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
Category: Famous Deaths
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
Famous Deaths for 17th April 2022
1427 – John IV, Duke of Brabant, dies at 23
1937 – Yi Sang, Korean author and poet (Dying Words, Wings, Child’s Bone), dies of tuberculosis in a Japanese prison camp at 26
1954 – Lucreţiu Pătrăşcanu, Romanian communist activist and sociologist, dies at 53
1974 – Herbert Elwell, American composer (Happy Hypocrite), dies at 75
1983 – Mark W Clark, US general (WWII), dies at 87
1988 – Louise Nevelson, American sculptor (featured at the 31st Venice Biennale), dies of brain tumor at 88
1990 – Ralph David Abernathy, US civil rights leader, dies
1992 – Arthur “Skeets” Herfurt, American jazz and session saxophonist and clarinetist (Dorsey Brothers; Benny Goodman; Lawrence Wlek), dies at 80
2009 – Martin Garrod, British Commandant General Royal Marines, dies at 73
2011 – Nikos Papazoglou, Greek singer and songwriter (b. 1948)
Famous Deaths for 16th April 2022
1113 – Sviatopolk II of Kiev, Russian prince (b. 1050)
1619 – Denijs Calvaert/Caluwaert [Dionisio Fiamingo], Flemish painter, dies
1783 – Christian Mayer, Czech Catholic priest and astronomer, dies at 63
1879 – Bernadette of Lourdes [Bernadette Soubirous], French saint (saw Virgin Mary at Lourdes), dies from tuberculosis at 35 in Nevers, France
1914 – George William Hill, American astronomer (moon orbit), considered to be the greatest master of celestial mechanics of his time, dies at 76
1947 – Rudolf Höss, German commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp, dies at 45
1996 – Madeleine Bourdouxhe, Belgian writer, dies at 89
1997 – Ray Green, American composer and publisher, dies at 88
1998 – Alberto Calderón, Argentine mathematician, dies at 77
1999 – Alexander “Skip” Spence, Canadian-American guitarist, singer and songwriter (Jefferson Airplane), dies of lung cancer at 52