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Deaths on April 08

1950 : Albert Ehrenstein, Austria writer (Strum), dies at 63
1942 : Alfred Mombert, writer, dies
1858 : Anton Diabelli, Austrian composer/publisher, dies at 76
1993 : Arleen Whelan, dies of stroke at 78
1969 : Arthur Walter Kramer, composer, dies at 78
1937 : Arthur William Foote, US organist/composer, dies at 84
1894 : Bankim C Chattopadhyaya, writer (Mrinalini, Anandamath), dies at 55
1996 : Basil Hembry, farmer/campaigner, dies at 80
1996 : Ben Johnson, cowboy actor (Tex, Dillinger), dies of heart attack at 77
1996 : Charles Donald Adams, singer, dies at 67
1920 : Charles Tomlinson Griffes, US composer (White Peacock), dies at 35
1498 : Charles VIII, King of France (1483-98), beheaded at 27
1870 : Charles-Auguste de Beriot, Belgian violinist/composer, dies at 68
1871 : Charles-Louis Hanssens, composer, dies at 68
1969 : Denton Cooley, got 1st fully artificial heart, dies at 48
1848 : Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti, Italian composer, dies at 50
1990 : Doreen Sloane, dies
1921 : Earnest von Possart, German actor/stage manager, dies
1935 : Edwin Cannan, economist, dies
1861 : Elisha G Otis, US elevator builder (Otis), dies at 50
1931 : Eric Axel Karlfeldt, poet, dies
1965 : Erik A Blomberg, Swedish art historian/poet/author, dies at 70
1941 : EugŠne-Marcel Pr‚vost, novelist, dies
1978 : Ford C Frick, baseball commissioner, dies at 83
1759 : Fran‡ois de La Croix, composer, dies at 76
1987 : Francis C Denebrink, US Naval officer (WW I, WW II, Korea) dies at 90
1957 : Frank Chester, cricketer (distinguished 1-armed Engl Test ump), dies
1977 : Frank Milan, actor (Witness), dies at 71
1994 : Frank Wells, president (Disney), dies in helicopter crash
1848 : Gaetano Donizetti, composer, dies at 50
1966 : George Creten, Belgian sculptor/painter, dies at 79
1897 : George Garrett, composer, dies at 62
1959 : Gustave Charlier, Belgian literature historian, dies
1993 : H Earnest, bishop of Breda, dies
1938 : Harold Baumgartner, cricketer (took 2-99 lefty in test for S Af), dies
1897 : Heinrich von Stephan, UK politician, dies
1947 : Henry Ford, US industrialist (Ford cars), dies
1889 : Henry Jupp, cricketer (scored 63 on Test debut for Engl in 1877), dies
1844 : Ignaz Franz von Mosel, composer, dies at 72
1994 : Irene Eisinger, singer, dies at 91
1965 : Jack Durston, cricketer (one Test for England, 4-102 & 1-34), dies
1914 : Jakub Arbes, Czech author (And‚l Miru), dies at 73
1364 : Jan II, the Good, King of France (1350-64), dies at 44
1853 : Jan W Pieneman, historical painter (Battle at Waterloo), dies at 73
1143 : John II Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1118-43), dies in an accident
1865 : John Park, composer, dies at 61
1851 : John Parry, composer, dies at 75
1990 : Jose De Vega, dies of AIDS at 56
1948 : Josef B Kjellgren, Swedish writer (Guldkedjan), dies at 40
1863 : Joseph Netherclift, composer, dies at 70
1890 : Junius Morgan, philanthropist, dies at 76
1965 : Lars Hanson, Swedish actor (Flesh & Devil), dies after illness at 78
1997 : Laura Nyro, singer, dies of ovarian cancer at 49
1963 : Len Tuckett, cricketer (no runs no wkts in 1 Test for S A), dies
1492 : Lorenzo I de' Medici"il Magnifico", ruler of Florence (1469-92), dies
1993 : Marian Anderson, US contralto (My Lord, What a Morning), dies at 96
1970 : Marie V Felix, Prince of Luxemburg, dies
1794 : Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicholas-Caritat, mathematician dies
1995 : Maurice Allom, cricketer (14 Test wickets-NZ debut hat-trick), dies
1992 : Nelson Olmstead, dies at 78
1697 : Niels Juel, Danish admiral (Oland, Moen, Kj”gebocht), dies at 67
1981 : Norman Taurog, dies
1981 : Omar Bradley, last US 5-star general, (Normandy) dies in NY at 88
1973 : Pablo (Ruiz y) Picasso, Spanish/French painter (Guernica), dies at 91
1943 : Paul Colin, Belgian journalist/collaborator, executed
1736 : Pedro Vaz Rego, composer, dies at 63
1976 : Phil Ochs, rock producer (Joe Hill), dies at 35
1778 : Pieter Teyler van der Hulst, Dutch founder (Teyler Museum), dies at 76
1943 : Richard Sears, 1st to win US amateur national tennis match, dies at 81
1919 : Roland baron E”tv”s, Hungarian physicist, dies at 70
1990 : Ryan White, hemophiliac aids sufferer, dies at 18
1902 : Sipyagain, Russian min of interior/headed Secret Service, assassinated
1950 : Vaslav Fromich Nijinsky, Ukrainian ballet dancer, dies in London
1994 : Walter Arnold, Germ theologist (World council of Churches), dies at 64
1537 : Willem Aerts, Flemish architect, dies
1629 : Willem Teellinck, Dutch theologist/vicar, dies at 50
1937 : William Henry Hadow, composer (Studies in Modern Music), dies at 77

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