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December 27th
205 Notable deaths
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]
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.
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]
Mustafa Shokay
Kazakhstani politician (1890–1941).
Born December 25th, 1890 in Kyzylorda.
Died December 27th, 1941 at 51 years old in Berlin.
Emile Vandervelde
Belgian politician (1866-1938).
Born January 25th, 1866 in Ixelles.
Died December 27th, 1938 at 72 years old in City of Brussels.
Boris Rybakov
Soviet archaeologist.
Born June 3rd, 1908 in Moscow. [ref]
Died December 27th, 2001 at 93 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Suat Hayri Ürgüplü
Turkish politician; prime minister of turkey (1965).
Born August 13th, 1903 in Damascus.
Died December 27th, 1981 at 78 years old in Istanbul.
Eitan Livni
Israeli politician.
Born April 1st, 1919 in Hrodna.
Died December 27th, 1991 at 72 years old in Israel.
Birt Acres
Cinematographer and cinema innovator.
Born July 23rd, 1854 in Richmond.
Died December 27th, 1918 at 64 years old in Whitechapel (disease).
Deaths 111 to 120 of 205
Take nothing for granted. Keep in mind that it can come at anytime. Even today. Maxime Lagacé