Famous Deaths In April - 27

1950  On this day in history adam Tadeusz Wieniawski, composer, dies at 70   

1951  Philip Albert Myburgh Hands, cricketer (7 Tests for S Africa), dies on April - 27.   

1952  On this day in history 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  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 April - 27.   

1965  On April - 27 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  Kwame Nkrumah, president of Ghana, dies at 62 on April - 27.   

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

1975  On this day in history nicholas Soussanin, actor (Last Command), dies at 86   

1977  Stanley Adams, actor (Lillies of the Field, Thunder Alley), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

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  On April - 27 death of david Scarboro, British actor (b. 1968)   

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

1991  Ken Curtis, actor (Lost, Freckles, Calif Gold Rush), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1996  On April - 27 joan Sterndale Bennett, actress (Elizabeth-Dark Shadows), dies at 86   

1997  Paul Lambert, actor (Tom-Executive Suite), dies at 73 on April - 27.   

1998  Death of Carlos Castaneda, Peruvian-born writer (b. 1925) on April - 27.   

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

2000  Death of Vicki Sue Robinson, American singer (b. 1954) on April - 27.   

2002  Death of George Alec Effinger, American author (b. 1947) on this day in history.   

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 April - 27.   

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1410  On April - 27 birth of john Van Lannoy, Flemish governor of Holland/Zealand/West Frisia   

1495  Suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (d. 1566) was born on April - 27.   

1623  Johann Adam Reincken, composer was born on April - 27.   

1650  On April - 27 birth of charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1714)   

1701  Charles Emanuel I, King of Sardinia was born on April - 27.   

1707  John Burman, Dutch botanist/director botanical gardens was born on this day in history.   

1718  Thomas Lewis, Irish-born Virginia settler (d. 1790) was born on this day in history.   

1724  On April - 27 birth of ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz, composer