Famous Deaths for 25th December 2025

1406 – Henry III, King of Castile and León (1390-1406), dies at 27
1765 – Václav Prokop Diviš, Czech theologian and natural scientist, dies at 67
1992 – Ted Croker, English football administrator (Secretary English Football Association 1973-89), dies at 68
1994 – Zail Singh, Indian politician, (7th President of India 1982-87), dies of injuries from a motor accident at 78
1997 – Anatoli Boukreev, mountaineer, dies at 39
1997 – Denver Pyle, American actor (The Dukes of Hazzard, The Andy Griffith Show), dies of lung cancer at 77
1997 – Giorgio Strehler, Italian opera and theatre director, dies at 76
1998 – John Pulman, English snooker player (World Champion 1957-68; News of the World Snooker Tournament 1954, 57, 58), dies after a fall at 75
2000 – Willard Van Orman Quine, American philosopher and logician in the analytic tradition, dies at 92
2022 – Fabián O’Neill, Uruguayan soccer midfielder (19 caps; Nacional, Cagliari, Juventus), dies from chronic liver disease at 49

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