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Deaths on April 27

1950 : Adam Tadeusz Wieniawski, composer, dies at 70
1965 : Alan Bunce, actor (Albert-Ethel & Albert), dies at 61
1124 : Alexander I, king of Scotland (1107-24), dies
1915 : Alexander N Skriabin, Russ pianist/composer (Prometheus), dies at 43
1806 : Amalia Frstin Gallitzin, Prussian daughter of Golitsyn, dies at 57
1937 : Antonio Gramsci, Italian philosopher/marxist theorist, dies at 46
1970 : Arthur Shields, actor (Your Show Time), dies at 73
1969 : Dino Terranova, actor (Young Dillinger), dies at 65
1938 : Edmond Rubbens, Belgian minister to Colonies, dies at 44
1965 : Edward R Murrow, newscaster (Person to Person), dies at 57
1521 : Ferdinand Magellan, world traveler, killed by Filipino natives at 50
1936 : Frederik A Stoett, linguist (Dutch Proverbs), dies at 72
1964 : Georg Britting, writer, dies at 73
1656 : Gerard van Honthorst, painter, dies at 65
1959 : Gordon Armstrong, inventor (baby incubator), dies
1993 : Hans Sahl, German/US writer (Tie Exil im Exil), dies at 90
1932 : Harold "Heart" Crane, US poet (Bridge), commits suicide at 32
1872 : Ion Heliade-Radulescu, Romanian politician/author, dies at 70
1764 : Jaime de Casellas, composer, dies at 73
1758 : Jan Francisci, composer, dies at 66
1656 : Jan J van Goyen, Dutch landscape painter, dies at 60
1702 : Jean Bart, French capt/sea hero (Escape out of Plymouth), dies at 51
1994 : Jerome Lejeune, physiologist, dies at 69
1973 : Jim Sims, cricketer (England leg-spinner in 4 Tests 1935-37), dies
1996 : Joan Sterndale Bennett, actress (Elizabeth-Dark Shadows), dies at 86
1694 : Johan Georg IV, elector of Saxony (1691-94), dies at 25
1893 : John Murray Corse, US general (Union), dies on his 58th birthday
1994 : John Preston, US writer (Gay House, Big Gay Book), dies at 48
1902 : Julius Sterling Morton, who started Arbor Day, dies at 72
1936 : Karl Pearson, mathematician, dies
1950 : Karl Straube, German organist/conductor, dies
1991 : Ken Curtis, actor (Lost, Freckles, Calif Gold Rush), dies at 74
1972 : Kwame Nkrumah, president of Ghana, dies at 62
1605 : Leo XI, [Alessandro O de' Medici], Italian Pope (1605), dies at 69
1973 : Libbe de Wal, founder of Humanistic Covenant, dies at 72
1881 : Ludwig A Benedek, Austrian general, dies at 76
1994 : Lynne Frederick Unger, actress (Trail of Pink Panther), dies at 39
1991 : Marcus Heeresma, writer/poet (Anna, Son of a Whore), dies
1957 : Mario A Gianini, creator (maraschino cherry), dies
1978 : Mohammed Daud, premier/president of Afghanistan, murdered
1975 : Nicholas Soussanin, actor (Last Command), dies at 86
1992 : Olivier Messiaen, French composer, dies at 83
1997 : Paul Lambert, actor (Tom-Executive Suite), dies at 73
1972 : Phil King, rock (Blue Oyster Cult), shot in head at 24 while gambling
1951 : Philip Albert Myburgh Hands, cricketer (7 Tests for S Africa), dies
1404 : Philip, the Stout, Duke of Burgundy, dies at 62
1984 : Piet Kraak, Dutch soccer player, dies at 63
1882 : Ralph Waldo Emerson, US poet (Representive Men), dies
1901 : Richard Redhead, composer, dies at 81
1961 : Roy Del Ruth, director (About Face, Folies Bergere), dies at 67
1871 : Sigismond Fortune Fran‡ois Thalberg, composer, dies at 59
1695 : Sor Juana In‚s de la Cruz, [Asbaje], Mexican poetress/nun, dies at 44
1977 : Stanley Adams, actor (Lillies of the Field, Thunder Alley), dies at 61
1682 : Theodorus III, czar of Russia (1676-82), dies
1982 : Tom Tully, actor (Line-up, Shane), dies at 85
1076 : Willem, bishop of Utrecht (1054-76), murderer of earl Floris I, dies
1996 : William Egan Colby, cIA Director, dies at 76
1794 : William Jones, British Orientalist/jurist, dies at 47
1813 : Zebulon M Pike, US explorer (Pike's Peak), dies in battle at 34

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