Died on This Day (24-Apr)
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Chris Albertson | Christiern Gunnar Albertson was a New York City-based jazz journalist, writer and record producer. | New York City-based jazz journalist, | 87 | 1 |
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Papa Wemba | Jules Shungu Wembadio Pene Kikumba , known professionally as Papa Wemba, was a Congolese singer and musician who played Congolese rumba, soukous and ndombolo. | Congolese singer and musician | 66 | 4 |
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Saleem Pervez | Saleem Pervez was a Pakistani cricketer who played one ODI in 1980. | Pakistani cricketer | 65 | 7 |
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Bo Hansson | Bo Hansson was a Swedish musician best known for his four instrumental albums released in the 1970s. | Swedish musician | 67 | 10 |
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Estee Lauder | Estée Lauder was an American businesswoman. She was the co-founder, along with her husband, Joseph Lauter , of Estée Lauder Companies, her eponymous cosmetics company. | Business woman | 97 | 16 |
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Barbara Grizzuti Harrison | Barbara Grizzuti Harrison was an American journalist, essayist and memoirist. | American journalist | 67 | 18 |
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George Volkoff | George Michael Volkoff, was a Russian-Canadian physicist and academic who helped, with J. | Canadian physicist | 86 | 20 |
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Sergei Yutkevich | Sergei Iosifovich Yutkevich was a Soviet film director and screenwriter. | Film director, screenwriter | 80 | 35 |
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Pete Ham | Peter William Ham was a Welsh singer, songwriter and guitarist, best known as a lead vocalist of and composer for the 1970s rock band Badfinger, whose hit songs include "No Matter What", "Day After Day" and "Baby Blue". | British musician | 27 | 45 |
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Edward Bancroft Williston | Edward Bancroft Williston was a brigadier general in the United States Army. | United States Army Medal of Honor recipient | 82 | 100 |
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Robert M. Pirsig | Robert Maynard Pirsig was an American writer and philosopher. | American writer and philosopher | 88 | 3 |
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Hans Hollein | Hans Hollein was an Austrian architect and designer and key figure of postmodern architecture. | Austrian architect | 80 | 6 |
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Sathya Sai Baba | Sathya Sai Baba was an Indian guru and philanthropist, born into a Telugu - speaking Bhatraju family. | Indian guru | 84 | 9 |
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Ezer Weizman | Ezer Weizman was the seventh President of Israel, first elected in 1993 and re-elected in 1998. | Israeli politician | 80 | 15 |
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Yuri Kholopov | Yuri Nikolaevich Kholopov was a Russian musicologist and educator. | Russian musicologist | 70 | 17 |
Al Hibbler | Albert George Hibbler was an American baritone vocalist, who sang with Duke Ellington's orchestra before having several pop hits as a solo artist. | American baritone vocalist | 85 | 19 | |
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Lou Ambers | Luigi Giuseppe d'Ambrosio , a.k.a. Lou Ambers, was a World Lightweight boxing champion who fought from 1932 to 1941. | American boxer | 81 | 25 |
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Thomas K. Finletter | Thomas Knight Finletter , was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman. | American diplomat | 86 | 40 |
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Anton de Kom | Cornelis Gerhard Anton de Kom was a Surinamese resistance fighter and anti-colonialist author. | Surinamese resistance fighter and anti-colonialist | 47 | 75 |
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Franklin Fairbanks | Franklin Fairbanks was an American businessman, political figure, and one of the founders and first trustees of Rollins College. | American politician | 66 | 125 |