Deaths Date 1978 April | History by KabAstro

Apr 6 Nicolas Nabokov, Russian composer (Holy Devil), dies at 74
Apr 7 Ernest Kanitz, Austrian-American composer, dies at 83
Apr 8 Ford C Frick, American Baseball HOF executive (NL President 1934-51; MLB Commissioner 1951-65), dies at 83
Apr 9 Clough Williams-Ellis, British architect known chiefly as the creator of the Italianate village of Portmeirion in North Wales, dies at 94
Apr 9 Vivian McGrath, Australian tennis player (Australian C'ship 1937), dies at 62
Apr 13 Albert Termote, Flemish-Dutch sculptor of equestrian bronzes (Charles the Great), dies at 91
Apr 13 Jack Chambers, Canadian artist, dies at 47
Apr 13 Paul McGrath, American actor (Witness, No Time for Love), dies at 74
Apr 14 Frank Raymond [F.R.] Leavis, British literary critic (Culture & Environment), dies at 82
Apr 14 Joe Gordon, American Baseball HOF 2nd baseman (World Series 1938, 39, 41, 43 NY Yankees; 1948 Cleveland Indians; AL MVP 1942; 9 x MLB All Star), dies of a heart attack at 63
Apr 16 Lucius du Bignon Clay, American WWII general and military governor of West Germany, dies at 80
Apr 19 Emile de Strijker, Belgian philosopher, dies at 70
Apr 21 Sandy Denny, English singer-songwriter (Fairport Convention - "If You Gotta Go"), dies of traumatic mid-brain hemorrhage and blunt force trauma to her head after a series of falls at 31
Apr 22 Will Geer [William Aughe Ghere], American actor (Salt of the Earth, The Waltons), dies at 76
Apr 25 Lee Kim Lai, Singaporean police officer (b. 1960)
Apr 27 John Doeg, American tennis player (US Nat C'ship 1930), dies at 69
Apr 27 Mohammed Daoud Khan, Afghan politician, murdered at 68
Apr 28 Mohammed Daoud Khan, 1st President of Afghanistan (1973-78) & Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1953-63), dies at 68

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