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April 10th
201 Notable deaths
Karl Strecker
German general and knight's cross recipient (1884-1973).
Born September 20th, 1884 in Trzebiełuch.
Died April 10th, 1973 at 88 years old in Riezlern.
Jacek Kaczmarski
Polish singer, songwriter, poet and author.
Born March 22nd, 1957 in Warsaw.
Died April 10th, 2004 at 47 years old in Gdańsk (laryngeal cancer).
Martin Schwarzschild
German astronomer (1912-1997).
Born May 31st, 1912 in Potsdam.
Died April 10th, 1997 at 84 years old in Langhorne.
Sigfried Giedion
Swiss architectural historian.
Born April 14th, 1888 in Prague. [ref]
Died April 10th, 1968 at 79 years old in Zürich. [ref]
Afewerk Tekle
Ethiopian artist (1932-2012).
Born September 22nd, 1932 in Ankober.
Died April 10th, 2012 at 79 years old in Addis Ababa. [ref]
Carl Lotus Becker
American historian.
Born September 7th, 1873 in Waterloo.
Died April 10th, 1945 at 71 years old in Ithaca.
Nikolai Grinko
Ukrainian soviet actor.
Born May 22nd, 1920 in Kherson. [ref]
Died April 10th, 1989 at 68 years old in Kyiv (leukemia). [ref]
Lucienne Delyle
French singer (1913-1962).
Born April 16th, 1913 in 14th arrondissement of Paris.
Died April 10th, 1962 at 48 years old in Monte Carlo (leukemia). [ref]
Arthur Benjamin
Australian composer, pianist, conductor and teacher.
Born September 19th, 1893 in Sydney.
Died April 10th, 1960 at 66 years old in London (cancer).
Sakıp Sabancı
Turkish businessman (1933-2004).
Born April 7th, 1933 in Kayseri. [ref]
Died April 10th, 2004 at 71 years old in Istanbul (kidney cancer).
Deaths 71 to 80 of 201
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