Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In October - 24
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1938 Ernst barlach: Writer, 

1940 Victor hollaender: Composer, 

1942 Arthur dolphin: Cricketer (1 test england 1921, 1 run, 1 catch), 

1943 Hector de saint-denys garneau: French canadian poet (b. 1912) 

1944 Lauri s a haarla: Finnish writer (juudas, sukeltaja), 

1945 Robert ley: German nazi, commits suicide 

1948 Franz lehar: Austrian/hungarian composer (wiener frauen), 

1949 Joaquin nin y castellanos: Composer, 

1952 Frederick jacobi: Composer, 

1953 Ernest irving: Composer, 

1957 Christian dior: French designer (new look), 

1958 Esther delterne: Flemish actress/revue-artists, 

1963 Beverly wills: Actress (beverly-i married joan), 

1966 Sofya yanovskaya: Russian mathematician (b. 1896) 

1967 Lyle latell: Actor (not of the earth, sky dragon), 

1969 Otto jochum: Composer, 

1970 Richard hofstadter: Us historian, 

1971 Carl ruggles: Us composer (evocations), 

1972 Jackie robinson: 1st black baseball player (bkln dodgers), 

1973 Jack iverson: Cricketer (5 tests 21 wickets s1024 15 23), 

1974 David oistrach: Russian violinist, 

1975 Ismail erez: Turkish ambassador, killed by car bomb in paris 

1976 Richard sturzenegger: Composer, 

1980 Leonid georiyevich ivanov: Russia, cosmonaut (soyuz 33), 

1981 Deborah baltzell: Actress (karen-i'm a big girl now), 

1982 James philbrook: Actor (islanders, investigators), 

1983 Jessica savitch: News anchor (nbc-tv), 

1984 Edith massey: Actress (polyester, pink flamingos), 

1985 Richie evans: American nascar driver (b. 1941) 

1987 Constantin alajalov: Russian artist, 

1991 Gene roddenberry: Creator (star trek), 

1992 Alexander v van de wall bake: Staff leader/gov kma breda, 

1993 Ben scholtens: Historian (gaama duumi), murdered at 39 

1994 Alexandr nikolaievich shelepin: Dir of kgb (1958-61), 

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