May 25th
169 Notable deaths
Claus von Bülow
British socialite.
Born August 11th, 1926 in Copenhagen.
Died May 25th, 2019 at 92 years old in London.
Nancy Walker
American actress and musical comedy performer (1922-1992).
Born May 10th, 1922 in Philadelphia. [ref]
Died May 25th, 1992 at 70 years old in Studio City (lung cancer). [ref]
Robert Capa
American photographer (1913–1954).
Born October 22nd, 1913 in Budapest. [ref]
Died May 25th, 1954 at 40 years old in Thái Bình (explosion). [ref]
David Dellinger
American activist.
Born August 22nd, 1915 in Wakefield.
Died May 25th, 2004 at 88 years old in Montpelier.
Leonora Carrington
Mexican artist, surrealist painter and novelist (1917-2011).
Born April 6th, 1917 in Clayton-le-Woods. [ref]
Died May 25th, 2011 at 94 years old in Mexico City (disease). [ref]
Richard M. Sherman
American composer (1928-2024).
Born June 12th, 1928 in New York City.
Died May 25th, 2024 at 95 years old in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. [ref]
Idris I of Libya
King of libya from 1951 to 1969.
Born March 12th, 1890 in Jaghbub.
Died May 25th, 1983 at 93 years old in Cairo.
Marcel Petiot
Sentenced to death in france.
Born January 17th, 1897 in Auxerre.
Died May 25th, 1946 at 49 years old in 14th arrondissement of Paris (decapitation by guillotine).
Wojciech Jaruzelski
Polish military and political official, leader of poland from 1981 to 1989.
Born July 6th, 1923 in Kurów. [ref]
Died May 25th, 2014 at 90 years old in Warsaw (stroke). [ref]
Nicholas Clay
British actor (1946-2000).
Born September 18th, 1946 in Streatham.
Died May 25th, 2000 at 53 years old in London (liver cancer).
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For life be, after all, only a waitin’ for somethin’ else than what we’re doin’; and death be all that we can rightly depend on. Bram Stoker