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May 26th
157 Notable deaths
Vitaly Abalakov
Mountaineer, inventor,armero (1906-1986).
Born January 13th, 1906 in Krasnoyarsk.
Died May 26th, 1986 at 80 years old in Moscow.
Ted Schroeder
Us tennis player (1921-2006).
Born July 20th, 1921 in Newark.
Died May 26th, 2006 at 84 years old in La Jolla (cancer). [ref]
Yoshinori Shirakawa
Japanese general.
Born January 24th, 1869 in Iyo.
Died May 26th, 1932 at 63 years old in Shanghai (detonation).
Emil Lask
German philosopher.
Born September 25th, 1875 in Wadowice. [ref]
Died May 26th, 1915 at 39 years old in Galicia. [ref]
Savva Timofeyevich Morozov
Russian businessman.
Born February 15th, 1862 in Orekhovo-Zuyevo.
Died May 26th, 1905 at 43 years old in Cannes.
Silvio Moser
Racecar driver (1941-1974).
Born April 24th, 1941 in Zürich.
Died May 26th, 1974 at 33 years old in Locarno.
Heinrich Knirr
German painter.
Born September 2nd, 1862 in Pančevo. [ref]
Died May 26th, 1944 at 81 years old in Staudach-Egerndach. [ref]
Eriprando Visconti
Italian film director.
Born September 24th, 1932 in Milan. [ref]
Died May 26th, 1995 at 62 years old in Mortara (pulmonary emphysema). [ref]
Tamaki Miura
Japanese singer.
Born February 22nd, 1884 in Kyōbashi.
Died May 26th, 1946 at 62 years old in Japan (bladder cancer). [ref]
Krzysztof Nowak
Polish footballer (1975-2005).
Born September 27th, 1975 in Warsaw.
Died May 26th, 2005 at 29 years old in Wolfsburg (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis).
Deaths 91 to 100 of 157
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