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January 26th
241 Notable deaths
Kobe Bryant
American basketball player (1978–2020).
Born August 23rd, 1978 in Philadelphia. [ref]
Died January 26th, 2020 at 41 years old in Calabasas (helicopter crash). [ref]
Lucky Luciano
Italian american mobster (1897–1962).
Born November 11th, 1897 in Lercara Friddi.
Died January 26th, 1962 at 64 years old in Naples (myocardial infarction).
Nelson Rockefeller
Vice president of the united states from 1974 to 1977.
Born July 8th, 1908 in Bar Harbor.
Died January 26th, 1979 at 70 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction).
Christian Brando
Son of actor marlon brando (1958–2008).
Born May 11th, 1958 in Los Angeles.
Died January 26th, 2008 at 49 years old in Los Angeles (pneumonia). [ref]
Abe Vigoda
American actor (1921–2016).
Born February 24th, 1921 in Brooklyn.
Died January 26th, 2016 at 94 years old in Woodland Park (disease).
Edward G. Robinson
Romanian-american actor (1893-1973).
Born December 12th, 1893 in Bucharest.
Died January 26th, 1973 at 79 years old in Hollywood (bladder cancer).
José Ferrer
American actor and director (1912–1992).
Born January 8th, 1912 in Santurce.
Died January 26th, 1992 at 80 years old in Coral Gables (colorectal cancer).
Barbara Hale
American actress (1922–2017).
Born April 18th, 1922 in DeKalb.
Died January 26th, 2017 at 94 years old in Sherman Oaks. [ref]
Bear Bryant
American college football coach (1913–1983).
Born September 11th, 1913 in Fordyce.
Died January 26th, 1983 at 69 years old in Tuscaloosa.
Mike Connors
American actor (1925–2017).
Born August 15th, 1925 in Fresno. [ref]
Died January 26th, 2017 at 91 years old in Tarzana (leukemia). [ref]
Charles George Gordon
British army officer and administrator.
Born January 28th, 1833 in Woolwich. [ref]
Died January 26th, 1885 at 51 years old in Khartoum (decapitation). [ref]
Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten
Swedish prince, heir apparent until his death (1906–1947); father of carl xvi gustaf of sweden.
Born April 22nd, 1906 in Stockholm Palace.
Died January 26th, 1947 at 40 years old in Copenhagen Airport (aviation accident, 1947 KLM Douglas DC-3 crash).
Alva Belmont
American suffragette and socialite (1853–1933).
Born January 17th, 1853 in Mobile.
Died January 26th, 1933 at 80 years old in Paris, Augerville-la-Rivière.
Michel Legrand
French film score composer (1932–2019).
Born February 24th, 1932 in Paris.
Died January 26th, 2019 at 86 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine (sepsis). [ref]
Black
English pop singer (1962–2016).
Born May 26th, 1962 in West Derby.
Died January 26th, 2016 at 53 years old in Cork University Hospital (car collision). [ref]
R. K. Laxman
Indian artist, illustrator and cartoonist.
Born October 24th, 1924 in Mysore.
Died January 26th, 2015 at 90 years old in Pune (multiple organ dysfunction syndrome).
Ian Abercrombie
British actor (1934–2012).
Born September 11th, 1934 in Grays.
Died January 26th, 2012 at 77 years old in Hollywood (kidney failure). [ref]
M. N. Roy
Indian political activist and intellectual.
Born March 21st, 1887 in 24 Parganas district.
Died January 26th, 1954 at 66 years old in Dehradun.
Dave Schultz
American wrestler and murder victim (1959-1996).
Born June 6th, 1959 in Palo Alto.
Died January 26th, 1996 at 36 years old in Newtown Township (gunshot wound).
Abner Doubleday
Union army general.
Born June 26th, 1819 in Ballston Spa.
Died January 26th, 1893 at 73 years old in Mendham.
Princess Ludovika of Bavaria
Bavarian aristocrat (1808-1892).
Born August 30th, 1808 in Munich.
Died January 26th, 1892 at 83 years old in Munich (bronchitis).
Jeane Dixon
American astrologer and psychic.
Born January 5th, 1904 in Medford.
Died January 26th, 1997 at 93 years old in Washington, D.C. (heart failure).
Raymond Williams
Welsh scholar, author, and marxist literary critic (1921–1988).
Born August 31st, 1921 in Pandy.
Died January 26th, 1988 at 66 years old in Saffron Walden (myocardial infarction).
Julia Margaret Cameron
British photographer (1815–1879).
Born June 11th, 1815 in Garden Reach.
Died January 26th, 1879 at 63 years old in Kalutara.
Nikolai Vavilov
Russian (soviet) agronomist, botanist and geneticist (1887-1943).
Born November 25th, 1887 in Moscow.
Died January 26th, 1943 at 55 years old in Saratov (starvation).
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Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once. William Shakespeare