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Deaths on the 23rd of April in history

Deaths
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23 Apr 0034 Christ crucified, according to Isaac Newton
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23 Apr 0303 George: Knight / Saint / Patron of England, beheaded
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23 Apr 0303 Saint George, Roman soldier and martyr (b. 275)
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23 Apr 0711 Childebert III, Frankish king (b. 670)
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23 Apr 0725 Wihtred of Kent (b. 670)
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23 Apr 0871 Æthelred of Wessex (b. 837)
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23 Apr 0871 Ethelred I king of Wessex/brother of Alfred the Great, dies
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23 Apr 0990 Ekkehart II [Palatinus] monk to St-Gallen/poet, dies
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23 Apr 0997 Vojtech "Adalbert" of Prague: 2nd Bishop of Prague / apostle, dies at 40
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23 Apr 0997 Adalbert of Prague, Czech bishop, missionary, and saint (b. 956)
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23 Apr 0997 Vojtech "Adalbert" of Prague 2nd bishop of Prague/apostle, dies at 40
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23 Apr 1014 Brian Boru, Irish king (b. 941)
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23 Apr 1014 Sweyn Forkbeard Viking king of England (1013-14), dies
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23 Apr 1016 Æthelred the Unready, English son of Edgar the Peaceful (b. 968)
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23 Apr 1016 Aethelbred II "the Unready" king of England (979-1016), dies
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23 Apr 1124 Alexander I of Scotland (b. 1078)
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23 Apr 1151 Adeliza of Louvain (b. 1103)
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23 Apr 1217 Inge II of Norway (b. 1185)
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23 Apr 1307 Joan of Acre (b. 1272)
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23 Apr 1407 Olivier de Clisson, French soldier (b. 1326)
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23 Apr 1416 Blaise/Blasius of Parma Italian astrologist/philosopher/algebra, dies
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23 Apr 1605 Boris Godunov, Russian ruler (b. 1551)
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23 Apr 1616 William Shakesphere: Engl Author (Hamlet), dies on his 52nd birthday
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23 Apr 1616 William Shakespeare, English actor, playwright, and poet (b. 1564)
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23 Apr 1616 Garcilaso de la Vega, Peruvian historian and author (b. 1539)
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23 Apr 1616 Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Spanish writer (Don Quixote), dies at 69
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23 Apr 1625 Maurice, Prince of Orange (b. 1567)
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23 Apr 1625 Maurice of Nassau Prince of Orange, dies at 57
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23 Apr 1670 Loreto Vittori composer, dies at 69
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23 Apr 1691 Jean-Henri D'Anglebert composer, dies
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23 Apr 1695 Henry Vaughan, Welsh poet and author (b. 1621)
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23 Apr 1702 Margaret Fell, English religious leader, founded the Religious Society of Friends (b. 1614)
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23 Apr 1728 Tomas de Torrejon y Velasco composer, dies at 83
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23 Apr 1732 Cajetan Kolberer composer, dies at 63
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23 Apr 1740 Thomas Tickell poet, dies
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23 Apr 1742 Mihael Omerza composer, dies at 62
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23 Apr 1762 Johann Samuel Endler composer, dies at 67
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23 Apr 1774 Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich painter, dies
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23 Apr 1781 James Abercrombie, Scottish general and politician (b. 1706)
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23 Apr 1784 Solomon I of Imereti (b. 1735)
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23 Apr 1786 Alexander Cozens English water colors painter, dies at about 68
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23 Apr 1792 Karl Friedrich Bahrdt, German theologian and author (b. 1741)
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23 Apr 1794 Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, French lawyer and politician (b. 1721)
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23 Apr 1812 Franz Sebastian Haindl composer, dies at 85
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23 Apr 1827 Georgios Karaiskakis, Greek general (b. 1780)
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23 Apr 1827 Johanna C Wattier-Ziesenis actress (Phaedra/Lady MacBeth), dies at 65
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23 Apr 1838 John W Janssens Governor-General of Cape Colony/Dutch-Indies, dies at 75
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23 Apr 1839 Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin, French admiral and explorer (b. 1768)
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23 Apr 1847 Erik Gustaf Geijer composer, dies at 64
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23 Apr 1850 William Wordsworth, English poet and author (b. 1770)
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23 Apr 1853 Auguste Laurent chemist, dies
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23 Apr 1865 James Dearing US Confederate Brigadier-General, dies at 24
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23 Apr 1878 Friedrich Preller landscape painter, dies
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23 Apr 1880 Guess Saleh [Sarief Bastaman] Javanese painter, dies
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23 Apr 1885 William Henry Holmes composer, dies at 73
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23 Apr 1889 Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly, French author and critic (b. 1808)
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23 Apr 1895 Carl Ludwig, German physician and physiologist (b. 1815)
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23 Apr 1897 Clement Harris composer, dies at 25
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23 Apr 1905 Gédéon Ouimet, Canadian politician, 2nd Premier of Quebec (b. 1823)
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23 Apr 1905 Karel Komzak composer, dies at 54
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23 Apr 1907 Alferd Packer, American prospector (b. 1842)
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23 Apr 1915 Rupert Brooke, English soldier and poet (b. 1887)
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23 Apr 1915 Rupert Chawner Brooke English poet (Lithuania), dies at 27
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23 Apr 1918 Percy Thomson Dean Lieutenant-commander, killed at Zeebrugge, dies
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23 Apr 1925 Andr
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23 Apr 1926 Joseph Pennell artist/author, dies
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23 Apr 1929 Rudolf W Nilsen Norwegian poet (Hverdagen), dies at 28
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23 Apr 1936 Teresa de la Parra, French-Venezuelan author (b. 1889)
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23 Apr 1942 Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear President of Argentina (1922-28), dies at 73
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23 Apr 1943 Fr
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23 Apr 1945 Albrecht Haushofer writer, dies at 42
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23 Apr 1946 Jesus Castillo composer, dies at 68
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23 Apr 1951 Charles G. Dawes, American banker and politician, 30th Vice President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
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23 Apr 1951 Jules Berry, French actor and director (b. 1883)
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23 Apr 1952 Elisabeth Schumann singer, dies
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23 Apr 1952 Minus van Looi [Benjamin van der Neart] Flemish writer, dies at 60
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23 Apr 1955 Robert H Woltjer classical/AR-First-Member of parliament, dies at 76
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23 Apr 1957 William Orlamond: Actor (Flesh & Devil, Words & Music), dies at 89
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23 Apr 1960 Cornelis Jan Bakkerr Dutch/US nuclear physicist, dies
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23 Apr 1960 Toyohiko Kagawa Japanese Christian-social reformer/writer, dies at 71
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23 Apr 1962 Stirling Moss auto racer, killed while racing at 32
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23 Apr 1965 Josephina J "Fien" de la Mar: Dutch actress (Pygmalion), dies at 67
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23 Apr 1965 George Adamski, Polish-American ufologist and author (b. 1891)
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23 Apr 1969 Krzystzof Komeda composer, dies at 37
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23 Apr 1970 Herb Shriner humorist/TV host (Herb Shriner Show), dies at 51
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23 Apr 1971 William Tubman President of Liberia (1944-71), dies at 76
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23 Apr 1973 Otto Eissfeldt German old testament scholar, dies at 85
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23 Apr 1975 William Hartnell, English actor (b. 1908)
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23 Apr 1975 Pete Ham rocker (Badfinger), commits suicide by hanging himself at 27
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23 Apr 1975 R D Brinkmann writer, dies
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23 Apr 1976 James Flavin actor (Man With a Camera), dies at 69
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23 Apr 1976 Shimen Ruskin actor (Meyer-Corner Bar), dies at 68
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23 Apr 1976 Ronald Radd actor (King Lear, Up Jumped a Swagman), dies at 47
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23 Apr 1979 Blair Peach, New Zealand-English educator and activist (b. 1946)
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23 Apr 1980 Jane Froman US singer (JF's USA Canteen), dies at 72
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23 Apr 1981 Josep Pla, Catalan journalist and author (b. 1897)
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23 Apr 1983 Buster Crabbe, American swimmer and actor (b. 1908)
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23 Apr 1983 Selena Royale actress (Robot Monster), dies at 78
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23 Apr 1984 August "Guus" Oster: Actor / director (Carrie), dies at 68
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23 Apr 1984 Red Garland, American pianist (Miles Davis Quintet) (b. 1923)
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23 Apr 1984 August "Guus" Oster actor/director (Carrie), dies at 68
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23 Apr 1985 Sam Ervin, American lawyer and politician (b. 1896)
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23 Apr 1985 Kent Smith actor (Peyton Place, Invaders), dies at 78
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23 Apr 1985 Sam J Ervin Jr (Senator-Democrat-NC), dies at 88
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23 Apr 1986 Otto Preminger, Ukrainian-American actor, director, and producer (b. 1906)
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23 Apr 1986 Jim Laker, English cricketer and sportscaster (b. 1922)
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23 Apr 1986 Harold Arlen, American composer (b. 1905)
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23 Apr 1988 Arthur Michael Lord Ramsey/archbishop of Canterbury, dies
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23 Apr 1990 Paulette Goddard, American actress and philanthropist (b. 1910)
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23 Apr 1990 Albert Salmi (Caddyshack), kills terminally ill wife & self at 62
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23 Apr 1990 Palmer Deane actor (Still of the Night), dies
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23 Apr 1991 Johnny Thunders, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (New York Dolls and The Heartbreakers) (b. 1952)
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23 Apr 1991 Peter Bailey Graphic designer/calligrapher, dies
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23 Apr 1992 Tanka Prasad Acharya, Nepalese politician, 27th Prime Minister of Nepal (b. 1912)
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23 Apr 1992 Satyajit Ray, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
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23 Apr 1992 Deron Johnson 1965 National League run leader, dies of cancer at 53
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23 Apr 1992 Victoria Kellem Lederman model, dies of amyloidosis at 52
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23 Apr 1993 Cesar Chavez, American activist, co-founded the United Farm Workers (b. 1927)
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23 Apr 1993 Bertus Aafjes poet/writer (World is a Muze), dies at 78
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23 Apr 1993 Lalith Athulathmudali Sri Lankan minister, murdered at 59
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23 Apr 1994 Cassidy Clinton Cremer author (John Cremer), murdered at 30
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23 Apr 1994 Cecile Dreesmann son of Anton Dreesmann, dies at 74
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23 Apr 1995 John C. Stennis, American lawyer and politician (b. 1904)
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23 Apr 1995 Riho Lahi, Estonian journalist (b. 1904)
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23 Apr 1995 Howard Cosell, American lawyer and journalist (b. 1918)
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23 Apr 1995 Douglas Lloyd Campbell, Canadian farmer and politician, 13th Premier of Manitoba (b. 1895)
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23 Apr 1995 John Stennis (Senator-Democrat-MS), dies at 93
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23 Apr 1995 Lonesome Sundown blues singer/guitarist, dies at 66
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23 Apr 1995 Robert Selby Taylor bishop, dies at 86
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23 Apr 1996 P. L. Travers, Australian-English author and actress (b. 1899)
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23 Apr 1996 Jean Victor Allard, Canadian general (b. 1913)
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23 Apr 1996 Leonard Kuntstat blues discographer, dies at 70
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23 Apr 1996 Pamela Lyndon Travers writer (Mary Poppins), dies at 96
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23 Apr 1997 Denis Compton, English cricketer and footballer (b. 1918)
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23 Apr 1998 Thanassis Skordalos, Greek singer-songwriter and lyra player (b. 1920)
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23 Apr 1998 James Earl Ray, American assassin of Martin Luther King, Jr. (b. 1928)
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23 Apr 1998 Konstantinos Karamanlis, Greek lawyer and politician, 172nd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1907)
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23 Apr 2003 Fernand Fonssagrives, French-American photographer (b. 1910)
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23 Apr 2005 Earl Wilson, American baseball player, coach, and educator (b. 1934)
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23 Apr 2005 Romano Scarpa, Italian author and illustrator (b. 1927)
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23 Apr 2005 John Mills, English actor, singer, and producer (b. 1908)
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23 Apr 2005 Al Grassby, Australian journalist and politician (b. 1928)
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23 Apr 2005 Robert Farnon, Canadian-English trumpet player, composer, and conductor (b. 1917)
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23 Apr 2005 Joh Bjelke-Petersen, New Zealand-Australian politician, 31st Premier of Queensland (b. 1911)
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23 Apr 2006 Phil Walden, American record producer and manager, co-founded Capricorn Records (b. 1940)
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23 Apr 2007 Boris Yeltsin, Russian politician, 1st President of Russia (b. 1931)
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23 Apr 2007 Peter Randall, English sergeant (b. 1930)
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23 Apr 2007 David Halberstam, American journalist, historian, and author (b. 1934)
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23 Apr 2007 Paul Erdman, Canadian-American economist and author (b. 1932)
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23 Apr 2011 John Sullivan, English screenwriter and producer (b. 1946)
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23 Apr 2011 Geoffrey Russell, 4th Baron Ampthill, English businessman and politician (b. 1921)
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23 Apr 2011 Tom King, American guitarist and songwriter (The Outsiders and The Starfires) (b. 1943)
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23 Apr 2012 LeRoy T. Walker, American football player and coach (b. 1918)
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23 Apr 2012 Raymond Thorsteinsson, Canadian geologist and paleontologist (b. 1921)
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23 Apr 2012 Tommy Marth, American saxophonist (b. 1978)
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23 Apr 2012 Chris Ethridge, American bass player and songwriter (The Flying Burrito Brothers and International Submarine Band) (b. 1947)
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23 Apr 2012 Billy Bryans, Canadian drummer, songwriter, and producer (The Parachute Club and Downchild Blues Band) (b. 1947)
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23 Apr 2012 Lillemor Arvidsson, Swedish union leader and politician, 34th Governor of Gotland (b. 1943)
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23 Apr 2013 Kathryn Wasserman Davis, American philanthropist and scholar (b. 1907)
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23 Apr 2013 Frank W. J. Olver, English-American mathematician and academic (b. 1924)
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23 Apr 2013 Antonio Maccanico, Italian banker and politician (b. 1924)
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23 Apr 2013 Norman Jones, English actor (b. 1932)
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23 Apr 2013 Tony Grealish, English footballer (b. 1956)
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23 Apr 2013 Robert W. Edgar, American educator and politician (b. 1943)
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23 Apr 2013 Bob Brozman, American guitarist (R. Crumb & His Cheap Suit Serenaders) (b. 1954)
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23 Apr 2013 Shamshad Begum, Indian singer (b. 1919)
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23 Apr 2013 Colonial Affair, American race horse (b. 1990)
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23 Apr 2014 Patric Standford, English composer and educator (b. 1939)
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23 Apr 2014 Mark Shand, English conservationist and author (b. 1951)
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23 Apr 2014 F. Michael Rogers, American general (b. 1921)
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23 Apr 2014 Connie Marrero, Cuban baseball player and coach (b. 1911)
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23 Apr 2014 Michael Glawogger, Austrian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer (b. 1959)
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23 Apr 2014 Benjamín Brea, Spanish-Venezuelan saxophonist, clarinet player, and conductor (Los Cañoneros) (b. 1946)
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23 Apr 2015 Francis Tsai, American author and illustrator (b. 1967)
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23 Apr 2015 Sawyer Sweeten, American actor (b. 1995)
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23 Apr 2015 Jim Steffen, American football player (b. 1936)
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23 Apr 2015 Pierre Claude Nolin, Canadian lawyer and politician, Speaker of the Canadian Senate (b. 1950)
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23 Apr 2015 Ray Jackson, Australian activist (b. 1941)
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23 Apr 2015 Richard Corliss, American journalist and critic (b. 1944)
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