Famous Deaths on April 22

Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616)

Spanish author (Don Quixote), dies of likely diabetes at 68

1627 Ahmad Baba, Islamic jurist and writer from Timbuktu (biographical dictionary of the Mālikī), dies at 70
1648 Catharina Belgica of Nassau and Countess and Regent of Hanau-Münzenberg, Dutch daughter of William I of Orange, dies at 69
1662 John Tradescant, English botanist & gardener, dies at 53
1672 Georg Stiernhielm, Swedish scholar & poet often known as "Father of Swedish poetry" (Hercules), dies at 73
1699 Hans Erasmus Aßmann Abschatz, German poet and nobleman, dies at 53
1758 Antoine de Jussieu, French naturalist, dies at 71
1776 Johann Adolph Scheibe, German music theorist & composer, dies at 67
1778 James Hargreaves, British inventor (spinning jenny), dies at 57

Anne Bonny (1702-1782)

Irish Caribbean pirate and lover of Calico Jack [date of death is approximate], dies in prison at 85

1782 Josef Seger {Segert], Czech composer. organist, and educator, dies at 66
1806 Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, French admiral, killed at 42
1821 John Crome [Old Crome], English landscape painter & etcher, dies at 52
1827 Thomas Rowlandson, English artist & caricaturist, dies at 70
1830 Knud Lyne Rahbek, Danish literary historian, dies at 69
1833 Richard Trevithick, English inventor (steam locomotive), dies at 62
1839 Denis Davydov, Russian general & poet, dies at 54
1844 Henri-Montan Berton, French composer, dies at 76
1854 Nicolás Bravo, Mexican politician & soldier, dies at 67
1864 Joseph Gilbert Totten, US Union general-major, dies at 75
1865 Francis Washburn, US Union colonel/gen major, dies of injuries
1865 William McKean, American naval officer (Union Navy), dies at 64
1867 Alexander Petrov, Russian chess player, writer (first great Russian chess master), dies at 73
1877 James P. Kirkwood, American civil engineer, dies at 70
1883 Octave Fouque, French pianist and composer, dies at 38
1890 Magnus Huss, Swedish physician who coined the word alcoholism and was the first to define it as a disease, dies at 82
1892 Édouard Lalo, French composer (Symphonie Espagnole; Le roi d'Ys), dies at 69
1893 Chaim Aronson, Lithuanian inventor and academic, dies at 67
1896 Thomas Meik, Scottish civil engineer, dies at 84
1899 Ned Gregory, Australian cricket batsman (1 Test; first recognised Test in 1877), dies at 59
1901 William Stubbs, English historian & Anglican bishop of Oxford, dies at 74
1903 Alexander Ramsey, American politician (1st Governor of Minnesota Territory), dies at 87
1908 Ellison Capers, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 70

Henry Campbell-Bannerman (1836-1908)

British Prime Minister (Liberal: 1905-08), dies at 71

1925 André Caplet, French composer & conductor (Conte Fantastic, Le miroir de Jesus), dies from WWI gas attack issues at 45
1929 Henry Lerolle, French painter, dies at 80
1929 Ödön Mihalovich, Hungarian composer, dies at 86
1930 Jeppe Aakjær, Danish poet & novelist (Bondens Søn), dies at 63

Henry Royce (1863-1933)

English industrialist and automobile founder (Rolls-Royce), dies at 70

1941 (Arthur) "Dooley" Briscoe MC, South African cricket batsman (2 Tests; Transvaal) and soldier (Military Cross, 1941), dies in action in Ethiopia at 30
1944 Mezio Agostini, Italian composer, dies at 68
1945 Kathe Kollwitz, German print maker and sculptor (Bauernkrieg), dies at 77
1946 Harlan F. Stone, American lawyer & jurist (SCOTUS, 1941-46), dies at 73
1946 Lionel Atwill, British actor (Captain Blood, To Be or Not to Be), dies at 61
1950 Charles Hamilton Houston, American lawyer & architect of NAACP legal campaign, dies at 54
1951 Horace Donisthorpe, British entomologist, dies at 81
1951 Stanley Ridges, British-born actor (possessed, Sgt York, Mr Ace), dies at 59
1953 Top Naeff, Dutch writer (School Idyills), dies at 75
1957 Roy Campbell, South African poet (Garcia Lorca), dies at 54
1962 Solomon Pimsleur, French composer, dies at 61
1962 Vera Reynolds, American actress (Dragnet Patrol, Lawless Woman), dies at 62
1967 Tom Conway {Sanders], British radio and screen actor (The Falcon's Brother; I Cheated The Law; The Betty Hutton Show), dies of cirrhosis of the liver at 62
1968 Stephen H. Sholes, American record producer (Elvis) and label executive (RCA Victor, 1929-68), dies of a heart attack at 57
1974 Tjalie Robinson [Jan Boon], Dutch East Indies writer & journalist (Tong Tong), dies at 63
1975 Mary Philips, American actress (Farewell to Arms), dies at 75
1976 Frutuoso de Lima Viana, Brazilian pianist & composer, dies at 79
1977 Charles Sanford, American orchestra leader (Your Show of Shows), dies at 71
1978 Will Geer [William Aughe Ghere], American actor (Salt of the Earth, The Waltons), dies at 76

Jane Froman (1907-1980)

American singer (Jane Froman's USA Canteen), dies at 72

1982 Melville Bell Grosvenor, American photographer & president of National Geographic Society, dies at 80
1983 Earl "Fatha" Hines, American jazz pianist & bandleader (Deep Forest), dies at 79

Ansel Adams (1902-1984)

American landscape photographer and environmentalist (Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1980), dies at 82

1985 José de Lima Siqueira, Brazilian conductor, and composer, dies at 78
1985 Paul H. Emmett, American chemical engineer, dies at 84
1986 Mircea Eliade, Romanian religious historian (Le Yoga) & author, dies at 79
1987 Irving Ashby, American jazz and session guitarist (Lionel Hampton - "Flying Home"; Nat King Cole Trio; Oscar Peterson Trio), dies at 66
1988 Irene Rich, American actress (Beau Brumell, Champ), dies at 96
1989 Benjamin "Bull Moose" Jackson, American R&B saxophone player and singer ("Hurry, Hurry"), dies at 70

Emilio G. Segrè (1905-1989)

Italian physicist & Nobel laureate (discovered the elements technetium, astatine and the sub-atomic antiparticle antiproton), dies at 84 of a heart attack

1990 Albert Salmi, American stage and screen character actor (Caddyshack; The Brothers Karamazov; Bus Stop), kills terminally ill wife & self at 62
1990 Bertil Unger, Swedish actor (Devil & Max Devlin), dies at 69
1992 Billy Wayne White, American murderer, executed in Texas at 34
1992 Youcca Troubatzkoy, American actress (Flower of the Night), dies at 86
1993 Andries Treurnicht, South African politician (founder of the South African Conservative Party), dies at 72

Cesar Chavez (1927-1993)

American farm labor leader (United Farm Workers), dies of natural causes at 66

1993 Mark Koenig, American baseball player (NY Yankees), dies at 88
1994 Denis Pitts, English journalist, dies at 64
1994 Hans Burkhardt, Swiss-American abstract artist, dies at 89
1994 Jack Bently, English trombonist, dies at 80

Richard Nixon (1913-1994)

American politician (37th US President (Republican), 1969-74; Vice-President, 1953-61; US Senator from California, 1950-53) and navy veteran, dies of a stroke at 81

1995 Don Pullen, American pianist & composer, dies at 53
1995 Maggie Kuhn, American activist & co-founder (Gray Panthers), dies at 89
1996 David Shipman, English film historian, dies at 63
1996 Erma Bombeck, American humorist (The Grass is Greener over the Septic Tank), dies at 69
1996 Harold "Jug" McSpaden, American golfer, course designer (17 PGA Tour wins), dies of carbon monoxide poisoning at 87
1996 Hiteswar Saikia, Indian politician & Chief Minister of Assam (1983-85, 1991-96), dies at 61
1996 Molly Keane, Irish writer, and playwright, dies at 91
1998 Kitch Christie, South African rugby coach, dies at 58
1999 Apostolos Nikolaidis, Greek singer (first Greek artist to record or re-record the authentic, "prohibited" rebetika songs in the early 1970s with their original lyrics), dies at 60
1999 Chan Canasta, Polish-born magician & mindreader, dies at 79
2000 Alexander H. Cohen, Broadway producer (Beyond the Fringe), dies at 79
2000 Toon Hermans, Dutch poet (Kolderliedjes), dies at 83
2001 Ludvig Nielsen, Norwegian organist, composer, choir director, and conductor (Nidaros Cathedral, 1935-76), dies at 95
2003 Felice Bryant, American songwriter (Bye Bye Love; Wake Up Little Susie), dies at 77
2003 Martha Griffiths, U.S. Congresswoman, dies at 91
2003 Michael Larrabee, American athlete (Olympic gold 400m, 4x400m relay 1964), dies from pancreatic cancer at 69
2004 Jason L. Dunham, American Corporal in the United States Marine Corps and Medal of Honor recipient, dies at 22
2004 Pat Tillman, American football player & U.S. Army Ranger, killed in action at 27
2005 (John) Norman Bird, British stage, wireless, and screen character actor (Worzel Gummidge, 1979–81 - "Mr Braithwaite"), dies at 80
2005 Eduardo Paolozzi, Scottish sculptor and pop art pioneer (mosaics Tottenham Court Rd tube), dies at 81
2005 Erika Fuchs, German translator, dies at 98
2005 John Marshall, American filmmaker and activist (Ju/'hoan Bushman films), dies at 76 [1]
2005 Norman Bird, English character actor, dies at 80
2005 Philip Morrison, American physicist, dies at 89
2006 Alida Valli [Baroness Alida von Marckenstein-Frauenberg], Italian actress (The Paradine Case, The Third Man), dies at 84
2007 (Raymond) "Bill" Hoffenberg, South African-British endocrinologist and college president (Wolfson at Oxford, 1985-93), dies at 84
2007 Juanita Millender-McDonald, American congresswoman from southern California, dies at 68
2008 Cameron Argetsinger, American auto racing executive (created Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race Course; F1 US Grand Prix 1961-80), dies from a stroke at 87
2008 Dora Ratjen, German man who posed as a female high jumper (Olympic 4th 1936), dies at 89
2008 Ed Chynoweth, Canadian ice hockey executive, dies at 66
2008 Paul Davis, American country-rock-pop singer-songwriter and piano player ("I Go Crazy"; "65 Love Affair"), dies of a heart attack at 60
2009 Jack Cardiff, British cinematographer (Black Narcissus), dies at 94
2011 Moin Akhter, Pakistani actor, dies at 60
2011 Wiel Coerver, Dutch soccer manager (developer of Coerver Method, football coaching technique), dies of pneumonia at 86
2013 Lalgudi Jayaraman, Indian Carnatic violinist & composer, dies at 82
2013 Richie Havens, American singer-songwriter, and guitarist who opened the Woodstock Festival ("Freedom"; "Here Comes The Sun"), dies from a heart attack at 72
2016 Isabelle Dinoire, French recipient of world's 1st partial face transplant, dies from surgical complications at 49
2016 Madeleine Sherwood, Canadian actress (Mother Superior - Flying Nun), dies at 93
2017 Erin Moran, American actress (Happy Days, Joanie Loves Chachi), dies at 56

Hubert Dreyfus (1929-2017)

American philosopher (What Computers Can't Do), dies at 87

2017 Norman T. Hatch, American oscar-winning marine cinematographer during WWII (With the Marines at Tarawa), dies at 96
2017 Václav Kučera, Czech composer (Concierto imaginativo; Homenaje a Salvador Dalí), dies at 87
2018 Dave Nelson, American baseball infielder (MLB All Star 1973 Washington Senators/Texas Rangers) and broadcaster (Milwaukee Brewers Fox Sports Wisconsin), dies of liver cancer at 73
2019 Billy McNeill MBE, Scottish soccer defender (29 caps; Celtic) and manager (Celtic, Manchester City, Aston Villa), dies from dementia at 79
2019 Dave Samuels, American vibraphonist (Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance), dies at 70
2019 Heather Harper, Northern Irish operatic soprano (Britten's War Requiem), dies at 88
2020 Hartwig Gauder, German race walker (Olympic gold men's 50k walk 1980), dies at 65
2020 Robert "Bootsie" Barnes, American jazz tenor saxophonist, dies of CovidCOVID-19 at 82 [1]
2020 Shirley Knight, American actress (Endless Love, Desperate Housewives), dies at 83
2020 Terence Frisby, English actor and playwright (There's a Girl in My Soup), dies at 87

Guy Lafleur (1951-2022)

Canadian Hockey HOF right wing (5 x Stanley Cup, 2 x NHL MVP, NHL Playoff MVP Montreal Canadiens; NY Rangers, Quebec Nordiques), dies of lung cancer at 70 [1]

2022 Mwai Kibaki, Kenyan economist and politician (President of Kenya, 2002-13), dies at 90
2022 Pedrie Wannenburg, South African rugby union flanker (20 Tests; Bulls, Ulster, Castres, Oyonnax), dies in a car accident at 41
2023 Barry Humphries, Australian Tony Award-winning comedian, actor and author known for his stage alter egos (Dame Edna Everage, Sir Les Patterson), dies of complications after hip surgery at 89 [1]
2023 Len Goodman, British ballroom dancing champion and television personality (Strictly Come Dancing, 2004-16; Dancing with the Stars, 2005-22), dies of bone cancer at 78
2023 Mick Loftus, Irish Gaelic footballer (Mayo) and executive (President Gaelic Athletic Association 1985–88), dies at 93
2023 Mike Coulman, English rugby union prop (9 Tests England, 1 British & Irish Lions; Moseley RUFC) and rugby league front rower (3 Tests GB, 5 England; Salford RLFC), dies at 78