Died on this Day

Anniversary Date: 27-Jul

Died on This Day (27-Jul)

Person Person Description Age Anniv
Bernard Cribbins Bernard Cribbins Bernard Joseph Cribbins OBE was an English actor and singer whose career spanned over seven decades. English actor and singer 93 2
Dipa Sahu Dipa Sahu was an Indian Odia actress. Sahu died of cancer on 27 July 2020, aged 34. Indian Odia actress 34 4
Vladimir Voinovich Vladimir Voinovich Vladimir Nikolayevich Voinovich , was a Russian writer and former Soviet dissident, and the "first genuine comic writer" produced by the Soviet system. Russian writer 85 6
James Alan McPherson James Alan McPherson James Alan McPherson was an American essayist and short-story writer. American essayist and short-story writer 72 8
Aeronwy Thomas Aeronwy Thomas Aeronwy Bryn Thomas-Ellis was a poet, writer and translator of Italian poetry. British poet 66 15
Waman Dattatreya Patwardhan Waman Dattatreya Patwardhan Waman Dattatreya Patwardhan was an IOFS officer, nuclear chemist, defence scientist and an expert in the science of Explosives engineering. Indian chemist 90 17
Michael Winkelman Michael Winkelman Michael Lew Winkelman was an American film and television actor. Child actor 53 25
Dolf Sternberger Dolf Sternberger Dolf Sternberger was a German philosopher and political scientist at the University of Heidelberg. German political scientist 81 35
Gustavo Cochet Gustavo Cochet Gustavo Cochet was a painter, engraver, and writer who worked in Barcelona and Rosario. Argentine artist 85 45
Ferruccio Dante Michelangelo Benvenuto Busoni Ferruccio Dante Michelangelo Benvenuto Busoni Ferruccio Busoni was an Italian composer, pianist, conductor, editor, writer, and teacher. Italian composer, pianist, conductor, editor 58 100
Person Person Description Age Anniv
Mike Hendrick Mike Hendrick Michael Hendrick was an English cricketer, who played in thirty Tests and twenty-two One Day Internationals for England from 1973 to 1981. English cricketer 72 3
John Robert Schrieffer John Robert Schrieffer John Robert Schrieffer was an American physicist who, with John Bardeen and Leon Cooper, was a recipient of the 1972 Nobel Prize in Physics for developing the BCS theory, the first successful quantum theory of superconductivity. American physicist 88 5
Sam Shepard Sam Shepard Samuel Shepard Rogers III was an American actor, playwright, author, screenwriter, and director whose career spanned half a century. American playwright and author 73 7
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam was an Indian aerospace scientist and statesman who served as the 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007. President of India 83 9
Russell Johnston Russell Johnston David Russell Russell-Johnston, Baron Russell-Johnston , usually known as Russell Johnston, was a leading Scottish Liberal Democrat politician and was the Leader of the Scottish Liberal Party from 1974 to 1988. British politician 75 16
Bob Tisdall Bob Tisdall Robert Morton Newburgh Tisdall was an Irish athlete who won a gold medal in the 400-metre hurdles at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Athletics (sport) competitor 97 20
Kevin Carter Kevin Carter Kevin Carter was a South African photojournalist and member of the Bang-Bang Club. South African photographer 33 30
James Mason James Mason James Neville Mason was an English actor. He achieved considerable success in British cinema before becoming a star in Hollywood. English actor 75 40
Peter Purves Smith Peter Purves Smith Peter Purves Smith , born Charles Roderick Purves Smith, was an Australian painter. Australian painter 37 75
Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa Tassilo, Baron von Heydebrand und der Lasa was a German chess master, chess historian and theoretician of the nineteenth century, a member of the Berlin Chess Club and a founder of the Berlin Chess School . German chess player 80 125