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Deaths on April 07

1972 : "Crazy" Joe Gallo, mobster, killed at his 43rd birthday party
1803 : [Fran‡ois D] Toussaint L'Ouverture/Haitian revolutionary, dies
1789 : Abdl-Hamid I, 27th sultan of Turkey (1774-89), dies at 64
1972 : Abeid Karume, Tanzanian sheik/president, murdered
1994 : Agathe Uwilingiyimana, PM of Rwanda, assassinated
1871 : Alexander, grandson of English queen Victoria, dies at 1 day old
1992 : Alix Talton, former Miss Georgia, dies of lung cancer at 72
1994 : Angelus Gottfried "Golo" Mann, German/US historian, dies at 85
1967 : Anne Morrison Chapin, dies in West Hollywood
1858 : Anton Diabelli, Austria publisher/composer, dies at 76
1833 : Antoni Henryk Radziwill, Lithuanian/Polish composer, dies at 57
1994 : Arthur Gordon Clough, journalist, dies at 59
1982 : Brenda Benet, actress (Track of Thunder), commits suicide by gun at 36
1979 : Bruno Apitz, writer, dies at 78
1988 : Cesar Bresgen, Austrian composer/organist, dies at 74
1971 : Charles F Pahud de Mortanges, (Olympic-gold-1928, 32), dies at 74
1498 : Charles VIII, King of France (1483-98), dies at 27
1992 : Clovis Ruffin, fashion designer (T shirt dress), dies of AIDS at 46
1880 : Diederich Krug, composer, dies at 58
1614 : El Greco, Spanish painter (View of Toledo), dies (birth date unknown)
1978 : Ernest Kanitz, composer, dies at 83
1877 : Errico Petrella, composer, dies at 63
1932 : Erv A Kelley, US policeman, shot to death by Pretty Boy Floyd
1994 : Evert Hartman, Dutch writer (War Without Friends), dies at 56
1994 : Fran‡ois de Grossouvre, Pres Mitterrand advisor, suicide at 76
1984 : Frank Church, (Sen-D-Ohio, 1957-81), dies at 59
1767 : Franz Sparry, composer, dies at 51
1983 : Gavin Gordon, television actor (Romance, Lone Cowboy), dies at 82
1875 : Georg Herwegh, writer, dies at 57
1842 : Henrik A Bjerregaard, Norw writer/poet (Fjeldeventyret), dies at 50
1996 : Ian Spurling, ballet designer, dies at 59
1783 : Ignaz Jakob Holzbauer, composer, dies at 71
1933 : Jan Erik/Eric Jan Hanussen, Berlin astrologist/illusionist, murdered
1719 : Jean-Baptiste de la Salle, French priest/theory/saint, dies at 67
1961 : Jesus Guridi, composer, dies at 74
1968 : Jim Clark, of Scotland, world driving champ, dies at 32 in race car
1778 : Johann Balthasar Kehl, composer, dies at 52
1444 : John Capreolus, French theologist (Libri IV), dies at about 50
1970 : Josina Machel, wife of Mozambique's 1st pres Samora Machel, dies
1943 : Jovan Ducic, Serbian poet (Blue Legends), dies at 72
1958 : Judge Jackson, composer, dies at 75
1958 : Klimenty Arkad'yevich Korchmaryov, composer, dies at 58
1994 : Kurt Cobain, grunge rocker (Nirvana), commits suicide by gun at 27
1994 : Lee Brilleaux, British R&B-singer/guitarist (Stupidity), dies at 41
1884 : Maria van Ackere-Doolaeghe, Flemish poet (Avondlamp), dies at 80
1961 : Marian Jordan, radio comedienne (Fibber McGee & Molly), dies at 62
1976 : Mary Margaret McBride, TV hostess (Mary Margaret McBride), dies at 76
1993 : Max Croiset, Dutch actor/dramatist/director (Zeekant), dies at 80
1987 : Maxine Sullivan, [Williams], US actress (Going Places), dies at 75
1768 : Michel Mathieu, composer, dies at 78
1973 : Nick Stuart, bandleader, dies of cancer at 69
1789 : Peter Camper, anatomist/animal scholar, dies at 66
1524 : Philip of Burgundy, bishop of Utrecht, dies
1995 : Philip Vincent Belloc Jebb, architect, dies at 68
1891 : Phineas T Barnum, US circus promoter (B & Bailey), dies at 88
1881 : Pierre Napoleon Bonaparte, Corsican MP, dies at 65
1810 : Pieter L van de Kasteele, Dutch politician/patriot, dies at 61
1993 : Richard Schmiechen, dies of AIDS at 45
1992 : Rick Emery, dies after long illness at 39
1993 : S C (Billy) Griffith, cricketer (England 1948-49, MCC sect), dies
1984 : Samuel C Engel, poet, dies of heart failure at 79
1977 : Siegfried Buback, German FR procureur-genl, murdered attorney-general
1917 : Spyridon Filiskos Samaras, composer, dies at 53
1862 : Sydney Nelson, composer, dies at 62
1955 : Theda Bara, actress (Camille, Cleopatra, 2 Orphans), dies at 62
1766 : Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch classicist, dies at 81
1989 : Tikhon Toropets, patriarch of Russian Orthodox/saint, dies at 123(?)
1972 : Victor Wong, actor (Mission to Moscow, King Kong) dies at 65
1950 : Walter Huston, dies at 66
1871 : Wilhelm Freiherr von Tegetthoff, Aus adm (Helgoland/Lissa), dies at 43
1850 : William Lisle Bowles, English poet (14 Sonnets), dies at 87
1934 : William Monroe Trotter, African, dies on 62nd birthday in Boston
1961 : Yusef Greiss, composer, dies at 61

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