✝️ Good Friday

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Christian commemoration of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, observed two days before Easter Sunday.

religious Date varies by year.

Notable deaths on April 3rd

Jesse James

American outlaw, confederate guerrilla, and train robber.

Born September 5th, 1847 in Kearney.

Died April 3rd, 1882 at 34 years old in St. Joseph (gunshot wound).

Johannes Brahms

German composer (1833–1897).

Born May 7th, 1833 in Hamburg. [ref]

Died April 3rd, 1897 at 63 years old in Vienna (liver cancer). [ref]

Terence McKenna

American ethnobotanist and mystic (1946–2000).

Born November 16th, 1946 in Paonia.

Died April 3rd, 2000 at 53 years old in San Rafael (brain cancer).

Graham Greene

British writer, playwright and literary critic (1904–1991).

Born October 2nd, 1904 in Berkhamsted. [ref]

Died April 3rd, 1991 at 86 years old in Corseaux, Vevey (leukemia). [ref]

Rob Pilatus

German singer, dancer, model (1964–1998).

Born June 8th, 1965 in Munich. [ref]

Died April 3rd, 1998 at 32 years old in Friedrichsdorf.

June Brown

English actress (1927–2022).

Born February 16th, 1927 in Needham Market. [ref]

Died April 3rd, 2022 at 95 years old in Surrey. [ref]

Warren Oates

American actor (1928–1982).

Born July 5th, 1928 in Depoy.

Died April 3rd, 1982 at 53 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).

Nigel Lawson

British peer and politician (1932–2023).

Born March 11th, 1932 in Hampstead.

Died April 3rd, 2023 at 91 years old in London. [ref]

Sarah Vaughan

American jazz and classical singer (1924–1990).

Born March 27th, 1924 in Newark.

Died April 3rd, 1990 at 66 years old in Hidden Hills (lung cancer).

Joe Medicine Crow

American historian (1913–2016).

Born October 27th, 1913 in Crow Indian Reservation.

Died April 3rd, 2016 at 102 years old in Billings. [ref]

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We all die. The goal isn’t to live forever, the goal is to create something that will. Chuck Palahniuk