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May 26th
219 Notable deaths
Guillermo Flores Avendaño
President of guatemala (1894-1992).
Born June 17th, 1894 in San Andrés Itzapa.
Died May 26th, 1982 at 87 years old in Guatemala City.
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).
Jorge Icaza Coronel
Ecuadorian writer (1906-1978).
Born June 10th, 1906 in Quito.
Died May 26th, 1978 at 71 years old in Quito (esophageal cancer).
Tamaki Miura
Japanese singer (1884-1946).
Born February 22nd, 1884 in Kyōbashi.
Died May 26th, 1946 at 62 years old in Japan (bladder cancer).
Francis Carco
New caledonian-born french writer.
Born July 3rd, 1886 in Nouméa.
Died May 26th, 1958 at 71 years old in 4th arrondissement of Paris (Parkinson's disease).
Haika Grossman
Israeli politician (1919-1996).
Born November 20th, 1919 in Białystok. [ref]
Died May 26th, 1996 at 76 years old in Israel.
Gideon Ståhlberg
Swedish chess player (1908–1967).
Born January 26th, 1908 in Surte.
Died May 26th, 1967 at 59 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Maggie Teyte
English operatic soprano (1888–1976).
Born April 17th, 1888 in Wolverhampton.
Died May 26th, 1976 at 88 years old in London (disease).
Oleh Hornykiewicz
Austrian biochemist (1926-2020).
Born November 17th, 1926 in Lviv.
Died May 26th, 2020 at 93 years old in Vienna. [ref]
René David
French jurist (1906–1990).
Born January 12th, 1906 in 6th arrondissement of Paris.
Died May 26th, 1990 at 84 years old in Le Tholonet.
Alice Tegnér
Swedish music teacher and children's songs composer (1864–1943).
Born March 12th, 1864 in Karlshamn church parish. [ref]
Died May 26th, 1943 at 79 years old in Engelbrekt church parish. [ref]
Sō Yamamura
Japanese actor (1910–2000).
Born February 24th, 1910 in Tenri.
Died May 26th, 2000 at 90 years old in Tokyo (myocardial infarction).
Michel Jobert
French politician (1921-2002).
Born September 11th, 1921 in Meknes.
Died May 26th, 2002 at 80 years old in 15th arrondissement of Paris (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Jan Maria Michał Kowalski
First minister generalis of the mariavites (1871-1942).
Born December 25th, 1871 in Latowicz.
Died May 26th, 1942 at 70 years old in Dachau concentration camp, Hartheim Euthanasia Centre (lethal injection).
Eduardo López de Romaña
President of peru (1847-1912).
Born March 19th, 1847 in Arequipa.
Died May 26th, 1912 at 65 years old in Yura.
Epameinondas Deligiorgis
Greek politician, lawyer and journalist (1829-1879).
Born January 22nd, 1829 in Tripoli.
Died May 26th, 1879 at 50 years old in Athens.
Moysey Fishbein
Ukrainian writer (1946-2020).
Born December 1st, 1946 in Chernivtsi.
Died May 26th, 2020 at 73 years old in Kyiv.
William Stimpson
American marine biologist (1832–1872).
Born February 14th, 1832 in Boston.
Died May 26th, 1872 at 40 years old in Ilchester (tuberculosis).
Hermann von Stein
Prussian ww1 minister of war. (1854-1927).
Born September 13th, 1854 in Wedderstedt.
Died May 26th, 1927 at 72 years old in Kloster Lehnin.
Áron Tamási
Hungarian writer (1897-1966).
Born September 20th, 1897 in Lupeni.
Died May 26th, 1966 at 68 years old in Budapest.
Samvel Gasparov
Soviet film director (1938–2020).
Born June 7th, 1938 in Tbilisi.
Died May 26th, 2020 at 81 years old in Moscow (COVID-19). [ref]
Sergei Melgunov
Russian historian and politician (1879–1956).
Born January 6th, 1880 in Moscow.
Died May 26th, 1956 at 76 years old in Champigny-sur-Marne.
Aharon Razin
Israeli biochemist (1935-2019).
Born April 6th, 1935 in Tel Aviv.
Died May 26th, 2019 at 84 years old in Israel.
Jakob Bernays
German philologist (1824–1881).
Born September 11th, 1824 in Hamburg.
Died May 26th, 1881 at 56 years old in Bonn.
Anita Roberts
American biologist.
Born April 3rd, 1942 in Pittsburgh.
Died May 26th, 2006 at 64 years old in Bethesda (stomach cancer).
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