October 25th
177 Notable deaths
Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia
Eldest child of grand duke kirill vladimirovich of russia and princess victoria melita of saxe-coburg-gotha; wife of karl, 6th prince of leiningen (1907-1951).
Born February 2nd, 1907 in Coburg.
Died October 25th, 1951 at 44 years old in Madrid.
Raymond Queneau
French poet (1903-1976).
Born February 21st, 1903 in Le Havre. [ref]
Died October 25th, 1976 at 73 years old in Paris (lung cancer). [ref]
Harry Ferguson
Irish engineer and inventor.
Born November 4th, 1884 in County Down.
Died October 25th, 1960 at 75 years old in Stow-on-the-Wold.
Lisa Jardine
British historian (1944-2015).
Born April 12th, 1944 in Oxford.
Died October 25th, 2015 at 71 years old in London (breast cancer).
Fritz Darges
German ss-officer.
Born February 8th, 1913 in Diesdorf.
Died October 25th, 2009 at 96 years old in Celle. [ref]
Marvin Harris
American anthropologist (1927-2001).
Born August 18th, 1927 in Brooklyn. [ref]
Died October 25th, 2001 at 74 years old in Gainesville. [ref]
Gerald Templer
British army general.
Born September 11th, 1898 in Colchester.
Died October 25th, 1979 at 81 years old in Chelsea.
Frank J. Sprague
American naval officer and railroad pioneer (1857-1934).
Born July 25th, 1857 in Milford.
Died October 25th, 1934 at 77 years old in United States of America.
Nirmal Verma
Indian writer.
Born August 3rd, 1929 in Shimla. [ref]
Died October 25th, 2005 at 76 years old in New Delhi (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Ariel Durant
Russian-jewish american writer.
Born May 10th, 1898 in Khmelnytskyi.
Died October 25th, 1981 at 83 years old in Los Angeles.
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He who is not busy being born is busy dying. Bob Dylan