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Deaths on April 26

1986 : [William] Broderick Crawford, actor (Highway Patrol), dies at 74
1965 : Aaron Avshalomov, composer, dies at 70
1992 : Alberta Vaughn, actress (Wild Horse, Silver Devil), dies at 87
1995 : Alexander Knox, actor/writer (Gorky Park, Accident), dies at 88
1196 : Alfonso II, King of Aragon (1162-96), dies
1976 : Allan Jackson, newscaster (Youth Takes a Stand), dies at 60
1827 : Bernardo Ottani, composer, dies at 90
1986 : Bessie Love, actress (Broadway Melody, Isadora), dies at 87
1932 : Bill Lockwood, cricketer (43 wickets in 12 Tests for England), dies
1910 : Bjírnstjerne Bjírnson, Norwegian writer (Mary, Nobel 1903), dies at 77
1983 : Bronislaw Kaper, composer, dies at 81
1996 : Burton Stein, historian, dies at 69
1940 : Carl Bosch, German chemist (BASF, IG Farben, Nobel 1931), dies at 65
1990 : Carlos Pizarro Leongomez, Colombian pres candidate, assassinated
1991 : Carmine Coppola, composer/father of Francis Ford Coppola, dies
1982 : Celia Johnson, British actress (Jean Brodie), dies of stroke at 73
1865 : Charles J Sax, Belgian inventor (saxophone), dies at 74
1952 : Charles L Baars, Dutch actor (Women Tamers), dies at 59
1648 : Christoph Thomas Walliser, composer, dies at 79
1980 : Cicely Courtneidge, actress (Double Exposure), dies at 87
1992 : Clyde Hartley, entertainer, dies at 68
1731 : Daniel Defoe, English author (Robinson Crusoe), dies at about 70
1938 : Edmund Husserl, German philosopher (study of phenomenon), dies at 79
1956 : Edward Arnold, actor (Mr Smith Goes to Washington), dies at 66
1964 : Edwin John Pratt, Canadian poet (Towards the Last Spike), dies at 81
1991 : Emily McLaughlin, US actress (Jessie-General Hospital), dies at 61
1961 : Gail Russell, actress (Calcutta, Moonrise, El Paso), dies at 36
1703 : Georg Christoph Leuttner, composer, dies at 58
1478 : Giuliano de' Medici, Medeheerser of Florence, murdered at about 24
1970 : Gypsy Rose Lee, stripper/actress (Pruitts of S Hampton), dies at 56
1922 : Hans Sommer, composer, dies at 84
1984 : Henry Rowland, actor (Rogue's Regiment), dies at 70
1946 : Hermann Keyserling, count/philosopher (Unsterblichkeit), dies at 65
1973 : Irene Ryan, actress (Granny-Beverly Hillbillies), dies at 69
1805 : Jean BG d'ansse the Villoison, classic (Anecdota Graeca), dies at 55
1941 : Jean Demoor, Belgian physician/physiologist/educationalist, dies at 74
1558 : Jean Fran‡ois Fernel, French physician, dies
1726 : Jeremy Collier, Engl bishop/historian/opponent to theater, dies at 75
1981 : Jim Davis, actor (Jack Ewing-Dallas), dies at 65
1958 : Joe Small, cricketer (WI all-rounder in 1928 series), dies
1997 : Joey Faye, comic (Fruit of the Loom grapes), dies at 86
1958 : Johan N C "Joan" Collette, painter, dies at 68
1951 : John Alden Carpenter, US composer (Sea Drift), dies at 75
1970 : John Knittel, writer, dies at 79
1996 : John Norrie McArthur, malariologist/microscopist, dies at 94
1865 : John Wilkes Booth, assassin, is shot dead near Bowling Green VA at 27
1924 : Josef Labor, composer, dies at 82
1785 : Karl Siegmund von Seckendorff, composer, dies at 40
1989 : Lucille Ball, comedienne (I Love Lucy), dies of heart attack at 78
1981 : Madge Evans, TV panelist (Masquerade Party), dies at 71
1972 : Margaret A R Bonds, US pianist/composer/arranger, dies at 59
1984 : May McAvoy, actress (Ben Hur), dies at 82 after a heart attack
1976 : Neil McCallum, actor (Pete-Saber of London), dies at 45
1970 : Paul Celan, writer, dies at 49 [or May 5]
1997 : Peng Zhen, mayor of Beijing China (1951-66), dies
1789 : Peter I Panin, Russian general (Pugatshov-uprising), dies at about 67
1964 : Pieter van der Lijn, Dutch geologist (Boulder Book), dies at 93
1907 : Pietro Plantania, composer, dies at 79
1444 : Robert Campin, South Neth painter/porter of Doornik, dies at about 65
1981 : Robert Davi, dies at 54
1976 : Sidney James, actor (Lavander Hill Mob, Carry On), dies at 65
1920 : Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian math genius (ã/Notebooks), dies at 32
1996 : Stirling Silliphant, screenwriter, dies at 78
1983 : Vaughn Taylor, actor (Johnny Jupiter), dies at 72
1982 : Ville Ritola, Finnish 5/10km runner (Olympic-gold-1924, 28), dies
1960 : Wander J de Haas, Dut physicist (Einstein-De Haas effect), dies at 82
1984 : William "Count" Basie, jazz piano great, dies on 80th birthday
1997 : Yegorov, Russian leader (1994-95), dies

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