April 19th
166 Notable deaths
Stephen Samuel Wise
American rabbi (1874-1949).
Born March 17th, 1874 in Budapest.
Died April 19th, 1949 at 75 years old in New York City.
Maria Kaczyńska
First lady of poland (1942-2010).
Born August 21st, 1942 in Machowo.
Died April 19th, 2010 at 67 years old in Smolensk (2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash).
Willy van der Kuijlen
Dutch footballer.
Born December 6th, 1946 in Helmond.
Died April 19th, 2021 at 74 years old in Helmond. [ref]
Muhammed Faris
Syrian cosmonaut (1951–2024).
Born May 26th, 1951 in Aleppo.
Died April 19th, 2024 at 72 years old in Gaziantep. [ref]
Spencer Gore
British tennis player (1850-1906).
Born March 10th, 1850 in Wimbledon.
Died April 19th, 1906 at 56 years old in Ramsgate.
Estelle Balet
Swiss snowboarder (1994-2016).
Born December 19th, 1994 in Sion. [ref]
Died April 19th, 2016 at 21 years old in Orsières. [ref]
Rogers Morton
American politician (1914-1979).
Born September 19th, 1914 in Louisville.
Died April 19th, 1979 at 64 years old in Maryland (prostate cancer).
Lord Berners
British composer, writer, painter, politician, novelist and autobiographer (1883-1950).
Born September 18th, 1883 in Apley Hall. [ref]
Died April 19th, 1950 at 66 years old in Faringdon. [ref]
Isaac Carasso
Spanish entrepreneur, founder of groupe danone.
Born January 21st, 1874 in Thessaloniki.
Died April 19th, 1939 at 65 years old in Paris.
Germaine Tillion
French anthropologist (1907-2008).
Born May 30th, 1907 in Allègre.
Died April 19th, 2008 at 100 years old in Saint-Mandé.
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Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. John Muir