Famous Deaths for 4th May 2021

1436 – Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Swedish statesman (b. 1390s)
1471 – Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales, dies at 17, becoming the only heir apparent to the English throne to ever die in battle
1605 – Ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian biologist and naturalist, dies at 82
1824 – Joseph Joubert, French essayist and moralist (b. 1754)
1880 – Edward Clark, Governor of Texas (b. 1815)
1885 – Alexander Karađorđević, Prince of Serbia (1842-58), dies at 78
1992 – Gregor Mackenzie, Labour Party (UK) politician (b. 1927)
1996 – Stanley William Reed, cineaste, dies at 85
2018 – Edwin G. Burrows, American historian and professor, dies at 74
2018 – Bobbie Louise Hawkins, American poet and author, dies at 87

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