Famous Deaths In April - 05

1985  On April - 05 tyrell Johnson, cricketer (WI left-arm quickie, one Test 1939), dies   

1986  On April - 05 colin McCool, cricketer (14 Tests for Australia, 36 wkts), dies   

1988  On this day in history alf Kjellin, Swedish actor/director (Juggler), dies   

1989  On April - 05 death of maría Cristina Gómez, Salvadoran Teacher (b. 1938)   

1990  Nico Scheepmaker, Dutch columnist/poet, dies at 59 on April - 05.   

1991  John Tower, (Sen-R-Tx), dies in a plane crash at 65 on this day in history.   

1992  On April - 05 anthony "Tony" Papa, big band leader, dies at 65   

1994  On April - 05 andre Victor Tchelistcheff, winemaker, dies at 92   

1995  On April - 05 christian Pineau, French politician, dies   

1996  Peter Nailor, civil servant/historian, dies at 67 on April - 05.   

1997  On April - 05 allen Ginsberg, beat poet, dies at 80   

1998  Death of Cozy Powell, British musician (b. 1947) on this day in history.   

1999  Death of Paul David, French-Canadian cardiologist (b. 1919) on this day in history.   

2000  On April - 05 death of lee Petty, American race car driver (b. 1914)   

2001  Death of Brother Theodore, German comedian (b. 1906) on April - 05.   

2002  On April - 05 death of layne Staley, American musician (Alice in Chains) (b. 1967)   

2004  Death of Heiner Zieschang, German mathematician (b. 1936) on April - 05.   

2005  On April - 05 death of saul Bellow, Canadian born writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1915)   

2006  On April - 05 death of gene Pitney, American singer (b. 1941)   

2007  Death of Mark St. John, American musician (Kiss)(b. 1956) on this day in history.   

2017  On April - 05 death of arthur Bisguier, American chess Grandmaster   

2018  On this day in history death of eric Bristow, English darts player   

2018  On this day in history death of cynthia Chalk, Canadian photographer   

2018  Death of Tim O'Connor, American actor on this day in history.   

2018  On this day in history death of branislav Pokrajac, Serbian Olympic handball player   

2018  On this day in history death of isao Takahata, Japanese film director, animator, screenwriter, and producer   

2018  On this day in history death of cecil Taylor, American pianist and poet   

2019  Death of Sydney Brenner, South African Nobel biologist on April - 05.   

2019  On this day in history death of gianfranco Leoncini, Italian footballer   

2020  On this day in history death of honor Blackman, English actress   

2020  Death of Margaret Burbidge, English-born American astrophysicist on this day in history.   

2020  Death of Shirley Douglas, Canadian actress and civil rights activist on April - 05.   

2020  Death of Mahmoud Jibril, former Prime Minister of Libya on April - 05.   

2020  On April - 05 death of pentti Linkola, Finnish deep ecologist and writer   

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1288  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (d. 1336)   

1472  Bianca Maria Sforza, wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1510) was born on this day in history.   

1523  On this day in history birth of blaise de Vigenère, French cryptographer (d. 1596)   

1588  Thomas Hobbes, England, philosopher (Leviathan) was born on April - 05.   

1595  On April - 05 birth of john Wilson, composer   

1598  On this day in history birth of laurentius Erhard, composer   

1604  Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1675) was born on this day in history.   

1622  Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician (d. 1703) was born on this day in history.