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History Deaths on April 26

By  Sheine Lou Sta Rosa  26 Apr   86 Views

History Deaths on April 26

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James Larkin White, American miner, explorer, and park ranger (b. 1882)

#James_Larkin_White

In 1946

Jayne Meadows, American actress (b. 1919)

#Jayne_Meadows

In 2015

Edward Arnold, American actor (b. 1890)

#Edward_Arnold_(actor)

In 1956

Jean Fernel, French physician (b. 1497)

#Jean_Fernel

In 1558

Carmine Coppola, American composer and conductor (b. 1910)

#Carmine_Coppola

In 1991

Armstrong Sperry, American author and illustrator (b. 1897)

#Armstrong_Sperry

In 1976

Count Basie, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1904)

#Count_Basie

In 1984

Jacqueline Brookes, American actress and educator (b. 1930)

#Jacqueline_Brookes

In 2013

Hans Holzer, Austrian-American paranormal investigator and author (b. 1920)

#Hans_Holzer

In 2009

Mason Adams, American actor (b. 1919)

#Mason_Adams

In 2005

Lucille Ball, American model, actress, comedian, and producer (b. 1911)

#Lucille_Ball

In 1989

Muawiyah I, Umayyad caliph (b. 602)

#Muawiyah_I

In 680

Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (b. 1127)

#Emperor_Go-Shirakawa

In 1192

Irene Ryan, American actress and philanthropist (b. 1902)

#Irene_Ryan

In 1973

Morihei Ueshiba, Japanese martial artist, founded aikido (b. 1883)

#Morihei_Ueshiba

In 1969

Jim Davis, American actor (b. 1909)

#Jim_Davis_(actor)

In 1981

Violette Morris, French footballer, shot putter, and discus thrower (b. 1893)

#Violette_Morris

In 1944

Harry Wu, Chinese human rights activist (b. 1937)

#Harry_Wu

In 2016

Erik Bergman, Swedish minister and author (b. 1886)

#Erik_Bergman_(Lutheran_minister)

In 1970

Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian-French author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1832)

#Bjørnstjerne_Bjørnson

In 1910

John Somers, 1st Baron Somers, English jurist and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1651)

#John_Somers,_1st_Baron_Somers

In 1716

Broderick Crawford, American actor (b. 1911)

#Broderick_Crawford

In 1986

Gypsy Rose Lee, American actress, striptease dancer, and writer (b. 1911)

#Gypsy_Rose_Lee

In 1970

Cicely Courtneidge, Australian-born British actress, comedian and singer (b. 1893)

#Cicely_Courtneidge

In 1980

Augusto Roa Bastos, Paraguayan journalist, author, and academic (b. 1917)

#Augusto_Roa_Bastos

In 2005

Masutatsu ?yama, Japanese martial artist, founded Kyokushin kaikan (b. 1923)

#Mas_Oyama

In 1994

Sidney Franklin, American bullfighter (b. 1903)

#Sidney_Franklin_(bullfighter)

In 1976

Jeong Mong-ju, Korean civil minister, diplomat and scholar (b. 1338)

#Jeong_Mong-ju

In 1392

Maria Schell, Austrian-Swiss actress (b. 1926)

#Maria_Schell

In 2005

Eric Stenbock, Estonian-English author and poet (b. 1860)

#Eric_Stenbock

In 1895

Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie, Swedish statesman and military man (b. 1622)

#Magnus_Gabriel_De_la_Gardie

In 1686

Pavlo Skoropadskyi, German-Ukrainian general and politician, Hetman of Ukraine (b. 1871)

#Pavlo_Skoropadskyi

In 1945

Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei (b. 467)

#Emperor_Xiaowen_of_Northern_Wei

In 499

George Murray Hulbert, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1881)

#George_Murray_Hulbert

In 1950

John Bunny, American actor (b. 1863)

#John_Bunny

In 1915

Marcel Pronovost, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1930)

#Marcel_Pronovost

In 2015

Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen, German general (b. 1815)

#Ludwig_Freiherr_von_und_zu_der_Tann-Rathsamhausen

In 1881

William Lockwood, English cricketer (b. 1868)

#Bill_Lockwood_(cricketer)

In 1932

John Heartfield, German illustrator and photographer (b. 1891)

#John_Heartfield

In 1968

George Jones, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1931)

#George_Jones

In 2013

Robert Campin, Flemish painter (b. 1378)

#Robert_Campin

In 1444

Petr Ivanovich Panin, Russian general (b. 1721)

#Petr_Ivanovich_Panin

In 1789

Arnold Sommerfeld, German physicist and academic (b. 1868)

#Arnold_Sommerfeld

In 1951

Leo Arnaud, French-American composer and conductor (b. 1904)

#Leo_Arnaud

In 1991

E. J. Pratt, Canadian poet and author (b. 1882)

#E._J._Pratt

In 1964

Jack Valenti, American businessman, created the MPAA film rating system (b. 1921)

#Jack_Valenti

In 2007

Jonathan Demme, American filmmaker, producer and screenwriter (b. 1944)

#Jonathan_Demme

In 2017

Dechko Uzunov, Bulgarian painter (b. 1899)

#Dechko_Uzunov

In 1986

Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician and theorist (b. 1887)

#Srinivasa_Ramanujan

In 1920

Carl Bosch, German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)

#Carl_Bosch

In 1940

Bessie Love, American actress (b. 1898)

#Bessie_Love

In 1986

John Wilkes Booth, American actor, assassin of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1838)

#John_Wilkes_Booth

In 1865

Nano Nagle, Irish nun and educator, founded the Presentation Sisters (b. 1718)

#Nano_Nagle

In 1784

Giuliano de' Medici, Italian ruler (b. 1453)

#Giuliano_de'_Medici

In 1478

Gerald Guralnik, American physicist and academic (b. 1936)

#Gerald_Guralnik

In 2014

Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese sh?gun (b. 1465)

#Ashikaga_Yoshihisa

In 1489

Paul Robeson, Jr., American historian and author (b. 1927)

In 2014

Terence Spinks, English boxer and trainer (b. 1938)

In 2012

Phoebe Snow, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1950)

In 2011

Urs Felber, Swiss engineer and businessman (b. 1942)

In 2010

Mariam A. Aleem, Egyptian graphic designer and academic (b. 1930)

In 2010

Elisabeth Domitien, Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (b. 1925)

In 2005

Hubert Selby, Jr., American author, poet, and screenwriter (b. 1928)

In 2004

Edward Max Nicholson, Irish environmentalist, co-founded the World Wide Fund for Nature (b. 1904)

In 2003

Yun Hyon-seok, South Korean poet and author (b. 1984)

In 2003

Rosemary Brown, Jamaican-Canadian academic and politician (b. 1930)

In 2003

Jill Dando, English journalist and television personality (b. 1961)

In 1999

Adrian Borland, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1957)

In 1999

Stirling Silliphant, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1918)

In 1996

Richard Hatfield, Canadian lawyer and politician, 26th Premier of New Brunswick (b. 1931)

In 1991

A. B. Guthrie, Jr., American novelist and historian, (b. 1901)

In 1991

John Silkin, English lawyer and politician, Shadow Leader of the House of Commons (b. 1923)

In 1987

Shankar, Indian composer and conductor (b. 1922)

In 1987

Sid James, South African-English actor (b. 1913)

In 1976

Gichin Funakoshi, Japanese martial artist, founded Shotokan (b. 1868)

In 1957

Sigmund Rascher, German physician (b. 1909)

In 1945

Arturs Alberings, Latvian politician, former Prime Minister of Latvia (b. 1876)

In 1934

Simon Islip, Archbishop of Canterbury

In 1366

Adalbero I, bishop of Metz

In 962

Chen Jingxuan, general of the Tang Dynasty

In 893

Pope Stephen II (b. 715)

In 757

Richarius, Frankish monk and saint (b. 560)

In 645

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