Famous Deaths on April 7

August 25, 2024

April 7 Calendar

King of France (1483-98) who invaded Italy, dies after hitting his head on a door lintel at 27

1503 [Zoe] Sophia Palaiologina, Byzantine princess, wife of Grand Prince Ivan III of Moscow, dies (b. 1449)
1524 Philip of Burgundy, bishop of Utrecht, dies
1614 El Greco, Greek-born artist working in Spain (b. 1541)
1638 Shimazu Tadatsune, Japanese ruler of Satsuma, dies at 61
1651 Lennart Torstenson, Swedish soldier and engineer (b. 1603)
1658 Juan Eusebio Nieremberg, Spanish mystic (b. 1595)
1661 William Brereton, 1st Baronet, English soldier and politician, dies at 56
1663 Francis Cooke, Mayflower Pilgrim, dies at approximately 80
1668 William Davenant, English poet (b. 1606)
1719 Jean-Baptiste de la Salle, French priest and saint of the Catholic Church, dies at 67
1739 Dick Turpin, English highwayman (hanged) (b. 1706)
1747 Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian field marshal, dies at 70
1766 Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch classicist, dies at 81
1767 Franz Sparry, Austrian composer, dies at 51
1768 Michel Mathieu, French violist and composer, dies at 78
1778 Johann Balthasar Kehl, German composer and organist, dies at 52
1782 Taksin, King of Siam (1767-82), dies at 47
1783 Ignaz Jakob Holzbauer, Austrian composer, dies at 71
1789 Abd-ul-Hamid I, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1725)
1789 Petrus Camper, Dutch anatomist and anthropologist who studied comparative anatomy, paleontology and the facial angle, dies at 66
1801 Noël François de Wailly, French lexicographer, dies at 76

Haitian general, revolutionary and most famous of the leaders of the Haitian Revolution, dies while in prison in France at 59

1810 Pieter L. van de Kasteele, Dutch politician and patriot, dies at 61
1811 Garsevan Chavchavadze, Georgian diplomat and politician, dies at 53
1816 Maria Ludovika of Austria-Este, Empress of Austria and queen of Hungary and Bohemia, dies at 28
1823 Jacques Charles [Jacques-Alexandre-César Charles], French inventor and balloonist (with Nicholas Robert was 1st to take flight in a hydrogen balloon), dies at 76
1833 Antoni Radziwiłł, Polish-Lithuanian politician, cellist, and composer, dies at 57
1836 William Godwin, English philosopher and political writer (Caleb Williams), dies at 80
1842 Henrik Anker Bjerregaard, Norwegian writer and poet (Fjeldeventyret), dies at 50
1850 William Lisle Bowles, English poet (14 Sonnets), dies at 87
1858 Anton Diabelli, Austria publisher and composer, dies at 76
1862 Sydney Nelson, English song composer, dies at 62
1868 Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Irish-Canadian journalist and Father of Confederation, assassinated at 42
1871 Alexander Lloyd, Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)
1871 Alexander of Wales, British Prince, son of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, dies at 1 day old after born prematurely
1871 Wilhelm Freiherr von Tegetthoff, Austrian admiral (Helgoland/Lissa), dies of pneumonia at 43
1875 Georg Herwegh, writer, dies at 57
1877 Errico Petrella, Italian composer, dies at 63
1880 Diederich Krug, German pianist and composer (Le petit Chevalier), dies at 60
1880 Isaac M. St. John, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 52
1881 Pierre Napoleon Bonaparte, Corsican representative of the people, dies at 65
1884 Maria van Ackere-Doolaeghe, Flemish poet (Daisies, Avondlamp), dies at 80
1885 Carl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, German physiologist (b. 1804)

1895 James Lawson Kemper, American lawyer, military officer (US Army Captain - Mexican-American War; Confederate Army Major General), and politician (Governor of Virginia, 1874-78), dies at 71
1900 Frederick Edwin Church, American romantic landscape painter (Hudson River School), dies at 73
1917 Spyridon Samaras, Greek composer (Olympic Hymn), dies at 53
1920 Karl Binding, German jurist (b. 1841)
1925 Saint Tikhon of Moscow [Vasily Ivanovich Bellavin], 11th Patriarch of Moscow and all of Russia, dies at 60
1928 Alexander Bogdanov, Russian physician and philosopher, dies at 54
1932 Erv A Kelley, US policeman, shot to death by Pretty Boy Floyd
1934 William Monroe Trotter, American newspaper editor and activist for African-Americans civil rights, dies in a fall from his roof on his 62nd birthday
1939 Joseph Lyons, 10th Prime Minister of Australia (1932-39), dies at 59
1943 Alexandre Millerand, French President (1920-24) and Prime Minister (1920), dies at 84
1943 Jovan Dučić, Herzegovinian Serb poet (Blue Legends), dies at 72

1950 Walter Huston, Canadian actor (Maltese Falcon, Treasure of Sierra Madre), dies from an aneurysm at 67
1955 Theda Bara, actress (Camille, Cleopatra, 2 Orphans), dies at 62
1958 Judge Jackson, American sacred harp composer, songwriter, and educator (The Colored Sacred Harp), dies at 75
1958 Klimenty Arkad'yevich Korchmaryov, Ukrainian composer, dies at 58
1961 Jesús Guridi, Spanish composer, dies at 74
1961 Marian Jordan, radio comedienne (Fibber McGee & Molly), dies at 62
1961 Yusef Greiss, Egyptian composer, dies at 61
1967 Anne Morrison Chapin, American playwright, actress, (The Wild Westcotts), and screenwriter (The Sailor Takes A Wife), dies at 75

Scottish auto racer (Indianapolis 500 1965, World F1 Champion 1963, 65; 25 x F1 GP wins), dies in race accident at Hockenheim, Germany at 32

1970 Josina Machel, Mozambican independence activist, and wife of Mozambique's 1st president Samora Machel, dies at 25
1971 Charles F Pahud de Mortanges, (Olympic gold 1928, 32), dies at 74
1971 Charles Pahud de Mortanges, Dutch equestrian (Olympic gold individual 3 day event 1928, 32; team 3 day event 1924, 28), dies at 74

1972 Abeid Karume, Tanzanian sheik/president, murdered
1972 Victor Wong, American actor (Mission to Moscow, War Correspondent, King Kong), dies at 65
1973 Nick Stuart, Romanian-born American bandleader and actor (Secrets of Chinatown), dies of cancer at 69
1976 Mary Margaret McBride, American radio personality (WOR-AM, NYC), dies at 76
1977 Jim Thompson, American author (The Killer Inside Me), dies at 70
1977 Siegfried Buback, German Federal Prosecutor, assassinated by far-leftist militant group Red Army Faction, at 57
1978 Ernest Kanitz, Austrian-American composer, dies at 83
1979 Bruno Apitz, German writer, dies at 78
1981 Christopher "Kit" Lambert, British record producer and manager of The Who, dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at 45
1982 Brenda Benet, actress (Track of Thunder), commits suicide by gun at 36
1982 Harald Ertl, Austrian racing driver (b. 1948)
1983 Gavin Gordon, television actor (Romance, Lone Cowboy), dies at 82
1984 Frank Church, American lawyer and politician (United States Senator from Idaho), dies at 59
1984 Samuel C Engel, poet, dies of heart failure at 79
1985 Carl Schmitt, German political theorist and prominent Nazi (Verfassungslehre), dies at 96
1986 Jean Mogin, Belgian poet (Pastures of Silence), and playwright, dies at 64
1986 Leonid Kantorovich, Russian Soviet economist (Father of linear programming, Nobel Prize for Economics 1975), dies at 74
1987 Maxine Sullivan [Marietta Williams], American jazz vocalist and performer ("Going Places"), dies following a seizure at 75
1988 Cesar Bresgen, Austrian organist and composer, dies at 74
1989 Alberto Morin, Puerto Rican actor (Two Mules for Sister Sara; Rio Grande), dies at 86
1991 Ruth Page, American ballet dancer and choreographer (Diaghilev's Ballets Russes - Pygmalion), dies at 92
1992 Alix Talton, former Miss Georgia, dies of lung cancer at 72
1992 Clovis Ruffin, American fashion designer (T shirt dress), dies of AIDS at 46
1993 Billy Griffith, English cricket wicketkeeper (3 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 140, 5 dismissals; Cambridge Uni CC, Surrey CCC, MCC, Sussex CCC) and administrator (Secretary MCC), dies at 78
1993 Max Croiset, Dutch actor (The Village on the River, Dog of Flanders, Little Ark), dies at 80
1993 Richard Schmiechen, American film producer (The Times of Harvey Milk), dies of AIDS at 45
1994 Agathe Uwilingiyimana, Prime Minister of Rwanda (1993-94) and one of the 1st female political figures in Africa, assassinated by the presidential guard in the opening stages of the Rwandan Genocide at 40
1994 Albert Guðmundsson, Icelandic footballer and politician (Minister of Finance), dies at 70
1994 Evert Hartman, Dutch writer (War Without Friends), dies at 56
1994 Francois de Grossouvre, French politician and adviser to President Mitterrand, commits suicide at 76
1994 Golo Mann, German-American historian (Antisemitism), dies at 85
1994 Ken Carson, American western singer (Garry Moore Show), dies at 79
1994 Lee Brilleaux, British R&B singer, harmonica player, and guitarist (Dr. Feelgood), dies of lymphoma at 41
1995 Peter Brinson, British ballet and dance writer, lecturer, and promoter (Ballet For All), dies at 75
1995 Philip Jebb, British architect, dies at 68
1996 Ian Spurling, ballet designer, dies at 59
1996 John Evan "Jasper" Weston-Davies [pen name Berkley Mather], English writer, dies at 87
1997 Egil Harder, Danish concert pianist and composer (The Blue Anemone), dies on his 80th birthday
1997 Georgy Shonin, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 6), dies of a heart attack at 61
1997 Luis Aloma, Cuban baseball player, dies at 73
1997 Sam Parks Jr., American golfer (US Open 1935), dies at 87
1998 Broery Marantika [Simon Pesulima], Indonesian blues and jazz singer, and actor, dies at 51
1998 Nick Auf der Maur, Canadian journalist and politician, dies at 55
1999 Angus Paton, English civil engineer (wrote economic and infrastructure reports for Canada and Syria, hydroelectric dams), dies at 93
2000 Heinz [Burt], British rock bassist (The Tornados - "Telstar"), dies from complications of a stroke at 57 [1]
2001 Beatrice Straight, American actress (Network, Poltergeist, Power), dies of pneumonia at 86
2001 David Graf, American actor (Police Academy- Sgt. Eugene Tackleberry), dies of a heart attack at 50
2002 John Agar, American actor (Sands of Iwo Jima, Fort Apache), dies at 81
2003 Cecile de Brunhoff, French storyteller (b. 1903)
2003 David Greene, British television director (b. 1921)
2003 Jutta Hipp, German-American jazz pianist and composer, dies at 78
2004 Robert Sangster, British race horse owner and breeder, dies of pancreatic cancer at
2004 Victor Argo, American actor, dies at 69
2005 Bob Kennedy, American MLB baseball player (Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians), manager (Chicago Cubs, Oakland A's), and executive, dies at 84
2005 Cliff Allison, British racing driver (b. 1932)
2005 Grigoris Bithikotsis, Greek singer, dies at 82
2005 José Melis, Cuban-American pianist, orchestra leader, and television personality (Jack Paar Program), dies of a respiratory infection at 85
2007 Barry Nelson, American actor (Airport), dies at 89
2007 Johnny Hart, American cartoonist (B.C., Wizard of Id), dies at 76
2007 Neville Duke, English WWII flying ace (shot down 27 planes), test pilot (air speed record 1953), dies at 85
2008 Mark Speight, British children's television presenter (SMart), commits suicide at 42
2009 Dave Arneson, American game designer (Dungeons & Dragons), dies of cancer at 61
2009 Philip Moore [Lord Moore of Wolvercote], British Private Secretary to Queen Elizabeth II, dies at 88

American inventor (created the trampoline), dies at 96

2011 Duke of Grafton, 11th Duke of Grafton, British peer, dies at 92
2011 Pierre Gauvreau, Canadian painter, television writer and producer, dies at 88

2013 Andy Johns, British sound engineer and record producer (Humble Pie; Free; Joe Satriani), dies at 62
2013 John St Aubyn, 4th Baron St Levan, English peer (St Michael's Mount), dies at 94
2013 Les Blank, American documentary filmmaker, dies at 77
2013 Marty Blake, NBA executive (GM Atlanta Hawks, NBA Director of Scouting), dies at 86
2014 John Shirley-Quirk, British operatic bass-baritone (Death in Venice), dies at 82
2014 Peaches Geldof, English columnist and daughter of Bob Geldof and Paula Yates, dies of a heroin overdose at 25
2015 Ad de Besten, Dutch poet, dies at 92
2015 Geoffrey Lewis, American actor (Earl-Flo, Gun Shy), dies at 79
2015 Kardam, Prince of Turnovo, eldest son of King Simeon II of Bulgaria and his wife Doña Margarita Gómez-Acebo y Cejuela, dies at 52
2015 Stan Freberg, American satirist, ad executive and cartoon voice (Bertie), dies at 88
2016 Marcel Dubé, Canadian playwright (Zone), and French language advocate, dies at 86
2017 Tim Pigott-Smith, English actor (Jewel in Crown, King Charles III), dies at 70
2019 Joe Miceli, American drummer (John Fred and His Playboy Band - "Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)"), dies at 74
2019 Seymour Cassel, American actor (Faces, Plain Clothes, Valentino), dies at 84
2020 Hal Willner, American music producer (Lost In The Stars: The Music of Kurt Weill; Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films; The Carl Stalling Project), dies with symptoms of COVID-19 at 64
2020 Harv Schmidt, American college basketball coach (University of Illinois 1967-74), dies at 83
2020 Herb Stempel, American game show contestant and television industry whistleblower (Twenty-One), dies at 93 [1]
2020 John Prine, American country folk singer-songwriter ("Hello In There"; "Angel From Montgomery"; "Paradise"), dies of COVID-19 complications at 73
2021 Anne Beatts, American comedy writer (National Lampoon magazine; Saturday Night Live, 1975-79; Square Pegs), dies at 74
2021 Doug Holden, English soccer winger (5 caps; Bolton Wanderers, Preston North End), dies at 90
2021 James Hampton, American actor (F Troop - "Bugler Dobbs"; Teen Wolf), writer, and director, dies from Parkinson’s disease complications at 84
2021 Tommy Raudonikis, Australian rugby league halfback (20 Tests; Rothmans Medal 1972; Wests, Newtown) and coach (Wests, NSW), dies from cancer at 70
2021 Viktor Kurentsov, Belarusian weightlifter (Olympic gold middleweight 1968; silver 1964; 5 x World C'ship gold middleweight), dies at 80
2022 George Bruce, British portrait painter, dies at 92
2022 Rayfield Wright, American Pro Football HOF offensive tackle (Super Bowl 1971, 77; 3 × First-team All-Pro; 6 × Pro Bowl; Dallas Cowboys), dies at 76
2023 (Edward) "Kidd" Jordan, American jazz saxophonist and music educator, dies at 87
2023 Ian Bairnson, Scottish session and touring guitarist (Alan Parsons Project; Kate Bush), dies at 69 [1]
2023 John Regan, American session and touring rock bassist (Frehley's Comet; Peter Frampton), dies at 71
2023 Lasse Wellander, Swedish session and touring guitarist (Abba), dies of cancer at 70
2024 Clarence "Frogman" Henry, American R&B pianist and singer ("Ain't Got No Home"; "(I Don't Know Why) But I Do"), dies at 87 [1]
2024 Jerry Grote, American baseball catcher (MLB All-Star 1968, 74, World Series 1969; New York Mets), dies of respiratory failure at 81 [1]
2024 Joe Kinnear, Irish soccer defender (26 caps Republic of Ireland; Tottenham) and manager (Wimbledon, Luton Town, Newcastle United), dies from vascular dementia at 77

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