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December 26th
190 Notable deaths
Albert Ghiorso
Nuclear scientist.
Born July 15th, 1915 in Vallejo.
Died December 26th, 2010 at 95 years old in Berkeley. [ref]
Ram Swarup
Indian historian.
Born October 12th, 1920 in Sonipat.
Died December 26th, 1998 at 78 years old in Delhi.
Clifton McNeely
American basketball player-coach (1919-2003).
Born June 22nd, 1919 in Greenwood, Wise County, Texas.
Died December 26th, 2003 at 84 years old in Irving.
Martin David Kruskal
American mathematician (1925-2006).
Born September 28th, 1925 in New York City.
Died December 26th, 2006 at 81 years old in Princeton (stroke). [ref]
Erich Bey
German admiral (1898-1943).
Born March 23rd, 1898 in Hamburg.
Died December 26th, 1943 at 45 years old in Atlantic Ocean, North Cape (killed in action).
Sam Rivers
American jazz musician and composer (1923-2011).
Born September 25th, 1923 in El Reno.
Died December 26th, 2011 at 88 years old in Orlando (pneumonia). [ref]
Jocelyn Burdick
American politician (1922–2019).
Born February 6th, 1922 in Fargo.
Died December 26th, 2019 at 97 years old in Fargo.
Lennox Berkeley
British composer.
Born May 12th, 1903 in Oxford. [ref]
Died December 26th, 1989 at 86 years old in St Charles' Hospital. [ref]
Leo Tindemans
Belgian former prime minister (1922-2014).
Born April 16th, 1922 in Zwijndrecht. [ref]
Died December 26th, 2014 at 92 years old in Edegem (disease). [ref]
Gary Starkweather
American inventor and engineer (1938–2019).
Born January 9th, 1938 in Lansing. [ref]
Died December 26th, 2019 at 81 years old in Orlando.
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