1813 – Zebulon Pike, American brigadier general and explorer (Pike’s Peak), dies in battle at 34
1901 – Richard Redhead, English composer, dies at 81
1902 – Julius Sterling Morton, American politician (3rd U.S. Secretary of Agriculture) and founder of Arbor Day, dies at 70
1972 – Kwame Nkrumah, 1st Prime Minister of Ghana (1957-60) and 1st President of Ghana (1960-66), dies at 62
1978 – Mohammed Daoud Khan, Afghan politician, murdered at 68
1992 – Sol K. Bright, Hawaiian steel-guitar player, singer (Hollywaiians), and songwriter (“Hawaiian Cowboy”), dies at 72
1994 – Lynne Frederick, English actress (Trail of Pink Panther), dies at 39
2000 – Vicki Sue Robinson, American stage and screen actress, and pop singer (“Turn the Beat Around”), dies of cancer at 45
2006 – Julia Thorne, American writer and ex-wife of John Kerry, dies at 61
2015 – Gene Fullmer, American boxer (world middleweight champion), dies at 83
Category: Famous Deaths
Famous Deaths for 26th April 2022
1945 – Sigmund Rascher, Nazi doctor, dies at 36
1950 – G. Murray Hulbert, American politician, dies at 68
1956 – Edward Arnold, American actor (Mr Smith Goes to Washington), dies at 66
1960 – Wander Johannes de Haas, Dutch physicist (Einstein-De Haas effect), dies at 82
1965 – Aaron Avshalomov, Russian-born Jewish composer, dies at 70
1991 – Lars Hall, Swedish pentathlete (Olympic gold 1952), dies at 63
1995 – Alexander Knox, Canadian actor and author (Gorky Park, 2 of a Kind), dies of bone cancer at 88
2003 – Peter Stone, American writer, dies at 73
2005 – Maria Schell, Austrian-Swiss star of German cinema (The Last Bridge, Gervaise), dies at 79
2013 – George Jones, American country singer-songwriter (“Golden Rings”; “Oh Lonesome Me”), dies from hypoxic respiratory failure at 81
Famous Deaths for 25th April 2022
1792 – Nicolas J Pelletier, French highwayman, 1st person guillotined
1800 – William Cowper, English pre-romantic poet (Olney Hymns), dies at 68
1923 – Louis-Olivier Taillon, French Canadian politician, dies at 82
1985 – Richard Haydn, British actor (The Sound of Music; Alice in Wonderland), dies from a heart attack at 80
1992 – Brian MacLeod, Canadian rock guitarist, keyboardist and vocalist (Chilliwack), dies of cancer at 39
1993 – Rosita Moreno, actress (Walls of Gold), dies of heart attack at 85
2014 – Earl Morrall, American NFL quarterback (Super Bowl 1970, 72, 73; Pro Bowl 1957, 68; First-team All-Pro 1968, 72; NFL MVP 1968; Detroit Lions, Miami Dolphins), dies from Parkinson’s disease at 79
2016 – Mei Baojiu, Chinese opera performer and director (Mei Lanfang Peking Opera), dies at 82
2020 – Richard Divila, Brazilian motorsports designer (Fittipaldi Automotive; Ligier, Nissan), dies at 74
2020 – Marino H. Casem, American College Football Hall of Fame coach (Alabama State, Alcorn State, Southern) and athletic administrator (Alcorn State, Southern), dies at 85
Famous Deaths for 24th April 2022
709 – Wilfrid, English bishop and saint, dies at about 76
1656 – Thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician and physicist (b. 1561)
1965 – Louise Dresser, actress (State Fair, Ship Comes In, Mammy), dies at 86
1991 – J. de Graaf, Dutch ethicist, president church and peace, dies at 79
1997 – Eugene Stoner, American firearms designer and inventor of the M16, dies of cancer at 74
2004 – Winson Hudson, American civil rights activist (rural Mississippi), dies at 87
2004 – Estée Lauder, American entrepreneur (Estée Lauder cosmetics), dies of cardiopulmonary arrest at 97
2005 – Fei Xiaotong, Chinese sociologist (b. 1910)
2011 – Marie-France Pisier, French actress (b. 1944)
2014 – Konstantin Orbelyan, Armenian pianist, jazz and classical composer, and orchestra leader (State Estrada (Pops) Orchestra), dies at 85
Famous Deaths for 23rd April 2022
1605 – Boris Godunov, chief adviser to Tsar Fyodor I and Tsar of Russia (1598-1605), dies after a lengthy illness and a stroke at approximately 20
1792 – Karl Friedrich Bahrdt, German theologian and adventurer, dies at 50
1976 – James Flavin, American actor (King Kong, In Cold Blood, Man With a Camera), dies from a ruptured aorta at 69
1981 – Josep Pla, Spanish journalist and author, dies at 84
1988 – Arthur Michael, Lord Ramsey/archbishop of Canterbury, dies
2005 – Earl Wilson, American baseball pitcher (no-hitter 1962; AL wins leader 1967 Boston Red Sox), dies from a heart attack at 70
2007 – Boris Yeltsin, Russian politician and 1st President of Russian Federation (1991-99), dies of congestive heart failure at 76
2007 – David Halberstam, American journalist, historian and author (Pulitzer 1964), dies at 73
2007 – Paul Erdman, Canadian-born American economist and author, dies at 74
2017 – Kenny Sears, American NBA player (NY Knicks), dies at 83
Famous Deaths for 22nd April 2022
1776 – Johann Adolph Scheibe, German music theorist and composer, dies at 67
1821 – John Crome [Old Crome], English landscape painter and etcher, dies at 52
1883 – Octave Fouque, French pianist and composer, dies at 38
1930 – Jeppe Aakjær, Danish poet and novelist (Bondens Søn), dies at 63
1945 – Kathe Kollwitz, German graphic artist, dies at 77
1977 – Charles Sanford, American orchestra leader (Your Show of Shows), dies at 71
1980 – Jane Froman, American singer (Jane Froman’s USA Canteen), dies at 72
1983 – Walter Slezak, Austrian actor (Bedtime for Bonzo, Inspector General), commits suicide at 80
2003 – Martha Griffiths, U.S. Congresswoman, dies at 91
2020 – Hartwig Gauder, German race walker (Olympic gold men’s 50k walk 1980), dies at 65
Famous Deaths for 21st April 2022
1509 – Henry VII, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509), dies at 52, Henry VIII succeeds him aged 17
1699 – Jean Racine, French dramatist (Phèdre, Athalie), dies of liver cancer at 59
1946 – Robert Graham, cricketer (3 wkts for South Africa in 2 Tests 1898-99), dies
1946 – John Maynard Keynes, English economist whose ideas changed the theory and practice of modern macroeconomics, dies of a heart attack at 62
1990 – Erté, French artist
1997 – Andres Rodriguez, Paraguayan president (1989-93), dies
1999 – Charles “Buddy” Rogers, American film actor (Wings), singer, and dance bandleader, dies at 94
2003 – Nina Simone [Eunice Waymon], American jazz pianist, singer, songwriter, arranger, and civil rights activist (“Mississippi Goddam”; “To Be Young, Gifted, and Black”, “Feeling Good”; “Wild Is The Wind”), dies of breast cancer at 70
2004 – Mary McGrory, American journalist and columnist, dies at 85
2013 – Leopold Engleitner, Austrian Holocaust survivor, dies at 107
Famous Deaths for 20th April 2022
1176 – Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English soldier (b. 1130)
1899 – Joseph Wolf, German artist (b. 1820)
1935 – Juliaan de Vriendt, Flemish painter, dies at 92
1982 – Andy Sandham, English cricket batsman (14 Tests; 1st triple centurion 325 v WI 1930), dies at 91
1982 – Mimi Boesnach, actress (Wedding of Kloris and Roses), dies at 82
1995 – Sunil Jayasinghe, Sri Lankan wicketkeeper (1979 World Cup), suicide
2003 – Daijiro Kato, Japanese motorcycle racer (b. 1976)
2015 – Sir Raymond Carr, English historian and warden (St Antony’s College Oxford), dies at 96
2016 – Guy Hamilton, British director (Goldfinger), dies at 93
2018 – Avicii [Tim Bergling], Swedish musician, DJ, remixer and record producer (“Levels”; “Wake Me Up”; “Sunshine”), commits suicide at 28
Famous Deaths for 19th April 2022
1840 – Jean-Jacques Lartigue, Roman catholic bishop of Montreal (b. 1777)
1906 – Spencer Gore, British tennis player (1st Wimbledon singles champion 1877), dies at 56
1945 – J P Heyboer, resistance fighter, executed
1956 – Lionel K P “Buster” Crabb, British diver (WWII), dies at 47
1972 – Billy Burke, American golfer (US Open 1931), dies at 69
1981 – Ernst Levy, Swiss composer, dies at 85
1995 – J. Peter Grace, American businessman and industrialist,, dies from cancer at 81
1998 – Liam Sullivan, American singer and actor (Star Trek; The Magic Sword; Monroes), dies of a heart attack at 74
2003 – Conrad Leonard, British composer and pianist, dies at 104
2010 – Carl Williams, Australian criminal (b. 1970)
Famous Deaths for 18th April 2022
1567 – Wilhelm von Grumbach, German adventurer, dies at 63
1674 – John Graunt, English statistician and founder of science of demography, dies at 53
1935 – Panait Istrati, Romanian writer, dies at 50
1951 – António Óscar Carmona, 97th Prime Minister of Portugal and 11th President of Portugal, dies at 81
1974 – John Henry Lewis, American boxer (World Light-Heavyweight champion, 1935-38), dies of emphysema and Parkinson’s at 59
1983 – Alan Melville, South African cricketer (11 Tests for South Africa, 894 runs), dies at 72
1988 – Pierre Desproges, French humorist, dies at 48
1991 – Barry Rogers, American jazz, salsa, and session trombonist (Eddie Palmiere; Fania All-Stars; Chaka Khan; Todd Rundgren), dies at 55
2004 – Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, first Prime Minister of Fiji and President of Fiji, dies at 83
2019 – Mark Medoff, American playwright, director, actor and professor (Children of a Lesser God), dies at 79