Died on This Day (27-Mar)
Person | Person | Description | Age | Anniv | |
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Stéphane Audran | Stéphane Audran was a French actress. She was known for her performances in award-winning films such as The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie and Babette's Feast , and in critically acclaimed films like The Big Red One and Violette Nozière . | French film and television actress | 85 | 2 | |
Mother Angelica | Mother Mary Angelica of the Annunciation PCPA , also known as Mother Angelica, was an American Roman Catholic nun of the Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration. | American Franciscan nun | 92 | 4 | |
James R. Schlesinger | James Rodney Schlesinger was an American economist and public servant who was best known for serving as Secretary of Defense from 1973 to 1975 under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. | United States Secretary of Defense | 85 | 6 | |
Adrienne Rich | Adrienne Cecile Rich was an American poet, essayist and feminist. | American poet, essayist, feminist | 82 | 8 | |
Vasily Smyslov | Vasily Vasilyevich Smyslov was a Soviet and Russian chess grandmaster, who was World Chess Champion from 1957 to 1958. | Chess grandmaster | 89 | 10 | |
Ian Dury | Ian Robins Dury was a British singer, songwriter and actor who rose to fame during the late 1970s, during the punk and new wave era of rock music. | British musician | 57 | 20 | |
Colin Jamieson | Colin John Jamieson, AO JP , was a politician in Western Australia. | Carpenter, joiner, unionist, politician | 66 | 30 | |
Arthur Bliss | Sir Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss CH KCVO was an English composer and conductor. | English composer and conductor | 83 | 45 | |
Horace Greely Prettyman | Horace Greely Prettyman was an American football player in the early years of the sport. | American football player | 87 | 75 | |
Gerhard von Kügelgen | Franz Gerhard von Kügelgen was a German painter, noted for his portraits and history paintings. | German artist | 48 | 200 |
Person | Person | Description | Age | Anniv | |
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David Storey | David Malcolm Storey was an English playwright, screenwriter, award-winning novelist and a professional rugby league player. | English playwright and novelist | 83 | 3 | |
Daundre Barnaby | Daundre Barnaby was a Canadian track runner who specialised in the 400m. | Canadian track runner | 24 | 5 | |
Hjalmar Andersen | Hjalmar "Hjallis" Johan Andersen was a speed skater from Norway who won three gold medals at the 1952 Winter Olympic Games of Oslo, Norway. | Speed skater | 90 | 7 | |
Farley Granger | Farley Earle Granger Jr. was an American actor, best known for his two collaborations with director Alfred Hitchcock: Rope in 1948 and Strangers on a Train in 1951. | American actor | 85 | 9 | |
Rigo Tovar | Rigoberto Tovar García , better known as Rigo Tovar, was a Mexican musician, singer and actor. | Mexican singer | 58 | 15 | |
Paul Brinegar | Paul Alden Brinegar Jr. was an American character actor best known for his roles in three Western series: The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, Rawhide, and Lancer. | American actor | 77 | 25 | |
Christopher Vokes | Major General Christopher Vokes CB, CBE, DSO, CD was a senior Canadian Army officer who fought in World War II. | Canadian general | 80 | 35 | |
Nicholas Attygalle | Sir Nicholas Attygalle KBE FRCS FRCOG was a Ceylonese academic, surgeon and a Senator. | Sri Lankan politician | 75 | 50 | |
George M. Landers | George Marcellus Landers was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut. | American politician | 82 | 125 | |
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo | Giovanni Battista Tiepolo , also known as Giambattista Tiepolo, was an Italian painter and printmaker from the Republic of Venice who painted in the Rococo style, considered an important member of the 18th-century Venetian school. | Italian painter | 74 | 250 |