30 – Jesus Christ is crucified, according to astronomer Schaefer
1747 – Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian field marshal, dies at 70
1783 – Ignaz Jakob Holzbauer, Austrian composer, dies at 71
1862 – Sydney Nelson, composer, dies at 62
1967 – Anne Morrison Chapin, dies in West Hollywood
1982 – Harald Ertl, Austrian racing driver (b. 1948)
1982 – Brenda Benet, actress (Track of Thunder), commits suicide by gun at 36
1997 – Georgy Shonin, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 6), dies of a heart attack at 61
2002 – John Agar, American actor (Sands of Iwo Jima, Fort Apache), dies at 81
2007 – Johnny Hart, American cartoonist (B.C., Wizard of Id), dies at 76
Category: Famous Deaths
Famous Deaths for 6th April 2021
1199 – Richard I, the Lion-hearted, King of England (1189-99), dies at 41
1199 – Pierre Basile, French soldier
1528 – Albrecht Durer, German painter and graphic artist, dies in Germany at 56
1605 – John Stow, English historian (Survey of London), dies
1854 – William Strickland, US architect, dies
1888 – Thomas Green Clemson, American politician and founder of Clemson University, dies at 80
1906 – Alexander L Kielland, Norwegian writer (Working People), dies at 57
1913 – Jose Marraco y Ferrer, composer, dies on 78th birthday
1940 – Andrés Isasi, Spanish Basque composer, dies at 49
1991 – Bill Ponsford, Australian cricket batsman (29 Tests @ 48 22, 7 x 100s; 1st-class 13,819 runs @ 65.18; Victoria), dies at 90
Famous Deaths for 5th April 2021
1676 – John Winthrop, the Younger, American politician (b. 1606)
1918 – Paul Vidal de la Blanche, French geographer, dies at 73
1951 – Edward Rigby, British actor (Star Look Down, Young and Innocent), dies at 72
1973 – John Coleman, Australian rules footballer (b. 1928)
1975 – Inez Courtney, dies at 67
1982 – Abe Fortas, Supreme court justice, dies at 71
1994 – Andre Victor Tchelistcheff, winemaker, dies at 92
2004 – Sławomir Rawicz, Polish soldier (b. 1915)
2007 – Mark St. John [Norton], American rock guitarist (KISS, April- November, 1984), dies of a brain hemorrhage at 51
2018 – Isao Takahata, Japanese anime film director, screenwriter and producer (Grave of the Fireflies, The Tale of the Princess Kaguya), dies of lung cancer at 82
Famous Deaths for 4th April 2021
1661 – Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven, Scottish soldier (b. circa 1580)
1817 – André Masséna, Duke of Rivoli, Prince d’Essing and Marshal of France (b. 1758)
1848 – Ludwig Leichhardt, German explorer of northern and central Australia, dies on an expedition at 34
1929 – Karl Benz, German inventor, engine designer and automobile manufacturer (Mercedes-Benz), dies of bronchial inflammation at 84
1938 – Cyril Christiani, cricket wicket keep (WI 1935), dies of malaria at 24
1963 – Endzion Barelli, dies 2 days after winning a boxing match at 18
1972 – Stefan Wolpe, German composer (Zeus and Elidco), dies at 69
1980 – Woodrow Wilson “Red” Sovine, American country music singer, dies following a heart attack leading to a car crash at 62
1985 – Kate Roberts, Welsh nationalist and writer (b. 1891)
2016 – Chus Lampreave [María Jesús Lampreave Pérez], Spanish actress (Volver, Belle Époque), dies at 85
Famous Deaths for 3rd April 2021
1581 – Huibert Duifhuis, Roman Catholic pastor (Rotterdam/Utrecht), dies
1917 – Arthur Graeme West, British writer and war poet (The Diary of a Dead Officer), killed by a sniper at about 25
1978 – Ray Noble, English bandleader, comedian and actor (The Very Thought of You), dies at 74
1987 – Tom Sestak, American football player (b. 1936)
1995 – Gracita Morales, Spanish actress (Operation Mata Hari), dies at 66
1996 – Ron Brown, American Secretary of Commerce, dies in an air accident aged 54
2003 – Homer Banks, American singer and songwriter (Be What You Are), dies at 61
2007 – Eddie Robinson, American College Football Hall of Fame coach (Grambling 408 wins), dies of Alzheimer’s disease at 88
2013 – Robert Ward, American composer (Pantaloon), dies at 95
2018 – David Edgerton, American entrepreneur and founder of Burger King, dies of complications of surgery at 90
Famous Deaths for 2nd April 2021
1742 – James Douglas, Scottish physician and anatomist (b. 1675)
1876 – Paul van Vlissingen, Dutch ship owner, dies at 78
1922 – Hermann Rorschach, Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (inkblot test – Rorschach test), dies at 37
1930 – Zewditu, Empress of Ethiopia (1916-30), dies at 53
1932 – John Morrill, American baseball first baseman and manager (National League pennant: 1877, 78, 83; Boston Red Caps/Beaneaters), dies of pneumonia at 77
1947 – Joe Hardstaff Sr., English cricket batsman (5 Tests; umpire 21 Tests), dies at 64
1961 – Wallingford Riegger, American composer (Bacchangle), dies at 75
1974 – Georges Pompidou, French President (1969-1974) and Prime Minister (1962-1968), dies in Paris at 62
2003 – (Charles) Edwin Starr [Hatcher], American soul and RandB singer (War), dies of a heart attack at 61
2020 – Patricia Bosworth, American actor, journalist, writer, and biographer, dies of COVID-19 complications at 86
Famous Deaths for 1st April 2021
1832 – Robert the Hermit, US ex-slave/hermit in Massachusetts, dies
1869 – Anthony Gerhard Alexander van Rappard, Dutch politician, dies at 69
1925 – Francis William Davenport, English composer, dies at 77
1933 – Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford, 22nd Governor of New South Wales (1908-13) and Viceroy of British India (1916-21), dies at 64
1955 – Silvio d’Amico, Italian theater critic (Il Teatro Italian), dies at 68
1973 – Arthur Wood, English cricket wicketkeeper (4 Tests, 11 dismissals), dies at 74
1993 – Nicanor Zabaleta, Spanish harpist, dies at 86
1995 – H. Adams Carter, American mountaineer (Alpine Club President 1954-58; editor American Alpine Journal 1960-95), dies at 80
2013 – Nicolae Martinescu, Romanian Greco-Roman wrestler (Olympic gold 100kg 1972), dies at 73
2015 – Eddie LeBaron, American NFL quarterback (Pro Bowl 1955, 57, 58, 62; Washington Redskins, Dallas Cowboys), dies at 85
Famous Deaths for 31st March 2021
1340 – Ivan I of Moscow, Prince of Moscow and Grand Prince of Vladimir (b. 1288)
1877 – Antoine Cournot, French philosopher and mathematician (rule of Cournot), dies at 75
1938 – Willem Kloos, Dutch poet and critic (New Guide), dies at 78
1952 – Wallace H. White, Jr., American politician (Senate Majority Leader), dies at 74
1974 – Andrea Checci, actress (2 Women, Assassin, Black Sunday), dies at 57
1990 – Lillian “Miss” Miller, audience member (Merv Griffin, Tonight), dies
1997 – Edwin Alberian, TV celebrity (Clarabell), dies at 76
1999 – Yuri Knorozov, Russian linguist (b. 1922)
2003 – H.S.M. Coxeter, English-born geometer (b. 1907)
2017 – James Rosenquist, American pop artist, dies at 83
Famous Deaths for 30th March 2021
1486 – Thomas Bourchier, Archbishop of Canterbury
1764 – Pietro Locatelli, Italian violinist and composer, dies at 68
1949 – Dattaram Hindlekar, Indian cricket wicketkeeper (4 Tests), dies at 40
1959 – Riccardo Zanella, president of Free State of Fiume (b. 1875)
1960 – Joseph Haas, German opera composer (Totenmesse), dies at 81
1986 – John Ciardi, American poet/interpreter (Dante), dies at 69
1989 – Dort Clark, actor (In Harm’s Way), dies
1991 – Jan Willem Hofstra, Dutch actor/writer (Friends of My Friends), dies
2004 – Hubert Gregg, British broadcaster (b. 1914)
2016 – Howard Cable, Canadian conductor, arranger, and composer, dies at 95
Famous Deaths for 29th March 2021
1792 – Gustav III, King of Sweden (1771-92), dies of septicemia at 46 after being shot by an assassin thirteen days earlier
1906 – Slava Raskaj, Croatian painter (b. 1878)
1924 – Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish composer/writer, dies at 71
1934 – Otto Hermann Kahn, German millionaire and benefactor (b. 1867)
1995 – James Eric Storrar, fighter pilot, dies at 74
1995 – Jimmy McShane, Irish singer (Baltimora-Tarzan Boy), dies of aids at 37
2002 – Rachel Levy and Ayat al-Akhras, Israeli and Palestinian children
2005 – Miltos Sahtouris, Greek poet (b. 1919)
2012 – Bill Jenkins, American engine builder and drag racer (Motorsports Hall of Fame of America), dies of heart failure at 81
2020 – Ken Shimura, Japanese comedian and actor (Shimura Ken no Bakatono-sama), dies of COVID-19 at 70