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April 2nd famous deaths

List of celebrities and famous people who died on April 2nd

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2029 - 2020

Famous deaths on April 2nd for the celebrities who died in the years 2029 - 2020

2022

2021

2020

  • Patricia Bosworth was an American journalist, biographer, and actress who wrote acclaimed biographies of several famous figures.

2019 - 2010

Famous deaths on April 2nd for the celebrities who died in the years 2019 - 2010

2018

  • Winnie Mandela was a prominent South African anti-apartheid activist and politician who played a significant role in the struggle against apartheid.

2017

2016

2015

  • An english social activist, a girl suffering from the rare aging condition progeria, also known as the 100 year-old teenager, was photographed by the british social campaigner.

  • Portuguese actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1908)

  • Belgian businessman and politician, governor of limburg (b. 1954)

  • American pastor and author (b. 1926)

2014

  • Swiss writer. studied german literature and history in basel and montpellier. he also received a phd in basel in 1966. he was a lector at several publishing houses. later, he lived in frankfurt as a free author, and later, in za 1/4. his first book was published.

2013

  • Bulgarian film director known for his impactful contributions to cinema.

  • Spanish film director known for his cult horror films.

  • French author and illustrator (d. 2013)

  • Milo O'Shea

    Actor from ireland-america (d. 2013).

  • Spanish director, screenwriter, producer, and actor (b. 1930)

2012

  • Acclaimed African-American artist known for her socially conscious sculptures and prints that explored themes of racial and gender equality.

  • Hungarian water polo player who won a gold medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

  • Venezuelan captain and politician (b. 1959)

  • American graphic designer and academic (b. 1914)

2011

  • American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1918)

2010

  • Estreya Petrovna was a Russian poet who wrote about the human condition and the natural world.

  • Cuban-american baseball player (d. 2010)

  • American professional wrestler (d.2010)

  • American jurist, chief judge supreme court of ohio (born in 1939).

2009 - 2000

Famous deaths on April 2nd for the celebrities who died in the years 2009 - 2000

2009

  • American jazz musician. he played flute and saxophone with stan getz, charlie barnet and stan kenton, as well as symphonic orchestras. he rose to prominence in 1950s and was a jazz legend for almost 60 years. he was a bandleader, sideman and soloist who played jazz, bossa nova, and bebop throughout his long career. he was a highly sought-after accompanist …

  • Canadian bishop (b. 1911)

2008

2007

  • American astronomer and academic (b. 1910)

  • American gay author max exander wrote the first novel about aids. the redwood diary was his journal that covered a year from april 1995 when he moved to a cabin near san francisco in the redwood forest. it was published in 2001. he was a long-term survivor of aids. he began taking protease inhibitors as soon as they were available. …

2006

  • Valentine Telegdi was a Hungarian-American physicist known for his contributions to the field of nuclear and particle physics.

  • Guyanese anthologist and diplomat (b. 1925)

2005

2004

  • Greek aeronautical engineer and one of the founders of the finite element method (d.2004).

2003

  • American singer-songwriter (d. 2003)

  • Edwin Starr

    American singer-songwriter (d.2003)

  • Brigg Cunningham was an American race car driver and entrepreneur who competed in various motorsport events, including the Indianapolis 500.

  • Greek shipping tycoon and businessman.

2002

2001

2000

  • The sicilian mafiosa was the first to break the code omerta (the traditional vow of silence) in the sicilian mafia. nearly 3,000 italian police conducted a large sweep of palermo in late 1984. they arrested 66 mafiosa and issued warrants for 140 more. buscetta's detailed testimony, which included a comprehensive description and details on the mafia’s internal structure as well …

1999 - 1990

Famous deaths on April 2nd for the celebrities who died in the years 1999 - 1990

1998

  • American-german singer/dancer (milli vanilli, rob & fab), (d. 1998)

1997

1995

  • Swedish physicist and engineer, nobel prize laureate (b. 1908)

  • Swedish electro engineer, plasma physicist, and winner of 1970 nobel prize in physics (mhd) for his work in magnetohydrodynamics. he was the first to describe the class of mhd waves that is now called alfva(c).n waves. he started his career as an electrical power engineer, but he later became a researcher and teacher in the fields plasma physics and electric …

  • American golf's most renowned instructor/author, who dies at the age of 90 (born 1904).

  • At 57, a saxophonist dies.

1994

  • American actress, consumer advocate, game show panelist, television journalist and television personality (b. 1916)

  • British historian and philanthropist (b. 1908)

  • Actor (pvt buckaroo) dies from a heart attack at 79

1993

1992

1990

  • Italian actor, director, comedian and stage actor. his performance in "open city", a rossellini film, is the most memorable. he was married to his second wife and had two children.

1989 - 1980

Famous deaths on April 2nd for the celebrities who died in the years 1989 - 1980

1989

1987

  • American jazz drummer/orchestra leader ("away we go"), dies at the age of 69 (born 1917).

1979 - 1970

Famous deaths on April 2nd for the celebrities who died in the years 1979 - 1970

1979

  • Known for his success in the sports industry, particularly as the owner of the Baltimore Colts and Los Angeles Rams.

  • Renowned owner of the NFL's Baltimore Colts and the Los Angeles Rams.

  • Los angeles rams president, at 72 years old.

1978

  • Egyptian journalist and founder of the influential newspaper Al-Ahram.

  • Egyptian journalist and founder of the Al-Ahram newspaper.

  • Renowned Cuban mathematician known for his textbook 'Aritmética'.

1977

  • German academic and politician (b. 1907)

  • Walter wolf racing was founded by an austrian-canadian businessman.

1976

  • Algerian writer known for her contributions to literature.

  • Algerian writer known for her contributions to Francophone literature.

  • Actor sheriff roy coffee-bonanza, dies at 74

1974

1972

  • American baseball manager and player who was the slugging superstar of the stellar teams built by the brooklyn dodgers from 1947-1957. he was a great hitter and first baseman at his best. in 1961, he scored his 370th run.

  • German military, nazi chief of general staff 1938-1942. he was a professional soldier during ww ii and was promoted to major general in 1935. he was quiet and laconic. although he did not like the nazis, he swore loyalty to hitler.

  • Japanese martial artist and educator (d. 1972).

1969 - 1960

Famous deaths on April 2nd for the celebrities who died in the years 1969 - 1960

1969

1966

1965

1961

1959 - 1950

Famous deaths on April 2nd for the celebrities who died in the years 1959 - 1950

1959

1958

  • Japanese second president of buddhist association soka gakkai, (born 1900).

  • Welsh operatic tenor (born in 1892)

1956

1954

1953

  • German field marshal (d. 1953).

  • German military, an army pilot during ww i and senior officer in luftwaffe starting in 1933. general field marshal during ww ii.

  • French director (vive la vie), dies at 56

1952

  • French astronomer lyot-filter, a chronograph, dies at 55.

1951

  • Piano player, who dies while performing at carnegie hall.

1949 - 1940

Famous deaths on April 2nd for the celebrities who died in the years 1949 - 1940

1948

1944

1942

  • French novelist. estaunia(c), a scientist and engineer, became a novelist in 1891. he invented the term "telecommunication" in 1904. in 1923, he was elected to acada(c).mie franassaise. he was also a critic, reviewer, and homme d' lettres, as well as a novelist. he was killed in paris, april 2, 1942.

1941

1939 - 1930

Famous deaths on April 2nd for the celebrities who died in the years 1939 - 1930

1938

1937

1936

1935

  • Bennie Moten was a renowned jazz pianist and band leader during the Harlem Renaissance.

1933

1932

1931

  • German physicist known for his work in acoustics and musical instruments.

1930

1929 - 1920

Famous deaths on April 2nd for the celebrities who died in the years 1929 - 1920

1928

  • American chemist and academic, nobel prize laureate (b. 1868)

  • He was the first american scientist to be awarded the nobel prize in chemistry. the award is in recognition of his precise determinations of the atomic masses of large numbers of chemical elements.

1923

1922

  • Swiss psychiatrist who designed the ink-blot testing that bears his moniker. the blob shape is made up of ten symmetrical inkblots, which are used to diagnose psychopathology.

1919 - 1910

Famous deaths on April 2nd for the celebrities who died in the years 1919 - 1910

1917

  • Welsh soldier and rugby player (d. 1917).

1914

  • German author, poet, and translator, nobel prize laureate (b. 1830)

1910

1909 - 1900

Famous deaths on April 2nd for the celebrities who died in the years 1909 - 1900

1902

  • Suffragist and first woman american judge (born 1814).

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