Famous Deaths In April - 21
Friday, 26 April 2024
1930 On this day in history christine [Elizabeth C] Poolman, Dutch actress (Mother), dies at 79
1938 On this day in history muhammad Iqbal, Brt E Indies lawyer/Pakistan national hero, dies at 65
1939 On this day in history herman Finck, composer, dies at 66
1945 On this day in history john Poston, British major/Montgomery's ADC, dies in battle at 25
1946 On this day in history robert Graham, cricketer (3 wkts for S Afr in 2 Tests 1898-99), dies
1948 On April - 21 carlos Lopez Buchardo, composer, dies at 66
1952 Leslie Banks, actor (Henry V, 21 Days, Eye Witness), dies at 61 on this day in history.
1956 Death of Charles MacArthur, American writer (b. 1895) on April - 21.
1961 James Melton, opera tenor (Ford Festival), dies at 57 on April - 21.
1962 Frederick Handley Page, designer of 1st big airplane (40 seats), dies on April - 21.
1965 On April - 21 edward V Appleton, English physicist (Nobel Prize 1947), dies at 72
1967 Andre L Danjon, French astronomer, dies at 77 on April - 21.
1968 Norman Demuth, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.
1971 On this day in history edmund Lowe, actor (Front Page Detective), dies at 81
1973 Ursula Jeans, actress (Cavalcade, Over the Moon), dies at 66 on April - 21.
1974 Death of Charles "Chic" Harley, American football player (b. 1895) on April - 21.
1975 Jack Allan Westrup, composer, dies at 70 on April - 21.
1977 On this day in history gummo [Milton] Marx, US comic (Marx Brothers), dies at 84
1978 On April - 21 sandy Denny, country singer, dies at 37
1980 Death of Aleksandr Oparin, Russian biochemist (b. 1894) on this day in history.
1981 On this day in history harry Lee, cricketer (scored 18 & 1 in only Test for England), dies
1982 On April - 21 joe Sawyer, actor (Biff O'Hara-Adventures of Rin Tin Tin), dies at 80
1985 Rudi Gernreich, US designer (miniskirt), dies at 62 on this day in history.
1986 Death of Salah Jaheen, Egyptian poet and cartoonist (b.1930) on April - 21.
1987 Edith S Green, (Rep-D-Ore), dies at 77 on this day in history.
1989 James Kirkwood, actor/writer (Devil's Holiday), dies at 64 on April - 21.
1990 Johnny Beagley, winner of two 1942 World Series games, dies on this day in history.
1991 On this day in history richard Bolling, (Rep-D-Missouri), dies at 74
1992 Death of Robert Harris, murderer, executed in Calif's gas chamber at 39 on this day in history.
1993 On this day in history hal Schumacher, baseball pitcher, dies at 82
1994 On April - 21 clement Merk, animal trainer, dies at 93
1995 On this day in history robert Elliott Storey Wyatt, cricketer, dies at 93
1996 A H Kardar, cricketer (3 Tests for India & 23 for Pak 1946-58), dies on this day in history.
1997 Andres Rodriguez, Paraguayan president (1989-93), dies on this day in history.
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