Notable Deaths on April 27th
April 27th Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
630 |
King Ardashir III of Persia |
1076 |
Willem, bishop of Utrecht (1054-76), murderer of earl Floris I, dies |
1124 |
Alexander I, King of Scots (1107-24), dies |
1404 |
Philip, the Stout, Duke of Burgundy, dies at 62 |
1521 |
Ferdinand Magellan, Portuguese explorer, killed by Filipino natives at 50 while on voyage to circumnavigate the world |
1599 |
Maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (b. 1538) |
1605 |
Leo XI, [Alessandro O de' Medici], Italian Pope (1605), dies at 69 |
1613 |
Robert Abercromby, Scottish Jesuit (b. 1532) |
1625 |
Mori Terumoto, Japanese warrior (b. 1553) |
1656 |
Gerard van Honthorst, painter, dies at 65 |
1656 |
Jan J van Goyen, Dutch landscape painter, dies at 60 |
1682 |
Theodorus III, Tsar of Russia (1676-82), dies |
1694 |
Johan Georg IV, elector of Saxony (1691-94), dies at 25 |
1695 |
Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, [Asbaje], Mexican poetress/nun, dies at 44 |
1695 |
John Trenchard, English statesman (b. 1640) |
1702 |
Jean Bart, French capt/sea hero (Escape out of Plymouth), dies at 51 |
1758 |
Jan Francisci, composer, dies at 66 |
1764 |
Jaime de Casellas, composer, dies at 73 |
1782 |
William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (b. 1710) |
1794 |
William Jones, British Orientalist/jurist, dies at 47 |
1813 |
Zebulon M Pike, US explorer (Pike's Peak), dies in battle at 34 |
1871 |
Sigismond Fortune Francois Thalberg, composer, dies at 59 |
1872 |
Ion Heliade-Radulescu, Romanian politician/author, dies at 70 |
1873 |
William Charles Macready, English actor (b. 1793) |
1876 |
George L. Aiken, Uncle Tom's Cabin |
1881 |
Ludwig A Benedek, Austrian general, dies at 76 |
1882 |
Ralph Waldo Emerson, American poet (Representive Men), dies of pneumonia at 78 |
1882 |
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Snowbound |
1893 |
John Murray Corse, US general (Union), dies on his 58th birthday |
1893 |
John Ballance, 14th Premier of New Zealand and the founder of the Liberal Party, intestinal disease after a major surgical operation at 54 |
1896 |
Henry Parkes, known as the Father of Federation (b. 1815) |
1901 |
Richard Redhead, composer, dies at 81 |
1902 |
Julius Sterling Morton, who started Arbor Day, dies at 72 |
1914 |
Abundio Martínez, A Quixote Without La Mancha |
1915 |
Alexander N Skriabin, Russ pianist/composer (Prometheus), dies at 43 |
1915 |
Alexander Scriabin, Russian composer (b. 1872) |
1915 |
Alexander Scriabin, Barfly |
1927 |
Tom Kerrick, Men in the Raw |
1930 |
Orla Bock, Sommerspøg og Rævestreger |
1932 |
Harold "Heart" Crane, US poet (Bridge), commits suicide at 32 |
1932 |
Hart Crane, American writer (b. 1899) |
1936 |
Frederik A Stoett, linguist (Dutch Proverbs), dies at 72 |
1936 |
Karl Pearson, mathematician, dies |
1936 |
Joseph Bowers, |
1937 |
Antonio Gramsci, Italian philosopher/marxist theorist, dies at 46 |
1937 |
Antonio Gramsci, |
1937 |
Vincent Bryan, The Scrub Lady |
1938 |
Edmond Rubbens, Belgian minister to Colonies, dies at 44 |
1939 |
José Gola, La vuelta al nido |
1940 |
Imre Magyari, Rozmaring |
1941 |
Penelope Delta, Greek author (b. 1874) |
1942 |
Wilma Roelof, Swiss Miss |
1942 |
Stuart Anthony, Border Law |
1942 |
Ashton Dearholt, The New Adventures of Tarzan |
1944 |
Harry Blanchard, Song of Love |
1944 |
Kurt Muenzer, Der Ladenprinz |
1945 |
Harry McGuire Stanley, The Iron Rider |
1945 |
Ernst Hofmann, Emerald of Death |
1948 |
William S. Knudsen, |
1950 |
Adam Tadeusz Wieniawski, composer, dies at 70 |
1950 |
Karl Straube, German organist/conductor, dies |
1950 |
Hobart Cavanaugh, Captain Blood |
1951 |
Philip Albert Myburgh Hands, cricketer (7 Tests for South Africa), dies |
1952 |
Guido Castelnuovo, Italian mathematician (b. 1865) |
1954 |
Robert Cain, Male and Female |
1954 |
Henrik Jaenzon, Ingeborg Holm |
1955 |
Eva Moore, The Old Dark House |
1956 |
Nico De Jong, De maarschalkstaf |
1956 |
Daan Nieuwenhuizen, Op stap door Amsterdam |
1956 |
Grendon Bentley, Hamlet |
1957 |
Mario A Gianini, creator (maraschino cherry), dies |
1957 |
Pawel Owerllo, Sztabskapitan Gubaniew. Golgota Ziemi Chelmskiej |
1958 |
Joey Ray, The Old Man and the Sea |
1959 |
Gordon Armstrong, inventor (baby incubator), dies |
1959 |
Turner Bullock, Mama's Nursery School |
1959 |
Johan Valk, Ciske - Ein Kind braucht Liebe |
1959 |
Edward Laska, I Would Like to Marry You |
1960 |
Hugh Harrison, Random Harvest |
1961 |
Roy Del Ruth, director (About Face, Folies Bergere), dies at 67 |
1961 |
Heikki Aho, Suomi kutsuu |
1961 |
Roy Del Ruth, Topper Returns |
1961 |
Yard Van Staalduynen, Onschuldig Veroordeeld |
1961 |
Gustav Ucicky, Der zerbrochene Krug |
1962 |
A. K. Fazlul Huq, Bengali statesman (b. 1873) |
1962 |
Wendell Holmes, Elmer Gantry |
1962 |
H.M. Horkheimer, Who Pays? |
1963 |
Erik 'Bullen' Berglund, Intermezzo |
1963 |
Julia S. Marshbanks, Intruder in the Dust |
1964 |
Georg Britting, writer, dies at 73 |
1965 |
Alan Bunce, actor (Albert-Ethel & Albert), dies at 61 |
1965 |
Edward R Murrow, newscaster (Person to Person), dies at 57 |
1965 |
Edward R. Murrow, Harvest of Shame |
1965 |
Paul Beckers, In Sachen Timpe |
1966 |
Saimi Vuolle, Opri |
1967 |
Manolo Morán, Welcome Mr. Marshall! |
1969 |
Dino Terranova, actor (Young Dillinger), dies at 65 |
1969 |
René Barrientos, President of Bolivia (b. 1919) |
1970 |
Arthur Shields, actor (Your Show Time), dies at 73 |
1971 |
Joseph Marievsky, The Love of Zero |
1972 |
Kwame Nkrumah, president of Ghana, dies at 62 |
1972 |
Phil King, rock (Blue Oyster Cult), shot in head at 24 while gambling |
1972 |
Joseph J. Weston, Over My Dead Body |
1973 |
Jim Sims, cricketer (England leg-spinner in 4 Tests 1935-37), dies |
1973 |
Libbe de Wal, founder of Humanistic Covenant, dies at 72 |
1973 |
Carlos Menditeguy, Argentine racing driver (b. 1914) |
1974 |
Sriranjani, Gunasundari Katha |
1975 |
Nicholas Soussanin, actor (Last Command), dies at 86 |
1975 |
Phyllis Dare, Dr. Wake's Patient |
1975 |
Georgi Gumilevsky, Pirogov |
1976 |
Berndt Carlberg, Voi meitä! Anoppi tulee. |
1976 |
Carlos Villarías, Drácula |
1977 |
Stanley Adams, actor (Lillies of the Field, Thunder Alley), dies at 61 |
1977 |
Güner Sümer, Blood Money |
1978 |
Mohammed Daud, premier/president of Afghanistan, murdered |
1979 |
Sven Jerring, Det var en gång... |
1980 |
Mario Bava, A Bay of Blood |
1980 |
John Culshaw, All My Loving |
1980 |
Margaret Steppling, Goaded by Jealousy |
1981 |
Paul Petroff, Episode #1.13 |
1981 |
Kit Lambert, The Who at the London Coliseum 1969 |
1981 |
Denver Darling, A League of Their Own |
1982 |
Tom Tully, actor (Line-up, Shane), dies at 85 |
1982 |
George Dunn, Operation Petticoat |
1982 |
Tom Tully, The Caine Mutiny |
1983 |
Murray De Atley, The Beatniks |
1983 |
Gladys Tennyson, The Great Sea Scandal |
1984 |
Piet Kraak, Dutch soccer player, dies at 63 |
1984 |
Toma Dimitriu, Mitrea Cocor |
1984 |
Lorraine McAllister, Burns Chuckwagon from the Stampede Corral |
1984 |
Betty Chancellor, Spring Meeting |
1984 |
Richard Durham, The Greatest |
1985 |
Yôko Benisawa, Late Spring |
1986 |
Walter Gutman, The March on Paris 1914 |
1986 |
Evi Maltagliati, Catch-22 |
1987 |
Kenneth Keeling, Crucible of Terror |
1987 |
Ava Leighton, The Opening of Misty Beethoven |
1987 |
Attila Hörbiger, Das vierte Gebot |
1987 |
Václav Kankovský, O princezne Jasnence a létajícím sevci |
1987 |
Walther Kauer, Die schwarze Spinne |
1988 |
David Scarboro, British actor (b. 1968) |
1988 |
Olaf Wieghorst, El Dorado |
1988 |
Paul Wilkins, Today We Live |
1988 |
David Scarboro, Scorched Silk and Other Delights |
1989 |
Konosuke Matsushita, Japanese industrialist (b. 1894) |
1989 |
Howard Brookner, Bloodhounds of Broadway |
1989 |
Richard Beavers, Easter Parade |
1989 |
Andrzej Skupien, The Scar |
1990 |
E. Martin Browne, Murder in the Cathedral |
1990 |
Dick Masters, Heat in the Night |
1990 |
Bella Spewack, My Favorite Wife |
1990 |
Alyce Mills, My Lady's Lips |
1990 |
Inga Schultz, Tidens krav |
1991 |
Ken Curtis, actor (Lost, Freckles, California Gold Rush), dies at 74 |
1991 |
Marcus Heeresma, writer/poet (Anna, Son of a Whore), dies |
1991 |
Charles Brewer, Airport |
1991 |
Jack Ackerman, Faces |
1991 |
Menrad von Mulldorfer, Unknown World |
1992 |
Olivier Messiaen, French composer, dies at 83 |
1992 |
Nina Popova, Den za dnyom |
1992 |
Olivier Messiaen, Quartet for the End of Time |
1992 |
Gerard K. O'Neill, Spaceflight |
1993 |
Hans Sahl, German/US writer (Tie Exil im Exil), dies at 90 |
1993 |
Jo Dua, Maskerade |
1993 |
Hans Sahl, Four in a Jeep |
1993 |
Peter Hammer, The Big Blue Marble |
1993 |
Monique Morelli, Mandrin |
1993 |
Ronald Gow, Love on the Dole |
1994 |
Jerome Lejeune, physiologist, dies at 69 |
1994 |
John Preston, US writer (Gay House, Big Gay Book), dies at 48 |
1994 |
Lynne Frederick Unger, actress (Trail of Pink Panther), dies at 39 |
1994 |
Wayne Warga, Entertainment Tonight |
1994 |
Lynne Frederick, Nicholas and Alexandra |
1994 |
Fu Shen, New Story of an Old Soldier |
1995 |
Willem Frederik Hermans, Dutch writer (b. 1921) |
1995 |
Raphael Rabello, The Mandarin |
1995 |
Katherine DeMille, Charlie Chan at the Olympics |
1995 |
Jochen Thomas, Lieber guter Weihnachtsmann |
1995 |
Rosa Geinger, Vrijdag |
1995 |
Willem Frederik Hermans, The Dark Room of Damocles |
1996 |
Joan Sterndale Bennett, actress (Elizabeth-Dark Shadows), dies at 86 |
1996 |
William Egan Colby, cIA Director, dies at 76 |
1996 |
Teresa Belczynska, Walkover |
1996 |
Jan Gec, Dialogue |
1996 |
Richard Morris, Thoroughly Modern Millie |
1996 |
Adam Roarke, Hells Angels on Wheels |
1996 |
Michael Ebbin, Live and Let Die |
1996 |
Gilles Grangier, Archimède, le clochard |
1996 |
Joan Sterndale-Bennett, Brighton Rock |
1997 |
Paul Lambert, actor (Tom-Executive Suite), dies at 73 |
1997 |
Gabriel Figueroa, Kelly's Heroes |
1997 |
Lew Dietz, Andre |
1997 |
Wing, Deviled Hams |
1997 |
Arif Sami Toker, Saadet sarkisi |
1997 |
Piotr Skrzynecki, Örökség |
1997 |
Paul Lambert, Planet of the Apes |
1998 |
Carlos Castaneda, Peruvian-born writer (b. 1925) |
1998 |
John Bassett, Canadian publisher and media baron (b. 1915) |
1998 |
Dominique Aury, French novelist (b. 1907) |
1998 |
John McKelvey, The Tale of Ruby Rose |
1998 |
John Bassett, It Was Twilight |
1998 |
Carlos Castaneda, The Teachings of Don Juan |
1998 |
Lehel Szeberényi, Én vagyok Jeromos |
1998 |
Louis S. Peterson, Take a Giant Step |
1998 |
Godfrey Kenton, The Tempest |
1999 |
Al Hirt, American trumpeter (b. 1922) |
1999 |
Géraldine Paulette, House of Usher |
1999 |
Pavel Klushantsev, Planeta bur |
1999 |
Annelie Nyström, Fårö-dokument 1979 |
1999 |
Al Hirt, Kill Bill: Vol. 1 |
1999 |
Cyril Washbrook, The Final Test |
2000 |
Vicki Sue Robinson, American singer (b. 1954) |
2000 |
Vicki Sue Robinson, The Martian |
2000 |
Joachim Kemmer, An Ambiguous Report About the End of the World |
2001 |
Jack Murdock, Rain Man |
2001 |
Roman Silberstein, Nächtlicher Empfang |
2001 |
Milt Kleinberg, The Return of Bald Eagle |
2001 |
John Winton, We Joined the Navy |
2002 |
George Alec Effinger, American author (b. 1947) |
2002 |
Ruth Handler, American toy manufacturer (b. 1916) |
2002 |
Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza, Swiss industrialist and art collector (b. 1921) |
2002 |
Jakub Goldberg, Knife in the Water |
2002 |
Patsy Mitchell, The Beloved Brat |
2002 |
Hillous Butrum, Country Boy |
2002 |
Bill Cohee, Angels with Dirty Faces |
2002 |
George Alec Effinger, Circuit's Edge |
2002 |
Robert L. Joseph, The Hitch-Hiker |
2002 |
Ruth Handler, Barbie in the Nutcracker |
2003 |
Klaus Mertens, Der Bärenhäuter |
2003 |
Frank Oberschall, Zubrovnik's Ghost |
2003 |
William Brady, New Faces of 1937 |
2003 |
Elaine Anderson, Step Lively |
2003 |
Olivette Miller, Mo' Funny: Black Comedy in America |
2004 |
Jana Taylor, General Hospital |
2004 |
Alejandro Ulloa, Es peligroso asomarse al exterior |
2004 |
Sal Guida, Let's Scare Jessica to Death |
2004 |
Jack Lyons, Alex |
2005 |
John Marquand, The Wind and the Rain |
2005 |
Red Horner, Legends of Hockey |
2005 |
Aleksandar Djordjevic, The Written Off Return |
2005 |
Rudi Margreiter, Episode #1.3 |
2005 |
Charles A. Pratt, The Great Santini |
2005 |
Harue Tone, Gyûnyû-ya Frankie |
2005 |
Arne Myggen, Revykøbing kalder |
2006 |
Julia Thorne, ex-wife of John Kerry (b. 1944) |
2006 |
Natsuyo Kawakami, Hachi-ko |
2006 |
Jennifer Dawson, Home |
2006 |
Glicínia Quartin, A Caixa |
2006 |
Roger Grooms, Milk Money |
2006 |
Angela D'Ambrosia, Guilty Until Proven Innocent |
2006 |
Kay Noble, The Wrestling Queen |
2006 |
Don Happy, Pee-wee's Big Adventure |
2006 |
Mojmir Drvota, Distant Journey |
2006 |
Tom Hansen, The Dinah Shore Chevy Show |
2006 |
Abel Sáenz Buhr, Mi nombre es coraje |
2006 |
Bryan Izzard, Holiday on the Buses |
2007 |
Mstislav Rostropovich, Russian cellist and conductor (b. 1927) |
2007 |
Mstislav Rostropovich, Elegiya zhizni. Rostropovich. Vishnevskaya. |
2007 |
Al Ashton, Gladiator |
2007 |
Larry Vaira, Dawn of the Dead |
2007 |
Svatopluk Benes, Dobrý voják Svejk |
2007 |
Kirill Lavrov, Tchaikovsky |
2007 |
Yoshihiro Katô, Tampopo |
2008 |
Lawrence White, The Pinky Lee Show |
2008 |
Edmund Barham, Turandot |
2008 |
Sallie Wilson, The Nutcracker |
2008 |
Peter Mamakos, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter |
2008 |
Daniel Langlet, Coup de torchon |
2009 |
Frankie Manning, an American dancer, instructor, choreographer, and one of the founding fathers of Lindy Hop. (b. 1914) |
2009 |
Feroz Khan, Indian actor (b. 1939) |
2009 |
Woo Seung-yeon, South Korean actress and model (b. 1983) |
2009 |
Yves Furet, Belles vacances |
2009 |
Frankie Manning, Swing Invasion |
2009 |
Feroz Khan, Janasheen |
2009 |
Greg Page, Knockout Punch |
2009 |
Seung-yeon Woo, Private Eye |
2009 |
Frank Gansz, Follies, Crunches and Highlights |
2009 |
Vivian Cox, Kraft Mystery Theater |
2009 |
Ernie Barnes, Black Jesus |
2009 |
Paraluman, Anino ni Bathala |
2009 |
Gugge Hedrenius, The Stone Face |
2010 |
Peter Cheeseman, Fight for Shelton Bar |
2010 |
Allen Smith, Banana Holdup |
2010 |
Tanie Kitabayashi, My Neighbor Totoro |
2010 |
Jack Emrek, Tankers in Space |
2010 |
Ruth Nussbaum, They Live in Fear |
2010 |
Morris Pert, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories |
2011 |
Marian Mercer, American actress (b. 1935) |
2011 |
Mariya Ivanova, Look to the Sky |
2011 |
Marian Mercer, Nine to Five |
2011 |
Anita Välkki, Turandot |
2011 |
Jan Vreeken, Ninette de Valois (mag ik mijn grijze mapje terug) |
2011 |
David Wilkerson, The Cross and the Switchblade |
2011 |
Michael Waltman, Van Wilder |
2012 |
Bill Skowron, American MLB player, dies from lung cancer at 81 |
2012 |
David Weiss, Der Lauf der Dinge |
2012 |
Mara Gere, Recsk 1950-1953, egy titkos kényszermunkatábor története |
2012 |
Moose Skowron, Leo Durocher Meets Mister Ed |
2012 |
Ari Magder, Rugged Gold |
2013 |
J.L. Heldring, Episode dated 15 March 2003 |
2013 |
Vladimir Koval, The Adventures of Pinocchio |
2013 |
Frank Rogier, Hansel and Gretel |
2013 |
Kathleen Fleming, The Lego Movie |
2013 |
Bradley Jay Lesley, Little Big League |
2013 |
Aída Bortnik, The Official Story |
2013 |
Trudi Gerster, Geld oder Leben |
2013 |
Ludomir Motylski, Don Gabriel |
2013 |
Mimi Barthélémy, Episode dated 18 January 2010 |
2014 |
Gordon Wiles, Ginger in the Morning |
2014 |
Inisero Cremaschi, Episode #1.3 |
2014 |
Ryszard Gielniewski, Symmetry |
2014 |
Andréa Parisy, The Great Promenade |
2014 |
Vasco Graça Moura, Harmonia & Improviso |
2014 |
Micheline Dax, Astérix et Cléopâtre |
2015 |
Verne Gagne, AWA All-Star Wrestling |
2015 |
Hideo Inamura, Varan the Unbelievable |
2015 |
Gene Fullmer, Episode dated 21 January 1962 |
2015 |
Abraham Rotstein, Canada for Canadians |
2015 |
Simião Martiniano, O Herói Trancado |
2015 |
Suzanne Crough, What? and Get Out of Show Business? |
2015 |
Morris Freedman, Mama's Party |
2015 |
Marty Napoleon, The Glenn Miller Story |
2015 |
Andrew Lesnie, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring |
2015 |
Harvey Miller, Inside Job |
2016 |
Former 1st Lady Lucy Kibaki dies at a London Hospital, aged 77 |
2016 |
Former CEO of EMTV, John Taylor, Dies Aged 76 |
2016 |
Mordialloc icon Hazel Pierce dies, aged 93 |
2016 |
Veteran Chinese human rights campaigner Harry Wu dies, aged 79 |
2017 |
Silence Of The Lambs director Jonathan Demme dies aged 73 |
2017 |
Veteran Bollywood actor Vinod Khanna dies, aged 70 |
2018 |
Charles Neville, smiling saxophonist of the Neville Brothers, dies at 79 |
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