April 1st
169 Notable deaths
Jan van Dort
Dutch footballer and manager (1889-1967).
Born May 25th, 1889 in Heemstede.
Died April 1st, 1967 at 77 years old in Leiden.
Gennady Komnatov
Russian cyclist (1949-1979).
Born September 18th, 1949 in Omsk.
Died April 1st, 1979 at 29 years old in Omsk (traffic collision).
Dimitrij Andrusov
Slovak geologist.
Born November 7th, 1897 in Tartu. [ref]
Died April 1st, 1976 at 78 years old in Bratislava.
Joseph McLoughlin
American rower (1878-1962).
Born August 21st, 1878.
Died April 1st, 1946 at 67 years old
Dirk Scalongne
Fencer.
Born December 12th, 1879 in Amsterdam.
Died April 1st, 1973 at 93 years old in Amstelveen.
Bruno Boche
Field hockey player.
Born May 28th, 1897 in Berlin.
Died April 1st, 1972 at 74 years old
Yannis Kyrastas
Greek footballer (1952-2004).
Born October 25th, 1952 in Athens.
Died April 1st, 2004 at 51 years old in Athens (sepsis).
Zdravko Kovačić
Croatian water polo player.
Born July 6th, 1925 in Šibenik.
Died April 1st, 2015 at 89 years old in Rijeka.
S. Pierre Yameogo
Burkinabé film director (born 1955).
Born May 15th, 1955 in Burkina Faso. [ref]
Died April 1st, 2019 at 63 years old in Ouagadougou. [ref]
Deaths 161 to 169 of 169
Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel