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April 23, 2002 Jay Chiat, American Businessman April 23, 2000 Renato Di Paolo, method actor, accidentally strangled himself while playing Judas onstage, dies at 22 April 23, 1996 Leonard Kuntstat, blues discographer, dies at 70 April 23, 1996 Pamela Lyndon Travers, writer (Mary Poppins), dies at 96 April 23, 1996 P. L. Travers, Australian Writer April 23, 1995 Howard Cosell, sportscaster (Monday Night Football), dies at 77 April 23, 1995 John Stennis, (Sen-D-MS), dies at 93 April 23, 1995 Lonesome Sundown, blues singer and guitarist, dies at 66 April 23, 1995 Robert Selby Taylor, bishop, dies at 86 April 23, 1994 Cassidy Clinton Cremer, author (John Cremer), murdered at 30 April 23, 1994 Cecile Dreesmann, son of Anton Dreesmann, dies at 74 April 23, 1993 Bertus Aafjes, poet and writer (World is a Muze), dies at 78 April 23, 1993 Lalith Athulathmudali, Sri Lankan minister, murdered at 59 April 23, 1992 Deron Johnson, 1965 NL run leader, dies of cancer at 53 April 23, 1992 Satyajit Ray, Indian director (Distant Thunder/Agantuk), dies at 70 April 23, 1992 Victoria Kellem Lederman, model, dies of amyloidosis at 52 April 23, 1991 Peter Bailey, Graphic designer/calligrapher, dies April 23, 1991 Johnny Thunders, American Musician April 23, 1990 Albert Salmi, (Caddyshack), kills terminally ill wife and self at 62 April 23, 1990 Palmer Deane, actor (Still of the Night), dies April 23, 1990 Paulette Goddard, actress (Hazard), dies in Switzerland at 78 April 23, 1988 Arthur Michael, Lord Ramsey/archbishop of Canterbury, dies April 23, 1988 Michael Ramsey, English Clergyman April 23, 1986 Harold Arlen, [Hyman Arluck], U.S. composer, murdered at 81 April 23, 1986 Otto Preminger, dir (Advise and Consent, Anatomy of Murder), dies at 79 April 23, 1985 Kent Smith, actor (Peyton Place, Invaders), dies at 78 April 23, 1985 Sam J Ervin Jr, (Sen-D-NC), dies at 88 April 23, 1985 Sam Ervin, American Politician April 23, 1984 August "Guus" Oster, actor and director (Carrie), dies at 68 April 23, 1983 Buster Crabbe, 400m U.S. swimmer (Olympics-gold-1932), dies at 73 April 23, 1983 Selena Royale, actress (Robot Monster), dies at 78 April 23, 1980 Jane Froman, U.S. singer (JF's USA Canteen), dies at 72 April 23, 1976 James Flavin, actor (Man With a Camera), dies at 69 April 23, 1976 Ronald Radd, actor (King Lear, Up Jumped a Swagman), dies at 47 April 23, 1976 Shimen Ruskin, actor (Meyer-Corner Bar), dies at 68 April 23, 1975 Pete Ham, rocker (Badfinger), commits suicide by hanging himself at 27 April 23, 1975 R D Brinkmann, writer, dies April 23, 1975 William Hartnell, actor (Dr. Who), dies at 67 April 23, 1973 Otto Eissfeldt, German old testament scholar, dies at 85 April 23, 1971 William Tubman, president of Liberia (1944-71), dies at 76 April 23, 1970 Herb Shriner, humorist/TV host (Herb Shriner Show), dies at 51 April 23, 1969 Krzystzof Komeda, composer, dies at 37 April 23, 1965 Josephina J "Fien" de la Mar, Dutch actress (Pygmalion), dies at 67 April 23, 1960 Cornelis Jan Bakkerr, Dutch/US nuclear physicist, dies April 23, 1960 Toyohiko Kagawa, Japanese Christian-social reformer/writer, dies at 71 April 23, 1957 William Orlamond, actor (Flesh and Devil, Words and Music), dies at 89 April 23, 1955 Robert H Woltjer, classical/AR-First-Member of parliament, dies at 76 April 23, 1952 Elisabeth Schumann, singer, dies April 23, 1952 Minus van Looi, [Benjamin van der Neart], Flemish writer, dies at 60 April 23, 1951 Charles G. Dawes, American Vice President April 23, 1946 Jesus Castillo, composer, dies at 68 April 23, 1945 Albrecht Haushofer, writer, dies at 42 April 23, 1943 Frederic baron d'Erlanger, French composer/banker, dies at 74 April 23, 1942 Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear, President of Argentina (1922-28), dies at 73 April 23, 1929 Rudolf W. Nilsen, Norwegian poet (Hverdagen), dies at 28 April 23, 1926 Joseph Pennell, artist/author, dies April 23, 1925 Andre Caplet, French composer (Le miroir de Jesus), dies at 45 April 23, 1918 Percy Thomson Dean, lt-commander, killed at Zeebrugge, dies April 23, 1915 Rupert Chawner Brooke, English poet (Lithuania), dies at 27 April 23, 1915 Rupert Brooke, English Poet April 23, 1905 Karel Komzak, composer, dies at 54 April 23, 1905 Joseph Jefferson, American Artist April 23, 1897 Clement Harris, composer, dies at 25 April 23, 1895 Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig, physiologist, dies April 23, 1885 William Henry Holmes, composer, dies at 73 April 23, 1880 Guess Saleh, [Sarief Bastaman], Javanese painter, dies April 23, 1878 Friedrich Preller, landscape painter, dies April 23, 1865 James Dearing, U.S. Confederate brig-general, dies at 24 April 23, 1853 Auguste Laurent, chemist, dies April 23, 1850 William Wordsworth, poet, dies at 80 April 23, 1847 Erik Gustaf Geijer, composer, dies at 64 April 23, 1827 Johanna C Wattier-Ziesenis, actress (Phaedra/Lady MacBeth), dies at 65 April 23, 1812 Franz Sebastian Haindl, composer, dies at 85 April 23, 1786 Alexander Cozens, English water colors painter, dies at about 68 April 23, 1774 Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, painter, dies April 23, 1762 Johann Samuel Endler, composer, dies at 67 April 23, 1742 Mihael Omerza, composer, dies at 62 April 23, 1740 Thomas Tickell, poet, dies April 23, 1732 Cajetan Kolberer, composer, dies at 63 April 23, 1728 Tomas de Torrejon y Velasco, composer, dies at 83 April 23, 1695 Henry Vaughan, poet (Silex Scintillans), dies at 72 April 23, 1691 Jean-Henri D'Anglebert, composer, dies April 23, 1670 Loreto Vittori, composer, dies at 69 April 23, 1625 Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange, dies at 57 April 23, 1616 Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Spanish writer (Don Quixote), dies at 69 April 23, 1616 William Shakesphere, English author (Hamlet) April 23, 1616 Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish Novelist April 23, 1616 William Shakespeare, English Dramatist April 23, 1416 Blaise/Blasius of Parma, Ital astrologist/philosopher/algebra, dies April 23, 1016 Aethelbred II "the Unready", king of England (979-1016), dies April 23, 1014 Brian Boru, king of Ireland, dies in battle at 87 April 23, 1014 Sweyn Forkbeard, Viking king of England (1013-14), dies April 23, 997 Vojtech "Adalbert" of Prague, 2nd bishop of Prague/apostle, dies at 40 April 23, 990 Ekkehart II, [Palatinus], monk to St-Gallen/poet, dies April 23, 871 Ethelred I, king of Wessex/brother of Alfred the Great, dies April 23, 303 George, knight/saint/patron of England, beheaded April 23, 303 George, knight of Cappadocie?/saint/patron of England, beheaded April 23, 34 Christ, crucified, according to Isaac Newton |