April 24th
175 Notable deaths
Jamini Roy
Indian artist (1887-1972).
Born April 11th, 1887 in Beliatore. [ref]
Died April 24th, 1972 at 85 years old in Kolkata. [ref]
Madame Nhu
First lady of south vietnam (1924-2011).
Born August 22nd, 1924 in Hanoi.
Died April 24th, 2011 at 86 years old in Rome. [ref]
Papa Wemba
Was a congolese singer and musician who played congolese rumba, soukous, and ndombolo..
Born June 14th, 1949 in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lubefu.
Died April 24th, 2016 at 66 years old in Ivory Coast, Abidjan (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Ezer Weizman
Israeli politician, 7th president of israel (1924-2005).
Born June 15th, 1924 in Tel Aviv. [ref]
Died April 24th, 2005 at 80 years old in Caesarea (respiratory failure).
Ernst-Robert Grawitz
German general; reichsarzt; facilitated medical torture and experiments on nazi concentration camp inmates.
Born June 8th, 1899 in Charlottenburg.
Died April 24th, 1945 at 45 years old in Babelsberg (hand grenade).
Lennie Hayton
American composer and conductor (1908-1971).
Born February 14th, 1908 in New York City.
Died April 24th, 1971 at 63 years old in Palm Springs (myocardial infarction).
Arne Vidar Røed
Norwegian sailor and trucker, the earliest confirmed case of hiv/aids in europe (1946-1976).
Born July 23rd, 1946 in Norway.
Died April 24th, 1976 at 29 years old in Horten (death from AIDS-related complications).
Max von Laue
German physicist, nobel laureate and anti-nazi.
Born October 9th, 1879 in Koblenz.
Died April 24th, 1960 at 80 years old in West Berlin (traffic collision). [ref]
Tommy Noonan
American actor, screenwriter and producer (1921-1968).
Born April 29th, 1921 in Bellingham.
Died April 24th, 1968 at 46 years old in Woodland Hills (brain cancer).
Fumio Demura
Martial artist (1938–2023).
Born September 15th, 1938 in Yokohama.
Died April 24th, 2023 at 84 years old in California. [ref]
Deaths 21 to 30 of 175
If you’re not ready to die for it, take the word “freedom” out of your vocabulary. Malcolm X