December 26th
190 Notable deaths
Gustav Neidlinger
German opera singer.
Born March 21st, 1910 in Mainz. [ref]
Died December 26th, 1991 at 81 years old in Bad Ems. [ref]
Louis Laurie
Boxer (1917–2002).
Born November 19th, 1917 in Cleveland.
Died December 26th, 2002 at 85 years old in Beachwood.
Hans Stille
German geologist (1876-1966).
Born October 8th, 1876 in Hanover.
Died December 26th, 1966 at 90 years old in Hanover.
Lev Arnshtam
Film director, screenwriter (1905–1979).
Born January 15th, 1905 in Dnipro.
Died December 26th, 1979 at 74 years old in Moscow.
Lawrence Roberts
American computer scientist (1937–2018).
Born December 21st, 1937 in Westport. [ref]
Died December 26th, 2018 at 81 years old in Redwood City (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Vladimir Safronov
Boxer (1934-1979).
Born December 29th, 1934 in Ulan-Ude.
Died December 26th, 1979 at 44 years old in Moscow.
Raúl Bernao
Argentine footballer (1941–2007).
Born November 5th, 1941 in Sarandí.
Died December 26th, 2007 at 66 years old [ref]
Dinu Cocea
Romanian actor, film director and screenwriter.
Born September 22nd, 1929 in Periș.
Died December 26th, 2013 at 84 years old in Noisy-le-Sec (heart failure). [ref]
Peter Schmidhuber
German politician (1931–2020).
Born December 15th, 1931 in Munich.
Died December 26th, 2020 at 89 years old [ref]
John Cregan
Athletics competitor (1878–1965).
Born January 29th, 1878 in New York City.
Died December 26th, 1965 at 87 years old in Philadelphia.
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Death is beautiful when seen to be a law, and not an accident. Henry David Thoreau