April 24th
164 Notable deaths
Margaret Lee
British actress.
Born August 4th, 1943 in Wolverhampton.
Died April 24th, 2024 at 80 years old in London. [ref]
Tadeusz Różewicz
Polish poet, dramatist and writer.
Born October 9th, 1921 in Radomsko. [ref]
Died April 24th, 2014 at 92 years old in Wrocław. [ref]
Ville Ritola
Finnish long distance runner.
Born January 18th, 1896 in Peräseinäjoki. [ref]
Died April 24th, 1982 at 86 years old in Helsinki.
Hideyuki Ashihara
Martial artist (1944-1995).
Born December 5th, 1944 in Hiroshima.
Died April 24th, 1995 at 50 years old in Matsuyama (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis).
Ida Presti
French musician.
Born May 31st, 1924 in Suresnes. [ref]
Died April 24th, 1967 at 42 years old in Rochester (lung cancer). [ref]
Loro Boriçi
Albanian association football player (1922-1984).
Born August 4th, 1922 in Shkodër.
Died April 24th, 1984 at 61 years old in Tirana.
Federico Chávez
40.° president of paraguay.
Born February 15th, 1882 in Paraguarí.
Died April 24th, 1978 at 96 years old in Asunción.
Zhan Tianyou
Chinese railroad engineer (1861-1919).
Born April 26th, 1861 in Guangdong.
Died April 24th, 1919 at 57 years old in Hankou.
José Giovanni
Film director (1923-2004).
Born June 22nd, 1923 in Paris. [ref]
Died April 24th, 2004 at 80 years old in Lausanne (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Paul Richard Heinrich Blasius
German physicist.
Born August 9th, 1883 in Berlin.
Died April 24th, 1970 at 86 years old in Hamburg.
Deaths 81 to 90 of 164
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride! Hunter S. Thompson