Deaths on April 06

1862 : Adley Hogan Gladden, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 51
1994 : Agatha Uwilingiyimana, Rwanda/1st female PM in Africa, assassinated
1862 : Albert Sidney Johnston, US Confederate general, dies in battle at 59
1528 : Albrecht Drer, German painter/graphic artist, dies in Germany at 56
1906 : Alexander L Kielland, Norwegian writer (Working People), dies at 57
1983 : Ana Maria, Salvador guerilla leader, murdered
1940 : Andres Isasi, composer, dies at 49
1945 : Benjamin M Telders, president (Dutch Liberal States Party), dies at 42
1991 : Bill Ponsford, cricketer (Test avg 48 22, 1st-class avg 65 18), dies
1981 : Bob "The Bear" Hite, singer (Canned Heat-Goin' up the Country), dies
1968 : Bobby Hutton, US Black Panther leader, shot to death
1817 : Bonaventura Furlanetto, composer, dies at 78
1674 : Charles de M‚an, Belgian lawyer (Observations), dies at 69
1975 : Chiang Kai-Shek, Nationalist Chinese leader, dies at 87
1994 : Cyprian Niayamira, president of Burundi (1993-94), assassinated
1994 : Dick Cary, jazz musician, dies at 77
1993 : Divya Bharati, "Baby Doll" Indies actress (Diwana), dies in car at 19
1935 : Edward Arlington Robinson, US poet, dies
1884 : Emanuel Geibel, writer, dies at 68
1590 : Francis Walsingham, English secretary of state, dies at about 57
1822 : Franz Xaver Partsch, composer, dies at 62
1926 : Giovanni Amendola, antifascist/editor-in-chief (Il Mondo), dies at 43
1931 : Giuseppi Radiciotti, composer, dies at 73
1996 : Greer Garson, actress (Goodbye Mr Chips), dies at 92
1951 : Halfdan Cleve, composer, dies at 71
1489 : Hans Waldmann, Swiss military/mayor (Zurich), beheaded
1993 : Hedi Amira Nouira, PM of Tunisia (1970-80), dies
1972 : Heinrich Lbke, West Germany president (1959-69), dies at 77
1593 : Henry Barrow, English puritian/Congressionalist, hanged
1971 : Igor F Strawinsky, Russ composer (Le Sacre du Printemps), dies at 88
1992 : Isaac Asimov, Sci-Fi author (I Robot), dies from kidney failure at 72
1962 : J C Heldring, Dutch businessman, dies at 74
1997 : Jack Kent Cooke, NFL owner (Wash Redskins), dies at 84
1362 : Jacques de Bourbon, count of Marche, killed in battle
1984 : Jimmy Kenndy, British songwriter (South of the Border), dies
1551 : Joachim Vadianus, Swiss physician/mayor of Sankt Gallen, dies at 66
1865 : John Austin Wharton, US Confederate general-major, dies at 36
1593 : John Greenwood, English Congressionalist, hanged
1605 : John Stow, British historian, dies
1838 : Jos‚ B de Andrada e Silva, premier of Brazil (1822-23), dies at 74
1913 : Jose Marraco y Ferrer, composer, dies on 78th birthday
1961 : Jules J B V Bordet, Belgian bacteriologist (Nobel 1919), dies at 90
1966 : Julia Faye, actress (10 Commandments. Samson & Delilah), dies at 73
1994 : Juv‚nal Habayarimana, president of Rwanda (1973), assassinated
1805 : Lorenz Justinian Ott, composer, dies at 56
1979 : M Marie Widlow, softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1957), dies at 61
1490 : Matthias Corvinus, king of Hungary, dies
1979 : Milton Ager, US composer, dies at 85
1992 : Molly Picon, Yiddish actress (Milk & Honey), dies of Alzheimers at 94
1990 : Nancy Hawkes, (1946 best dress woman), dies at 73
1978 : Nicolas Nabokov, composer (Holy Devil), dies at 74
1829 : Niels H Able, Norwegian mathematician (infinite series), dies at 26
1994 : Patricia Louise Dalton, chair (Sherlock Holmes Society), dies at 75
1252 : Peter of Verona, [Peter Martyr], Italian inquisitor/st, dies at 45
1348 : Petrarch's Laura, dies of plague
1472 : Pieter Bladelin, Belgium, land owner (Middelburg castle), dies
1984 : Ral Donner, singer/narrator, dies at 41
1520 : Raphael [Sanzio], artist (Sistine Madonna), dies on his 37th birthday
1978 : Reinoud Anders, Dutch actor (Unrest of Grave), dies at 65
1865 : Reuben B Boston, US Confederate cavalery colonel, dies in battle
1199 : Richard I, the Lion-hearted, King of England (1189-99), dies at 41
1939 : Robert Courtneidge, British theater producer, dies
1990 : Ronald E Evans, astronaut (Apollo 17), dies of a heart attack at 57
1976 : Ruth P Thomson, writer, dies
1782 : Rynoldus Popma van Oevering, composer, dies at 90
1949 : Stanley Christopherson, cricketer (1884, MCC Pres during WWII), dies
1919 : Stefan Surzynski, composer, dies at 63
1994 : Theo Bosch, humanist/architect (Amsterdam), dies at 54
1779 : Tommaso MFS Traetta, Italian opera composer (Farnace), dies at 52
1947 : Vaclav Kapral, composer, dies at 58
1995 : Vieno J Sukselainen, PM of Finland (1959-61), dies
1974 : Willem Dudok, Dutch architect (Hilversum Town Hall), dies at 89
1707 : Willem Van de Velde, the Young, Dutch seascape painter, dies a 73
1854 : William Strickland, US architect, dies




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