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April 6, 2004 Victor Argo, American Actor April 6, 2003 David Bloom, TV journalist, died in Iraq of non-war-related causes, dies at 39 April 6, 2003 Anita Borg, American Scientist April 6, 2003 Babatunde Olatunji, Nigerian Musician April 6, 2001 "Theodore Gottlieb AKA ""Brother Theodore""", comic, dies at 94 April 6, 1998 Tammy Wynette, singer, Stand by Your Man, dies at 55 April 6, 1998 Wendy O. Williams, shock rocker, Plasmatics, dies at 48 April 6, 1997 Jack Kent Cooke, NFL owner for the Washington Redskins, dies at 84 April 6, 1996 Greer Garson, actress (Goodbye Mr. Chips), dies at 92 April 6, 1995 Vieno J Sukselainen, PM of Finland (1959-61), dies April 6, 1994 Cyprian Niayamira, president of Burundi (1993-94), assassinated April 6, 1994 Dick Cary, jazz musician, dies at 77 April 6, 1994 Juvenal Habayarimana, president of Rwanda (1973), assassinated April 6, 1994 Patricia Louise Dalton, chair (Sherlock Holmes Society), dies at 75 April 6, 1994 Theo Bosch, humanist/architect (Amsterdam), dies at 54 April 6, 1993 Divya Bharati, "Baby Doll" Indies actress (Diwana), dies in car at 19 April 6, 1993 Hedi Amira Nouira, PM of Tunisia (1970-80), dies April 6, 1992 Isaac Asimov, Sci-Fi author (I Robot), dies from kidney failure at 72 April 6, 1992 Molly Picon, Yiddish actress (Milk and Honey), dies of Alzheimers at 94 April 6, 1992 Issac Asimov, American Writer April 6, 1990 Nancy Hawkes, (1946 best dress woman), dies at 73 April 6, 1990 Ronald E Evans, astronaut (Apollo 17), dies of a heart attack at 57 April 6, 1984 Jimmy Kenndy, British songwriter (South of the Border), dies April 6, 1984 Ral Donner, singer/narrator, dies at 41 April 6, 1983 Ana Maria, Salvador guerilla leader, murdered April 6, 1981 Bob "The Bear" Hite, singer (Canned Heat-Goin' up the Country), dies April 6, 1979 M Marie Widlow, softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1957), dies at 61 April 6, 1979 Milton Ager, U.S. composer, dies at 85 April 6, 1978 Nicolas Nabokov, composer (Holy Devil), dies at 74 April 6, 1978 Reinoud Anders, Dutch actor (Unrest of Grave), dies at 65 April 6, 1976 Ruth P Thomson, writer, dies April 6, 1975 Chiang Kai-Shek, Nationalist Chinese leader, dies at 87 April 6, 1974 Willem Dudok, Dutch architect (Hilversum Town Hall), dies at 89 April 6, 1972 Heinrich Lubke, West Germany president (1959-69), dies at 77 April 6, 1971 Igor F Strawinsky, Russ composer (Le Sacre du Printemps), dies at 88 April 6, 1971 Igor Stravinsky, Russian Composer April 6, 1968 Bobby Hutton, U.S. Black Panther leader, shot to death April 6, 1966 Julia Faye, actress (10 Commandments. Samson and Delilah), dies at 73 April 6, 1962 J C Heldring, Dutch businessman, dies at 74 April 6, 1961 Jules J B V Bordet, Belgian bacteriologist (Nobel 1919), dies at 90 April 6, 1951 Halfdan Cleve, composer, dies at 71 April 6, 1947 Vaclav Kapral, composer, dies at 58 April 6, 1945 Benjamin M Telders, president (Dutch Liberal States Party), dies at 42 April 6, 1940 Andres Isasi, composer, dies at 49 April 6, 1939 Robert Courtneidge, British theater producer, dies April 6, 1935 Edward Arlington Robinson, U.S. poet, dies April 6, 1931 Giuseppi Radiciotti, composer, dies at 73 April 6, 1926 Giovanni Amendola, antifascist/editor-in-chief (Il Mondo), dies at 43 April 6, 1919 Stefan Surzynski, composer, dies at 63 April 6, 1913 Jose Marraco y Ferrer, composer, dies on 78th birthday April 6, 1906 Alexander L Kielland, Norwegian writer (Working People), dies at 57 April 6, 1884 Emanuel Geibel, writer, dies at 68 April 6, 1865 John Austin Wharton, U.S. Confederate general-major, dies at 36 April 6, 1865 Reuben B Boston, U.S. Confederate cavalery colonel, dies in battle April 6, 1862 Adley Hogan Gladden, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 51 April 6, 1862 Albert Sidney Johnston, U.S. Confederate general, dies in battle at 59 April 6, 1854 William Strickland, U.S. architect, dies April 6, 1838 Jose B de Andrada e Silva, premier of Brazil (1822-23), dies at 74 April 6, 1829 Niels H Able, Norwegian mathematician (infinite series), dies at 26 April 6, 1822 Franz Xaver Partsch, composer, dies at 62 April 6, 1817 Bonaventura Furlanetto, composer, dies at 78 April 6, 1805 Lorenz Justinian Ott, composer, dies at 56 April 6, 1782 Rynoldus Popma van Oevering, composer, dies at 90 April 6, 1779 Tommaso MFS Traetta, Italian opera composer (Farnace), dies at 52 April 6, 1707 Willem Van de Velde, the Young, Dutch seascape painter, dies a 73 April 6, 1674 Charles de Mean, Belgian lawyer (Observations), dies at 69 April 6, 1605 John Stow, British historian, dies April 6, 1593 Henry Barrow, English puritian/Congressionalist, hanged April 6, 1593 John Greenwood, English Congressionalist, hanged April 6, 1590 Francis Walsingham, English Secretary of State, dies at about 57 April 6, 1551 Joachim Vadianus, Swiss physician/mayor of Sankt Gallen, dies at 66 April 6, 1528 Albrecht Durer, German painter/graphic artist, dies in Germany at 56 April 6, 1520 Raphael [Sanzio], artist (Sistine Madonna), dies on his 37th birthday April 6, 1490 Matthias Corvinus, king of Hungary, dies April 6, 1489 Hans Waldmann, Swiss military/mayor (Zurich), beheaded April 6, 1472 Pieter Bladelin, Belgium, land owner (Middelburg castle), dies April 6, 1362 Jacques de Bourbon, count of Marche, killed in battle April 6, 1348 Petrarch's Laura, dies of plague April 6, 1252 Peter of Verona, [Peter Martyr], Italian inquisitor/st, dies at 45 April 6, 1199 Richard I, the Lion-hearted, King of England (1189-99), dies at 41 April 6, 912 Nottker "the Stamelaar", benedictine monk/poet, dies at about 71 April 6, 885 Methodius, Greek apostle of the slaves/archbishop of Sirmium, dies |