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December 31st
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277 Notable deaths
Henry P. Baldwin
American politician (1814-1892).
Born February 22nd, 1814 in Coventry.
Died December 31st, 1892 at 78 years old in Detroit.
Viktoria Savs
Austrian military personnel (1899–1979).
Born June 27th, 1899 in Bad Reichenhall. [ref]
Died December 31st, 1979 at 80 years old in Salzburg.
Sándor Bortnyik
Hungarian artist (1893-1976).
Born July 3rd, 1893 in Târgu Mureș.
Died December 31st, 1976 at 83 years old in Budapest.
Marie van Zandt
American soprano (1858-1919).
Born October 8th, 1858 in New York City.
Died December 31st, 1919 at 61 years old in Cannes.
J. Gordon Edwards
Canadian film and stage director, producer, stage actor and writer (1867–1925).
Born June 24th, 1867 in Montreal.
Died December 31st, 1925 at 58 years old in New York City (pneumonia).
Serikbolsyn Abdildin
Kazakh politician and economist (1937–2019).
Born November 25th, 1937 in Qyzylkesek.
Died December 31st, 2019 at 82 years old in Almaty. [ref]
Ludwig Lewisohn
German novelist, critic, translator (1882-1955).
Born May 30th, 1882 in Berlin. [ref]
Died December 31st, 1955 at 73 years old in Miami Beach. [ref]
Stanisław Narutowicz
Lithuanian politician and lawyer.
Born September 2nd, 1862 in Telšiai, Brėvikiai.
Died December 31st, 1932 at 70 years old in Kaunas (gunshot wound).
Nicolau dos Reis Lobato
Prime minister of east timor (1946-1978).
Born May 24th, 1946 in Bazartete administrative post.
Died December 31st, 1978 at 32 years old in Mindelo.
Jocelyn Toynbee
British archaeologist and art historian (1897–1985).
Born March 3rd, 1897 in Paddington.
Died December 31st, 1985 at 88 years old in Oxford.
Henning Christophersen
Danish politician (1939-2016).
Born November 8th, 1939 in Copenhagen.
Died December 31st, 2016 at 77 years old in Brussels-Capital Region. [ref]
Ya'akov Hodorov
Israeli footballer (1927-2006).
Born June 16th, 1927 in Rishon LeZion.
Died December 31st, 2006 at 79 years old in Jerusalem (stroke). [ref]
Paolo Mazza
Italian footballer (1901-1981).
Born July 21st, 1901 in Vigarano Mainarda.
Died December 31st, 1981 at 80 years old in Ferrara.
Jolanta Fedak
Polish politician.
Born September 21st, 1960 in Żary.
Died December 31st, 2020 at 60 years old [ref]
Torahiko Terada
Japanese physicist (1878–1935).
Born December 28th, 1878 in Kōjimachi-ku.
Died December 31st, 1935 at 57 years old in Hongō-ku (bone metastasis).
Piero Chiara
Italian writer.
Born March 13th, 1913 in Luino.
Died December 31st, 1986 at 73 years old in Varese.
Liese Prokop
Austrian pentathlete (1941-2006).
Born March 27th, 1941 in Vienna.
Died December 31st, 2006 at 65 years old in St. Pölten (cardiovascular disease, aortic dissection).
Felicja Blumental
Polish pianist (1908–1991).
Born December 28th, 1908 in Warsaw.
Died December 31st, 1991 at 83 years old in Tel Aviv.
Constantin Rădulescu
Romanian footballer (1896-1981).
Born October 5th, 1896 in Cluj-Napoca.
Died December 31st, 1981 at 85 years old in Bucharest.
Ignatius Kilage
4th governor general of papua - new guinea (1941-1989).
Born July 12th, 1941 in Papua New Guinea.
Died December 31st, 1989 at 48 years old in Port Moresby.
Vadim Khamuttskikh
Russian volleyball player (1969–2021).
Born November 26th, 1969 in Asha.
Died December 31st, 2021 at 52 years old in Belgorod. [ref]
Joseph Wendel
German prelate; roman catholic archbishop of munich and freising (1901–1960).
Born May 27th, 1901 in Blieskastel.
Died December 31st, 1960 at 59 years old in Munich (myocardial infarction).
Francis Hallé
French botanist.
Born April 15th, 1938 in Seine-Port.
Died December 31st, 2025 at 87 years old in Montpellier. [ref]
Paule Desjardins
French singer (1929-2007).
Born April 19th, 1929 in Calais.
Died December 31st, 2007 at 78 years old in Millau.
Xiao Youmei
Chinese composer (1884-1940).
Born January 7th, 1884 in Zhongshan.
Died December 31st, 1940 at 56 years old in Shanghai.
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Death: something like birth, a natural mystery, elements that split and recombine. Not an embarrassing thing. Not an offense to reason, or our nature. Marcus Aurelius