Famous Deaths for 24th December 2025

1904 – Julien Dillens, Flemish sculptor (Anspach Monument), dies at 55
1935 – Alban Berg, Austrian composer (Wozzeck; Lulu), dies of sepsis at 50
1938 – Bruno Taut, German architect (b. 1880)
1976 – Victor Stanitsin, actor (War and Peace, Jubilee), dies at 79
1994 – Julie Haydon [Donella Donaldson], American actress (Scoundrel), dies at 84
1996 – Ted Leadbitter, British politician (Labour), dies at 77
2004 – Johnny Oates, American MLB baseball catcher, 1970-81 (Atlanta Braves, Philadelphia Phillies, and 3 other teams), and manager, 1991-2001 (Baltimore Orioles, Texas Rangers), dies of brain cancer at 58
2008 – Samuel P. Huntington, American political scientist (The Clash of Civilizations) and presidential adviser, dies at 81
2020 – Geoff Stephens, English songwriter and record producer (“The Crying Game”; The New Vaudeville Band – “Winchester Cathedral”, “There’s a Kind of Hush”), dies of complications from COVID-19 at 86
2021 – J.D. Crowe, American bluegrass banjo player and bandleader (The New South), dies at 84

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