Historical Deaths for Tomorrow

🏥 Famous Historical Deaths - April 26, 2024

1964 Pieter van der Lijn, Dutch geologist (Boulder Book), dies at 93

1970 Gypsy Rose Lee, stripper/actress (Pruitts of S Hampton), dies at 56

1981 Jim Davis, actor (Jack Ewing-Dallas), dies at 65

1973 Irene Ryan, actress (Granny-Beverly Hillbillies), dies at 69

1990 Carlos Pizarro Leongomez, Colombian pres candidate, assassinated

1984 May McAvoy, actress (Ben Hur), dies at 82 after a heart attack

1964 Edwin John Pratt, Canadian poet (Towards the Last Spike), dies at 81

1924 Josef Labor, composer, dies at 82

1970 Paul Celan, writer, dies at 49 [or May 5]

1196 Alfonso II, King of Aragon (1162-96), dies

1952 Charles L Baars, Dutch actor (Women Tamers), dies at 59

0757 Stephen II, [III/Orsini?], Pope (752-57), dies

1922 Hans Sommer, composer, dies at 84

1910 Bjнrnstjerne Bjнrnson, Norwegian writer (Mary, Nobel 1903), dies at 77

1789 Peter I Panin, Russian general (Pugatshov-uprising), dies at about 67

1980 Cicely Courtneidge, actress (Double Exposure), dies at 87

1995 Alexander Knox, actor/writer (Gorky Park, Accident), dies at 88

1946 Hermann Keyserling, count/philosopher (Unsterblichkeit), dies at 65

1920 Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian math genius (г/Notebooks), dies at 32

1972 Margaret A R Bonds, US pianist/composer/arranger, dies at 59

1981 Robert Davi, dies at 54

1997 Yegorov, Russian leader (1994-95), dies

1938 Edmund Husserl, German philosopher (study of phenomenon), dies at 79

1991 Carmine Coppola, composer/father of Francis Ford Coppola, dies

1961 Gail Russell, actress (Calcutta, Moonrise, El Paso), dies at 36

1865 John Wilkes Booth, assassin, is shot dead near Bowling Green VA at 27

1986 Bessie Love, actress (Broadway Melody, Isadora), dies at 87

1940 Carl Bosch, German chemist (BASF, IG Farben, Nobel 1931), dies at 65

1986 [William] Broderick Crawford, actor (Highway Patrol), dies at 74

1827 Bernardo Ottani, composer, dies at 90

1951 John Alden Carpenter, US composer (Sea Drift), dies at 75

1703 Georg Christoph Leuttner, composer, dies at 58

1984 William "Count" Basie, jazz piano great, dies on 80th birthday

1997 Peng Zhen, mayor of Beijing China (1951-66), dies

1960 Wander J de Haas, Dut physicist (Einstein-De Haas effect), dies at 82

1989 Lucille Ball, comedienne (I Love Lucy), dies of heart attack at 78

1997 Joey Faye, comic (Fruit of the Loom grapes), dies at 86

1958 Johan N C "Joan" Collette, painter, dies at 68

1981 Madge Evans, TV panelist (Masquerade Party), dies at 71

1983 Bronislaw Kaper, composer, dies at 81

1982 Ville Ritola, Finnish 5/10km runner (Olympic-gold-1924, 28), dies

1907 Pietro Plantania, composer, dies at 79

1726 Jeremy Collier, Engl bishop/historian/opponent to theater, dies at 75

1865 Charles J Sax, Belgian inventor (saxophone), dies at 74

1983 Vaughn Taylor, actor (Johnny Jupiter), dies at 72

1992 Alberta Vaughn, actress (Wild Horse, Silver Devil), dies at 87

1996 John Norrie McArthur, malariologist/microscopist, dies at 94

1996 Stirling Silliphant, screenwriter, dies at 78

1976 Sidney James, actor (Lavander Hill Mob, Carry On), dies at 65

1478 Giuliano de' Medici, Medeheerser of Florence, murdered at about 24

1958 Joe Small, cricketer (WI all-rounder in 1928 series), dies

1956 Edward Arnold, actor (Mr Smith Goes to Washington), dies at 66

1932 Bill Lockwood, cricketer (43 wickets in 12 Tests for England), dies

1941 Jean Demoor, Belgian physician/physiologist/educationalist, dies at 74

1996 Burton Stein, historian, dies at 69

1982 Celia Johnson, British actress (Jean Brodie), dies of stroke at 73

1805 Jean BG d'ansse the Villoison, classic (Anecdota Graeca), dies at 55

1991 Emily McLaughlin, US actress (Jessie-General Hospital), dies at 61

1984 Henry Rowland, actor (Rogue's Regiment), dies at 70

1992 Clyde Hartley, entertainer, dies at 68

1731 Daniel Defoe, English author (Robinson Crusoe), dies at about 70

1965 Aaron Avshalomov, composer, dies at 70

1976 Allan Jackson, newscaster (Youth Takes a Stand), dies at 60

1970 John Knittel, writer, dies at 79

1648 Christoph Thomas Walliser, composer, dies at 79

1785 Karl Siegmund von Seckendorff, composer, dies at 40

1444 Robert Campin, South Neth painter/porter of Doornik, dies at about 65

1976 Neil McCallum, actor (Pete-Saber of London), dies at 45

1558 Jean Fran‡ois Fernel, French physician, dies

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