Famous Deaths for 11th April 2026

1648 – Matthäus Appelt, German composer, dies at 53
1712 – Richard Simon, French Oratorian priest, biblical critic and orientalist (Histoire Critique du Vieux Testament / Critical History of the Old Testament), dies at 73
1838 – Piet Uys [Petrus Lafras Uys], Dutch Afrikaner Voortrekker pioneer (the Great Trek from Cape of Good Hope to interior South Africa), killed during the Battle of Italeni against the Zulus at 40
1908 – Henry Bird, English Chess player and author (b. 1829)
1974 – Charles Curtis “Curt” Conway, American actor (Raw Deal; The Twilight Zone), dies of a heart attack at 60
1980 – Charlotte Henry, American actress (Alice in Wonderland; Babes In Toyland; Jungle Menace), dies of cancer at 66
1992 – Robert Houben, Belgian politician (Minister of Public Health, 1958), dies at 86
1996 – Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet, French advertising magnate and Founder of Publicis Groupe, dies at 89
2006 – Proof [DeShaun Holton], American rapper (D12), shot to death in billiard game dispute at 32
2025 – Max Romeo [Smith], Jamaican reggae singer and songwriter, dies of heart complications at 80

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