April 24th
164 Notable deaths
Hans Kramers
Dutch physicist.
Born December 2nd, 1894 in Rotterdam. [ref]
Died April 24th, 1952 at 57 years old in Oegstgeest. [ref]
Louise Dresser
American actress (1878-1965).
Born October 5th, 1878 in Evansville.
Died April 24th, 1965 at 86 years old in Woodland Hills.
Dick Rivers
French actor and singer.
Born April 24th, 1945 in Nice. [ref]
Died April 24th, 2019 at 74 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine (cancer). [ref]
Franz Binder
Austrian association football (soccer) player (1911-1989).
Born December 1st, 1911 in St. Pölten.
Died April 24th, 1989 at 77 years old in Vienna.
Franz Jonas
Seventh president of austria (1899-1974).
Born October 4th, 1899 in Floridsdorf.
Died April 24th, 1974 at 74 years old in Vienna (cancer).
Anastasios Papoulas
Greek general.
Born January 13th, 1857 in Missolonghi.
Died April 24th, 1935 at 78 years old in Athens.
Henry Dudeney
Puzzlist and mathematical games designer.
Born April 10th, 1857 in Mayfield.
Died April 24th, 1930 at 73 years old in Lewes (esophageal cancer).
Anton de Kom
Surinamese resistance fighter and anti-colonialist author.
Born February 22nd, 1898 in Paramaribo. [ref]
Died April 24th, 1945 at 47 years old in Stalag X-B (tuberculosis). [ref]
W. Willard Wirtz
American secretary of labor (1912-2010).
Born March 14th, 1912 in DeKalb.
Died April 24th, 2010 at 98 years old in Washington, D.C.. [ref]
Richard Goldschmidt
German-american biologist (1878-1958).
Born April 12th, 1878 in Frankfurt am Main.
Died April 24th, 1958 at 80 years old in Berkeley.
Deaths 71 to 80 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