Famous Deaths for 27th February 2024

1666 – Luisa de Guzmán, Queen of Portugal (1640-56), dies at 52
1706 – John Evelyn, English writer and diarist (Life of Mrs Godolphin), dies at 85
1805 – Stefan Paluselli, Austrian choirmaster, composer, and monk, dies at 57
1852 – Joseph Drechsler, Czech composer, dies at 69
1942 – Martha McChesney Berry, American educator who founded Berry School for Children, dies at 75
1961 – Platt Adams, American field athlete (Olympic gold standing high jump 1912), dies at 75
1973 – Lucijan Marija Skerjanc, Yugoslav conductor and composer, dies at 72
1985 – Ray Ellington [Henry Pitts Brown], British jazz drummer, singer and bandleader (The Goon Show), dies of cancer at 68
1990 – Nahum Norbert Glatzer, Jewish-American scholar (b. 1903)
2019 – France-Albert René, 2nd President of Seychelles (1977-2004), dies at 83

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