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Deaths on April 20

1974 : Agnes Moorehead, actress (Endora-Bewitched), dies at 67
1317 : Agnes van Montepulciano, Italian mystic/saint, dies
1982 : Andrew Sandham, cricketer (325 Eng 1930, 879 runs in 14 Tests), dies
1987 : Antony Tudor, dancer/choreographer (Amer Ballet Theater) dies at 78
1982 : Archibald MacLeish, US, lawyer/writer (Conquistador), dies at 89
1962 : Arthur Harmat, composer, dies at 76
1820 : Arthur Young, author (Annals of Agriculture), dies
1906 : Australian wombat; oldest known marsupial, dies in London Zoo at 26
1941 : Barend ter Haar, Dutch lawyer, dies in Buchenwald at 49
1992 : Benny Hill, comedian (Benny Hill Show), dies of a heart attack at 67
1912 : Bram Stoker, Irish theater manager/writer (Dracula), dies
1977 : Bryan Foy, director/writer, dies at 80
1993 : Cantinflas, [Mario Moreno], Mexican actor (Pepe), dies at 81
1971 : Cecil Parker, actor (Court Jester, Operation Snafu), dies at 73
1996 : Cecilia Grace Hunt Reeves Gillie, bBC Executive, dies at 88
1947 : Christian X, king of Denmark (1912-47), dies at 76
1643 : Christoph Demantius, composer, dies at 75
1996 : Christopher Robin Milne, bookseller, dies at 75
1314 : Clement V, [Bertrand Got], pope (1305-14) move papacy to Avignon, dies
1965 : Dick Wessel, dies of heart attack on 52nd birthday
1991 : Don[ald] Siegel, US director (Coogan's Bluff/Dirty Harry), dies at 78
1899 : Edouard Pailleron, French attorney/comedian (voice o—), dies at 64
1534 : Elizabeth Barton, [St Magd van Kent], British prophet, dies
1953 : Erich Weinert, writer, dies at 62
1821 : Franz K Achard, German physicist/chemist, dies at 67
1695 : Georg Caspar Weckler, composer, dies at 63
1759 : Georg Friedrich H„ndel, buried in Westminster Abbey
1812 : George Clinton, 4th US VP, dies at 73 1st VP to, die in office
1662 : Gerard Terborch, the elder, painter, dies
1768 : Giovanni AC Canaletto, Italian painter/cartoonist (Rialto), dies at 70
1932 : Giuseppe Peano, mathematician, dies
1839 : Giuseppe Rossini, father of Italian composer Gioacchino Rossini, dies
1908 : Henry Chadwick, sports reporter (baseball), dies at 85
1990 : Horst Sinderman, RDA 1st minister (1973-76), dies
1956 : Jaap Vranken, organist/composer (Stabat mater), dies
1994 : Jean Carmet, French actor (Merci la Vie, Le Sucre), dies at 72
1983 : Jerzy Andrezjewski, writer, dies
1962 : Jesse G Vincent, engineer designed 1st V-12 engine, dies at 82
1836 : Johan I Jozef, monarch of Liechtenstein/fieldmarshal, dies at 75
1869 : Johann Carl Gottfried Loewe, composer, dies at 72
1786 : John Goodricke, English deaf & dumb astronomer, dies at 21
1992 : Johnny Shines, Delta blues singer/guitarist, dies at 76
1935 : Juliaan de Vriendt, Flemish painter, dies at 92
1991 : Jumjaagiyn Tsedenbal, Mongolian politician, dies
1977 : Len Johnson, cricketer (one Test for Australia, 3-66 & 3-8), dies
1956 : Lieven Duvosel, Flemish music composer (Levensschets), dies at 78
1872 : Ljudwit Gaj, Croatian writer/poet (Pjesma iz Zagorja), dies at 62
1984 : Mabel Mercer, English/US singer (Fly me to the moon), dies at 84
1968 : Marion Weeks, singer/actress, dies of stroke at 81
1900 : Mebel Mercer, popular British singer, dies
1995 : Milovan Djilas, Yugoslavian politician (1945-54), dies
1982 : Mimi Boesnach, actress (Wedding of Kloris & Roses), dies at 82
1974 : Mohammed Ayub Khan, premier/president (Pakistan), dies
1632 : Nicolas Antione, converted to Judiasm, burned at the stake
1979 : Peter Donald, host (Masquerade Party), dies at 60
1869 : Piotr Studzinski, composer, dies at 42
1769 : Pontiac, indian chief to Ottawa, murdered
1995 : R E S Wyatt, cricketer (England capt 16 times), dies
1918 : Reginald Harry Mybirgh Hands, cricketer (1 Test for SA), dies
1965 : Richard Wessell, actor (Carney-Riverboat), dies at 54
1973 : Robert Armstrong, actor (Fall Guy, Exposed), dies at 82
1991 : Sean O'Faolain, [J Whelan], Irish writer (Nest of Simple), dies at 91
1991 : Steve Marriott, English guitarist (Small Faces), dies in a fire at 44
1995 : Sunil Jayasinghe, Sri Lankan wicketkeeper (1979 World Cup), suicide
1995 : Tessie O'Shea, entertainer, dies at 81
1996 : Tran Van Tra, soldier, dies at 77
1164 : Victor IV, [Ottaviano Montecello], Italian antipope (1159-64), dies
1991 : Yumzhagin Tsendenbal, PM of Mongolia (1952-74), dies

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