Died on This Day (05-Apr)
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Sydney Brenner | Sydney Brenner was a South African biologist. In 2002, he shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with H. | South African biologist | 92 | 1 |
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Paul O'Neill | Paul O'Neill was an American music composer, lyricist and producer. | American music composer | 61 | 3 |
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Ferdinand Alexander Porsche | Ferdinand Alexander Porsche , nicknamed "Butzi", son of Ferry Porsche, grandson of Ferdinand Porsche, was a German designer whose best known product was the first Porsche 911. | German industrial designer | 76 | 8 |
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David Rappaport | David Rappaport was an American fashion manufacturer, designer and painter. | American fashion designer | 95 | 10 |
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Leonard Reed | Leonard Reed was an American tap dancer, co-creator with his partner, Willie Bryant, of the famous Shim Sham Shimmy tap dance routine. | American tap dancer | 97 | 16 |
Brother Theodore | Theodore Isidore Gottlieb , known as Brother Theodore, was a German-born American actor and comedian known for rambling, stream-of-consciousness monologues which he called "stand-up tragedy". | Stand-up comedian | 94 | 19 | |
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Christian Pineau | Christian Pineau was a noted French Resistance fighter, who later served an important term as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the late 1950s. | French Resistance fighter | 90 | 25 |
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Hannes Schroll | Hannes Schroll was an Austrian Alpine ski racer and founder of the Sugar Bowl Ski Resort in Norden, California. | Austrian alpine skier | 75 | 35 |
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Brian L. Buker | Brian Leroy Buker was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Vietnam War. | United States Army Medal of Honor recipient | 20 | 50 |
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Jabez L. Peck | Jabez L. Peck was an American businessman and politician who served on the Common Council, Board of Aldermen, and as Mayor, of Pittsfield, Massachusetts. | American mayor | 68 | 125 |
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Eric Bristow | Darren Clark , , nicknamed "The Crafty Cockney", was an English professional darts player. | English professional darts player | 60 | 2 |
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John Pinette | John Paul Pinette was an American stand-up comedian, actor, and Broadway performer. | American comedian and actor | 50 | 6 |
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Baruch Samuel Blumberg | Baruch Samuel Blumberg — known as Barry Blumberg — was an American physician, geneticist, and co-recipient of the 1976 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine , for his work on the hepatitis B virus while an investigator at the NIH. | American physician | 85 | 9 |
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Saul Bellow | Saul Bellow was a Canadian-American writer. For his literary work, Bellow was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, the Nobel Prize for Literature, and the National Medal of Arts. | Novelist, short story writer, critic, professor | 89 | 15 |
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Layne Staley | Layne Thomas Staley was an American musician best known as the original lead singer and co-songwriter of the rock band Alice in Chains, which rose to international fame in the early 1990s as part of Seattle's grunge movement. | Musician | 34 | 18 |
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Lee Petty | Lee Arnold Petty was an American stock car racing driver who competed during the 1950s and 1960s. | Stock car rider | 86 | 20 |
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Louis Nelson | Louis Hall Nelson was a New Orleans jazz trombonist. | American musician | 87 | 30 |
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Kai-shek Chiang | Chiang Kai-shek , also known as Chiang Chung-cheng and romanized via Mandarin as Chiang Chieh-shih and Jiang Jieshi, was a Chinese Nationalist politician, revolutionary and military leader who served as the leader of the Republic of China between 1928 and 1975, first in mainland China until 1949 and then in Taiwan until his death. | Chinese President | 87 | 45 |
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Sadao Munemori | Sadao Munemori was a United States Army soldier and posthumous recipient of the Medal of Honor, after he sacrificed his life to save those of his fellow soldiers at Seravezza, Italy during World War II. | United States Army Medal of Honor recipient | 22 | 75 |
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Hendrik Constantijn Cras | Hendrik Constantijn Cras was a Dutch jurist and city librarian of Amsterdam. | Dutch jurist | 81 | 200 |