Famous Deaths for 28th April 2021

1192 – Conrad of Montferrat, King of Jerusalem, assassinated at 52
1881 – Robert Olinger, American warden and the last victim of Billy the Kid, dies at 31
1976 – Eugen Roth, German poet, dies at 81
1980 – Tommy Caldwell, American rocker (Marshall Tucker Band), dies in a jeep crash at 30
1984 – Moses “Whispering” Smith, American blues harmonica player and singer (“A Thousand Miles From Nowhere”; “Hound Dog Twist”), dies at 52
1989 – Olaf J. de Landell, Dutch writer, dies at 77
1999 – Walter Gieseler, German composer, dies at 79
2002 – Lou Thesz, American professional wrestler, dies at 86
2007 – Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, German physicist and philosopher, dies at 94
2013 – Lonnie Turner, American rock and blues bassist (Steve Miller Band – “Fly Like An Eagle”), dies of lung cancer at 66

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