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Deaths on April 09

1976 : Akio Yashiro, composer, dies at 46
1681 : Alfonso Marsh, composer, dies at 54
1851 : Antoine-Charles Glachant, composer, dies at 80
1984 : Basil Henry Blackwell, British publisher, dies
1024 : Benedict VIII, [Theophylactus van Tusculum], Pope (1012-24), dies
1944 : Boleslaw Wallek-Walewski, composer, dies at 59
1988 : Brook Benton, singer (Just a Matter of Time), dies at 56 of meningitis
1909 : Charles Conder, artist, dies
1754 : Christian von Wolff, German philosopher, dies at 75
1994 : Cornelis N "Cor" van Dis Jr, Dutch MP (1971-94), dies at 71
1882 : D G Rossetti, writer, dies at 53
1988 : Dave Prater, rocker (Sam & Dave), dies in a car crash at 50
1945 : Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German theologist/antifascist, hanged
1893 : Disma Fumagalli, composer, dies at 66
1483 : Edward IV, King of England (1461-70, 71-83) dies at 38
1917 : Edward Thomas, poet, killed in WW I
1939 : Emilio Serrano y Ruiz, composer, dies at 89
1793 : Ernestus Weinrauch, composer, dies at 62
1879 : Ernst Friedrich Richter, composer, dies at 70
1821 : Felix Maximo Lopez, composer, dies at 78
1553 : Fran‡ois Rabelais, French author (Gargantua/Pantagruel), dies at 49
1626 : Francis Bacon, Viscount St Albans, statesman, dies
1959 : Frank Lloyd Wright, US architect (Guggenheim Museum NY), dies at 89
1882 : Gabriel Dante Rossetti, English poet/painter, dies at 53
1992 : Gale McGee, senator (Wyoming, 1959-77), dies at 77
1862 : George W Johnson, US planter/Confederate (gov-Ky), dies at about 50
1945 : Hans Oster, German major-general/spy, "July 20th plot", hanged
1945 : Hans von Dohnanyi, "July 20th plotter", hanged
1997 : Helene Hanff, author (84 Charing Cross Road), dies at 80
1904 : Isabella II, Queen of Spain (1833-68), dies at 73
1804 : Jacques Necker, fiancier/statesman, dies
1995 : James Bullock, colliery manager, dies at 92
1996 : James William Rouse, US builder (shopping malls), dies at 81
1986 : Jean Mogin, Belgian poet, dies at 64
1852 : John Howard Payne, actor/playwright (Fair Warning), dies
1807 : John Opie, Engl painter/illustrator: Shakespeare gallery, dies at 45
1948 : Jorge Elecier Gait n, Colombian politician, murdered
1886 : Joseph V von Scheffel, German writer (Ekkehard), dies at 60
1962 : Juan Belmonte, famed bullfighter, dies at 70
1882 : Jules Quicherat, French historian/archaeologist (M‚langes), dies at 66
1980 : Kathleen Burke, dies
1994 : Keith Watson, British comic strip artist (Dan Dare), dies at 59
1947 : Konrad Friedrich Noetel, composer, dies at 43
1747 : Lord Lovat, English jacobiet, dies
1492 : Lorenzo de' Medici, Florentine statesman, dies
1996 : Maisie Fitter, editor/conservationist, dies at 83
1994 : Marcel Ichac, French alpinist/director (Karakoram), dies at 87
1765 : Maria Louise van Hessen-Kassel, princess of Orange-Nassau, dies at 77
1991 : Maurice Binder, title designer (James Bond Movies), dies at 73
1923 : Mauritius H Binger, director/producer (Living Ladder), dies
1557 : Michael Agricola, Finnish theologist/church reformer/bishop, dies
1940 : Mrs Patrick Campbell, English actress (Outcast Lady, Riptide), dies
1931 : Paul Antonin Vidal, composer, dies at 67
1976 : Phil Ochs, singer (Draft Dodger Rag), commits suicide at 35
1954 : Philip Greeley Clapp, composer, dies at 65
1994 : Raouf Khayrat, Egyptian general-major, murdered
1996 : Richard Thomas Condon, author, dies at 81
1982 : Robert H G Havemann, German chemist/dissident, dies
1992 : Ruth Hammond, dies in her sleep at 96
1951 : Sadiq Hidajat, Persian writer (Hadji Aga), dies
1996 : Sandy Becker, NYC Kiddie TV Show host (Sandy Becker Show), dies at 74
1933 : Sigfrid Karg-Elert, composer, dies at 55
1747 : Simon Fraser, 12th baron Lovat Jacobite, last man beheaded in England
1979 : Staats Cotsworth, dies at 71
1966 : Sutan Sjahrir, premier of Indonesia (1945-47), dies at 57
1945 : Theodor Haecker, German cultural philosopher (Mensch?), dies at 65
1865 : Thomas Alfred Smyth, Irish/US Union general-major, dies at 32
1916 : Vicente Goicoechea Errasti, composer, dies at 62
1951 : Vilhelm F K Bjerknes, Norwegian/US physicist/meteorology, dies at 89
1982 : Wilfred Pelletier, symph conductor (Voice of Firestone), dies at 85
1945 : Wilhelm Canaris, Admiral/headed Germany Abwehr, hanged
1806 : Willem V Batavus, prince of Orange-Nassau, dies at 58
1761 : William Law, theologian, dies
1850 : William Prout, physician/chemist, dies
1993 : Wouter Perquin, journalist/Dutch MP (KVP), dies at 74
1961 : Zog I, [Ahmed Zogu], King of Albania (1925-39), dies at 65

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