Famous Deaths on 12th April

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45 BC - Gnaeus Pompeius, the Younger, Roman general
65 - Seneca the Younger, Roman philosopher, statesman and dramatist
238 - Gordian II, Roman co-Emperor with his father Gordian I, killed in battle at Carthage
238 - Gordian I, Roman Emperor, suicide, after losing battle at Carthage and death of son Gordian I
352 - Julius I, pope (337-52), dies
434 - Archbishop Maximianus of Constantinople
1125 - Vladislaus I of Bohemia
1443 - Henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury
1550 - Claude of Lorraine, duke of Guise, dies at 53
1555 - Joanna of Castile (Joanna the mad), wife of Philip I of Castile dies at 75
1675 - Richard Bennett, British Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1609)
1687 - Ambrose Dixon, Virginia Colony pioneer
1690 - Miguel Gomez Camargo, composer, dies at 71
1704 - John Hudde, 21x mayor of Amsterdam, dies at 76
1704 - Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, French bishop and writer, dies at 77
1748 - William Kent, English sculptor/architect (Kensington Palace), dies
1760 - Baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer, dies at 64
1782 - Metastasio, Italian poet and librettist (b. 1698)
1788 - Carl Joseph Toeschi, composer, dies at 56
Bishop and Writer Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet (1704) 1788 - Carlo Antonio Campioni, composer, dies at 67
1795 - Rainieri de Calzabigi, Italian librettist and poet, dies at 80
1795 - Johann Kaspar Basselet von La Rosée, Bavarian general (b. 1710)
1797 - Josef Antonin Stepan, composer, dies at 71
1814 - Charles Burney, English music historian (b. 1726)
1817 - Charles Messier, "comet ferret" & catalogs famous "M objects,", dies
1828 - Jean Henri Appelius, Dutch lawyer/minister of Finance, dies at 60
1845 - Henry M baron the Kock, officer/politician, dies at 65
1850 - Adoniram Judson, American Baptist missionary (b. 1788)
1859 - John Emde, German evangelist, dies at about 84
1864 - Thomas Green, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 50
1872 - Nikolaos Mantzaros, Greek composer (b. 1795)
1878 - William M "Boss" Tweed, NY politician, dies
1896 - Alexander Ritter, composer, dies at 62
1898 - Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, Roman catholic archbishop of Quebec (b. 1820)
1902 - Marie Alfred Cornu, French physicist (b. 1842)
1909 - Hermann Kotzchmar, composer, dies at 79
1910 - William G Sumner, US sociologist/politicologist (Folkways), dies at 69
Humanitarian Clara Barton (1912) 1912 - Clara Barton, organizer (American Red Cross), dies at 90
1914 - Josef Nesvera, composer, dies at 71
1922 - Frantisek Ondricek, composer, dies at 64
1938 - Feodor Chaliapine, Russian author (Man & Mark), dies at 65
1942 - Johannes E Akkeringa, Dutch painter/etcher, dies at 80
1945 - Franklin Roosevelt, 32nd US President (D) (1933-1945), dies at 63
1946 - August Borms, Flemish nazi collaborator, executed at 67
1946 - F Guicciardi, writer, dies
1947 - Christian F L Leipoldt, South African writer (Die Moormansgat), dies
1951 - Harold Vincent Milligan, composer, dies at 62
1954 - Pim [Willem JH] Mulier, Dutch journalist/sports-organizer, dies at 89
1959 - Ernest Willem Mulder, composer, dies at 60
1959 - James Gleason, dies at 76
1961 - Nils-Eric Fougstedt, composer, dies at 50
1961 - Philippine "Pine" Belder, [Mary de Klerk], actress, dies at 93
32nd US President Franklin Roosevelt (1945) 1962 - Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, Indian politician and engineer (b. 1861)
1962 - Ron Flockhart, Scottish racing driver (b. 1923)
1965 - Linda Darnell, US actress (Dakota Incident), dies at 43
1966 - Sumokil, president of Republic South Moluccas, executed
1968 - Heinrich Nordhoff, German automobile engineer and Volkswagen director (b. 1899)
1971 - Ed Lafitte, American baseball player (b. 1871)
1971 - Wynton Kelly, American jazz pianist (b. 1931)
1972 - C W Ceram, [Kurt Marek], German/US writer (1st American), dies at 57
1972 - Henri Potiron, composer, dies at 89
1974 - Carl Jaffe, dies at 72
1975 - Josephine Baker, US/French revue artist (Folies-Bergere), dies at 68
1976 - Paul Ford, actor (Phil Silvers Show), dies at 74
1977 - Philip K Wrigley, baseball owner (Chicago Cubs), dies at 82
1980 - Stanley De Silva, cricketer (motor bike Sri Lanka '79 World Cup), dies
1980 - William R Tolbert Jr, Liberian President & 27 others killed in coup
1980 - Clark McConachy, New Zealand billiards and snooker player (b. 1895)
1981 - Hans Chemin-Petit, composer, dies at 78
1981 - Hendrik F Andriessen, Dutch organist/composer (Te Deum), dies at 88
1981 - Joe Louis, [Brown bomber], US heavyweight boxing champion (1937-49), dies at 66
1983 - Carl Morton, American baseball player (b. 1944)
1984 - Ruth Taylor, actress (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), dies at 76
1986 - Valentin Kataev, Russian writer (b. 1897)
1987 - Ewan Calague, economist/statistician (Social Security) dies at 90
1987 - Mike Von Erich, American wrestler
1988 - Alan Stewart Paton, writer, dies
1989 - Abbie Hoffman, yippie peace activist of the 60's, dies at 52
Middle/welterweight championship boxer Sugar Ray Robinson (1989) 1989 - Sugar Ray Robinson, heavyweight boxing champ, dies at 67 of Alzheimer
1989 - Gerald Flood, British actor (b. 1927)
1990 - Henry Kendrick, dies
1991 - James Schuyler, US poet (Pulitzer 1980), dies
1992 - Joe Medwick, vocalist, dies at 61
1993 - Isaac Rojas, vp of Argentina (1955-58), dies
1993 - Patience Jarvis, dies of melanoma at 56
1994 - Harry la Fontaine, Danish/US resistance fighter/producer, dies at 81
1994 - Jean Carmet, dies at 72
1994 - Q T Macon, blues vocal/guitar, dies at 60
1995 - Chris Pyne, trombonist, dies at 56
1996 - Marthe Robert, essayist/translator, dies at 82
1996 - Nancy Sheehan, writer, dies at 69
1996 - William Wilkinson, businessman/conservationist, dies at 63
1997 - George Wald, scientist, (Nobel Prize, vitamin A in retina) dies at 90
Scientist George Wald (1997) 1999 - Boxcar Willie, American singer (b. 1931)
2001 - Harvey Ball, American inventor (b. 1921)
2003 - Cecil H. Green, American manufacturer (b. 1900)
2006 - Dr. Rajkumar, Kannada language film actor/singer (India)(b. 1929)
2006 - Puggy Pearson, American poker player (b. 1929)
2007 - Kevin Crease, Australian TV anchor (b. 1936)
2008 - Paddy Hillery, 6th President of Ireland, EEC Commissioner and Irish Minister (b. 1923)
2008 - Cecilia Colledge, British ice skater and Olympian (b. 1920)
2008 - Jerry Zucker, Israeli-born American businessman (b. 1949)
2009 - Marilyn Chambers, American pornographic actress (b. 1952)
2010 - Palito, Filipino comedian (b. 1934)
2013 - Robert Byrne, American grand chess master, dies from Parkinson’s disease at 84
2013 - Michael France, American screenwriter, dies from complications from diabetes at 51