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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[501]] – [[Rusticus (archbishop of Lyon)|Rusticus]], saint and [[archbishop of Lyon]] (b. 455) * [[775]] – [[Smbat VII Bagratuni]], Armenian prince * 775 – [[Mushegh VI Mamikonian]], Armenian prince * [[908]] – [[Zhang Wenwei]], Chinese [[Chancellor of the Tang dynasty|chancellor]] *[[1074]] – [[Herman I, Margrave of Baden]] *[[1077]] – [[Géza I of Hungary]] (b. 1040) *[[1185]] – [[Emperor Antoku]] of Japan (b. 1178)<ref>{{cite web |title=Antoku {{!}} emperor of Japan |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Antoku |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=15 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1217]] – [[Hermann I, Landgrave of Thuringia]] *[[1228]] – Queen [[Isabella II of Jerusalem]] (b. 1212) *[[1243]] – [[Boniface of Valperga]], Bishop of Aosta<ref>{{citation|contribution=Beato Bonifacio di Valperga|first=Fabio|last=Arduino|year=2005|title=Santi beati e testimoni|url=http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/92288|language=it}}.</ref> *[[1264]] – [[Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester]], medieval English nobleman; Earl of Winchester (b. 1195) *[[1295]] – [[Sancho IV of Castile]] (b. 1258) *[[1342]] – [[Pope Benedict XII]] (b. 1285) *[[1397]] – [[Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent]], English nobleman *[[1472]] – [[Leon Battista Alberti]], Italian author, poet, and philosopher (b. 1404) *[[1516]] – [[John Yonge]], English diplomat (b. 1467) *[[1566]] – [[Louise Labé]], French poet and author (b. 1520) * 1566 – [[Diane de Poitiers]], mistress of King [[Henry II of France]] (b. 1499) *[[1595]] – [[Torquato Tasso]], Italian poet and songwriter (b. 1544) ===1601–1900=== *[[1605]] – [[Naresuan]], Siamese King of [[Ayutthaya Kingdom]] (b. c. 1555) *[[1644]] – [[Chongzhen Emperor]] of China (b. 1611) *[[1660]] – [[Henry Hammond]], English cleric and theologian (b. 1605) *[[1690]] – [[David Teniers the Younger]], Flemish painter and educator (b. 1610) *[[1744]] – [[Anders Celsius]], Swedish astronomer, physicist, and mathematician (b. 1701) *[[1770]] – [[Jean-Antoine Nollet]], French minister, physicist, and academic (b. 1700) *[[1800]] – [[William Cowper]], English poet (b. 1731) *[[1840]] – [[Siméon Denis Poisson]], French mathematician and physicist (b. 1781) *[[1873]] – [[Fyodor Petrovich Tolstoy]], Russian painter and sculptor (b. 1783) *[[1875]] – [[12th Dalai Lama]] (b. 1857) *[[1878]] – [[Anna Sewell]], English author (b. 1820) *[[1890]] – [[Crowfoot]], Canadian tribal chief (b. 1830) *[[1891]] – [[Nathaniel Woodard]], English priest and educator (b. 1811) *[[1892]] – [[Henri Duveyrier]], French explorer (b. 1840) * 1892 – [[Karl von Ditmar]], Estonian-German geologist and explorer (b. 1822) ===1901–present=== *[[1906]] – [[John Knowles Paine]], American composer and educator (b. 1839) *[[1911]] – [[Emilio Salgari]], Italian journalist and author (b. 1862) *[[1913]] – [[Joseph-Alfred Archambeault]], Canadian bishop (b. 1859) *[[1915]] – [[Frederick W. Seward]], American journalist, lawyer, and politician, 6th [[United States Assistant Secretary of State]] (b. 1830) *[[1919]] – [[Augustus D. Juilliard]], American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1836) *[[1921]] – [[Emmeline B. Wells]], American journalist and women's rights advocate (b. 1828) *[[1923]] – [[Louis-Olivier Taillon]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 8th [[Premier of Quebec]] (b. 1840) *[[1928]] – [[Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel]], Russian general (b. 1878) *[[1936]] – [[Wajed Ali Khan Panni]], Bengali aristocrat and philanthropist (b. 1871)<ref name="rcv">{{cite Banglapedia|article=Panni, Wazed Ali Khan|author=Mir Shamsur Rahman}}</ref> *[[1941]] – [[Salih Bozok]], Turkish commander and politician (b. 1881) *[[1943]] – [[Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko]], Russian director, producer, and playwright (b. 1858) *[[1944]] – [[George Herriman]], American cartoonist (b. 1880) * 1944 – [[Tony Mullane]], Irish-American baseball player (b. 1859) * 1944 – [[William Stephens (American politician)|William Stephens]], American engineer and politician, 24th [[Governor of California]] (b. 1859) *[[1945]] – [[Huldreich Georg Früh]], Swiss composer (b. 1903) *[[1950]] – [[John Ernest Adamson]], English educationalist and Director of Education of the [[Colony of Transvaal]] (b. 1867)<ref name=":0">{{Cite ODNB|last=Kallaway|first=Peter|date=6 January 2011|title=Adamson, Sir John Ernest|url=https://www-oxforddnb-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-30338}}</ref> *[[1961]] – [[Robert Garrett]], American discus thrower and shot putter (b. 1875) *[[1970]] – [[Anita Louise]], American actress (b. 1915) *[[1972]] – [[George Sanders]], English actor (b. 1906) *[[1973]] – [[Olga Grey]], Hungarian-American actress (b. 1896) *[[1974]] – [[Gustavo R. Vincenti]], Maltese architect and developer (b. 1888)<ref>{{cite news |title=Social and Personal: In Memoriam |url=https://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20020425/slug/social-and-personal.176906 |access-date=23 December 2018 |work=[[Times of Malta]] |date=25 April 2002 |archive-date=24 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181224074034/https://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20020425/slug/social-and-personal.176906 |url-status=dead }}</ref> *[[1975]] – [[Mike Brant]], Israeli singer and songwriter (b. 1947) *[[1976]] – [[Carol Reed]], English director and producer (b. 1906) * 1976 – [[Markus Reiner]], Israeli engineer and educator (b. 1886) *[[1982]] – [[John Cody]], American cardinal (b. 1907) *[[1983]] – [[William S. Bowdern]], American priest and author (b. 1897) *[[1988]] – [[Carolyn Franklin]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1944) * 1988 – [[Clifford D. Simak]], American journalist and author (b. 1904) *[[1990]] – [[Dexter Gordon]], American saxophonist, composer, and actor (b. 1923) *[[1992]] – [[Mamoru Nakamura]], Palauan jurist (b. 1939/1940)<ref>{{Cite report |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eNStfKu9C_YC |title=1992 Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands |date=1992 |publisher=[[United States Department of State]] |page=8}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |date=September 1977 |title=Major Appointments |url=https://pacificdigitallibrary.org/cgi-bin/pdl?e=d-000off-pdl--00-2--0--010-TE--4-------0-1l--10en-50---20-info-Sonsorol--00-3-21-00bySR-0-0-000utfZz-8-00&cl=search&d=HASH138eb552717ce6ee55c228.41&p=text |url-status=live |journal=Micronesian Reporter |publisher=Public Information Office, [[Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands]] |volume=25 |issue=3 |page=39 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250406192116/https://pacificdigitallibrary.org/cgi-bin/pdl?e=d-000off-pdl--00-2--0--010-TE--4-------0-1l--10en-50---20-info-Sonsorol--00-3-21-00bySR-0-0-000utfZz-8-00&cl=search&d=HASH138eb552717ce6ee55c228.41&p=text |archive-date=2025-04-06 |access-date=2025-04-06 |via=Pacific Digital Library}}</ref> * 1992 – [[Yutaka Ozaki]], Japanese singer-songwriter (b. 1965)<ref>{{cite magazine |last=McClure |first=Steve |date=22 July 1995 |title=Yutaka Ozaki has unique role in Japanese pop; death of 'rock 'n roll rebel' remains a mystery |url= |magazine=Billboard |page=11 |volume=107 |issue=29 |issn=0006-2510}}</ref> *[[1995]] – [[Art Fleming]], American game show host (b. 1925) * 1995 – [[Ginger Rogers]], American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1911) * 1995 – [[Lev Shankovsky]], Ukrainian military historian (b. 1903) *[[1996]] – [[Saul Bass]], American graphic designer and director (b. 1920) *[[1998]] – [[Wright Morris]], American author and photographer (b. 1910) *[[1999]] – [[Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin]], Irish journalist and author (b. 1914) * 1999 – [[Roger Troutman]], American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1951) *[[2000]] – [[Lucien Le Cam]], French mathematician and statistician (b. 1924) * 2000 – [[David Merrick]], American director and producer (b. 1911) *[[2001]] – [[Michele Alboreto]], Italian racing driver (b. 1956) *[[2002]] – [[Lisa Lopes]], American rapper and dancer (b. 1971) *[[2003]] – [[Samson Kitur]], Kenyan runner (b. 1966) *[[2004]] – [[Thom Gunn]], English-American poet and academic (b. 1929) *[[2005]] – [[Jim Barker (politician)|Jim Barker]], American politician (b. 1935) * 2005 – [[Swami Ranganathananda]], Indian monk and educator (b. 1908) *[[2006]] – [[Jane Jacobs]], American-Canadian journalist, author, and activist (b. 1916) * 2006 – [[Peter Law]], Welsh politician and independent member of parliament (b. 1948)<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1516661/Peter-Law.html Peter Law - Telegraph<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> *[[2007]] – [[Alan Ball Jr.]], English footballer and manager (b. 1945) * 2007 – [[Arthur Milton]], English footballer and cricketer (b. 1928) * 2007 – [[Bobby Pickett]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1938) *[[2008]] – [[Humphrey Lyttelton]], English trumpet player, composer, and radio host (b. 1921) *[[2009]] – [[Bea Arthur]], American actress and singer (b. 1922)<ref>{{cite web |title=Obituary: Bea Arthur |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/apr/27/obituary-bea-arthur |website=the Guardian |access-date=8 April 2021 |language=en |date=26 April 2009}}</ref> *[[2010]] – [[Dorothy Provine]], American actress and singer (b. 1935) * 2010 – [[Alan Sillitoe]], English novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet (b. 1928) *[[2011]] – [[Poly Styrene]], British musician (b. 1957) *[[2012]] – [[Gerry Bahen]], Australian footballer (b. 1929) * 2012 – [[Denny Jones]], American rancher and politician (b. 1910) * 2012 – [[Moscelyne Larkin]], American ballerina and educator (b. 1925) * 2012 – [[Louis le Brocquy]], Irish painter and illustrator (b. 1916) *[[2013]] – [[Brian Adam]], Scottish biochemist and politician (b. 1948)<ref>{{cite web |title=Obituary: Brian Adam MSP, politician and biochemist |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-brian-adam-msp-politician-and-biochemist-2469339 |website=www.scotsman.com |date=27 April 2013 |access-date=25 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref> * 2013 – [[Jacob Avshalomov]], American composer and conductor (b. 1919) * 2013 – [[György Berencsi]], Hungarian virologist and academic (b. 1941) * 2013 – [[Rick Camp]], American baseball player (b. 1953) *[[2014]] – [[Dan Heap]], Canadian priest and politician (b. 1925) * 2014 – [[William Judson Holloway Jr.]], American soldier, lawyer, and judge (b. 1923) * 2014 – [[Earl Morrall]], American football player and coach (b. 1934) * 2014 – [[Tito Vilanova]], Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1968) * 2014 – [[Stefanie Zweig]], German journalist and author (b. 1932) *[[2015]] – [[Jim Fanning]], American-Canadian baseball player and manager (b. 1927) * 2015 – [[Matthias Kuhle]], German geographer and academic (b. 1948) * 2015 – [[Don Mankiewicz]], American screenwriter and novelist (b. 1922) * 2015 – [[Mike Phillips (basketball)|Mike Phillips]], American basketball player (b. 1956) *[[2016]] – [[Tom Lewis (Australian politician)|Tom Lewis]], Australian politician, 33rd [[Premier of New South Wales]] (b. 1922) *[[2018]] – [[Madeeha Gauhar]], Pakistani actress, playwright and director of social theater, and women's rights activist (b. 1956)<ref name=TheNation>{{cite web|url=https://nation.com.pk/25-Apr-2018/madeeha-gauhar-passes-away-lahore|title=Madeeha Gauhar passes away in Lahore|website=The Nation (newspaper)|access-date=8 December 2019|date=25 April 2018}}</ref> *[[2019]] – [[John Havlicek]], American basketball player (b. 1940)<ref name="powers">{{citation |last=Powers|first=John|title=John Havlicek, one of the greatest Celtics ever, dies at 79 | work=[[Boston Globe]] |date=April 25, 2019|url=https://www2.bostonglobe.com/metro/obituaries/2019/04/25/john-havlicek-one-greatest-celtics-ever-dies/Dwh59K8YIZO9PZ0b3lMQ7J/story.html}}</ref> <!--Do not add yourself or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. No red links, please. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence.--> *[[2023]] – [[Harry Belafonte]], American singer, activist, and actor (b. 1927)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Savage |first1=Mark |title=Harry Belafonte: Singer and civil rights activist dies aged 96 |work=BBC News |date=25 April 2023 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-65390525 |access-date= 26 April 2023}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Marla Adams]], American television actress (b. 1938)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brounstein |first=Diane |date=2024-04-26 |title=Marla Adams, Y&R's Dina Mergeron, Has Died At Age 85 |url=https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/marla-adams-yrs-dina-mergeron-has-died-at-age-85/ |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=Soap Opera Digest |language=en-US}}</ref> *2024 – [[Laurent Cantet]], French director, cinematographer and screenwriter (b. 1961)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Goodfellow |first=Melanie |date=2024-04-25 |title=Laurent Cantet Dies: Palme D'Or-Winning 'The Class' Director Was 63 |url=https://deadline.com/2024/04/laurent-cantet-dies-french-cannes-winning-director-63-1235894758/ |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref>
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