Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In April - 27
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1950 Adam tadeusz wieniawski: Composer, 

1951 Philip albert myburgh hands: Cricketer (7 tests for s africa), 

1952 Guido castelnuovo: Italian mathematician (b. 1865) 

1957 Mario a gianini: Creator (maraschino cherry), 

1959 Gordon armstrong: Inventor (baby incubator), 

1961 Roy del ruth: Director (about face, folies bergere), 

1962 A. k. fazlul huq: Bengali statesman (b. 1873) 

1964 Georg britting: Writer, 

1965 Alan bunce: Actor (albert-ethel & albert), 

1969 Dino terranova: Actor (young dillinger), 

1970 Arthur shields: Actor (your show time), 

1972 Kwame nkrumah: President of ghana, 

1973 Jim sims: Cricketer (england leg-spinner in 4 tests 1935-37), 

1975 Nicholas soussanin: Actor (last command), 

1977 Stanley adams: Actor (lillies of the field, thunder alley), 

1978 Mohammed daud: Premier/president of afghanistan, murdered 

1982 Tom tully: Actor (line-up, shane), 

1984 Piet kraak: Dutch soccer player, 

1988 David scarboro: British actor (b. 1968) 

1989 Konosuke matsushita: Japanese industrialist (b. 1894) 

1991 Ken curtis: Actor (lost, freckles, calif gold rush), 

1992 Olivier messiaen: French composer, 

1993 Hans sahl: German/us writer (tie exil im exil), 

1994 Jerome lejeune: Physiologist, 

1995 Willem frederik hermans: Dutch writer (b. 1921) 

1996 Joan sterndale bennett: Actress (elizabeth-dark shadows), 

1997 Paul lambert: Actor (tom-executive suite), 

1998 Carlos castaneda: Peruvian-born writer (b. 1925) 

1999 Al hirt: American trumpeter (b. 1922) 

2000 Vicki sue robinson: American singer (b. 1954) 

2002 George alec effinger: American author (b. 1947) 

2006 Julia thorne: Ex-wife of john kerry (b. 1944) 

2007 Mstislav rostropovich: Russian cellist and conductor (b. 1927) 

2009 Frankie manning: An american dancer, instructor, choreographer, and one of the founding fathers of lindy hop. (b. 1914) 

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