Famous Deaths In April - 06

1884  Emanuel Geibel, writer, dies at 68 on April - 06.  

1906  On April - 06 alexander L Kielland, Norwegian writer (Working People), dies at 57  

1913  On April - 06 jose Marraco y Ferrer, composer, dies on 78th birthday  

1919  On April - 06 stefan Surzynski, composer, dies at 63  

1926  Giovanni Amendola, antifascist/editor-in-chief (Il Mondo), dies at 43 on this day in history.  

1931  Giuseppi Radiciotti, composer, dies at 73 on April - 06.  

1933  Death of Elizabeth Bacon Custer, wife of George Armstrong Custer (b. 1842) on April - 06.  

1935  On April - 06 edward Arlington Robinson, US poet, dies  

1939  On April - 06 robert Courtneidge, British theater producer, dies  

1940  On this day in history andres Isasi, composer, dies at 49  

1945  Benjamin M Telders, president (Dutch Liberal States Party), dies at 42 on April - 06.  

1947  Vaclav Kapral, composer, dies at 58 on April - 06.  

1949  Stanley Christopherson, cricketer (1884, MCC Pres during WWII), dies on this day in history.  

1951  Halfdan Cleve, composer, dies at 71 on April - 06.  

1953  On this day in history death of idris Davies, Welsh poet (b. 1905)  

1961  Jules J B V Bordet, Belgian bacteriologist (Nobel 1919), dies at 90 on this day in history.  

1962  J C Heldring, Dutch businessman, dies at 74 on April - 06.  

1963  Death of Otto Struve, Russian-born astronomer (b. 1897) on this day in history.  

1966  Julia Faye, actress (10 Commandments. Samson & Delilah), dies at 73 on this day in history.  

1968  On April - 06 death of bobby Hutton, US Black Panther leader, shot to death  

1970  Death of Sam Sheppard, American accused murderer (b. 1923) on this day in history.  

1971  On April - 06 igor F Strawinsky, Russ composer (Le Sacre du Printemps), dies at 88  

1974  Willem Dudok, Dutch architect (Hilversum Town Hall), dies at 89 on April - 06.  

1975  On April - 06 chiang Kai-Shek, Nationalist Chinese leader, dies at 87  

1976  Ruth P Thomson, writer, dies on this day in history.  

1978  On this day in history nicolas Nabokov, composer (Holy Devil), dies at 74  

1979  M Marie Widlow, softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1957), dies at 61 on April - 06.  

1981  Bob "The Bear" Hite, singer (Canned Heat-Goin' up the Country), dies on this day in history.  

1983  On April - 06 death of ana Maria, Salvador guerilla leader, murdered  

1984  Jimmy Kenndy, British songwriter (South of the Border), dies on April - 06.  

1990  Nancy Hawkes, (1946 best dress woman), dies at 73 on April - 06.  

1991  On April - 06 bill Ponsford, cricketer (Test avg 48 22, 1st-class avg 65 18), dies  

1992  On this day in history isaac Asimov, Sci-Fi author (I Robot), dies from kidney failure at 72  

1993  Divya Bharati, "Baby Doll" Indian Bollywood actress (Diwana), dies at 19 by mysteriously falling from her husband's apartment on this day in history.  

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1483  Raphael Sanzio, Italian painter/master builder (Madonna Sistina) was born on April - 06.  

1613  On this day in history birth of stjepan Gradić, Croatian philosopher and scientist (d. 1683)  

1631  On this day in history birth of vincenzo De Grandis, composer  

1632  On this day in history birth of maria Leopoldine of Austria, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1649)  

1651  On this day in history birth of andré Dacier, French classical scholar (d. 1722)  

1660  On April - 06 birth of johann Kuhnau, composer  

1664  Arvid Horn, Swedish statesman (d. 1742) was born on this day in history.  

1671  On this day in history birth of jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French playwright/poet (Sacred Odes & Songs)