Famous Deaths on April 7

• 30 Jesus Christ is crucified, according to astronomer Schaefer
• 924 Berengar of Friuli, King of Italy and Holy Roman Emperor (915-924), murdered by one of his own men at about 79
• 1307 Joan of Acre, daughter of Edward I of England (b. 1271)

• 1444 John Capreolus, French theologist (Libri IV), dies at about 50

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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