Famous Deaths In April - 27

1950  On April - 27 adam Tadeusz Wieniawski, composer, dies at 70   

1951  On this day in history philip Albert Myburgh Hands, cricketer (7 Tests for S Africa), dies   

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

1957  On this day in history mario A Gianini, creator (maraschino cherry), dies   

1959  Gordon Armstrong, inventor (baby incubator), dies on April - 27.   

1961  On April - 27 roy Del Ruth, director (About Face, Folies Bergere), dies at 67   

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

1964  Georg Britting, writer, dies at 73 on April - 27.   

1965  On this day in history alan Bunce, actor (Albert-Ethel & Albert), dies at 61   

1969  Dino Terranova, actor (Young Dillinger), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1970  Arthur Shields, actor (Your Show Time), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1972  On this day in history kwame Nkrumah, president of Ghana, dies at 62   

1973  Jim Sims, cricketer (England leg-spinner in 4 Tests 1935-37), dies on this day in history.   

1975  Nicholas Soussanin, actor (Last Command), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1977  On this day in history stanley Adams, actor (Lillies of the Field, Thunder Alley), dies at 61   

1978  Death of Mohammed Daud, premier/president of Afghanistan, murdered on April - 27.   

1982  Tom Tully, actor (Line-up, Shane), dies at 85 on April - 27.   

1984  Piet Kraak, Dutch soccer player, dies at 63 on April - 27.   

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

1989  On April - 27 death of konosuke Matsushita, Japanese industrialist (b. 1894)   

1991  On this day in history ken Curtis, actor (Lost, Freckles, Calif Gold Rush), dies at 74   

1992  Olivier Messiaen, French composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

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

1994  Jerome Lejeune, physiologist, dies at 69 on April - 27.   

1995  Death of Willem Frederik Hermans, Dutch writer (b. 1921) on April - 27.   

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

1997  On this day in history paul Lambert, actor (Tom-Executive Suite), dies at 73   

1998  On this day in history death of carlos Castaneda, Peruvian-born writer (b. 1925)   

1999  Death of Al Hirt, American trumpeter (b. 1922) on April - 27.   

2000  On this day in history death of vicki Sue Robinson, American singer (b. 1954)   

2002  On April - 27 death of george Alec Effinger, American author (b. 1947)   

2006  Death of Julia Thorne, ex-wife of John Kerry (b. 1944) on this day in history.   

2007  Death of Mstislav Rostropovich, Russian cellist and conductor (b. 1927) on April - 27.   

2009  On April - 27 death of frankie Manning, an American dancer, instructor, choreographer, and one of the founding fathers of Lindy Hop. (b. 1914)   

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1410  John Van Lannoy, Flemish governor of Holland/Zealand/West Frisia was born on April - 27.   

1495  On this day in history birth of suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (d. 1566)   

1623  On April - 27 birth of johann Adam Reincken, composer   

1650  On this day in history birth of charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1714)   

1701  On this day in history birth of charles Emanuel I, King of Sardinia   

1707  John Burman, Dutch botanist/director botanical gardens was born on April - 27.   

1718  On this day in history birth of thomas Lewis, Irish-born Virginia settler (d. 1790)   

1724  Ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz, composer was born on this day in history.