April 9th
164 Notable deaths
Princess Maria of Romania
Romanian royal (1870–1874).
Born September 8th, 1870 in Bucharest.
Died April 9th, 1874 at 3 years old in Peleș Castle (streptococcal infection).
Carme Chacón
Spanish defense minister (1971–2017).
Born March 13th, 1971 in Esplugues de Llobregat. [ref]
Died April 9th, 2017 at 46 years old in Madrid (congenital heart disease). [ref]
Harold Lamb
Historian, screenwriter, short story writer, novelist.
Born September 1st, 1892 in Alpine. [ref]
Died April 9th, 1962 at 69 years old in Rochester. [ref]
Margarita Isabel
Mexican actress.
Born July 25th, 1941 in Mexico City.
Died April 9th, 2017 at 75 years old in Cuernavaca (pulmonary emphysema). [ref]
Vilhelm Bjerknes
Norwegian physicist and meteorologist.
Born March 14th, 1862 in Christiania.
Died April 9th, 1951 at 89 years old in Oslo.
Zofia Kossak-Szczucka
Polish writer.
Born August 8th, 1890 in Kośmin, Lublin Voivodeship. [ref]
Died April 9th, 1968 at 77 years old in Bielsko-Biała. [ref]
J. Hamilton Lewis
American politician (1863–1939).
Born May 18th, 1863 in Danville.
Died April 9th, 1939 at 75 years old in Washington, D.C..
Sigfrid Karg-Elert
German composer (1877–1933).
Born November 21st, 1877 in Oberndorf am Neckar.
Died April 9th, 1933 at 55 years old in Leipzig.
Vilgot Sjöman
Swedish writer and film director (1924-2006).
Born December 2nd, 1924 in Stockholm.
Died April 9th, 2006 at 81 years old in Stockholm (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Benno Moiseiwitsch
Russian-british musician (1890–1963).
Born February 22nd, 1890 in Odesa.
Died April 9th, 1963 at 73 years old in London.
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Death is beautiful when seen to be a law, and not an accident. Henry David Thoreau