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Deaths on the 15th of April in history

Deaths
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15 Apr 0628 Empress Suiko of Japan (b. 554)
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15 Apr 1053 Godwin, Earl of Wessex (b. 1001)
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15 Apr 1220 Adolf of Altena, German archbishop (b. 1157)
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15 Apr 1220 Adolf I archbishop of Cologne, dies
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15 Apr 1415 Manuel Chrysoloras, Greek philosopher and translator (b. 1355)
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15 Apr 1446 Filippo Brunelleschi, Italian sculptor and architect (b. 1377)
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15 Apr 1472 Leon B Alberti Italian humanist/architect (Philodoxis), dies at 68
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15 Apr 1502 Jan IV Chalon prince of Orange, dies
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15 Apr 1558 Roxelana, Ottoman wife of Suleiman the Magnificent (b. ca. 1502)
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15 Apr 1605 Boris Godunov tsar of Russia (1598-1605), dies
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15 Apr 1607 Cornelius Kilianus Flemish translator/poet, dies at about 78
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15 Apr 1610 Robert Persons, English-Italian priest and author (b. 1546)
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15 Apr 1610 Johan van Duivenoorde mister of Warmond, dies at about 62
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15 Apr 1632 George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore, English politician, English Secretary of State (b. 1580)
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15 Apr 1652 Patriarch Joseph of Moscow, Russian patriarch
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15 Apr 1659 Simon Dach, German poet and hymnwriter (b. 1605)
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15 Apr 1704 Johannes Hudde, Dutch mathematician and politician (b. 1628)
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15 Apr 1719 Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon, French wife of Louis XIV of France (b. 1635)
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15 Apr 1719 Johann Friedrich Treiber composer, dies at 76
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15 Apr 1754 Jacopo Riccati, Italian mathematician and academic (b. 1676)
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15 Apr 1756 Johann Gottlieb Goldberg composer, dies at 29
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15 Apr 1761 William Oldys, English historian and author (b. 1696)
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15 Apr 1761 Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, Scottish lawyer and politician, Lord President of the Court of Session (b. 1682)
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15 Apr 1764 Peder Horrebow, Danish astronomer and mathematician (b. 1679)
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15 Apr 1764 Madame de Pompadour, French mistress of Louis XV of France (b. 1721)
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15 Apr 1764 Jeanne-Antoinette-Poison LeNormant d'Etoiles Marquis de Pomador, dies
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15 Apr 1765 Michail v Lomonosov: Russian Scholar / poet, dies at 53
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15 Apr 1765 Mikhail Lomonosov, Russian chemist and physicist (b. 1711)
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15 Apr 1765 Michail von Lomonosov Russian scholar/poet, dies at 53
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15 Apr 1772 Karel Jozef ruler of Batthy
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15 Apr 1788 Giuseppe Bonno, Austrian composer (b. 1711)
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15 Apr 1788 Giuseppi Bonno composer, dies at 77
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15 Apr 1793 Ignacije Szentmartony, Croatian priest, mathematician, and astronomer (b. 1718)
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15 Apr 1811 Ernest Louis Muller composer, dies at 70
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15 Apr 1824 Theodorus F van Capellen Vice-Admiral (Algiers), dies at 61
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15 Apr 1853 Johann Leopold Fuchs composer, dies at 67
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15 Apr 1854 Arthur Aikin, English chemist and mineralogist (b. 1773)
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15 Apr 1861 Sylvester Jordan, Austrian-German lawyer and politician (b. 1792)
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15 Apr 1863 Jan Nepomuk Kanka composer, dies at 90
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15 Apr 1865 Abraham Lincoln, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 16th President of the United States (b. 1809)
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15 Apr 1865 President Abraham Lincoln dies, at 7:22 am, morning after being shot by John Wilkes Booth
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15 Apr 1866 William Jackson composer, dies at 51
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15 Apr 1888 Matthew Arnold, English poet and critic (b. 1822)
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15 Apr 1889 Father Damien, Belgian priest and saint (b. 1840)
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15 Apr 1891 Stephen Albert Emery composer, dies at 49
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15 Apr 1898 Te Keepa Te Rangihiwinui, New Zealand commander and politician
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15 Apr 1911 Georg Knorr German engineer, dies
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15 Apr 1912 Victims of the RMS Titanic disaster (Thomas Andrews, Irish businessman and shipbuilder (b. 1873), John Jacob Astor IV, American colonel, businessman, and author (b. 1864), Archibald Butt, American general and journalist (b. 1865), Jacques Futrelle, American journalist and author (b. 1875), Benjamin Guggenheim American businessman (b. 1865), Henry B. Harris, American producer and manager (b. 1866), Wallace Hartley, English violinist and bandleader (b. 1878), James Paul Moody, English sailor and sixth officer (b. 1887), William McMaster Murdoch, Scottish sailor and first officer (b. 1873), Jack Phillips, English telegraphist (b. 1887), Edward Smith, English captain (b. 1850), William Thomas Stead English journalist (b. 1849), Ida Straus, German-American businesswoman (b. 1849), Isidor Straus, German-American businessman and politician (b. 1845), John Thayer, American cricketer (b. 1862), Henry Tingle Wilde, English chief officer (b. 1872))
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15 Apr 1916 Alfred Cogniaux Belgian botanist, dies at 75
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15 Apr 1917 János Murkovics, Slovene author, poet, and educator (b. 1839)
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15 Apr 1920 Jacob van Stolk Azn art collector, dies at 74
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15 Apr 1924 Eduardo Caudella composer, dies at 82
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15 Apr 1925 John Singer Sargent US portrait painter, dies at 69
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15 Apr 1926 Frank Iredale cricketer (14 Tests for Australia, 807 runs at 36 68), dies
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15 Apr 1927 Gaston Leroux, French journalist and author (b. 1868)
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15 Apr 1927 Francesco Gaeta Italian poet (Di Giacomo), dies at 47
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15 Apr 1929 Antonio Smareglia composer, dies at 74
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15 Apr 1931 Joe Masseria, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1886)
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15 Apr 1937 Nikolai Artzibushev composer, dies at 79
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15 Apr 1938 César Vallejo, Peruvian journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1892)
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15 Apr 1942 Robert Musil, Austrian-Swiss author and playwright (b. 1880)
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15 Apr 1943 Aristarkh Lentulov, Russian painter and set designer (b. 1882)
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15 Apr 1943 Raffaele Casimiro Casimiri composer, dies at 62
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15 Apr 1944 Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin, Russian general (b. 1901)
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15 Apr 1945 Hermann Florstedt, German SS officer (b. 1895)
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15 Apr 1947 Wolstenholme rocker, dies
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15 Apr 1948 Radola Gajda, Montenegrin-Czech general and politician (b. 1892)
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15 Apr 1949 Wallace Beery, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1885)
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15 Apr 1954 Juan Vicente Lecuna composer, dies at 54
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15 Apr 1956 Emile Nolde [Hansen] German painter (Grablegung Christi), dies at 88
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15 Apr 1957 Pedro Infante, Mexican actor and singer (b. 1917)
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15 Apr 1958 Estelle Taylor dies at 64
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15 Apr 1962 Arsenio Lacson, Filipino journalist and politician, Mayor of Manila (b. 1912)
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15 Apr 1962 Clara Blandick, American actress (b. 1880)
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15 Apr 1962 Esther Minciotti dies at 74
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15 Apr 1963 Edward Greeves, Jr., Australian footballer (b. 1903)
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15 Apr 1965 Syd Chaplin dies at 80
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15 Apr 1966 Joseph Crehan dies of stroke at 81
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15 Apr 1967 Totò, Italian actor, singer, and screenwriter (b. 1898)
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15 Apr 1967 Antonio de Curtis Toto comedian, dies of heart attack at 69
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15 Apr 1968 Boris Nikolayevich Lyatoshynsky composer, dies at 73
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15 Apr 1969 Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg (b. 1887)
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15 Apr 1969 Maria Caserini, Italian actress (b. 1884)
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15 Apr 1969 Victoria von Battenberg wife of Spanish king Alfonso, dies at 81
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15 Apr 1970 Ripper Collins, American baseball player (b. 1904)
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15 Apr 1971 Friedebert Tuglas, Estonian author and critic (b. 1886)
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15 Apr 1971 Dan Reeves, American businessman (b. 1912)
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15 Apr 1971 Gurgen Boryan, Armenian poet and playwright (b. 1915)
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15 Apr 1972 Otto Brenner German trade union leader, dies at 64
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15 Apr 1974 Giovanni D'Anzi, Italian songwriter (b. 1906)
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15 Apr 1975 Richard Conte, American actor (b. 1910)
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15 Apr 1975 Charles Marshall dies
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15 Apr 1975 John B McKay US test pilot (X-15), dies
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15 Apr 1976 Gerald Smith antisemite/catholic (National Christian Crusade), dies at 78
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15 Apr 1980 Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1905)
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15 Apr 1980 Raymond Bailey, American actor and soldier (b. 1904)
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15 Apr 1980 Marshall Reed actor (Fred Asher-Lineup), dies at 62
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15 Apr 1980 Paul Langton actor (Leslie-Peyton Place), dies at 76
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15 Apr 1981 French Duynstee Dutch states rights leader, dies at 67
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15 Apr 1982 5 murderers of Egyptian President Sadat, executed
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15 Apr 1982 Arthur Lowe, English actor (b. 1915)
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15 Apr 1982 5 Muslim extremist murderers of Egyptian President Sadat executed
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15 Apr 1982 Louis M de Guiringaud Fren forgn minister (1976-78), commits suicide at 70
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15 Apr 1983 Corrie ten Boom, Dutch-American clocksmith and author (b. 1892)
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15 Apr 1983 John Engstead, American photographer and journalist (b. 1909)
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15 Apr 1983 Rodolfo Hoyos actor (Luis-Viva Valdez), dies at 68
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15 Apr 1983 Gyula Illyes Hungarian writer/poet (Az Ismertlen Illyes), dies at 80
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15 Apr 1984 Alexander Trocchi, Scottish author and poet (b. 1925)
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15 Apr 1984 Tommy Cooper, Welsh comedian and magician (b. 1921)
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15 Apr 1986 Jean Genet, French author and playwright (b. 1910)
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15 Apr 1986 Tim McIntire actor (Bob Younger-Legend of Jesse James), dies at 42
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15 Apr 1986 Sergei Nikolayevich Anokhin cosmonaut, dies at 76
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15 Apr 1988 Hendrikus G "Han" Hoekstra: Dutch Poet (Zandloper), dies at 81
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15 Apr 1988 Kenneth Williams, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1926)
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15 Apr 1989 Hu Yaobang, Chinese soldier and politician (b. 1915)
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15 Apr 1989 Charles Vanel, French actor and director (b. 1892)
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15 Apr 1989 Nesuhi Ertegun, Turkish-American record producer (b. 1917)
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15 Apr 1990 Greta Garbo, Swedish-American actress and singer (b. 1905)
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15 Apr 1991 Marjorie Warfield dies at 88
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15 Apr 1991 Martin Ashe dies
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15 Apr 1992 Otis Barton, American diver and actor (b. 1899)
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15 Apr 1993 John Tuzo Wilson, Canadian geophysicist and geologist (b. 1908)
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15 Apr 1993 Leslie Charteris, Singaporean-English author and screenwriter (b. 1907)
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15 Apr 1993 George Ives dies at 111
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15 Apr 1993 H H "Bull" Alexander cricketer (Test for Australia 1933, average 154), dies
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15 Apr 1993 William Bakewell dies of leukemia at 84
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15 Apr 1994 John Curry, English figure skater (b. 1949)
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15 Apr 1995 Harry Shoulberg, American painter and illustrator (b. 1903)
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15 Apr 1995 Cleo Brown pianist, dies at 91
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15 Apr 1995 Denis Harding soldier, dies at 79
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15 Apr 1997 Sam Moskowitz San Francisco fandom historian, dies at 76
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15 Apr 1997 Zdenek Mlynar Secretary of Czechoslovakian Communist Central Committee (1968), dies
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15 Apr 1998 Pol Pot, Cambodian general and politician, 29th Prime Minister of Cambodia (b. 1925)
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15 Apr 1998 William Congdon, American-Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1912)
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15 Apr 1999 Harvey Postlethwaite, English engineer (b. 1944)
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15 Apr 2000 Hayati Hamzaoğlu, Turkish actor and producer (b. 1933)
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15 Apr 2000 Edward Gorey, American poet and illustrator (b. 1925)
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15 Apr 2001 Joey Ramone, American singer-songwriter (Ramones and Sniper) (b. 1951)
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15 Apr 2002 Byron White, American football player, lawyer, and jurist, 4th United States Deputy Attorney General (b. 1917)
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15 Apr 2002 Damon Knight, American author and critic (b. 1922)
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15 Apr 2003 Erin Fleming, Canadian-American actress (b. 1941)
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15 Apr 2003 Reg Bundy, English actor and dancer (b. 1941)
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15 Apr 2004 Mitsuteru Yokoyama, Japanese illustrator (b. 1934)
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15 Apr 2004 Ray Condo, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1950)
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15 Apr 2005 Margaretta Scott, English actress (b. 1912)
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15 Apr 2007 Brant Parker, American illustrator (b. 1920)
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15 Apr 2008 Krister Stendahl, Swedish bishop, theologian, and scholar (b. 1921)
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15 Apr 2008 Benoît Lamy, Belgian director and screenwriter (b. 1945)
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15 Apr 2008 Sean Costello, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1979)
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15 Apr 2009 László Tisza, Hungarian-American physicist and academic (b. 1907)
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15 Apr 2009 Clement Freud, German-English journalist, academic, and politician (b. 1924)
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15 Apr 2009 Ed Blake, American baseball player and plumber (b. 1925)
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15 Apr 2010 Michael Pataki, American actor and director (b. 1938)
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15 Apr 2010 Jack Herer, American author and activist (b. 1939)
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15 Apr 2011 Vittorio Arrigoni, Italian journalist, author, and activist (b. 1975)
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15 Apr 2012 Tadashi Yamamoto, Japanese businessman (b. 1936)
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15 Apr 2012 Bob Wright, American basketball player and coach (b. 1926)
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15 Apr 2012 Dwayne Schintzius, American basketball player (b. 1968)
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15 Apr 2012 Rich Saul, American football player (b. 1948)
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15 Apr 2012 Murray Rose, English-Australian swimmer and actor (b. 1939)
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15 Apr 2012 Bob Perani, Italian-American ice hockey player (b. 1942)
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15 Apr 2012 Paul Bogart, American director and producer (b. 1919)
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15 Apr 2013 Cleyde Yáconis, Brazilian actress (b. 1923)
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15 Apr 2013 Scott Miller, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Game Theory and The Loud Family) (b. 1960)
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15 Apr 2013 Dave McArtney, New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist (Hello Sailor) (b. 1951)
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15 Apr 2013 Richard LeParmentier, American-English actor and screenwriter (b. 1946)
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15 Apr 2013 Joe Francis, American football player and coach (b. 1936)
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15 Apr 2013 Benjamin Fain, Ukrainian-Israeli physicist and academic (b. 1930)
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15 Apr 2013 Richard Collins, Canadian actor (b. 1947)
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15 Apr 2013 Benny Frankie Cerezo, Puerto Rican-American lawyer and politician (b. 1943)
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15 Apr 2013 Sal Castro, American educator and activist (b. 1933)
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15 Apr 2014 Owen Woodhouse, New Zealand commander and jurist (b. 1916)
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15 Apr 2014 Eliseo Verón, Argentinian sociologist and academic (b. 1935)
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15 Apr 2014 John Houbolt, American engineer and academic (b. 1919)
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15 Apr 2014 Shane Gibson, American guitarist (stOrk and Jonathan Davis and the SFA) (b. 1979)
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15 Apr 2014 Little Joe Cook, American singer-songwriter (b. 1922)
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15 Apr 2014 Júnior, Filipino-Spanish singer and actor (b. 1943)
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15 Apr 2015 Surya Bahadur Thapa, Nepalese politician, 24th Prime Minister of Nepal (b. 1928)
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15 Apr 2015 Barbara Strauch, American journalist and author (b. 1951)
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15 Apr 2015 Jonathan Crombie, Canadian-American actor and screenwriter (b. 1966)
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15 Apr 2015 Sidney Abbott, American author and activist (b. 1937)
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