Famous Deaths for 26th May 2026

604 – Augustine of Canterbury, 1st Archbishop of Canterbury and apostle to England, dies (or 605)
1421 – Mehmed I, Ottoman Sultan (1413-21). B. 1389.
1871 – Aimé Maillart, French opera composer (Les Dragons de Villars), dies at 54
1944 – Jacob J. Hage, Dutch farmer and WW II resistance fighter, executed at 23
1947 – Nellie Neilson, PhD, American historian, first woman published in the American Historical Review, and the first female president of the American Historical Association, dies at 74
1954 – Franz Pfemfert, German journalist and writer, dies at 74
1995 – Severn Darden, American actor (Luv; The President’s Analyst; Saturday the 14th), dies at 65
1997 – Jack Jersey [de Nijs], Dutch pop singer (The Four Sweeters; Jack and Woody; The Losers), songwriter, and record producer, dies of cancer at 55
2004 – Dullah Omar, South African attorney and UDF-leader, dies at 69
2020 – Stanley Ho, Chinese casino tycoon who transformed Macao, dies at 98

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