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Deaths on April 19

1995 : "King" Herbert Whitaker, tenor sax, dies at 66
1972 : Adolf Bach, German philologist/sociologist, dies at 82
1943 : Alexander Schmorell, German resistance fighter, beheaded
1992 : Alice Mary Riley, entertainer, dies of cancer at 51
1986 : Alvin Childress, actor (Amos-Amos 'n' Andy), dies at 78
1870 : Andreas Schelfhout, painter/etcher/lithographer, dies at 83
1645 : Anton van Diemen, gov-gen (Neth East Indies), dies at about 5
1881 : Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl (Beaconsfield)/novelist, dies
1813 : Benjamin Rush, physician/abolotionist (signed Decl of Ind), d
1996 : Bernard Edwards, bass player, dies at 44
1870 : Camille Marie Stamaty, composer, dies at 59
1969 : Casper H”weler, music critic, dies at 71
1957 : Charles Funk, Encylopediest (Funk & Wagnalls), dies at 76
1914 : Charles Pierce, philosopher/scientist, dies
1882 : Charles Robert Darwin, evolutionist (Origin of Species), dies
1689 : Christina, Queen of Sweden (1644-54), dies
1967 : Conrad Adenauer, West Germany chancellor (1949-63), dies at 9
1964 : Cyril Merry, cricketer (WI batsman in 2 Tests 1933), dies
1986 : Dag Ivar Wiren, composer, dies at 80
1989 : Daphne Du Maurier, English writer (Rebecca, Jamaica Inn), die
1993 : David Koresh, [Vernon Howell], cult leader (Davidians), suici
1608 : Earl of Dorset, poet/statesman, dies
1978 : Emile de Strijker, Belgian philosopher, dies at 70
1981 : Ernst Levy, composer, dies at 85
1956 : Ernst R Curtius, German literature historian, dies at 70
1770 : Esprit Joseph Antoine Blanchard, composer, dies at 74
1980 : Ethel Wilson, actress (Aunt Harriet-Aldrich Family), dies at
1768 : Filippo della Valle, Italian sculptor, dies at about 70
1773 : Florian Johann Deller, composer, dies at 43
1992 : Frankie Howerd, actor (Carry on Doctor, Up the Front), dies a
1994 : Frederick Ferrari, crazy Gang Member, dies at 81
1706 : Galenus Abrahamsz de Haen, Dutch baptist leader, dies
1965 : George Davis, actor (Private Lives, Devil May Care), dies at
1824 : George Gorden Noel "Lord" Byron, poet, dies at 36
1993 : George Mickelson, Gov of SD, & 7 others, die in a plane crash
1895 : George Scharf, critic, dies
1044 : Gothelo, duke of Neth-Lotharingen, dies
1943 : Gustave Doret, composer, dies at 76
1938 : Henry John Newbolt, poet/author (Studies Green & Gray), dies
1987 : Hugh "Lumpy" Brannum, Actor (Mr Green Jeans), dies at 77
1995 : Igor Hajek, translator/writer, dies at 64
1900 : Ivan K A‹vazovski, Russian painter (harbor scenes), dies at 8
1945 : J P Heyboer, resistance fighter, executed
1995 : J Peter Grace Jr, CEO (W R Grace), dies at 81
1776 : Jacob Israel Emden, [Jacob ben Tswi], German rabbi, dies at 7
1983 : Jerzy Andrzejewski, writer (Ashes & Diamonds), dies at 73
1954 : Joe Laurie Jr, comedian (Can You Top This?), dies at 61
1957 : Johan W Albarda, 1st Dutch SDAP minister (1939-45), dies at 7
1772 : Johann Peter Kellner, composer, dies at 66
1941 : Johanna Muller-Hermann, composer, dies at 63
1893 : John Addington Symonds, critic/poet, dies
1529 : John Cuspinianus, [Spiessheimer], German physician, dies at a
1995 : Joseph Peter Grace, businessman, dies at 61
1995 : Kenneth Burslam Gardner, librarian/Orientalist, dies at 70
1943 : Kurt Huber, German resistance fighter, beheaded
1956 : L‚on N H Jungschlaeger, head milt intelligence Neth-Indies, d
1994 : Larry Davis, blues Singer/Guitarist, dies at 57
1054 : Leo IX, [Bruno von Egesheim und Dagsburg], Pope (1049-54), di
1956 : Lionel K P "Buster" Crabb, British diver (WW II), dies at 47
1983 : Lorene Scott, actress (Faraway Hill), dies at 74
1862 : Louis Powell Harvey, US governor of Wisconsin, drowns
1994 : Louis Simmonds, bookseller, dies at 87
1938 : Marie-Cl‚mentine "Suzanne" Valadon, French acrobat/model, die
1987 : Maxwell D Taylor, US commander 101st airborne (WW II), dies a
1994 : Michael Carreras, film Director, dies at 67
1567 : Michael Stifel, German theologist/mathematician, dies at abou
1881 : Michel Abeloos, Flemish sculptor, dies at 53
1994 : Michel van Rooy, Dutch actor (Doctor Vlimmen, The Attack), di
1739 : Nicholas Saunderson, mathematician, dies
1996 : Norman Oldfield, cricketer (scored 99 runs in Test for Englan
1874 : Owen Jones, architect, dies
1588 : Paolo Veronese (Cagliari), painter, dies
1992 : Pat Thompson, actress (Strictly Ballroom), dies at 51
1996 : Peg Ridge, peace campaigner, dies at 72
1560 : Philipp Melanchton (Schwazerd), church reformer, dies at 63
1906 : Pierre Curie, French physicist/chemist (Nobel 1903), dies
1799 : Pieter Hellendaal, violinist/organist/composer (Glees), dies
1791 : Richard Price, nonconformist minister/writer (Alabi's World),
1992 : Robert F Clayton, drummer (Jody Grind), dies at 26 in a car c
1390 : Robert II, King of Scotland, dies
1992 : Robert Paul Haynes, bassist (Jody Grind), dies at 26 in a car
1658 : Robert Rich 2nd earl of Warwick, Engl Lord High Admiral, dies
1867 : Robert Smirke, British architect, dies
1876 : Samuel Sebastian Wesley, composer, dies at 65
1862 : Simon Fraser, Canadian explorer, dies
1926 : Squire Bancroft, [Butterfield], actor/manager (Haymarket), di
1923 : Thomas Paine Westendorf, composer, dies at 75
1968 : Tommy Bridges, US baseball pitcher (Detroit Tigers), dies at
1944 : Tommy Hitchcock, polo player (Westchester Cup 1924, 27), dies
1980 : Tony Beckley, actor (Assault, When a Stranger Calls), dies at
1950 : Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th baron Berners/composer, dies at 66
1966 : V„in” A Tanner, Finnish premier (1926-27)/minister, dies at 8
1852 : Vasili A Zjukovski, Russian folk poet/translator (Homerus), d
1895 : Victor J van Hinsbergh, South Neth engraver (PTT-stempels), d
1990 : Vladislav Ivanovich Gulyayev, Russia, cosmonaut, dies at 52
1889 : Warren De La Rue, astronomer/chemist, dies
1870 : William Henry Havergal, composer, dies at 77
1937 : William M Conway, English historian/explorer (Spitzbergen), d
1645 : William Smith, composer, dies at 42
1943 : Willy Graf, German resistance fighter, beheaded
1932 : Wladyslaw Rzepko, composer, dies at 77
2003 : Haren Pandya murdered

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