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April 3, 2003 Michael Kelly, journalist, Atlantic Monthly - died in Iraq in an accident, dies at 45 April 3, 2000 Terence McKenna, novel writer/mystic, dies at 43 April 3, 1999 Helen Aberson, writer, Dumbo, dies at 92 April 3, 1999 Lionel Bart, composer, Oliver!, dies at 68 April 3, 1997 Judy Flannery, master triathelete, killed by a car at 56 April 3, 1996 Carl Stokes, 1st black mayor of a major U.S. city (Cleve), dies April 3, 1996 Christopher John Seward, aid worker, dies at 45 April 3, 1996 Ron Brown, sec of Comerce, dies in an accident April 3, 1996 Ronald Harmon Brown, politician, dies at 54 April 3, 1996 Roosevelt "Booba" Barnes, bluesman, dies at 59 April 3, 1995 David Alexander Reginald Herbert, writer, dies at 86 April 3, 1995 Harvey Pennick, golfer/teacher, dies at 89 April 3, 1994 Betty Furness, actress/news consumer reporter (WNBC), dies at 78 April 3, 1994 Frank G Wells, U.S. director (Walt Disney), dies at 62 April 3, 1994 Jerome Lejeune, French geneticist (Syndrome of Down), dies at 67 April 3, 1994 Pat Harper, New York City news anchor (WPIX, WNBC), dies April 3, 1993 Alexander Mnouchkine, French movie producer (Professional), dies at 83 April 3, 1993 Dieter Plage, German wildlife filmmaker, dies at 57 April 3, 1993 Eduardo Cabellero Calderon, Colombian writer/diplomat, dies at 83 April 3, 1993 Pinky Lee, kiddie host (Pinky Lee Show), dies of heart attack at 85 April 3, 1992 Lloyd "Slim" Andrews, actor (Buf Bill in Tomahawk Territory), dies April 3, 1992 Margaret Barker, actress (Fathers and Son), dies of lung cancer at 83 April 3, 1991 Graham Greene, British writer (3rd Man, Our man in Havana), dies at 86 April 3, 1990 Katharine Balfour, actress (Love Story), dies of ALS at 69 April 3, 1990 Sarah Vaughn, jazz singer, dies of lung cancer at 66 April 3, 1990 Sarah Vaughan, American Musician April 3, 1989 Norman Woolard, actor (Guilty, Saul and David, Medeleine), dies at 79 April 3, 1988 Milton A Caniff, U.S. cartoonist (Terry and the Pirates), dies at 81 April 3, 1986 Peter Pears, English tenor (Death in Venice), dies at 75 April 3, 1986 Richard Manuel, rock pianist/vocalist (Band), dies on 41st birthday April 3, 1982 Herman W. Filarski, Dutch bridge journalist, dies at 69 April 3, 1982 Warren Oates, actor (East of Eden, Stoney Burke), dies at 53 April 3, 1980 Luella Gear, actress (Joe and Mabel), dies at 82 April 3, 1976 Maurice Johnstone, composer, dies at 75 April 3, 1975 Mary Ure, actress (Sons and Lovers, Where Eagles Dare), dies at 42 April 3, 1974 Marston Bates, American Scientist April 3, 1972 Ferde Ferdinand Rudolph von Grofe, composer, dies at 80 April 3, 1972 Ferde Grofe, U.S. composer (Grand Canyon Suite), dies at 80 April 3, 1971 Joseph Valachi, U.S. gangster, dies at 66 April 3, 1971 Manfred Bonnington Lee, [Ellery Queen], detective writer, dies at 65 April 3, 1971 Joe Valachi, American Celebrity April 3, 1969 Rex Evans, actor (Frankenstein meets the Wolfman, Zara), dies at 65 April 3, 1966 Russel Crouse, U.S. stagewriter (Life with Father), dies at 73 April 3, 1962 Benny "Kid" Paret, U.S. welterweight boxer, dies after fight, at 24 April 3, 1962 Manolis Kalomiris, Greek opera composer, dies at 78 April 3, 1960 Anton Pannekoek, Dutch astronomer/marxist theorist, dies at 87 April 3, 1958 Theodor Kramer, writer, dies April 3, 1956 T Kostov, Bulgarian vice-premier, executed April 3, 1951 Johannes C Kielstra, Dut economist/gov (Suriname 1933-44), dies at 72 April 3, 1950 Adolf Wiklund, composer, dies at 70 April 3, 1950 Carter G Woodson, American historian (black studies), dies at 74 April 3, 1950 Kurt Julian Weill, German composer (Dreigroschenoper), dies at 50 April 3, 1950 Carter G. Woodson, American Historian April 3, 1949 Basil Harwood, composer, dies at 89 April 3, 1946 Masaharu Homma, Lieutenant General (responsible for Bataan Death March), executed April 3, 1945 Joseph Weinheber, Austria poet and writer (Vienna Verbatim), dies at 43 April 3, 1943 Conrad Veidt, German/US actor (Cabinet of Dr. Calgary), dies at 50 April 3, 1942 Albert Siklos, composer, dies at 63 April 3, 1942 Paul Gilson, composer, dies at 76 April 3, 1941 Andre Michelin, French tire manufacturer, dies at 88 April 3, 1941 Pal Teleki-von Szek, PM Hungary (1920-21, 39-41), suicide at 61 April 3, 1936 Bruno Hauptmann, convicted Lindbergh baby killer, executed April 3, 1930 Emma Albani, Canadian Musician April 3, 1920 Homer Newton Bartlett, composer, dies at 74 April 3, 1919 Paul Geisler, composer, dies at 62 April 3, 1910 Catherine Helen Spence, Australian Author April 3, 1909 Benjamin Johnson Lang, composer, dies at 71 April 3, 1901 Richard D'Oyly Carte, promotor (Gilbert and Sullivan operas), dies April 3, 1897 Johannes Brahms, German composer and conductor (Hung Dances), dies at 63 April 3, 1884 Carel JCH van Nispen tot Sevenaer, Dutch Cath politician, dies at 59 April 3, 1882 Friedrich Wilhelm Kucken, composer, dies at 71 April 3, 1882 Jesse James, outlaw, shot dead at 34, in St. Joseph Mo by Robert Ford April 3, 1876 Henriette Davidis, writer, dies April 3, 1868 Franz Adolf Berwald, Swedish composer, dies at 71 April 3, 1862 James Clark Ross, Arctic explorer, dies April 3, 1858 Sigismund Ritter von Neukomm, Austrian composer, dies at 79 April 3, 1854 John Wilson, Scottish Writer April 3, 1850 Vaclav Jan Krtitel Tomasek, organist/pianist/composer, dies at 75 April 3, 1849 Juliusz Slowacki, Pol poet (Father of the Plague-Patient), dies at 39 April 3, 1838 Francesco Antommarchi, Napoleon's physician on St. Helena, dies at 57 April 3, 1826 Reginald Heber, bishop and hymn writer, dies April 3, 1822 Friedrich Bertuch, writer, dies April 3, 1811 Pieter-Jozef Verhaghen, Flemish (court)painter, dies at 83 April 3, 1797 Nonnosus Madlseder, composer, dies at 66 April 3, 1769 Gerhard Tersteegen, German evangelist/poet (in blood), dies at 71 April 3, 1695 Melchior de Hondecoeter, Dutch still life painter, dies at about 58 April 3, 1694 Ferdinand van Apshoven de Jongere, Flemish painter, buried at 64 April 3, 1682 Bartolome Esteban Murillo, Spanish painter, dies April 3, 1581 Huibert Duifhuis, Roman Catholic pastor (Rotterdam/Utrecht), dies April 3, 1525 Giovanni Rucellai, Italian poet (Le Api), dies at 49 April 3, 1512 Richard Pafraet, Dutch printer, dies April 3, 1287 Honorius IV, [Giacomo Savelli], Italian Pope (1285-87), dies April 3, 628 Chosroes II, emperor of Persia (579..628), murdered by his son April 3, 33 Christ, crucified (according to astronomer Humphreys and Waddington) |