorer and politician, 1st Royal Governor of Chile (b. 1500)
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25 Dec 1635 Samuel de Champlain, French soldier, geographer, and explorer (b. 1567)
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25 Dec 1676 William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire (b. 1592)
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25 Dec 1676 Matthew Hale, English lawyer and jurist, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales (b. 1609)
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25 Dec 1683 Kara Mustafa Pasha, Ottoman general (b. 1634)
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25 Dec 1683 Kara Mustapha Turkish grand-vizier (1676-83), executed
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25 Dec 1758 James Hervey, English priest and author (b. 1714)
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25 Dec 1761 Empress Elizabeth dies
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25 Dec 1761 Elisabeth Petrovna tsarina of Russia (1741-62), dies at about 51
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25 Dec 1763 Suraj Mal, Indian ruler (b. 1707)
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25 Dec 1765 Antonio Tonelli composer, dies at 79
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25 Dec 1784 Yosa Buson, Japanese poet and painter (b. 1716)
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25 Dec 1788 John Logan Scottish conductor (Ode to the Cuckoo), dies at about 40
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25 Dec 1824 Barbara von Krüdener, German mystic and author (b. 1764)
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25 Dec 1824 Barbara Krudener mystic visionary who renounced nobility, dies at 60
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25 Dec 1842 Bedrich Divis Weber composer, dies at 76
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25 Dec 1848 Johann Erik Nordblom composer, dies at 60
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25 Dec 1868 Linus Yale, Jr., American engineer and businessman (b. 1821)
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25 Dec 1875 Young Tom Morris, Scottish golfer (b. 1851)
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25 Dec 1878 Anna Claypoole Peale US painter of miniatures, dies
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25 Dec 1880 Fridolin Anderwert, Swiss politician, President of the Swiss National Council (b. 1828)
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25 Dec 1883 Marek Konrad Sokolowski composer, dies at 65
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25 Dec 1895 Raul d'Avila Pompeia Brazilian writer (Boarding-school), dies at 32
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25 Dec 1899 Raphael Soyer artist (Depression scenes in NYC)
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25 Dec 1903 Albert Sch
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25 Dec 1904 Per Jonas Fredrik Vilhelm Svedbom composer, dies at 61
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25 Dec 1916 Albert Chmielowski, Polish saint, founded the Albertine Brothers (b. 1845)
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25 Dec 1916 Solko van den Bergh, Dutch target shooter (b. 1854)
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25 Dec 1921 Vladimir Korolenko, Russian journalist, author, and activist (b. 1853)
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25 Dec 1921 Hans Huber composer, dies at 69
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25 Dec 1921 Korolenko writer, dies
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25 Dec 1922 Alphonse Goovaerts composer, dies at 75
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25 Dec 1925 Karl Abraham, German psychoanalyst and author (b. 1877)
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25 Dec 1925 Sergei Jessenin writer, dies at 30
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25 Dec 1926 Emperor Taishō of Japan (b. 1879)
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25 Dec 1926 Yoshihito 123rd Emperor of Japan (1912-26), dies at 47
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25 Dec 1927 Sergei D Sazonov Russian Foreign minister (1910-16), dies at 66
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25 Dec 1928 Miles Burke, American boxer (b. 1885)
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25 Dec 1930 Harvey Worthington Loomis composer, dies at 65
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25 Dec 1933 Francesc Macià i Llussà, Catalan colonel and politician, 122nd President of Catalonia (b. 1859)
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25 Dec 1935 Paul Bourget, French author and critic (b. 1852)
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25 Dec 1936 Pierre Maurice composer, dies at 68
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25 Dec 1938 Karel Čapek, Czech author and playwright (b. 1890)
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25 Dec 1938 Karel Capek Czechoslovakian author/antifascist (B
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25 Dec 1940 Agnes Ayres, American actress (b. 1898)
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25 Dec 1941 Richard S. Aldrich, American lawyer and politician (b. 1884)
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25 Dec 1942 Vojislav Vuckovic composer, dies at 32
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25 Dec 1943 Ilona Durigo Hungarian singer, dies at 62
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25 Dec 1943 Raymond Huntington Woodman composer, dies at 82
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25 Dec 1944 George Steer, South African-English journalist and author (b. 1909)
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25 Dec 1945 Franz Kröwerath, German rower (b. 1880)
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25 Dec 1946 W. C. Fields, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (b. 1880)
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25 Dec 1946 W[illiam] C[laude] Fields writer/comedian/actor (Bank Dick, It's A Gift), dies from pneumonia at 67
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25 Dec 1947 Gaspar G. Bacon, American politician, 51st Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1886)
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25 Dec 1949 Leon Schlesinger, American animator and producer, founded Warner Bros. Cartoons (b. 1884)
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25 Dec 1950 Neil Francis Hawkins, English politician (b. 1903)
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25 Dec 1950 Xavier Villaurrutia Mexican poet (Nostalgia de la muerte), dies at 47
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25 Dec 1951 Harry T Moore Florida NAACP official, killed by bomb
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25 Dec 1952 Margrethe Mather, American photographer (b. 1886)
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25 Dec 1953 Patsy Donovan, Irish-American baseball player and manager (b. 1865)
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25 Dec 1953 William Haselden, Spanish-English cartoonist (b. 1872)
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25 Dec 1954 Johnny Ace, American singer (b. 1929)
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25 Dec 1954 Liberty Hyde Bailey US botanist (Plantbreeding), dies at 96
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25 Dec 1954 Rosario Scalero composer, dies at 84
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25 Dec 1956 Robert Walser, Swiss author (b. 1878)
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25 Dec 1957 Charles Pathé, French record producer, founded Pathé Records (b. 1863)
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25 Dec 1957 Frederick Law Olmsted US architect (Central Park), dies at 87
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25 Dec 1961 Rheinhold Rudenberg: Inventor of electron microscope
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25 Dec 1961 Owen Brewster, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 54th Governor of Maine (b. 1888)
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25 Dec 1961 Otto Loewi, German-American pharmacologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1873)
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25 Dec 1961 Dr Rheinhold Rudenberg inventor of the electron microscope dies
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25 Dec 1963 Tristan Tzara, Romanian-French poet, playwright, painter, and critic (b. 1896)
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25 Dec 1964 Cheerio Meredith actress (One Happy Family), dies at 74
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25 Dec 1970 Michael Peto, Hungarian-English photographer and journalist (b. 1908)
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25 Dec 1971 Byron Arnold composer, dies at 70
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25 Dec 1973 İsmet İnönü, Turkish general and politician, 2nd President of Turkey (b. 1884)
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25 Dec 1973 Gabriel Voisin, French pilot and engineer (b. 1880)
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25 Dec 1973 Ismet In
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25 Dec 1975 Gaston Gallimard, French publisher, founded Éditions Gallimard (b. 1881)
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25 Dec 1975 Gunnar Kangro, Estonian mathematician and author (b. 1913)
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25 Dec 1976 Arthur Mitchell cricketer (batted in 6 Tests for England 1933-36), dies
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25 Dec 1976 Frankie Darro actor (Radio Ranch, Valley of Wanted Men), dies at 58
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25 Dec 1977 Charlie Chaplin, English actor and director (b. 1889)
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25 Dec 1979 Joan Blondell, American actress and singer (b. 1906)
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25 Dec 1979 Jordi Bonet, Canadian painter and sculptor (b. 1932)
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25 Dec 1979 Lee Bowman actor (Ellery Queen, Miami Undercover), dies at 64
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25 Dec 1980 Fred Emney actor (Adventures of a Private Eye), dies at 80
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25 Dec 1980 Louis Neefs Belgian singer, dies at 43
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25 Dec 1980 Oscar Romero archbishop of El Salvador, murdered
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25 Dec 1983 Joan Miró, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1893)
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25 Dec 1983 Joan Miro Spanish surrealist, dies at his home in Majorca at 90
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25 Dec 1985 George Rhodes orchestra leader (Sammy Davis Jr Show), dies at 66
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25 Dec 1988 Shōhei Ōoka, Japanese author and critic (b. 1909)
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25 Dec 1988 Edward Pelham-Clinton, 10th Duke of Newcastle, English lepidopterist (b. 1920)
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25 Dec 1989 Nicolea Ceausescu: Dictator of Romania, executed
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25 Dec 1989 Benny Binion, American poker player and businessman (b. 1904)
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25 Dec 1989 Elena Ceaușescu, Romanian politician, First Lady of Romania (b. 1916)
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25 Dec 1989 Nicolae Ceaușescu, Romanian general and politician, 1st President of Romania (b. 1918)
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25 Dec 1989 Betty Garde, American actress (b. 1905)
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25 Dec 1989 Frederick F. Houser, American judge and politician, 34th Lieutenant Governor of California (b. 1905)
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25 Dec 1989 Billy Martin, American baseball player and manager (b. 1928)
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25 Dec 1989 Florică Murariu, Romanian rugby player and soldier (b. 1955)
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25 Dec 1989 Robert Pirosh, American director and screenwriter (b. 1910)
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25 Dec 1989 Wally Ris, American swimmer (b. 1924)
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25 Dec 1989 Barrel Regtien student leader, dies
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25 Dec 1989 Elena Ceausescu wife of Romanian dictator Nicolae, executed
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25 Dec 1989 Nicolae Ceausescu Romanian dictator (1945-89), executed
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25 Dec 1989 Roger Pigaut actor (Indoptable Ang
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25 Dec 1989 Ton Regtien Dutch student leader, dies at 51
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25 Dec 1990 Marguerite N Wittenberg entertainer, dies of cancer at 77
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25 Dec 1991 Curt Bois actor (Great Waltz, Boat is Full), dies at 90
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25 Dec 1991 Mahmood Hussain cricketer (27 Tests for Pakistan, 68 wickets), dies
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25 Dec 1991 Orane Demazis French actress (Marius, Fanny et C
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25 Dec 1991 Sal Provenza entertainer, dies of lymphoma at 45
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25 Dec 1992 Monica Dickens, English-American nurse and author (b. 1915)
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25 Dec 1992 Garrison H Davidson US Lieutenant-General commandant (West Point), dies
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25 Dec 1992 Helen B M Fennell Joseph English/South Afr anti-apartheid, dies at 87
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25 Dec 1992 Ted Croker RAF-pilot/secretary English soccer team (sponsoring), dies
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25 Dec 1993 Pierre Victor Auger, French physicist and academic (b. 1899)
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25 Dec 1994 Zail Singh, Indian politician, 7th President of India (b. 1916)
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25 Dec 1994 Pierre Dreyfus French director of Renault (1955-75), dies at 87
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25 Dec 1995 Emmanuel Levinas, Lithuanian-French philosopher and academic (b. 1906)
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25 Dec 1995 Dean Martin, American singer and actor (b. 1917)
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25 Dec 1995 Jimmy Boucher cricketer (great Irish all-rounder 1929-54), dies
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25 Dec 1995 Nikolai [Nicolas Leonidovich] Slonimsky musicologist, dies at 101
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25 Dec 1996 Bill Hewitt, Canadian sportscaster (b. 1928)
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25 Dec 1996 Derek Prouse writer actor/director (Le Scandale), dies at 74
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25 Dec 1996 Jon Benet Ramsey Colorado child beauty queen, murdered at 6
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25 Dec 1996 Rupert John Governor-General of Grenadines (1970-76), dies
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25 Dec 1997 Anatoli Boukreev, Kazakh mountaineer and explorer (b. 1958)
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25 Dec 1997 Denver Pyle, American actor, singer, and director (b. 1920)
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25 Dec 1997 Giorgio Strehler theatre director, dies at 76
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25 Dec 1997 Laurence Gower academic, dies at 84
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25 Dec 1998 Bryan MacLean, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Love) (b. 1946)
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25 Dec 1998 John Pulman, English snooker player and sportscaster (b. 1926)
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25 Dec 1999 Peter Jeffrey, English actor (b. 1929)
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25 Dec 2000 Neil Hawke, Australian cricketer and footballer (b. 1939)
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25 Dec 2000 Willard Van Orman Quine, American philosopher and academic (b. 1908)
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25 Dec 2001 Alfred A. Tomatis, French otolaryngologist and academic (b. 1920)
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25 Dec 2002 William T. Orr, American actor and producer (b. 1917)
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25 Dec 2003 Nicholas Mavroules, American politician (b. 1929)
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25 Dec 2004 Robert Elliott, American actor (b. 1944)
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25 Dec 2004 Gennadi Strekalov, Russian engineer and astronaut (b. 1940)
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25 Dec 2005 Derek Bailey, English guitarist (b. 1930)
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25 Dec 2005 Robert Barbers, Filipino police officer, lawyer, and politician (b. 1944)
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25 Dec 2005 Birgit Nilsson, Swedish soprano (b. 1918)
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25 Dec 2006 James Brown, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (The Famous Flames) (b. 1933)
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25 Dec 2006 Hiroaki Hidaka, Japanese serial killer (b. 1962)
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25 Dec 2007 Des Barrick, English cricketer (b. 1927)
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25 Dec 2007 Jim Beauchamp, American baseball player and coach (b. 1939)
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25 Dec 2007 Mighty King Kong, Kenyan singer (b. 1973)
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25 Dec 2008 Eartha Kitt, American singer and actress (b. 1927)
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25 Dec 2009 Vic Chesnutt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Brute and The Undertow Orchestra) (b. 1964)
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25 Dec 2010 Carlos Andrés Pérez, Venezuelan politician, 66th President of Venezuela (b. 1922)
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25 Dec 2011 Giorgio Bocca, Italian journalist (b. 1920)
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25 Dec 2011 Jim Sherwood, American saxophonist (The Mothers of Invention) (b. 1942)
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25 Dec 2011 Simms Taback, American author and illustrator (b. 1932)
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25 Dec 2012 Sita bint Fahd Al Damir, Saudi Arabian wife of Khalid of Saudi Arabia (b. 1922)
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25 Dec 2012 Erico Aumentado, Filipino journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1940)
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25 Dec 2012 Turki bin Sultan, Saudi Arabian politician (b. 1959)
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25 Dec 2012 Frank Calabrese, Sr., American mobster (b. 1937)
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25 Dec 2012 Halfdan Hegtun, Norwegian radio host and politician (b. 1918)
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25 Dec 2012 Joe Krivak, American football player and coach (b. 1935)
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25 Dec 2013 Anthony J. Bryant, American historian and author (b. 1961)
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25 Dec 2013 David R. Harris, English geographer, anthropologist, archaeologist and academic (b. 1930)
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25 Dec 2013 Wayne Harrison, English footballer (b. 1967)
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25 Dec 2013 Mike Hegan, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1942)
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25 Dec 2013 Mel Mathay, Filipino politician, 8th Mayor of Quezon City (b. 1932)
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25 Dec 2013 Adnan Şenses, Turkish singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1935)
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25 Dec 2014 Alberta Adams, American singer (b. 1917)
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25 Dec 2014 N. L. Balakrishnan, Indian actor and photographer (b. 1943)
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25 Dec 2014 Ricardo Porro, Cuban-French architect (b. 1925)
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25 Dec 2014 David Ryall, English actor (b. 1935)
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25 Dec 2014 Gleb Yakunin, Russian priest and activist (b. 1934)
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