Audubon, John J. (1851)
19th century ornithologist and artist
Famous People Who Died on January 27
From the Who2 database of 4,809 musicians, actors, historical figures, and other celebrities:
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Bly, Nellie (1922)
Woman journalist who went around the world in 1889 -
Jackson, Mahalia (1972)
Gospel singing legend -
Leachman, Cloris (2021)
The egotistical landlady Phyllis on The Mary Tyler Moore Show -
Paar, Jack (2004)
The Tonight Show host before Johnny Carson -
Salinger, J.D. (2010)
The author of The Catcher In the Rye -
Updike, John (2009)
The author of the 1960 novel Rabbit, Run -
Zinn, Howard (2010)
Boat-rocking U.S. historian