Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In April - 27
Saturday, 20 December 2025
1950 Adam Tadeusz Wieniawski, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history. 

1951 Philip Albert Myburgh Hands, cricketer (7 Tests for S Africa), dies on this day in history. 

1952 On April - 27 death of guido Castelnuovo, Italian mathematician (b. 1865) 

1957 Mario A Gianini, creator (maraschino cherry), dies on April - 27. 

1959 Gordon Armstrong, inventor (baby incubator), dies on this day in history. 

1961 Roy Del Ruth, director (About Face, Folies Bergere), dies at 67 on April - 27. 

1962 Death of A. K. Fazlul Huq, Bengali statesman (b. 1873) on this day in history. 

1964 Georg Britting, writer, dies at 73 on this day in history. 

1965 On April - 27 alan Bunce, actor (Albert-Ethel & Albert), dies at 61 

1969 On April - 27 dino Terranova, actor (Young Dillinger), dies at 65 

1970 Arthur Shields, actor (Your Show Time), dies at 73 on April - 27. 

1972 On April - 27 kwame Nkrumah, president of Ghana, dies at 62 

1973 Jim Sims, cricketer (England leg-spinner in 4 Tests 1935-37), dies on April - 27. 

1975 Nicholas Soussanin, actor (Last Command), dies at 86 on April - 27. 

1977 On April - 27 stanley Adams, actor (Lillies of the Field, Thunder Alley), dies at 61 

1978 On April - 27 death of mohammed Daud, premier/president of Afghanistan, murdered 

1982 Tom Tully, actor (Line-up, Shane), dies at 85 on this day in history. 

1984 Piet Kraak, Dutch soccer player, dies at 63 on this day in history. 

1988 Death of David Scarboro, British actor (b. 1968) on April - 27. 

1989 On this day in history death of konosuke Matsushita, Japanese industrialist (b. 1894) 

1991 On April - 27 ken Curtis, actor (Lost, Freckles, Calif Gold Rush), dies at 74 

1992 Olivier Messiaen, French composer, dies at 83 on April - 27. 

1993 On this day in history hans Sahl, German/US writer (Tie Exil im Exil), dies at 90 

1994 On this day in history jerome Lejeune, physiologist, dies at 69 

1995 On April - 27 death of willem Frederik Hermans, Dutch writer (b. 1921) 

1996 Joan Sterndale Bennett, actress (Elizabeth-Dark Shadows), dies at 86 on April - 27. 

1997 On April - 27 paul Lambert, actor (Tom-Executive Suite), dies at 73 

1998 Death of Carlos Castaneda, Peruvian-born writer (b. 1925) on this day in history. 

1999 On this day in history death of al Hirt, American trumpeter (b. 1922) 

2000 On April - 27 death of vicki Sue Robinson, American singer (b. 1954) 

2002 Death of George Alec Effinger, American author (b. 1947) on April - 27. 

2006 On this day in history death of julia Thorne, ex-wife of John Kerry (b. 1944) 

2007 Death of Mstislav Rostropovich, Russian cellist and conductor (b. 1927) on this day in history. 

2009 Death of Frankie Manning, an American dancer, instructor, choreographer, and one of the founding fathers of Lindy Hop. (b. 1914) on this day in history. 

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