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April 20, 1999 Senor Wences, comedian, Ed Sullivan Show, dies at 103 April 20, 1996 Cecilia Grace Hunt Reeves Gillie, bBC Executive, dies at 88 April 20, 1996 Christopher Robin Milne, bookseller, dies at 75 April 20, 1996 Tran Van Tra, soldier, dies at 77 April 20, 1995 Milovan Djilas, Yugoslavian politician (1945-54), dies April 20, 1995 Sunil Jayasinghe, Sri Lankan wicketkeeper (1979 World Cup), suicide April 20, 1995 Tessie O'Shea, entertainer, dies at 81 April 20, 1994 Jean Carmet, French actor (Merci la Vie, Le Sucre), dies at 72 April 20, 1993 Cantinflas, [Mario Moreno], Mexican actor (Pepe), dies at 81 April 20, 1992 Benny Hill, comedian (Benny Hill Show), dies of a heart attack at 67 April 20, 1992 Johnny Shines, Delta blues singer and guitarist, dies at 76 April 20, 1991 Don[ald] Siegel, U.S. director (Coogan's Bluff/Dirty Harry), dies at 78 April 20, 1991 Jumjaagiyn Tsedenbal, Mongolian politician, dies April 20, 1991 Sean O'Faolain, [J Whelan], Irish writer (Nest of Simple), dies at 91 April 20, 1991 Steve Marriott, English guitarist (Small Faces), dies in a fire at 44 April 20, 1991 Yumzhagin Tsendenbal, PM of Mongolia (1952-74), dies April 20, 1990 Horst Sinderman, RDA 1st minister (1973-76), dies April 20, 1987 Antony Tudor, dancer and choreographer (Amer Ballet Theater) dies at 78 April 20, 1985 Charles Francis Richter, American Scientist April 20, 1984 Mabel Mercer, English/US singer (Fly me to the moon), dies at 84 April 20, 1983 Jerzy Andrezjewski, writer, dies April 20, 1982 Archibald MacLeish, U.S., lawyer/writer (Conquistador), dies at 89 April 20, 1982 Mimi Boesnach, actress (Wedding of Kloris and Roses), dies at 82 April 20, 1982 Archibald McLeish, American Poet April 20, 1979 Peter Donald, host (Masquerade Party), dies at 60 April 20, 1977 Bryan Foy, director/writer, dies at 80 April 20, 1974 Agnes Moorehead, actress (Endora-Bewitched), dies at 67 April 20, 1974 Mohammed Ayub Khan, premier/president (Pakistan), dies April 20, 1973 Robert Armstrong, actor (Fall Guy, Exposed), dies at 82 April 20, 1971 Cecil Parker, actor (Court Jester, Operation Snafu), dies at 73 April 20, 1968 Marion Weeks, singer/actress, dies of stroke at 81 April 20, 1965 Dick Wessel, dies of heart attack on 52nd birthday April 20, 1965 Richard Wessell, actor (Carney-Riverboat), dies at 54 April 20, 1964 August Sander, German Photographer April 20, 1962 Arthur Harmat, composer, dies at 76 April 20, 1962 Jesse G Vincent, engineer designed 1st V-12 engine, dies at 82 April 20, 1956 Jaap Vranken, organist/composer (Stabat mater), dies April 20, 1956 Lieven Duvosel, Flemish music composer (Levensschets), dies at 78 April 20, 1953 Erich Weinert, writer, dies at 62 April 20, 1947 Christian X, king of Denmark (1912-47), dies at 76 April 20, 1941 Barend ter Haar, Dutch lawyer, dies in Buchenwald at 49 April 20, 1935 Juliaan de Vriendt, Flemish painter, dies at 92 April 20, 1932 Giuseppe Peano, mathematician, dies April 20, 1912 Bram Stoker, Irish theater manager/writer (Dracula), dies April 20, 1908 Henry Chadwick, sports reporter (baseball), dies at 85 April 20, 1906 Australian wombat; oldest known marsupial, dies in London Zoo at 26 April 20, 1902 Frank Richard Stockton, American Writer April 20, 1900 Mebel Mercer, popular British singer, dies April 20, 1899 Edouard Pailleron, French attorney/comedian, dies at 64 April 20, 1872 Ljudwit Gaj, Croatian writer/poet (Pjesma iz Zagorja), dies at 62 April 20, 1869 Johann Carl Gottfried Loewe, composer, dies at 72 April 20, 1869 Piotr Studzinski, composer, dies at 42 April 20, 1839 Giuseppe Rossini, father of Italian composer Gioacchino Rossini, dies April 20, 1836 Johan I Jozef, monarch of Liechtenstein/fieldmarshal, dies at 75 April 20, 1821 Franz K Achard, German physicist/chemist, dies at 67 April 20, 1820 Arthur Young, author (Annals of Agriculture), dies April 20, 1812 George Clinton, 4th U.S. VP, dies at 73 1st VP to, die in office April 20, 1786 John Goodricke, English deaf and dumb astronomer, dies at 21 April 20, 1769 Pontiac, indian chief to Ottawa, murdered April 20, 1768 Giovanni AC Canaletto, Italian painter/cartoonist (Rialto), dies at 70 April 20, 1759 Georg Friedrich Handel, buried in Westminster Abbey April 20, 1695 Georg Caspar Weckler, composer, dies at 63 April 20, 1662 Gerard Terborch, the elder, painter, dies April 20, 1643 Christoph Demantius, composer, dies at 75 April 20, 1632 Nicolas Antione, converted to Judiasm, burned at the stake April 20, 1534 Elizabeth Barton, [St. Magd van Kent], British prophet, dies April 20, 1317 Agnes van Montepulciano, Italian mystic/saint, dies April 20, 1314 Clement V, [Bertrand Got], pope (1305-14) move papacy to Avignon, dies April 20, 1164 Victor IV, [Ottaviano Montecello], Italian antipope (1159-64), dies |