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

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