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April 5th
205 Notable deaths
Pandita Ramabai
Indian feminist historian and social reformer.
Born April 23rd, 1858 in Mangalore.
Died April 5th, 1922 at 63 years old in Pune.
Nehemiah Persoff
American actor and painter.
Born August 2nd, 1919 in Jerusalem. [ref]
Died April 5th, 2022 at 102 years old in San Luis Obispo (heart failure). [ref]
Abe Fortas
United states supreme court justice (1910-1982).
Born June 19th, 1910 in Memphis. [ref]
Died April 5th, 1982 at 71 years old in Washington, D.C. (aortic aneurysm). [ref]
Karl-Otto Koch
German ss officer and first commandant of the buchenwald and sachsenhausen concentration camp (1897-1945).
Born August 2nd, 1897 in Darmstadt.
Died April 5th, 1945 at 47 years old in Buchenwald concentration camp (ballistic trauma).
Charlene Holt
American actress (1928–1996).
Born April 28th, 1928 in Snyder.
Died April 5th, 1996 at 67 years old in Williamson County.
Wilder Penfield
Canadian neurosurgeon, college football player and coach (1891–1976).
Born January 26th, 1891 in Spokane.
Died April 5th, 1976 at 85 years old in Montréal-Nord (stomach cancer).
Mark St. John
American guitarist (1956–2007).
Born February 7th, 1956 in Hollywood.
Died April 5th, 2007 at 51 years old in Los Angeles (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet
Royal air force air marshal and writer (1892-1984).
Born April 13th, 1892 in Cheltenham. [ref]
Died April 5th, 1984 at 91 years old in Henley-on-Thames. [ref]
Sławomir Rawicz
Polish -british author, supposed escaped gulag prisoner.
Born September 1st, 1915 in Pinsk.
Died April 5th, 2004 at 88 years old in Nottingham. [ref]
Richard Dysart
Actor (1929-2015).
Born March 30th, 1929 in Augusta.
Died April 5th, 2015 at 86 years old in Santa Monica (disease).
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