Died on this Day

Anniversary Date: Apr-14

Died on This Day (Apr-14)

Person Person Description Age Anniv
Ken Holtzman Ken Holtzman Kenneth Dale Holtzman is an American former professional baseball player and coach. American baseball player and coach 78 1
Mark Sheehan Mark Sheehan The Script are an Irish rock band formed in 2001 in Dublin, consisting of lead vocalist and keyboardist Danny O'Donoghue, lead guitarist Mark Sheehan, and drummer Glen Power. Irish musician 46 2
Bernie Madoff Bernie Madoff Bernard Lawrence Madoff was an American fraudster and financier who ran the largest Ponzi scheme in history, worth about $64. American financier and convicted fraudster 82 4
Margit Feldman Margit Feldman Margit Buchhalter Feldman was a Hungarian-American public speaker, educator, activist, and Holocaust survivor. Hungarian-American Holocaust survivor 90 5
Gene Wolfe Gene Wolfe Gene Rodman Wolfe was an American science fiction and fantasy writer. American science fiction and fantasy writer 87 6
Hal Greer Hal Greer Harold Everett Greer was an American professional basketball player. American basketball player 81 7
Bruce Langhorne Bruce Langhorne Bruce Langhorne was an American folk musician. He was active in the Greenwich Village folk scene in the 1960s, primarily as a session guitarist for folk albums and performances. American folk musician 78 8
Percy Sledge Percy Sledge Percy Tyrone Sledge was an American R&B, soul and gospel singer. Soul singer 74 10
Peter Steele Peter Steele Petrus Thomas Ratajczyk , known professionally as Peter Steele, was an American musician, singer, and songwriter. Singer-songwriter, musician 48 15
Maurice Druon Maurice Druon Maurice Druon was a French novelist and a member of the Académie Française, of which he served as "Perpetual Secretary" between 1985 and 1999. French writer 90 16
Ollie Johnston Ollie Johnston Oliver Martin Johnston Jr. was an American motion picture animator. American film director 95 17
Saunders Mac Lane Saunders Mac Lane Saunders Mac Lane was an American mathematician who co-founded category theory with Samuel Eilenberg. American mathematician 95 20
Phillip Katz Phillip Katz Phillip Walter Katz was a computer programmer best known as the co-creator of the Zip file format for data compression, and the author of PKZIP, a program for creating zip files that ran under DOS. US Computer Progammer 37 25
Burl Ives Burl Ives Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives was an American musician, actor, and author with a career that spanned more than six decades. American actor-musician 85 30
Noele Gordon Noele Gordon Joan Noele Gordon was an English actress and television presenter. English actor 65 40
Fredric March Fredric March Fredric March was an American actor, regarded as one of Hollywood's most celebrated, versatile stars of the 1930s and 1940s. American actor 77 50
Ramana Maharshi Ramana Maharshi Ramana Maharshi was an Indian Hindu sage and jivanmukta . Indian guru 70 75
John Singer Sargent John Singer Sargent John Singer Sargent was an American expatriate artist, considered the "leading portrait painter of his generation" for his evocations of Edwardian-era luxury. American artist 69 100
Ernest Boulanger Ernest Boulanger Ernest Henri Alexandre Boulanger was a French composer of comic operas and a conductor. French composer 84 125
Charles Wooden Charles Wooden Charles Wooden VC was a German-born soldier in the British Army and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Recipient of the victoria cross 48 150