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December 21st
161 Notable deaths
Béla Szőkefalvi-Nagy
Hungarian mathematician.
Born July 29th, 1913 in Cluj-Napoca. [ref]
Died December 21st, 1998 at 85 years old in Szeged. [ref]
Åke Johansson
Swedish footballer (1928-2014).
Born March 19th, 1928 in Norrköping.
Died December 21st, 2014 at 86 years old in Norrköping.
Magda Julin
Swedish figure skater.
Born July 24th, 1894 in Vichy.
Died December 21st, 1990 at 96 years old in Nacka församling.
Charles-Louis Philippe
French writer.
Born August 4th, 1874 in Cérilly. [ref]
Died December 21st, 1909 at 35 years old in Paris (typhus). [ref]
Olena Chekan
Soviet journalist and actor (1946-2013).
Born April 26th, 1946 in Kyiv.
Died December 21st, 2013 at 67 years old in Kyiv (cancer).
Karel Halíř
Czech violinist (1859-1909).
Born February 1st, 1859 in Vrchlabí.
Died December 21st, 1909 at 50 years old in Berlin.
José Miguel Barandiarán
Spanish anthropologist.
Born December 31st, 1889 in Ataun. [ref]
Died December 21st, 1991 at 101 years old in Ataun. [ref]
Prince Konrad of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst
Austrian aristocrat and statesman (1863-1918).
Born December 16th, 1863 in Vienna.
Died December 21st, 1918 at 55 years old in Kammern im Liesingtal.
Dušan Dragosavac
Yugoslav politician (1919-2014).
Born December 1st, 1919 in Gospić.
Died December 21st, 2014 at 95 years old in Zagreb.
Władysław Witwicki
Polish psychologist, philosopher, translator historian (of philosophy and art), and artist.
Born April 30th, 1878 in Lubaczów. [ref]
Died December 21st, 1948 at 70 years old in Konstancin-Jeziorna. [ref]
Deaths 121 to 130 of 161
Why should I fear death? If I am, death is not. If death is, I am not. Why should I fear that which cannot exist when I do? Epicurus