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April 27th
168 Notable deaths
Otti Berger
Textile artist and weaver murdered in the holocaust (1898-1944).
Born October 4th, 1898 in Zmajevac, Kneževi Vinogradi.
Died April 27th, 1944 at 45 years old in Auschwitz. [ref]
Marda Vanne
Actress.
Born September 27th, 1896 in South Africa.
Died April 27th, 1970 at 73 years old in London.
Joaquín Mir Trinxet
Spanish artist (1873-1940).
Born January 6th, 1873 in Barcelona.
Died April 27th, 1940 at 67 years old in Barcelona.
Hamo Beknazarian
Soviet film director.
Born May 31st, 1892 in Yerevan.
Died April 27th, 1965 at 72 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Guido Castelnuovo
Italian mathematician (1865–1952).
Born August 14th, 1865 in Venice. [ref]
Died April 27th, 1952 at 86 years old in Rome. [ref]
Antoni Bolesław Dobrowolski
Polish scientist and explorer who participated in the belgian antarctic expedition (1872-1954).
Born June 6th, 1872 in Dworszowice Kościelne.
Died April 27th, 1954 at 81 years old in Warsaw.
Marcel J. E. Golay
Swiss-american mathematician (1902-1989).
Born May 3rd, 1902 in Neuchâtel.
Died April 27th, 1989 at 86 years old in La Conversion.
Carlos Menditeguy
Racecar driver (1914-1973).
Born August 10th, 1914 in Buenos Aires.
Died April 27th, 1973 at 58 years old in Buenos Aires.
Andréa Parisy
French film actress (1935–2014).
Born December 4th, 1930 in Levallois-Perret. [ref]
Died April 27th, 2014 at 83 years old in 15th arrondissement of Paris (cancer).
Nossrat Peseschkian
German psychiatrist, founder of positive psychotherapy.
Born June 18th, 1933 in Kashan.
Died April 27th, 2010 at 76 years old in Wiesbaden. [ref]
Deaths 91 to 100 of 168
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