Famous Deaths In April - 05

1985  Tyrell Johnson, cricketer (WI left-arm quickie, one Test 1939), dies on this day in history.   

1986  On this day in history 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  On this day in history john Tower, (Sen-R-Tx), dies in a plane crash at 65   

1992  On this day in history anthony "Tony" Papa, big band leader, dies at 65   

1994  Andre Victor Tchelistcheff, winemaker, dies at 92 on April - 05.   

1995  Christian Pineau, French politician, dies on this day in history.   

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

1997  On this day in history allen Ginsberg, beat poet, dies at 80   

1998  On April - 05 death of cozy Powell, British musician (b. 1947)   

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  On this day in history death of brother Theodore, German comedian (b. 1906)   

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

2004  On April - 05 death of heiner Zieschang, German mathematician (b. 1936)   

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

2006  Death of Gene Pitney, American singer (b. 1941) on this day in history.   

2007  Death of Mark St. John, American musician (Kiss)(b. 1956) on April - 05.   

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

2018  Death of Eric Bristow, English darts player on this day in history.   

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

2018  On April - 05 death of tim O'Connor, American actor   

2018  Death of Branislav Pokrajac, Serbian Olympic handball player on this day in history.   

2018  On April - 05 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  On April - 05 death of sydney Brenner, South African Nobel biologist   

2019  Death of Gianfranco Leoncini, Italian footballer on this day in history.   

2020  On April - 05 death of honor Blackman, English actress   

2020  Death of Margaret Burbidge, English-born American astrophysicist on April - 05.   

2020  On this day in history death of shirley Douglas, Canadian actress and civil rights activist   

2020  On this day in history death of mahmoud Jibril, former Prime Minister of Libya   

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

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1288  On April - 05 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 April - 05.   

1523  Blaise de Vigenère, French cryptographer (d. 1596) was born on this day in history.   

1588  Thomas Hobbes, England, philosopher (Leviathan) was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician (d. 1703)