April 11 - Deaths

Deaths

• 1034 – Romanos III Argyros, Byzantine emperor (b. 968)
• 1165 – Stephen IV of Hungary (b. 1133)
• 1240 – Llywelyn the Great (b. 1172)
• 1554 – Thomas Wyatt the younger, English rebel (b. 1521)
• 1612 – Emanuel van Meteren, Flemish historian (b. 1535)
• 1612 – Edward Wightman, English preacher (b. 1566)
• 1626 – Marin Getaldić, Croatian mathematician (b. 1568)
• 1712 – Richard Simon, French critic (b. 1638)
• 1723 – John Robinson, English diplomat (b. 1650)
• 1798 – Karl Wilhelm Ramler, German poet (b. 1725)
• 1856 – Juan Santamaría, Costa Rican soldier and national hero (b. 1831)
• 1861 – Francisco González Bocanegra, Mexican poet (b. 1824)
• 1873 – Edward Canby, American general (b. 1817)
• 1890 – Joseph Merrick, English man with severe deformities, "The Elephant Man" (b. 1862)
• 1894 – Constantin Lipsius, German architect (b. 1832)
• 1903 – Gemma Galgani, Italian mystic and saint (b. 1878)
• 1906 – James Anthony Bailey, American circus impresario (b. 1847)
• 1906 – Francis Pharcellus Church, American editor and publisher (b. 1839)
• 1908 – Henry Bird, English chess player and author (b. 1829)
• 1916 – Richard Harding Davis, American author (b. 1864)
• 1926 – Luther Burbank, American botanist and horticulturist (b. 1849)
• 1947 – Louise Peete, American serial killer (b. 1880)
• 1953 – Kid Nichols, American baseball player (b. 1869)
• 1958 – Konstantin Yuon, Russian painter (b. 1875)
• 1962 – Ukichiro Nakaya, Japanese physicist (b. 1900)
• 1962 – George Poage, African American athlete (b. 1880)
• 1967 – Donald Sangster, Jamaican politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Jamaica (b. 1911)
• 1970 – Cathy O'Donnell, American actress (b. 1923)
• 1970 – John O'Hara, American author (b. 1905)
• 1977 – Jacques Prévert, French poet and screenwriter (b. 1900)
• 1983 – Dolores del Río, Mexican actress (b. 1905)
• 1983 – Ahmed Rushdi, Pakistani singer
• 1985 – Enver Hoxha, Albanian Stalinist dictator (b. 1908)
• 1985 – Bunny Ahearne, British hockey promoter (b. 1900)
• 1987 – Erskine Caldwell, American author (b. 1903)
• 1987 – Primo Levi, Italian chemist and author (b. 1919)
• 1990 – Harold Ballard, Canadian hockey club owner and executive (b. 1903)
• 1991 – Walker Cooper, American baseball player (b. 1915)
• 1991 – Bruno Hoffmann. German glass harmonica player (b. 1913)
• 1992 – James Brown, American actor (b. 1920)
• 1992 – Eve Merriam, American playwright, director, and poet (b. 1916)
• 1992 – Alejandro Obregón, Colombian painter (b. 1920)
• 1996 – Jessica Dubroff, American pilot (b. 1988)
• 1997 – Muriel McQueen Fergusson, Canadian Senator (b. 1899)
• 2000 – Diana Darvey, British actress, singer and dancer (b. 1945)
• 2001 – Sandy Bull, American musician (b. 1941)
• 2001 – Harry Secombe, Welsh actor and comedian (b. 1921)
• 2003 – Cecil Howard Green, British geophysicist and businessman (b. 1900)
• 2005 – André François, French cartoonist (b. 1915)
• 2005 – Lucien Laurent, French footballer (b. 1907)
• 2006 – June Pointer, American singer (Pointer Sisters) (b. 1953)
• 2006 – Proof, American rapper (D12) (b. 1973)
• 2007 – Roscoe Lee Browne, American actor (b. 1925)
• 2007 – Loïc Leferme, French race car diver (b. 1970)
• 2007 – Janet McDonald, American novelist (b. 1954)
• 2007 – Ronald Speirs, American Army officer (b. 1920)
• 2007 – Kurt Vonnegut, American author (b. 1922)
• 2008 – Merlin German, American Marine sergeant (b. 1985)
• 2009 – Corín Tellado, Spanish novelist (b. 1927)
• 2009 – Gerda Gilboe, Danish actress (b. 1914)
• 2010 – Julia Tsenova, Bulgarian composer and pianist (b. 1948)
• 2011 – La Esterella, Flemish singer (b. 1919)
• 2011 – Larry Sweeney, American wrestler (b. 1981)
• 2011 – Jean S. MacLeod (aka Catherine Airlie), Scottish writer (b. 1908)
• 2012 – Agustin Roman, American Bishop (b. 1928)
• 2012 – Moses Majekodunmi, Nigerian politician (b. 1916)