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Deaths on April 25

1931 : A J Y (Bert) Hopkins, cricketer (20 Tests for Aust, 509 runs), dies
1946 : Albert Knight, cricketer (3 Tests for England on 1903-04 tour), dies
1635 : Alessandro Tassoni, Ital political writer (Rape of Bucket), dies at 69
1808 : Alois Luigi Tomasini, composer, dies at 66
1960 : Amanullah, emir/king of Afhanistan (1919-28), dies at 67
1744 : Anders Celsius, Swed astronomer (Centegrade Thermometer), dies at 42
1970 : Anita Louise, actress (Gorilla, Anthony Adverse), dies at about 55
1995 : Art Fleming, game show host (Jeopardy), dies at 74
1342 : Benedict XII, [Jacques Fournier], Pope (1334-42), dies
1988 : Boris Kremenliev, composer, dies at 76
1992 : Brian Macleod, Canadian musician, dies of cancer at 39
1976 : Carol Reed, director (Agony & Ecstasy), dies
1988 : Carolyn Franklin, singer/songwriter/son of Aretha, dies at 43
1982 : Celia Johnson, actress (Brief Encounter, Happy Breed), dies at 73
1862 : Charles Ferguson Smith, US Union Gen-Maj, dies of infection at 55
1937 : Clem Sohn, air show performer dies at 26 when his chute fails to open
1988 : Clifford D[onald] Simak, sci-fi author (Hugo, Way Station), dies at 83
1955 : Constance Collier, actress (Perils of Pauline), dies at 77
1992 : Dany [Dani‰l S] Tuijnman, Dutch min of traffic & water, dies at 77
1994 : David Langton, British actor (Upstairs Downstairs), dies at 82
1690 : David Teniers the Younger, Flemish painter (Pictorium), dies at 79
1990 : Dexter Gordon, Jazz saxophonist, dies of kidney failure at 67
1566 : Diane de Poitiers, lover of French King Henry II, dies
1981 : Dixie, a mouse who lived 6« years, dies
1607 : Don Juan Alvarez, Spanish Admiral (Gibraltar), dies in battle
1982 : Don Wilson, TV announcer (Jack Benny Show), dies at 81
1926 : Ellen K S Key, Swed author/feminist (Century of the Child), dies at 76
1995 : Francis Henry Smith, librarian, dies at 85
1991 : Frank Hamilton, actor (Subterraneans), dies at 66
1822 : Frederick "William" Herschel, German/British astronomer, dies at 83
1989 : George Coulouris, actor (Papillon, Runaway Bus), dies at 85
1994 : George Gennimatas, Greek minister of National Economy, dies at 55
1972 : George Sanders, actor (Mr Freeze-Batman, Ivanhoe), dies at 65
1925 : George Stephanescu, composer, dies at 81
1995 : Ginger Rogers, actress/dancer (Top Hat, Stage Door), dies at 83
1961 : Hans F Blunck, writer, dies
1663 : Heinrich Pape, composer, dies at 53
1960 : Hope Emerson, actress (I Married Joan, Peter Gunn), dies at 62
1960 : Ilmari Henrik Reinhold Krohn, composer, dies at 92
1905 : Jacob Olie, Dutch photographer, dies at about 70
1607 : Jacob van Heemskerck, Dutch Admiral (Nova Zambia), dies in battle
1951 : Jerzy Fitelberg, composer, dies at 47
1882 : Johann CF Z”llner, German astronomer (astro photography), dies
1792 : Johann Friedrich Gottlieb Beckmann, composer, dies at 54
1982 : John Cody, US cardinal/archbishop of Chicago (1965-82), dies at 74
1996 : John Eustace Theodore Brancker, lawyer/parliamentarian, dies at 87
1828 : John Goldberg, Dutch patriot/statesman, dies at 64
1906 : John Knowles Paine, US composer, dies at 67
1996 : John Lorne Campbell, folklorist, dies at 90
1728 : John Woodward, geologist/physician, dies
1995 : Joseph Heifitz, film director, dies at 89
1954 : Joseph Hergesheimer, novelist (Java Head), dies
1946 : Joseph Vine, cricketer (batted in two Tests Eng v Aust 1911-12), dies
1472 : Leon Battista degli Alberti, scupltor/musician (Dinner Pieces), dies
1813 : Louis-S‚bastien Mercier, French poet (Le D‚serteur), dies at 73
1976 : Margaret Bannerman, actress (Great Defender), dies at 79
1482 : Margaret of Anjou, Queen (Henry VI), dies
1969 : Margarita Xirgu, actress (Bloody Wedding), dies at 80
1647 : Matthias Gallas, Austrian earl of Campo/duke of Lucerna, dies at 62
1966 : Maurice Roelants, Belgian author (Prayer for a Good End), dies at 70
1971 : Max Drischner, composer, dies at 80
1985 : Murray Matheson, actor (Felix-Banacek), dies at 72
1915 : Nicola d' Arienzo, composer, dies at 72
1792 : Nicolas J Pelletier, Frenchman, 1st guillotined
1992 : Panos Christi, entertainer, dies of AIDS at 54
1982 : Paul de Vree, Flemish writer/essayist (Round Table), dies
1942 : Paul Kornfeld, writer, dies at 52
1955 : Paulus B Barth, Swiss painter/lithographer, dies at 73
1928 : Pjotr N Wrangel, Russian baron general, dies at 49
1984 : Richard Benedict, actor (Okinawa), dies at 64 of a heart attack
1985 : Richard Haydn, British actor (Mutiny on the Bounty), dies at 80
1993 : Rosita Moreno, actress (Walls of Gold), dies of heart attack at 85
1295 : Sancho IV, the Brave, scholar/king of Castile/Le¢n, dies
1996 : Saul Bass, designer, dies at 74
1840 : Sim‚on-Denis Poisson, French mathematician (Poisson verdeling), dies
1994 : Talaat Yassin Hamman, militant Moslem leader, shot dead at 32
1991 : Theo Laseroms, [Tank], Dutch soccer player (Feyenoord), dies
1845 : Thomas Duncan, painter, dies
1595 : Torquato Tasso, Italian poet/playwright, dies at 51
1943 : Vladimir Ivanovich Nemirovich-Danchenko, playwright/director, dies
1873 : Walter de la Mare, Engl poet/author (Behold the Dreamer), dies at 43
1853 : William Beaumont, physiologist, dies
1800 : William Cowper, English lawyer/poet (Olney Hymns), dies at 68
1982 : William R Burnett, US, writer (Asphalt Jungle), dies at 82
1992 : Yutaka Ozaki, Japanese rock artist, dies at 26 of pulmonary edema

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