June 26th
175 Notable deaths
Françoise Dorléac
French actress (1942–1967).
Born March 21st, 1942 in 17th arrondissement of Paris.
Died June 26th, 1967 at 25 years old in Villeneuve-Loubet (traffic collision).
Taryn Power
American actress (1953–2020).
Born September 13th, 1953 in Los Angeles.
Died June 26th, 2020 at 66 years old in Viroqua (leukemia). [ref]
Clifford Brown
American jazz musician (1930–1956).
Born October 30th, 1930 in Wilmington. [ref]
Died June 26th, 1956 at 25 years old in Pennsylvania (traffic collision). [ref]
Ford Madox Ford
English writer and publisher (1873-1939).
Born December 17th, 1873 in London Borough of Merton. [ref]
Died June 26th, 1939 at 65 years old in Deauville. [ref]
Josemaría Escrivá
Spanish priest and catholic saint.
Born January 9th, 1902 in Barbastro.
Died June 26th, 1975 at 73 years old in Rome (disease).
Manuel de Pedrolo i Molina
Spanish writer.
Born April 1st, 1918 in L'Aranyó.
Died June 26th, 1990 at 72 years old in Barcelona (cancer). [ref]
Don Hutson
American football player and coach.
Born January 31st, 1913 in Pine Bluff.
Died June 26th, 1997 at 84 years old in Rancho Mirage.
Hans Urs von Balthasar
Swiss catholic theologian.
Born August 12th, 1905 in Lucerne. [ref]
Died June 26th, 1988 at 82 years old in Basel. [ref]
Richard Bedford Bennett
11th prime minister of canada (1870-1947).
Born July 3rd, 1870 in Hopewell Hill. [ref]
Died June 26th, 1947 at 76 years old in Mickleham (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Yevgeny Primakov
Russian politician and diplomat (1929–2015).
Born October 29th, 1929 in Kyiv.
Died June 26th, 2015 at 85 years old in Moscow (liver cancer). [ref]
Deaths 21 to 30 of 175
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride! Hunter S. Thompson