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Notable Deaths on April 22nd

1980Jane Froman, singer (Jane Froman's USA Canteen), dies at 72

1782Anne Bonny, Irish pirate, dies in prison (date is approximate)

1989Emilio G. Segrè, Italian physicist and Nobel laureate (discovered the elements technetium, astatine and the sub-atomic antiparticle antiproton), dies at 84 of a heart attack

1993Cesar Chavez, US farm worker (United Farm Workers), dies at 66

April 22nd Deaths
Date Event
296
Pope Caius 
536
St. Agapetus I, Italian Pope (535-36), dies 
1253
Elias van Cortona, Italian general (1232-39), dies at about 53 
1355
Eleonora Plantagenet, daughter of King Edward II, dies at 36 
1462
Gilbert of Lannoy, master of Villerval/Tronchiennes/Santes, dies 
1521
Juan de Padilla, Spanish nobleman/communero-rebel, beheaded 
1592
Bartolommeo Ammanati, Italian sculptor/architect, dies at 80 
1648
Catharina Belgian van Nassau, daughter of Willem, dies at 69 
1662
John Tradescant, traveller/gardener, dies 
1672
Georg Stiernhielm, Swedish scholar/author/poet (Hercules), dies at 73 
1699
Hans A baron von Abschatz, Silesian poet, dies at 53 
1722
Pieter Erberfeld, German/Thais merchant on Java, dies 
1758
Antoine de Jussieu, French naturalist (b. 1686) 
1776
Johann Adolph Scheibe, German music theroist/composer, dies at 67 
1778
James Hargreaves, inventor (spinning jenny), dies 
1782
Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger, composer, dies at 66 
1782
Anne Bonny, Irish pirate, dies in prison (date is approximate) 
1788
Zacharias H Alewijn, Dutch poet, dies 46 
1806
Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, French admiral (stabbed) (b. 1763) 
1821
John Crome, [Old Crome], English landscape painter/etcher, dies at 52 
1827
Thomas Rowlandson, caricaturist, dies 
1830
Knud L Rahbek, Danish literary/historian, dies at 69 
1833
Richard Trevithick, inventor (steam locomotive), dies at 62 
1839
Denis Davydov, Russian general and poet (b. 1784) 
1844
Henri-Montan Berton, composer, dies at 76 
1854
Nicolás Bravo, Mexican politician and soldier (b. 1786) 
1864
Joseph Gilbert Totten, US Union general-major, dies at 76 
1865
Francis Washburn, US Union colonel/gen major, dies of injuries 
1877
James P. Kirkwood, American civil engineer (b. 1807) 
1883
Octave Fouque, composer, dies at 38 
1890
Magnus Huss, Swedish Physician who coined the word alcoholism and was the first to define it as a disease, dies at 82 
1892
Edouard-Victoire-Antoine Lalo, composer, dies at 69 
1892
Edouard Lalo, Wings 
1893
Chaim Aronson, inventor and academic (b. 1825) 
1896
Thomas Meik, British civil engineer (b. 1812) 
1899
E J (Ned) Gregory, cricketer (one Test for Aust), dies 
1901
William Stubbs, historian/bishop, dies 
1908
Henry Campbell-Bannerman, British premier (1905-08), dies 
1917
Fatty Voss, Fatty's Feature Fillum 
1921
Enoch Aagaard, Arbejdet adler 
1923
Frank D. Baldwin, The Indian Wars 
1924
James Blyler, Hey There 
1925
Andre Caplet, composer, dies at 46 
1925
Dezsö Tapolczai, Víg özvegy 
1928
Frank Currier, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ 
1929
Odon Peter Jozsef de Mihalovich, composer, dies at 86 
1929
Henry Lerolle, French painter (b. 1848) 
1930
Jeppe Aakjaer, Danish poet (b. 1866) 
1930
Jeppe Aakjær, The People of the Hogbo Farm 
1933
Frederick Henry Royce, motorcar pioneer, dies 
1937
Arthur Edmund Carewe, The Phantom of the Opera 
1939
Louis Myll, Blow Your Horn 
1939
Anna Murdock, Outcast 
1941
Arthur Briscoe, cricketer (South African batsman in 2 Tests), dies 
1941
Bill Mead, They Died with Their Boots On 
1941
Marc Lachmann, Hooray for Love 
1944
Mezio Agostini, composer, dies at 68 
1944
Cardinal William O'Connell, Cavalcade of Faith 
1944
Raye Hampton, Kick 
1945
Kathe Kollwitz, German graphic artist, dies at 77 
1945
Käthe Kollwitz, The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century 
1946
Harlan Fiske Stone, Chief Justice Supreme Court (1941-46), dies at 73 
1946
Lionel Atwill, actor (Capt Blood, Great Waltz), dies at 61 
1946
Harlan F. Stone,  
1946
Louis Morrison, Mary's Merry Mix-Up 
1946
Lionel Atwill, Captain Blood 
1949
Charles Middleton, Duck Soup 
1950
Charles H Houston, architect of NAACP legal campaign, dies at 54 
1950
Ernest Butterworth, The Crab 
1951
Stanley Ridges, actor (possessed, Sgt York, Mr Ace), dies at 59 
1951
Horace Donisthorpe, British entomologist (b. 1870) 
1951
Stanley Ridges, Sergeant York 
1952
M.M. Musselman, The Bride Came C.O.D. 
1952
Lucas Gridoux, Pépé le Moko 
1953
Top Naeff, [Anthonetta van Rhijn-N], Dutch writer, dies at 75 
1953
August Weigert, Die Irre von Schloss Ihörringhuus 
1953
Reginald Purdell, Pack Up Your Troubles 
1953
Harry Spingler, A Study in Sociology 
1954
Jan Mrozinski, Czarci zleb 
1954
Stephen Ames, Sinbad, the Sailor 
1956
Giuseppe Pierozzi, The Dream of Butterfly 
1957
Ignatius Roy D Campbell, British poet (Garcia Lorca), dies at 54 
1957
Jalmari Sauli, Muurmanin pakolaiset 
1959
Nikolay Dostal, My s vami gde-to vstrechalis 
1959
Friedrich Franz Stampe, The Shot in the Talker Studio 
1960
Harry Blaeholder, The Phantom Empire 
1961
Maria Radulphus, [Adrian Hermus], Curacao school inspector, dies at 91 
1961
Schuyler Ladd, The Land of Hope 
1962
Solomon Pimsleur, composer, dies at 61 
1962
Vera Reynolds, actress (Dragnet Patrol, Lawless Woman), dies at 62 
1964
Simone Judic, A Foolish Maiden 
1964
Karl-Gerhard, Her Little Majesty 
1965
Pier Antonio Quarantotti Gambini, La rosa rossa 
1965
Sakari Pälsi, Kirkkomatka 
1967
Tom Conway, actor (Mark Saber, Betty Hutton Show), dies at 62 
1967
Walter Macken, Home Is the Hero 
1968
Stephen H. Sholes, American recording executive (b. 1911) 
1974
Kriemhild Falke, Ich bin schuldig 
1975
Mary Philips, actress (Farewell to Arms), dies at 75 
1975
Dorothy Cumming, Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter 
1976
Frutuoso de Lima Viana, composer, dies at 79 
1976
Joe David Brown, Paper Moon 
1976
Wladyslaw Olszyn, Deszczowy lipiec 
1977
Charles Sanford, orchestra leader (Your Show of Shows), dies at 71 
1977
Ryan Davies, Ryan Davies 
1978
Will Geer, actor (Grandpa Walton-Waltons), dies at 75 
1978
Jo Heims, Play Misty for Me 
1978
Will Geer, Jeremiah Johnson 
1980
Jane Froman, singer (Jane Froman's USA Canteen), dies at 72 
1980
Tommy Caldwell, rocker (Marshall Tucker Band), dies 
1980
Jane Froman, The Final Show 
1980
Robert Erlik, One Girl's Confession 
1981
Brailsford Reese Brazeal, dean (Morehouse College), dies at 76 
1981
Zbigniew Zemlo, Ostatni kurs 
1981
Jack DeWitt, A Man Called Horse 
1981
Henry Scott, The Big Tall Wish 
1981
R. William Jones,  
1982
Melville Bell Grosvenor, pres (Natl Geographic Society), dies at 80 
1982
Melville Bell Grosvenor, Lonely Doryman: Portugal's Men of the Sea 
1982
Alf Schnéevoigt, Afsporet 
1982
Abdel Waress Assar, Siraa Fil-Wadi 
1982
Stanley Roberts, The Caine Mutiny 
1983
Earl "Fatha" Hines, US, jazz pianist/conductor, dies 
1983
Walter Slezak, actor (Bedtime For Bonzo), commits suicide in NY at 80 
1983
Earl 'Fatha' Hines, The Curse of the Jade Scorpion 
1983
Lamberto Maggiorani, Bicycle Thieves 
1984
Ansel Adams, US photographer, dies at 82 
1984
Ansel Adams, Ansel Adams, Photographer 
1984
Maria P. Donovan, My Dear Secretary 
1984
Willie Moore, Come Back, Charleston Blue 
1984
Ruby Goldstein, The Joe Louis Story 
1985
Paul H. Emmett, American chemical engineer (b. 1900) 
1985
Marlyn Stuart, The Chemist 
1985
José Siqueira, Madame Satã 
1985
Lillian McMurray, The Gold Rush 
1985
Paul Fung, Samurai 
1985
Edgar Peterson, Harvests for Tomorrow 
1986
Mircea Eliade, writer, dies 
1986
Joseph Cox, Douglas Bader 
1986
Arvo Tamminen, Sydämeni laulu 
1986
Hisatora Kumagaya, Shanhai rikusentai 
1986
Mircea Eliade, Youth Without Youth 
1986
Pepe Da Rosa, Especial Nochevieja 1979 
1987
Irving Ashby, Calypso Blues 
1987
James Dietz, Who's That Girl 
1988
Irene Rich, US actress (Beau Brumell, Champ), dies at 96 
1988
Theodore Kompanetz, The Razor's Edge 
1988
Irene Rich, Angel and the Badman 
1988
María Luisa Seco, Con vosotros 
1989
Emilio G. Segrè, Italian physicist and Nobel laureate (discovered the elements technetium, astatine and the sub-atomic antiparticle antiproton), dies at 84 of a heart attack 
1989
Huey Newton, US, Black Panther leader, shot dead at 47 
1989
Kenny McBain, The General 
1989
Marguerite Cassan, Picnic on the Grass 
1989
Ron Brogan, Jenny 
1989
W.B. Parker, Sin in the Suburbs 
1989
Maria Bielicka, Zakazane piosenki 
1990
Bertil Unger, actor (Devil & Max Devlin), dies 
1990
Wlodzimierz Kwaskowski, Hallo Szpicbródka, czyli ostatni wystep Króla Kasiarzy 
1990
Jackie Phelps, Hee Haw 
1990
Albert Salmi, Caddyshack 
1990
Bertil Unger, Table for Five 
1991
Kid Berg, Money Talks 
1991
Marianne Stjernqvist, Sagan om Karl-Bertil Jonssons julafton 
1991
Anne Howard, The Ghost of Rashmon Hall 
1991
Nel Oosthout, Wilton's Zoo 
1992
Billy Wayne White, murderer, executed in Texas at 34 
1992
Joop [Joseph] van Santen, Dutch 1st Chamber member (CPN), dies 
1992
Youcca Troubatzkoy, actress (Flower of the Night), dies 
1992
Rosemary Odell, To Kill a Mockingbird 
1992
Juan Solano, The Women on the 6th Floor 
1992
Jesús Arias, Fast, Fast 
1992
Youcca Troubetzkov, La loi du nord 
1992
Steffi Duna, La Cucaracha 
1992
Lawrence L. Fatino, Hooper 
1993
Andries Treurnicht, founder S Afr Conservative Party, dies at 72 
1993
Cesar Chavez, US farm worker (United Farm Workers), dies at 66 
1993
Mark Koenig, baseball shortstop (NY Yankees), dies at 88 
1993
Vladimir Kadochnikov, White Sun of the Desert 
1993
Pat Peardon, Dutch Treat 
1993
Mark Koenig, The Pride of the Yankees 
1993
Richard Flato, Return of the Fly 
1993
Bertus Aafjes, Episode #1.2 
1993
Ben Bengal, Crack-Up 
1994
D Nauta, theologist/church historian/lawyer, dies at 96 
1994
Denis Pitts, journalist, dies at 64 
1994
Jack Alexander Bently, trombonist, dies at 80 
1994
Richard Nixon, 37th President (1969-75), dies of a stroke at 81 
1994
Schmidt Hans Burkhardt, artist, dies at 89 
1994
Karl Hess, Karl Hess: Toward Liberty 
1994
Al Toigo, Ashley and Son 
1994
Richard Nixon, David Frost Interviews Richard Nixon 
1994
Oretta Fiume, Ragazza che dorme 
1995
Don Pullen, pianist/composer, dies at 53 
1995
Maggie Kuhn, activist (Gray Panthers), dies at 89 
1995
Ivica Kukic, Episode #1.2 
1995
Jane Kenyon, Donald Hall and Jane Kenyon: Keeping You Safe Beside Me 
1995
Jack Spear, Pip the Piper 
1995
German Kolushkin, Vzryvniki 
1995
Jerome Gruskin, Schlitz Playhouse 
1995
Margaret Kuhn, Candice Bergen/Martha Reeves/The Stylistics 
1996
David Shipman, film historian, dies at 63 
1996
Erma Bombeck, humorist (Grass is Greener), dies at 69 
1996
Hiteshwar Saikia, PM of Indian state of Assam (1991-96), dies 
1996
Harold "Jug" McSpaden, American professional golfer (b. 1908) 
1996
Derek Powers, Black Leather, White Studs 
1996
Erkki Imberg, The Bridal Wreath 
1996
Erma Bombeck, The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank 
1996
Jean Garret, Excitação 
1996
Molly Keane, Time After Time 
1996
Arthur 'T-Boy' Ross, Broken Flowers 
1997
Marion Charles, Soylent Green 
1998
Kitch Christie, South African rugby coach (b. 1940) 
1998
Jack Cummins, The Addams Family 
1998
Shalimar Seiuli, 101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment 
1998
Marvin Worth, See No Evil, Hear No Evil 
1999
Apostolos Nikolaidis, Greek singer (b. 1938) 
1999
Chan Canasta, magician and mindreader (b. 1920) 
1999
Bert Remsen, The Bodyguard 
1999
Chan Canasta, Episode dated 25 December 1960 
2000
Alexander H. Cohen, Night of 100 Stars 
2000
Jane Trahey, The Trouble with Angels 
2000
Toon Hermans, Moutarde van Sonaansee 
2001
Sam Besekow, Matador 
2001
Edward Muhl, To Kill a Mockingbird 
2001
Freire, The Women on the 6th Floor 
2001
Bernard Venables, The Country we are Making 
2001
Robert Starer, Five Ballets of the Five Senses 
2001
Zika Zivulovic, Da li je umro dobar covjek? 
2002
Christopher Price, When Kylie Met Christopher Price 
2002
Viki Weisskopf, Victor Frederick Weisskopf: The Man of Insight - His Journey Into the Depths of Physics 
2002
Albrecht Becker, The Captain from Köpenick 
2002
Janet Fox, They Knew What They Wanted 
2002
Linda Lovelace, Linda Lovelace 
2002
Walter Firner, Aktien und Lorbeer 
2002
Soja Jovanovic, Pop Cira i pop Spira 
2003
Martha Griffiths, U.S. Congresswoman (b. 1912) 
2003
Michael Larrabee, American athlete (b. 1933) 
2003
Felice Bryant, American songwriter (b. 1925) 
2003
Mauro Rasi, Armação Ilimitada 
2003
Bob Mascagno, An American in Paris 
2003
Berkeley Smith, Episode #2.1 
2003
Felice Bryant, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 
2003
Andrea King, The Beast with Five Fingers 
2004
Pat Tillman, American football player and U.S. Army Ranger (killed in action) (b. 1976) 
2004
Jason L. Dunham, American Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1981) 
2004
Natasza Czarminska, Kung-fu 
2004
Mick Baran, WarGames 
2004
Suncana Skrinjaric, The Elm-Chanted Forest 
2004
Art Devlin, Lake Placid: An Olympic History 
2004
Pat Tillman, 1998 NFL Draft 
2004
Franco Delli Colli, The Last Man on Earth 
2005
Norman Bird, UK character actor (b. 1920) 
2005
Robert Farnon, Canadian-born composer and conductor (b. 1917) 
2005
Erika Fuchs, German translator (b. 1906) 
2005
Philip Morrison, American physicist (b. 1915) 
2005
Norman Bird, The Lord of the Rings 
2005
Beverly Hawthorne, Suspense 
2005
Jorge Sobral, Ché OVNI 
2005
Jidge Carroll, Forty Guns 
2005
Guido Vergani, I Was the King of Porn... The Adventurous Life of Lasse Braun 
2005
Víctor Ayos, Buenas noches, Buenos Aires 
2005
John Marshall, The Hunters 
2005
Eduardo Paolozzi, Together 
2005
Kamalesh Mitra, Aparajito 
2005
Philip Morrison, Powers of Ten 
2005
Silvan Furlan, Ko zaprem oci 
2005
Margaret Landry, The Leopard Man 
2005
Paul Maki, Under the Flag of the Rising Sun 
2006
Alida Valli, Italian actress (b. 1921) 
2006
Alida Valli, The Third Man 
2006
Alberto Tavazzi, Knives of the Avenger 
2006
Fausto Vitello, The Man Who Souled the World 
2006
Ronnie Sox,  
2006
Phil Walden, Ernest Scared Stupid 
2007
Juanita Millender-McDonald, congresswoman from southern California (b. 1938) 
2007
Anne Pitoniak, Agnes of God 
2007
Henning Møller, Den sidste vinter 
2007
Alberto Grifi, A proposito degli effetti speciali 
2007
Phil Clarkson, Blue Water, White Death 
2007
Tome Arsovski, Vo svetot na bajkite 
2007
Ted Bachardy, Chris & Don. A Love Story 
2007
Karl Holzamer, Wenn die anderen Feiern - Geschichten von Sternen, Stars und einfachen Leuten 
2007
Conchita Montenegro, Lola Montes 
2007
Kermit Glines, Man with a Plan 
2007
Juanita Millender-McDonald, Teen Peer Providers 
2008
Ed Chynoweth, Canadian ice hockey executive (b. 1941) 
2008
Branka Pantelic, Saturday Night 
2008
Audris Chadaravicius, Chameleonas 
2008
Paul Davis, Hope Floats 
2008
Niels Bernhart, Snak med Jørn Hjorting 
2008
Angela Glynne, Toad of Toad Hall 
2008
Vladimir Ferapontov, Cheburashka 
2008
Stephan Miller, The Postman 
2008
Jaspar von Oertzen, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen 
2009
Heinz Schröder, Unser Sandmännchen 
2009
Martin Bril, Episode #4.74 
2009
Jack Cardiff, Rambo: First Blood Part II 
2009
Jean Leuvrais, La boum 2 
2009
Marilyn Cooper, Keeping the Faith 
2009
Kim Weiskopf, Our Very First Christmas Show 
2009
Ken Annakin, Battle of the Bulge 
2009
Mary Scott, Mr. Blanchard's Secret 
2010
Lika Dobryanskaya, School 
2010
Nancy Jackson, T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt (Part I) 
2010
Lina María Marulanda Cuartas, Yo soy Betty, la fea 
2010
Gene Lees, V for Vendetta 
2010
Fred Panopio, Pagputi ng uwak... Pag-itim ng tagak 
2011
Moin Akhter, Pakistani actor (b. 1950) 
2011
Carlos Monden, El rey del masaje 
2011
João Maria Tudela, Cântico Final 
2011
Morton P. Jacobs, The Comedy Company 
2011
Mikhail Kozakov, The Red and the White 
2011
Annalisa Ericson, Summer Interlude 
2011
Pat Billingsley, The Untouchables 
2011
Hazel Dickens, Harlan County U.S.A. 
2012
Lidiya Starokoltseva, Sokrovyzhcha respublyki 
2012
Buzz Potamkin, The Berenstain Bears 
2012
Jane Lamb, The Green Scarf 
2012
Jan Suzin, Caged 
2012
Bill Granger, The November Man 
2013
Richie Havens, American singer-songwriter and guitarist, dies from a heart attack at 72 
2013
Richie Havens, Django Unchained 
2013
Pajarito Zaguri, Con alma y vida 
2013
Lalgudi Jayaraman, Sringaram: Dance of Love 
2013
Vivi Bach, Am Sonntag will mein Süsser mit mir segeln gehn 
2014
Marina Gavrilova, Prekrasnaya Elena 
2014
Erzsébet Komlóssy, Vérnász 
2014
J. Barry Herron, Orca 
2014
Michel Lang, Let's Get Those English Girls 
2014
Roy Thompson Jr., Cease Fire! 
2014
Fiona Hale, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 
2015
Dorothy Custer, Episode #20.88 
2015
Gennadi Vengerov, Enemy at the Gates 
2015
Audree Norton, The Silent Cry 
2015
Lois Lilienstein, Billy Madison 
2015
Yoichi Funado, Kaien Hoteru · burû 
2015
Nagare Hagiwara, Bang! 
2015
Aideen O'Kelly, A Perfect Murder 
2015
Dick Balharry, Episode dated 29 August 2010 
2016
'Purple Rain' legend Prince dies aged 57 
2017
Polish sculptor Magdalena Abakanowicz dies, aged 86. 
2018
Verne Troyer, Actor Who Portrayed Mini-Me In 'Austin Powers,' Dies At 49 
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