April 26th
170 Notable deaths
Helge Løvland
Norwegian athletics competitor (1890-1984).
Born May 11th, 1890 in Froland.
Died April 26th, 1984 at 93 years old in Oslo.
Yoshinobu Ishii
Japanese association football player.
Born March 13th, 1939 in Fukuyama.
Died April 26th, 2018 at 79 years old in Japan. [ref]
Danny Kladis
Racecar driver.
Born February 10th, 1917 in Crystal City.
Died April 26th, 2009 at 92 years old in Joliet.
Arturs Alberings
Prime minister of latvia (1876-1934).
Born January 7th, 1877 in Rūjiena.
Died April 26th, 1934 at 57 years old in Riga.
Árpád Orbán
Association football player (1938-2008).
Born March 14th, 1938 in Győr.
Died April 26th, 2008 at 70 years old in Győr.
Francisco Rico Manrique
Spanish hispanist.
Born April 28th, 1942 in Barcelona.
Died April 26th, 2024 at 81 years old in Barcelona. [ref]
Jules Gilliéron
Linguist and dialectologist (1854-1926).
Born December 21st, 1854 in La Neuveville. [ref]
Died April 26th, 1926 at 71 years old in Ligerz. [ref]
Lars Hall
Swedish modern pentathlete.
Born April 30th, 1927 in Karlskrona.
Died April 26th, 1991 at 63 years old in Täby.
Ruth Hellberg
German actress (1906–2001).
Born November 2nd, 1906 in Berlin.
Died April 26th, 2001 at 94 years old in Feldafing.
Margit Pörtner
Danish curler.
Born February 16th, 1972 in Hørsholm.
Died April 26th, 2017 at 45 years old in Denmark (cancer). [ref]
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That’s what literature is. It’s the people who went before us, tapping out messages from the past, from beyond the grave, trying to tell us about life and death! Listen to them! Connie Willis