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Deaths on April 18

1941 : ... Korysis, PM of Greece, commits suicide
1883 : Agnes Tyrrell, composer, dies at 36
1983 : Alan Melville, cricketer (11 Tests for South Africa, 894 runs), dies
1964 : Albe Vidakovic, composer, dies at 49
1955 : Albert Einstein, German/US physicist (E=MCý), dies
1879 : Anthony Pannizim, principal librarian (British Museum), dies
1993 : Arthur P Smith, US founder of Miami Planetarium, dies at 76
1995 : Arturo Frondizi, President of Argentina (1958-62), dies
1964 : Ben Hecht, playwright (Child of the Century), dies at 71
1947 : Benny Leonard, lightweight boxing champ (1917-25), dies at 51
1974 : Betty Compson, actress (Barker, Weary River, Drag Net), dies at 77
1944 : C‚cile Chamindale, composer, dies
1925 : Charles Ebbets, Pres (Dodgers), dies
1690 : Charles V Leopold, Duke of Lotharingen/Austrian fieldmarshal, dies
1860 : Count Istv n Sz‚chenyi, statesman, commits suicide
1874 : David Livingstone, buried in Westminster Abbey
1955 : Don Blackie, cricketer (3 Tests for Australia 1928-29), dies at 46
1921 : Earnest [Bachigaloupi] Tourniaire, actor (Inkwartiering), dies at 70
1997 : Edward Barker, cartoonist, dies at 46
1824 : Edward Jones, composer, dies at 72
1612 : Emanuel Van Meteren, merchant/historian, dies
1960 : Emory Johnson, director (Phantom Express, Shield of Honor), dies at 66
1919 : Enny Vrede, [Maria M Mller], Dutch actress, drowns at 35
1807 : Erasmus Darwin, physician/writer (Influence), dies
1945 : Ernest T Pyle, British/US newscaster, killed in WW II at 44
1955 : Eugen Herrigel, Zen philosopher/scholar, dies in Germany at 70
1504 : Filippino Lippi, painter, dies at about 52
1992 : Florence Randall, model/designer (Bill Blass), dies at 54 of cancer
1940 : Florrie Forde, music hall artist, dies
1530 : Fran‡ois Lambert d'avignon, French church reformer, dies at about 43
1689 : George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys of Wem/infamous judge, dies
1684 : Gonzales Cocx, [Coques], painter, dies
1898 : Gustave Moureau, painter, dies
1861 : Heinrich August Neithardt, composer, dies at 67
1963 : Henrietta Kreis, 3rd of famous Wallenda aerialist to fall to death
1928 : Henryk Melcer-Szczawinski, composer, dies at 58
1940 : Herbert Albert Laurens Fisher, historian, dies
1679 : Hofmannswaldau, writer, dies
1943 : I Yamamoto, admiral of Japanese fleet, dies
1935 : Ignazio Guidi, Italian orientalist/archaeologist, dies at 90
1959 : Irving Cummings Sr, actor/director (In Old Ariz), dies at 70
1855 : Jean-Baptiste Isabey, painter, dies
1945 : John Ambrose Fleming, electrical engineer, dies
1800 : John Evangelist Schreiber, composer, dies at 84
1587 : John Foxe, author (Book of Martyrs), dies
1984 : John Lee Mahin, screenwriter, dies of emphysema at 81
1552 : John Leland, antiquary, dies
1830 : Jose Mauricio Nunes Garcia, composer, dies at 62
1854 : Joseph Antoni Frantiszek Elsner, composer, dies at 84
1905 : Juan Valera bon Alcal Galiano, Sp author (Pepita Jim‚nez), dies at 80
1873 : Justus Freiherr von Liebig, German chemist, dies at 69
1996 : Kalim Siddiqui, islamic campaigner, dies at 62
1994 : Ken Oosterbroek, South African press photographer, shot dead at 32
1949 : Leonard Bloomfield, linguist/philosopher, dies
1556 : Luigi Alamanni, Italian poet (Flora, Antigone), dies at 61
1986 : Marcel Dassault, [Bloch], French airplane builder, dies at 94
1974 : Marcel Pagnol, French writer/movie (Topaz), dies at 79
1971 : Masao Oki, composer, dies at 69
1958 : Maurice-Gustave Gamelin, French generalissmo (WW I, WW II), dies at 85
1996 : Michael Leander Farr, record producer, dies at 55
1917 : Moritz F Freiherr von Bissing, gov-gen of Belg (1914-17), dies at 73
1845 : Nicholas T the Saussure, Swiss chemist/botany, dies at 77
1871 : Omar Pasha, [Michael Lats], Croatian governor, dies at 64
1936 : Ottorino Respighi, Italian composer (Belkis), dies at 56
1976 : Percy Julian, holder of more than 138 chemical patents, dies at 78
1710 : Pierre de La Barre, composer, dies at 75
1996 : Piet Hein, architect/poet/mathematician/inventor, dies at 80
1800 : Pieter Fouquet, art merchant (Atlas of Fouquet), dies
1818 : Pieter PJQ Ondaatje, Ceylon/Dutch lawyer, dies at 59
1969 : Piotr F Scharoff, Russ/Italian actor/director (Chechov), dies at 82
1958 : Richard B Goldschmidt, German zoologist (butterflies), dies
1938 : Richard Runciman Terry, musicologist, dies
1975 : Rob Touber, [Robert J Noordervliet), chansonnier/director, dies at 38
1990 : Robert D Webb, director/actor (Love Me Tender, Jackals), dies at 87
1610 : Robert Parsons, English jesuit leader/plotter, dies at 63
1867 : Robert Smirke, architect, dies
1996 : Robert William Paine, architect, dies at 88
1936 : Seaborn M Denson, composer, dies at 82
1939 : Theo Mann, actress (Pink Bernd, Hedda Gabler), dies at 88
1567 : Wilhelm von Grumbach, German military man, dies at 63
1853 : William King, US VP, dies a month after his inauguration

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