Notable Deaths on April 5th
April 5th Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
582 |
Eutychius, Patriarch of Constantinople (c. 512) |
828 |
Nicephorus, patriarch of Constantinopel (806-15), dies at about 77 |
1168 |
Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester (b. 1104) |
1258 |
Julian of Cornillon/Liege, Flemish visionary/saint, dies |
1270 |
Ramban Nachmanides, Talmudic scholar (Hiddushei Ha-Ramden), dies |
1419 |
Vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1350) |
1531 |
Richard Roose, boiled to death for trying to poison an archbishop |
1605 |
Adam Loftus, English Protestant archbishop in Ireland (c.1513) |
1617 |
Alonso Lobo, Spanish composer (b. 1555) |
1649 |
John Winthrop, 1st governor Mass Bay Colony, dies at 61 |
1673 |
Francois Caron, admiral/governor (Formosa), drowns at about 72 |
1676 |
John Winthrop, the Younger, American politician (b. 1606) |
1684 |
William Brouncker, 2nd viscount/1st pres of Royal Society, dies |
1693 |
Anne M L of Orleans, duchess (Grande Mademoiselle), dies at 65 |
1695 |
George Savile, 1st marquis of Halifax, dies at 61 |
1697 |
Charles XI, King of Sweden (1660-97), dies at 41 |
1712 |
John Luyken, poet/etcher (species company), dies at 63 |
1717 |
Jean Jouvenet, French painter (b. 1647) |
1723 |
J Fischer von Erlach, Austrian architect (Hofburg, Vienna), dies at 66 |
1732 |
Johann Christian Schieferdecker, composer, dies at 52 |
1735 |
William Derham, English minister and writer (b. 1657) |
1735 |
Samuel Wesley, English poet (b. 1662) |
1765 |
Edward Young, English poet (Love of Fame), dies at 81 |
1794 |
Georges-Jacques Danton, French revolutionary leader, guillotined at 34 |
1811 |
Robert Raikes, founder of Sunday Schools, dies |
1820 |
Henrik C Cras, lawyer (Laudatio Hugonis Grotii), dies at 81 |
1858 |
Antonio Diabelli, The Accidental Husband |
1871 |
Georg Andreas Henkel, composer, dies at 66 |
1878 |
Wilhelm Speyer, composer, dies at 87 |
1884 |
John Wisden, publisher/cricketer (prominent Sussex player), dies |
1896 |
John Rogers Thomas, composer, dies at 66 |
1896 |
John Rogers Thomas, Reap the Wild Wind |
1900 |
Comte de Villebois-Marevil, French/South African general, dies in battle |
1907 |
Anton G van Hamel, founder (Roman philosphy in Neth), dies at 65 |
1908 |
Gaetano Coronaro, composer, dies at 55 |
1918 |
Paul Vidal de la Blanche, French geographer, dies at 73 |
1921 |
Alphonsus J M Diepenbrock, Dutch composer (Missa), dies at 58 |
1922 |
Charles F A Woeste, Belgian count/min of Justice, dies at 85 |
1923 |
George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, English financier (b. 1866) |
1923 |
George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert 5th Earl of Carnarvon, |
1928 |
Jane Ellen Harrison, scholar/archaeologist, dies |
1928 |
Roy Kilner, cricketer (9 Tests for England 1924-26), dies at 38 |
1928 |
Chauncey Depew, The Millionaires' Playground |
1929 |
Harry Harvey, Who Pays? |
1931 |
Marc Robbins, Their Act |
1932 |
John Steppling, Uncle Heck, by Heck! |
1932 |
Phar Lap, The Mighty Conqueror |
1932 |
Guty Cárdenas, Frida |
1932 |
Hans Wassmann, Vater geht auf Reisen |
1933 |
Earl Derr Biggers, House of the Long Shadows |
1934 |
Salvatore Di Giacomo, composer, dies at 74 |
1934 |
Salvatore Di Giacomo, Assunta Spina |
1935 |
Emil Mlynarski, composer, dies at 64 |
1935 |
Charles L. Cadwallader, Sherlock Holmes |
1937 |
Arpad Odry, A Kétszívü férfi |
1937 |
Martha Morris, Freaks |
1939 |
William Cooper, cricketer (two Tests for Australia 1882-84), dies |
1940 |
Carlo Bentsen, Panserbasse |
1940 |
John Wray, All Quiet on the Western Front |
1941 |
Sir Nigel Gresley, Steam locomotive engineer (b. 1876) |
1941 |
Donna Barrell, Merrily Yours |
1943 |
Aleš Hrdlička, Czech anthropologist (b. 1869) |
1943 |
Ivar From, Et Expres-Giftermaal |
1944 |
Isolde Kurz, German writer/poetess (Meine Mutter), dies at 90 |
1944 |
Willy Derby, [Dieben], singer (Hello Bandoeng), dies |
1944 |
H.N. Clugston, In the Palace of the King |
1944 |
Harry Raven, King Kong |
1945 |
Huldreich Georg Fruh, composer, dies at 41 |
1946 |
Vincent Millie Youmans, US composer (Tea For Two), dies at 47 |
1946 |
Wally Rehg, Fast Company |
1946 |
Vincent Youmans, Entrapment |
1948 |
William Bodie, The Power of a Hymn |
1949 |
Dwight Mitchell Wiley, The Bride Wore Boots |
1949 |
Leo Erdody, Detour |
1949 |
Pierre Marodon, Salammbô |
1950 |
Courtney Terrett, The Famous Ferguson Case |
1951 |
Edward Rigby, dies at 72 |
1951 |
John Alexander, The Petrified Forest |
1951 |
Natalie Warfield, United at Gettysburg |
1951 |
Edward Rigby, The Girl Was Young |
1951 |
Folke Kjellqvist, Sonja |
1952 |
Henri Vandeputte, Belgian writer (L'Autre Vie), dies at 75 |
1952 |
Charles Collett, GWR chief mechanical engineer (b. 1871) |
1952 |
Vadim Uraneff, Friends and Lovers |
1953 |
Pierre Ringel, Strangers in the House |
1954 |
Claude Delvincourt, composer, dies at 66 |
1954 |
Kronprinsesse Märtha, Til Vesterheimen |
1954 |
Harry Neilman, Our Relations |
1954 |
Claude Delvincourt, Ballerina |
1954 |
Wallace Grissell, Zorro's Black Whip |
1955 |
Irving Gibbs, The I Don't Care Girl |
1956 |
Curly Twiford, The Wizard of Oz |
1958 |
Jozef Brems, Flemish apostole vicar of Denmark, dies at 87 |
1958 |
Isidora Sekulic, Rastanak |
1960 |
Alma Kruger, actor (Made For Each Other), dies at 88 |
1960 |
Rudolf Brunngraber, Der Prozeß |
1960 |
Guy Newhard, His Robe of Honor |
1963 |
Jacobus JP Old, architect/co-founder (The Style), dies at 73 |
1963 |
Julius Harrison, composer, dies at 78 |
1964 |
Douglas MacArthur, US general (Pacific theater-WW II), dies at 84 |
1964 |
Douglas MacArthur, Universal Newsreel |
1964 |
Charles Doran, Othello |
1966 |
Sven Fleuron, writer, dies at 91 |
1966 |
Karl Pistorius, William Tell |
1967 |
Hermann Joseph Muller, American geneticist, Nobel laureate (b. 1890) |
1968 |
Lois Andrews, dies of lung cancer at 44 |
1969 |
Gabriel M-E-R Chevallier, French author (La Peur), dies at 73 |
1969 |
Romulo Gallegos, Venezuela author/president (1947-48), dies at 84 |
1969 |
Ain-Ervin Mere, Estonian Nazi (b. 1903) |
1969 |
Shelby Storck, American television producer (b. 1917) |
1970 |
Jacob H "Jaap" Stotijn, oboist/conductor, dies at 78 |
1970 |
Alfred Henry Sturtevant, American geneticist (b. 1891) |
1972 |
Brian Donlevy, actor (Steve-Dangerous Assignment), dies at 73 |
1972 |
Isabel Jewell, dies at 62 |
1973 |
John Coleman, Australian rules footballer (b. 1928) |
1974 |
William Hudson, actor (I Led 3 Lives), dies at 49 |
1974 |
A. Y. Jackson, Canadian painter (b. 1882) |
1975 |
Inez Courtney, dies at 67 |
1975 |
Victor GM Marijnen, Dutch premier (1963-65), dies at 58 |
1976 |
Howard Hughes, reclusive billionaire, dies at 72 |
1976 |
Wilder Penfield, Canadian surgeon (b. 1891) |
1976 |
Robert Lord, Gold Diggers of 1935 |
1977 |
John Marriott, dies at 83 |
1977 |
Robert Ronan, Klute |
1977 |
Eugene Zador, Ben-Hur |
1978 |
Albert Lewis, Golden Girl |
1979 |
Eugène Gabritschevsky, Russian biologist and artist (b. 1893) |
1979 |
Brainerd Duffield, Madero of Mexico |
1979 |
Yuri Kavtaradze, Ukaimo tamashi |
1979 |
Lajos Mesterházi, A zebegényiek |
1980 |
Helen Malone, The Monitors |
1980 |
Vasil Bakardzhiev, Charli Chaplin na Vitosha |
1981 |
Bob "Bear" Hite, rocker (Canned Heat), dies of a heart attack at 36 |
1981 |
Cornelis Verolme, Dutch ship builder, dies at 80 |
1981 |
Mitsuko Mito, Ugetsu |
1982 |
Abe Fortas, Supreme court justice, dies at 71 |
1982 |
Ireneusz Kanicki, Zweiter Teil |
1983 |
Danny Rapp, American musician (Danny & the Juniors) (b. 1941) |
1983 |
Edward Hoerner, The Life and Assassination of the Kingfish |
1984 |
Arthur Travors Harris, marshal of British RAF, dies |
1984 |
Theo Koomen, Dutch sportscaster, dies in auto-accident at 54 |
1984 |
Guy Kerner, Les armes de la nuit |
1984 |
Arthur Harris, Cheltenham |
1984 |
Herbert Fleischmann, Liebe ist nur ein Wort |
1984 |
Robert Adams, |
1985 |
Tyrell Johnson, cricketer (WI left-arm quickie, one Test 1939), dies |
1985 |
Arthur Negus, Newbury |
1985 |
Ben Novak, The Bellboy |
1986 |
Colin McCool, cricketer (14 Tests for Australia, 36 wkts), dies |
1986 |
Manly Wade Wellman, sci-fi author (Devil's Planet), dies at 82 |
1986 |
Manly Wade Wellman, Still Valley |
1986 |
Valentín Parera, Dos más uno dos |
1986 |
Nelly Griffiths, Along the Way |
1987 |
Felix Mills, Child Bride |
1987 |
Renny McEvoy, Home Town Story |
1987 |
Jan Lindblad, Gäst hos Hagge |
1987 |
Inari Koponen, Herrat ovat herkkäuskoisia |
1987 |
Edwin Banks, The Classified Ad |
1988 |
Alf Kjellin, Swedish actor/director (Juggler), dies |
1988 |
Alf Kjellin, Negative Reaction |
1988 |
Anne Blaisdell, Die! Die! My Darling! |
1989 |
María Cristina Gómez, Salvadoran Teacher (b. 1938) |
1989 |
Roland Tournat, The Majorettes |
1989 |
Bill Gunn, Ganja & Hess |
1989 |
Marjorie Hoshelle, Cloak and Dagger |
1989 |
Karel Zeman, The Sorcerer's Apprentice |
1990 |
Nico Scheepmaker, Dutch columnist/poet, dies at 59 |
1990 |
Aleksei Simukov, Letuchiy korabl |
1990 |
Bernard Glemser, Come Fly with Me |
1990 |
Sonia Mamede, Elas São do Baralho |
1991 |
John Tower, (Sen-R-Tx), dies in a plane crash at 65 |
1991 |
Manley Lanier "Sonny" Carter Jr, USN/astro (STS 33), dies at 43 |
1991 |
John Tower, Senator Tower |
1991 |
Joyce Chancellor, Gunpowder Guy |
1991 |
Renato Turi, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly |
1991 |
Jirí Mucha, The Flood |
1991 |
Gerald Blake, The Invasion of Time: Part One |
1992 |
Anthony "Tony" Papa, big band leader, dies at 65 |
1992 |
Sam Walton, Billionaire CEO (Wal-Mart), dies of multiple myeloma at 74 |
1992 |
Samuel H Reshevsky, Polish/US chess grandmaster, dies at 80 |
1992 |
Sam Walton, |
1992 |
Elias Jacob, The Spy Who Mugged Me |
1992 |
Vakhtang Chabukiani, The Ballet of Othello |
1992 |
Molly Picon, Fiddler on the Roof |
1993 |
Divya Bharti, Deewana |
1994 |
Andre Victor Tchelistcheff, winemaker, dies at 92 |
1994 |
Aubrey J Watson Sr, bishop, dies at 65 |
1994 |
Marlon Riggs, US writer/director/producer (Ethnic notions), dies at 37 |
1994 |
Roy Smeck, guitarist/banjoist, dies at 94 |
1994 |
Kurt Cobain, grunge rocker (Nirvana), commits suicide by gun at 27 in Seattle, Washington |
1994 |
Mark Dempsey, Oh! Calcutta! |
1994 |
Kurt Cobain, Moulin Rouge! |
1994 |
Ada Carrasco, Como agua para chocolate |
1994 |
Guy Sorel, The Honeymoon Killers |
1994 |
Marlon Riggs, Tongues Untied |
1995 |
Christian Pineau, French politician, dies |
1995 |
Ron Richardson, Mary's Christmas |
1995 |
Jan Kozák, Zralé víno |
1995 |
Oskar Schnirch, Crook and the Cross |
1995 |
Tognella, Al bar dello sport |
1996 |
Peter Nailor, civil servant/historian, dies at 67 |
1996 |
Charlene Holt, El Dorado |
1996 |
Bjørn Ploug, Honning måne |
1996 |
Herta Worell, Du bist entzückend, Rosmarie! |
1996 |
Encarna Sánchez, Episode #1.12 |
1996 |
Norman Rockett, Planet of the Apes |
1996 |
Monika Dannemann, Jimi Hendrix |
1997 |
Allen Ginsberg, beat poet, dies at 80 |
1997 |
Alparslan Turkes, Turkish politician (MHP), dies |
1997 |
Stoney Edwards, Episode #5.17 |
1997 |
Heberto Castillo, Mexique mort ou vif |
1997 |
Ignazio Buttitta, Il cortile degli Aragonesi |
1997 |
Frantisek Kozík, Palette of Love |
1997 |
Dale Belding, Inner Sanctum |
1997 |
Archie Neel, The Hanging Tree |
1997 |
Allen Ginsberg, The Source: The Story of the Beats and the Beat Generation |
1998 |
Cozy Powell, British musician (b. 1947) |
1998 |
Cozy Powell, Hot Fuzz |
1998 |
Juliane Bartel, Episode dated 2 February 1990 |
1999 |
Paul David, French-Canadian cardiologist (b. 1919) |
1999 |
Dircinha Costa, Os Fantoches |
1999 |
Jud De Naut, Pete Kelly's Blues |
1999 |
Ivan Hetrich, Hiljadu stubova dalekovoda |
1999 |
Charlotte Stanton, The Long Hot Summer |
1999 |
Sam Shaw, A Woman Under the Influence |
1999 |
Ryszard Brudzynski, Cyrk |
2000 |
Lee Petty, American race car driver (b. 1914) |
2000 |
Sune Holmqvist, Father and Son |
2000 |
Chino 'Fats' Williams, The Terminator |
2000 |
Kiko Mendive, The Journey |
2000 |
Kerstin Wartel, I, a Lover |
2000 |
Lee Petty, Daytona 500/National Ski Jumping Championships |
2000 |
Kanika Bandyopadhyay, Nimantran |
2000 |
John Nealson, The Letter |
2000 |
John Neilson, Terror House |
2000 |
Angelika Feldmann, Prozeß in Dur |
2000 |
Timothy Jenkins, A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy |
2001 |
Brother Theodore, German comedian (b. 1906) |
2001 |
Anthony C. Bartley, The Volunteer |
2001 |
Lucile Costa, Beauty and the Beast |
2001 |
Brother Theodore, The 'Burbs |
2001 |
Sonya Hedenbratt, Fanny and Alexander |
2002 |
Layne Staley, American musician (Alice in Chains) (b. 1967) |
2002 |
Layne Staley, The Perfect Storm |
2002 |
Renato Ercolani, Der Rosenkavalier |
2002 |
Paul Erickson, |
2002 |
Marcel Portier, Devil Story |
2002 |
Carol Savage, Please Believe Me |
2002 |
John Jay Carsey, Episode #3.3 |
2003 |
Charles Reade, Knight Errant |
2003 |
Chiquita Johnson, Jaguar |
2004 |
Heiner Zieschang, German mathematician (b. 1936) |
2004 |
Sławomir Rawicz, Polish soldier (b. 1915) |
2004 |
Larry McGrew, 1980 NFL Draft |
2004 |
Pompeo Posar, Playboy: The Best of Jenny McCarthy |
2004 |
Ed White, Natural Born Killers |
2004 |
Leonard Reed, Rhythm and Blues Revue |
2005 |
Saul Bellow, Canadian born writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1915) |
2005 |
Dale Messick, American comic strip artist (b. 1906) |
2005 |
Debralee Scott, American actress (b. 1953) |
2005 |
John Sichel, British film and television director (b. 1937) |
2005 |
John G. Baugh, Aren't You Surprised to See Me? |
2005 |
Judith Weiner, The Howling |
2005 |
John Sichel, Three Sisters |
2005 |
Laerte Morrone, Vila do Arco |
2005 |
Dale Messick, Brenda Starr |
2005 |
Richard Stretchberry, Forgotten But Not Gone |
2005 |
Saul Bellow, Seize the Day |
2005 |
Elisabeth Goebel, Der Kaktusgarten |
2005 |
Nils Svenwall, Summer Interlude |
2005 |
Debralee Scott, Police Academy |
2006 |
Gene Pitney, American singer (b. 1941) |
2006 |
Timo Virkki, The Unknown Soldier |
2006 |
Roger Kachel, Girls Just Want to Have Fun |
2006 |
Josef Pinkava, Automat na prání |
2006 |
Martine Bartlett, Sybil |
2006 |
Allan Kaprow, George Segal: American Still Life |
2006 |
Carequinha, Sherlock de Araque |
2006 |
Gene Pitney, Bean |
2006 |
Nancy Rennick, The After Hours |
2007 |
Mark St. John, American musician (Kiss)(b. 1956) |
2007 |
Darryl Stingley, American football player (b. 1951) |
2007 |
Maria Gripe, Swedish writer (b. 1923) |
2007 |
Leela Majumdar, Bengali writer (b. 1908) |
2007 |
Poornachandra Tejaswi, Kannada writer (b. 1938) |
2007 |
Leela Majumdar, Padi Pishir Barmi Baksha |
2007 |
Maria Gripe, Hugo and Josephine |
2007 |
Fuyuki Murakami, Godzilla |
2007 |
Robert Marsden, The Executioners |
2007 |
Poornachandra Tejaswi, Tabarana Kathe |
2007 |
Mark St. John, Kiss: X-treme Close-Up |
2008 |
Charlton Heston, American Actor, dies at 84 |
2008 |
Jaren Millard, Nell |
2008 |
Alexander Grasshoff, National Geographic Specials |
2008 |
Wolfgang Müllner, Wienerinnen |
2008 |
Iris Burton, Judy the Jinx |
2008 |
Charlton Heston, Ben-Hur |
2008 |
Aleksander Rzadkowski, Czcij ojca swego. Rok 1888 |
2009 |
Barbara Kolodziejska, Four Nights with Anna |
2009 |
Wojciech Alaborski, Camouflage |
2009 |
Jeremy Carrad, Episode #1.1 |
2009 |
David Eady, Three Cases of Murder |
2009 |
David Wheatley, The Fifteen Streets |
2009 |
Jim Bremner, Scary Movie 3 |
2009 |
Irving John Good, The Strange Life and Death of Dr. Turing |
2009 |
Nancy Overton, The Jazz Loft According to W. Eugene Smith |
2009 |
Terry Jenkins, Paint Your Wagon |
2009 |
Dave Burns, Jivin' in Be-Bop |
2009 |
Wouter Barendrecht, Mysterious Skin |
2010 |
Maggie Pierce, Tales of Terror |
2010 |
Greg McKinnon, Painted Angels |
2010 |
Lars-Henrik Ottoson, Gorilla Safari |
2010 |
Carol Fay Ellison, Biscuits and Jam |
2010 |
Gisela Trowe, Cold Is the Breath of Evening |
2011 |
Baruch S. Blumberg, Plagues |
2011 |
Ann Loeb Bronfman, The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg |
2011 |
Juci Komlós, Episode #1.317 |
2011 |
Ryan Zeeck, Donnybrook |
2011 |
Gianni Brezza, Django, Prepare a Coffin |
2011 |
Iva Kosi, The Dervish and Death |
2011 |
Lis Allentoft, Smedestræde 4 |
2011 |
Gil Robbins, Dead Man Walking |
2011 |
Evgeniy Lemeshonok, PiraMMMida |
2012 |
Ferdinand A. Porsche, German car designer, dies at 76 |
2012 |
Attila Hazai, Cukorkékség |
2012 |
Jim Marshall, Heavy Metal |
2012 |
Patoum, The Fighting Drummer |
2012 |
Gil Noble, Blacks in the Media and Performing Arts |
2012 |
Alex Cassie, Great Escape: The Untold Story |
2012 |
César Abeytua, Episode dated 25 April 2013 |
2012 |
Stanislav Strnad, My Brother Has a Cute Brother |
2012 |
Andrei Novikov, Graffiti |
2012 |
Barney McKenna, Sherlock Holmes |
2012 |
Yves Jaigu, Du côté d'Orouët |
2013 |
David Kuo, David Kuo |
2013 |
Peter Maxwell, Martin Kane |
2013 |
Regina Bianchi, The Four Days of Naples |
2014 |
Ib Dam, Julemærket |
2014 |
Óscar Avilés, Che: Part Two |
2014 |
John Pinette, The Punisher |
2014 |
Peter Matthiessen, At Play in the Fields of the Lord |
2014 |
José Wilker, Medicine Man |
2014 |
Akio Nanki, Karyudo-tachi no shokkaku |
2015 |
Richard Dysart, The Thing |
2015 |
Sargy Mann, Story of Now |
2015 |
Fredric Brandt, VH1 News Presents: Plastic Surgery Obsession |
2015 |
Claudio Prieto, |
2015 |
Jan Kusiewicz, Lokomotywa |
2015 |
Julie Wilson, The New Television Set |
2015 |
Lon Simmons, San Francisco Giants vs. Arizona Diamondbacks |
2015 |
Richard LaSalle, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore |
2015 |
Gordon Moyes, |
2015 |
Rockne Tarkington, Black Samson |
2015 |
Victor Gotbaum, Inflation: How Did the Spiral Begin? |
2015 |
Francesco Smalto, French Fried Vacation |
2015 |
Mikhail Chubaev, Kicking Off |
2015 |
Juan Carlos Cáceres, Episode dated 3 March 2006 |
2015 |
Steve Ricard, The Wrestler |
2015 |
Sid Ali Kouiret, The Ambassadors |
2015 |
Lalit Chaturvedi, |
2015 |
Jan Wojciechowski, Dobranocka |
2016 |
Sleuk Rith Institute Architect Zaha Hadid Dies Aged 65 |
2016 |
Last Dutch holocaust survivor Jules Schelvis dies aged 95 |
2016 |
Bath barber from Italy Guiseppe De Miceli dies aged 80 |
2016 |
Porn star Amber Rayne dies from 'possible overdose' after she was found at her home aged 31 |
2016 |
Legendary Chelmsford athletics coach William 'Bill' Cornell dies in Florida home aged 76 |
2016 |
Erik Bauersfeld, voice of 'Star Wars' Admiral Ackbar, dies at 93 |
2016 |
Kitty Genovese murderer Winston Moseley dies in prison aged 81 |
2016 |
Former Mumbai cricketer Ranjan Baindoor dies aged 66 |
2016 |
Renowned Sailor Ian Bruce Dies Age 82 |
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