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January 26th
166 Notable deaths
Ole Olsen
American vaudevillian and comedian (1892-1963).
Born November 6th, 1892 in Peru.
Died January 26th, 1963 at 70 years old in Albuquerque (kidney disease).
Geoffrey Burbidge
British astronomer (1925-2010).
Born September 24th, 1925 in Chipping Norton.
Died January 26th, 2010 at 84 years old in La Jolla. [ref]
John Mortimore
English football player/manager (1934–2021).
Born September 23rd, 1934 in Farnborough.
Died January 26th, 2021 at 86 years old [ref]
Shin'ichi Suzuki
Japanese violinist and pioneer of musical pedagogy (1898-1998).
Born October 17th, 1898 in Nagoya.
Died January 26th, 1998 at 99 years old in Nagoya.
Gabriele Allegra
Franciscan friar and scholar, beatified.
Born December 16th, 1907 in San Giovanni la Punta. [ref]
Died January 26th, 1976 at 68 years old in Hong Kong.
Holger Nielsen
Sportsman.
Born December 18th, 1866 in Copenhagen.
Died January 26th, 1955 at 88 years old in Hellerup.
Justas Paleckis
Soviet politician (1899-1980).
Born January 22nd, 1899 in Telšiai.
Died January 26th, 1980 at 81 years old in Vilnius.
Naoki Hoshino
Japanese politician (1892-1978).
Born April 10th, 1892 in Yokohama.
Died January 26th, 1978 at 85 years old in Tokyo.
Dodo Abashidze
Soviet actor.
Born May 1st, 1924 in Tbilisi.
Died January 26th, 1990 at 65 years old in Tbilisi.
Stefan Kudelski
Polish audio engineer (1929-2013).
Born February 27th, 1929 in Warsaw.
Died January 26th, 2013 at 83 years old in Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne. [ref]
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I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. Gilda Radner