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July 26th
173 Notable deaths
Richard Bass
American mountain climber (1929-2015).
Born December 21st, 1929 in Tulsa.
Died July 26th, 2015 at 85 years old in Dallas. [ref]
Bryan Magee
British politician (1930-2019).
Born April 12th, 1930 in Hoxton.
Died July 26th, 2019 at 89 years old in Headington. [ref]
Louise Bennett-Coverley
Poet, writer and folklorist (1919-2006).
Born September 7th, 1919 in Kingston. [ref]
Died July 26th, 2006 at 86 years old in Toronto. [ref]
Henri Lebesgue
French mathematician.
Born June 28th, 1875 in Beauvais. [ref]
Died July 26th, 1941 at 66 years old in Paris. [ref]
George Gallup
American statistician (1901-1984).
Born November 18th, 1901 in Jefferson.
Died July 26th, 1984 at 82 years old in Tschingel (myocardial infarction).
Mick Mannock
British world war i flying ace (1887-1918).
Died July 26th, 1918 at 31 years old in Béthune.
Oskar Morgenstern
Austrian economist.
Born January 24th, 1902 in Görlitz. [ref]
Died July 26th, 1977 at 75 years old in Princeton. [ref]
Jacques Hamel
French catholic priest, martyr and servant of god.
Born November 30th, 1930 in Darnétal. [ref]
Died July 26th, 2016 at 85 years old in Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray. [ref]
Tawfiq al-Hakim
Egyptian writer (1898-1987).
Born October 9th, 1898 in Alexandria. [ref]
Died July 26th, 1987 at 88 years old in Cairo. [ref]
Fazlur Rahman Malik
Pakistani philosopher.
Born September 21st, 1919 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. [ref]
Died July 26th, 1988 at 68 years old in Chicago.
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It is the secret of the world that all things subsist and do not die, but retire a little from sight and afterwards return again. Ralph Waldo Emerson