June 26th
178 Notable deaths
George Senesky
American basketball player and coach.
Born April 4th, 1922 in Mahanoy City.
Died June 26th, 2001 at 79 years old in Cape May Court House.
Leopoldo Marechal
Argentine writer.
Born June 11th, 1900 in Buenos Aires.
Died June 26th, 1970 at 70 years old in Buenos Aires.
George Orton
Canadian athlete (1873-1958).
Born January 10th, 1873 in Strathroy-Caradoc.
Died June 26th, 1958 at 85 years old in Laconia.
Thue Christiansen
Greenlandic politician and designer of the greenland flag.
Born February 25th, 1940 in Maamorilik.
Died June 26th, 2022 at 82 years old in Hals. [ref]
Hervé Boussard
Olympic cyclist.
Born March 8th, 1966 in Pithiviers.
Died June 26th, 2013 at 47 years old in Lésigny (epilepsy).
Andrey Dementyev
Russian writer (1928-2018).
Died June 26th, 2018 at 89 years old in Moscow (prostate cancer).
Yaşar Yakış
Turkish diplomat.
Born August 1st, 1938 in Akçakoca. [ref]
Died June 26th, 2024 at 85 years old in Ankara. [ref]
Carl Anton Wilhelm Hirschmann
Banker, general secretary of fifa (1877-1951).
Born February 16th, 1877 in Medan.
Died June 26th, 1951 at 74 years old in Amsterdam.
James Knox
Catholic archbishop of melbourne, victoria, australia, and cardinal.
Born March 2nd, 1914 in Western Australia.
Died June 26th, 1983 at 69 years old in Rome.
Antonina Nezhdanova
Russian opera singer.
Born June 16th, 1873 in Odesa.
Died June 26th, 1950 at 77 years old in Moscow. [ref]
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Mostly it is loss which teaches us about the worth of things. Arthur Schopenhauer