Died on this Day

Anniversary Date: 08-Apr

Died on This Day (08-Apr)

Person	Person		Description	Age	Anniversary
	John Miles	The Hon. John Miles was a British racing driver from England.	British racing driver	74	2
	David Swift	David Bernard Swift was an English actor known for his role as Henry Davenport in the topical comedy Drop the Dead Donkey.	English actor	85	4
	Margaret Thatcher	Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, was a British who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990.	British Prime Minister	87	7
	Hedda Sterne	Hedda Sterne was a Romanian-born American artist who was an active member of the New York School of painters.	American artist	100	9
	Al Gettel	Allen Jones Gettel , nicknamed "Two Gun", was an American professional baseball pitcher who played for the New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians, Chicago White Sox, Washington Senators, New York Giants, and St.	Baseball player, pitcher	87	15
	John A. Pittman	John Albert Pittman was a soldier in the United States Army during the Korean War.	Korean War Medal of Honor recipient	66	25
	Joe Sullivan	Joe Sullivan , was a left-handed American baseball pitcher.	American baseball player	74	35
	Casper Sporck	The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its variants were the highest awards in the military of the Third Reich during World War II.	Soldier of Nazi Germany	22	75
	Joshua H. Marvil	Joshua Hopkins Marvil was an American merchant and politician from Laurel, in Sussex County, Delaware.	American businessman and politician	69	125
	Sir John Wentworth	Sir John Wentworth, 1st Baronet was the British colonial governor of New Hampshire at the time of the American Revolution.	Colonial governor of New Hampshire and Nova Scotia	82	200

Person	Person		Description	Age	Anniversary
	Brian Matthew	Brian Matthew was an English broadcaster who worked for the BBC for 63 years from 1954 until 2017.	English broadcaster	88	3
	Emmanuel III Delly	Mar Emmanuel III Delly was the Patriarch Emeritus of Babylon of the Chaldeans and former Primate of the Chaldean Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic sui juris particular church of the Catholic Church, and also a Cardinal.	Catholic cardinal	86	6
	Jack Tramiel	Jack Tramiel was a Polish American businessman and Holocaust survivor, best known for founding Commodore International.	American businessman	83	8
	Abel Muzorewa	Abel Tendekayi Muzorewa , also commonly referred to as Bishop Muzorewa, served as Prime Minister of Zimbabwe Rhodesia from the Internal Settlement to the Lancaster House Agreement in 1979.	Prime Minister of Zimbabwe	84	10
	Claire Trevor	Claire Trevor was an American actress. She appeared in 68 feature films from 1933 to 1982, winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Key Largo , and received nominations for her roles in The High and the Mighty and Dead End .	American actress	91	20
	Ryan White	Ryan Wayne White was an American teenager from Kokomo, Indiana, who became a national poster child for HIV/AIDS in the United States after failing to be re-admitted to school following a diagnosis of AIDS.	Aids victim	18	30
	Lee Handley	Lee Elmer Handley was an American professional baseball second baseman and third baseman.	American baseball player	56	50
	Charles Tomlinson Griffes	Charles Tomlinson Griffes was an American composer for piano, chamber ensembles and voice.	American composer for piano, chamber ensembles	35	100
	Charles-Auguste De Beriot	Charles Auguste de Bériot was a Belgian violinist and composer.	Belgian violinist and composer	68	150
	Giovanni Battista Cicala	Giovanni Battista Cicala was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal.	Italian cardinal	59	450