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April 5, 2005 Dale Messick, American Artist April 5, 2002 Layne Staley, Grunge rocker, Alice in Chains, dies at 34 April 5, 2000 Lee Petty, American Celebrity April 5, 1997 Allen Ginsberg, beat poet April 5, 1997 Alparslan Turkes, Turkish politician (MHP), dies April 5, 1996 Peter Nailor, civil servant/historian, dies at 67 April 5, 1995 Christian Pineau, French politician, dies April 5, 1994 Andre Victor Tchelistcheff, winemaker, dies at 92 April 5, 1994 Aubrey J Watson Sr, bishop, dies at 65 April 5, 1994 Marlon Riggs, U.S. writer/director/producer (Ethnic notions), dies at 37 April 5, 1994 Roy Smeck, guitarist/banjoist, dies at 94 April 5, 1994 Kurt Cobain, American Musician April 5, 1992 Anthony "Tony" Papa, big band leader, dies at 65 April 5, 1992 Sam Walton, Billionaire CEO (Wal-Mart), dies of cancer at 74 April 5, 1992 Samuel H Reshevsky, Polish/US chess grandmaster, dies at 80 April 5, 1991 John Tower, (Sen-R-Tx), dies in a plane crash at 65 April 5, 1991 Manley Lanier "Sonny" Carter Jr, USN/astro (STS 33), dies at 43 April 5, 1990 Nico Scheepmaker, Dutch columnist/poet, dies at 59 April 5, 1988 Alf Kjellin, Swedish actor and director (Juggler), dies April 5, 1986 Manly Wade Wellman, sci-fi author (Devil's Planet), dies at 82 April 5, 1984 Arthur Travors Harris, marshal of British RAF, dies April 5, 1984 Theo Koomen, Dutch sportscaster, dies in auto-accident at 54 April 5, 1982 Abe Fortas, Supreme court justice, dies at 71 April 5, 1981 Bob "Bear" Hite, rocker (Canned Heat), dies of a heart attack at 36 April 5, 1981 Cornelis Verolme, Dutch ship builder, dies at 80 April 5, 1977 John Marriott, dies at 83 April 5, 1976 Howard Hughes, reclusive billionaire, dies at 72 April 5, 1975 Inez Courtney, dies at 67 April 5, 1975 Victor GM Marijnen, Dutch premier (1963-65), dies at 58 April 5, 1974 William Hudson, actor (I Led 3 Lives), dies at 49 April 5, 1972 Brian Donlevy, actor (Steve-Dangerous Assignment), dies at 73 April 5, 1972 Isabel Jewell, dies at 62 April 5, 1970 Jacob H "Jaap" Stotijn, oboist/conductor, dies at 78 April 5, 1969 Gabriel M-E-R Chevallier, French author (La Peur), dies at 73 April 5, 1969 Romulo Gallegos, Venezuela author/president (1947-48), dies at 84 April 5, 1968 Lois Andrews, dies of lung cancer at 44 April 5, 1966 Sven Fleuron, writer, dies at 91 April 5, 1964 Douglas MacArthur, U.S. general (Pacific theater-WW II), dies at 84 April 5, 1963 Jacobus JP Old, architect/co-founder (The Style), dies at 73 April 5, 1963 Julius Harrison, composer, dies at 78 April 5, 1960 Alma Kruger, actor (Made For Each Other), dies at 88 April 5, 1958 Jozef Brems, Flemish apostole vicar of Denmark, dies at 87 April 5, 1954 Claude Delvincourt, composer, dies at 66 April 5, 1952 Henri Vandeputte, Belgian writer (L'Autre Vie), dies at 75 April 5, 1951 Edward Rigby, dies at 72 April 5, 1946 Vincent Millie Youmans, U.S. composer (Tea For Two), dies at 47 April 5, 1945 Huldreich Georg Fruh, composer, dies at 41 April 5, 1944 Isolde Kurz, German writer/poet (Meine Mutter), dies at 90 April 5, 1944 Willy Derby, [Dieben], singer (Hello Bandoeng), dies April 5, 1935 Emil Mlynarski, composer, dies at 64 April 5, 1934 Salvatore Di Giacomo, composer, dies at 74 April 5, 1928 Jane Ellen Harrison, scholar/archaeologist, dies April 5, 1928 Chauncey Depew, American Politician April 5, 1923 George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, egyptologist, dies at 56 April 5, 1922 Charles F A Woeste, Belgian count/min of Justice, dies at 85 April 5, 1921 Alphonsus J M Diepenbrock, Dutch composer (Missa), dies at 58 April 5, 1918 Paul Vidal de la Blanche, French geographer, dies at 73 April 5, 1908 Gaetano Coronaro, composer, dies at 55 April 5, 1907 Anton G van Hamel, founder (Roman philosphy in Neth), dies at 65 April 5, 1900 Comte de Villebois-Marevil, French/South African general, dies in battle April 5, 1896 John Rogers Thomas, composer, dies at 66 April 5, 1884 John Wisden, publisher/cricketer (prominent Sussex player), dies April 5, 1878 Wilhelm Speyer, composer, dies at 87 April 5, 1871 Georg Andreas Henkel, composer, dies at 66 April 5, 1820 Henrik C Cras, lawyer (Laudatio Hugonis Grotii), dies at 81 April 5, 1811 Robert Raikes, founder of Sunday Schools, dies April 5, 1794 Georges-Jacques Danton, French revolutionary leader, guillotined at 34 April 5, 1794 Marie Jean Herault de Sechelles, French author/politician, dies April 5, 1794 Georges Jacques Danton, French Revolutionary April 5, 1765 Edward Young, English poet (Love of Fame), dies at 81 April 5, 1732 Johann Christian Schieferdecker, composer, dies at 52 April 5, 1723 J Fischer von Erlach, Austrian architect (Hofburg, Vienna), dies at 66 April 5, 1712 John Luyken, poet/etcher (species company), dies at 63 April 5, 1697 Charles XI, King of Sweden (1660-97), dies at 41 April 5, 1695 George Savile, 1st marquis of Halifax, dies at 61 April 5, 1693 Anne M L of Orleans, duchess (Grande Mademoiselle), dies at 65 April 5, 1684 William Brouncker, 2nd viscount/1st President of Royal Society, dies April 5, 1673 Francois Caron, admiral/governor (Formosa), drowns at about 72 April 5, 1649 John Winthrop, 1st governor Mass Bay Colony, dies at 61 April 5, 1531 Richard Roose, boiled to death for trying to poison an archbishop April 5, 1270 Ramban Nachmanides, Talmudic scholar (Hiddushei Ha-Ramden), dies April 5, 1258 Julian of Cornillon/Liege, Flemish visionary/saint, dies April 5, 828 Nicephorus, patriarch of Constantinopel (806-15), dies at about 77 |