Died on This Day (25-Apr)
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Robbert de Greef | Robbert de Greef was a Dutch cyclist, who rode for Alecto Cycling Team. | Dutch road racing cyclist | 27 | 1 | |
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Earl Morrall | Earl Edwin Morrall was an American football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League for 21 seasons. | American football player | 79 | 6 |
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Paul L. Smith | Paul Lawrence Smith , most frequently credited as Paul Smith or Paul L. | Character actor | 76 | 8 |
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Dorothy Provine | Dorothy Michelle Provine was an American singer, dancer and actress. | Singer | 73 | 10 |
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Dick Moore | Richard Valentine Moore, , known as Dick Moore, was an officer of Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve who was awarded the George Cross for the "great gallantry and undaunted devotion to duty" he showed in rendering mines safe during the Blitz of 1940 despite having "no practical training'" | George Cross recipient in World War II | 87 | 17 |
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Ginger Rogers | Ginger Rogers was an American actress, dancer, and singer during the "Golden Age" of Hollywood and is often considered an American icon. | American actress | 83 | 25 |
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Richard Haydn | Richard Haydn was an English comedy actor. Some of his better known performances include his roles as Professor Oddley in Ball of Fire , Roger in No Time for Love , Thomas Rogers in And Then There Were None , Emperor Franz Joseph in The Emperor Waltz , the Caterpillar in Alice in Wonderland , Baron Popoff in The Merry Widow , William Brown in Mutiny on the Bounty , and Max Detweiler in The Sound of Music . | English comic actor | 80 | 35 |
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Bruce Edwards | Charles Bruce Edwards was an American professional baseball player. | American baseball player | 51 | 45 |
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David M. Gonzales | Private First Class David M. Gonzales was a United States Army soldier who posthumously received the Medal of Honor — the United States' highest military decoration – for his actions during World War II. | United States Army Medal of Honor recipient | 21 | 75 |
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Daniel Maclise | Daniel Maclise was an Irish history painter, literary and portrait painter, and illustrator, who worked for most of his life in London, England. | British artist | 64 | 150 |
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Jacquelyn Crowell | Jacquelyn Crowell was an American racing cyclist. She was a graduate from the University of Florida with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. | American racing cyclist | 30 | 2 |
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Brian Adam | Brian James Adam was a Scottish politician and biochemist. | Scottish politician | 64 | 7 |
Abdoulaye Hamani Diori | Abdoulaye Hamani Diori was a Nigerien political leader and businessman. | Nigerien politician | 65 | 9 | |
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Hasil Adkins | Hasil Adkins was an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. | Musician | 67 | 15 |
David Merrick | David Merrick was a prolific Tony Award-winning American theatrical producer. | Theater producer | 88 | 20 | |
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Dexter Gordon | Dexter Gordon was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. | American jazz saxophonist | 67 | 30 |
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Richard Bakke | Operation Eagle Claw, known as Operation Tabas in Iran, was a United States Armed Forces operation ordered by U. | American soldier | 33 | 40 |
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Anita Louise | Anita Louise was an American film and television actress best known for her performances in A Midsummer Night's Dream , The Story of Louis Pasteur , Anthony Adverse , Marie Antoinette , and The Little Princess . | Actress | 55 | 50 |
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Alexander Grant MacKay | Alexander Grant MacKay was a Canadian teacher, lawyer and provincial level politician. | Canadian politician | 60 | 100 |
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Constantin-François Chassebœuf | Constantin François de Chassebœuf, comte de Volney was a French philosopher, abolitionist, historian, orientalist, and politician. | French scholar and politician | 63 | 200 |