Notable Deaths on May 25th
May 25th Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
615 |
Boniface IV, Pope (608-15), dies |
709 |
Aldhelm, Abbot of Malmesbury, Bishop of Sherborne. English poet and scholar (b. cica 639) |
946 |
Edmund the Older, king of Wessex/England (939-46), dies |
967 |
Murakami, Emperor of Japan (b. 926) |
992 |
Mieszko I first lord and knight of Poland, duke of Polans (b. circa 935) |
1085 |
Gregory VII, [Ildebrando], Pope (1073-85), dies |
1125 |
Hendrik V, last Salische German king, dies |
1261 |
Alexander IV, [Rinaldo dei conti di Segni], Pope (1254-61), dies |
1452 |
John Stafford, Archbishop of Canterbury |
1510 |
Georges d'Amboise, French cardinal/viceroy in North Italy, dies at 49 |
1555 |
Gemma Frisius, Frisian geographer/astronomer, dies at 46 |
1555 |
Henry II of Navarre (b. 1503) |
1595 |
Valens Acidalius, German critic and poet (b. 1567) |
1632 |
Adam Tanner, Austrian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1572) |
1667 |
Gustaf Bonde, Swedish statesman (b. 1620) |
1681 |
Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Spanish playwright (b. 1600) |
1681 |
Pedro Calderón de la Barca, The Ghost Lady |
1693 |
Marie-Madeleine Pioche de la Vergne, comtesse de la Fayette, French writer (b. 1634) |
1693 |
Madame de La Fayette, The Princess of Montpensier |
1741 |
Daniel Ernst Jablonski, German theologian (b. 1660) |
1765 |
Pierre-Joseph Le Blan, composer, dies at 53 |
1789 |
Anders Dahl, Swedish botanist (b. 1751) |
1797 |
John Griffin Whitwell, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, British field marshal (b. 1719) |
1805 |
William Paley, English philosopher (b. 1743) |
1826 |
Christian Friedrich Ruppe, composer, dies at 72 |
1848 |
Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German writer (b. 1797) |
1849 |
Andreas Michiels, Dutch milt gov of West Sumatra, dies in battle at 52 |
1849 |
Benjamin d'Urban, British general and colonial administrator (b. 1777) |
1862 |
Johann N Nestroy, Aust actor (Einmal Keine Sorgen Haben), dies at 60 |
1862 |
Johann Nestroy, Lumpaci the Vagabond |
1883 |
Édouard René Lefebvre de Laboulaye, The Princess and the Magic Mirror |
1890 |
Frans Hodell, Andersson, Pettersson och Lundström |
1895 |
Ahmed Djevdet Pasja, Turkish minister of Justice, dies at 73 |
1899 |
Marie-Rosalie "Rosa" Bonheur, French painter, dies at 68 |
1912 |
Austin Lane Crothers, American politician (b. 1860) |
1914 |
Paolo Giorza, composer, dies at 81 |
1916 |
Jack Marsh, cricketer (Aboriginal bowler played for NSW 1900-03), dies |
1917 |
Leon Felix Augustin Joseph Vasseur, composer, dies at 72 |
1917 |
Maksim Bahdanovič, Belarusian poet (b. 1891) |
1919 |
Madame C. J. Walker, wealthy cosmetics manufacturer, dies at 51 |
1920 |
Georg Jarno, Die Försterchristl |
1924 |
Theodore Morse, composer, dies at 51 |
1924 |
Lyubov Popova, Russian painter (b. 1889) |
1924 |
Theodore Morse, Trainspotting |
1926 |
Symon Petlyura, leader of Ukraine (pogroms), assassinated at 47 |
1927 |
Payne Whitney, American businessman (b. 1876) |
1930 |
Randall Thomas Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1848) |
1934 |
Gustav Theodore Holst, English composer (Ode to Death), dies at 59 |
1934 |
Gustav Holst, Invictus |
1935 |
Sir Frank Watson Dyson, English astronomer (b. 1868) |
1935 |
Clive Currie, Magic Night |
1936 |
Jan Levoslav Bella, composer, dies at 92 |
1937 |
Henry O Tanner, artist, dies |
1940 |
Joe De Grasse, American film director (b. 1873) |
1940 |
Gladys Unger, Sylvia Scarlett |
1940 |
William M. Conselman, The Little Colonel |
1940 |
Joseph De Grasse, Heart o' the Hills |
1940 |
Ingeborg Gandrup, Tordenstenene |
1941 |
Miguel Lerdo de Tejada, Symphony of Life |
1942 |
Emanuel Feuermann, Adventure in Music |
1942 |
Marion Lord, Broadway |
1943 |
Nils von Dardel, Swedish post-impressionist painter (b. 1888) |
1943 |
F.X. Svoboda, A Charming Man |
1943 |
Pete Gordon, Lady of Burlesque |
1944 |
Art Rowlands, Thanks for the Boat Ride |
1946 |
Patty S. Hill, Batman Begins |
1946 |
Tomaso Monicelli, Everybody's Woman |
1948 |
Charles Wheelock, A Brother's Sacrifice |
1948 |
Giorgio De Rege, Gli assi della risata |
1949 |
Simon H Spoor, intelligence officer/general (WW II), dies at 47 |
1950 |
Niels Clemmensen, De tre skolekammerater |
1950 |
Adolph Milar, Bulldog Drummond |
1951 |
Paula von Preradović, Croatian-born writer (b. 1887) |
1951 |
Franz Klebusch, Durch die Wüste |
1951 |
Paul Weigel, The Great Dictator |
1952 |
Marcel Le Picard, Invisible Ghost |
1954 |
Robert Capa, Hungarian-born photojournalist (b. 1913) |
1954 |
Robert Capa, The 400 Million |
1954 |
Hans Janowitz, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari |
1955 |
Sári Fedák, Mámi |
1955 |
Wardell Gray, Deconstructing Harry |
1956 |
Lembit Rajala, Elu tsitadellis |
1956 |
Jean Gehret, Boudu Saved from Drowning |
1957 |
Curtis Mosby, Thunderbolt |
1958 |
Rolland Beaumont, cricketer (5 Tests for South Africa), dies |
1958 |
Charles Phillips, The Twonky |
1958 |
Gustav Waldau, Der kleine Muck |
1958 |
Arthur E. Krows, Christopher Columbus |
1958 |
Kurt Mikulski, Nekrassow |
1958 |
Zack Williams, Son of Ingagi |
1958 |
Harry Komdrup, Dydsdragonen |
1958 |
Francis Carco, Marked Girls |
1958 |
Gustaf Hallén, Ett farligt frieri |
1959 |
Rex Dunn, The Fresh Lobster |
1960 |
Rafael Gómez 'El Gallo', The Will of a People |
1960 |
Campbell Dixon, Secret Agent |
1961 |
Stanley Van Beers, The Dam Busters |
1962 |
Júlio Dantas, A Severa |
1963 |
Henry Shostac, Swiss Miss |
1964 |
Vasily Andreyevich Zolotaryov, composer, dies at 92 |
1964 |
Karl Eilert Wiik, Pastor Jarman kommer hjem |
1965 |
Sonny Boy Williamson, [Aleck Miller], blues player, dies at 65 |
1968 |
Charles K Feldman, [Gould], producer (Casino Royale), dies at 63 |
1971 |
Jo Etha Collier, young black woman killed by 3 whites in Drew Miss |
1971 |
Mark Brunswick, composer, dies at 69 |
1971 |
Terence De Marney, actor (Case Thomas-Johnny Ringo), dies at 62 |
1974 |
Donald Crisp, actor/director (Beloved Brat, Dawn Patrol), dies at 91 |
1974 |
Frank Ward, cricketer (4 Tests for Australia 1936-38), dies |
1974 |
Pam Morrison, wife of Door's vocalist Jim, dies of drug overdose |
1977 |
Yevgenia Ginzburg, Russian writer (b. 1904) |
1977 |
Lela E. Rogers, Women Won't Tell |
1978 |
Norwood A. Fenton, Singin' in the Rain |
1979 |
John Arthur Spenkelink, American murderer (b. 1949) |
1979 |
György Rajkai, Gandhi Drama |
1979 |
Scotty Welbourne, Revenge of the Creature |
1979 |
Fred Gunnarsson, Elvis! Elvis! |
1979 |
Elsa Sigfuss, Lejlighed til leje |
1980 |
Tom Symonds, One Step Down |
1980 |
Herbert Nachbar, Die Hochzeit von Länneken |
1981 |
Rosa Ponselle, US singer (Metropolitan Opera), dies at 84 |
1981 |
Roy Brown, American boxer/rocker, dies of a heart attack at 55 |
1981 |
Fredric Warburg, British publisher and author (b. 1898) |
1981 |
Georg Malmstén, Meidän poikamme merellä |
1981 |
Rosa Ponselle, Two Brothers |
1981 |
Roy Brown, Fallout 3 |
1982 |
Larry J Blake, actor (Earth vs the Flying Saucers), dies at 68 |
1982 |
Evgeniy Polosin, Girl Seeks Father |
1982 |
Larry J. Blake, Sunset Blvd. |
1982 |
Hermine Sterler, Les saltimbanques |
1983 |
Sydney Box, academy award producer, dies at 76 |
1983 |
Jean Rougeau, French Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1925) |
1983 |
Black Jack Stewart, Canadian NHL hockey player (b. 1917) |
1983 |
Sydney Box, The Seventh Veil |
1983 |
Necip Fazil Kisakürek, Reis Bey |
1983 |
Marthe Mussine, Un soir au cocktail's bar |
1983 |
Kay Williams, The Actress |
1983 |
Paul Quinichette, American Splendor |
1984 |
Piet Ketting, Dutch pianist/conductor/composer, dies at 79 |
1984 |
Madeleine Aile, Il était deux petits enfants |
1984 |
Onie Wheeler, Onie Wheeler |
1985 |
Harold Hecht, choreographer, dies at 77 of cancer |
1985 |
Robert Nathan, US writer/poet (Portrait of Jennie), dies at 91 |
1985 |
Ludwig Anschütz, Der Richter von London |
1985 |
Henry Hunter, Yellowstone |
1985 |
Robert Nathan, The Bishop's Wife |
1986 |
Chester Bowles, US senator/ambassador, dies at 85 |
1986 |
Heinrich Fraenkel, Juggernaut |
1986 |
John Verney, The Battle for The Battle of Britain |
1986 |
Chester Bowles, Universal Newsreel |
1987 |
Sylvi Palo, Ja alla oli tulinen järvi |
1987 |
Peter Coe, Barnum! |
1987 |
Jack Rabin, The Killing |
1987 |
Russ Cheever, You Were Meant for Me |
1988 |
Ernst Ruska, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906) |
1988 |
Martin Slavin, Pit of Darkness |
1988 |
Monte Kay, Episode #3.4 |
1988 |
Anton Arnold, Invasion of the Star Creatures |
1989 |
Junji Masuda, Prince of Space |
1989 |
Jean Despeaux, The Murderer Lives at Number 21 |
1989 |
Brigid Bazlen, How the West Was Won |
1989 |
Johnnie 'Mac' McHaynes, Nice Girls Don't Explode |
1990 |
Vic Tayback, actor (Mel-Alice), dies of a heart attack at 60 |
1990 |
Dave Barrow, Grease |
1990 |
Lyudmila Semyonova, Tretya meshchanskaya |
1990 |
M. Pam Blumenthal, Rebound: Part 1 |
1990 |
Gary Usher, Happy Feet |
1990 |
Theodore Lydecker, Angel and the Badman |
1990 |
Vic Tayback, Papillon |
1990 |
Lauri Lahtinen, Kihlaus |
1991 |
Dorothy Davis Bostwick, entertainer, dies |
1991 |
Reba Phillips, A Feather in Her Hat |
1991 |
Assis Pacheco, Uma Vida para Dois |
1992 |
Danny Biasone, persuaded NBA to use 24 second clock, dies at 83 |
1992 |
Marshall Thompson, US actor (To Hell & Back), dies at 66 |
1992 |
Nancy Walker, actress (Ida Morgenstein-Rhoda), dies of cancer at 71 |
1992 |
Philip C Habib, US diplomat (Middle-East/Asia), dies at 72 |
1992 |
Viktor Grishin, hardline soviet communist, dies at 78, dies |
1992 |
Mathieu Lange, Ballett und Pantomime |
1992 |
Rajnath, Mili |
1992 |
Joanna Biesiada, Drewniany rózaniec |
1992 |
Tulio Demicheli, Gunmen of Rio Grande |
1992 |
Martha O'Dwyer, Reckless Living |
1992 |
Martin Trévières, Touched in the Head |
1993 |
Dan Seymour, actor (Bombs over Burma, Intrigue, Watusi), dies at 78 |
1993 |
Louise Tazewell, entertainer, dies at 93 |
1993 |
Laura Conti, Una lepre con la faccia da bambina |
1993 |
Dan Seymour, Key Largo |
1993 |
Guy Hayman, The Fifth Boy |
1993 |
Louis O. Coxe, Billy Budd |
1994 |
Eric Gale, guitarist, dies at 55 |
1994 |
La Calandria, El camino otro |
1994 |
Damián Rosa, Adios, New York, adios |
1994 |
Eric Gale, One False Move |
1994 |
Oswaldo Massaini, The Given Word |
1995 |
Dany Robin, actress (Follow the Boys, Topaz, Julietta), dies at 68 |
1995 |
Dick Curless, singer/songwriter, dies at 63 |
1995 |
Krešimir Ćosić, Croatian basketball player (b. 1948) |
1995 |
William Cronjager, Swan Song |
1995 |
Jack Allen, The Four Feathers |
1995 |
Dany Robin, Topaz |
1995 |
Alice Day, The Smart Set |
1996 |
Bradley Nowell, American ska musician (Sublime), dies of a heroin overdose at 28 |
1996 |
Bernard Charles Sendall, deputy director general of ITA, dies at 83 |
1996 |
Buck, dog (Married with Children), dies at 13 |
1996 |
David W Howe, test pilot, dies at 77 |
1996 |
Enid Kathleen Hutchinson, adult educationalist, dies at 86 |
1996 |
John Morrison, politician/landowner, dies at 89 |
1996 |
Laurence Marks, journalist, dies at 67 |
1996 |
Renzo de Felice, historian, dies at 67 |
1996 |
John Koester, Someone to Watch Over Me |
1996 |
Bradley Nowell, Knocked Up |
1996 |
Ruth Frazee, Study and Understudy |
1996 |
Barney Wilen, Elevator to the Gallows |
1997 |
Muhammad Fadhel, PM of Iraq (1953-54), dies |
1997 |
Helga Raumer, Ripe Cherry |
1997 |
Joseph Hoffman, 'Gung Ho!': The Story of Carlson's Makin Island Raiders |
1997 |
Chester Feldman, Card Sharks |
1997 |
György Felber, Koncert - A szomjas magyar alkoholisták javára |
1997 |
Ragna Broo-Juter, Halta Lena och vindögde Per |
1997 |
David Rollins, The Big Trail |
1998 |
Michel Oukhow, August August, August |
1998 |
Dragutin Krencer, Hamburg Altona |
1998 |
Victor Vallejo, Any Wednesday |
1999 |
Peter Piech, The Bullwinkle Show |
1999 |
Horst Frank, The Cat o' Nine Tails |
1999 |
Hillary Brooke, The Man Who Knew Too Much |
1999 |
Alfredda Brilliant, The Proud Valley |
2000 |
Nicholas Clay, British actor (b. 1946) |
2000 |
Nicholas Clay, Excalibur |
2000 |
Kid Severin, Som du vill ha mej |
2000 |
Francis Lederer, Pandora's Box |
2001 |
Mary Sage, Our Relations |
2001 |
Catherine Faulconer, Chagall's Journey |
2001 |
Jenny Grahn, Kraftverk 3714 |
2001 |
Steve Werner, Aladdin and the King of Thieves |
2001 |
Jeannette Kerner, Less Than Zero |
2001 |
Arturo Maly, Barbed Wire |
2002 |
Pat Coombs, English actress (b. 1926) |
2002 |
Saburoh Bouya, The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer |
2002 |
Pat Coombs, Get Charlie Tully |
2002 |
Michael Kirby, The Countess of Monte Cristo |
2002 |
Michael Kirby, Shadows and Fog |
2002 |
Bart de Graaff, B.O.O.S. |
2002 |
Patricia Minchin, The Silence of Dean Maitland |
2002 |
Herb Hickey, Last Man Standing |
2002 |
Zoran Ratkovic, Balkan Spy |
2002 |
Ragni Malmstén, Maailmanparantajat |
2002 |
Dalton Dearborn, JFK |
2003 |
Jeremy Michael Ward, American musician (The Mars Volta) (b. 1976) |
2003 |
Lois Rosenfield, Bang the Drum Slowly |
2003 |
Almir Chediak, Razor in the Flesh |
2003 |
Karl Heinz Willschrei, Wolff's Turf |
2003 |
Sloan Wilson, The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit |
2003 |
Stephen Keyes, The Adventures of Rick O'Shay |
2004 |
Roger W. Straus, Jr., American publisher (b. 1917) |
2004 |
Nicholas Luard, Tangiers |
2004 |
David Dellinger, The New Left |
2004 |
John Davies, Meanwhile... Back at Base |
2004 |
Gillie Potter, Biggles: Adventures in Time |
2005 |
Sunil Dutt, Indian actor and politician (b. 1929) |
2005 |
Robert Jankel, British coachbuilder (b. 1938) |
2005 |
Graham Kennedy, Australian television personality (b. 1934) |
2005 |
Ruth Laredo, American pianist (b. 1937) |
2005 |
Gregory Scott Johnson, American murderer (b. 1965) |
2005 |
Luiz Delfino, Tudo Azul |
2005 |
Harper Roisman, City of Angels |
2005 |
Ismail Merchant, The Remains of the Day |
2005 |
Vera Komarkova, Annapurna: A Woman's Place |
2005 |
Ruth Laredo, Small Time Crooks |
2005 |
Domenic Troiano, The Gunfighters |
2005 |
Graham Kennedy, In Melbourne Tonight |
2005 |
Sunil Dutt, Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. |
2006 |
Desmond Dekker, Jamaican ska musician (b. 1941) |
2006 |
Otto M. Zykan, Staatsoperette |
2006 |
June Whitley Taylor, Rescue from Gilligan's Island |
2006 |
Ottofritz Gaillard, Caesar und Cleopatra |
2006 |
Dorothy Strongin, Basket Case |
2006 |
Jim Cryan, May on Mendip |
2006 |
Aída Luz, From the Hills to the Valley |
2006 |
Oskar Wintergerst, The Devil Strikes at Night |
2006 |
Joe Brodsky, Gutsiest Performances |
2006 |
Renato Speziali, Il ferroviere |
2007 |
Charles Nelson Reilly, American actor and host (b. 1931) |
2007 |
Ben Kasazkow, The French Connection |
2007 |
Eric Algren, Titanic |
2007 |
Laurie Bartram, Another World |
2007 |
Lee Frost, The Thing with Two Heads |
2007 |
Charles Nelson Reilly, All Dogs Go to Heaven |
2007 |
Ulrich Damrau, Unsterblichkeit |
2007 |
Alice Fényes, Ördöglovas |
2007 |
Eve Shelley, Hate in Paradise |
2007 |
Marjorie Preece, Hate in Paradise |
2008 |
J. R. Simplot, American potato farmer (b. 1909) |
2008 |
Veikko Uusimäki, Ariel |
2008 |
Calvin Booth, Gun Girls |
2008 |
Mitch Mullany, The Sweetest Thing |
2008 |
Ernst Stuhlinger, Mars and Beyond |
2008 |
David Gahr, No Direction Home: Bob Dylan |
2008 |
Axel Jepsen, Night Girls |
2008 |
Willy Kramer Johansen, Stevnemøte med glemte år |
2009 |
Haakon Lie, Norwegian politician (b. 1905) |
2009 |
Will Schutz, Slave |
2009 |
Haakon Lie, Samhold må til |
2009 |
Harry Benn, Good Morning, Vietnam |
2009 |
Amos Elon, Another Road Home |
2009 |
Richard Lewis, The Happiness Cage |
2010 |
Siphiwo Ntshebe, South African opera singer (b. 1975) |
2010 |
Alexander Belostenny, Ukrainian basketball player (b. 1959) |
2010 |
Alan Hickinbotham, Australian businessman, football player, & football coach (b. 1925) |
2010 |
Gabriel Vargas, Mexican cartoonist (b. 1915) |
2010 |
Silvius Magnago, Italian politician (b. 1914) |
2010 |
Michael H. Jordan, businessman and former CEO PepsiCo and CBS Corporation (b. 1936) |
2010 |
Aleksander Benczak, Szatan z siódmej klasy |
2010 |
Dobrila Sokica, Zivot u grobljanskoj |
2010 |
Tiny Kauffman, Witch Hunt |
2010 |
Wayne Nicklas, Capote |
2010 |
Jarvis Williams, Minnesota Vikings vs. New York Giants |
2010 |
Les Serdyuk, Solomennye kolokola |
2010 |
Jeanne Lee Keil, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs |
2010 |
Erih Kos, U mrezi |
2011 |
Terry Jenner, Australian cricketer (b. 1944) |
2011 |
Leonora Carrington, British-Mexican Surrealist artist dies aged 94 |
2011 |
Hans Wijnberg, The Real Inglorious Bastards |
2011 |
Jim Middleton, And in This Corner |
2011 |
Betty Luster, Mr. B Natural |
2011 |
Edward Zentara, Es ist nicht leicht ein Gott zu sein |
2011 |
Gino Maringola, Vampirismus |
2011 |
Lillian Adams, The Sweetest Thing |
2011 |
Patricia Hicks, There Is No Escape |
2011 |
Paul Splittorff, Game 6 |
2011 |
Leonora Carrington, Un alma pura |
2011 |
Andrzej Gronau, Knife in the Water |
2011 |
Edwin Honig, First Cousin Once Removed |
2011 |
Ken Hoffman, Patch Adams |
2012 |
Edoardo Mangiarotti, Italian fencer, dies at 93 |
2012 |
William Hanley, Something About Amelia |
2012 |
Beatrice Sparks, Go Ask Alice |
2012 |
Sandy Dahl, |
2012 |
Elio Veller, Letters to Juliet |
2013 |
Marshall Lytle, American Rock bassist, dies from lung cancer at 79 |
2013 |
Robert Vazquez, Me, Myself & Irene |
2013 |
Pamela Stirling, La Marseillaise |
2013 |
Harry Birrell, That's Life! |
2013 |
Marshall Lytle, William |
2014 |
David Allen, Grace & Favour: A Portrait of Gloucestershire CCC |
2014 |
John Leach, Fight Club |
2014 |
Billy Glide, The Fashionistas |
2014 |
Karl Schanzer, Dementia 13 |
2014 |
Herb Jeffries, The Bronze Buckaroo |
2014 |
Larry Evers, Guess What We Learned in School Today? |
2014 |
Lee Chamberlin, All My Children |
2014 |
Bunny Yeager, Bunny Yeager's Nude Las Vegas |
2014 |
Caroline Christensen, 47:an Löken |
2014 |
Valeri Nikiforov, Khochu byt ministrom |
2014 |
Wojciech Jaruzelski, Hammer & Tickle |
2014 |
Matthew Saad Muhammad, Once a Champion |
2014 |
Tommy Blom, The Seduction of Inga |
2015 |
Wallace Sampson, Death, Inc. |
2015 |
Peter Schmidlin, British Landing on the Moon |
2015 |
Bill O'Herlihy, Left Back |
2015 |
Mary Ellen Mark, Big Fish |
2015 |
Feng Yu, The Delightful Forest |
2015 |
Lillian Cornell, Rhythm on the River |
2016 |
Pink Panther and James Bond star Burt Kwouk dies aged 85 |
2018 |
YouTube star John 'TotalBiscuit' Bain dies aged 33 |
2018 |
Australian guitar legend Phil Emmanuel dies aged 65 |
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