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Deaths on April 01

1866 : Aime Ambroise Simon Leborne, composer, dies at 98
1993 : Alan Kulwicki, stock car racer, dies in plane crash at 38
1974 : Alfred Ernest Whitehead, composer, dies at 86
1996 : Alfredo Nobre Coast, PM of Portugal (1978), dies
1205 : Amalrik II, King of Cyprus/Jerusalem, dies
1910 : Andreas Aschenbach, German painter/engraver, dies at 94
1869 : Anthony G O Ridder van Rappard, Min of Reformed Worship, dies at 69
1973 : Arthur Wood, cricket wicket-keeper (England 1938-39), dies
1964 : Bozidar Kunc, composer, dies at 60
1830 : Carl Borromaus Neuner, composer, dies at 51
1922 : Charles I, emperor (Austria)/King of Hungary (Charles IV), dies
1950 : Charles R Drew, surgeon/developer of blood bank concept, dies at 45
1995 : Cheryl Waltz, author/film producer, dies at 50
1951 : Clement D'Hooghe, composer, dies at 51
1930 : Cosima Liszt, wife of Austrian composer Richard Wagner, dies at 92
1981 : D[ennis] F[eltham] Jones, sci-fi author (Colossus), dies at 65
1996 : Edwin H "Buddy" Morris, music publisher, dies at 89
1204 : Eleanor of Aquitaine, wife of Louis VII & Henry II, dies at 81
1975 : Eugeen Yoors, Flemish draftsman/glass painter, dies at 95
1878 : Eugene Gautier, composer, dies at 56
1952 : Ferenc Moln r, Hungarian playwright (Farkas, Tester), dies at 76
1901 : Fran‡ois M Raoult, Fren physicist/chemist (Law of Raoult), dies at 70
1925 : Francis William Davenport, composer, dies at 77
1995 : Francisco Moncion, dancer, dies at 73
1976 : Freddie Lennon, father of John Lennon (Beatles), dies at 63
1933 : Frederick Lord Chelmsford, viceroy of Brit-Ind (1916-21), dies at 64
1916 : Gabrielle Petit, Belgian resistance fighter, executed
1947 : George II, king of Greece, dies at 56
1957 : Gheorge Tatarescu, premier Romania (1933-37, 39-40), dies
1611 : Gillis van Valkenborch, Flemish painter, buried at about 72
1969 : Helena Rubinstein, US cosmetic manufacturer, dies at about 89
1989 : Henk Gortzak, Dutch MP (CPN/PSP), dies at 57
1965 : Henry D G Crerar, Canadian general (WW I, Normandy), dies at 76
1941 : Hippolyte Delehaye, Flemish historian, dies at 81
1993 : Ihsan Mohamed Salem, [Yunis Awad], Palestinian Al-Fatah leader, killed
1988 : Jim Jordan, actor (Fibber McGee), dies from a blod clot at 91
1915 : Johann Joseph Abert, composer, dies at 82
1866 : Johannes C H de Meijere, Dutch zoologist, dies
1996 : John Alwyne Kitching, zoologist, dies at 87
1996 : John McSheery, dies of heart attack while umpiring a game, at 51
1995 : Johnny Nicholss, footballer, dies at 63
1997 : Jolie Gabor, mother of Zsa Zsa & Eva, dies at 97
1814 : Jozef de Ferraris, French/Austrian general/cartographer, dies at 87
1993 : Juan of Borbon y Battemberg, father of king Juan Carlos I, dies
1992 : Juanito, soccer star (Madrid Real 1977-87), dies at 37 in car crash
1966 : Karl B Adam, German theologist (Jesus Christ), dies at 89
1918 : Karl Fritjof Valentin, composer, dies at 64
1994 : Leon Degrelle, Belgium general, dies
1968 : Lev D Landau, Russian physicist (Nobel 1962), dies at 59
1807 : Louis Fran‡ois Chambray, composer, dies at 69
1734 : Louis Lully, composer, dies at 69
1995 : Lucie Rie, potter, dies at 93
1979 : Marinus Peijnenburg, Dutch politician, dies at 51
1996 : Mario Viegas, actor (The Jew, Divine Comedy), dies at 47
1988 : Marius W Holtrop, economist/president (Netherlands Bank), dies at 85
1991 : Martha Graham, US, choreographer (Appalachian Spring), dies at 96
1984 : Marvin Gaye, shot to death by his father Marvin Gaye Sr in LA at 44
1976 : Max Ernst, German/French surrealist painter/sculptor, dies at 85
1936 : Mikhail Vladimirovich Ivanov-Boretsky, composer, dies at 61
1807 : Mikl¢s R‚vai, Hungarian linguistic/poet, dies at 57
1976 : Miroslav Ponc, composer, dies at 73
1997 : Nancy Woodhull, news editor (USA Today), dies of cancer at 52
1799 : Narciso Casanovas, composer, dies at 52
1946 : Noah Beery, actor (Beau Geste, Cimarron Kid, Mammy), dies at 62
1870 : Patrick Gass, sgt of Lewis & Clark Expedition, dies at 98
1991 : Paulo Muwanga, chief of Uganda (1980), dies
1960 : Piet[er O] Bakker, Dutch journalist/writer (Ciske), dies at 62
1995 : Richard Pool, naval Officer, dies at 75
1991 : Richard Thorpe, director (MGM), dies at 95
1994 : Robert Doisneau, French photographer (The Kiss), dies at 81
1832 : Robert the Hermit, US ex-slave/hermit in Massachusetts, dies
1994 : Rosalind Laura Burke, aviatrix, dies at 86
1914 : Rube Waddell, baseballer, dies at 37 of TB
1976 : S Constantine Timoshenko, Russian marshal, dies at 75
1995 : Sampson DeBrier, actor (Inauguration of Pleasure Dome), dies at 86
1917 : Scott Joplin, ragtime composer (Sting), dies at 48
1548 : Sigismund I, the Elder, King of Poland, dies at 81
1955 : Silvio d'Amico, Italian theater critic (Il Teatro Italian), dies at 68
1916 : Sjoerd van der Schaaf, Frisian journalist/writer (Abbingawƒld), dies
1994 : Stuart Sloan, war hero/test pilot, dies at 72
1807 : Vaclav Josef Bartolomej Praupner, composer, dies at 61
1993 : Wayne Mack, sportscaster/actor (Storyville), dies of cancer at 68
1930 : Zawditu, 1st reigning female monarch of Ethiopia, dies

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