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April 26 Deaths in History - April 26 Birthdays - April 26 Events
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April 26, 2003 David Lavender, American Historian April 26, 1999 Bert Remsen, actor, The Player, dies at 74 April 26, 1999 Jane Crowley, censor, NBC censor for The Tonight Show, dies at 73 April 26, 1999 Jill Dando, British Journalist April 26, 1998 Gabe Paul, American Businessman April 26, 1997 Joey Faye, comic (Fruit of the Loom grapes) April 26, 1997 Peng Zhen, mayor of Beijing China (1951-66), dies April 26, 1997 Yegorov, Russian leader (1994-95), dies April 26, 1996 Burton Stein, historian, dies at 69 April 26, 1996 John Norrie McArthur, malariologist/microscopist, dies at 94 April 26, 1996 Stirling Silliphant, screenwriter, dies at 78 April 26, 1995 Alexander Knox, actor and writer (Gorky Park, Accident), dies at 88 April 26, 1992 Alberta Vaughn, actress (Wild Horse, Silver Devil), dies at 87 April 26, 1992 Clyde Hartley, entertainer, dies at 68 April 26, 1991 Carmine Coppola, composer/father of Francis Ford Coppola, dies April 26, 1991 Emily McLaughlin, U.S. actress (Jessie-General Hospital), dies at 61 April 26, 1990 Carlos Pizarro Leongomez, Colombian President candidate, assassinated April 26, 1989 Lucille Ball, comedienne (I Love Lucy), dies of heart attack at 78 April 26, 1988 Valerie Solanas, American Writer April 26, 1986 Bessie Love, actress (Broadway Melody, Isadora), dies at 87 April 26, 1986 [William] Broderick Crawford, actor (Highway Patrol), dies at 74 April 26, 1984 Henry Rowland, actor (Rogue's Regiment), dies at 70 April 26, 1984 May McAvoy, actress (Ben Hur), dies at 82 after a heart attack April 26, 1984 William "Count" Basie, jazz piano great, dies on 80th birthday April 26, 1984 Count Basie, American Musician April 26, 1983 Bronislaw Kaper, composer, dies at 81 April 26, 1983 Vaughn Taylor, actor (Johnny Jupiter), dies at 72 April 26, 1982 Celia Johnson, British actress (Jean Brodie), dies of stroke at 73 April 26, 1982 Ville Ritola, Finnish 5/10km runner (Olympic-gold-1924, 28), dies April 26, 1981 Jim Davis, actor (Jack Ewing-Dallas), dies at 65 April 26, 1981 Madge Evans, TV panelist (Masquerade Party), dies at 71 April 26, 1981 Robert Davi (opera singer/actor), dies at 54 April 26, 1980 Cicely Courtneidge, actress (Double Exposure), dies at 87 April 26, 1976 Allan Jackson, newscaster (Youth Takes a Stand), dies at 60 April 26, 1976 Neil McCallum, actor (Pete-Saber of London), dies at 45 April 26, 1976 Sidney James, actor (Lavander Hill Mob, Carry On), dies at 65 April 26, 1973 Irene Ryan, actress (Granny-Beverly Hillbillies), dies at 69 April 26, 1972 Margaret A R Bonds, U.S. pianist/composer/arranger, dies at 59 April 26, 1970 Gypsy Rose Lee, stripper/actress (Pruitts of S Hampton), dies at 56 April 26, 1970 John Knittel, writer, dies at 79 April 26, 1965 Aaron Avshalomov, composer, dies at 70 April 26, 1964 Edwin John Pratt, Canadian poet (Towards the Last Spike), dies at 81 April 26, 1964 Pieter van der Lijn, Dutch geologist (Boulder Book), dies at 93 April 26, 1961 Gail Russell, actress (Calcutta, Moonrise, El Paso), dies at 36 April 26, 1960 Wander J de Haas, Dut physicist (Einstein-De Haas effect), dies at 82 April 26, 1958 Johan N C "Joan" Collette, painter, dies at 68 April 26, 1956 Edward Arnold, actor (Mr Smith Goes to Washington), dies at 66 April 26, 1952 Charles L Baars, Dutch actor (Women Tamers), dies at 59 April 26, 1951 John Alden Carpenter, U.S. composer (Sea Drift), dies at 75 April 26, 1946 Hermann Keyserling, count/philosopher (Unsterblichkeit), dies at 65 April 26, 1941 Jean Demoor, Belgian physician/physiologist/educationalist, dies at 74 April 26, 1940 Carl Bosch, German chemist (BASF, IG Farben, Nobel 1931), dies at 65 April 26, 1938 Edmund Husserl, German philosopher (study of phenomenon), dies at 79 April 26, 1932 Hart Crane, American Poet April 26, 1931 George H. Mead, American Philosopher April 26, 1931 George Herbert Mead, American Philosopher April 26, 1924 Josef Labor, composer, dies at 82 April 26, 1922 Hans Sommer, composer, dies at 84 April 26, 1920 Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian math genius (Notebooks), dies at 32 April 26, 1915 John Bunny, American Actor April 26, 1910 Bjornstjerne Bjornson, Norwegian writer (Mary, Nobel 1903), dies at 77 April 26, 1907 Pietro Plantania, composer, dies at 79 April 26, 1865 Charles J Sax, Belgian inventor (saxophone), dies at 74 April 26, 1865 John Wilkes Booth, assassin, is shot dead near Bowling Green Virginia at 27 April 26, 1827 Bernardo Ottani, composer, dies at 90 April 26, 1805 Jean BG d'ansse the Villoison, classic (Anecdota Graeca), dies at 55 April 26, 1789 Peter I Panin, Russian general (Pugatshov-uprising), dies at about 67 April 26, 1785 Karl Siegmund von Seckendorff, composer, dies at 40 April 26, 1731 Daniel Defoe, English author (Robinson Crusoe), dies at about 70 April 26, 1726 Jeremy Collier, Engl bishop/historian/opponent to theater, dies at 75 April 26, 1703 Georg Christoph Leuttner, composer, dies at 58 April 26, 1648 Christoph Thomas Walliser, composer, dies at 79 April 26, 1558 Jean Francois Fernel, French physician, dies April 26, 1478 Giuliano de' Medici, Medeheerser of Florence, murdered at about 24 April 26, 1444 Robert Campin, South Netherlands painter/porter of Doornik, dies at about 65 April 26, 1196 Alfonso II, King of Aragon (1162-96), dies April 26, 757 Stephen II, [III/Orsini], Pope (752-57), dies |