Notable Deaths on April 10

Q: Who died on April 10?

Notable people who died on April 10 include: Louis the Stammerer, Hugh of Arles, Notker of Liège, Eric X, Ahmad Fanakati.

Q: What is Gordon Thomas known for?

Gordon Thomas, English cyclist (born 1921)

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English cyclist (born 1921)

April 10 has seen 114 notable figures pass away throughout recorded history — from 879 – 2026. Below are the most significant names who died on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · April 10 — Wikipedia

Notable Deaths 114 people 879 – 2026

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There he won a silver medal in the team road race alongside Bob Maitland and Ian Scott

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"Tiny" Thomas was a British cyclist who competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London

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After his Olympic experience, he went on to win the 1953 Tour of Britain before retiring from cycling to enter the wool business.

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He also competed in the individual event, finishing 8th in a field of 101 participants

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Born in Shipley, West Riding of Yorkshire, he served during World War II with the Royal Artillery in Africa and Italy

Louis the Stammerer

king of West Francia (born 846)

Louis the Stammerer was the king of Aquitaine and later the king of West Francia. He was the eldest son of Emperor Charles the Bald and Ermentrude of Orléans. Louis the Stammerer was physically weak and outlived his…

879

Hugh of Arles

king of Italy

Hugh of Italy, known as Hugh of Arles or Hugh of Provence, was the king of Italy from 926 until 947, and regent in Lower Burgundy and Provence from 911 to 933. He belonged to the Bosonid family. During his reign in…

948

Notker of Liège

French bishop (born 940)

Notker of Liège was a Benedictine monk, bishop (972–1008) and first prince-bishop (980–1008) of the Bishopric of Liège.

1008

Eric X

king of Sweden (born 1180)

Erik Knutsson, sometimes known as Eric X, was King of Sweden between 1208 and 1216. Also known as Erik the Survivor, he was, at his accession to the throne, the only remaining son of King Knut Eriksson and his queen,…

1216

Ahmad Fanakati

chief minister under Kublai Khan

Ahmad Fanākatī, alternatively rendered as Ahmad Banākatī was a Persian Muslim from the Qara Khitai who served as chancellor and finance minister of the Yuan dynasty during Kublai's reign. He became known as a chief…

1282

Elisabeth von Rapperswil

Swiss countess (born 1261)

Elisabeth von Rapperswil was the last countess of the House of Rapperswil, and secured by her second marriage the female line of the Counts of Rapperswil and the extensive possessions of Rapperswil in the former…

1309

Maud

English noblewoman (born 1339)

Maud of Lancaster, also known as Matilda, Countess of Hainault, was a 14th-century English noblewoman who married into the Bavarian ducal family.

1362

Michael Tarchaniota Marullus

Greek scholar and poet

Michael Tarchaniota Marullus was a Greek Renaissance scholar, Neo-Latin poet, humanist and soldier.

1500

Frederick I

king of Denmark and Norway (born 1471)

Frederick I was King of Denmark and Norway from 1523 and 1524, respectively, until his death in 1533, and earlier co-duke Duke of Schleswig and Holstein.

1533

Costanzo Festa

Italian composer

Costanzo Festa was an Italian composer of the Renaissance. While he is best known for his madrigals, he also wrote sacred vocal music. He was the first native Italian polyphonist of international renown, and with…

1545

Gregory XIII

pope of the Catholic Church (born 1502)

Pope Gregory XIII was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 13 May 1572 to his death in April 1585. He is best known for commissioning and being the namesake for the Gregorian calendar, which…

1585

Jacopo Mazzoni

Italian philosopher (born 1548)

Jacopo Mazzoni was an Italian philosopher, a professor in Pisa, and friend of Galileo Galilei. His first name is sometimes reported as Giacomo.

1598

Gabrielle d'Estrées

French mistress of Henry IV of France (born 1571)

Gabrielle d'Estrées, Duchess of Beaufort and Verneuil, Marchioness of Monceaux was a mistress of Henry IV of France. She is noted for her role in ending the religious civil wars that had plagued France for more than 30…

1599

Mark Alexander Boyd

Scottish soldier and poet (born 1562)

Mark Alexander Boyd was a Scottish poet and soldier of fortune. He was born in Ayrshire, Scotland. His father was from Penkill, Carrick, in Ayrshire. He was educated under the care of his uncle, the Archbishop of…

1601

Thomas Jones

English-Irish archbishop and politician, Lord Chancellor of Ireland (born 1550)

Thomas Jones was Archbishop of Dublin and Lord Chancellor of Ireland. He was also Dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral and Bishop of Meath. He was the patrilineal ancestor of the Viscounts Ranelagh.

1619

Agostino Agazzari

Italian composer and theorist (born 1578)

Agostino Agazzari was an Italian composer and music theorist.

1640

William Brewster

English official and pilgrim leader (born 1566)

William Brewster was an English official and Mayflower passenger in 1620. He became senior elder and the leader of Plymouth Colony, by virtue of his education and existing stature with those immigrating from the…

1644

Santino Solari

Swiss architect and sculptor (born 1576)

Santino Solari, was a Swiss architect and sculptor, who worked mainly in Austria. He was born in the Canton of Tessin, in Switzerland, near Lugano.

1646

Jan Marek Marci

Czech physician and author (born 1595)

Jan Marek Marci, also known as Johannes Marcus Marci was a Czech medical doctor and scientist. He was the rector of the University of Prague and official medical doctor to the Holy Roman Emperors. The crater Marci on…

1667

Wilhelm Egon von Fürstenberg

German cardinal (born 1629)

Wilhelm Egon von Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg was a German count and later prince of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg in the Holy Roman Empire. He was a clergyman who became bishop of Strasbourg, and was heavily involved in…

1704

Giacomo Antonio Perti

Italian composer (born 1661)

Giacomo Antonio Perti was an Italian composer of the Baroque era. He was mainly active at Bologna, where he was Maestro di Cappella for sixty years. He was the teacher of Giuseppe Torelli and Giovanni Battista Martini.

1756

Jean Lebeuf

French historian and author (born 1687)

Jean Lebeuf was a French historian.

1760

John Byron

English admiral and politician, 24th Commodore Governor of Newfoundland (born 1723)

Vice-Admiral of the White John Byron was a Royal Navy officer, explorer, and colonial administrator. He earned the nickname "Foul-Weather Jack" in the British press due to his frequent encounters with bad weather at…

1786

Horatio Gates

English-American general (born 1727)

Horatio Lloyd Gates was a British-born American army officer and politician who served in the British and Continental armies. During the American Revolutionary War, he led the Continental Army to victory at the 1777…

1806

Joseph-Louis Lagrange

Italian mathematician and astronomer (born 1736)

Joseph-Louis Lagrange, also reported as Giuseppe Luigi Lagrange or Lagrangia, was an Italian and naturalized French mathematician, physicist and astronomer. He made significant contributions to the fields of analysis,…

1813

Gregory V of Constantinople

Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (born 1746)

Gregory V of Constantinople, born Georgios Angelopoulos, was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1797 to 1798, from 1806 to 1808, and from 1818 to 1821. He was responsible for much restoration work to the…

1821

Karl Leonhard Reinhold

Austrian philosopher and academic (born 1757)

Karl Leonhard Reinhold was an Austrian philosopher who helped to popularise the work of Immanuel Kant in the late 18th century. His "elementary philosophy" (Elementarphilosophie) also influenced German idealism, notably…

1823

Lucio Norberto Mansilla

Argentinian general and politician (born 1789)

Lucio Norberto Mansilla was an Argentine military officer, surveyor and politician who played a prominent role in the Argentine War of Independence, the Cisplatine War and the Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la…

1871

William Crichton

Scottish engineer and shipbuilder (born 1827)

William Crichton was a Scottish engineer and shipbuilder who spent most of his career in Turku, located in the Grand Duchy of Finland.

1889

Algernon Charles Swinburne

English poet, playwright, novelist, and critic (born 1837)

Algernon Charles Swinburne was an English poet, playwright, novelist, and critic. He was a major contributor to the Pre-Raphaelite movement in poetry, along with Dante Gabriel Rossetti and William Morris. His greatest…

1909

Emiliano Zapata

Mexican general (born 1879)

Emiliano Zapata Salazar was a Mexican revolutionary and guerrilla leader. He was a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution of 1910–1920, the main leader of the people's revolution in the Mexican state of Morelos, and…

1919

Moritz Cantor

German mathematician and historian (born 1829)

Moritz Benedikt Cantor was a German historian of mathematics.

1920

Luisa Capetillo

Puerto Rican labor organizer

Luisa Capetillo Perón was a Puerto Rican labor organizer, writer, journalist, and cigar factory reader. She organized workers in Puerto Rico, the Republic of Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and the United States. She also…

1922

Kahlil Gibran

Lebanese-American poet, painter, and philosopher (born 1883)

Jubrān Khalīl Jubrān, usually referred to in English as Kahlil Gibran, was a Lebanese-American writer, poet and visual artist. He was also considered a philosopher, although he himself rejected the title. He is best…

1931

Rosa Campbell Praed

Australian novelist (born 1851)

Rosa Campbell Praed was an Australian author. Born in Bromelton, Queensland, in 1851, she grew up on properties across rural Queensland. She married in 1872 and spent two unhappy years on a cattle station on Curtis…

1935

King Oliver

American cornet player and bandleader (born 1885)

Joseph Nathan "King" Oliver was an American jazz cornet player and bandleader. He was particularly recognized for his playing style and his pioneering use of mutes in jazz. Also a notable composer, he wrote many tunes…

1938

Carl Schenstrøm

Danish actor and director (born 1881)

Karl Georg Harald Schenstrøm was a Danish stage and film actor of the silent era in Denmark. He worked under directors such as August Blom and Lau Lauritzen Sr.

1942

Andreas Faehlmann

Estonian-German sailor and engineer (born 1898)

Andreas R. Faehlmann was an Estonian aviation engineer and yachtsman who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.

1943

Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman

Dutch printer and typographer (born 1882)

Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman was an experimental Dutch artist, typographer, and printer. He set up a clandestine printing house during the Nazi occupation (1940–1945) and was shot by the Gestapo in the closing days of the…

1945

Charles Nordhoff

English-American lieutenant and author (born 1887)

Charles Bernard Nordhoff was an American novelist and traveler, born in England. Nordhoff is perhaps best known for The Bounty Trilogy, three historical novels he wrote with James Norman Hall: Mutiny on the Bounty…

1947

Fevzi Çakmak

Turkish field marshal and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1876)

Mustafa Fevzi Çakmak was a Turkish field marshal (Mareşal) and politician. He served as the Chief of General Staff from 1918 and 1919 and later the Minister of War of the Ottoman Empire in 1920. He later joined the…

1950

Auguste Lumière

French director and producer (born 1862)

The Lumière brothers, Auguste Marie Louis Nicolas Lumière and Louis Jean Lumière, were French manufacturers of photography equipment, best known for their Cinématographe motion picture system and the short films they…

1954

Oscar Mathisen

Norwegian speed skater (born 1888)

Oscar Wilhelm Mathisen was a Norwegian speed skater and celebrity, almost rivalling Roald Amundsen and Fridtjof Nansen as symbols for a young nation. He represented Kristiania Skøiteklub.

1954

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

French priest, theologian, and philosopher (born 1881)

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, S.J. was a French Jesuit Catholic priest, scientist, paleontologist, philosopher, mystic, and teacher. Teilhard de Chardin investigated the theory of evolution from a perspective influenced…

1955

Chuck Willis

American singer-songwriter (born 1928)

Harold "Chuck" Willis was an American blues, rhythm and blues, and rock and roll singer and songwriter. His biggest hits, "C. C. Rider" (1957) and "What Am I Living For" (1958), both reached No. 1 on the Billboard R&B…

1958

André Berthomieu

French director and screenwriter (born 1903)

André Berthomieu was a French screenwriter and film director. He was married to the actress Line Noro.

1960

Michael Curtiz

Hungarian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1886)

Michael Curtiz was a Hungarian and American film director, recognized as one of the most prolific directors in history. He directed classic films from the silent era and numerous others during Hollywood's Golden Age,…

1962

Stuart Sutcliffe

Scottish artist and musician (born 1940)

Stuart Fergusson Victor Sutcliffe was a British painter and musician, best known as the original bass guitarist of the Beatles. Sutcliffe left the band to pursue his career as a painter, having previously attended the…

1962

Lloyd Casner

American race car driver, founded Casner Motor Racing Division (born 1928)

Lloyd Perry Casner was an American race car driver and the creator of the Casner Motor Racing Division team.

1965

Linda Darnell

American actress (born 1923)

Linda Darnell was an American actress. Darnell progressed from modelling as a child to acting in theatre and film. At the encouragement of her mother, she made her first film in 1939, and appeared in both lead and…

1965

Evelyn Waugh

English soldier, novelist, journalist and critic (born 1903)

Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh was an English writer of novels, biographies, and travel books; he was also a prolific journalist and book reviewer. His most famous works include the early satires Decline and Fall (1928)…

1966

Gustavs Celmiņš

Latvian lieutenant and politician (born 1899)

Gustavs Celmiņš was a Latvian politician, who was the founder of the ultranationalist, Anti-Baltic German, anti-Slavic, and antisemitic political party Pērkonkrusts.

1968

Harley Earl

American businessman (born 1893)

Harley Jarvis Earl was an American automotive designer and business executive. He was the initial designated head of design at General Motors, later becoming vice president, the first top executive of a major…

1969

Walker Evans

American photographer (born 1903)

Walker Evans was an American photographer and photojournalist best known for his work for the Resettlement Administration and the Farm Security Administration (FSA), for whom he documented the effects of the Great…

1975

Marjorie Main

American actress (born 1890)

Mary Tomlinson, professionally known as Marjorie Main, was an American character actress and singer of the Classical Hollywood period, notable as a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract player in the 1940s and 1950s, and for her…

1975

Hjalmar Mäe

Estonian politician (born 1901)

Hjalmar-Johannes Mäe was an Estonian politician and Nazi collaborator. In 1941–1944 he headed the Estonian Self-Administration, a puppet government set up during the country's occupation by Nazi Germany during World War…

1978

Nino Rota

Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1911)

Giovanni "Nino" Rota Rinaldi was an Italian composer, pianist, conductor and academic who is best known for his film scores, notably for the films of Federico Fellini and Luchino Visconti. He also composed the music for…

1979

Kay Medford

American actress and singer (born 1919)

Margaret Kathleen Regan, better known as Kay Medford, was an American actress and singer. For her performance as Rose Brice in the musical Funny Girl and the film adaptation of the same name, she was nominated for a…

1980

Howard Thurman

American author, philosopher and civil rights activist (born 1899)

Howard Washington Thurman was an American author, philosopher, minister, theologian, Christian mystic, educator, and civil rights leader.

1981

Issam Sartawi

Palestinian activist (born 1935)

Issam Sartawi was a Palestinian cardiologist, guerrilla leader, politician and diplomat. He led a small fedayeen organisation in Jordan between 1968 and 1971 and became during that time a senior member of the Palestine…

1983

Zisis Verros

Greek chieftain of the Macedonian Struggle (born 1880)

Zisis Verros was a notable Greek chieftain of the Macedonian Struggle.

1985

Linda Creed

American singer-songwriter (born 1948)

Linda Diane Creed, also known by her married name Linda Epstein, was an American songwriter, lyricist, background singer and record producer who teamed up with Thom Bell to produce some of the most successful…

1986

Ezekias Papaioannou

Greek Cypriot politician (born 1908)

Ezekias Papaioannou was a Greek Cypriot communist politician and Secretary General of AKEL.

1988

Kevin Peter Hall

American actor (born 1955)

Kevin Peter Hall was an American actor. Hall stood 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) tall, and frequently played monster characters. He was the original title monster in the science fiction Predator franchise, appearing in the first…

1991

Martin Hannett

English guitarist and producer (born 1948)

James Martin Hannett, was an English record producer, musician, and an original partner and director at Tony Wilson's Factory Records. He was also a co-founder of the musicians' collective Music Force, and the record…

1991

Natalie Schafer

American actress (born 1900)

Natalie Schafer was an American actress, best known today for her role as Lovey Howell on the sitcom Gilligan's Island (1964–1967).

1991

Sam Kinison

American comedian and actor (born 1953)

Samuel Burl Kinison was an American stand-up comedian and actor. A former Pentecostal preacher, he performed stand-up routines that were characterized by intense sudden tirades, punctuated with his distinctive scream.…

1992

Chris Hani

South African activist and politician (born 1942)

Chris Hani was a South African military commander, politician and revolutionary. He served as the leader of the South African Communist Party (SACP) and chief of staff of uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the former armed wing of…

1993

Sam B. Hall

Jr., American lawyer, judge, and politician (born 1924)

Samuel Blakeley Hall Jr. was an American lawyer, politician, and judge. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas's 1st congressional district from 1976 to 1985 and a United States…

1994

Morarji Desai

Indian politician, 4th Prime Minister of India (born 1896)

Morarji Ranchhodji Desai was an Indian politician and independence activist who served as the prime minister of India between 1977 and 1979 leading the government formed by the Janata Party. During his long career in…

1995

Michael Dorris

American author and academic (born 1945)

Michael Anthony Dorris was an American novelist and scholar who was the first Chair of the Native American Studies program at Dartmouth College. His works include the novel A Yellow Raft in Blue Water (1987) and the…

1997

Seraphim of Athens

Greek archbishop (born 1913)

Seraphim born Vissarion Tikas was Archbishop of Athens and All Greece from 1974 to 1998.

1998

Heinz Fraenkel-Conrat

German-American biochemist and physician (born 1910)

Heinz Ludwig Fraenkel-Conrat was a biochemist, famous for his research on viruses.

1999

Jean Vander Pyl

American actress and voice artist (born 1919)

Jean Thurston Vander Pyl was an American voice actress. Although her career spanned many decades, she is best known as the voice of Wilma Flintstone for the Hanna-Barbera cartoon The Flintstones. In addition to Wilma…

1999

Peter Jones

English actor and screenwriter (born 1920)

Peter Geoffrey Francis Jones was an English actor, screenwriter and broadcaster.

2000

Larry Linville

American actor (born 1939)

Lawrence Lavon Linville was an American actor known for his portrayal of the surgeon Major Frank Burns on the television series M*A*S*H.

2000

Little Eva

American singer (born 1943)

Eva Narcissus Boyd, known by her stage name Little Eva, was an American singer best known for her 1962 hit "The Loco-Motion".

2003

Jacek Kaczmarski

Polish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and poet (born 1957)

Jacek Marcin Kaczmarski was a Polish singer, songwriter, poet and author.

2004

Sakıp Sabancı

Turkish businessman and philanthropist, founded Sabancı Holding (born 1933)

Sakıp Sabancı was a Turkish business tycoon and philanthropist.

2004

Norbert Brainin

Austrian violinist (born 1923)

Norbert Brainin was the first violinist of the Amadeus Quartet, one of the world's most highly regarded string quartets.

2005

Scott Gottlieb

American drummer (born 1970)

Bleed the Dream is an American post-hardcore/alternative rock band from Southern California.

2005

Archbishop Iakovos of America (born 1911)

Archbishop Iakovos of North and South America was the primate of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America from 1959 until his resignation in 1996.

2005

Al Lucas

American football player (born 1978)

Albert Lucas was an American professional football player who played in the National Football League (NFL) and Arena Football League (AFL). He died from a game-related spinal cord injury while playing for the Los…

2005

Wally Tax

Dutch singer-songwriter (born 1948)

Wladimir "Wally" Tax was a Dutch singer and songwriter. He was founder and frontman of the Nederbeat group The Outsiders (1959–1969) and the rock group Tax Free (1969–1971).

2005

Kleitos Kyrou

Greek poet and translator (born 1921)

Kleitos-Dimitrios Kyrou was a Greek poet and translator. He was born in Thessaloniki and he studied at Anatolia College. In 1939, he entered the Law School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He worked in…

2006

Charles Philippe Leblond

French-Canadian biologist and academic (born 1910)

Charles Philippe Leblond was a pioneer of cell biology and stem cell research and a Canadian former professor of anatomy. Leblond is notable for developing autoradiography and his work showing how cells continuously…

2007

Dakota Staton

American singer (born 1930)

Dakota Staton was an American jazz vocalist who found international acclaim with the 1957 No. 4 hit "The Late, Late Show". She was also known by the Muslim name Aliyah Rabia for a period due to her conversion to Islam…

2007

Deborah Digges

American poet and educator (born 1950)

Deborah Digges was an American poet and teacher.

2009

Ioannis Patakis

Greek politician (born 1940)

Ioannis Patakis was a Greek politician who was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2001 to 2004 for the Communist Party of Greece (KKE).

2009

Casualties in the 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash included:

Ryszard Kaczorowski, GCMG was a Polish statesman. From 1989 to 1990, he served as the last president of Poland-in-exile. He succeeded Kazimierz Sabbat, and resigned his post following Poland's regaining independence…

2010

Casualties in the 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash included:

Maria Helena Kaczyńska was the First Lady of Poland from 2005 to 2010 as the wife of President Lech Kaczyński. She and her husband died in a plane crash in the Russian city of Smolensk.

2010

Casualties in the 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash included:

Lech Aleksander Kaczyński was a Polish politician who served as the 4th president of Poland from 2005 to 2010, when he died in the Smolensk air disaster. Earlier, he served as the city mayor of Warsaw from 2002 to 2005.…

2010

Casualties in the 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash included:

Anna Walentynowicz was a Polish trade unionist and co-founder of Solidarity, the first recognised independent trade union in the Eastern Bloc. Her firing from her job at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk in August 1980 was…

2010

Dixie Carter

American actress and singer (born 1939)

Dixie Virginia Carter was an American actress. She starred as Julia Sugarbaker on the sitcom Designing Women (1986–1993) and as Randi King on the drama series Family Law (1999–2002). She was nominated for the 2007…

2010

Raymond Aubrac

French engineer and activist (born 1914)

Raymond Aubrac was a member of the French Resistance in World War II. A civil engineer by trade, he assisted General Charles Delestraint within the Armée secrète. Aubrac and his wife Lucie, both communist Resistance…

2012

Barbara Buchholz

German theremin player and composer (born 1959)

Barbara Buchholz was a Berlin-based German musician and composer. She was one of the leading theremin players of the world.

2012

Lili Chookasian

Armenian-American operatic singer (born 1921)

Lili Chookasian was an American contralto of Armenian ethnicity, who appeared with many of the world's major symphony orchestras and opera houses. She began her career in the 1940s as a concert singer but did not draw…

2012

Luis Aponte Martínez

Puerto Rican cardinal (born 1922)

Luis Aponte Martínez was a Puerto Rican Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of San Juan from 1965 to 1999. He is the only Puerto Rican to have been named a cardinal of the Catholic Church. He participated as an…

2012

Akin Omoboriowo

Nigerian lawyer and politician (born 1932)

Akinwole Michael Omoboriowo was a Nigerian lawyer and politician who was Deputy Governor of Ondo State, later switching parties and contested for the governorship election of 1983 in Ondo State during the Nigerian…

2012

Robert Edwards

English physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1925)

Sir Robert Geoffrey Edwards was a British physiologist and pioneer in reproductive medicine, and in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) in particular. Along with obstetrician and gynaecologist Patrick Steptoe and nurse and…

2013

Richie Benaud

Australian cricketer and sportscaster (born 1930)

Richard Benaud was an Australian cricketer who played for New South Wales and Australia. Following his retirement from international cricket in 1964, Benaud became a highly regarded commentator on the game.

2015

Rose Francine Rogombé

Gabonese lawyer and politician, President of Gabon (born 1942)

Rose Francine Rogombé was a Gabonese politician who was acting president of Gabon from June to October 2009, following the death of long-time President Omar Bongo. She constitutionally succeeded Bongo due to her role as…

2015

Peter Walsh

Australian farmer and politician, 6th Australian Minister for Finance (born 1935)

Peter Alexander Walsh was an Australian politician. He was a Senator for Western Australia from 1974 to 1993, representing the Australian Labor Party (ALP). He held senior ministerial office in the Hawke government,…

2015

Howard Marks

Welsh cannabis smuggler, writer, and legalisation campaigner (born 1945)

Dennis Howard Marks was a Welsh drug smuggler and author who achieved notoriety as an international cannabis smuggler through high-profile court cases.

2016

Al Jaffee

American cartoonist (born 1921)

Allan Jaffee was an American cartoonist. He was known for his work in the satirical magazine Mad, including his trademark feature, the Mad Fold-in. Jaffee was a regular contributor to the magazine for 65 years and is…

2023

O. J. Simpson

American football player, actor, and broadcaster (born 1947)

Orenthal James Simpson, nicknamed "the Juice", was an American football player, actor, and media personality. He played in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons—nine with the Buffalo Bills—and is regarded as…

2024

Leo Beenhakker

Dutch football manager (born 1942)

Leo Beenhakker was a Dutch football player and coach. Nicknamed "Don Leo" for his role in Spanish football, he had an extensive and successful career both at club and international level.

2025

Ted Kotcheff

Canadian film and television director (born 1931)

William Theodore Kotcheff was a Canadian director and producer of film, television, and theatre. He worked at various times in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States. He was known for having directed such…

2025

Peter Lovesey

British writer (born 1936)

Peter Harmer Lovesey, also known by his pen name Peter Lear, was a British writer of historical and contemporary detective novels and short stories. His best-known series characters are Sergeant Cribb, a Victorian-era…

2025

Eliot Engel

American politician (born 1947)

Eliot Lance Engel was an American politician who served as a U.S. representative from New York from 1989 to 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented a district covering portions of the north Bronx and…

2026

Anja Hatakka

Finnish actress and beauty pageant competitor (born 1938)

Anja Inkeri Geissbühler was a Finnish actress and beauty pageant competitor.

2026

Sid Krofft

Canadian-American puppeteer and producer (born 1929)

Cydus Yolas and Moshopopoulos Yolas, known professionally as Sid and Marty Krofft or the Krofft Brothers, were a Canadian sibling team of television creators, writers, and puppeteers. Through their production company…

2026

Browning Nagle

American football player (born 1968)

Browning Kenneth Nagle was an American professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Jets, Indianapolis Colts, and Atlanta Falcons. He played college football…

2026

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A mass shooting occurs at the Old National Bank in Louisville, Kentucky, that leaves five victims dead and eight wounded. Wikipedia →

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The Paravur temple accident, in which a devastating fire caused by the explosion of firecrackers stored for Vishu kills more than one hundred people out of the thousands gathered for the seventh day of Bhadrakali worship. Wikipedia →

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An earthquake of 6.6 magnitude strikes 39 km west-southwest of Ashkasham, impacting India, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Srinagar and Pakistan. Wikipedia →

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