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Deaths on April 23

1016 : Aethelbred II "the Unready", king of England (979-1016), dies
1990 : Albert Salmi, (Caddyshack), kills terminally ill wife & self at 62
1945 : Albrecht Haushofer, writer, dies at 42
1786 : Alexander Cozens, English water colors painter, dies at about 68
1925 : Andr‚ Caplet, French composer (Le miroir de J‚sus), dies at 45
1988 : Arthur Michael, Lord Ramsey/archbishop of Canterbury, dies
1984 : August "Guus" Oster, actor/director (Carrie), dies at 68
1853 : Auguste Laurent, chemist, dies
1993 : Bertus Aafjes, poet/writer (World is a Muze), dies at 78
1416 : Blaise/Blasius of Parma, Ital astrologist/philosopher/algebra, dies
1014 : Brian Boru, king of Ireland, dies in battle at 87
1983 : Buster Crabbe, 400m US swimmer (Olympics-gold-1932), dies at 73
1732 : Cajetan Kolberer, composer, dies at 63
1994 : Cassidy Clinton Cremer, author (John Cremer), murdered at 30
1994 : Cecile Dreesmann, son of Anton Dreesmann, dies at 74
1774 : Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, painter, dies
1897 : Clement Harris, composer, dies at 25
1960 : Cornelis Jan Bakkerr, Dutch/US nuclear physicist, dies
1992 : Deron Johnson, 1965 NL run leader, dies of cancer at 53
1952 : Elisabeth Schumann, singer, dies
1847 : Erik Gustaf Geijer, composer, dies at 64
1943 : Fr‚deric baron d'Erlanger, French composer/banker, dies at 74
1812 : Franz Sebastian Haindl, composer, dies at 85
1878 : Friedrich Preller, landscape painter, dies
303 : George, knight of Cappadoci‰?/saint/patron of England, beheaded
1880 : Guess Saleh, [Sarief Bastaman], Javanese painter, dies
1986 : Harold Arlen, [Hyman Arluck], US composer, murdered at 81
1695 : Henry Vaughan, poet (Silex Scintillans), dies at 72
1970 : Herb Shriner, humorist/TV host (Herb Shriner Show), dies at 51
1995 : Howard Cosell, sportscaster (Monday Night Football), dies at 77
1865 : James Dearing, US Confederate brig-general, dies at 24
1976 : James Flavin, actor (Man With a Camera), dies at 69
1980 : Jane Froman, US singer (JF's USA Canteen), dies at 72
1691 : Jean-Henri D'Anglebert, composer, dies
1946 : Jesus Castillo, composer, dies at 68
1986 : Jim Laker, cricketer (193 wkts for England at 21 24), dies
1762 : Johann Samuel Endler, composer, dies at 67
1827 : Johanna C Wattier-Ziesenis, actress (Phaedra/Lady MacBeth), dies at 65
1995 : John Stennis, (Sen-D-MS), dies at 93
1838 : John W Janssens, gov-gen of Cape Colony/Dutch-Indies, dies at 75
1926 : Joseph Pennell, artist/author, dies
1965 : Josephina J "Fien" de la Mar, Dutch actress (Pygmalion), dies at 67
1905 : Karel Komzak, composer, dies at 54
1895 : Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig, physiologist, dies
1985 : Kent Smith, actor (Peyton Place, Invaders), dies at 78
1969 : Krzystzof Komeda, composer, dies at 37
1993 : Lalith Athulathmudali, Sri Lankan minister, murdered at 59
1996 : Leonard Kuntstat, blues discographer, dies at 70
1995 : Lonesome Sundown, blues singer/guitarist, dies at 66
1670 : Loreto Vittori, composer, dies at 69
1942 : Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear, pres of Argentina (1922-28), dies at 73
1625 : Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange, dies at 57
1616 : Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Spanish writer (Don Quixote), dies at 69
1742 : Mihael Omerza, composer, dies at 62
1952 : Minus van Looi, [Benjamin van der Neart], Flemish writer, dies at 60
1973 : Otto Eissfeldt, German old testament scholar, dies at 85
1986 : Otto Preminger, dir (Advise & Consent, Anatomy of Murder), dies at 79
1990 : Palmer Deane, actor (Still of the Night), dies
1996 : Pamela Lyndon Travers, writer (Mary Poppins), dies at 96
1990 : Paulette Goddard, actress (Hazard), dies in Switzerland at 78
1918 : Percy Thomson Dean, lt-commander, killed at Zeebrugge, dies
1975 : Pete Ham, rocker (Badfinger), commits suicide by hanging himself at 27
1991 : Peter Bailey, Graphic designer/calligrapher, dies
1975 : R D Brinkmann, writer, dies
1955 : Robert H Woltjer, classical/AR-First-Member of parliament, dies at 76
1995 : Robert Selby Taylor, bishop, dies at 86
1976 : Ronald Radd, actor (King Lear, Up Jumped a Swagman), dies at 47
1929 : Rudolf W Nilsen, Norwegian poet (Hverdagen), dies at 28
1915 : Rupert Chawner Brooke, English poet (Lithuania), dies at 27
1985 : Sam J Ervin Jr, (Sen-D-NC), dies at 88
1992 : Satyajit Ray, Indian director (Distant Thunder/Agantuk), dies at 70
1983 : Selena Royale, actress (Robot Monster), dies at 78
1976 : Shimen Ruskin, actor (Meyer-Corner Bar), dies at 68
1962 : Stirling Moss, auto racer, killed while racing at 32
1014 : Sweyn Forkbeard, Viking king of England (1013-14), dies
1740 : Thomas Tickell, poet, dies
1728 : Tomas de Torrejon y Velasco, composer, dies at 83
1960 : Toyohiko Kagawa, Japanese Christian-social reformer/writer, dies at 71
1992 : Victoria Kellem Lederman, model, dies of amyloidosis at 52
1975 : William Hartnell, actor (Dr Who), dies at 67
1885 : William Henry Holmes, composer, dies at 73
1957 : William Orlamond, actor (Flesh & Devil, Words & Music), dies at 89
1616 : William Shakesphere, Engl author (Hamlet), dies on his 52nd birthday
1971 : William Tubman, president of Liberia (1944-71), dies at 76
1850 : William Wordsworth, poet, dies at 80

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