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  Alf Kjellin, Swedish actor/director (Juggler), dies on this day in history.   

1989  Death of María Cristina Gómez, Salvadoran Teacher (b. 1938) on April - 05.   

1990  On April - 05 nico Scheepmaker, Dutch columnist/poet, dies at 59   

1991  John Tower, (Sen-R-Tx), dies in a plane crash at 65 on April - 05.   

1992  Anthony "Tony" Papa, big band leader, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1994  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1997  Allen Ginsberg, beat poet, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

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

1999  On April - 05 death of paul David, French-Canadian cardiologist (b. 1919)   

2000  On this day in history death of lee Petty, American race car driver (b. 1914)   

2001  Death of Brother Theodore, German comedian (b. 1906) on this day in history.   

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  Death of Saul Bellow, Canadian born writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1915) on this day in history.   

2006  On this day in history death of gene Pitney, American singer (b. 1941)   

2007  On this day in history death of mark St. John, American musician (Kiss)(b. 1956)   

2017  On this day in history death of arthur Bisguier, American chess Grandmaster   

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

2018  Death of Cynthia Chalk, Canadian photographer on April - 05.   

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

2018  Death of Branislav Pokrajac, Serbian Olympic handball player on April - 05.   

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

2018  Death of Cecil Taylor, American pianist and poet on this day in history.   

2019  On this day in history death of sydney Brenner, South African Nobel biologist   

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

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 April - 05 death of mahmoud Jibril, former Prime Minister of Libya   

2020  Death of Pentti Linkola, Finnish deep ecologist and writer on this day in history.   

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1288  Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (d. 1336) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1588  On April - 05 birth of thomas Hobbes, England, philosopher (Leviathan)   

1595  John Wilson, composer was born on this day in history.   

1598  On April - 05 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)