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Deaths on April 16

1955 : Abdullah Seif el-Islam, brother of Yemenite king Ahmed, beheaded
1929 : Abraham van Stolk Jzn, art collector, dies at 57
1988 : Abu Jihad, [Khalil al-Wazzir], PLO-leader, murdered
1980 : Alf Sj”berg, dir (Fadern, Oen, Domaren), dies in a car crash at 76
1870 : Anatoli O Demidov, Russian ruler of Donato/traveller, dies
1992 : Andy Russell, drummer/vocalist (Your Hit Parade), dies of stroke at 72
1995 : Arthur English, comedian, dies at 75
1876 : Augustin-Philippe Peellaert, composer, dies at 83
1948 : Babe Ruth, baseball legend, dies
1879 : Bernadette, st/(saw Virgin Mary at Lourdes), dies in Nevers France
1938 : Bertram Wagstaff Mills, circus proprietor, dies
1860 : Carolina, duchess of Berry/daughter of crown prince of Naples, dies
1959 : Charles Halton, dies at 83
1995 : Cheyenne Brando, daughter of Marlon, commits suicide
1988 : Clifford Roach, cricketer (16 Tests early in WI cricket history), dies
1743 : Cornelis van Bijnkershoek, Dutch lawyer (Roman law), dies at 69
1995 : Cyril Enfield, film Director, dies at 80
1991 : David Lean, director (28 academy awards), dies of pneumonia at 83
1496 : David van Bourgondie, Bishop of Utrecht (1456-96), dies at about 69
1619 : Denijs Calvaert/Caluwaert, [Dionisio Fiamingo], Flemish painter, dies
1846 : Domenico Dragonetti, composer, dies at 83
1968 : Edna Ferber, author (American Beauty), dies at 78
1951 : Emile Erens, Dutch hagiographer (Pastor of Ars), dies at 85
1997 : Emilio Azcarraga Milmo, media tycoon, dies at 66
1981 : Eric Hollies, cricketer (13 Tests for England, 44 wickets), dies
1968 : Fay Bainter, actress (Jezebel, Our Town, State Fair), dies at 76
1446 : Filippo Brunelleschi, architect, dies
1828 : Francisco Goya y Lucientes, Spanish painter/cartoonist, dies at 82
1992 : Frank Killmond, dies at 58
1687 : George Villiers 2nd duke of Buckingham, dies at 59
1914 : George W Hill, US astronomer (moon orbit), dies at 76
1881 : George William Martin, composer, dies at 56
1973 : Istv n Kert‚sz, Hung/German conductor (London Symphony), dies at 43
1924 : Jack Board, cricket wicket-keeper (Eng in 6 Tests 1898-1906), dies
1756 : Jacques Cassini, Fr astronomer (Discover rings of Saturn), dies at 79
1988 : Jacques de Kadt, Dutch 2nd chamber member (soc-dem), dies at 90
1980 : Jean Paul Sartre, writer, dies at 74
1858 : Johann Baptist Cramer, Ger/Brit pianist/composer/publisher, dies at 87
1920 : John Conrad Nordqvist, composer, dies at 80
1825 : John Henry Fuseli, painter/art writer (Tracks in the Snow), dies at 84
1994 : John McLiam, dies of Parkinson's disease at 75
1993 : John P W Meefout, sculptor (Laying wife), dies at 77
1941 : Josiah Charles Stamp, 1st baron/statisician, dies
1988 : Khalil al-Wazir, PLO milt commander, assassinated by Israeli commandos
1760 : Laurence, 4th Earl Ferrers, executed for murder of his steward
1529 : Louis de Berquin, French humanist/reformer/heretic, burned at stake
1996 : Lucille Bremer, dancer/actress (Ziegfeld Follies), dies at 73
1978 : Lucius D Clay, gen/gov US zone W-Germany (airlift), dies at 80
1996 : Madeleine Bourdouxhe, writer, dies at 89
1997 : Mae Boren Axton, song writer (Heartbreak Hotel), dies at 82
1850 : Marie [Gresholtz] Tussaud, maker of wax figures, dies
1997 : Michael Stroka, actor (Aristede-Dark Shadows), dies of cancer at 57
1971 : Mih ly V ci, Hungarian poet/politician, dies at 46
1992 : Neville Brand, actor (Stalag 17), dies of emphysema at 71
1970 : P‚ter Veres, Hungarian minister of defense/writer, dies at 73
1994 : Ralph Waldo Ellison, US writer (Invisible Man), dies at 80
1996 : Raymond Earl Hill, saxophonist, dies at 62
1970 : Richard J Neutra, Aust/US architect (Who Bought America?), dies at 78
1865 : Robert C Tyler, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle
1994 : Ron Vawter, US actor (Roy Cohn, Silence of the Lambs), dies at 45
1994 : Samuel Selvon, author, dies at 70
1985 : Scott Brady, [Gerald Tierney], actor (Shotgun Slade), dies at 60
1996 : Stavros Spyros Niarchos, Greek shipowner, dies at 86
1995 : Stewart Myles MacPherson, broadcaster, dies at 86
1949 : Sutan Ibrahim gelor Datuk Tan Malaka, Indon communist, executed at 54
1115 : Svjatopolk II, great monarch of Kiev, dies [or 1113]
1989 : Tawfieq Yusuf Awwaad, Lebanese writer, dies
1916 : Tom Horan, cricketer (15 Tests for Aust, 471 runs, 11 wickets), dies
1988 : Warde Donovan, dies at 72
1972 : Yasunari Kawabata, Japanese author (Nobel 1968), dies at 72

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