April 24th
164 Notable deaths
Sisowath Monivong
Cambodian king.
Born December 27th, 1875 in Phnom Penh. [ref]
Died April 24th, 1941 at 65 years old in Bokor Hill Station. [ref]
Henri Michel
French association football player and manager (1947-2018).
Born October 28th, 1947 in Aix-en-Provence. [ref]
Died April 24th, 2018 at 70 years old in Gardanne (cancer). [ref]
Marie Corelli
British writer.
Born May 1st, 1855 in London. [ref]
Died April 24th, 1924 at 68 years old in Stratford-upon-Avon. [ref]
Manuel Ponce
Mexican composer.
Born December 8th, 1886 in Zacatecas. [ref]
Died April 24th, 1948 at 61 years old in Mexico City. [ref]
Shunsuke Kikuchi
Japanese composer (1931–2021).
Born November 1st, 1931 in Hirosaki.
Died April 24th, 2021 at 89 years old in Tokyo (bronchopneumonia). [ref]
Henry Stephenson
British stage and film actor (1871-1956).
Born April 16th, 1871 in Grenada.
Died April 24th, 1956 at 85 years old in San Francisco (pneumonia).
Jimmy Giuffre
American clarinet and saxophone player.
Born April 26th, 1921 in Dallas. [ref]
Died April 24th, 2008 at 86 years old in Pittsfield (pneumonia). [ref]
Benjamin Barber
Walt whitman professor emeritus at rutgers university.
Born August 2nd, 1939 in New York City.
Died April 24th, 2017 at 77 years old in Manhattan (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Jean-Pierre Marielle
French actor (1932-2019).
Born April 12th, 1932 in 13th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died April 24th, 2019 at 87 years old in Saint-Cloud (disease). [ref]
Arthur Boyd
Australian painter (1920-1999).
Born July 24th, 1920 in Murrumbeena. [ref]
Died April 24th, 1999 at 78 years old in Melbourne. [ref]
Deaths 41 to 50 of 164
Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde