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April 8, 2002 Maria Felix, Mexican Actress April 8, 2000 Claire Trevor, actress, Stagecoach, dies at 91 April 8, 1997 Laura Nyro, singer, dies of ovarian cancer at 49 April 8, 1997 Laura Nyro, singer, dies at 49 April 8, 1996 Basil Hembry, farmer/campaigner, dies at 80 April 8, 1996 Ben Johnson, cowboy actor (Tex, Dillinger), dies of heart attack at 77 April 8, 1996 Charles Donald Adams, singer, dies at 67 April 8, 1994 Frank Wells, president (Disney), dies in helicopter crash April 8, 1994 Irene Eisinger, singer, dies at 91 April 8, 1994 Kurt Donald Cobain, musician, dies at 27 April 8, 1994 Walter Arnold, Germ theologist (World council of Churches), dies at 64 April 8, 1993 Arleen Whelan, dies of stroke at 78 April 8, 1993 H Earnest, bishop of Breda, dies April 8, 1993 Marian Anderson, U.S. contralto (My Lord, What a Morning), dies at 96 April 8, 1992 Nelson Olmstead, dies at 78 April 8, 1990 Doreen Sloane, dies April 8, 1990 Jose De Vega, dies of AIDS at 56 April 8, 1990 Ryan White, hemophiliac aids sufferer, dies at 18 April 8, 1987 Francis C Denebrink, U.S. Naval officer (WW I, WW II, Korea) dies at 90 April 8, 1981 Norman Taurog, dies April 8, 1981 Omar Bradley, last U.S. 5-star general, (Normandy) dies in New York at 88 April 8, 1978 Ford C Frick, baseball commissioner, dies at 83 April 8, 1978 Ford Frick, American Journalist April 8, 1977 Frank Milan, actor (Witness), dies at 71 April 8, 1976 Phil Ochs, rock producer (Joe Hill), dies at 35 April 8, 1973 Pablo (Ruiz y) Picasso, Spanish/French painter (Guernica), dies at 91 April 8, 1973 Pablo Picasso, Spanish Artist April 8, 1970 Marie V Felix, Prince of Luxemburg, dies April 8, 1969 Arthur Walter Kramer, composer, dies at 78 April 8, 1966 George Creten, Belgian sculptor/painter, dies at 79 April 8, 1965 Erik A Blomberg, Swedish art historian/poet/author, dies at 70 April 8, 1965 Lars Hanson, Swedish actor (Flesh and Devil), dies after illness at 78 April 8, 1959 Gustave Charlier, Belgian literature historian, dies April 8, 1950 Albert Ehrenstein, Austria writer (Strum), dies at 63 April 8, 1950 Vaslav Fromich Nijinsky, Ukrainian ballet dancer, dies in London April 8, 1948 Josef B Kjellgren, Swedish writer (Guldkedjan), dies at 40 April 8, 1947 Henry Ford, U.S. industrialist (Ford cars), dies April 8, 1943 Paul Colin, Belgian journalist/collaborator, executed April 8, 1943 Richard Sears, 1st to win U.S. amateur national tennis match, dies at 81 April 8, 1942 Alfred Mombert, writer, dies April 8, 1941 Eugene-Marcel Prevost, novelist, dies April 8, 1937 Arthur William Foote, U.S. organist/composer, dies at 84 April 8, 1937 William Henry Hadow, composer (Studies in Modern Music), dies at 77 April 8, 1935 Edwin Cannan, economist, dies April 8, 1931 Eric Axel Karlfeldt, poet, dies April 8, 1921 Earnest von Possart, German actor/stage manager, dies April 8, 1920 Charles Tomlinson Griffes, U.S. composer (White Peacock), dies at 35 April 8, 1919 Roland baron Eotvos, Hungarian physicist, dies at 70 April 8, 1914 Jakub Arbes, Czech author (Andel Miru), dies at 73 April 8, 1902 Sipyagain, Russian min of interior/headed Secret Service, assassinated April 8, 1897 George Garrett, composer, dies at 62 April 8, 1897 Heinrich von Stephan, U.K. politician, dies April 8, 1894 Bankim C Chattopadhyaya, writer (Mrinalini, Anandamath), dies at 55 April 8, 1890 Junius Morgan, philanthropist, dies at 76 April 8, 1885 Susanna Moodie, British Author April 8, 1871 Charles-Louis Hanssens, composer, dies at 68 April 8, 1870 Charles-Auguste de Beriot, Belgian violinist and composer, dies at 68 April 8, 1865 John Park, composer, dies at 61 April 8, 1863 Joseph Netherclift, composer, dies at 70 April 8, 1861 Elisha G Otis, U.S. elevator builder (Otis), dies at 50 April 8, 1858 Anton Diabelli, Austrian composer/publisher, dies at 76 April 8, 1853 Jan W. Pieneman, historical painter (Battle at Waterloo), dies at 73 April 8, 1851 John Parry, composer, dies at 75 April 8, 1848 Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti, Italian composer, dies at 50 April 8, 1848 Gaetano Donizetti, composer, dies at 50 April 8, 1844 Ignaz Franz von Mosel, composer, dies at 72 April 8, 1835 Wilhelm von Humboldt, German Educator April 8, 1794 Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicholas-Caritat, mathematician dies April 8, 1778 Pieter Teyler van der Hulst, Dutch founder (Teyler Museum), dies at 76 April 8, 1759 Francois de La Croix, composer, dies at 76 April 8, 1736 Pedro Vaz Rego, composer, dies at 63 April 8, 1697 Niels Juel, Danish Admiral (Oland, Moen, Kjogebocht), dies at 67 April 8, 1629 Willem Teellinck, Dutch theologist/vicar, dies at 50 April 8, 1537 Willem Aerts, Flemish architect, dies April 8, 1498 Charles VIII, King of France (1483-98), beheaded at 27 April 8, 1492 Lorenzo I de' Medici"il Magnifico", ruler of Florence (1469-92), dies April 8, 1364 Jan II, the Good, King of France (1350-64), dies at 44 April 8, 1143 John II Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1118-43), dies in an accident April 8, 217 Caracalla, [Marcus Antoniius], Roman emperor (198-217), murdered at 29 |