April 2nd
165 Notable deaths
Juan Vicente Pérez
Venezuelan supercentenarian, the world's oldest verified living man (1909–2024).
Born May 27th, 1909 in El Cobre.
Died April 2nd, 2024 at 114 years old in San José de Bolívar. [ref]
Seymour Stein
American music executive.
Born April 18th, 1942 in Brooklyn.
Died April 2nd, 2023 at 80 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Hoyt Vandenberg
U.s. air force general (1899-1954).
Born January 24th, 1899 in Milwaukee.
Died April 2nd, 1954 at 55 years old in Washington, D.C. (prostate cancer).
Manoel de Oliveira
Portuguese film director.
Born December 11th, 1908 in Porto.
Died April 2nd, 2015 at 106 years old in Porto (heart failure).
Hannes Alfvén
Swedish electrical engineer, plasma physicist and science fiction author (1908-1995), winner of the 1970 nobel prize for physics.
Born May 30th, 1908 in Norrköping. [ref]
Died April 2nd, 1995 at 86 years old in Danderyd parish. [ref]
Salim Durani
Indian cricket player.
Born December 11th, 1934 in Kabul.
Died April 2nd, 2023 at 88 years old in Jamnagar. [ref]
Ferenc Molnár
Hungarian-born dramatist and novelist.
Born January 12th, 1878 in Budapest.
Died April 2nd, 1952 at 74 years old in New York City (cancer).
Stanley Forman Reed
American judge.
Born December 31st, 1884 in Minerva.
Died April 2nd, 1980 at 95 years old in Huntington.
Patricia Bosworth
American journalist (1933-2020).
Born April 24th, 1933 in Oakland.
Died April 2nd, 2020 at 86 years old in Manhattan (COVID-19). [ref]
Maryse Condé
French author from guadeloupe.
Born February 11th, 1934 in Pointe-à-Pitre.
Died April 2nd, 2024 at 90 years old in Apt. [ref]
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It is the secret of the world that all things subsist and do not die, but retire a little from sight and afterwards return again. Ralph Waldo Emerson