February 27th famous deaths
List of celebrities and famous people who died on February 27th
2019 - 2010
Famous deaths on February 27th for the celebrities who died in the years 2019 - 2010
2011American professional football player (Born in 1926)
Last American World War I veteran (d. 2011).
2009 - 2000
Famous deaths on February 27th for the celebrities who died in the years 2009 - 2000
2008American automobile designer (Born 1944)
American sportscaster and journalist (d. 2008).
American drummer and bandleader (d. 2007.)
German soldier (Born 1914)
Jr., U.S. general, Flying Tiger and author (Born 1908).
murder victim (Born 1995)
Author and academic in Japan (d. 2004).
English-Australian composer, conductor (d. 2003).
American actor, who is known as Mr. Rogers. He is a screenwriter and producer and a writer of children's literature. Fred Rogers, a veteran actor and screenwriter, greeted children for the final time on "Mister Rogers’s Neighborhood", his PBS TV program. His career lasted 34 years. The showaEUR(tm), which has producers from PBS, hopes to transition into reruns without too …
1999 - 1990
Famous deaths on February 27th for the celebrities who died in the years 1999 - 1990
1996Show jumper dies at 67
Actor (They Never Sleep, Christine) dies at 72
museum director/curator, dies at age 60.
At 64, the 10th Duke of Atholl dies.
opus Dei Priest, dies at age 51.
Financialist, who dies at the age of 67.
jet pioneer, dies at age 92.
Dutch sculptor dies at the age of 66
English/Italian art collector/historian, dies at the age of 84.
American actress and star of silent film. Although she was a star on the stage, she was not as bright in "talkies". Two-year-old sister Dorothy was also featured in many films after 1912. She was a natural actress and acted in over 100 films during a career that lasted 75 years.
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American actress and star of silent film. Although she was a star on the stage, she was not as bright in "talkies". Two-year-old sister Dorothy was also featured in many films after 1912. She was a natural actress and acted in over 100 films during a career that lasted 75 years.
Actor (Juan Valdez), dies at 72
Dutch trade union leader (CNV) dies at the age of 80.
Canadian-American politician and linguist (Born 1906).
Dutch diplomat (to Tunis), murdered.
Dutch manager (Concertgebouw Orchestra), dies at age 52.
1989 - 1980
Famous deaths on February 27th for the celebrities who died in the years 1989 - 1980
1989Austria zoologist (Nobel 1973)
Actor (Rage Rapid, Deathtrap and Shivers), dies in 66
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London, England -- Actress/director (Amorous Mr Prawn).
Polish-German priest (d. 1987)
Canadian hockey player known as "Jake The Snake". A 19-season NHL goalie with the Montreal Canadians 1952-1973. He won five Stanley Cup Championships consecutively.
Huffman Coding was developed by an American computer scientist (d. 1999).
American politician (Senator-Republican/diplomat) dies at age 82.
Russian dancer, dies at age 39.
American actor Abner Kravitz – Bewitched, dies at the age of 78 (born in 1901).
1979 - 1970
Famous deaths on February 27th for the celebrities who died in the years 1979 - 1970
1978Russian composer and pianist (d. 1978).
Composer dies at 65
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Actress (Attack on 50 Foot Woman), dead at 47
American author (Born 1905)
Toledo Ohio actor (Roy Rodgers Show), died at 59
At 72 years old, Yugoslav conductor/composer dies.
American comic book artist. He co-created Daredevil (Born 1917).
American actor and singer (Born 1914).
diplomat/writer, dies.
One of the Canadian Dionne quintuplets, (Born 1934).
1969 - 1960
Famous deaths on February 27th for the celebrities who died in the years 1969 - 1960
1969Canadian ethnographer and academic (d.69)
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Actor (Stella Dallas and Curly Top) dies at 73
American singer (Born 1942)
Composer dies at 46
Writer dies at 85
Australian costume designer (Born 1897)
Actor Charlie-My Little Margie, dies at 45
High jump (1912 Olympics - Gold Medalist).
Italian industrialist, member of the Italian parliament. Camillo, the founder's son, expanded Olivetti and added economic and social privileges to workers.
1959 - 1950
Famous deaths on February 27th for the celebrities who died in the years 1959 - 1950
1958CEO of Columbia Pictures, dies from a heart attack
Music at Meadowbrook Orchestra leader, dies at 54
Comedy comedian, "It Pays To Be Ignorant", dies at the age of 66.
At the age of 74, he dies.
Writer dies at 58
1949 - 1940
Famous deaths on February 27th for the celebrities who died in the years 1949 - 1940
1945Dutch chaplain / resistance fighter, dies in Bergen-Belsen
Greek poet twice nominated to the Nobel prize (Born in 1859).
Dutch Rear Admiral (Java Sea), killed while in action at the age of 52.
U.S. U.S.
German designer and architect.
1939 - 1930
Famous deaths on February 27th for the celebrities who died in the years 1939 - 1930
1939Russian revolutionary/wife Lenin's, dies aged 70
Russian physiologist, best known for his work on classical conditioning. Pavlov was an intellectual genius from his childhood. He also had an extraordinary energy that he called "the instinct for research". Pavlov was inspired by the innovative ideas that D. I. Pisarev (the most eminent Russian literary critics in the 1860s) and I. M. Sechenov (the father of Russian physiology), …
U.S. Secretary for Commerce under Woodrow Wilson (Born 1852)
Russian physiologist (reflexes Nobel Prize 1904), is dead at 86.
Canadian newspaper publisher (Born in 1843)
1929 - 1920
Famous deaths on February 27th for the celebrities who died in the years 1929 - 1920
1929Composer dies at 65
Composer dies at 67
At 72 years old, he dies.
1919 - 1910
Famous deaths on February 27th for the celebrities who died in the years 1919 - 1910
1913At the age of 58, she dies.
1909 - 1900
Famous deaths on February 27th for the celebrities who died in the years 1909 - 1900
1902Australian soldier executed in Second Boer War (Born 1869).
Anglo-Australian soldier executed in Second Boer War under controversial circumstances (Born 1864).