Famous Deaths for 27th March 2026

1769 – Josef Antonin Gurecky, composer, dies at 60
1923 – James Dewar, Scottish chemist and physicist (Dewarfles/cordiet), dies at 80
1938 – William Stern, German-American philosopher (Intelligence of Children), dies at 66
1943 – Grigori Yakovlevich Bakhchivangi, Russian test pilot (world speed record in BI-1 rocket plane), but killed in its crash at 35
1972 – Sharkey Bonano, American jazz musician, dies at 67
2000 – Ian Dury, English rock musician (The Blockheads) and actor (Judge Dredd), dies at 57
2003 – Paul Zindel, American playwright and novelist (The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-theMoon Marigolds), dies from lung cancer at 66
2014 – James Schlesinger, American economist and public servant (US Secretary of Energy, 1977-79; US Secretary of Defense, 1973-75; Chair of Atomic Energy Commission, 1973-75), dies at 85
2018 – Stephane Audran, French actress (Just Before Nightfall, Babette’s Feast), dies at 85
2023 – Jocelyn Morlock, Canadian contemporary and post-modern classical composer (My Name is Amanda Todd; Bird in the Tangled Sky), and music educator, dies at 53

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