Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 28
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1922 Louis pmfg of orleans: Earl of eu/brazil, 

1930 Alvar gullstrand: Swedish optician (nobel 1911), 

1933 Helen dunbar: American actress (b. 1863) 

1943 Boris iii: Of saksen-coburg, king of bulgaria (1918-43), 

1944 Ernst thalmann: German communist, 

1947 Manolete: Spanish bullfighter (b. 1917) 

1951 Robert walker: Actor/writer (bataan, madame curie), 

1955 Emmett till: Kidnapped & lynched at 14, in money mississippi 

1958 Nikolay semyonovich golovanov: Composer, 

1959 Bohuslav jan martinu: Czech composer (hry o marti), 

1960 Anton lajovic: Composer, 

1961 Thomas connolly: 1st baseball umpire elected to hall of fame, 

1964 Gracie allen: Mrs george burns/comedian (burns & allen), 

1965 Giulio racah: Israeli physicist (b. 1909) 

1967 Charles darrow: Us inventor of monopoly, 

1968 John gordon mein: Us ambassador in guatemala, 

1969 Clarence r hennecke: Actor (keystone kops), 

1971 Nathan leopold: Us kidnapper/murderer of bobby franks (1924), 

1972 William haf: Engl prince/grandson of george v, 

1975 Fritz wotruba: Austrian sculptor (b. 1907) 

1978 Bruce catton: Us historian/writer (civil war), 

1979 Simonow: Writer, 

1981 Béla guttman: Hungarian footballer (b. 1900) 

1982 G w a chubb: Cricketer (5 tests for south africa, 21 wickets), 

1983 Jan clayton: Actress (ellen miller-lassie), 

1985 Ruth gordon: Actress (big bus), 

1987 John huston: Us/irish actor/director (maltese falcon), 

1988 Hazel dawn: Us singer/actress (under clover, margie), 

1990 Willy vandersteen: Flemish cartoonist (suske & wiske), 

1991 Christian anders: Actor/composer (death stone, love cult), 

1993 René ray: English countess/actress (farewell again), 

1994 David wright: Poet, 

1995 Agnes patrick: Campaigner, 

1996 Lynda carr: Educationist, 

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