April 21st
156 Notable deaths
Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov
Film director (1965-2015).
Born May 29th, 1965 in Dushanbe.
Died April 21st, 2015 at 49 years old in Berlin (liver cancer).
Momčilo Đokić
Serbian footballer (1911-1983).
Born February 27th, 1911 in Kuršumlija.
Died April 21st, 1983 at 72 years old in Bela Crkva.
János Garay
Hungarian fencer.
Born February 23rd, 1889 in Budapest.
Died April 21st, 1945 at 56 years old in Mauthausen concentration camp.
Nina Doroshina
Soviet and russian actress (1934-2018).
Born December 3rd, 1934 in Babushkin.
Died April 21st, 2018 at 83 years old in Moscow.
Ivan Gubkin
Geologist (1871-1939).
Born September 21st, 1871.
Died April 21st, 1939 at 67 years old in Moscow.
Friedrich Gustav Piffl
Catholic cardinal and archbishop from vienna 1913-1932.
Born October 15th, 1864 in Lanškroun.
Died April 21st, 1932 at 67 years old in Vienna.
André-Louis Danjon
French astronomer.
Born April 6th, 1890 in Caen. [ref]
Died April 21st, 1967 at 77 years old in Paris. [ref]
Aníbal Tarabini
Argentine association football player (1941-1997).
Born August 4th, 1941 in La Plata.
Died April 21st, 1997 at 55 years old in Berazategui (traffic collision).
Jacques Pellen
French jazz guitarist.
Born April 9th, 1957 in Brest. [ref]
Died April 21st, 2020 at 63 years old in Brest (COVID-19). [ref]
Juan Carlos Sarnari
Argentine footballer.
Born January 22nd, 1942 in Santa Fe.
Died April 21st, 2023 at 81 years old in Bogotá. [ref]
Deaths 121 to 130 of 156
Death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life’s change agent, it clears out the old to make way for the new. Steve Jobs