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Deaths on April 15

1982 : 5 murderers, of Egyptian pres Sadat, executed
1865 : Abraham Lincoln, at 7:22 am, assassinated by John Wilkes Booth
1220 : Adolf I, archbishop of Cologne, dies
1916 : Alfred Cogniaux, Belgian botanist, dies at 75
1967 : Antonio de Curtis Toto, comedian, dies of heart attack at 69
1929 : Antonio Smareglia, composer, dies at 74
1982 : Arthur Lowe, Brits actor (Capt Mainwaring in Dad's army), dies at 66
1968 : Boris Mykolayovich Lyatoshyns'ky, composer, dies at 73
1938 : C‚sar Vallejo, Peru/French poet (Trilce, Russia & 1931), dies at 46
1975 : Charles Marshall, dies
1989 : Charles Vanel, dies at 96
1962 : Clara Blandick, committed suicide at 80
1995 : Cleo Brown, pianist, dies at 91
1607 : Cornelius Kilianus, Flemish translator/poet, dies at about 78
1995 : Denis Harding, soldier, dies at 79
1924 : Eduardo Caudella, composer, dies at 82
1956 : Emile Nolde [Hansen], German painter (Grablegung Christi), dies at 88
1811 : Ernest Louis Muller, composer, dies at 70
1958 : Estelle Taylor, dies at 64
1962 : Esther Minciotti, dies at 74
1927 : Francesco Gaeta, Italian poet (Di Giacomo), dies at 47
1926 : Frank Iredale, cricketer (14 Tests for Aust, 807 runs at 36 68), dies
1981 : French Duynstee, Dutch states rights leader, dies at 67
1911 : Georg Knorr, German engineer, dies
1993 : George Ives, dies at 111
1976 : Gerald Smith, antisemite/catholic (Natl Christian Crusade), dies at 78
1788 : Giuseppi Bonno, composer, dies at 77
1990 : Greta Garbo, actress (Anna Karenina, Camille), dies at 84
1983 : Gyula Illyes, Hungarian writer/poet (Az Ismertlen Illyes), dies at 80
1993 : H H "Bull" Alexander, cricketer (Test for Aust 1933, avg 154), dies
1988 : Hendrikus G "Han" Hoekstra, Dutch poet (Zandloper), dies at 81
1989 : Hu Yaobang, general sec of Chinese Commnist Party, dies
1920 : Jacob van Stolk Azn, art collector, dies at 74
1502 : Jan IV Chalon, prince of Orange, dies
1863 : Jan Nepomuk Kanka, composer, dies at 90
1986 : Jean Genet, French criminal/novelist/dramatist, dies at 75
1764 : Jeanne-Antoinette-Poison LeNormant d'Etoiles, Marquis de Pomador, dies
1980 : Jean-Paul Sartre, existentialist (Nobel 1964), dies in Paris at 74
1610 : Johan van Duivenoorde, mister of Warmond, dies at about 62
1719 : Johann Friedrich Treiber, composer, dies at 76
1756 : Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, composer, dies at 29
1853 : Johann Leopold Fuchs, composer, dies at 67
1975 : John B McKay, US test pilot (X-15), dies
1994 : John Curry, English figure skater (Oly-gold-76), dies of AIDS at 44
1925 : John Singer Sargent, US portrait painter, dies at 69
1966 : Joseph Crehan, dies of stroke at 81
1954 : Juan Vicente Lecuna, composer, dies at 54
1772 : Karel Jozef, ruler of Batthy nyi, dies at 73
1988 : Kenneth Williams, dies at 61
1472 : Leon B Alberti, Italian humanist/architect (Philodoxis), dies at 68
1993 : Leslie Charteris, British mystery writer (Saint), dies at 85
1982 : Louis M de Guiringaud, Fren forgn min (1976-78), commits suicide at 70
1415 : Manuel Chrysoloras, Byzantine leader/diplomat (ErotŠmata), dies
1991 : Marjorie Warfield, dies at 88
1980 : Marshall Reed, actor (Fred Asher-Lineup), dies at 62
1991 : Martin Ashe, dies
1888 : Matthew Arnold, English poet, dies at 65
1765 : Michail v Lomonosov, Russian scholar/poet, dies at 53
1937 : Nikolai Artzibushev, composer, dies at 79
1972 : Otto Brenner, German trade union leader, dies at 64
1980 : Paul Langton, actor (Leslie-Peyton Place), dies at 76
1943 : Raffaele Casimiro Casimiri, composer, dies at 62
1980 : Raymond Bailey, actor (Mr Drysdale-Beverly Hillbillies), dies at 75
1975 : Richard Conte, actor (Four Just Men, Jean Arthur Show), dies at 65
1942 : Robert Musil, Austrian writer (Mann ohne Eigenschaften), dies at 61
1983 : Rodolfo Hoyos, actor (Luis-Viva Valdez), dies at 68
1997 : Sam Moskowitz, SF fandom historian, dies at 76
1986 : Sergei Nikolayevich Anokhin, cosmonaut, dies at 76
1659 : Simon Dach, German poet, dies
1891 : Stephen Albert Emery, composer, dies at 49
1965 : Syd Chaplin, dies at 80
1824 : Theodorus F van Capellen, vice-admiral (Algiers), dies at 61
1986 : Tim McIntire, actor (Bob Younger-Legend of Jesse James), dies at 42
1984 : Tommy Cooper, comedian, dies at 61
1969 : Victoria von Battenberg, wife of Spanish king Alfonso, dies at 81
1949 : Wallace Beery, US actor (The Champ), dies at 64
1993 : William Bakewell, dies of leukemia at 84
1866 : William Jackson, composer, dies at 51
1947 : Wolstenholme, rocker, dies
1997 : Zdenek Mlynar, Sec of Czech Communist Central Committee (1968), dies

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