Famous Deaths In April - 15

1916  Alfred Cogniaux, Belgian botanist, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

1920  Jacob van Stolk Azn, art collector, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

1924  Eduardo Caudella, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

1925  On this day in history john Singer Sargent, US portrait painter, dies at 69  

1926  Frank Iredale, cricketer (14 Tests for Aust, 807 runs at 36 68), dies on this day in history.  

1927  On April - 15 francesco Gaeta, Italian poet (Di Giacomo), dies at 47  

1929  On April - 15 antonio Smareglia, composer, dies at 74  

1937  On April - 15 nikolai Artzibushev, composer, dies at 79  

1938  Caesar Vallejo, Peru/French poet (Trilce, Russia & 1931), dies at 46 on this day in history.  

1942  On April - 15 robert Musil, Austrian writer (Mann ohne Eigenschaften), dies at 61  

1943  Raffaele Casimiro Casimiri, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

1947  Wolstenholme, rocker, dies on April - 15.  

1948  Death of Radola Gajda, Czech military commander and politician (d. 1892) on this day in history.  

1949  Wallace Beery, US actor (The Champ), dies at 64 on April - 15.  

1954  Juan Vicente Lecuna, composer, dies at 54 on April - 15.  

1956  Emile Nolde [Hansen], German painter (Grablegung Christi), dies at 88 on this day in history.  

1957  Death of Pedro Infante, Mexican actor and singer (b. 1917) on this day in history.  

1958  On this day in history estelle Taylor, dies at 64  

1962  On this day in history death of clara Blandick, committed suicide at 80  

1963  On April - 15 death of edward "Carji" Greeves, Australian rules footballer (b. 1903)  

1965  Syd Chaplin, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

1966  Joseph Crehan, dies of stroke at 81 on April - 15.  

1967  On April - 15 antonio de Curtis Toto, comedian, dies of heart attack at 69  

1968  Boris Mykolayovich Lyatoshyns'ky, composer, dies at 73 on April - 15.  

1969  Victoria von Battenberg, wife of Spanish king Alfonso, dies at 81 on this day in history.  

1970  On this day in history death of ripper Collins, American baseball player (b. 1904)  

1971  Death of Dan Reeves, American football team owner (b. 1912) on April - 15.  

1972  Otto Brenner, German trade union leader, dies at 64 on April - 15.  

1974  On this day in history death of giovanni D'Anzi, Italian songwriter (b. 1906)  

1975  On this day in history charles Marshall, dies  

1976  On this day in history gerald Smith, antisemite/catholic (Natl Christian Crusade), dies at 78  

1980  Jean-Paul Sartre, existentialist philosopher and writer (Nobel 1964), dies in Paris at 74 on this day in history.  

1981  On April - 15 french Duynstee, Dutch states rights leader, dies at 67  

1982  On April - 15 death of 5 murderers, of Egyptian pres Sadat, executed  

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1452  On this day in history birth of leonardo da Vinci, Italy, painter/sculptor/scientist/visionary  

1469  On this day in history birth of nanak, 1st guru of Sikhs  

1489  Sinan, Ottoman architect (d. 1588) was born on April - 15.  

1552  Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1626) was born on April - 15.  

1588  On April - 15 birth of claudius Salmasius, [Claude Saumaise], French linguist  

1637  On April - 15 birth of valentin Molitor, composer  

1641  On this day in history birth of robert Sibbald, Scottish physician (d. 1722)  

1646  King Christian V of Denmark (d. 1699) was born on April - 15.