Notable Deaths on May 4th
May 4th Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1436 |
Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Swedish statesman (b. 1390s) |
1471 |
Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (killed in battle) (b. 1453) |
1471 |
Edmund Beaufort, 4th Duke of Somerset, English military commander (executed) |
1506 |
Husayn Bayqarah, ruler of Herat (b. 1438) |
1519 |
Lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (b. 1492) |
1566 |
Luca Ghini, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1490) |
1594 |
Paul Buys, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies at 62 |
1604 |
Claudio Merulo, composer, dies at 71 |
1605 |
Ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian biologist/medical, dies at 82 |
1615 |
Adriaan van Roomen, Flemish mathematician (b. 1561) |
1626 |
Arthur Lake, Bishop of Bath and Wells, English bishop and Bible translator (b. 1569) |
1677 |
Isaac Barrow, English mathematician (b. 1630) |
1684 |
John Nevison, English highwayman (b. 1639) |
1729 |
Louis-Antoine, Cardinal de Noailles, French cardinal (b. 1651) |
1734 |
James Thornhill, English painter |
1737 |
Eustace Budgell, English writer (b. 1686) |
1752 |
Pieter Snyers, Flemish painter/engraver, dies at 71 |
1770 |
Christian Gottfried Krause, composer, dies at 51 |
1774 |
Anthony Ulrich II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1714) |
1776 |
Jacques Saly, French sculptor (b. 1717) |
1790 |
Matthew Tilghman, American delegate to the Continental Congress (b. 1718) |
1799 |
Tipu Sultan, Indian military leader killed during Battle of Seringapatam (b. 1750) |
1811 |
Nikolay Kamensky, Russian general (b. 1776) |
1824 |
Joseph Joubert, French essayist and moralist (b. 1754) |
1832 |
Jan van Speyck, Dutch admiral, buried in New Church |
1855 |
Camille Pleyel, Austria piano builder/composer, dies at 66 |
1858 |
Aimé Bonpland, French explorer and botanist (b. 1773) |
1859 |
Joseph Diaz Gergonne, French mathematician (b. 1771) |
1879 |
William Froude, Brit civil eng/shipbuilder (F Integer), dies at 68 |
1880 |
Edward Clark, Governor of Texas (b. 1815) |
1885 |
Aleksandar I Karadjordjevic, monarch of Serbia (1842-58), dies at 78 |
1891 |
Sherlock Holmes, "dies" at Reichenbach Falls |
1893 |
George Washington Hewitt, composer, dies at 82 |
1897 |
Mrs. Linnaeus Banks, The Manchester Man |
1901 |
John Jones Ross, Canadian politician (b. 1831) |
1903 |
Goce Delchev, a revolutionary from the Balkans - leader of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (b. 1872) |
1916 |
Joseph Mary Plunkett, Irish revolutionary (b. 1887) |
1918 |
William Hinckley, The Children in the House |
1919 |
Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Slovak politician, French general and astronomer (b. 1880) |
1921 |
Max Kalbeck, Die verkaufte Braut |
1922 |
Viktor Kingissepp, Estonian Bolshevik politician (b. 1888) |
1924 |
E. Nesbit, The Railway Children |
1926 |
Harry Griffith, Shoes |
1927 |
Norman Osunn, Fighting Love |
1928 |
Barry E Odell Pain, English writer (Punch), dies at 63 |
1928 |
Percy Winter, Patsy, Married and Settled |
1929 |
Henry Morton Dunham, composer, dies at 75 |
1929 |
Thomas Holding, The Three Musketeers |
1934 |
Alfred Aldridge, It Can Be Done |
1934 |
Rae Randall, The King of Kings |
1934 |
Edmund Edel, Die Börsenkönigin |
1935 |
Jack Coogan Sr., The Hayseed |
1935 |
Junior Durkin, Hell's House |
1937 |
Noel Rosa, Brazilian songwriter (b. 1910) |
1937 |
Miklós Bárd, Szováthy Éva |
1937 |
Noel Rosa, Madame Satã |
1937 |
Paulo Setubal, Marquesa de Santos |
1938 |
Carl von Ossietzky, German pacifist/writer (Nobel 1935), dies at 48 |
1938 |
Carl von Ossietzky, Der Prozeß Carl von O. |
1939 |
Aileen Marson, Someone at the Door |
1941 |
Mary Lawson, Scrooge |
1942 |
Wesley Lake, 4 Devils |
1942 |
William A. Williams, The Cliff Girl |
1942 |
Eugene McMurtrie, The Cavalier |
1943 |
Richard Louw, Häxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages |
1944 |
Burton L. King, The Man from Beyond |
1945 |
Anna Dodge, The Extra Girl |
1945 |
Adam Linke, Citizen Kane |
1945 |
Fedor von Bock, |
1946 |
Joseph Paul Cretzer, Escape from Alcatraz: The True Stories! |
1946 |
Bernard Paul Coy, Escape from Alcatraz: The True Stories! |
1946 |
Marvin Hubbard, |
1947 |
Lajos Bazsay, The Five-Forty |
1948 |
Jack Morrison, The Strangler |
1948 |
Ziuta Kryniczanka, Jasne lany |
1951 |
Wladyslaw Szczawinski, Szpieg |
1953 |
Edward B B Shanks, British poet/critic, dies at 60 |
1953 |
Thomas Tertius Noble, composer, dies at 85 |
1954 |
Vernon Larson, Wild Boys of the Road |
1955 |
Georges Enescu, Romanian/French violist/composer (Oedipe), dies at 73 |
1955 |
Louis Breguet, French aviation pioneer, dies at 75 |
1955 |
Helena Górska-Brylinska, Pan Tadeusz |
1955 |
George Enescu, Colonia Ingerilor |
1955 |
Edward Martindel, Lady Windermere's Fan |
1955 |
Sasa Rasilov, I'll Be Right Over |
1955 |
Robert Kent, The Country Girl |
1957 |
Katie Johnson, The Ladykillers |
1957 |
William Hurlbut, Bride of Frankenstein |
1958 |
Paul Bernard, Les dames du Bois de Boulogne |
1958 |
Elaine S. Carrington, Alibi |
1959 |
Ashley Dukes, Abdul the Damned |
1959 |
Guillermo Arcos, Cuesta abajo |
1960 |
Colbert Clark, The Boogie Man Will Get You |
1960 |
Willette Kershaw, The Vortex |
1961 |
Anita Stewart, dies of heart attack at 66 |
1961 |
Anita Stewart, Virtuous Wives |
1961 |
Al Gilmour, The General |
1961 |
Felix Jacoves, Embraceable You |
1962 |
Rose Lee, Just Imagine |
1964 |
Gloria McGehee, A Child Is Waiting |
1964 |
Walther Süssenguth, Die Ratten |
1965 |
Norman Brokenshire, TV moderator (Four Square Court), dies at 66 |
1966 |
Juan Maria Thomas Sabater, composer, dies at 69 |
1966 |
Gerhard Menzel, Flüchtlinge |
1967 |
Bengt Axel von Torne, composer, dies at 75 |
1967 |
Eugeniusz Wojnar-Wojnarowski, Pierwszy dzien wolnosci |
1969 |
Osbert Sitwell, English writer (b. 1892) |
1970 |
4 students, at Kent State University killed by Ohio National Guard |
1970 |
William Schroeder (b. 1950) |
1970 |
Piero Pierotti, Erik the Conqueror |
1971 |
Donald Dexter Van Slyke, US chemist (Cyanosis), dies at 88 |
1971 |
Joseph Csaky, Hungarian/French sculptor, dies at 83 |
1971 |
Louis de Bree, [Louis C Davids], Dutch actor (Bluejackets), dies at 87 |
1972 |
Edward Calvin Kendall, American chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1886) |
1973 |
Jane Bowles, American writer and playwright, dies at 56 |
1974 |
Israel Citkowitz, composer, dies at 65 |
1974 |
John Wengraf, actor (Pride & Passion, 12 to the Moon), dies at 77 |
1975 |
Moe Howard, [Moses Horowitz], comedian (3 Stooges), dies at 77 |
1977 |
Lillian Kemble-Cooper, Gone with the Wind |
1977 |
Otis Riggs, The School Dance |
1978 |
Tom Douglas, Broken Lullaby |
1979 |
Anna Jaraczówna, Passenger |
1980 |
Josip Broz Tito, leader of Yugoslavia (1943-80), dies at 87 |
1980 |
Kay Hammond, actress (Blithe SPirit, 5 Golden Hours), dies |
1980 |
Kay Hammond, Blithe Spirit |
1980 |
Joe Henderson, A Christmas Tale |
1981 |
Paul Green, State Fair |
1982 |
Edna Holland, Criss Cross |
1982 |
Lillian Gilmore, Unconquered Bandit |
1983 |
Nino Sanzogno, composer, dies at 72 |
1983 |
Eugeniusz Kotarski, Poznanskie slowiki |
1983 |
Todd Starke, The Father-Son Weekend |
1983 |
Nino Sanzogno, Quelli della montagna |
1983 |
Don Bernarducci, Christmas Came a Little Early |
1983 |
Shûji Terayama, Farewell to the Ark |
1983 |
Michael Miller, Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze |
1984 |
Diana Dors, actress (Berserk!), dies at 52 of cancer |
1984 |
Bob Clampett, American cartoonist (b. 1913) |
1984 |
Roger Karl, My Crimes After Mein Kampf |
1984 |
Diana Dors, Blonde Sinner |
1984 |
Terttu Soinvirta, Senni ja Savon sulttaani |
1984 |
Jack Barry, The Joker's Wild |
1984 |
Alois Brummer, Beim Jodeln juckt die Lederhose |
1984 |
Robert Clampett, Porky in Wackyland |
1984 |
Edward Kogan, Roseland |
1985 |
Clarence Wiseman, the 10th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1907) |
1985 |
Laila Rihte, Torakkanainen |
1985 |
Ward Ellis, Once Upon a Honeymoon |
1985 |
John Whitney, Fog Island |
1985 |
Harry Earles, Freaks |
1986 |
Alexander Jute, Under svällande segel |
1986 |
Paul Richards, |
1986 |
Enzo Liberti, Naked Violence |
1986 |
Kotti Chave, Dollar |
1986 |
Petr Schulhoff, Zítra to roztocíme, drahousku... |
1987 |
Cathryn Damon, actress (Mary Campbell-Soap), dies at 56 |
1987 |
Dick Hillenius, Dutch biologist/writer, dies at 59 |
1987 |
Paul Butterfield, singer/harmonica player, dies of drug abuse at 44 |
1987 |
Lili Schoenborn-Anspach, Kuhle Wampe oder: Wem gehört die Welt? |
1987 |
Paul Groesse, In the Heat of the Night |
1987 |
Mona Ewins, Episode #1.1759 |
1987 |
Michael Minor, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan |
1987 |
Terry Croghan, The New Adventures of Heidi |
1987 |
Paul Butterfield, The Last Waltz |
1987 |
Cathryn Damon, She's Having a Baby |
1987 |
Greta Tegnér, Hustru för en dag |
1987 |
Konstanty Jelenski, 'Kultura' |
1988 |
Tom Overton, Airplane! |
1988 |
Ed Bakey, The Sting |
1988 |
Philip Cooper, The Cuban Love Song |
1988 |
Phillip Cooper, Viva Villa! |
1988 |
Oleg Zhakov, U ozera |
1989 |
Hans Timerding, Loch im Leck - Heitere Geschichten aus der Steinzeit |
1989 |
Erwin Faber, From the Life of the Marionettes |
1989 |
Evelle Younger, Armchair Detective |
1989 |
Igor Bogolyubov, Kin-dza-dza! |
1989 |
Ashutosh Mukherjee, Deep Jweley Jai |
1989 |
Enrique Naya, Pepi, Luci, Bom and Other Girls Like Mom |
1990 |
Don Appell, dies |
1990 |
Donald C. McKean, Ginger |
1990 |
Silvio Siano, La vedovella |
1990 |
Don Appell, Stop! Look! and Laugh! |
1990 |
John Ormond, Madawaska Valley |
1991 |
Dennis Crosby, son of Bing, commits suicide at 54 |
1991 |
Luis Felipe Horta, |
1991 |
Luís Horta, O Roubo do Elefante Branco |
1991 |
Lyubov Kalyuzhnaya, Vozdushnoe priklyuchenie |
1991 |
Derek Cracknell, A Clockwork Orange |
1991 |
René Lefèvre, The Crime of Monsieur Lange |
1991 |
Bernie Winters, Episode dated 1 August 1988 |
1992 |
Henri Guillemin, French historian, dies at 89 |
1992 |
Ismael Galeano, "Commandant Franklyn" (Contra), dies |
1992 |
Vitali Andreyevich Grishchenko, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 50 |
1992 |
Gregor Mackenzie, Labour Party (UK) politician (b. 1927) |
1992 |
Henri Guillemin, Dreyfus ou L'intolérable vérité |
1992 |
Ronnie Knox, Operation Thunderbirds |
1992 |
A.F. Sulc, Sous le signe de Neptune |
1993 |
France Stiglic, The Ninth Circle |
1993 |
Mariya Smirnova, Povest o nastoyashchem cheloveke |
1994 |
Karl Francis Hettinger, onion Field survivor, dies at 59 |
1994 |
Joe Holland, Back to the Beach |
1994 |
Carl Milletaire, The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima |
1994 |
Éva Buzáné Fábri, Humorista a mennyországban |
1995 |
Lewis T Preston, banker, dies at 68 |
1995 |
Louis Krasner, violinist, dies at 91 |
1995 |
Arne Arnardo, Cirkus Fandango |
1995 |
Hitomi Nozoe, Floating Weeds |
1996 |
Jean Crepin, soldier/industrialist, dies at 87 |
1996 |
Stanley William Reed, cineaste, dies at 85 |
1996 |
Stanley Reed, Winstanley |
1997 |
Alvy Moore, actor/producer (Mr Kimball-Green Acres), dies at 75 |
1997 |
Vijayananda Dahanayake, PM of Sri Lanka (1959-60), dies |
1997 |
Slavka Jerinic, Paja i Jare |
1997 |
Esin Engin, Kanli Nigar |
1997 |
Alvy Moore, A Boy and His Dog |
1998 |
Mark Dennis, Targets |
1998 |
Albert Glasser, Beginning of the End |
1998 |
Lino Troisi, Chopin |
1998 |
Kurt Schmengler, Die Dominas-Bande |
1999 |
Ernest Hughes, The Secret of the Sacred Forest |
1999 |
Ricardo Garibay, The Soldiers of Pancho Villa |
2000 |
Alwyn Kurts, The Efficiency Expert |
2000 |
Sandra Bréa, Cassy Jones, o Magnífico Sedutor |
2001 |
Bonnie Lee Bakley, American murder victim (b. 1956) |
2001 |
Michael Carr, Faces of Death |
2001 |
Ephraim 'Red' Schaffer, Elvis on Tour |
2001 |
Charles W. Broun Jr., The Wild, Wild World of Jayne Mansfield |
2001 |
Rudi Strahl, A Terrific Scent of Fresh Hay |
2001 |
Bonnie Lee Bakley, Radio Days |
2001 |
Arne Sucksdorff, The Great Adventure |
2002 |
Fred Giles, The Learning Tree |
2002 |
Grant Fletcher, Julius Caesar |
2002 |
Roy Schatt, The James Dean Story |
2002 |
Anthea Holloway, Corridors of Blood |
2002 |
Jacques Mapes, Singin' in the Rain |
2002 |
Bob Bertrand, In Old Chicago |
2002 |
Robert R. Bertrand, The Sting |
2002 |
Stanislaw Niwinski, Ryzykant |
2002 |
John Kohn, The Collector |
2002 |
Mel Diamond, Wally's Girl Trouble |
2002 |
Elizabeth Russell, The Corpse Vanishes |
2003 |
Michaela Denis, Under the Southern Cross |
2003 |
Raúl Nacer, Tomiko |
2003 |
David Woodley, 1980 NFL Draft |
2003 |
Johannes Agnoli, Agnoli - Das negative Potential |
2003 |
Sesto Bruscantini, Closer |
2003 |
Arnold Goode, Tormented |
2003 |
Arthur Oldham, Bernstein in London: Verdi's Requiem |
2004 |
Clifford Holliday, 3 Voices |
2004 |
Coxsone Dodd, This Film Is Not Yet Rated |
2004 |
Allan Chinn, The China Syndrome |
2004 |
Hugh Gillin, Back to the Future Part III |
2004 |
Carlheinz Hollmann, Max Merkel |
2005 |
David Hackworth, U.S. Army officer and military journalist (b. 1930) |
2005 |
Edward T. McAvoy, Office Space |
2005 |
Ivan Hajtl, Sta se dogodilo sa Filipom Preradovicem |
2005 |
David H. Hackworth, Are We Prepared?/Unhealthy Diagnosis/Michael Moore |
2005 |
Mark Boyle, Beyond Image |
2005 |
Svetlana Konovalova, Uvolnenie na bereg |
2006 |
Valentín Trujillo, Violación |
2006 |
Michael Taliferro, Bad Boys |
2006 |
Yangi Kitadani, The Bad News Bears Go to Japan |
2006 |
Alexis Damianos, When the Greeks |
2006 |
Ria Piers, Verdwaalde kogel |
2006 |
Masahiro Kawasaki, Spellbound |
2006 |
Fritz Schenk, Der Aufstand |
2006 |
Alejandra Boero, Don Segundo Sombra |
2007 |
Isabel Washington, St. Louis Blues |
2007 |
Shinsuke Achiwa, Machibuse |
2007 |
Esko Rahkonen, Fairyland |
2008 |
Richard Holme, Peter Mandelson, Lord Holme, John Redwood |
2008 |
Fred Haines, Ulysses |
2008 |
Lucien Jeunesse, Chaussette surprise |
2008 |
Olga Gebhard, Jack the Ripper |
2008 |
Frank Leo, Shell Shock |
2008 |
Dominic Belmonte, S.O.B. |
2008 |
Andrzej Terej, E=mc2 |
2008 |
Alvin Colt, Li'l Abner |
2008 |
Jaikishen Maharaj, Dil To Pagal Hai |
2009 |
Dom Deluise, American comedian, actor (b. 1933) |
2009 |
Martha Mason, The Final Inch |
2009 |
Jane Randolph, Cat People |
2009 |
Alfredo Nagib, As Aventuras de Berloque Kolmes |
2009 |
Maciej Falkowski, Wybór |
2009 |
Grzegorz Skurski, Kochankowie z Moraga |
2009 |
Ray Fry, Target |
2009 |
Vivian St. James, Party |
2009 |
Fritz Muliar, Biedermann und die Brandstifter |
2009 |
Hideo Kô, Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell |
2009 |
Gisela Stein, Germany Pale Mother |
2009 |
Dom DeLuise, All Dogs Go to Heaven |
2010 |
Ernie Harwell, American sportscaster (b. 1918) |
2010 |
Zvonimir Levačić - Ševa, Croatian humorist and entertainer (b. 1943) |
2010 |
William Lubtchansky, Shoah |
2010 |
Ernie Harwell, 42: Jackie Robinson Breaks the Color Barrier |
2010 |
Predrag Ivanovic, Ljubav i moda |
2010 |
Donah Bassett, Back to the Future |
2010 |
Ángel Cristo, El Cid cabreador |
2010 |
Anna-Greta Adolphson, Klart till drabbning |
2010 |
Brita Borg, Kvinnan tar befälet |
2011 |
Sada Thompson, Indictment: The McMartin Trial |
2011 |
Mary Murphy, The Wild One |
2011 |
Kimberly Jessup, The Shasta Bowl |
2011 |
Karolina Borchardt, Szczesciarz Antoni |
2011 |
Yelena Samarina, The Werewolf Versus the Vampire Woman |
2011 |
Frank Thomas, Towing |
2011 |
Frans J. Afman, Terminator 2: Judgment Day |
2011 |
Bernard Stasi, Episode dated 17 January 1999 |
2011 |
Philip Nast, Point of Deception |
2012 |
MCA [Adam Yauch], Beastie Boys vocalist, dies from cancer at 47 |
2012 |
Bob Stewart, The Price Is Right |
2012 |
Mort Lindsey, The Birdcage |
2012 |
Tinoco, Luar no Sertão |
2012 |
Jack Sky, Sweet Love, Bitter |
2012 |
Edward Short, The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 80 |
2012 |
David C. Roehm Sr., The Lovely Bones |
2012 |
Krystyna Ciechomska, Nikodem Dyzma |
2012 |
Adam Yauch, Star Trek |
2013 |
Christian de Duve, British cytologist and biochemist, dies from euthanasia at 95 |
2013 |
César Portillo de la Luz, Nearest to Heaven |
2013 |
Tom Loggins, A Conversation with Norman |
2013 |
Rena Lorandou, Happy New Year, Mom! |
2013 |
Mario Machado, RoboCop 2 |
2013 |
George Reich, Black Tights |
2013 |
Oldrich Velen, The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians |
2013 |
Frederic Franklin, Do Not Go Gently |
2013 |
Heinz Theo Branding, Stowaways on the Ark |
2014 |
Mike Hawker, Seven Psychopaths |
2014 |
Dick Ayers, With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story |
2014 |
Erich Rein, Ahvatlus |
2014 |
Kari Tattari, Kuutamoprinssi |
2014 |
Dave Martin, Beefcake |
2014 |
William Worthy, Yanki, No! |
2014 |
Ross Lonsberry, 1972 NHL All-Star Game |
2014 |
Tatyana Samoylova, The Cranes Are Flying |
2015 |
Soledad Cazorla, Episode dated 16 April 2010 |
2015 |
Ellen Albertini Dow, Wedding Crashers |
2015 |
Marv Hubbard, Rebels of Oakland: The A's, the Raiders, the '70s |
2015 |
William Bast, The Big One: The Great Los Angeles Earthquake |
2015 |
Art Levinson, Breaking Away |
2015 |
Nijat Feyzullayev, Where the Rivers Flow Together |
2016 |
Tupac Shakur's mother Afeni dies aged 69 |
2016 |
Hollyoaks actor Kristian Ealey dies aged 38 |
2017 |
Darling Buds of May actor Moray Watson dies, aged 88 |
2018 |
Mozambique's opposition leader Afonso Dhlakama dies aged 65 |
2018 |
Disney Animation Artist Dave Michener Dies Age 85 |
2018 |
New York Islanders Legend Bill Torrey Dies At 83 |
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