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April 7, 2002 John Agar, actor, the original The Thing, dies at 81 April 7, 2001 Beatrice Straight, actress, Network, dies at 82 April 7, 2001 David Graf, actor, Police Academy, movies, dies at 50 April 7, 1998 Alex Schomberg, artist, dies at 91 April 7, 1996 Ian Spurling, ballet designer, dies at 59 April 7, 1995 Philip Vincent Belloc Jebb, architect, dies at 68 April 7, 1994 Agatha Uwilingiyimana, PM of Rwanda (first female prime minister in Africa), assassinated, the day after President Habyarimana's plane was shot down, killing him and the president of Burundi April 7, 1994 Angelus Gottfried "Golo" Mann, German/US historian, dies at 85 April 7, 1994 Arthur Gordon Clough, journalist, dies at 59 April 7, 1994 Evert Hartman, Dutch writer (War Without Friends), dies at 56 April 7, 1994 Francois de Grossouvre, President Mitterrand advisor, suicide at 76 April 7, 1994 Kurt Cobain, grunge rocker (Nirvana), commits suicide by gun at 27 April 7, 1994 Lee Brilleaux, British R&B-singer/guitarist (Stupidity), dies at 41 April 7, 1993 Max Croiset, Dutch actor/dramatist/director (Zeekant), dies at 80 April 7, 1993 Richard Schmiechen, dies of AIDS at 45 April 7, 1992 Alix Talton, former Miss Georgia, dies of lung cancer at 72 April 7, 1992 Clovis Ruffin, fashion designer (T shirt dress), dies of AIDS at 46 April 7, 1992 Rick Emery, dies after long illness at 39 April 7, 1989 Tikhon Toropets, patriarch of Russian Orthodox/saint, dies at 123 April 7, 1988 Cesar Bresgen, Austrian composer/organist, dies at 74 April 7, 1987 Maxine Sullivan, [Williams], U.S. actress (Going Places), dies at 75 April 7, 1984 Frank Church, (Sen-D-Ohio, 1957-81), dies at 59 April 7, 1984 Samuel C Engel, poet, dies of heart failure at 79 April 7, 1983 Gavin Gordon, television actor (Romance, Lone Cowboy), dies at 82 April 7, 1982 Brenda Benet, actress (Track of Thunder), commits suicide by gun at 36 April 7, 1979 Bruno Apitz, writer, dies at 78 April 7, 1978 Ernest Kanitz, composer, dies at 83 April 7, 1977 Siegfried Buback, German FR procureur-genl, murdered attorney-general April 7, 1976 Mary Margaret McBride, TV hostess (Mary Margaret McBride), dies at 76 April 7, 1973 Nick Stuart, bandleader, dies of cancer at 69 April 7, 1972 "Crazy" Joe Gallo, mobster, killed at his 43rd birthday party April 7, 1972 Abeid Karume, Tanzanian sheik/president, murdered April 7, 1972 Victor Wong, actor (Mission to Moscow, King Kong) dies at 65 April 7, 1971 Charles F Pahud de Mortanges, (Olympic-gold-1928, 32), dies at 74 April 7, 1970 Josina Machel, wife of Mozambique's 1st President Samora Machel, dies April 7, 1968 Jim Clark, of Scotland, world driving champ, dies at 32 in race car April 7, 1967 Anne Morrison Chapin, dies in West Hollywood April 7, 1961 Jesus Guridi, composer, dies at 74 April 7, 1961 Marian Jordan, radio comedienne (Fibber McGee and Molly), dies at 62 April 7, 1961 Yusef Greiss, composer, dies at 61 April 7, 1958 Judge Jackson, composer, dies at 75 April 7, 1958 Klimenty Arkad'yevich Korchmaryov, composer, dies at 58 April 7, 1958 Elliot Paul, American Journalist April 7, 1955 Theda Bara, actress (Camille, Cleopatra, 2 Orphans), dies at 62 April 7, 1950 Walter Huston, dies at 66 April 7, 1947 Henry Ford, American Businessman April 7, 1943 Jovan Ducic, Serbian poet (Blue Legends), dies at 72 April 7, 1934 William Monroe Trotter, African, dies on 62nd birthday in Boston April 7, 1933 Jan Erik/Eric Jan Hanussen, Berlin astrologist/illusionist, murdered April 7, 1932 Erv A Kelley, U.S. policeman, shot to death by Pretty Boy Floyd April 7, 1917 Spyridon Filiskos Samaras, composer, dies at 53 April 7, 1891 Phineas T Barnum, U.S. circus promoter (B and Bailey), dies at 88 April 7, 1891 P. 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Barnum, American Entertainer April 7, 1884 Maria van Ackere-Doolaeghe, Flemish poet (Avondlamp), dies at 80 April 7, 1881 Pierre Napoleon Bonaparte, Corsican MP, dies at 65 April 7, 1880 Diederich Krug, composer, dies at 58 April 7, 1877 Errico Petrella, composer, dies at 63 April 7, 1875 Georg Herwegh, writer, dies at 57 April 7, 1871 Alexander, grandson of English queen Victoria, dies at 1 day old April 7, 1871 Wilhelm Freiherr von Tegetthoff, Aus adm (Helgoland/Lissa), dies at 43 April 7, 1862 Sydney Nelson, composer, dies at 62 April 7, 1858 Anton Diabelli, Austria publisher/composer, dies at 76 April 7, 1850 William Lisle Bowles, English poet (14 Sonnets), dies at 87 April 7, 1842 Henrik A Bjerregaard, Norw writer/poet (Fjeldeventyret), dies at 50 April 7, 1833 Antoni Henryk Radziwill, Lithuanian/Polish composer, dies at 57 April 7, 1810 Pieter L van de Kasteele, Dutch politician/patriot, dies at 61 April 7, 1803 [Francois D] Toussaint L'Ouverture/Haitian revolutionary, dies April 7, 1789 Abdul-Hamid I, 27th sultan of Turkey (1774-89), dies at 64 April 7, 1789 Peter Camper, anatomist/animal scholar, dies at 66 April 7, 1783 Ignaz Jakob Holzbauer, composer, dies at 71 April 7, 1778 Johann Balthasar Kehl, composer, dies at 52 April 7, 1768 Michel Mathieu, composer, dies at 78 April 7, 1767 Franz Sparry, composer, dies at 51 April 7, 1766 Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch classicist, dies at 81 April 7, 1719 Jean-Baptiste de la Salle, French priest/theory/saint, dies at 67 April 7, 1668 William Davenant, English Poet April 7, 1614 El Greco, Spanish painter (View of Toledo), dies (birth date unknown) April 7, 1524 Philip of Burgundy, bishop of Utrecht, dies April 7, 1498 Charles VIII, King of France (1483-98), dies at 27 April 7, 1444 John Capreolus, French theologist (Libri IV), dies at about 50 April 7, 924 Berengarius I, Emperor of Italy, murdered April 7, 30 Christ, crucified, according to astronomer Schaefer, dies |