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April 2 2025

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Died on This Day

Albert Pike
deceased
lawyer · 1809–1891
Days lived
29,679
Aldo Fabrizi🇮🇹
deceased
Italian actor and cinema and theatre director (1905-1990) · 1905–1990
Days lived
30,833
Antoni Naumczyk🇵🇱
deceased
Polish priest (1925–1969) · 1925–1969
Days lived
16,162
Antonio Livi🇮🇹
deceased
Italian philosopher, priest and editor (1938–2020) · 1938–2020
Days lived
29,806
Buddy Rich🇺🇸
deceased
American jazz drummer and bandleader (1917–1987) · 1917–1987
Days lived
25,386
Estelle Harris🇺🇸
deceased
Actor · 1928–2022
Days lived
34,313
Franz Halder🇩🇪
deceased
military person · 1884–1972
Days lived
32,052
Franz von Bayros🇦🇹
deceased
Austrian artist, illustrator, and painter (1866–1924) · 1866–1924
Days lived
21,138
Georges Pompidou🇫🇷
deceased
politician · 1911–1974
Days lived
22,917
Gil Hodges🇺🇸
deceased
film director · 1924–1972
Days lived
17,530
Hannes Alfvén🇸🇪
deceased
Swedish electrical engineer, plasma physicist and science fiction author (1908–1995), winner of the 1970 Nobel Prize for Physics · 1908–1995
Days lived
31,718
Hans Wilhelm Hagen🇩🇪
deceased
German art historian and journalist (1907–1969) · 1907–1969
Days lived
22,609
John Paul II🇵🇱
deceased
writer · 1920–2005
Days lived
31,000
Manoel de Oliveira🇵🇹
deceased
actor · 1908–2015
Days lived
38,828
Maud Barger-Wallach🇺🇸
deceased
US tennis player (1870-1959) · 1870–1959
Days lived
32,432
Notker Wolf🇩🇪
deceased
musician · 1940–2024
Days lived
30,601
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
deceased
Notable Trials · 1936–2018
Days lived
29,773

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