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Deaths on April 02

1956 : Albert MLA de Bassompierre, Belgium ambassador to Tokyo, dies at 82
1990 : Aldo Fabrizi, actor (Postman Goes to War, Open City), dies at 85
1938 : Alice Berend, writer, dies
1865 : Ambrose Powell Hill, Confederate general, killed in action at 39
1502 : Arthur, English crown prince/husband of Catharina of Arag¢n, dies
1961 : August Defresne, Dutch director (Anno Christi 969), dies at 67
1959 : Benjamin Christensen, Danish actor (Barnet, Mockery), dies at 79
1952 : Bernard F Lyot, Fren astronomer (chronograph, Lyot-filter), dies at 55
1118 : Boudouin I, of Bologne/Edessa, 1st crusader/king of Jerusalem, dies
1910 : Boyd Alexander, English explorer (Niger to the Nile), murdered at 37
1987 : Buddy Rich, drummer/orch leader (Away We Go), dies at 69
1979 : Carroll D Rosenbloom, LA Rams president, dies at 72
1966 : Cecil Scott Forester, English author (Horatio Hornblower), dies at 66
1831 : Charles Felix, blind King of Sardina (1821-31), dies at 74
1956 : Chester Clute, actor (Niagara Falls), dies at 65
1980 : Dick Howorth, cricketer (Engld slow lefty all-rounder late 40's), dies
1974 : Douglass Dumbrille, actor (Mr Deed Goes to Town), dies at 84
1993 : Eugenie Leontovitch, actress (4 Sons, Homicidal), dies at 93
1416 : Ferdinand I, the Justified, king of Aragon/Sicily, dies at 52
1657 : Ferdinand III, King of Hungarian/Bohemia/German Emperor, dies at 48
1969 : Fortunio Bonanova, actor (My Best Gal, Havana Rose), dies at 74
1910 : Friedrich von Bodelschwingh, German theologist, dies at 79
1974 : Georges Pompidou, French president, dies in Paris at 62
1972 : Gil Hodges, manager (NY Mets), dies of heart attack at 57
1995 : Hannes Alfven, physicist (Nobel prize), dies at 86
1995 : Harvey Penick, premier golf instructor/author, dies at 90
1803 : Hieronymus van Alphen, Dutch attorney/poet (church hymns), dies at 56
1932 : Hugo Kaun, composer, dies at 69
1979 : Ivan Barrow, cricketer (11 Tests for West Indies 1930-39), dies
1953 : Jean Epstein, French director (Vive la Vie), dies at 56
1758 : Johann Balthasar Konig, composer, dies at 67
1747 : Johann J Dillenius, German botanist, dies at 63
1705 : Johann Lohner, composer, dies at 59
1947 : Joseph Hardstaff, cricket (311 runs in 5 Tests for Eng 1907-08), dies
1995 : Julius Arthur Hemphill, saxophonist, dies at 57
1933 : K S Ranjitsinhji, cricketer (989 Test runs, 1st-class avg 56), dies
1993 : Klaas Schenk, Dutch speed skater/coach/father of Ard, dies at 86
1890 : Marinus FAG Campbell, bibliographer, dies at 70
1640 : Matthias C Sarbiewski, [Sarbievius], Polish jesuit/poet, dies at 45
1944 : Mikulas Moyzes, composer, dies at 71
1937 : Nathan Birnbaum, Austria philosopher (Zionism), dies at about 72
1941 : Paul Teleki, premier Hungary, dies
1876 : Paul van Vlissingen, Dutch ship owner, dies at 78
1992 : Paula Kelly, singer/actress (Sweet Charity), dies at 72
1956 : Philippo de Pisis, Italian painter, dies at 59
1784 : Pierre Leclair, composer, dies at 74
1976 : Ray Teal, actor (Sheriff Roy Coffee-Bonanza), dies at 74
1965 : Renzo Bossi, composer, dies at 81
1865 : Richard Cobden, founder Anti-Corn-Law League, dies at 60
1994 : Richard Davies, actor (Pvt Buckaroo), dies of heart attack at 79
1872 : Samuel F B Morse developer of electric telegraph, dies at 80
1951 : Simon Barere, pianist, dies while perfoming at Carnegie Hall
1852 : Theodor Althaus, writer, dies
1928 : Theodore Richards, US chemist (atomic weight, Nobel 1914), dies
1997 : Tomoyuki Tanaka, producer (Godzilla), dies of a stroke at 86
1961 : Wallingford Riegger, US composer (Bacchangle), dies at 75
1892 : Willem J d'Ablaing van Giessenburg, Dut baron/genealogist, dies at 79

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