Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In April - 11
Thursday, 12 February 2026
1916 On this day in history richard Harding Davis, journalist, dies at 52 

1918 On this day in history arthur Ochse, cricketer (WW I played for S Afr in 1889 aged 19), dies 

1921 Augusta Victoria, Queen of Prussia/wife of Emperor Wilhelm II, dies on this day in history. 

1926 On this day in history death of luther Burbank, American botanist (b. 1849) 

1936 On this day in history mitya Stillman, composer, dies at 44 

1939 SS Van Dine, [William Huntingdon Wright], detective writer, dies at 50 on this day in history. 

1945 On April - 11 kamiel van Baelen, Flemish resistance fighter (in Dachau), dies at 29 

1947 Death of Louise Peete, American murderess (b. 1880) on April - 11. 

1952 On this day in history wadi' Sabra, composer, dies at 76 

1953 Death of Kid Nichols, American baseball player (b. 1869) on April - 11. 

1958 Death of Konstantin Yuon, Russian painter (b. 1875) on this day in history. 

1961 Francis de Bourguignon, composer, dies at 70 on April - 11. 

1967 On April - 11 death of donald Sangster, Jamaican prime-minister (b. 1911) 

1969 On this day in history ludvig Irgens Jensen, composer, dies at 74 

1970 On April - 11 cathy O'Donnell, dies at 66 

1973 On April - 11 ted Decorsia, actor (Police Chief Hegedorn-Steve Canyon), dies at 69 

1974 Curt Conway, dies on April - 11. 

1975 On this day in history dorothy Patten, dies at 70 

1976 On this day in history liam Dunn, dies a 59 

1977 On April - 11 death of jacques Prévert, French poet and screenwriter (b. 1900) 

1980 On this day in history charlotte Henry, dies 

1981 On April - 11 marie Ney, dies at 85 

1983 On April - 11 dolores Del Rio, actress (Cheyenne Autumn), dies at 78 

1985 Enver Hoxha, party leader/premier of Albania, dies at 76 on April - 11. 

1987 On this day in history erskine Caldwell, novelist (Tobacco Road), dies at 83 

1988 On this day in history david Prater, US singer (Sam & Dave-Soul Man), dies in car crash at 50 

1989 On April - 11 henk van Galen Last, Dutch journalist, dies at 68 

1990 Barbara Ann Miller, dies on this day in history. 

1991 Tom Rosqui, dies at 62 on April - 11. 

1992 On April - 11 adele Dixon, singer/actress (Uneasy Virtue), dies of pneumonia at 83 

1993 Death of Mohammed el-Himi, brigade-general of Egyptian police, murdered on this day in history. 

1994 Johan Block, Dutch aviation pioneer (Martinair/Transavia), dies at 64 on this day in history. 

1996 On this day in history daniel Wolf, journalist, dies at 80 

1997 Death of Michael Dorris, writer, commits suicide at 52 on this day in history. 

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