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December 27th
186 Notable deaths
Jin Yan
Chinese actor.
Born April 7th, 1910 in Seoul.
Died December 27th, 1983 at 73 years old in Shanghai.
Tomaž Šalamun
Slovene poet, born in 1941 in zagreb, croatia.
Born July 4th, 1941 in Zagreb. [ref]
Died December 27th, 2014 at 73 years old in Ljubljana. [ref]
Hermann Foertsch
German general during world war ii (1895-1961).
Born April 4th, 1895 in Drzonowo Wałeckie.
Died December 27th, 1961 at 66 years old in Munich.
Leon Wyczółkowski
Polish painter (1852-1936).
Born April 11th, 1852 in Wola Miastkowska. [ref]
Died December 27th, 1936 at 84 years old in Warsaw. [ref]
Henri Evenepoel
Artist (1872-1899).
Born October 3rd, 1872 in Nice. [ref]
Died December 27th, 1899 at 27 years old in Paris (typhoid fever). [ref]
Josef Grohé
Gauleiter of cologne (1902-1987).
Born November 6th, 1902 in Gemünden.
Died December 27th, 1987 at 85 years old in Brück.
Anna Kuliscioff
Russian revolutionary, editor (1854-1925).
Born January 9th, 1854 in Simferopol. [ref]
Died December 27th, 1925 at 71 years old in Milan. [ref]
Emile Vandervelde
Belgian politician (1866-1938).
Born January 25th, 1866 in Ixelles - Elsene. [ref]
Died December 27th, 1938 at 72 years old in City of Brussels. [ref]
Birt Acres
Cinematographer and cinema innovator.
Born July 23rd, 1854 in Richmond.
Died December 27th, 1918 at 64 years old in Whitechapel (disease).
Arnie Ferrin
American basketball player (1925–2022).
Born July 29th, 1925 in Salt Lake City.
Died December 27th, 2022 at 97 years old [ref]
Deaths 101 to 110 of 186
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