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Deaths on April 04

1972 : Adam Clayton Powell Jr, (Rep-D-NY), dies at 63
1664 : Adam Willaerts, Dutch seascape painter, dies
1284 : Alfonso X, "El Sabio" King of Castili‰/Le¢n (1252-84), dies at 62
1993 : Alfred Mosher Butts, US architect/game maker (Scrabble), dies at 93
1893 : Alphonse LPP de Candolle, Swiss botanist, dies at 86
1817 : Andr‚ Mass‚na Duc de Rivoli, soldier, dies
1931 : Andre Michelin, CEO (Michelin Tires), dies
1993 : Bep [Alberta B] Ogterop, [Rita la Roche], singer, dies
1981 : Brad Johnson, actor (Annie Oakley), dies at 56
1934 : Braulio Dueno Colon, composer, dies at 80
1970 : Byron Foulger, actor (Capt Nice, Petticoat Junction), dies at 70
1987 : C[atherine] L[ucille] Moore, author (Judgment Night), dies at 76
1996 : Carl Burton Stokes, politician, dies at 68
1953 : Carol II, King of Romania (1930-40), dies at 59
1585 : Caspar de Robles, Spanish viceroy of Frisia, dies at about 57
1844 : Charles Bulfinch, 1st US pro architect (Mass State House), dies at 80
1905 : Constantin Meunier, Belgian painter/sculptor, dies at 73
1938 : Cyril Christiani, cricket wicket keep (WI 1935), dies of malaria at 24
1996 : David Keylsey, actor/director, dies at 63
1996 : David Whitton, campaigner, dies at 44
1662 : Davis Mell, composer, dies at 57
1979 : Edgar Buchanan, actor (Uncle Joe-Petticoat Junction), dies at 77
1900 : Edward VII, King, assassinated
1963 : Endzion Barelli, dies 2 days after winning a boxing match at 18
1393 : Floris van Wevelinkhoven, bishop of Utrecht, dies
1986 : Frank Mortelmans, Belgian painter, dies at 87
1937 : Frantisek X Salda, Czech writer/critic, dies at 69
1996 : Frederick Denison Maurice Hocking, pathologist, dies at 97
1588 : Frederik II, King of Denmark/Norway (1559-88), dies at 53
1806 : Friedrich Gottlob Fleischer, composer, dies at 84
1956 : Fritz Knkel, German physician/charachterologist, dies at 66
1931 : George Whitefield Chadwick, composer, dies at 76
1939 : Ghazi I, King of Iraq (19??-39), dies in car accident
1978 : Gino Contilli, composer, dies at 70
1983 : Gloria Swanson, actress (Airport 1975), dies of a heart ailment at 84
1862 : Harmen S Sytstra, Dutch poet/editor (Iduna), dies at 45
1958 : Hendrik Heyman, Belgian minister of Nijverheid/mayor, dies at 78
1229 : Hugo van Pierrepont, bishop of Liege, dies
1983 : Jacqueline Logan, silent film leading lady, dies at 78
1963 : Jason Robards Sr, actor (Acapulco), dies at 70
1977 : Jeno Zador, composer, dies at 82
1734 : Johann C van Erckel, old Catholic theologist, dies at about 79
1972 : John A H J S Bruins Slot, co-founder/editor in chief (illegal), dies
1984 : John Arnold, cricketer (Eng bat v NZ 1931, scored 34 only Test), dies
1991 : John Heinz, (Sen-R-Pa), dies in a plane crash, dies at 52
1617 : John Napier, Scottish mathematician/inventor (logarithms), dies
1944 : John Peale Bishop, US poet (Undertaker's Garland), dies at 51
1417 : John van Touraine, 1st husband of Jacoba of Bavaria, dies
1908 : Josef Sucher, composer, dies at 64
1807 : Joseph J‚r“me Le Francais de Lalande, French astronomer, dies
1996 : Joy Newton, dancer, dies at 82
1944 : Karel Weis, composer, dies at 82
1714 : Karel, duke of Berry/French heir to the throne, dies
1929 : Karl Friedrich Benz, automobile engineer (Mercedes), dies at 84
1992 : Karl Tunberg, US scriptwriter (Ben Hur), dies
1995 : Kenny Everett, disc Jockey, dies at 50
1923 : L Martov, [Joulij O Tsederbaum], Russ revolutionary, dies at 49
1996 : Larry Laprise, songwriter, dies at 83
1662 : Leonhart Kern, German sculptor , dies at about 73
1991 : Luc de Rijck, Belgian soccer player (Turnhout), dies
1968 : Martin Luther King Jr, (Dream continues), assassinated in Memph at 39
1784 : Mary Mead, wife of English journalist John Wilkes, dies
1991 : Max Frisch, Swiss architect/writer (Stiller, Biedermann), dies at 79
1941 : Max Frisch, writer, dies at 29
1967 : Mischa Elman, Ukraine/US violinist, dies at 76
1292 : Nicholas IV, [Girolamo Masci], Pope (1288-92), dies
1994 : Olga Lowina, Dutch yodeler (Edelweisskapel), dies at 69
1774 : Oliver Goldsmith, Irish poet (She Stoops to Conquer), dies at 17
1943 : Oskar Schlemmer, German painter/sculptor, dies at 54
1932 : Ottokar T Czernin von und zu Chudenitz, Austrian minister, dies at 59
1995 : Peter Brinson, dance educationalist, dies at 67
1817 : Prince d'Essing, dies
1995 : Priscilla Lane, actress (Saboteur, Bodyguard), dies at 77
1953 : Rachilde, [Marguerite Vallette-Eymery], French author, dies at 93
1943 : Raoul Laparra, composer, dies at 66
1406 : Robert III, King of Scotland (1390-1406), dies
1992 : Samuel Reshevsky, Polish-born chess grandmaster, dies at 80
1996 : Seamas NacNeill, piper, dies at 79
1643 : Simon Episcopius, [Bisschop], Dutch theologist, dies at 60
1959 : Stanley Snooke, cricketer (bro of S J, duck in S African Test), dies
1972 : Stefan Wolpe, German composer (Zeus & Elidco), dies at 69
1992 : Sy Kramer, singer/comedy writer dies of cancer at 59
1604 : Thomas Churchyard, poet/pamphleteer, dies
1889 : Thomas T H Jorissen, historian, dies at 56
1982 : Tsvetan Tsvetanov, composer, dies at 50
1994 : Virginia "Ginny" Simms, actress/singer (Kay Kyser Band), dies at 77
1930 : Vladimir Majakovski, Russian poet, dies
1932 : Wilhelm Ostwald, physical chemist (Nobel 1909), dies
1919 : William Crookes, English chemist/physicist (Crookes-pipe), dies at 86
1841 : William Henry Harrison, becomes 1st pres to die in office, at 68
1979 : Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, Pakistani president, hanged in Pakistan at 51

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