Did you know
Through her work with TLC, Lopes won four Grammy Awards.
Notable Deaths on April 25
2002 — Lisa Lopes
American rapper and dancer (born 1971)
April 25 has 116 recorded notable deaths across history, from 501 to 2026. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
116 source records
501 – 2026
Today in history
Major events on April 25
See what else happened on this day in history.
- 1983 Pioneer 10 travels beyond Pluto's orbit. Source
- 2005 Bulgaria and Romania sign the Treaty of Accession 2005 to join the European Union. Source
- 1953 Francis Crick and James Watson publish "Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid" describing the double helix structure of DNA. Source
- 1945 United Nations Conference on International Organization: Founding negotiations for the United Nations begin in San Francisco. Source
Did you know
George Sanders also starred as Simon Templar, in five of the eight films in The Saint series (1939–1941), and as a suave Saint-like crimefighter in the first four of the sixteen The Falcon films (1941–1942).
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, after which she first starred in The Bonnie Parker Story and played many roles in TV series.
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An injury to Unitas in 1968 saw Morrall step in to become the starter; he guided the Colts to a 13–1 record and won league MVP.
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Anna Sewell was an English novelist who is known for her only book, Black Beauty, a novel about a horse.
More major people who died on April 25
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1972
George Sanders
English actor (born 1906)
George Henry Sanders was a British actor and singer whose career spanned over 40 years. His heavy, upper-class English accent and smooth bass voice often led him to be cast as sophisticated but villainous characters.
2010
Dorothy Provine
American actress and singer (born 1935)
Dorothy Michelle Provine was an American singer, dancer and actress.
2014
Earl Morrall
American football player and coach (born 1934)
Earl Edwin Morrall was an American professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) for 21 seasons. He was the last remaining player from the 1950s still active in the NFL.
1878
Anna Sewell
English author (born 1820)
Anna Sewell was an English novelist who is known for her only book, Black Beauty, a novel about a horse. She was born into a Quaker family in Norfolk and moved to London as a baby.
1944
George Herriman
American cartoonist (born 1880)
George Joseph Herriman III was an American cartoonist best known for the comic strip Krazy Kat (1913–1944). More influential than popular, Krazy Kat had an appreciative audience among those in the arts.
1342
Pope Benedict XII (born 1285)
Pope Benedict XII, born Jacques Fournier, was a cardinal and inquisitor, and later, head of the Catholic Church from 30 December 1334 to his death, in April 1342.
1890
Crowfoot
Canadian tribal chief (born 1830)
Crowfoot was a chief of the Siksika. His father, Istowun-ehʼpata, and mother, Axkahp-say-pi, were Kainai.
1892
Henri Duveyrier
French explorer (born 1840)
Henri Duveyrier was a French explorer and geographer, known for his exploration of the Sahara. Duveyrier was a son of the French playwright Charles Duveyrier, while his mother was English.
2012
Moscelyne Larkin
American ballerina and educator (born 1925)
Edna Moscelyne Larkin Jasinski was a Native American ballerina and one of the Five Moons", Indigenous ballerinas from Oklahoma who gained international fame in the 20th century.
2007
Arthur Milton
English footballer and cricketer (born 1928)
Clement Arthur Milton was an English cricketer and footballer; he was a double international. He played County cricket for Gloucestershire from 1948 to 1974, playing six Test matches for England in 1958 and 1959.
2012
Louis le Brocquy
Irish painter and illustrator (born 1916)
Louis le Brocquy HRHA was an Irish painter born in Dublin to Albert and Sybil le Brocquy. Louis' sister is the sculptor Melanie Le Brocquy.
1976
Carol Reed
English director and producer (born 1906)
Sir Carol Reed was an English film director and producer. Considered one of the foremost British filmmakers of the post-World War II era, he achieved prominence in the late 1940s for his film noir thrillers Odd Man Out…
2016
Tom Lewis
Australian politician, 33rd Premier of New South Wales (born 1922)
Thomas Lancelot Lewis was a New South Wales politician who served as the 33rd Premier of New South Wales from 1975 to 1976, and served as a minister in the cabinets of Sir Robert Askin and Sir Eric Willis.
1944
William Stephens
American engineer and politician, 24th Governor of California (born 1859)
William Dennison Stephens was an American federal and state politician. A three-term member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1911 to 1916, Stephens was the 24th governor of California from 1917 to 1923.
1921
Emmeline B. Wells
American journalist and women's rights advocate (born 1828)
Emmeline Blanche Woodward Harris Whitney Wells was an American journalist, editor, poet, women's rights advocate, and diarist.
1077
Géza I of Hungary (born 1040)
Géza I was King of Hungary from 1074 until his death. He was the eldest son of King Béla I. His baptismal name was Magnus.
1690
David Teniers the Younger
Flemish painter and educator (born 1610)
David Teniers the Younger or David Teniers II was a Flemish Baroque painter, printmaker, and artist. He was an extremely versatile artist known for his prolific output.
2007
Alan Ball Jr.
English footballer and manager (born 1945)
Alan James Ball was an English professional football player and manager. He won the 1966 World Cup with England and scored more than 180 league goals in a career spanning 22 years.
2014
Dan Heap
Canadian priest and politician (born 1925)
Daniel James Macdonnell Heap was a Canadian activist and politician. Heap served as a Member of Parliament with the New Democratic Party, a Toronto City Councillor, a political activist and an Anglican worker-priest.