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October 26th
152 Notable deaths
Jany Holt
French actor (1909-2005).
Born May 13th, 1909 in Bucharest. [ref]
Died October 26th, 2005 at 96 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine. [ref]
Marcel Minnaert
Belgian-dutch astronomer (1893-1970).
Born February 12th, 1893 in Bruges. [ref]
Died October 26th, 1970 at 77 years old in Utrecht. [ref]
José Cardoso Pires
Portuguese writer (1925-1998).
Born October 2nd, 1925 in São João do Peso. [ref]
Died October 26th, 1998 at 73 years old in Lisbon. [ref]
Gilberto Braga
Brazilian screenwriter and journalist.
Born November 1st, 1945 in Rio de Janeiro. [ref]
Died October 26th, 2021 at 75 years old in Rio de Janeiro (sepsis). [ref]
Rudolf Forster
Austrian actor.
Born October 30th, 1884 in Gröbming. [ref]
Died October 26th, 1968 at 83 years old in Bad Aussee. [ref]
Duchess Marie Antoinette of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
German noble (1884-1944).
Born May 28th, 1884 in Venice.
Died October 26th, 1944 at 60 years old in Bled.
Albert Hyzler
Maltese politician and physician (1916-1993).
Born November 20th, 1916 in Valletta.
Died October 26th, 1993 at 76 years old
František Filipovský
Czech actor.
Born September 23rd, 1907 in Přelouč. [ref]
Died October 26th, 1993 at 86 years old in Prague. [ref]
Jan Parandowski
Polish writer.
Born May 11th, 1895 in Lviv. [ref]
Died October 26th, 1978 at 83 years old in Warsaw. [ref]
Ali Hussein Shihab
Iraqi footballer (1961-2016).
Born May 5th, 1961 in Iraq. [ref]
Died October 26th, 2016 at 55 years old in Baghdad. [ref]
Deaths 101 to 110 of 152
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