Deaths April 27 | History by KabAstro

Ferdinand Magellan (1480-1521)

Portuguese explorer, killed while on voyage to circumnavigate the world, by Filipino natives at 41

1599 Maeda Toshiie, Japanese general, dies at 61
1605 Leo XI [Alessandro Ottaviano de' Medici], Italian Pope in 1605 who had the shortest reign as pope in history, dies at 69
1613 Robert Abercromby, Scottish Jesuit missionary, dies at 77
1625 Mori Terumoto, Japanese warrior, dies at 72
1656 Gerard van Honthorst, Dutch painter, dies at 65
1656 Jan van Goyen, Dutch landscape painter, dies at 60
1694 John George IV, Elector of Saxony (1691-94), dies of smallpox at 25

John Trenchard (1649-1695)

English radical Whig politician and statesman, dies at 46

1695 Juana Inés de la Cruz, Mexican philosopher, poet (“Primero Sueño"), and nun, dies at 44
1702 Jean Bart, French naval captain, privateer, and sea hero (Escape from Plymouth), dies at 51
1758 Jan Francisci, Slovak composer, dies at 66
1764 Jaime de Casellas, Spanish composer, dies at 73
1782 William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, British politician, dies at 72
1794 William Jones, British orientalist & jurist, dies at 47
1813 Zebulon Pike, American brigadier general and explorer (Pike's Peak), dies in battle at 34
1871 Sigismond Fortune Francois Thalberg, Austrian composer, dies at 59
1872 Ion Heliade-Radulescu, Romanian politician and author, dies at 70
1873 William Charles Macready, British actor, manager, and diarist, dies at 80
1876 George Aiken, American playwright and actor famous for writing the most popular stage adaptation of "Uncle Tom's Cabin", dies at 45
1881 Ludwig von Benedek, Austrian general, dies at 76

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

American essayist and philosopher (Concord Hymn), dies of pneumonia at 78

1886 Henry Hobson Richardson, American Romanesque revival architect (Thomas Crane Public Library), dies of Bright's disease at 47

John Ballance (1839-1893)

14th Prime Minister of New Zealand & the founder of the Liberal Party, dies of intestinal disease after a major surgical operation at 54

1893 John Murray Corse, American politician and Brevet Major General (Union Army), dies on his 58th birthday
1896 Henry Parkes, Australian politician (longest non-consecutive Premier of the Colony of New South Wales), dies at 80
1901 Richard Redhead, English organist, and composer of sacred music, dies at 81
1902 Julius Sterling Morton, American politician (3rd U.S. Secretary of Agriculture) and founder of Arbor Day, dies at 70
1915 Alexander Scriabin, Russian pianist and composer (Prometheus), dies at 43
1915 John Labatt, Canadian brewer and businessman (Labatt Brewing Company), dies at 76
1927 Albert J. Beveridge, American politician and historian (Progressive leader, Senator Indiana 1899-1911), dies at 64
1932 Hart Crane, American poet (The Bridge), commits suicide at 32 by jumping overboard into the Gulf of Mexico
1936 Frederik August Stoett, Dutch linguist (Dutch Proverbs), dies at 72
1936 Karl Pearson, British statistician (leading founder of the modern field of statistics), dies at 79

Antonio Gramsci (1891-1937)

Italian philosopher and Marxist theorist, dies at 46

1938 Edmond Rubbens, Belgian minister to Colonies, dies at 44
1941 Penelope Delta, Greek author, dies at 67
1950 Adam Tadeusz Wieniawski, Polish composer (Lalita), and pedagogue, dies at 70
1950 Hobart Cavanaugh, American actor (Border Town, Black Angel), dies at 63
1950 Karl Straube, German organist and conductor, dies at 77
1951 Philip Hands, South African cricket batsman (7 Tests, 2 x 50, HS 83; Western Province), dies at 61
1952 Guido Castelnuovo, Italian mathematician, dies at 86
1954 Torsten Ralf, Swedish operatic tenor (Daphne - "Apollo"), dies at 53
1959 Gordon Armstrong, American inventor of the baby incubator, dies at 69
1961 Roy Del Ruth, American filmmaker (About Face, Folies Bergere), dies at 67
1962 A. K. Fazlul Huq, Bengali statesman, dies at 88
1964 Georg Britting, German poet, dies at 73
1965 Alan Bunce, American radio and television actor (Homicidal, Ethel & Albert), dies at 64

Edward R. Murrow (1908-1965)

American broadcast journalist, war correspondent, and television host ("See it Now"; "Person to Person"), dies of lung cancer at 57

1969 Dino Terranova, American actor (Young Dillinger), dies at 65
1969 René Barrientos, President of Bolivia, dies at 49
1970 Arthur Shields, Irish actor ("The River"; "Enchanted Island"), dies at 74

Kwame Nkrumah (1909-1972)

1st Prime Minister of Ghana (1957-60) and 1st President of Ghana (1960-66), dies of prostate cancer at 62 [1]

1973 Carlos Menditeguy, Argentine auto racer (11 x F1 GP) and horse trainer, polo player, dies from diabetes and Parkinson's disease at 57
1973 Jim Sims, English cricket spin bowler (4 Tests, 11 wickets; Middlesex), dies at 69
1975 Nicholas Soussanin, Russian-American actor (Last Command, Captain Fury), dies at 86
1977 Joe Garland, American big band jazz saxophonist, arranger, and composer (In the Mood; Serenade To A Savage), dies at 73
1977 Stanley Adams, American character actor (Star Trek - "Cyrano Jones"; Breakfast at Tiffany's; Lilies of the Field), commits suicide at 62
1978 John Doeg, American tennis player (US Nat C'ship 1930), dies at 69
1978 Mohammed Daoud Khan, Afghan politician, murdered at 68
1979 Alfred Kantorowicz, German-Jewish historian and journalist (Spanish Diary), dies at 79
1982 Tom Tully, American radio, stage, and screen actor (The Caine Mutiny; Shane), dies at 73
1988 David Scarboro, British actor, dies at 20
1989 Kōnosuke Matsushita, Japanese industrialist (founded Panasonic), dies at 94
1990 Bella Spewack, Hungarian-American playwright (Kiss Me Kate), dies at 91
1991 Marcus Heeresma, Dutch author (Anna, Son of a Whore), dies at 55
1992 Olivier Messiaen, French composer (L'Ame en Bourgeon; St Francois d'Assise), dies at 83
1992 Sol K. Bright, Hawaiian steel-guitar player, singer (Hollywaiians), and songwriter ("Hawaiian Cowboy"), dies at 72
1993 Hans Sahl, German-American anti-Nazi Jewish writer (Tie Exil im Exil), dies at 90
1994 John Preston, American writer (Gay House, Big Gay Book), dies at 48
1994 Lynne Frederick, English actress (Trail of Pink Panther), dies at 39
1995 Willem Frederik Hermans, Dutch writer (Mandarins on Sulfuric Acid; The Darkroom of Damocles), dies at 73
1996 Joan Sterndale-Bennett, British actress (Brighton Rock, Those Fantastic Flying Fools), dies at 82
1996 William Colby, American C.I.A. director (1973-76), dies at 76
1997 Paul Lambert, American character actor (Executive Suite, Spartacus), dies at 74
1998 Carlos Castaneda, Peruvian-born American writer and mystic, dies at 72
1998 Dominique Aury, French novelist, dies at 90
1998 Godfrey Kenton, English actor (The Tempest, Well's Theater), dies at 96
1998 John Bassett, Canadian publisher & media baron, dies at 47
1999 Al Hirt, American jazz trumpeter (Greatest Horn in the World), dies of liver failure at 76
1999 Cyril Washbrook, English cricket batsman (37 Tests, 6 x 100, HS 195; Lancashire CCC), dies at 84
2000 Vicki Sue Robinson, American stage and screen actress, and pop singer ("Turn the Beat Around"), dies of cancer at 45
2002 George Alec Effinger, American author, dies at 55
2002 Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza, Dutch-Swiss industrialist, dies at 81
2002 Ruth Handler, American toy manufacturer (invented the Barbie doll), dies of cancer at 85
2003 Piet Roozenburg, Dutch World champion checker player (1948, 51, 52, 55), dies at 78
2005 Red Horner, Canadian Hockey HOF defenceman (Stanley Cup 1932 Toronto Maple Leafs), dies at 95
2005 Stanley Orme, British Labour Party politician, dies at 82
2006 Julia Thorne, American writer and ex-wife of John Kerry, dies at 61

Mstislav Rostropovich (1927-2007)

Russian cellist and conductor, dies at 80

2009 Feroz Khan, Indian actor, producer and director (known as Clint Eastwood of Bollywood), dies at 69
2009 Frankie Manning, American dancer, instructor, choreographer, and one of the founding fathers of Lindy Hop, dies at 94
2009 Woo Seung-yeon, South Korean actress and model, dies at 25
2010 Morris Pert, Scottish session jazz-rock drummer, percussionist, pianist, and contemporary classical composer (Ankh; Auroura), dies at 62
2011 Marian Mercer, American actress and singer (Dean Martin Show), dies at 75
2012 Bill "Moose" Skowron, American baseball first baseman (8 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1956, 58, 61, 62 NY Yankees, 1963 LA Dodgers), dies from lung cancer at 81
2012 Jan Bark, Swedish jazz, classical, and avant agrde trombonist and composer, dies at 78
2015 Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen, Danish-born American physiologist who was the first female president of the American Physiological Society, dies at 96
2015 Gene Fullmer, American boxer (World Middleweight title 1957; NBA [WBA] World Middleweight title 1959-62), dies at 83
2015 Rolf Smedvig, American classical trumpet player (Boston Symphony, 1971-81; Empire Brass, 1972-2015), and educator (Boston University), dies of a heart attack at 62
2015 Suzanne Crough, American child actress (The Partridge Family), dies at 52
2017 Julius Youngner, American virologist, helped develop Salk polio vaccine, dies at 96
2017 Vinod Khanna, Indian Bollywood actor (Mera Gaon Mera Desh), dies at 70
2018 Paul Junger Witt, American TV and film producer (Brian's Song; Soap; The Golden Girls; Dead Poets Society), dies of cancer at 77
2020 Lynn Harrell, American classical cellist, educator, and Grammy Award-winner, dies of a stroke at 76
2020 Marty Smith, American motocross racer (AMA 125cc 1974, 75; AMA 500cc 1977), dies in a dune buggy accident at 63
2020 Robert Herbin, French soccer defender (23 caps; Saint-Étienne) and manager (Saint-Étienne, Lyon, Strasbourg), dies at 81
2022 Judy Henske, American folk singer (High Flying Bird), dies at 85
2023 (Charles William) "Wee Willie" Harris, English singer known as "Britain's wild man of rock 'n' roll", dies at 90 [1]
2023 Dick Groat, American baseball shortstop (NL MVP & NL batting champion 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates; 8 x MLB All-Star; St. Louis Cardinals) and College Basketball HOF guard (Duke Uni; Fort Wayne Pistons), dies at 92

Jerry Springer (1944-2023)

German-American politician (Mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1977), and television tabloid talk show host (Jerry Springer, 1991-2018), dies of pancreatic cancer at 79