Notable Deaths on April 6th
April 6th Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
885 |
Methodius, Greek apostle of the slaves/archbishop of Sirmium, dies |
912 |
Nottker "the Stamelaar", benedictine monk/poet, dies at about 71 |
1147 |
Frederick II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1090) |
1199 |
Richard I, the Lion-hearted, King of England (1189-99), dies at 41 |
1199 |
Pierre Basile, French soldier |
1252 |
Peter of Verona, [Peter Martyr], Italian inquisitor/st, dies at 45 |
1348 |
Petrarch's Laura, dies of plague |
1362 |
Jacques de Bourbon, count of Marche, killed in battle |
1472 |
Pieter Bladelin, Belgium, land owner (Middelburg castle), dies |
1489 |
Hans Waldmann, Swiss military/mayor (Zurich), beheaded |
1490 |
Matthias Corvinus, king of Hungary, dies |
1520 |
Raphael [Sanzio], artist (Sistine Madonna), dies on his 37th birthday |
1520 |
Raphael, Parajanov: The Last Spring |
1528 |
Albrecht Durer, German painter/graphic artist, dies in Germany at 56 |
1528 |
Albrecht Dürer, Unser Sandmännchen |
1551 |
Joachim Vadianus, Swiss physician/mayor of Sankt Gallen, dies at 66 |
1571 |
John Hamilton, Scottish prelate and politician |
1590 |
Francis Walsingham, English secretary of state, dies at about 57 |
1593 |
Henry Barrow, English puritian/Congressionalist, hanged |
1593 |
John Greenwood, English Congressionalist, hanged |
1605 |
John Stow, British historian, dies |
1655 |
David Blondel, French Protestant clergyman (b. 1591) |
1686 |
Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey, English royalist statesman (b. 1614) |
1707 |
Willem Van de Velde, the Young, Dutch seascape painter, dies a 73 |
1755 |
Richard Rawlinson, English minister and antiquarian (b. 1690) |
1779 |
Tommaso MFS Traetta, Italian opera composer (Farnace), dies at 52 |
1782 |
Rynoldus Popma van Oevering, composer, dies at 90 |
1805 |
Lorenz Justinian Ott, composer, dies at 56 |
1817 |
Bonaventura Furlanetto, composer, dies at 78 |
1822 |
Franz Xaver Partsch, composer, dies at 62 |
1825 |
Vladimir Borovikovsky, Russian painter (b. 1757) |
1829 |
Niels H Able, Norwegian mathematician (infinite series), dies at 26 |
1833 |
Adamantios Korais, Greek humanist scholar (b. 1748) |
1838 |
Jose B de Andrada e Silva, premier of Brazil (1822-23), dies at 74 |
1854 |
William Strickland, US architect, dies |
1862 |
Adley Hogan Gladden, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 51 |
1862 |
Albert Sidney Johnston, US Confederate general, dies in battle at 59 |
1865 |
John Austin Wharton, US Confederate general-major, dies at 36 |
1865 |
Reuben B Boston, US Confederate cavalery colonel, dies in battle |
1883 |
Benjamin Wright Raymond, American politician (b. 1801) |
1884 |
Emanuel Geibel, writer, dies at 68 |
1906 |
Alexander L Kielland, Norwegian writer (Working People), dies at 57 |
1906 |
Alexander Kielland, Jacobs stege |
1912 |
Giovanni Pascoli, quest'atomo opaco del Male |
1913 |
Jose Marraco y Ferrer, composer, dies on 78th birthday |
1919 |
Stefan Surzynski, composer, dies at 63 |
1926 |
Giovanni Amendola, antifascist/editor-in-chief (Il Mondo), dies at 43 |
1931 |
Giuseppi Radiciotti, composer, dies at 73 |
1931 |
Hubert Druce, Life |
1931 |
Mary Moore, David Garrick |
1933 |
Elizabeth Bacon Custer, wife of George Armstrong Custer (b. 1842) |
1935 |
Edward Arlington Robinson, US poet, dies |
1935 |
Ferenc Vecsey, Das Hofkonzert |
1936 |
Glenn DeVol, Hoboken to Hollywood |
1936 |
Edmund Breese, Duck Soup |
1937 |
Lloyd Lonergan, An Elusive Diamond |
1939 |
Robert Courtneidge, British theater producer, dies |
1940 |
Andres Isasi, composer, dies at 49 |
1943 |
Peter Du Rey, The Pride of the Yankees |
1944 |
E.O. Plauen, Vater und Sohn |
1945 |
Benjamin M Telders, president (Dutch Liberal States Party), dies at 42 |
1945 |
Elinor Oliver, Camille |
1945 |
Graf F. Montgelas, The Haunted Castle |
1946 |
Jeanne Brindeau, Il focolare spento |
1946 |
Chief Thunderbird, Annie Oakley |
1946 |
Alfred Reeves, The Gold Rush |
1946 |
James Young Deer, A Sioux Lover's Strategy |
1947 |
Vaclav Kapral, composer, dies at 58 |
1947 |
Herbert Backe, German Nazi politician (b. 1896) |
1947 |
William P. Carleton, A Wife's Awakening |
1948 |
Eric Bengtson, Swedenhielms Family |
1949 |
Stanley Christopherson, cricketer (1884, MCC Pres during WWII), dies |
1949 |
Seymour Hicks, Scrooge |
1949 |
Jim Welch, The Iron Horse |
1950 |
Jan Bielicz, Ulan ksiecia Józefa |
1950 |
Otto Manninen, Medeia |
1951 |
Halfdan Cleve, composer, dies at 71 |
1951 |
Eric Malmberg, Samhällets dom |
1951 |
Brent Brentford, Arch of Triumph |
1952 |
Louis Møller, Slægternes Kamp |
1952 |
Luther Crockett, Bonanza Town |
1953 |
Idris Davies, Welsh poet (b. 1905) |
1953 |
Fred C. Brannon, Radar Men from the Moon |
1954 |
Mae Hotely, Matilda's Legacy |
1954 |
Jack Vosburgh, The Lady in the Library |
1954 |
John Vosper, Chinaman's Chance |
1955 |
Dosio Koffler, Rasputins Liebesabenteuer |
1957 |
Gustav Fristenský, Prazský kat |
1958 |
Vítezslav Nezval, Valerie and Her Week of Wonders |
1958 |
Reinhold Schneider, Die Abrechnung |
1959 |
Standish J. Lambert, The Wizard of Oz |
1959 |
Rosalind Ivan, Scarlet Street |
1959 |
Alfred Steele, |
1959 |
Clarence Collins, In Old Chicago |
1959 |
Anderson Lawler, Girls About Town |
1960 |
Georges Cerf, Dieu a besoin des hommes |
1960 |
Oscar O'Shea, Captains Courageous |
1960 |
Orio Vergani, Lost Continent |
1960 |
Marie Jezková, Old Ironside |
1961 |
Jules J B V Bordet, Belgian bacteriologist (Nobel 1919), dies at 90 |
1961 |
Joseph Quillan, Son of Paleface |
1962 |
J C Heldring, Dutch businessman, dies at 74 |
1962 |
Ralph G. Hansen, The Eyes of Texas |
1963 |
Otto Struve, Russian-born astronomer (b. 1897) |
1963 |
Mabel Willebrandt, American Justice: Target - Mafia |
1965 |
Richard Cantouris, The Brain Machine |
1966 |
Julia Faye, actress (10 Commandments. Samson & Delilah), dies at 73 |
1966 |
Edna Flugrath, The Rose of Rhodesia |
1966 |
Julia Faye, The Ten Commandments |
1968 |
Bobby Hutton, US Black Panther leader, shot to death |
1970 |
Sam Sheppard, American accused murderer (b. 1923) |
1970 |
Maurice Stokes, American basketball player (b. 1933) |
1971 |
Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer (Le Sacre du Printemps), dies of pneumonia at 88 |
1974 |
Willem Dudok, Dutch architect (Hilversum Town Hall), dies at 89 |
1974 |
Hudson Fysh, Australian aviator and businessman (b.1895) |
1975 |
Chiang Kai-Shek, Nationalist Chinese leader, dies at 87 |
1976 |
Ruth P Thomson, writer, dies |
1976 |
Sidney Franklin, American bullfighter (b. 1903) |
1978 |
Nicolas Nabokov, composer (Holy Devil), dies at 74 |
1978 |
Reinoud Anders, Dutch actor (Unrest of Grave), dies at 65 |
1978 |
Troy Hoskins, The Seniors |
1978 |
Pelham Groom, Angels One Five |
1979 |
M Marie Widlow, softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1957), dies at 61 |
1979 |
Milton Ager, US composer, dies at 85 |
1979 |
Norman Tokar, The Cat from Outer Space |
1980 |
Antonio Battistella, La rosa rossa |
1980 |
Liesl Andergast, Der Leberfleck |
1980 |
Nils Ericsson, Olycksfågeln nr 13 |
1980 |
Kai Wilton, Ild og jord |
1980 |
John Collier, Sylvia Scarlett |
1981 |
Alfredo Guarini, Senza una donna |
1981 |
Rex Felker, Trailing Double Trouble |
1982 |
Courtney Haslam, Tora! Tora! Tora! |
1982 |
Paul Wiens, Leute mit Flügeln |
1982 |
Henry Nyrén, Olsen-banden tar gull |
1982 |
Al Hoxie, Red Blood |
1982 |
Brooke Temple, For Sport's Sake |
1983 |
Ana Maria, Salvador guerilla leader, murdered |
1983 |
Fernand Legros, Comment se faire réformer |
1983 |
Nathaniel Curtis, Blood on the Sun |
1983 |
Jean Le Bouvier, The Juggler of Notre Dame |
1983 |
Elna Panduro, Naar man kun er ung |
1983 |
Joyanto Nath Chaudhuri, The Coward |
1984 |
Jimmy Kenndy, British songwriter (South of the Border), dies |
1984 |
Ral Donner, singer/narrator, dies at 41 |
1984 |
Vici Raaf, Squad Car |
1984 |
Kazuo Hasegawa, Gate of Hell |
1984 |
S. Panju, Uyarntha Manithan |
1984 |
Jimmy Kennedy, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button |
1984 |
Ral Donner, This Is Elvis |
1984 |
A.L. Camp, The Sugarland Express |
1984 |
Sherry Hall, The Prowler |
1984 |
Sheridan Hall, The White Messenger |
1985 |
Stanislaw Zaczyk, Przeciwko bogom |
1985 |
Francis Henderson, The Ten Thousand Dollar Trail |
1986 |
Knut Brodin, Adventurer |
1986 |
Akira Yamaguchi, Ninja butai gekkô |
1986 |
Pesach Burstein, Episode #1.5 |
1986 |
Mikhail Krasnyanskiy, Alisher Navoy |
1987 |
Philip M. Jeffries, Battle Cry |
1987 |
Philip M. Jefferies, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid |
1987 |
Lucia Nifontoff, Soldier's Bride |
1987 |
Ralph Butler, Invasion of the Body Snatchers |
1988 |
Pierre Prévert, Adieu Léonard |
1988 |
John Clements, Gandhi |
1988 |
Mara Lynn, Let's Make Love |
1988 |
Martin Schäfer, Kings of the Road |
1988 |
Richard Lapan, Little Miss Smiles |
1989 |
Alfred R. Bird, House of Usher |
1990 |
Nancy Hawkes, (1946 best dress woman), dies at 73 |
1990 |
Ronald E Evans, astronaut (Apollo 17), dies of a heart attack at 57 |
1990 |
Pepper Davis, Goliath: Part 1 |
1990 |
Harry Kadison, Equal Partners |
1990 |
Bagrat Oganesyan, I povtoritsya vsyo |
1990 |
Carsten Byhring, Olsen-banden |
1991 |
Bill Ponsford, cricketer (Test avg 48 22, 1st-class avg 65 18), dies |
1991 |
Bill Ponsford, That's Cricket |
1991 |
Dennis Cross, The Sticking Season |
1991 |
Milton Gunzburg, The Devil Commands |
1991 |
Ernesto Molinari, Lucy's Italian Movie |
1992 |
Isaac Asimov, Sci-Fi author (I Robot), dies from kidney failure at 72 |
1992 |
Molly Picon, Yiddish actress (Milk & Honey), dies of Alzheimers at 94 |
1992 |
Oskar Harmos, Bakonja fra Brne |
1992 |
Era Keil, The Pit |
1992 |
Frank Logan, Black Sunday |
1992 |
Antônio Marcos, Pais Quadrados... Filhos Avançados |
1992 |
Isaac Asimov, Bicentennial Man |
1993 |
Divya Bharati, "Baby Doll" Indian Bollywood actress (Diwana), dies at 19 by mysteriously falling from her husband's apartment |
1993 |
Hedi Amira Nouira, PM of Tunisia (1970-80), dies |
1993 |
Sue Gomes, Gold Diggers of 1937 |
1993 |
Tex Hughson, |
1993 |
Inge von Wangenheim, Der Auftrag Höglers |
1994 |
Agatha Uwilingiyimana, Rwanda/1st female PM in Africa, assassinated |
1994 |
Cyprian Niayamira, president of Burundi (1993-94), assassinated |
1994 |
Dick Cary, jazz musician, dies at 77 |
1994 |
Patricia Louise Dalton, chair (Sherlock Holmes Society), dies at 75 |
1994 |
Theo Bosch, humanist/architect (Amsterdam), dies at 54 |
1994 |
Cyprien Ntaryamira, Burundian politician (b. 1956) |
1994 |
Dennis Durney, All the Beautiful Young Girls |
1994 |
Paola Tovaglia, Lotteria lotteria tutti i sogni porta via |
1994 |
Juvénal Habyarimana, |
1995 |
Vieno J Sukselainen, PM of Finland (1959-61), dies |
1995 |
Novak Novak, Gnjurac |
1996 |
Greer Garson, actress (Goodbye Mr Chips), dies at 92 |
1996 |
Greer Garson, Mrs. Miniver |
1996 |
Leida Laius, Well, Come On, Smile |
1996 |
Ilka Tanya Payan, Scarface |
1997 |
Jack Kent Cooke, NFL owner (Wash Redskins), dies at 84 |
1997 |
Jack Kent Cooke, |
1997 |
Gemma Griarotti, Totò all'inferno |
1997 |
Cliff Danielson, Seven Sweethearts |
1997 |
Jesús López Pacheco, City of Dark |
1997 |
Stephan Hermlin, Die Lüge und der Tod |
1997 |
Rosita Serrano, Das Boot |
1997 |
Erkki Melakoski, 50. esityskerta |
1998 |
Tammy Wynette, American country singer, dies at 55 |
1998 |
Wendy O. Williams, American singer (Plasmatics) (b. 1949) |
1998 |
Wendy O. Williams, Reform School Girls |
1998 |
John Wyatt, Game 6 |
1998 |
Bob Cresse, Love Camp 7 |
1998 |
Jacques Shelton, Masquerade |
1998 |
Wladyslaw Wasilewski, Eugeniusz Cekalski. Antoni Bohdziewicz. Andrzej Munk |
1998 |
Anna-Lisa Hydén, Unga hjärtan |
1998 |
Tammy Wynette, Sleepless in Seattle |
1998 |
Walter Strait, SubUrbia |
1999 |
Red Norvo, American jazz vibraphonist (b. 1908) |
1999 |
Red Norvo, Touch of Evil |
1999 |
Salvatore Corsitto, The Godfather |
2000 |
Habib Bourguiba, Tunisian politician (b. 1903) |
2000 |
Yevgeni Serganov, Boris Godunov |
2000 |
Piet Hendriks, Haan en fuchsia's |
2000 |
Jan Lopuszniak, Our Folks |
2000 |
Don Johnson, Episode #1.8 |
2001 |
Charles Pettigrew, American singer (b. 1963) |
2001 |
Danny Gaither, When All God's Singers Get Home |
2001 |
Riley Mills, I Drink Your Blood |
2001 |
Friedel von Wangenheim, The Einstein of Sex |
2002 |
Thierry Pathe, Blind Man's Bluff |
2002 |
Zsoka Pal, The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal |
2002 |
Nobu McCarthy, Pacific Heights |
2002 |
Martin Sperr, Hunting Scenes from Bavaria |
2002 |
Silvia Derbez, Con quién andan nuestras hijas |
2002 |
Petru Dumitriu, An Unforgettable Summer |
2002 |
Judith Wood, Working Girls |
2003 |
David Bloom, American reporter (b. 1963) |
2003 |
Babatunde Olatunji, Nigerian drummer (b. 1927) |
2003 |
Gerald Emmett Cardinal Carter, Canadian religious figure (b. 1912) |
2003 |
Susan French, Somewhere in Time |
2003 |
David Bloom, Dateline NBC |
2003 |
Signi Grenness, Guds mærkelige veje |
2003 |
Curtis Kenyon, The Princess and the Pirate |
2003 |
Babatunde Olatunji, Camp Nowhere |
2004 |
Larisa Bogoraz, Soviet dissident (b. 1929) |
2004 |
Niki Sullivan, American guitarist (The Crickets) (b. 1937) |
2004 |
Sakir Sirmali, Kamelyali kadin |
2004 |
Richard Scarso, Like Father, Like Son |
2004 |
Niki Sullivan, The Buddy Holly Story |
2004 |
Adolf Dygacz, Sól ziemi czarnej |
2004 |
Hilkka Östman, Var är min stora ludiga nalle? |
2004 |
Ken Johnson, Game 4 |
2004 |
Djorje Zelmanovic, Krleza: Schooling in Hungary |
2004 |
José Antonio de la Loma, Golpe de mano (Explosión) |
2005 |
Rainier III, Prince of Monaco (1949-2005), dies at 81 |
2005 |
Prince Rainier of Monaco, Rainier de Monaco, S.A.S. ou P.-D.G. |
2005 |
Robert Golden, Hitler's Children |
2005 |
Gaby Verlor, High Heels |
2005 |
Frank Conroy, Stone Reader |
2005 |
Yavuz Yalinkiliç, The Dead Don't Talk |
2005 |
Gene Hazelton, The Art of Skiing |
2005 |
Francesco Laudadio, La riffa |
2006 |
Maggie Dixon, American college basketball coach (b. 1977) |
2006 |
Francis L. Kellogg, U.S. diplomat and prominent socialite (b. 1917) |
2006 |
Jair do Cavaquinho, Meu Compadre, Zé Ketti |
2006 |
Cynthia Gamble, The Gerson Miracle |
2006 |
Sasha Ferrer, Episode #1.1 |
2006 |
Leslie Norris, Blackberries |
2006 |
Walter Boelich, La musica |
2006 |
Kermit Sheets, The Golden Positions |
2006 |
Augustyn Bloch, Salome |
2006 |
Amanda Duff, Just Around the Corner |
2006 |
Burt Pearl, Breaking Bread |
2007 |
Luigi Comencini, Italian film director (b. 1916) |
2007 |
Stan Daniels, Taxi |
2007 |
Colin Graham, Gloriana |
2007 |
George Jenkins, All the President's Men |
2007 |
Jill McGown, Lloyd & Hill |
2007 |
Luigi Comencini, Looking for Jesus |
2008 |
Eleanor Wasson, How to Live Forever |
2008 |
Kôhan Kawauchi, Tokyo Drifter |
2008 |
Jack Roe, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory |
2008 |
Abe Osheroff, Dreams and Nightmares |
2008 |
R. Bruce Allen, Star Trek Versus Batman |
2008 |
Jacques Berthier, Colorado Charlie |
2009 |
Shawn Mackay, Brumbies rugby player (b. 1982) |
2009 |
Dorothy Cullman, Summer |
2009 |
Willard Kirkham, Plan 9 from Outer Space |
2009 |
J.M.S. Careless, The Last Voyage of Henry Hudson |
2009 |
Jacques Hustin, Six chansons avec Jacques Hustin |
2010 |
Wilma Mankiller, Native-American activist, chief of the Cherokee Nation (b. 1945) |
2010 |
Corin Redgrave, British actor and political activist (b. 1939) |
2010 |
James Aubrey, Lord of the Flies |
2010 |
Óscar Kramer, The Plague |
2010 |
Wilma Mankiller, Trudell |
2010 |
Anatoli Dobrynin, On the Brink: Doomsday |
2010 |
Corin Redgrave, Four Weddings and a Funeral |
2010 |
Tony Nowak, Pumping Iron |
2010 |
Eddie Carroll, Mickey's Christmas Carol |
2010 |
Ricardo Lavié, Brigada cola |
2010 |
April Stirton, Hereafter |
2010 |
Tom Ray, Mrs. Doubtfire |
2011 |
Richard Dorso, Half the Action |
2011 |
Thøger Birkeland, The Crumbs |
2011 |
Skip O'Brien, Liar Liar |
2011 |
Gerald Perry Finnerman, The City on the Edge of Forever |
2011 |
Marion Eaton, The Whole Wide World |
2011 |
Sujatha, Attagasam |
2011 |
Michael J. Kane, Go Tell the Spartans |
2012 |
Fang Lizhi, Chinese astrophysicist/dissident, dies at 76 |
2012 |
Bingu wa Mutharika, President of Malawi, dies from heart attack at 78 |
2012 |
Thomas Kinkade, American artist, dies from acute intoxication at 54 |
2012 |
James Brodhead, Frances |
2012 |
Hilde Sacré, Het nieuwe tehuis |
2012 |
Charles R. McNabb, Joe Panther |
2012 |
Enzo Giustino, Diario napoletano |
2012 |
Roy Jowitt, Another Life |
2012 |
Thomas Kinkade, Thomas Kinkade's Christmas Cottage |
2012 |
Gerald Lazar, The Triumph of William Henry Harrison |
2012 |
Serge Grenier, IXE-13 |
2012 |
Michael Sands, Hard Cash |
2012 |
John Frith, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier |
2012 |
Fang Lizhi, The Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award on PBS |
2012 |
Jim McCullough Sr., Mountaintop Motel Massacre |
2012 |
Heinz Kahlau, On the Sunny Side |
2012 |
Brian Morgan, The Woman He Loved |
2013 |
Ottmar Schreiner, Episode #2.4 |
2013 |
Marku Ribas, Chega de Saudade |
2013 |
Bigas Luna, Jamón, Jamón |
2013 |
Miguel Poblet, Escuela de periodismo |
2013 |
Clayton Corzatte, Brand Upon the Brain! A Remembrance in 12 Chapters |
2013 |
Kalevi Korpi, Episode dated 19 November 1961 |
2013 |
Veljko Despotovic, Who's Singin' Over There? |
2014 |
Liv Strømsted, Andrine og Kjell |
2014 |
Leee Black Childers, Your Fifteen Minutes Are Up |
2014 |
Mickey Rooney, The Fox and the Hound |
2014 |
Svend Ali Hamann, Epidemic |
2014 |
Aldo Braibanti, Transfert per camera verso Virulentia |
2014 |
Van Vlahakis, A Green Story |
2014 |
Mary Anderson, Gone with the Wind |
2014 |
Erzsi Kovács, Füre lépni szabad |
2014 |
Kathy Stobart, The Last of the Blonde Bombshells |
2014 |
Tamara Miletic, Only People |
2015 |
James Best, The Killer Shrews |
2015 |
John Papit, Wahoowa: The History of Virginia Cavalier Football |
2015 |
Art Powell, Atlanta Falcons vs. Minnesota Vikings |
2015 |
Anne-Claude Leflaive, L'esprit du vin: le réveil des terroirs |
2015 |
Ray Charles, Funny Lady |
2015 |
Dollard St. Laurent, Hockey's Greatest Era: 1942-1967 |
2015 |
David L. Kaplan, At Dawn We Die |
2015 |
Peter Price, The Day of the Jackal |
2015 |
Ben Powers, Cheech and Chong's Next Movie |
2015 |
Walter H. Haas, Turning Pages |
2015 |
Milton Delugg, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson |
2015 |
David Devilfish Ulliott, No Limit: A Search for the American Dream on the Poker Tournament Trail |
2016 |
Former Deputy Minister Zyta Gilowska dies aged 67 |
2016 |
Rugby league legend and former York star Mick Sullivan dies, aged 82 |
2016 |
Racing writer Terry Morris dies, aged 62 |
2017 |
Veteran BBC broadcaster Brian Matthew dies aged 88 |
2018 |
Japanese animation pioneer Isao Takahata dies aged 82 |
2018 |
Legendary Studio Ghibli director Isao Takahata dies aged 82 |
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