December 27th
191 Notable deaths
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]
Stephen Albert
American composer (1941-1992).
Born February 6th, 1941 in New York City. [ref]
Died December 27th, 1992 at 51 years old in Cape Cod (traffic collision). [ref]
Frankie Genaro
Boxer.
Born August 26th, 1901 in New York City.
Died December 27th, 1966 at 65 years old in Staten Island.
Victor Ernest Shelford
American zoologist and ecologist (1877–1968).
Born September 22nd, 1877 in Chemung County.
Died December 27th, 1968 at 91 years old in Urbana.
Edgar Ende
German artist (1901-1965).
Born February 23rd, 1901 in Altona. [ref]
Died December 27th, 1965 at 64 years old in Baiern (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Boris Rybakov
Soviet archaeologist.
Born June 3rd, 1908 in Moscow. [ref]
Died December 27th, 2001 at 93 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Pierre Georges
French resistance member.
Born January 21st, 1919 in Paris.
Died December 27th, 1944 at 25 years old in Habsheim. [ref]
Fernando Birri
Film director from argentina (1925-2017).
Born March 13th, 1925 in Santa Fe. [ref]
Died December 27th, 2017 at 92 years old in Rome (fall).
Mustafa Shokay
Kazakhstani politician.
Born December 25th, 1890 in Kyzylorda.
Died December 27th, 1941 at 51 years old in Berlin. [ref]
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I could just remember how my father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time. William Faulkner