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Deaths on the 21st of April in history

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21 Apr 0866 Bardas, Byzantine general
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21 Apr 0941 Bajkam, Turkish commander
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21 Apr 1073 Pope Alexander II
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21 Apr 1073 Alexander II [Anselmo da Baggio] Pope (1061-73), dies
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21 Apr 1109 Anselm of Canterbury, Italian-English archbishop and saint (b. 1033)
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21 Apr 1109 Anselmus philosopher/archbishop of Canterbury, dies
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21 Apr 1142 Peter Abelard, French philosopher and theologian (b. 1079)
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21 Apr 1142 Pierre Ab
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21 Apr 1509 Henry VII of England (b. 1457)
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21 Apr 1552 Peter Apianus [Bennewitz/Bienewitz] German astronomer, dies at 50
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21 Apr 1557 Petrus Apianus, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1495)
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21 Apr 1574 Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1519)
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21 Apr 1574 Cosimo de Medici Italian duke of Toscane, dies at about 54
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21 Apr 1605 Nyzette Cheveron, Belgian woman accused of witchcraft
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21 Apr 1652 Pietro Della Valle composer, dies at 66
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21 Apr 1696 Andres de Sola composer, dies at 61
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21 Apr 1699 Jean Racine, French playwright and poet (b. 1639)
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21 Apr 1701 Asano Naganori, Japanese daimyo (b. 1667)
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21 Apr 1719 Philippe de La Hire, French mathematician and astronomer (b. 1640)
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21 Apr 1720 Antoine Hamilton, Irish-French soldier and author (b. 1646)
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21 Apr 1722 Robert Beverley, Jr., English-American historian and author (b. 1673)
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21 Apr 1730 Jan Palfijn Flemish physician/inventor (forceps), dies at 79
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21 Apr 1736 Prince Eugene of Savoy (b. 1663)
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21 Apr 1736 Frans Eugenius duke/prince of Savoye, dies at 72
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21 Apr 1740 Thomas Tickell, English poet and author (b. 1685)
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21 Apr 1780 Ferdinand Zellbell composer, dies at 60
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21 Apr 1792 Tiradentes, Brazilian activist (b. 1746)
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21 Apr 1815 Joseph Winston, American soldier and politician (b. 1746)
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21 Apr 1825 Johann Friedrich Pfaff, German mathematician and academic (b. 1765)
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21 Apr 1852 Ivan Nabokov, Russian general (b. 1787)
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21 Apr 1863 Sir Robert Bateson, 1st Baronet, Irish politician (b. 1782)
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21 Apr 1868 Henry James O'Farrell, Australian attempted assassin of Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b. 1833)
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21 Apr 1871 Elisabeth Grube writer, dies
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21 Apr 1878 Temistocle Solera composer, dies at 62
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21 Apr 1898 Louis Theodore Gouvy composer, dies at 78
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21 Apr 1899 Heinrich Kiepert German cartographer/geographer, dies at 80
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21 Apr 1900 Vikramatji Khimojiraj, Indian ruler (b. 1819)
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21 Apr 1900 Heinrich Vogl composer, dies at 55
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21 Apr 1910 Mark Twain, American author and educator (b. 1835)
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21 Apr 1918 "Red Baron" [Manfred von Richtofen]: Shot down in WWI at 25
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21 Apr 1918 Manfred von Richthofen, German captain and pilot (b. 1892)
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21 Apr 1918 Antonio Pini-Corsi, Italian actor and singer (b. 1858)
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21 Apr 1918 "Red Baron" [Manfred von Richtofen] shot down in WWI at 25
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21 Apr 1922 Alessandro Moreschi, Italian singer (b. 1858)
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21 Apr 1924 Eleonora Duse, Italian actress (b. 1858)
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21 Apr 1924 Eleanora Duse Italian actress (La Gioconda, La Locandiera), dies at 64
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21 Apr 1930 Robert Bridges, English poet and author (b. 1844)
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21 Apr 1930 Christine [Elizabeth C] Poolman Dutch actress (Mother), dies at 79
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21 Apr 1930 Robert S Bridges poet laureate (Testament of beauty), dies at 85
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21 Apr 1932 Friedrich Gustav Piffl, Bohemian cardinal (b. 1864)
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21 Apr 1938 Muhammad Iqbal, Indian-Pakistani philosopher and poet (b. 1877)
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21 Apr 1939 Herman Finck composer, dies at 66
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21 Apr 1941 Fritz Manteuffel, German gymnast (b. 1875)
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21 Apr 1945 Walter Model, German field marshal (b. 1891)
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21 Apr 1945 John Poston British Major/Montgomery's ADC, dies in battle at 25
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21 Apr 1946 John Maynard Keynes, English economist and philosopher (b. 1883)
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21 Apr 1946 John M Keynes English economist (How to pay for the war?), dies at 62
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21 Apr 1946 Robert Graham cricketer (3 wickets for South Africa in 2 Tests 1898-99), dies
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21 Apr 1948 Aldo Leopold, American ecologist and author (b. 1887)
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21 Apr 1948 Carlos Lopez Buchardo composer, dies at 66
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21 Apr 1952 [Richard] Stafford Cripps English minister of Plane-manufacturing, dies at 62
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21 Apr 1952 Leslie Banks actor (Henry V, 21 Days, Eye Witness), dies at 61
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21 Apr 1956 Charles MacArthur, American playwright and screenwriter (b. 1895)
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21 Apr 1961 James Melton opera tenor (Ford Festival), dies at 57
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21 Apr 1962 Frederick Handley Page designer of 1st big airplane (40 seats), dies
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21 Apr 1963 Elmar Reimann, Estonian runner (b. 1893)
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21 Apr 1964 Bharathidasan, Indian poet and educator (b. 1891)
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21 Apr 1965 Edward Victor Appleton, English-Scottish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892)
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21 Apr 1965 Edward V Appleton English physicist (Nobel Prize 1947), dies at 72
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21 Apr 1967 Andr
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21 Apr 1968 Toby Halicki car-crash film producer 48, killed shooting stunt
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21 Apr 1968 Norman Demuth composer, dies at 69
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21 Apr 1971 Francois "Doc" Duvalier: Dictator of Haiti, dies at 64
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21 Apr 1971 François Duvalier, Haitian physician and politician, 40th President of Haiti (b. 1907)
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21 Apr 1971 Edmund Lowe actor (Front Page Detective), dies at 81
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21 Apr 1971 Fran
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21 Apr 1973 Kemal Tahir, Turkish journalist and author (b. 1910)
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21 Apr 1973 Arthur Fadden, Australian accountant and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1894)
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21 Apr 1973 Ursula Jeans [McMinn] actress (Cavalcade, Over the Moon), dies at 66
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21 Apr 1974 Chic Harley, American football player (b. 1894)
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21 Apr 1975 Jack Allan Westrup composer, dies at 70
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21 Apr 1977 Gummo Marx, American actor and agent (b. 1892)
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21 Apr 1977 Issy Bonn, English actor and singer (b. 1903)
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21 Apr 1977 Gummo [Milton] Marx US comic (Marx Brothers), dies at 84
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21 Apr 1978 Thomas Wyatt Turner, American biologist and academic (b. 1877)
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21 Apr 1978 Sandy Denny, English singer-songwriter (Fairport Convention, Strawbs, and Fotheringay) (b. 1947)
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21 Apr 1980 Sohrab Sepehri, Iranian poet and painter (b. 1928)
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21 Apr 1980 Alexander Oparin, Russian biochemist and academic (b. 1894)
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21 Apr 1981 Harry Lee cricketer (scored 18 & 1 in only Test for England), dies
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21 Apr 1982 Joe Sawyer actor (Biff O'Hara-Adventures of Rin Tin Tin), dies at 80
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21 Apr 1983 Walter Slezak, Austrian-American actor and singer (b. 1902)
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21 Apr 1984 Hristo Prodanov, Bulgarian engineer and mountaineer (b. 1943)
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21 Apr 1985 Tancredo Neves, Brazilian banker and politician, Prime Minister of Brazil (b. 1910)
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21 Apr 1985 Foster Hewitt, Canadian sportscaster (b. 1902)
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21 Apr 1985 Rudi Gernreich, Austrian-American fashion designer, created the monokini (b. 1922)
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21 Apr 1986 Salah Jahin, Egyptian poet, playwright, and composer (b. 1930)
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21 Apr 1986 Marjorie Eaton, American painter and actress (b. 1901)
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21 Apr 1987 Edith S Green (Representative-Democrat-OR), dies at 77
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21 Apr 1988 Stanisław Czabański, Polish murderer (b. 1959)
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21 Apr 1989 James Kirkwood, Jr., American actor, playwright, and author (b. 1924)
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21 Apr 1989 Princess Deokhye of Korea (b. 1912)
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21 Apr 1990 Erté, Russian-French illustrator (b. 1892)
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21 Apr 1990 Ert
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21 Apr 1990 Johnny Beagley winner of two 1942 World Series games, dies
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21 Apr 1991 Willi Boskovsky, Austrian violinist and conductor (b. 1909)
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21 Apr 1991 Richard Bolling (Representative-Democrat-MO), dies at 74
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21 Apr 1992 Robert Harris murderer, executed in California's gas chamber at 39
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21 Apr 1992 Vladimir K Romanov Grand Duke/Russian pretender to the throne, dies at 74
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21 Apr 1993 Hal Schumacher baseball pitcher, dies at 82
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21 Apr 1994 Clement Merk animal trainer, dies at 93
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21 Apr 1995 Robert Elliott Storey Wyatt cricketer, dies at 93
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21 Apr 1995 Stafford Heginbotham toymaker/Football Club Chairman, dies at 61
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21 Apr 1996 Dzhojar Dudaev: President of Republic of Chechenia (1991)
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21 Apr 1996 Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder: Oddsmaker / sportscaster (CBS), dies at 76
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21 Apr 1996 Jimmy Snyder, American sportscaster (b. 1919)
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21 Apr 1996 Abdul Hafeez Kardar, Pakistani cricketer (b. 1925)
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21 Apr 1996 Dzhokhar Dudayev, Chechen general and politician, 1st President of Ichkeria (b. 1944)
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21 Apr 1996 Zora Arkus-Duntov, Belgian-born American engineer and racing driver (b. 1909)
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21 Apr 1996 A H Kardar cricketer (3 Tests for India & 23 for Pakistan 1946-58), dies
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21 Apr 1996 Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder oddsmaker/sportscaster (CBS), dies at 76
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21 Apr 1996 Robert Hersant press baron, dies at 76
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21 Apr 1996 Rodney Meredith Thomas architect/painter, dies at 93
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21 Apr 1997 Andres Rodriguez Paraguayan President (1989-93), dies
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21 Apr 1997 Diosdado Macapagal Philippine President (1961-65), dies
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21 Apr 1998 Jean-François Lyotard, French sociologist and philosopher (b. 1924)
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21 Apr 1999 Buddy Rogers, American actor and singer (b. 1904)
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21 Apr 2000 Neal Matthews, Jr., American singer (The Jordanaires) (b. 1929)
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21 Apr 2003 Nina Simone, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and activist (b. 1933)
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21 Apr 2004 Mary McGrory, American journalist (b. 1918)
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21 Apr 2005 Gerry Marshall, English race car driver and journalist (b. 1941)
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21 Apr 2006 Telê Santana, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1931)
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21 Apr 2006 T. K. Ramakrishnan, Indian politician (b. 1922)
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21 Apr 2006 Johnny Checketts, New Zealand commander and pilot (b. 1912)
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21 Apr 2007 Lobby Loyde, Australian guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Purple Hearts, Wild Cherries, and Rose Tattoo) (b. 1941)
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21 Apr 2010 Kanagaratnam Sriskandan, Sri Lankan-English engineer and civil servant (b. 1930)
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21 Apr 2010 Juan Antonio Samaranch, Spanish businessman (b. 1920)
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21 Apr 2010 Gustav Lorentzen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Knutsen & Ludvigsen) (b. 1947)
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21 Apr 2010 Mr. Hito, Japanese wrestler and trainer (b. 1942)
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21 Apr 2011 Catharina Halkes, Dutch theologian and academic (b. 1920)
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21 Apr 2012 Jerry Toppazzini, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1931)
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21 Apr 2012 Peter Milano, American mobster (b. 1925)
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21 Apr 2012 Charles Higham, English-American author and poet (b. 1931)
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21 Apr 2012 Albert Falco, French captain and diver (b. 1927)
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21 Apr 2012 Charles Colson, American lawyer and activist, founded Prison Fellowship (b. 1931)
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21 Apr 2012 Doris Betts, American author and academic (b. 1932)
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21 Apr 2013 Captain Steve, American race horse (b. 1997)
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21 Apr 2013 Gordon D. Gayle, American general and historian (b. 1917)
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21 Apr 2013 Leopold Engleitner, Austrian holocaust survivor, author, and educator (b. 1905)
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21 Apr 2013 Shakuntala Devi, Indian mathematician and astrologer (b. 1929)
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21 Apr 2013 Chrissy Amphlett, Australian singer-songwriter and actress (Divinyls) (b. 1959)
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21 Apr 2013 Kriyananda, Romanian-American spiritual leader (b. 1926)
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21 Apr 2014 Win Tin, Burmese journalist and politician, co-founded the National League for Democracy (b. 1930)
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21 Apr 2014 George H. Heilmeier, American engineer (b. 1936)
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21 Apr 2014 Alexander Lenkov, Russian actor (b. 1943)
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21 Apr 2014 Janet Gray Hayes, American politician, 60th Mayor of San Jose (b. 1926)
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21 Apr 2014 Herb Gray, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Deputy Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1931)
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21 Apr 2015 Betsy von Furstenberg, German-American actress (b. 1931)
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21 Apr 2015 Sydney Valpy Radley-Walters, Canadian general (b. 1920)
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21 Apr 2015 Janaki Ballabh Patnaik, Indian politician, Governor of Assam (b. 1927)
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21 Apr 2015 John Moshoeu, South African footballer and manager (b. 1965)
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21 Apr 2015 Steve Byrnes, American sportscaster and producer (b. 1959)
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21 Apr 2015 M. H. Abrams, American author, critic, and academic (b. 1912)
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