Timeline April 1950

Events in April 1950 5

• 1883 – 1950 Walter Huston (1883-1950) Died 7 April 1950, aged 67 Walter Huston was a Canadian-American actor who won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, directed by his son John Huston. He had a long career on stage and screen spanning silent and sound films. He died in Beverly Hills, California.
• 1889 – 1950 Vaslav Nijinsky (1889-1950) Died 8 April 1950, aged 61 Vaslav Nijinsky was a Russian ballet dancer and choreographer regarded as one of the greatest male dancers of the 20th century, celebrated for his work with the Ballets Russes. Mental illness ended his career in his late twenties, and he spent much of his later life in institutional care. He died in London.
• 1900 – 1950 Kurt Weill (1900-1950) Died 3 April 1950, aged 50 Kurt Weill was a German-born composer famous for The Threepenny Opera, written with Bertolt Brecht, and for later Broadway works after emigrating to the United States. His music blended popular and classical idioms and influenced generations of composers. He died in New York City of a heart attack.
• 1904 – 1950 Charles R. Drew (1904-1950) Died 1 April 1950, aged 45 Charles R. Drew was an American surgeon and researcher whose work on blood storage and processing led to the development of large-scale blood banks. He organized the first major blood bank programs during World War II. He died from injuries sustained in a car accident in North Carolina.
• 1950 – 2017 David Cassidy (1950-2017) Died 21 November 2017, aged 67 American actor and singer who became a teen idol starring in the television series The Partridge Family and as a solo pop artist in the early 1970s. He continued performing music and acting for decades after his early fame. He died of complications from liver and kidney failure.