Died on This Day (05-Apr)

Person		Description	Age	Anniversary
Sydney Brenner	Sydney Brenner was a South African biologist. In 2002, he shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with H.	South African biologist	92	1
Paul O'Neill	Paul O'Neill was an American music composer, lyricist and producer.	American music composer	61	3
Nikolaos Pappas	Nikolaos Pappas was a Hellenic Navy admiral who, as commander of the destroyer Velos, played a major part in the abortive rebellion of the Navy in May 1973 against the ruling military junta.	Greek admiral	82	7
Baruch Samuel Blumberg	Baruch Samuel Blumberg — known as Barry Blumberg — was an American physician, geneticist, and co-recipient of the 1976 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine , for his work on the hepatitis B virus while an investigator at the NIH.	American physician	85	9
Saul Bellow	Saul Bellow was a Canadian-born American writer. For his literary work, Bellow was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, the Nobel Prize for Literature, and the National Medal of Arts.	Novelist, short story writer, critic, professor	89	15
Lee Petty	Lee Arnold Petty was an American stock car racing driver who competed during the 1950s and 1960s.	Stock car rider	86	20
Louis Nelson	was a New Orleans jazz trombonist. Rajeen edits' information here Mohammed Rajeen was born on July 31st at 24/15A,1st cross street, school road, thillyadi puttlam His father Thajudeen Samsudeen was .	American musician	87	30
Chiang Kai-shek	Chiang Kai-shek , also known as Chiang Chung-cheng and romanized via Mandarin as Chiang Chieh-shih and Jiang Jieshi, was a Chinese Nationalist politician, revolutionary and military leader who served as the leader of the Republic of China from 1928, first in mainland China until 1949 and then in Taiwan, until his death in 1975.	Chinese President	87	45
Sadao Munemori	Sadao Munemori was a United States Army soldier and posthumous recipient of the Medal of Honor, after he sacrificed his life to save those of his fellow soldiers at Seravezza, Italy during World War II.	United States Army Medal of Honor recipient	22	75
Vasily Berkov	Vasily Ivanovich Berkov was a Russian shipbuilder and from 1829-1870 Director of the Admiralty Shipyard of Saint Petersburg, possibly in the rank of Counter-Admiral.	Russian shipbuilder	75	150

Person		Description	Age	Anniversary
Eric Bristow	Eric John Bristow, , nicknamed "The Crafty Cockney", was an English professional darts player.	English professional darts player	60	2
John Pinette	John Paul Pinette was an American stand-up comedian, actor, and Broadway performer.	American comedian and actor	50	6
Bingu wa Mutharika	Bingu wa Mutharika was a Malawian politician and economist who was President of Malawi from May 2004 until his death in April 2012.	President of Malawi	78	8
Vitaly Sevastyanov	Vitaly Ivanovich Sevastyanov was a Soviet cosmonaut and an engineer who flew on the Soyuz 9 and Soyuz 18 missions.	Soviet cosmonaut	74	10
Leonard Reed	Leonard Reed was an American tap dancer, co-creator with his partner, Willie Bryant, of the famous Shim Sham Shimmy tap dance routine.	American tap dancer	97	16
Christian Pineau	Christian Pineau was a noted French Resistance fighter, who later served an important term as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1956 through 1958.	French Resistance fighter	90	25
Gerhard Wilck	Gerhard Wilck was the German commander who defended the German city Aachen in the Battle of Aachen.	German commander of Aachen	86	35
Brian L. Buker	Brian Leroy Buker was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Vietnam War.	United States Army Medal of Honor recipient	20	50
Jabez L. Peck	Jabez L. Peck was an American businessman and politician who served on the Common Council, Board of Aldermen, and as Mayor, of Pittsfield, Massachusetts.	American mayor	68	125
Hendrik Constantijn Cras	Hendrik Constantijn Cras was a Dutch jurist and city librarian of Amsterdam.	Dutch jurist	81	200

Anniversary Date: 05-Apr

Died on This Day (05-Apr)