Famous Deaths for 21st July 2026

1891 – Franco Faccio, Italian composer and conductor, dies at 51
1928 – Ellen Alice Terry, British Shakespearean actress and director (Imperial Theatre), dies at 81
1952 – Silvio Cator, Haitian athlete and long jumper (Olympic silver 1928), dies at 51
1957 – Bernard Spooner, American businessman, head of the Spooner Armor Company (armored vests manufacturer), dies at 67
1962 – G. M. Trevelyan [George Macaulay Trevelyan], British historian and academic, dies at 86
1968 – Ruth St. Denis, American modern dance pioneer and teacher (Dances of the 5 Senses), dies at 91
1973 – Russell Hardie, American actor (Sequoia, In Old Kentucky), dies after long illness at 69
1990 – Sacha Piteoff, Swiss-French actor and stage director, dies of heart failure at 70
2015 – Theodore Bikel, Austrian-American stage and screen singer and actor (The Sound of Music; Fiddler On The Roof; The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming; 200 Motels), folk singer (co-founder Newport Folk Festival), and political activist, dies at 91
2022 – Uwe Seeler, German soccer striker (72 caps West Germany; Hamburger SV 476 games, 404 goals), dies at 85

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