Deaths on April 14
1960 : Archibald McIndoe, plastic surgeon, dies
1971 : Armand Spitz, developer of small educational planetarium, dies
1943 : Asser B Kleerekoper, SDAP-Second-Member of parliament, dies at 62
1996 : Benjamin "Zik" Azikiwe Nnamdi, politician, dies at 91
1964 : Bert McGirr, cricketer (2 Tests for NZ, 51 runs), dies
1995 : Brian Coffey, poet, dies at 89
1995 : Burl Ives, folk singer/actor (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof), dies at 85
1692 : Carlos de Gurrea, Spanish viceroy (Spanish Netherlands), dies
1574 : Christoffel Palts, German general strategist, dies in battle
1099 : Conrad, bishop of Utrecht, stabbed to death
1992 : David Miller, dies of cancer at 82
1995 : Donald Keech, entrepreneur, dies at 74
1964 : Earle Hodgins, actor (Guestward Ho!), dies at 64
1953 : Emmanuel K de Bom, Flemish writer (Scheldelucht), dies at 84
1985 : Enver Hoxha, Albanian leader (1944-85), dies
1768 : Fran‡ois de Cuvilli‚s, Belgian architect of Bayern, dies
1975 : Fredric March, actor (Inherit the Wind), dies at 77
1996 : Gaylord Birch, drummer (Pointer Sisters, Herbie Hancock), dies at 50
1943 : Geoffrey Turton Shaw, composer, dies at 63
1759 : Georg Friedrich H„ndel, organist/composer (Watermusic), dies at 74
1934 : Gerald du Maurier, British actor-manager (Unmarried, Escape), dies
1976 : Gerard Roms‚e, Flemish nationalist, dies at 74
1948 : Gerhard Anschtz, German professor, dies at 81
1994 : Harry Touw, Dutch comic (Fred Hach‚ Show), dies at 70
1574 : Hendrik, count of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies in battle
1988 : Herbert Reynolds Inch, composer, dies at 83
1874 : Hermanus J Abbring, Dutch author/engineer on Cura‡ao, dies at 86
1941 : Jack Edmonson, Australian corporal in Tobruk (Victoria Cross), dies
1995 : James Daniel "Danny" Turner, saxophonist, dies at 75
1915 : James Hutton Brew, Pioneer of West African Journalism, dies
1695 : Jean de la Fontaine, French poet (Fables), dies at 73
1986 : Jean Genˆt, French, playwright (Lesson NŠgres), dies at 75
1993 : Jo Boer, Dutch painter/writer/author (Heir, dies at 85
1813 : Joachim Nicolas Eggert, composer, dies at 34
1988 : Johan Franco, composer, dies at 79
1655 : Johann Erasmus Kindermann, composer, dies at 39
1427 : John IV, duke of Brabant, dies
1949 : Joseph A Cushman, US paleontologist, dies at 68
1843 : Joseph Franz Karl Lanner, Austria, composer/violist, dies at 42
1934 : Karl Dane, dies at 57
1913 : Karl Hagenbeck, German animal trainer (Von Tieren), dies at 68
1987 : Karl Holler, composer, dies at 79
1989 : Lance Pierre, cricketer (Test WI v Engl 1948, DNB, 7 overs 0-28), dies
1552 : Laurentius Andreae, [Lars Andersson], Swedish church reformer, dies
1965 : Leonard Mudie, dies of heart ailment at 82
1917 : Lew [Lejzer L] Zamenhof, Polish doc/linguist (Esperanto), dies at 57
1433 : Liduina van Schiedam, Dutch mystic (Christ's Bride)/saint, dies at 53
1240 : Llywelyn ap Iorwerth, Prince of Wales, dies
1924 : Louis H Sullivan, architect (Wainwright building St Louis), dies at 67
1574 : Louis, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies in battle at 35
1973 : Magda Janssens, Flemish actress (Nederlands in 7 Lessons), dies at 88
1996 : Manuel A "Manny" Greenhill, record producer, dies at 80
1990 : Martin Kessel, writer, dies on 89th birthday
1976 : Maude Prickett, actress (Rosie-Hazel), dies at 60
1996 : Mervyn Levy, artist/critic, dies at 81
1995 : Michael Scott Montague Fordham, jungian analyst educator, dies at 89
1973 : Minna Gombell, dies in Santa Monica CA
1983 : Nina Dumbadze, Russian discus thrower (Oly-bronze-1952), dies at 64
1914 : Paul Ehrenreich, German etnologist/mythologist, dies at 58
1764 : Peder [Nielsen] Horrebow, Danish astronomer, dies at 84
1965 : Perry E Smith, US murderer (In Cold Blood), hanged
1983 : Pete Farndon, rock bassist (Pretenders), dies
1990 : Peter Dunn, actor (Invaders from Mars) dies
1925 : Pieter D van Essen, Dutch artillery officer, dies at 54
1964 : Rachel L Carson, US biologist/author (Silent spring), dies at 56
1985 : Reginald Beane, pianist (Starlit Time, Once Upon a Tune), dies at 63
1471 : Richard Neville Warwick, 2nd earl of Salisbury, dies at 42
1977 : Riekus Waskowsky, Dutch poet, dies at 44
1965 : Robert E Hickok, US murderer (In Cold Blood), hanged
1924 : Roland Napoleon Bonaparte, Fr officer/explorer (Surinam), dies at 65
1993 : Sam Ntombani, ANC-secretary in Soweto South-Africa, shot to death
1992 : Sammy Price, US boogie-woogie pianist, dies
1994 : Selometsi Baholo, vice-premier of Lesotho, murdered
1986 : Simone de Beauvoir, French author (DeuxiŠme Sexe), dies at 86
1980 : Tom Fadden, actor (Duffeild-Broken Arrow, Cimarron City), dies at 84
1930 : W Majakowski, writer, dies at 36
1948 : Walter P Reuther, Pres (United Auto Workers), shot at his home
1983 : Willem F Bon, Dutch composer, dies at 42
1888 : William Fisk Sherwin, composer, dies at 62
1996 : William K Everson, film historian, dies at 67