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Deaths on April 10

1640 : Agostino Agazzari, Italian composer, dies at 61
1939 : Alfredo Panzini, Ital author (Il Bacio de Lesba), dies at 75
1937 : Algernon Ashton, composer, dies at 77
1909 : Algernon Charles Swinburne, English poet, dies at 72
1932 : Andr‚ Baillon, Belgian/French author (& sabots), dies at 56
1807 : Anna Amalia van Brumswijk-Wolfenbttel, duchess of Saxon-Weimar, dies
1960 : Arthur Benjamin, Austral composer/pianist (Devil Take Her), dies at 66
1954 : Auguste LumiŠre, French photograph/movie pioneer, dies at 81
1956 : Bozidar Sirola, composer, dies at 66
1970 : Charles Paton, dies at 96
1640 : Charlotte Flandrina van Nassau, daughter of Willem I, dies at 60
1995 : Chen Yun, VPM of China (1949-75, 79-80), dies
1993 : Chris Hani, sec-gen South Africian Communist Party, assassinated at 50
1966 : Christian J Modeste, Dutch king of gypsies, dies at 71
1958 : Chuck Willis, rocker, dies at 30
1956 : Clarence Beaumont, 1st batter in 1st World Series, dies at 75
1723 : Claude F Tserclaes, South Neth earl of Tilly, dies at 74
1988 : Cliff Gladwin, cricketer (8 Tests for England 1947-49), dies
1929 : Edmond Thieffry, Belgium, WW I pilot, dies at 36
1919 : Emiliano Zapata, Mexican leader, murdered at 39
1966 : Evelyn Waugh, British writer (Black Mischief), dies at 62
1533 : Frederik I, King of Denmark/Norway (1523-33), dies at 61
1760 : Gerard George Clifford, head of East-Indian Company, dies at 75
1756 : Giacomo Antonio Perti, Italian composer, dies at 94
1863 : Giovanni B Amia, Italian astronomer/physicist/botanist, dies at 77
1995 : Glyn Jones, writer, dies at 90
1848 : Godert AGP baron van Capellen, gove-gen of Dutch-Indies, dies at 69
1585 : Gregory XIII, [Ugo Buoncampagni], Italian Pope (1572-85), dies
1995 : Gunter Guillaume, German politican, dies
1945 : Hendrik N Werkman, resistance/painter (Blue Boat), executed at 63
1979 : Henri‰tte P "Hetty" Beck, actress (Dodendans), dies at 91
1961 : Irene Warfield, silent screen actress (Satan Sanderson), dies at 65
1983 : Issam Sartawi, PLO ambassador to Portugal, murdered
1927 : Ivo Bligh, cricketer (8th Earl of Darnley, 4 Tests 1882-83), dies
1994 : James L Lyons, jazz promoter, dies at 77
1996 : Jessica Dubroff, attempting to be youngest pilot, dies in crash at 7
1989 : Joan Barry, dies at 85
1885 : John H Scholten, theologist (Free Want), dies at 73
1995 : Joseph Anthony "Joe" Richards, singer/actor (Colo Ranger), dies at 44
1986 : Joseph P Addabbo, US defence specialist/(Sen-D), dies at 61
1956 : Jozef Szulc, composer, dies at 81
1980 : Kay Medford, actress (Dean Martin Show, To Rome With Love), dies at 65
1992 : Ken Ward, dies at 37
1991 : Kevin Peter Hall, actor (Harry & Hendersons), dies of AIDS at 35
1810 : Konrad Back, composer, dies at 60
1965 : Linda Darnell, dies from burns received in a fire at 41
1954 : Ludwig Curtius, German archaeologist (Die antike Kunst), dies at 79
1362 : Machteld, countess of Holland, dies
1975 : Marjorie Main, actress (Ma & Pa Kettle), dies at 85
1731 : Maximilian Dietrich Freisslich, composer, dies at 58
1911 : Mikolajus Konstantinas Ciurlionis, composer, dies at 35
1995 : Morarji Desai, PM of India (1977-79), dies
1920 : Moritz B Cantor, German mathematician, dies at 90
1938 : Nana Annor Adjaye, Pan-Africanist, dies in W Nzima Ghana
1991 : Natalie Schafer, actress (Gilligan's Island), dies at 90 from cancer
1984 : Nate Nelson, R&B-singer (Flamingos-I'll Be Home), dies on 52 birthday
1979 : Nino Rota, Italian composer (Torquemada), dies at 67
1008 : Notger, bishop of Luik (972-1008), dies
1955 : Oskar Frederik Lindberg, composer, dies at 68
1974 : Patricia Collinge, dies at 81
1825 : Paul-Louis Courier, (M‚r‚), French writer/interpreter, dies at 53
1984 : Ray Middleton, dies at 75
1974 : Roger Bastide, French sociologist, dies at 76
1992 : Sam Kinison, loud mouth comedian, dies in a car crash at 38
1784 : Simon Fokke, book illustrator, dies at 71
1975 : Sophia JW "Sophie" Hermse, actress (But a Dream), dies at 86
1962 : Stuart Sutcliffe, bassist (Beatles), dies of brain hemorrhage at 21
1920 : Tryggve Andersen, Norwegian writer (Mod Kvaeld), dies at 53
1983 : Ulf S von Euler-Chelpin, Swedish physiologist, dies at 78
1994 : Victor Afanasiev, Rus editor-in-chief of Pravda (1976-89), dies at 71
1958 : W C Handy, composer/musician, dies at 84 in NY
1975 : Walker Evans, US photographer (Fortune Magazine), dies at 71
1862 : William Harvey Lamb Wallace, US lawyer/brig-general, dies at 40
1712 : Yusuf Nabi, Turkish poet (Hayriye), dies at about 77

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