April 21st
161 Notable deaths
Juan Antonio Samaranch
Ioc president 1980–2001.
Born July 17th, 1920 in Barcelona. [ref]
Died April 21st, 2010 at 89 years old in Barcelona (heart failure). [ref]
Jacques Perrin
French actor and film producer.
Born July 13th, 1941 in 14th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died April 21st, 2022 at 80 years old in 17th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Eleonora Duse
Italian stage actress (1858-1924).
Born October 3rd, 1858 in Vigevano.
Died April 21st, 1924 at 65 years old in Pittsburgh (pneumonia).
Dimitri Diatchenko
American actor.
Born April 11th, 1968 in San Francisco.
Died April 21st, 2020 at 52 years old in Daytona Beach. [ref]
Shankha Ghosh
Indian poet (1932-2021).
Born February 5th, 1932 in Chandpur District.
Died April 21st, 2021 at 89 years old in Kolkata (COVID-19). [ref]
Leslie Banks
Actor (1890-1952).
Born June 9th, 1890 in Liverpool. [ref]
Died April 21st, 1952 at 61 years old in London (stroke). [ref]
Luigi Pistilli
Italian actor (1929-1996).
Born July 19th, 1929 in Grosseto. [ref]
Died April 21st, 1996 at 66 years old in Milan (hanging). [ref]
Hans-Valentin Hube
German general.
Born October 29th, 1890 in Naumburg (Saale).
Died April 21st, 1944 at 53 years old in Ainring.
Rudi Gernreich
American fashion designer and gay activist (1922-1985).
Born August 8th, 1922 in Vienna. [ref]
Died April 21st, 1985 at 62 years old in Los Angeles (lung cancer). [ref]
Alexander Ivanovich Oparin
Soviet biochemist (1894-1980).
Born March 2nd, 1894 in Uglich.
Died April 21st, 1980 at 86 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Deaths 41 to 50 of 161
It is the fate — the genetic and neural fate — of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death. Oliver Sacks