Died on this Day

Anniversary Date: Apr-01

Died on This Day (Apr-01)

Person Person Description Age Anniv
Vontae Davis Vontae Davis Vontae Ottis Davis is a former American football cornerback who played for the Miami Dolphins, Indianapolis Colts, and Buffalo Bills of the National Football League . American football player 35 1
  Ken Buchanan Ken Buchanan MBE is a Scottish retired professional boxer from Edinburgh and the former undisputed world lightweight champion. Scottish boxer 77 2
  Red Óg Murphy Redmond Óg Murphy was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played for Sligo Senior Championship club Curry and at inter-county level with the Sligo senior football team. Irish footballer 21 3
Isamu Akasaki Isamu Akasaki Isamu Akasaki was a Japanese engineer and physicist, specializing in the field of semiconductor technology and Nobel Prize laureate, best known for inventing the bright gallium nitride p-n junction blue LED in 1989 and subsequently the high-brightness GaN blue LED as well. Japanese engineer and physicist 92 4
Dirceu Pinto Dirceu Pinto Dirceu José Pinto was a Brazilian Paralympic boccia player with muscular dystrophy. Brazilian Paralympic boccia player 39 5
  Joseph Ubalde Joseph Ubalde or Mark Joseph H. Ubalde was a Filipino online journalist and web trainer. Filipino journalist and weatherman 33 6
Steven Bochco Steven Bochco Steven Ronald Bochco Masterson was an American television writer and producer. US television producer and writer 74 7
Darcus Howe Darcus Howe Leighton Rhett Radford "Darcus" Howe was a British broadcaster, writer and racial justice campaigner. British broadcaster and writer 74 8
Kyaram Sloyan Kyaram Sloyan Kyaram or Qyaram Sloyan was an Artsakh Defense Army soldier who was killed during the 2016 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes. Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army soldier 19 9
Cynthia Lennon Cynthia Lennon Cynthia Lennon was the first wife of John Lennon and the mother of Julian Lennon. John Lennon's first wife 75 10
John Forsythe John Forsythe John Forsythe was an American stage, film/television actor, producer, narrator, drama teacher and philanthropist whose career spanned six decades. American stage, film/television actor, producer 92 15
Arne Andersson Arne Andersson Arne Andersson was a Swedish middle distance runner who became famous for his rivalry with his compatriot Gunder Hägg in the 1940s. Swedish distance runner 91 16
Robert Coldwell Wood Robert Coldwell Wood Robert Coldwell Wood was an American political scientist, academic and government administrator, and professor of political science at MIT. American political scientist 81 20
Willard J. Smith Willard J. Smith Willard John Smith served as the 13th commandant of the United States Coast Guard from 1966 to 1970. Commandant of the United States Coast Guard 89 25
Lucie Rie Lucie Rie Dame Lucie Rie, DBE was an Austrian-born British studio potter. Austrian-British potter 93 30
Al Heagy Al Heagy Albert B. Heagy was an American chemist, educator, politician, and college lacrosse player and coach. Chemist and educator 83 35
Óscar Murúa Óscar Murúa José Óscar Francisco Murúa Robledo was a Guatemalan artist. Guatemalan artist 82 45
Lorenz Jaeger Lorenz Jaeger Lorenz Jaeger was a German cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, who served as Archbishop of Paderborn from 1941 to 1973, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1965. Catholic cardinal 82 50
Charles R. Drew Charles R. Drew Charles Richard Drew was an American surgeon and medical researcher. American physician 45 75
Luigi Pigorini Luigi Pigorini Luigi Pigorini was an Italian palaeoethnologist, archaeologist and ethnographer. Italian archaeologist 83 100