Famous People Who Died in April 1999

September 15, 2024

Apr 13 Ortvin Sarapu, New Zealand chess player, dies at 74
Apr 13 Willi Stoph, German politician (Prime Minister of German Democratic Republic, 1964-73 and 1976-89), dies at 84
Apr 14 Anthony Newley, British actor and singer-songwriter (Doctor Dolittle; Goldfinger theme; Willy Wonka score), dies at 67
Apr 14 Bill Wendell, American TV announcer (To Tell The Truth, 1972-77; Late Night With David Letterman; Late Show With David Letterman, 1993-95), dies at 75
Apr 14 Ellen Corby [Hansen], American actress (The Waltons, Vertigo, Caged), dies of natural causes at 87
Apr 15 Harvey Postlethwaite, British engineer and racing car designer, dies at 55
Apr 16 Alexander "Skip" Spence, Canadian-American guitarist, singer and songwriter (Jefferson Airplane), dies of lung cancer at 52
Apr 16 Laurence Kirwan, British archaeologist (Sudan and Egyptian Nubia), dies at 91
Apr 16 Nicholas Cayzer, British shipping magnate (British and Commonwealth Shipping), dies at 89
Apr 18 Gian-Carlo Rota, Italian-born American mathematician & philosopher, dies at 66
Apr 19 David Sanes, US Navy employee
Apr 19 Hermine Braunsteiner, Nazi war criminal and female camp guard at Ravensbrück and Majdanek concentration camps, dies at 79
Apr 20 "Ravishing" Rick Rude, American professional wrestler, dies at 40
Apr 20 Eric Harris, American mass murderer (Columbine High School shooter), dies at 18
Apr 20 Señor Wences, Spanish ventriloquist (his hand acts as a puppet) and comedian, dies at 103

Apr 20 Victims and shooters of the Columbine High School massacre
Apr 21 Charles "Buddy" Rogers, American film actor (Wings), singer, and dance bandleader, dies at 94
Apr 22 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
Apr 22 Bert Remsen, American actor (Mario-It's a Living), dies at 74
Apr 22 Chan Canasta, Polish-born magician & mindreader, dies at 79
Apr 23 Melba Liston, American jazz trombonist, arranger, and composer, dies at 73
Apr 23 Tullio Pandolfini, Italian water polo athlete (Olympic gold, 1948), dies at 84
Apr 25 Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin, Irish journalist, author, sports official and 6th President of the International Olympic Committee (1972-80), dies at 84
Apr 25 Roger Troutman, American funk musician (Zapp), dies during his brother's apparent murder-suicide at 47
Apr 26 Adrian Borland, English musician (The Sound), dies at 41
Apr 26 Jill Dando, British television presenter (Crimewatch), shot and killed outside her house at 37
Apr 27 Al Hirt, American jazz trumpeter (Greatest Horn in the World), dies of liver failure at 76
Apr 27 Cyril Washbrook, English cricket batsman (37 Tests, 6 x 100, HS 195; Lancashire CCC), dies at 84
Apr 28 Alf Ramsey, English football manager, dies at 79

Apr 28 American physicist who shared the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physics for his pioneering work with lasers, dies of leukemia at 77

Apr 28 Rory Calhoun [Francis Timothy McCown], American actor (Blue & Gray, How to Marry a Millionaire), dies of emphysema at 76
Apr 28 Walter Gieseler, German composer, dies at 79
Apr 29 Léon Barzin, Belgian-American conductor (NY City Ballet, 1948-58), dies at 98
Apr 29 Perry Ford [Brian Pugh], British pop singer, session musician and songwriter (The Ivy League - "Tossing And Turning"), dies at 65
Apr 30 Darrell Sweet, British hard rock drummer (Nazareth - "Love Hurts"), dies of a heart attack at a concert soundcheck at 51

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