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Deaths on the 8th of April in history

Deaths
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08 Apr 0217 Caracalla [Marcus Antoniius]: Roman Emperor (198-217), murdered at 29
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08 Apr 0217 Caracalla, Roman emperor (b. 188)
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08 Apr 0622 Prince Shōtoku of Japan (b. 572)
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08 Apr 0632 Charibert II, Frankish king (b. 607)
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08 Apr 0956 Gilbert, Duke of Burgundy
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08 Apr 1143 John II Komnenos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1087)
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08 Apr 1364 Jan II [the Good]: King of France (1350-64), dies at 44
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08 Apr 1450 Sejong the Great, Korean king (b. 1397)
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08 Apr 1461 Georg von Peuerbach, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1423)
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08 Apr 1537 Willem Aerts: Flemish architect
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08 Apr 1551 Oda Nobuhide, Japanese warlord (b. 1510)
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08 Apr 1586 Martin Chemnitz, Lutheran theologian and reformer (b. 1522)
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08 Apr 1612 Anne Catherine of Brandenburg (b. 1575)
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08 Apr 1629 Willem Teellinck: Dutch Theologist / vicar, dies at 50
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08 Apr 1691 Carlo Rainaldi, Italian architect, designed the Santa Maria dei Miracoli and Santa Maria in Montesanto (b. 1611)
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08 Apr 1697 Niels Juel, Norwegian-Danish admiral (b. 1629)
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08 Apr 1704 Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney, English colonel and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1641)
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08 Apr 1704 Hiob Ludolf, German orientalist and philologist (b. 1624)
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08 Apr 1725 John Wise, American minister (b. 1652)
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08 Apr 1735 Francis II Rákóczi, Hungarian prince (b. 1676)
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08 Apr 1736 Pedro Vaz Rego: Composer, dies at 63
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08 Apr 1759 Francois de La Croix: Composer, dies at 76
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08 Apr 1778 Pieter Teyler van der Hulst: Dutch founder (Teyler Museum), dies at 76
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08 Apr 1794 Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicholas-Caritat: Mathematician dies
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08 Apr 1844 Ignaz Franz von Mosel: Composer, dies at 72
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08 Apr 1848 Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti: Italian composer, dies at 50
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08 Apr 1848 Gaetano Donizetti, Italian composer (b. 1797)
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08 Apr 1851 John Parry: Composer, dies at 75
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08 Apr 1853 Jan W Pieneman: Historical Painter (Battle at Waterloo), dies at 73
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08 Apr 1857 Mangal Pandey, Indian soldier (b. 1827)
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08 Apr 1861 Elisha G Otis: US elevator builder (Otis), dies at 50
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08 Apr 1861 Elisha Otis, American businessman, founded the Otis Elevator Company (b. 1811)
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08 Apr 1863 Joseph Netherclift: Composer, dies at 70
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08 Apr 1865 John Park: Composer, dies at 61
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08 Apr 1870 Charles Auguste de Bériot, Belgian violinist and composer (b. 1802)
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08 Apr 1871 Charles-Louis Hanssens: Composer, dies at 68
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08 Apr 1890 Junius Morgan: Philanthropist, dies at 76
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08 Apr 1894 Bankim C Chattopadhyaya: Writer (Mrinalini, Anandamath), dies at 55
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08 Apr 1894 Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, Indian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1838)
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08 Apr 1897 George Garrett: Composer, dies at 62
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08 Apr 1897 Heinrich von Stephan: UK politician
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08 Apr 1902 Sipyagain: Russian Minister of Interior / headed Secret Service, assassinated
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08 Apr 1906 Auguste Deter, German woman, first person diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease (b. 1850)
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08 Apr 1919 Loránd Eötvös, Hungarian physicist, academic, and politician, Hungarian Minister of Education (b. 1848)
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08 Apr 1920 Charles Tomlinson Griffes: US Composer (White Peacock), dies at 35
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08 Apr 1920 Charles Griffes, American pianist and composer (b. 1884)
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08 Apr 1921 Earnest von Possart: German actor / stage manager
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08 Apr 1925 Thecla Åhlander, Swedish actress (b. 1855)
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08 Apr 1931 Eric Axel Karlfeldt: Poet
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08 Apr 1931 Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Swedish poet and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
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08 Apr 1935 Edwin Cannan: Economist
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08 Apr 1936 Róbert Bárány, Austrian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1876)
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08 Apr 1937 Arthur William Foote: US Organist / composer, dies at 84
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08 Apr 1937 William Henry Hadow: Composer (Studies in Modern Music), dies at 77
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08 Apr 1942 Alfred Mombert: Writer
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08 Apr 1942 Kostas Skarvelis, Greek guitarist and composer (b. 1880)
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08 Apr 1943 Paul Colin: Belgian journalist / collaborator, executed
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08 Apr 1943 Richard Sears: 1st to win US amateur national tennis match, dies at 81
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08 Apr 1947 Henry Ford: US industrialist (Ford cars)
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08 Apr 1947 Olaf Frydenlund, Norwegian target shooter (b. 1862)
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08 Apr 1948 Josef B Kjellgren: Swedish writer (Guldkedjan), dies at 40
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08 Apr 1950 Albert Ehrenstein: Austria writer (Strum), dies at 63
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08 Apr 1950 Vaslav Fromich Nijinsky: Ukrainian ballet dancer, dies in London
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08 Apr 1950 Vaslav Nijinsky, Polish dancer and choreographer (b. 1890)
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08 Apr 1959 Gustave Charlier: Belgian literature historian
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08 Apr 1961 Joseph Carrodus, Australian public servant (b. 1885)
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08 Apr 1962 Juan Belmonte, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1892)
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08 Apr 1965 Erik A Blomberg: Swedish art Historian / Poet / author, dies at 70
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08 Apr 1965 Lars Hanson, Swedish actor (b. 1886)
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08 Apr 1966 George Creten: Belgian Sculptor / painter, dies at 79
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08 Apr 1969 Arthur Walter Kramer: Composer, dies at 78
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08 Apr 1969 Denton Cooley: Got 1st fully artificial heart, dies at 48
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08 Apr 1969 Zinaida Aksentyeva, Ukrainian astronomer (b. 1900)
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08 Apr 1970 Marie V Felix: Prince of Luxemburg
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08 Apr 1973 Pablo (Ruiz y) Picasso: Spanish / French Painter (Guernica), dies at 91
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08 Apr 1973 Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1881)
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08 Apr 1974 James Charles McGuigan, Canadian cardinal (b. 1894)
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08 Apr 1977 Frank Milan: Actor (Witness), dies at 71
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08 Apr 1978 Ford C Frick: Baseball commissioner, dies at 83
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08 Apr 1981 Norman Taurog
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08 Apr 1981 Omar Bradley, American general (b. 1893)
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08 Apr 1983 Isamu Kosugi, Japanese actor and director (b. 1904)
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08 Apr 1984 Pyotr Kapitsa, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1894)
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08 Apr 1985 John Frederick Coots, American pianist and composer (b. 1897)
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08 Apr 1986 Yukiko Okada, Japanese singer and actress (b. 1967)
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08 Apr 1987 Francis C Denebrink: US Naval officer (WWI, WWII, Korea) dies at 90
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08 Apr 1990 Doreen Sloane
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08 Apr 1990 Jose De Vega: Dies of AIDS at 56
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08 Apr 1990 Ryan White, American activist, inspired the Ryan White Care Act (b. 1971)
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08 Apr 1991 Per "Dead" Ohlin, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Mayhem and Morbid) (b. 1969)
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08 Apr 1992 Nelson Olmstead: Dies at 78
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08 Apr 1992 Daniel Bovet, Swiss-Italian pharmacologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1907)
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08 Apr 1993 Arleen Whelan: Dies of a stroke at 78
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08 Apr 1993 H Earnest: Bishop of Breda
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08 Apr 1993 Marian Anderson, American singer (b. 1897)
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08 Apr 1994 Frank Wells: President (Disney), dies in helicopter crash
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08 Apr 1994 Irene Eisinger: Singer, dies at 91
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08 Apr 1994 Kurt Donald Cobain: Musician, dies at 27
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08 Apr 1994 Walter Arnold: German Theologist (World council of Churches), dies at 64
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08 Apr 1994 François Rozet, French-Canadian actor (b. 1899)
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08 Apr 1996 Basil Hembry: Farmer / campaigner, dies at 80
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08 Apr 1996 Charles Donald Adams: Singer, dies at 67
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08 Apr 1996 León Klimovsky, Argentinian-Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1906)
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08 Apr 1996 Ben Johnson, American actor and stuntman (b. 1918)
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08 Apr 1997 Laura Nyro, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1947)
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08 Apr 2000 Claire Trevor, American actress and singer (b. 1910)
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08 Apr 2000 František Šťastný, Czech motorcycle racer (b. 1927)
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08 Apr 2002 Harvey Quaytman, American painter (b. 1937)
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08 Apr 2002 María Félix, Mexican actress and singer (b. 1914)
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08 Apr 2006 Gerard Reve, Dutch author and poet (b. 1923)
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08 Apr 2007 Sol LeWitt, American painter and sculptor (b. 1928)
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08 Apr 2008 Stanley Kamel, American actor (b. 1943)
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08 Apr 2009 Piotr Morawski, Polish mountaineer (b. 1976)
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08 Apr 2010 Teddy Scholten, Dutch singer (b. 1926)
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08 Apr 2010 Malcolm McLaren, English singer-songwriter and fashion designer (b. 1946)
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08 Apr 2011 Hedda Sterne, Romanian-American painter and photographer (b. 1910)
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08 Apr 2012 Janusz K. Zawodny, Polish-American soldier, historian, and political scientist (b. 1921)
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08 Apr 2012 Jack Tramiel, Polish-American businessman, founded Commodore International (b. 1928)
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08 Apr 2012 Blair Kiel, American football player and coach (b. 1961)
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08 Apr 2012 John Egan, Irish footballer (b. 1952)
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08 Apr 2012 Bram Bart, Dutch voice actor (b. 1962)
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08 Apr 2013 Margaret Thatcher, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1925)
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08 Apr 2013 José Luis Sampedro, Spanish economist and author (b. 1917)
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08 Apr 2013 Sara Montiel, Spanish-Mexican actress and singer (b. 1928)
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08 Apr 2013 Annette Funicello, American actress and singer (b. 1942)
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08 Apr 2013 Richard Brooker, English actor and stuntman (b. 1954)
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08 Apr 2013 Mikhail Beketov, Russian journalist (b. 1958)
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08 Apr 2014 The Ultimate Warrior, American wrestler (b. 1959)
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08 Apr 2014 Adrianne Wadewitz, American scholar and academic (b. 1977)
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08 Apr 2014 Ivan Mercep, New Zealand architect, designed the Te Papa Tongarewa Museum (b. 1930)
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08 Apr 2014 Eric Harroun, American criminal (b. 1982)
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08 Apr 2014 Karlheinz Deschner, German author and activist (b. 1924)
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08 Apr 2014 Emmanuel III Delly, Iraqi patriarch (b. 1927)
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08 Apr 2015 Jean-Claude Turcotte, Canadian cardinal (b. 1936)
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08 Apr 2015 David Laventhol, American journalist and publisher (b. 1933)
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08 Apr 2015 Sergei Lashchenko, Ukrainian kick-boxer (b. 1987)
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08 Apr 2015 Rayson Huang, Hong Kong chemist and academic (b. 1920)
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08 Apr 2015 Jayakanthan, Indian journalist and author (b. 1934)
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