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April 26th famous deaths

List of celebrities and famous people who died on April 26th

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2029 - 2020

Famous deaths on April 26th for the celebrities who died in the years 2029 - 2020

2023

  • American politician, 24th governor of new mexico (b. 1934)

2022

2019 - 2010

Famous deaths on April 26th for the celebrities who died in the years 2019 - 2010

2017

  • Jonathan Demme was an American film director known for The Silence of the Lambs.

2016

  • Chinese human rights activist (d. 2016)

2015

  • Canadian ice hockey defenseman who won multiple Stanley Cups with the Detroit Red Wings.

  • Jayne Meadows

    Wu chang, china -- mrs steve allen actress (dark delusion).

2014

2013

2012

2011

  • American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1950)

2010

2009 - 2000

Famous deaths on April 26th for the celebrities who died in the years 2009 - 2000

2009

  • Prolific writer and paranormal researcher.

  • Austrian paranormal researcher and writer. he is a member and author of several magazines and news articles on parapsychological topics. his books include "beyond medicine", 1973, "haunted los angeles," 1974, and "the great ghost hunt," 1976.

2008

2007

  • American film director and executive, who was elected president of the motion picture association of america (mpa) in april 1966. he had previously served as special assistant to president lyndon johnson between 1963-1966. perhaps his greatest achievement is the creation of a u.s. film morality rating system. valenti was a wartime bomber pilot and an advertising agency founder. he is …

2005

  • Maria Schell

    Austrian-swiss producer and actress (d. 2005).

  • Paraguayan author (born 1917)

  • Mason Adams was a politician known for his contributions to public service.

  • Prime minister of the central african republic (b. 1925)

  • American actor (d. 2005)

2004

  • Jr., american author, poet, and screenwriter (b. 1928)

  • American author known for his novels such as 'Last Exit to Brooklyn' and 'Requiem for a Dream.'

  • American author known for his novel 'Last Exit to Brooklyn'.

  • American author (born 1928)

2003

1999 - 1990

Famous deaths on April 26th for the celebrities who died in the years 1999 - 1990

1999

  • English guitarist/singer-songwriter and producer (the sound & the outsiders), (d. 1999).

  • English journalist and television personality (b. 1961)

  • British television presenter (born 1961).

1998

  • Starlee Kine was an American mathematician known for her contributions to the field of combinatorics.

1997

1996

1995

  • German physicist who made significant contributions to the field of solid-state physics.

  • American entrepreneur known for his work in the beauty industry.

  • Alexander Knox

    Canadian-english screenwriter and actor (d. 1995).

1994

1992

1991

  • French-american composer, arranger, and conductor. he is best known for his film score "bugler's dream", which is the theme of the american television network that presents the olympic games.

  • American composer and conductor, father of filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola.

  • American composer and conductor (b. 1910)

  • Canadian lawyer and politician, 26th premier of new brunswick (d. 1991)

  • Jr., american novelist, screenwriter, historian (d. 1991)

1990

1989 - 1980

Famous deaths on April 26th for the celebrities who died in the years 1989 - 1980

1989

  • Iconic comedian and actress famous for her TV show 'I Love Lucy'.

  • Lucille Ball

    American actress and well-known comedian, with over 50 films since her 1933 debut. she was born a brunette and was later nicknamed tessie technicolor because of her fiery red hair.

1988

  • Mexican astronomer who discovered Herbig-Haro objects in star-forming regions.

1987

  • English lawyer and politician, shadow leader of the house of commons (b. 1923)

  • Indian composer and conductor (b. 1922)

  • Of noted bollywood music director duo -jaikishan (born 1922)

1986

1984

  • American composer and bandleader of the count basie orchestra (d. 1984).

  • American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1904)

  • May McAvoy

    Actress ben hur dies at 82 following a heart attack

  • American jazz pianist great, died on his 80th birthday (born in 1904).

1983

1982

  • England, united kingdom -- actress, happy breed, brief encounter

  • Finnish 5 / 10km runner (1924, 28 olympics - gold medalist)

1981

  • Robert Davi

    American actor, singer, and director

  • Manhattan nyc, new york -- television panelist (masquerade party).

  • Jim Davis

    Actor jack ewing-dallas dies at 65

1980

  • Mayana Devi was an acclaimed Indian novelist who wrote extensively about the lives of women in rural India.

  • Cicely Courtneidge

    Australian-born british actress, comedian and singer (b. 1893)

1979 - 1970

Famous deaths on April 26th for the celebrities who died in the years 1979 - 1970

1978

  • Valente Quintero was a renowned Mexican musician and composer.

  • Minor Gordon was a professional baseball player known for his time with the New York Yankees.

1976

1973

  • Irene Ryan

    El paso (texas) -- actress (grannybeverly hillbillies).

  • Six weeks after suffering a stroke while performing the broadway musical pippin, actress granny - beverly hillbillies, she dies at the age of 71.

1972

1971

  • Fennell Harriman was a successful businessman who made significant achievements in the corporate world.

1970

1969 - 1960

Famous deaths on April 26th for the celebrities who died in the years 1969 - 1960

1969

1968

1965

1964

1961

1960

1959 - 1950

Famous deaths on April 26th for the celebrities who died in the years 1959 - 1950

1958

1957

  • Shotokan, a japanese martial artist and educator, was founded in 1957.

1956

  • Edward Arnold

    Actor (mr smith goes to washington), is killed at 66

1952

1951

1950

1949 - 1940

Famous deaths on April 26th for the celebrities who died in the years 1949 - 1940

1947

1946

  • American miner, explorer, and park ranger (b. 1882)

  • European philosopher, aristocrat, and author. he was born into nobility and traveled extensively in east asia. he lived mainly on the estates he owned in estonia until he was forced to flee by the russian revolution of 1917. his property was then confiscated. he moved to berlin and married bismarck's granddaughter, in 1919.

  • Discoverer of carlsbad caverns. (born 1882).

1945

  • Achille Beltrame was an Italian illustrator known for his work in creating cover art for the Italian magazine La Domenica del Corriere.

  • German physician (d. 1945)

  • German-ukrainian general and politician, hetman of ukraine (b. 1871)

  • Ukrainian politician and general (born in 1871)

1944

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

1943

  • Pioneering female entrepreneur in the cosmetics industry.

1941

  • Belgian physician/physiologist/educationalist, dies at age 74.

1940

  • German chemist and engineer, nobel prize laureate (b. 1874)

  • German chemist, engineer, industrialist. bosch's scientific research created the capacity to feed the world's food needs. he was elected chairman of i.g. in 1935. farben. hitler was the most vocal anti-nazi in the industrial community when he came to power.

1939 - 1930

Famous deaths on April 26th for the celebrities who died in the years 1939 - 1930

1938

  • German philosopher (study on phenomena), dies at the age of 79.

1936

1934

1932

1931

  • Influential pragmatist philosopher and sociologist.

1929 - 1920

Famous deaths on April 26th for the celebrities who died in the years 1929 - 1920

1924

1922

1920

  • Pama Ramanujam was an Indian mathematician who made significant contributions to the theory of numbers and infinite series.

  • Indian mathematician and one of the most important math minds in history, who contributed to the theory number, of parts, and the theory for continued fractions.

1919 - 1910

Famous deaths on April 26th for the celebrities who died in the years 1919 - 1910

1916

1915

1910

1909 - 1900

Famous deaths on April 26th for the celebrities who died in the years 1909 - 1900

1907

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