48661 | April 27 | Death | 1973 – Carlos Menditeguy, Argentinian race car driver and polo player (b. 1914) |
48662 | April 27 | Death | 1977 – Stanley Adams, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1915) |
48663 | April 27 | Death | 1977 – Scott Bradley, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1891) |
48664 | April 27 | Death | 1979 – Celal Atik, Turkish wrestler and trainer (b. 1918) |
48665 | April 27 | Death | 1981 – Münir Nurettin Selçuk, Turkish tenor and actor (b. 1900) |
48666 | April 27 | Death | 1988 – Fred Bear, American hunter and author (b. 1902) |
48667 | April 27 | Death | 1988 – David Scarboro, English actor (b. 1968) |
48668 | April 27 | Death | 1989 – Konosuke Matsushita, Japanese businessman, founded Panasonic (b. 1894) |
48669 | April 27 | Death | 1992 – Olivier Messiaen, French organist and composer (b. 1908) |
48670 | April 27 | Death | 1992 – Gerard K. O'Neill, American physicist and astronomer (b. 1927) |
48671 | April 27 | Death | 1995 – Willem Frederik Hermans, Dutch author, poet, and playwright (b. 1921) |
48672 | April 27 | Death | 1996 – William Colby, American diplomat, 10th Director of Central Intelligence (b. 1920) |
48673 | April 27 | Death | 1996 – Gilles Grangier, French director and screenwriter (b. 1911) |
48674 | April 27 | Death | 1998 – John Bassett, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1915) |
48675 | April 27 | Death | 1998 – Carlos Castaneda, Peruvian-American anthropologist and author (b. 1925) |
48676 | April 27 | Death | 1998 – Anne Desclos, French journalist and author (b. 1907) |
48677 | April 27 | Death | 1998 – Browning Ross, American runner and soldier (b. 1924) |
48678 | April 27 | Death | 1999 – Al Hirt, American trumpet player and bandleader (b. 1922) |
48679 | April 27 | Death | 1999 – Dale C. Thomson, Canadian historian, author, and academic (b. 1923) |
48680 | April 27 | Death | 2000 – Vicki Sue Robinson, American actress and singer (b. 1954) |
48681 | April 27 | Death | 2002 – George Alec Effinger, American author (b. 1947) |
48682 | April 27 | Death | 2002 – Ruth Handler, American inventor and businesswoman, created the Barbie doll (b. 1916) |
48683 | April 27 | Death | 2005 – Red Horner, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1909) |
48684 | April 27 | Death | 2006 – Julia Thorne, American author (b. 1944) |
48685 | April 27 | Death | 2007 – Al Hunter Ashton, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1957) |
48686 | April 27 | Death | 2007 – Mstislav Rostropovich, Russian cellist and conductor (b. 1927) |
48687 | April 27 | Death | 2008 – Marios Tokas, Cypriot singer-songwriter (b. 1954) |
48688 | April 27 | Death | 2009 – Feroz Khan, Indian actor, director, and producer (b. 1939) |
48689 | April 27 | Death | 2009 – Frankie Manning, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1914) |
48690 | April 27 | Death | 2009 – Woo Seung-yeon, South Korean model and actress (b. 1983) |