Notable Deaths on May 26th
May 26th Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
604 |
Augustinus van Canterbury, bishop/apostle of England, dies (or 605) |
735 |
Bede (Beda Venerabilis), English historian and monk, (b. circa 672 or 673) |
818 |
Ali ar-Rida, Shia Imam (b. 766) |
1055 |
Margrave Adalbert of Austria |
1421 |
Mehmed I, Ottoman Sultan (1413-21). B. 1389. |
1512 |
Bayezid II, Ottoman Sultan (1481-1512) dies at 62 |
1595 |
Philippus Nerius, [Filippo Neri], Italian merchant/saint, dies at 79 |
1609 |
Cornelis Claesz, mapmaker, buried |
1648 |
Vincent Voiture, French poet (b. 1597) |
1653 |
Robert Filmer, English writer (b. 1588) |
1679 |
Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (b. 1636) |
1685 |
Charles II, Elector Palatine (b. 1651) |
1703 |
Samuel Pepys, English marine expert (Diary)/composer, dies at 70 |
1742 |
Pylyp Orlyk, Ukrainian Zaporozhian Cossack starshina, diplomat (b. 1672) |
1753 |
Willem Maurits, earl of Nassau/gov of Zeeuws-Flanders, dies |
1762 |
Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, German philosopher (b. 1714) |
1799 |
James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, Scottish judge (b. 1714) |
1814 |
Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, officially named the Guillotine (b. 1789) |
1818 |
Michael A Barclay de Tolly, Russian fieldmarshal/War Minister, dies |
1824 |
Capel Lofft, English writer (b. 1751) |
1831 |
Georg Hermes, German philosopher/theologist (Hermenianen), dies |
1831 |
Ciro Menotti, Italian patriot (b. 1798) |
1832 |
Francois-Louis Perne, composer, dies at 59 |
1840 |
Sidney Smith, British admiral (b. 1764) |
1864 |
Ch Sealsfield, writer, dies at 71 |
1868 |
Michael Barrett, Irish nationalist, last British public execution |
1871 |
Aime Maillart, composer, dies at 54 |
1873 |
August Conradi, composer, dies at 51 |
1876 |
Frantisek Palacky, Czech historian/MP, dies at 77 |
1880 |
John Curwen, composer, dies at 63 |
1881 |
Jakob Bernays, German philologist (b. 1824) |
1883 |
Abdelkader El Djezairi, Algerian leader, scholar and national hero (b.1808) |
1883 |
Edward Sabine, Irish astronomer (b. 1788) |
1886 |
Charles d'Albert, The Heiress |
1891 |
Frederick Bowen Jewson, composer, dies at 67 |
1902 |
Almon Strowger, American inventor (b. 1839) |
1904 |
Georges Gilles de la Tourette, French neurologist (b. 1857) |
1905 |
Alphonse de Rothschild, French banker, dies |
1907 |
Ida McKinley, First Lady of the United States (b. 1847) |
1907 |
Ida McKinley, President and Mrs. McKinley |
1908 |
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Indies theologist (Ahmadiyya motion), dies at 69 |
1912 |
Jan Blockx, Belgian opera composer (Bride of the Sea), dies at 61 |
1912 |
Jan Blockx, Waar het groeide |
1919 |
Pál Gozsdu, Köd |
1924 |
Johann Heinrich Beck, composer, dies at 67 |
1924 |
Victor Herbert, Irish/US cellist/composer/conductor, dies at 65 |
1926 |
S V Petlura, Ukrainain ataman, assassinated by Shalom Schwarzbard |
1926 |
Max Laurence, The Eyes of the Mummy |
1927 |
Béla Szenes, Az okos mama |
1929 |
L.D. Littlefield, The Man from Beyond |
1929 |
J. Bodewalt Lampe, Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears |
1929 |
Condé B. Pallen, Luring Shadows |
1931 |
Adele Windsor, True to the Navy |
1932 |
Jose Corazon de Jesus, Arista ang aking asawa |
1932 |
Joseph Jackson, One Way Passage |
1933 |
Jimmie Rodgers, country singer, dies at 35 |
1933 |
Horatio Bottomley, British financier and politician (b. 1860) |
1933 |
Jimmie Rodgers, O Brother, Where Art Thou? |
1938 |
John Jacob Abel, American Pharmacologist (endocrine glands), dies at 81 |
1938 |
James Forbes, Their Own Desire |
1939 |
Charles H Mayo, US surgeon/co-founder (Mayo Clinic), dies at 74 |
1939 |
Cornelis J Cutters, supreme commander of Navy (1910-18), dies |
1939 |
Ralph Remley, Make Way for Tomorrow |
1941 |
John Underhill, Hush |
1941 |
Godfrey Craig, The Man from Nevada |
1941 |
Ebba Kjerulf, Fristerinden |
1942 |
Attila Petheö, Az ördög hegedüse |
1942 |
Libero Bovio, Chains |
1942 |
Georg Victor Mendel, Mamsell unnütz |
1943 |
Edsel Ford, owner (Ford Motor Company), dies at 49 |
1943 |
Edsel Ford, |
1944 |
C M Francois, cricketer (WWII, 252 runs in 5 Tests for South Africa), dies |
1944 |
Darrell Ware, Down Argentine Way |
1946 |
Friedrich A H von Waldeck, monarch of Waldeck, dies |
1946 |
Petrine Sonne, Bedstemor går amok |
1946 |
Joseph Medill Patterson, A Little Brother of the Rich |
1947 |
Margrete Jespersen, Caros død |
1948 |
Theodore Morell, Hitler's personal physician (b. 1886) |
1948 |
Theodor Morell, |
1948 |
Torsten Bergström, Vallfarten till Kevlaar |
1949 |
Euday L. Bowman, Tower Heist |
1950 |
Antonina Neshdanova, Russian soprano (Bolshoi Theater), dies |
1951 |
Lincoln Ellsworth, artic explorer, dies at 71 |
1951 |
John Piffle, Friendly Enemies |
1951 |
Lincoln Ellsworth, Roald Amundsen - Ellsworths flyveekspedition 1925 |
1952 |
Damaso Alonso, Spanish linguistic/poet (Hombrey Dios), dies at 55 |
1952 |
Friedrich Burau, Der Sinn des Lebens |
1952 |
Richard Rober, Father's Little Dividend |
1953 |
Albert Spalding, Albert Spalding |
1953 |
Vedat Örfi Bengü, Atesten gömlek |
1953 |
George Hamer, Rope of Sand |
1954 |
Franz Pfemfert, writer, dies at 74 |
1954 |
Lionel Conacher, Canadian athlete (b. 1900) |
1956 |
Al Simmons, outfielder (A's)/lifetime batting avg of .334, dies at 54 |
1956 |
Al Simmons, |
1957 |
Robert Lawson, Ferdinand the Bull |
1958 |
Ray June, Funny Face |
1958 |
Les Savage Jr., Return to Warbow |
1959 |
Ed Walsh, baseball pitcher (1.82 ERA), dies at 78 |
1959 |
Joe Kelly, TV host (Quiz Kids), dies at 57 |
1959 |
Joe Kelly, The Quiz Kids No. Q1-5 |
1959 |
Joe Gilbert, Momentum |
1959 |
Ed Walsh, World Series Baseball Game |
1960 |
Georgi-Dzhon Popov, Heroes of Shipka |
1962 |
Maurice Winnick, Episode #1.26 |
1963 |
Sharon Lynn, actress (Way Out West, Big Broadcast), dies at 53 |
1964 |
Pat MacDonnell, Caesar and Cleopatra |
1964 |
Jack Kenny, Beauty and Bullets |
1966 |
Don Castle, actor (Motor Patrol, Born to Speed), dies at 47 |
1966 |
Neal Dodd, actor (Only Women, You Belong to Me), dies at 86 |
1966 |
Don Castle, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral |
1966 |
Harry Brown, Our Daily Bread |
1967 |
Antoon Spinoy, Belgian politician, dies at 60 |
1967 |
George E Stone, actor (5 Star Final, Front Page), dies at 64 |
1968 |
William E "Little Willie" John, US R&B-singer (Fever), dies at 30) |
1968 |
Joseph MacDonald, The Sand Pebbles |
1969 |
Kathryn Minner, entertainer, dies of heart attack at 77 |
1969 |
Paul Hawkins, Australian racing driver (b. 1937) |
1969 |
Allan H. Loughead, American aviation pioneer (Lockheed Corporation; b. 1889) |
1971 |
John Longden, actor (Man From Interpol), dies at 70 |
1973 |
Jacques Lipchitz, US cubist sculptor, dies at 81 |
1974 |
Kitty Gordon, entertainer, dies at 96 |
1974 |
Silvio Moser, Swiss racing driver (b. 1941) |
1976 |
Martin Heidegger, German philosopher (Holzweg), dies at 86 |
1976 |
Juan Maino, Chilean leader of MAPU, "disappeared" |
1977 |
Jim Boles, actor (Kraft Music Hall, One Man's Family), dies at 63 |
1977 |
William Powell, rocker (O'Jays), dies of cancer at 35 |
1977 |
Jesse Munden, The Glory Brigade |
1977 |
Rafael López Somoza, ¡Se armó el belén! |
1978 |
Cybele, Greek actress (b. 1887) |
1978 |
Tamara Karsavina, Hanseaten |
1978 |
L. Allen Dealey, When Snakeville Struck Oil |
1978 |
Henry Hite, Monster a-Go Go |
1979 |
George Brent, actor (Baby Face, Dark Victory, 42nd St), dies at 75 |
1979 |
George Brent, Dark Victory |
1979 |
Michael Mansfeld, The Bridge |
1980 |
Haig Manoogian, Raging Bull |
1980 |
Haldane Douglas, For Whom the Bell Tolls |
1980 |
Franz Bachelin, Stalag 17 |
1981 |
Jack Gertsman, The Fly |
1982 |
Nanny Larsén-Todsen, Swedish opera singer dies aged 97 |
1982 |
Beirne Lay Jr., Twelve O'Clock High |
1983 |
Anders Andelius, The Hook |
1983 |
Jack Carry, Street of Hate |
1983 |
Charles Keane, Career Girl |
1983 |
Dianne Galke, Play Only with Me |
1984 |
Lena Wilczynska, Vabank |
1984 |
Fahro Konjhodzic, The Marathon Family |
1985 |
Harold Hecht, Marty |
1986 |
Peggy Ann Clifford, Kind Hearts and Coronets |
1986 |
Gian-Carlo Coppola, Apocalypse Now |
1986 |
Flávio Cavalcanti, O Homem de Papel |
1986 |
Gunnar Björnstrand, The Seventh Seal |
1986 |
Randy Digrazio, Once Bitten |
1987 |
Blanche Dee, Hallelujah the Hills |
1988 |
Niela Goodelle, Air Parade |
1988 |
Juan Orol, Gángsters contra charros |
1988 |
Jim Carmichael, The Flintstone Comedy Hour |
1989 |
Don Revie, Former footballer and England and Leeds United Manager (b. 1927) |
1989 |
Raymond Craddock, Pete's Dragon |
1989 |
Ray Craddock, Six Bridges to Cross |
1989 |
Elzbieta Osterwa, Kobieta w kapeluszu |
1989 |
Phineas Newborn Jr., Piano Blues |
1989 |
Don Revie, Soccer's Hard Men |
1989 |
Albert Woodbury, My Fair Lady |
1990 |
Hans Schellbach, Der Fall Kapitän Behrens. Fremdenlegionäre an Bord |
1990 |
Chris McGregor, Kongi's Harvest |
1990 |
Miss Wicks, The Idle Class |
1990 |
Hope Drown, Hollywood |
1990 |
Gerhard Brinkmann, Weihnachtspost für Jakob |
1991 |
Tom Cassidy, anchor (CNN), dies of AIDs at 41 |
1991 |
Tom Eyen, playwright (Dreamgirls), dies of cardiac arrest at 50 |
1991 |
Lance, Leo & Lance |
1991 |
Bogic Boskovic, Tesna koza |
1991 |
Tom Eyen, Dreamgirls |
1991 |
Eugène Lourié, Limelight |
1991 |
Claudine Dupuis, Quai des Orfèvres |
1992 |
Hans Epskamp, Der Drache |
1992 |
Ashalata Biswas, Shreeman Funtoosh |
1992 |
Bob Labansat, The Beast of Yucca Flats |
1992 |
Edmund Beloin, Road to Rio |
1993 |
Carleton Morse, radio dramatist (One Man's Family), dies at 91 |
1993 |
Cor de Great, pianist/conductor/composer (Vernissage), dies at 78 |
1993 |
Marvin Young, producer/child actor (Player), dies at 90 |
1993 |
Jack Priestley, Across 110th Street |
1993 |
Joseph Pulitzer Jr., Lust for Life |
1993 |
John H. uit den Bogaard, Hotel De witte raaf |
1994 |
George Wildman Ball, under minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 84 |
1994 |
Warren Harding "Sonny" Sharrock, American jazz Guitarist, dies at 53 |
1994 |
Lev Golub, Girl Seeks Father |
1994 |
Sonny Sharrock, Following Sean |
1994 |
George Ball, On Our Way: U.S.A. - 1939-1942 |
1994 |
Ross Durfee, The Kentucky Fried Movie |
1995 |
Isadore "Friz" Freling, cartoon director (Sylvester), dies at 88 |
1995 |
Ron Weatherburn, jazz pianist, dies at 61 |
1995 |
Severn Darden, comedian (Second City), dies at 65 |
1995 |
Eriprando Visconti, Oedipus orca |
1995 |
Friz Freleng, The Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes Comedy Hour |
1995 |
Tony Azito, The Addams Family |
1995 |
Stefan Banica, Uncle Marin, the Billionaire |
1995 |
Jack Jones, Fighting Through |
1996 |
Halka Grossman, resistance fighter/politician, dies at 76 |
1996 |
Matima Kinuani Mpiosso, musician, dies at 45 |
1996 |
E. Pat Hall, Chattahoochee |
1996 |
Mike Sharperson, Los Angeles Dodgers vs. New York Mets |
1997 |
Manfred Von Ardenne, German scientific pioneer, dies at 90 |
1997 |
Roger Saltel, Le dernier quart d'heure |
1997 |
Masao Tamai, Godzilla |
1998 |
Sergey Yablonsky, Soviet and Russian mathematician and one of the founders of the Soviet school of mathematical cybernetics and discrete mathematics, dies at 73 |
1998 |
Emil Braginskiy, Office Romance |
1999 |
Paul Sacher, Swiss conductor (b. 1906) |
1999 |
Waldo Semon, American inventor (b. 1898) |
1999 |
Paul Sacher, Meta-Mecano |
1999 |
Eduard Sadjil, Sastanak muzicara - Jam session |
1999 |
Brita Bednarzyk, Knockin' on Heaven's Door |
1999 |
Shayne Worcester, Reindeer Games |
1999 |
Ethel Edwards, Martha & Ethel |
1999 |
David Millin, Last of the Few |
2000 |
Matt Bowkett, Bonjour Timothy |
2000 |
Sô Yamamura, Tora! Tora! Tora! |
2000 |
Alice Robert, The Sweetness of Loving |
2000 |
Samuel A. Taylor, Sabrina |
2000 |
William L. McCaughey, The Deer Hunter |
2001 |
Vittorio Brambilla, Italian racing driver (b. 1937) |
2001 |
Anne Haney, American actress (b. 1934) |
2001 |
Moven Enock Mahachi, Defence Minister of Zimbabwe (b. 1952) |
2001 |
Krum Krumov, S detza na more |
2001 |
Dona Massin, The Wizard of Oz |
2001 |
Ina Bernstein, Amityville: The Evil Escapes |
2001 |
Murilo Nery, Um Marido Sem... É Como um Jardim Sem Flores |
2001 |
Dea Trier Mørch, Winterborn |
2001 |
Anne Haney, Liar Liar |
2002 |
Mamo Wolde, Ethiopian runner (b. 1932) |
2002 |
Milica Stanivuk, Tight Skin 2 |
2002 |
Nathan Smith, Sunshine Hotel |
2002 |
Orlando Carrió, Episode #1.1 |
2002 |
Cassandra Danz, Nine 1/2 Weeks |
2003 |
Kathleen Winsor, American writer (b. 1919) |
2003 |
Burr DeBenning, A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child |
2003 |
Gerald Hawkins, The Lost City of Nasca |
2003 |
Kathleen Winsor, Forever Amber |
2003 |
Carlos Eduardo Dolabella, The Claudia Case |
2003 |
Pierre Duncan, Bibiche |
2004 |
Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh, Russian astronomer (b. 1931) |
2004 |
Dullah Omar, South African lawyer (b. 1934) |
2004 |
Nikolay Vingranovskiy, Klimko |
2004 |
Frans Buyens, Tango Tango |
2005 |
Eddie Albert, American actor (Roman Holiday), dies of pneumonia at 99 |
2005 |
Chico Carrasquel, Venezuelan baseball player (b. 1928) |
2005 |
Dale Velzy, Slippery When Wet |
2005 |
Chico Carrasquel, 1953 MLB All-Star Game |
2005 |
Eddie Albert, The Longest Day |
2005 |
Halina Drohocka, Dom na pustkowiu |
2005 |
Roman Hemala, Dungeons & Dragons |
2006 |
Édouard Michelin, CEO of Michelin (b. 1963) |
2006 |
Kevin O'Flanagan, Irish athlete and physician (b. 1919) |
2006 |
J.A. Graf von Kielmannsegg, How Hitler Lost the War |
2006 |
Betty Spell, La meilleure bobonne |
2006 |
Ted Schroeder, Unforgettable: The Little Mo Connolly Story |
2006 |
Michael Croucher, Leap in the Dark |
2006 |
Ric Mancini, General Hospital |
2006 |
Edouard Michelin, Oil on Ice |
2006 |
Stepán Konícek, Mulholland Dr. |
2007 |
J Edward Oliver, cartoonist and composer (b. 1942) |
2007 |
Harry Frazier, Deep Cover |
2007 |
George Greeley, Small Wonder |
2007 |
Aubrey Singer, The Buck Calder Experience |
2007 |
Phyllis Flax, Black Magic Woman |
2007 |
Phyllis Sellick, 49th Parallel |
2007 |
James Beck, Divine Light: A Frank Mason Perspective |
2007 |
Jirina Fikejzová, Rebels |
2007 |
Vera Bublíková, Kdybych dnes mohl znovu chodit do skoly |
2007 |
Ace Rollins, Spirit of the Wind |
2008 |
Sydney Pollack, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1934) |
2008 |
Lauren Nicole Zussman, On Location at Lake Powell with TheBikiniNetwork.com |
2008 |
Kelly Schroeder, Halloween 5 |
2008 |
Russell T. Butterbach, Zodiac |
2008 |
George Garrett, Frankenstein Meets the Spacemonster |
2008 |
Earle Hagen, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes |
2008 |
Christine Fersen, Les ritals |
2008 |
Sydney Pollack, Tootsie |
2009 |
Peter Zezel, Canadian professional hockey player (b. 1965) |
2009 |
Péter Jankura, Csajok |
2009 |
Peter Zezel, Youngblood |
2009 |
Daniel Marusic, Bella Biondina |
2009 |
Aubrey Wells, Coal Miner's Daughter |
2009 |
Kaoru Kurimoto, Cabaret |
2009 |
Ronald Takaki, Picture Bride |
2009 |
Marek Walczewski, Wesele |
2009 |
Michael Ross, Three's Company |
2009 |
Roman Vildan, Father of a Soldier |
2010 |
Jean Constantin, Romanian actor (b. 1928) |
2010 |
Art Linkletter, Canadian-American radio and television personality (b. 1912) |
2010 |
Christopher Moran, British Air Chief Marshal (b. 1956) |
2010 |
Kieran Phelan, Irish senator (b. 1949) |
2010 |
Jarvis Williams, American football player (b. 1965) |
2010 |
Jean Constantin, Uncle Marin, the Billionaire |
2010 |
Art Linkletter, Kids Say the Darndest Things |
2010 |
Judy Lynn, Sing It Again |
2010 |
Patricia Stevens, Crimes of Passion |
2010 |
Arthur Herzog III, The Swarm |
2011 |
Arisen Ahubudu, Sri Lankan scholar, author and playwright (b. 1920) |
2011 |
Peter Boom, Apartment in Athens |
2011 |
Valerie Fields, Boob Cruise '97 |
2011 |
Darrell R. Grimes, Baadasssss! |
2011 |
Flick Colby, Saturday Night Grease |
2011 |
Donna J. Dickson, Rain Man |
2011 |
Bill Troy, The Golden Man |
2012 |
Orhan Boran, Yildirim Beyazit ve Timurlenk |
2012 |
Jerry Christian, Duel |
2012 |
Jean Morton, Tingha and Tucker Club |
2012 |
Aline Van Dine, Crabapple Jelly |
2012 |
Hans Schmidt, |
2012 |
Leo Dillon, People: A Musical Celebration |
2013 |
Jack Vance, American science fiction author, dies at 96 |
2013 |
Ivanka Grybcheva, The Hedgehogs' War |
2013 |
John Holbrook Vance, Bad Ronald |
2013 |
Erika Zahn, Wetzlar ist nicht Washington |
2013 |
Ursula Hickey, Daddy's Little Girl |
2013 |
Fernand Bonnevie, Les bronzés font du ski |
2013 |
Otto Muehl, Wehrertüchtigung |
2013 |
Guy Carcassonne, La ve République et ses monarques |
2013 |
Sparkly Devil, Broad Daylight |
2013 |
Lotte Koch, Morituri |
2013 |
Hildegard Krekel, The Hitch of It |
2014 |
Morten Parker, The Fight: Science Against Cancer |
2014 |
Anna Berger, Deep Cover |
2014 |
Manuel Uribe, Shrinking the World's Heaviest Man |
2014 |
Rosemary Davis, Tons of Money |
2014 |
Grahame Duffield, The Bananas Boat |
2015 |
Bob Hornery, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome |
2015 |
Rocky Frisco, Crossroads Guitar Festival |
2015 |
Jackie Fielding, Episode #1.7838 |
2015 |
Vicente Aranda, Libertarias |
2015 |
Claudio Caligari, Don't Be Bad |
2015 |
John Pinder, Hello Possums |
2016 |
Jos Hoffmann,: Luxembourg City's notorious "king of the night" dies aged 82 |
2016 |
Former Coventry City midfielder Ian Gibson dies aged 73 |
2016 |
Famous Writer, Translator Yang Jiang Dies, Aged 105 |
2016 |
Tributes pour in after Top Gear driver Neil Cunningham dies, aged 52 |
2016 |
Jennifer Aniston's mum Nancy Dow dies, aged 79 |
2017 |
Italian fashion designer Laura Biagotti dies aged 73 |
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