December 27th
186 Notable deaths
Henri Winkelman
Dutch general (1876-1952).
Born August 17th, 1876 in Maastricht. [ref]
Died December 27th, 1952 at 76 years old in Soesterberg. [ref]
Keri Hulme
New zealand writer.
Born March 9th, 1947 in Christchurch.
Died December 27th, 2021 at 74 years old in Waimate. [ref]
Mehmet Akif Ersoy
Turkish poet, author, academic and politician (1873-1936).
Born December 20th, 1873 in Fatih.
Died December 27th, 1936 at 63 years old in Istanbul (liver cirrhosis). [ref]
Harry Hopman
Australian tennis player (1906-1985).
Born August 12th, 1906 in Sydney.
Died December 27th, 1985 at 79 years old in Largo.
William Link
American writer and producer (1933-2020).
Born December 15th, 1933 in Philadelphia.
Died December 27th, 2020 at 87 years old in Los Angeles (heart failure). [ref]
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
Sri lankan politician (1933–2016).
Born May 5th, 1933 in Sri Lanka.
Died December 27th, 2016 at 83 years old in Colombo. [ref]
Ernest Burgess
American sociologist.
Born May 16th, 1886 in Tilbury. [ref]
Died December 27th, 1966 at 80 years old in Chicago. [ref]
Meliton Kantaria
Hero of the soviet union (1920-1993).
Born October 5th, 1920 in Jvari.
Died December 27th, 1993 at 73 years old in Moscow.
Natalia Pavlovna Paley
Member of the romanov family (1905-1981).
Born December 5th, 1905 in 16th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died December 27th, 1981 at 76 years old in New York City. [ref]
Sidney Mintz
American anthropologist.
Born November 16th, 1922 in Dover.
Died December 27th, 2015 at 93 years old in Plainsboro Township.
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Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon