Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In April - 01
Wednesday, 05 November 2025
1922 On this day in history charles I, emperor (Austria)/King of Hungary (Charles IV), dies 

1925 On April - 01 francis William Davenport, composer, dies at 77 

1930 On this day in history cosima Liszt, wife of Austrian composer Richard Wagner, dies at 92 

1933 Frederick Lord Chelmsford, viceroy of Brit-Ind (1916-21), dies at 64 on April - 01. 

1936 On this day in history mikhail Vladimirovich Ivanov-Boretsky, composer, dies at 61 

1941 Hippolyte Delehaye, Flemish historian, dies at 81 on April - 01. 

1946 On this day in history noah Beery, actor (Beau Geste, Cimarron Kid, Mammy), dies at 62 

1947 On April - 01 george II, king of Greece, dies at 56 

1950 Charles R Drew, surgeon/developer of blood bank concept, dies at 45 on this day in history. 

1951 Clement D'Hooghe, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history. 

1955 On April - 01 silvio d'Amico, Italian theater critic (Il Teatro Italian), dies at 68 

1957 On April - 01 gheorge Tatarescu, premier Romania (1933-37, 39-40), dies 

1960 Piet[er O] Bakker, Dutch journalist/writer (Ciske), dies at 62 on this day in history. 

1964 Bozidar Kunc, composer, dies at 60 on April - 01. 

1965 Henry D G Crerar, Canadian general (WW I, Normandy), dies at 76 on April - 01. 

1966 On this day in history karl B Adam, German theologist (Jesus Christ), dies at 89 

1968 Lev D Landau, Russian physicist (Nobel 1962), dies at 59 on April - 01. 

1973 On April - 01 arthur Wood, cricket wicket-keeper (England 1938-39), dies 

1974 Alfred Ernest Whitehead, composer, dies at 86 on this day in history. 

1975 On April - 01 eugeen Yoors, Flemish draftsman/glass painter, dies at 95 

1976 Freddie Lennon, father of John Lennon (Beatles), dies at 63 on April - 01. 

1979 Marinus Peijnenburg, Dutch politician, dies at 51 on this day in history. 

1981 On this day in history d[ennis] F[eltham] Jones, sci-fi author (Colossus), dies at 65 

1984 Death of Marvin Gaye, singer (Sexual Healing), shot to death by his father Marvin Gaye Sr in LA at 44 on this day in history. 

1985 Death of Douglass Wallop, American novelist and playwright (b. 1920) on this day in history. 

1988 Jim Jordan, actor (Fibber McGee), dies from a blod clot at 91 on this day in history. 

1989 Henk Gortzak, Dutch MP (CPN/PSP), dies at 57 on this day in history. 

1991 On April - 01 martha Graham, US, choreographer (Appalachian Spring), dies at 96 

1992 On April - 01 juanito, soccer star (Madrid Real 1977-87), dies at 37 in car crash 

1993 On April - 01 alan Kulwicki, stock car racer, dies in plane crash at 38 

1994 Leon Degrelle, Belgium general, dies on April - 01. 

1995 On April - 01 cheryl Waltz, author/film producer, dies at 50 

1996 Alfredo Nobre Coast, PM of Portugal (1978), dies on this day in history. 

1997 On this day in history jolie Gabor, mother of Zsa Zsa & Eva, dies at 97 

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