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January 26th
164 Notable deaths
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).
Black
English pop singer.
Born May 26th, 1962 in Liverpool.
Died January 26th, 2016 at 53 years old in Cork University Hospital (car collision). [ref]
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]
Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten
Swedish prince (1906-1947); father of carl xvi gustaf of sweden.
Born April 22nd, 1906 in Stockholm Palace. [ref]
Died January 26th, 1947 at 40 years old in Copenhagen Airport (aviation accident). [ref]
M. N. Roy
Indian political activist and intellectual (1887-1954).
Born March 21st, 1887 in Kolkata. [ref]
Died January 26th, 1954 at 66 years old in Dehradun.
Michel Legrand
French film score composer (1932-2019).
Born February 24th, 1932 in 20th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died January 26th, 2019 at 86 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine (sepsis). [ref]
Alva Belmont
American suffragette and socialite.
Born January 17th, 1853 in Mobile.
Died January 26th, 1933 at 80 years old in Augerville-la-Rivière.
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).
Nikolai Vavilov
Russian botanist and geneticist (1887-1943).
Born November 25th, 1887 in Moscow. [ref]
Died January 26th, 1943 at 55 years old in Saratov (starvation). [ref]
Raymond Williams
Welsh scholar, author, and marxist literary critic.
Born August 31st, 1921 in Pandy, Monmouthshire. [ref]
Died January 26th, 1988 at 66 years old in Saffron Walden (myocardial infarction). [ref]
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To the most trivial actions, attach the devotion and mindfulness of a hundred monks. To matters of life and death, attach a sense of humor. Zhuangzi