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April 24, 2004 Estee Lauder, entrepreneur, dies at 97 April 24, 2002 Barbara Grizzuti Harrison, American Writer April 24, 2001 Al Hibbler, singer, Unchained Melody, dies at 85 April 24, 1999 Arthur Boyd, Australian Artist April 24, 1997 Pat Paulsen, comedian (Smothers Brothers Show), dies at 69 April 24, 1996 Donald Cammell, film director, dies at 62 April 24, 1996 Erma Bombeck, columnist (Septic Tank is Always Greener), dies April 24, 1996 Preston Lockwood, actor (House of Windsor, Black Candle), dies at 83 April 24, 1995 Douglas Gunsekera, banker, dies at 77 April 24, 1993 Oliver R Tambo, chairman (African National Congress), dies at 75 April 24, 1991 J de Graaf, ethicus/president church and peace, dies April 24, 1990 Joseph Leberman, entertainer, dies April 24, 1990 Tom Rolfing, actor (He Knows You're Alone, Cliff-Another World), dies April 24, 1986 Bessie Wallis Warfield Simpson, (Edward abdicated for her), dies at 89 April 24, 1985 Sergei Yutkevich, Russian director, (Otello, Banya), dies at 80 April 24, 1980 Alentejo Carpentier, Cuban/Fren writer (Guerra del Tiempo), dies at 75 April 24, 1980 Alejo Carpentier, Cuban Novelist April 24, 1979 John Carroll, actor (Hired Wife, Fiesta, Geraldine), dies at 72 April 24, 1976 Mark Tobey, U.S. abstract painter, (Broadway Norm), dies at 85 April 24, 1975 William Hartnell, actor (Jackpot, This Sporting Life), dies at 67 April 24, 1974 Bud Abbott, comedian (Abbott and Costello), dies at 78 April 24, 1968 Norman McKaye, actor (Untamed Fury, Frogman), dies at 62 April 24, 1968 Tommy Noonan, actor (Gentlemen Perfer Blondes), dies at 45 April 24, 1967 Frank Overton, actor (12 O'Clock High), dies at 48 April 24, 1967 Vladimir M Komarov, cosmonaut (Voshkod I), dies in Soyuz 1 at 40 April 24, 1966 Louis A. Johnson, American Public Servant April 24, 1965 Louise Dresser, actress (State Fair, Ship Comes In, Mammy), dies at 86 April 24, 1961 Lee Moran, actor (Circus Clown), dies of heart ailment at 72 April 24, 1960 John P "John" Musch, actor/founder (JM), dies at 84 April 24, 1959 Jef van Hoof, composer, dies at 72 April 24, 1957 Andries CD de Graeff, Governor-General of Netherlands Indies (1926-31), dies at 84 April 24, 1956 Albrecht G Alt, German theologist (Small Schriften), dies at 72 April 24, 1956 Henry Stephenson, actor (Conquest, Mr. Lucky), dies at 85 April 24, 1955 Alfred Polgar, Austrian writer/theater critic, dies at 79 April 24, 1952 Hans [Hendrik A] Kramers, physicist (quantum mechanics), dies at 57 April 24, 1952 Jules Poncelet, Belgian minister of State, dies at 82 April 24, 1948 Joseph Wihtol, composer, dies at 84 April 24, 1948 Manuel Marua Ponce, Mexican composer (Ferial), dies at 65 April 24, 1948 Rosita Marstini, actress (I Cover Waterfront, Big Parade), dies at 54 April 24, 1947 Willa Cather, American Author April 24, 1945 Anton de Kom, Suriname resistance fighter, dies at 47 April 24, 1945 Hubert Bath, composer, dies at 61 April 24, 1943 Gerardus H de Hare, socialist vicar, dies at 63 April 24, 1941 Karin Boye, Swedish Poet April 24, 1939 John Foulds, composer, dies at 58 April 24, 1936 Alphons Diepenbrock, composer, dies at 73 April 24, 1936 Bernard van Dieren, composer, dies at 51 April 24, 1935 Paul Klengel, composer, dies at 80 April 24, 1933 Felix Adler, German Educator April 24, 1928 Ferdinand B Hummel, composer, dies at 72 April 24, 1924 George Street, English cricket wicket keeper (1 Test 1923), dies April 24, 1924 G. Stanley Hall, American Psychologist April 24, 1922 Richard Batka, composer, dies at 53 April 24, 1917 Oskar Blumenthal, writer, dies April 24, 1915 Harry Banks, English Soldier April 24, 1912 Justin M'Carthy, politician/novelist (Miss Misanthrope), dies at 81 April 24, 1904 Friedrich Siemens, German industrialist, Siemens, dies April 24, 1904 Friedrich Siemens, German industrial, dies at 77 April 24, 1900 George J D Campbell, British min of Indies (1868-74, 80-85), dies at 76 April 24, 1891 Count Helmuth K B von Moltke, Prussian gen/fieldmarshal, dies April 24, 1875 Jose Maria de la Purificacion Ventura, composer, dies at 58 April 24, 1855 Walenty Karol Kratzer, composer, dies at 75 April 24, 1850 Louis Alexandre Piccinni, composer, dies at 70 April 24, 1848 Francois van Campenhout, Belgian composer (Brabaneonne), dies at 69 April 24, 1827 Pierre Joseph Candielle, composer, dies at 82 April 24, 1824 Herman Muntinghe, theologist (History of Mankind), dies at 71 April 24, 1776 Carolus van de Abeele, Flemish Jesuit, dies at 84 April 24, 1776 Giuseppi Paolucci, composer, dies at 49 April 24, 1758 Florian Wrastill, composer, dies at 41 April 24, 1731 Daniel Defoe, English novelist (Robinson Crusoe), dies April 24, 1617 Carlo Concino, French marquis of Ancre/state advisor, murdered April 24, 1530 Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (De partu Virginis), dies April 24, 1185 Antoku Taira, emperor of Japan (1180-85), drowns April 24, 1077 Geza I, King of Hungary (1074-7), dies April 24, 729 Egbert[us], English bishop/saint, dies in Iona at 89 April 24, 709 Wilfried, bishop of York, dies at about 76 |