2019 Notable Deaths April 25

John Havlicek, American basketball player (born 1940)

Name: John Havlicek, American basketball player (born 1940)
Start: 2019

On April 25, in the year 2019, John Havlicek, American basketball player (born 1940). This event is recorded as a Notable Deaths event in the history of April 25, one of 419 recorded events on this date across all of history.

1 notable person is associated with this event, including John Havlicek. Learn more below.

John Joseph Havlicek was an American professional basketball player who spent his entire career with the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Key Facts

This event took place on April 25, 2019 (AD era).
It is categorised as a Notable Deaths event in recorded history.
Referenced in 1 Wikipedia article.
1 notable person is recorded as involved in or associated with this event.
Wikipedia source last updated on 15 April 2026.

On This Date in History 419

Type	Year	Date	Event
Notable Deaths	2024	Apr 25	Marla Adams, American television actress (born 1938)
Notable Deaths	2024	Apr 25	Laurent Cantet, French director, cinematographer and screenwriter (born 1961)
Notable Deaths	2023	Apr 25	Harry Belafonte, American singer, activist, and actor (born 1927)
Notable Deaths	2018	Apr 25	Madeeha Gauhar, Pakistani actress, playwright and director of social theater, and women's rights activist (born 1956)
Notable Deaths	2016	Apr 25	Tom Lewis, Australian politician, 33rd Premier of New South Wales (born 1922)
Historical Events	2015	Apr 25	At least 8,962 are killed in Nepal after a massive 7
Notable Deaths	2015	Apr 25	Jim Fanning, American-Canadian baseball player and manager (born 1927)
Notable Deaths	2015	Apr 25	Matthias Kuhle, German geographer and academic (born 1948)
Notable Deaths	2015	Apr 25	Don Mankiewicz, American screenwriter and novelist (born 1922)
Notable Deaths	2015	Apr 25	Mike Phillips, American basketball player (born 1956)
Selected Events	2015	Apr 25	Nepal was struck by a magnitude-7
Historical Events	2014	Apr 25	The Flint water crisis begins when officials at Flint, Michigan switch the city's water supply to the Flint River, leadi
Notable Deaths	2014	Apr 25	Dan Heap, Canadian priest and politician (born 1925)
Notable Deaths	2014	Apr 25	William Judson Holloway Jr
Notable Deaths	2014	Apr 25	Earl Morrall, American football player and coach (born 1934)
Notable Deaths	2014	Apr 25	Tito Vilanova, Spanish footballer and manager (born 1968)
Notable Deaths	2014	Apr 25	Stefanie Zweig, German journalist and author (born 1932)
Selected Events	2014	Apr 25	A water crisis began when officials in Flint, Michigan, switched the city's water supply to the Flint River, leading to
Notable Deaths	2013	Apr 25	Brian Adam, Scottish biochemist and politician (born 1948)
Notable Deaths	2013	Apr 25	Jacob Avshalomov, American composer and conductor (born 1919)
Notable Deaths	2013	Apr 25	György Berencsi, Hungarian virologist and academic (born 1941)
Notable Deaths	2013	Apr 25	Rick Camp, American baseball player (born 1953)
Notable Deaths	2012	Apr 25	Gerry Bahen, Australian footballer (born 1929)
Notable Deaths	2012	Apr 25	Denny Jones, American rancher and politician (born 1910)
Notable Deaths	2012	Apr 25	Moscelyne Larkin, American ballerina and educator (born 1925)
Notable Deaths	2012	Apr 25	Louis le Brocquy, Irish painter and illustrator (born 1916)
Selected Events	2012	Apr 25	Daniel Chong is discovered in a holding room in San Diego, having been incarcerated for five days without food or water
Notable Deaths	2011	Apr 25	Poly Styrene, British musician (born 1957)
Notable Deaths	2010	Apr 25	Dorothy Provine, American actress and singer (born 1935)
Notable Deaths	2010	Apr 25	Alan Sillitoe, English novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet (born 1928)
Notable Deaths	2009	Apr 25	Bea Arthur, American actress and singer (born 1922)
Notable Deaths	2008	Apr 25	Humphrey Lyttelton, English trumpet player, composer, and radio host (born 1921)
Historical Events	2007	Apr 25	Boris Yeltsin's funeral: The first to be sanctioned by the Russian Orthodox Church for a head of state since the funeral
Notable Deaths	2007	Apr 25	Alan Ball Jr
Notable Deaths	2007	Apr 25	Arthur Milton, English footballer and cricketer (born 1928)
Notable Deaths	2007	Apr 25	Bobby Pickett, American singer-songwriter (born 1938)
Notable Deaths	2006	Apr 25	Jane Jacobs, American-Canadian journalist, author, and activist (born 1916)
Notable Deaths	2006	Apr 25	Peter Law, Welsh politician and independent member of parliament (born 1948)
Historical Events	2005	Apr 25	The final piece of the Obelisk of Axum is returned to Ethiopia after being stolen by the invading Italian army in 1937
Historical Events	2005	Apr 25	A seven-car commuter train derails and crashes into an apartment building near Amagasaki Station in Japan, killing 107,
Historical Events	2005	Apr 25	Bulgaria and Romania sign the Treaty of Accession 2005 to join the European Union
Notable Deaths	2005	Apr 25	Jim Barker, American politician (born 1935)
Notable Deaths	2005	Apr 25	Swami Ranganathananda, Indian monk and educator (born 1908)
Historical Events	2004	Apr 25	The March for Women's Lives brings over one million protesters, mostly pro-choice, to Washington D
Notable Deaths	2004	Apr 25	Thom Gunn, English-American poet and academic (born 1929)
Notable Deaths	2003	Apr 25	Samson Kitur, Kenyan runner (born 1966)
Notable Deaths	2002	Apr 25	Lisa Lopes, American rapper and dancer (born 1971)
Historical Events	2001	Apr 25	President George W
Notable Deaths	2001	Apr 25	Michele Alboreto, Italian racing driver (born 1956)
Notable Births	2000	Apr 25	Dejan Kulusevski, Swedish footballer