Deaths in April 2015

April 1 - Misao Okawa, 117, Japanese supercentenarian, world's oldest living person, heart failure.^[1]
April 1 - Nicolae Rainea, 81, Romanian football referee (FIFA World Cup (1974, 1978, 1982), UEFA Euro 1980 Final), cardiac arrest.^[2]
April 1 - John Paul Hammerschmidt, 92, American politician, member of United States House of Representatives from Arkansas (1967–1993), heart and respiratory failure.^[3]
April 1 - Eddie LeBaron, 85, American football player (Washington Redskins, Dallas Cowboys).^[4]
April 1 - Cynthia Lennon, 75, British artist, ex-wife of John Lennon, cancer.^[5]
April 2 - Luis Delgado Aparicio, 74, Peruvian politician, MP (1995–2001), pancreatic cancer.^[6]
April 2 - Manoel de Oliveira, 106, Portuguese movie director and screenwriter, heart failure.^[7]
April 2 - Olga Sawicka, 83, Polish dancer and choreographer.^[8]
April 2 - Robert H. Schuller, 88, American televangelist (Hour of Power), esophageal cancer.^[9]
April 2 - Rudolph R. Perz, 89, American advertising executive, creator of the Pillsbury Doughboy.^[10]
April 2 - Doug Sax, 79, American audio mastering engineer, cancer.^[11]
April 2 - Steve Stevaert, 60, Belgian politician, Chairman of the SP.a (2003–2005), Governor of Limburg (2005–2009).^[12]
April 2 - Abdelhadi Tazi, 94, Moroccan scholar and diplomat.^[13]
April 3 - Nigel Boocock, 77, British speedway rider.^[14]
April 3 - Bob Burns, 64, American drummer (Lynyrd Skynyrd), traffic collision.^[15]
April 3 - Mathias Gnädinger, 74, Swiss actor (The Boat Is Full, Journey of Hope), cancer.^[16]
April 3 - Shmuel Wosner, 101, Austrian-born Israeli Haredi rabbi.^[17]
April 3 - Sarah Brady, 73, American gun control campaigner, wife of James Brady, pneumonia.^[18]
April 3 - Kayahan, 66, Turkish musician, cancer.^[19]
April 3 - Robert Rietti, 92, British-born Italian actor.^[20]
April 3 - Vivian Nathan, 98, American actress (Klute).^[21]
April 4 - Elmer Lach, 97, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens), stroke.^[22]
April 4 - Jamaluddin Jarjis, 63, Malaysian politician, MP for Rompin (1990-2015), helicopter crash.^[23]
April 4 - Klaus Rifbjerg, 83, Danish writer (Anna, I, Anna), recipient of the Nordic Council's Literature Prize (1970).^[24]
April 4 - Donald N. Levine, 83, American sociologist.^[25]
April 4 - Ira Lewis, 82, American actor and playwright (Chinese Coffee), problems after open heart surgery.^[26]
April 5 - Fredric Brandt, 65, American dermatologist, suicide by hanging.^[27]
April 5 - Richard Dysart, 86, American character actor (L.A. Law, Being There, The Thing).^[28]
April 5 - Tom Towles, 65, American actor (Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, Miami Vice, The Rock).^[29]
April 5 - Julie Wilson, 90, American actress (Kiss Me, Kate, Legs Diamond, The Secret Storm), complications from a stroke.^[30]
April 5 - Juan Carlos Cáceres, 79, Argentine tango musician and painter, cancer.^[31]
April 5 - Lon Simmons, 91, American sports broadcaster.^[32]
April 5 - Gordon Moyes, 76, Australian radio evangelist and politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council (2002–2011).^[33]
April 6 - Dollard St. Laurent, 85, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens, Chicago Blackhawks).^[34]
April 6 - Romualdas Ozolas, 76, Lithuanian politician, signatory of the 1990 Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania.^[35]
April 6 - Dave Ulliott, 61, English professional poker player, colon cancer.^[36]
April 6 - Gertrude Weaver, 116, American supercentenarian, world's oldest person, pneumonia.^[37]
April 6 - Giovanni Berlinguer, 90, Italian politician, MEP (2004–2009).^[38]
April 6 - John Papit, 86, American football player (Washington Redskins, Green Bay Packers), stroke.^[39]
April 6 - Ray Charles, 96, American musician (The Perry Como Show, The Muppet Show).^[40]
April 6 - James Best, 88, American actor (The Dukes of Hazzard, Ride Lonesome, Sounder), complications from pneumonia.^[41]
April 6 - Ben Powers, 64, American actor (Good Times).^[42]
April 6 - Hardijs Baumanis, 47, Latvian diplomat, ambassador to Lithuania and Azerbaijan.^[43]
April 7 - Jean Germain, 67, French politician, suicide by firearm.^[44]
April 7 - Richard Henyekane, 31, South African footballer, traffic collision.^[45]
April 7 - Tim Babcock, 95, American politician, Governor of Montana (1962–1969).^[46]
April 7 - Stan Freberg, 88, American actor (Looney Tunes, Lady and the Tramp) and author, pneumonia.^[47]
April 7 - Kardam, Prince of Turnovo, 52, Bulgarian royal, lung infection.^[48]
April 7 - James B. Rhoads, 86, American public servant, Archivist of the United States (1968–1979).^[49]
April 7 - Geoffrey Lewis, 79, American actor (High Plains Drifter, Maverick, The Lawnmower Man).^[50]
April 7 - Dickie Owen, 88, British actor (Zulu).^[51]
April 8 - Hermann Schweppenhäuser, 87, German philosopher.^[52]
April 8 - Jayakanthan, 80, Indian Tamil author.^[53]
April 9 - Alexander Dalgarno, 87, British physicist.^[54]
April 9 - Nina Companeez, 77, French movie director and screenwriter.^[55]
April 9 - John Toohey, 85, Australian jurist, High Court Justice (1987–1998).^[56]
April 10 - Judith Malina, 88, German-born American actress (Dog Day Afternoon, Awakenings, The Sopranos) and director, lung disease.^[57]
April 10 - Richie Benaud, 84, Australian cricket captain and television commentator, skin cancer.^[58]
April 10 - Peter Walsh, 80, Australian politician, Minister for Finance (1984–1990), Senator for Western Australia (1974–1993).^[59]
April 10 - Raúl Héctor Castro, 98, Mexican-born American politician and diplomat, Governor of Arizona (1975–1977), United States Ambassador to El Salvador (1964–1968), Bolivia (1968–1969) and Argentina (1977–1980).^[60]
April 10 - Ray Graves, 96, American football player and coach.^[61]
April 10 - Paul Almond, 83, Canadian movie director (The Act of the Heart, Journey, Isabel), heart disease.^[62]
April 10 - Jin Youzhi, 96, Chinese royal, sibling of Puyi.^[63]
April 10 - Jim Mutscheller, 85, American football player (Baltimore Colts), kidney failure.^[64]
April 11 - Janusz Kurczab, 77, Polish fencer, mountaineer and expedition leader.^[65]
April 11 - Lars Tunbjörk, 59, Swedish photographer.^[66] (death announced on this date)
April 11 - Sheila Kitzinger, 86, British natural childbirth activist.^[67]
April 11 - Charlie Beasley, 69, American basketball player.^[68]
April 12 - André Mba Obame, 57, Gabonese politician.^[69]
April 12 - Patrice Dominguez, 65, Algerian-born French tennis player, lung disease.^[70]
April 12 - Alfred Eick, 99, German U-boat commander.^[71]
April 13 - Ronnie Carroll, 80, Northern Irish Eurovision Song Contest contestant and perennial candidate.^[72]
April 13 - Eduardo Galeano, 74, Uruguayan journalist, writer and novelist, lung cancer.^[73]
April 13 - Herb Trimpe, 75, American comic book artist (The Incredible Hulk, Thor), co-creator of Wolverine.^[74]
April 13 - Thelma Coyne Long, 96, Australian Hall of Fame tennis player.^[75]
April 13 - Günter Grass, 87, German novelist (The Tin Drum), Nobel Prize in Literature laureate (1999), lung infection.^[76]
April 13 - Orma Slack, 112, Canadian supercentenarian, nation's oldest living person.^[77]
April 14 - Ameril Umbra Kato, 68, Philippine warlord, leader of Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters, heart attack.^[78]
April 14 - Percy Sledge, 74, American R&B singer ("When a Man Loves a Woman"), liver cancer.^[79]
April 14 - Norman H. Bangerter, 82, American politician, Governor of Utah (1985–1993), stroke.^[80]
April 14 - Homaro Cantu, 38, American chef and businessman, suicide by hanging.^[81]
April 14 - Klaus Bednarz, 72, German journalist and writer.^[82]
April 14 - Meir Rosenne, 84, Israeli lawyer and diplomat, Ambassador to France (1979–1983) and United States (1983–1987).^[83]
April 15 - Surya Bahadur Thapa, 88, Nepalese politician, Prime Minister (1963–1964, 1965–1969, 1979–1983, 1997–1998 and 2003–2004), respiratory failure.^[84]
April 15 - Alexander Nadson, 88, Belarusian religious leader, Apostolic Visitor for Belarusian Greek-Catholic faithful abroad.^[85]
April 15 - Jonathan Crombie, 48, Canadian actor (Anne of Green Gables), brain hemorrhage.^[86]
April 16 - Valery Belousov, 66, Russian ice hockey coach.^[87]
April 16 - Attaphol Buspakom, 53, Thai football player and coach, blood infection.^[88]
April 16 - Stanislav Gross, 45, Czech politician, Prime Minister (2004–2005), complications from ALS.^[89]
April 16 - Lee Remmel, 90, American PR spokesman (Green Bay Packers).^[90]
April 16 - Oles Buzina, 45, Ukrainian journalist, shot.^[91]
April 16 - Johnny Kemp, 55, Bahamian singer ("Just Got Paid"), fall.^[92]
April 16 - Heino Kleiminger, 76, German footballer (F.C. Hansa Rostock, East Germany national team), cancer.^[93]
April 17 - Jaroslav Holík, 72, Czech ice hockey player, world champion (1972).^[94]
April 17 - Francis George, 78, American Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Chicago (1997–2014), bladder cancer.^[95]
April 17 - Robert P. Griffin, 91, American politician, member of the Senate from Michigan (1966–1977), member of the House of Representatives from Michigan's 9th district (1957–1966).^[96]
April 17 - Mariano Gago, 66, Portuguese engineer and politician, sudden cardiac death.^[97]
April 17 - Viktor Korshunov, 85, Russian actor, People's Artist of the USSR.^[98]
April 17 - Jeremiah J. Rodell, 93, American brigadier general and priest.^[99]
April 18 - Mario Pirani, 89, Italian journalist (la Repubblica), economist, and writer.^[100]
April 18 - Erwin Waldner, 82, German footballer (VfB Stuttgart, SPAL Ferrara).^[101]
April 19 - Tom McCabe, 60, Scottish politician, Minister for Finance and Public Service Reform (2004-2007).^[102]
April 19 - Theodosia Okoh, 92, Ghanaian flag designer and sports administrator.^[103]
April 19 - Raymond Carr, 96, British historian.^[104]
April 19 - Uche Chukwumerije, 75, Nigerian politician, Senator for Abia North (since 2003), lung cancer.^[105]
April 19 - Elio Toaff, 99, Italian rabbi, Chief Rabbi of Rome (1951–2002).^[106]
April 19 - Ali Abu Mukhammad, 43, Dagestani-Russian Islamist leader, Emir of the Caucasus Emirate (since 2014), shot.^[107]
April 20 - Aharon Lichtenstein, 81, French-born American-Israeli rabbi, winner of the Israel Prize (2014).^[108]
April 20 - Richard Anthony, 77, Egyptian-born French singer.^[109]
April 20 - Frederic Morton, 90, Austrian-born American writer.^[110]
April 20 - Bob St. Clair, 84, American Hall of Fame football player (San Francisco 49ers).^[111]
April 20 - Ibrahim Yusri, 65, Egyptian actor (The Terrorist), kidney failure.^[112]
April 20 - Peter Howell, 95/96, British actor (Emergency – Ward 10, The Lord of the Rings).^[113]
April 21 - Roy Mason, 91, British politician, MP for Barnsley (1953–1983) and Barnsley Central (1983–1987), Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1976–1979).^[114]
April 21 - Janaki Ballabh Patnaik, 88, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Odisha (1980–1989, 1995–1999), Governor of Assam (2009–2014), heart attack.^[115]
April 21 - Abdel Rahman el-Abnudi, 76, Egyptian poet.^[116]
April 21 - Steve Byrnes, 56, American sports announcer (NASCAR on Fox), head and neck cancer.^[117]
April 21 - Mary Doyle Keefe, 92, American model ("Rosie the Riveter").^[118]
April 21 - Gideon Eilat, 91, German-born Israeli soldier.^[119]
April 21 - Cindy Yang, 24, Taiwanese model and actress (First of May), suicide by helium inhalation.^[120]
April 21 - Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov, 49, Russian movie director (Luna Papa).^[121]
April 21 - M. H. Abrams, 102, American literary critic.^[122]
April 22 - Lois Lilienstein, 78, Canadian singer and musician (Sharon, Lois & Bram)
April 22 - Dick Balharry, 77, Scottish conservationist, cancer.^[123]
April 22 - Gennadi Vengerov, 55, Belarusian-born Russian-German actor, lung and bone cancer.^[124]
April 22 - Rex Robinson, 89, British actor (Doctor Who, Yes Minister, Only Fools and Horses).^[125] (death announced on this date)
April 22 - Dorothy Custer, 103, American comedian (The Tonight Show with Jay Leno).^[126]
April 23 - Sixto Valencia Burgos, 81, Mexican comic artist (Memín Pinguín, MAD).^[127]
April 23 - Sawyer Sweeten, 19, American actor (Everybody Loves Raymond), suicide by gunshot.^[128]
April 23 - Aziz Asli, 77, Iranian footballer.^[129]
April 23 - Richard Corliss, 71, American movie critic (Time), stroke.^[130]
April 23 - Francis Tsai, 47, American comic book, movie and video game concept artist (Spider-Man, TMNT, The Bourne Conspiracy), ALS.^[131]
April 23 - Pierre Claude Nolin, 64, Canadian politician, Speaker of the Senate (since 2014), cancer.^[132]
April 24 - Władysław Bartoszewski, 93, Polish politician and resistance fighter, Auschwitz concentration camp prisoner, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1995, 2000–2001), heart attack.^[133]
April 24 - Sid Tepper, 96, American songwriter ("Red Roses for a Blue Lady").^[134]
April 24 - George C. Young, 98, American lawyer and judge, heart attack.^[135]
April 24 - Rustum Ghazaleh, 61, Syrian military officer, head injury. (death announced on this date)^[136]
April 24 - Ismail Hussain, 65, Indian politician, MP for Barpeta (2009–2014), cancer.^[137]
April 24 - Ken Birch, 81, British footballer (Bangor City).^[138]
April 24 - Valentine Lamb, 76, British journalist (The Irish Field).^[139]
April 24 - Max Rojas, 74, Mexican poet.^[140]
April 25 - Notable deaths due to the 2015 Nepal earthquake:
- Dan Fredinburg, 33, American executive, head of privacy at Google.^[141]
- Matthias Kuhle, 67, German geographer.^[142]
April 25 - Jim Fanning, 87, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs) and manager (Montreal Expos).^[143]
April 25 - Sabeen Mahmud, Pakistani human rights activist, shot.^[144]
April 25 - Otakar Krámský, 55, Czech racing driver, triple European hillclimb champion (1995, 1997, 1998), training collision.^[145]
April 25 - Don Mankiewicz, 93, American screenwriter (I Want to Live!), congestive heart failure.^[146]
April 25 - Mike Phillips, 59, American basketball player (Kentucky Wildcats, FC Barcelona).^[147]
April 25 - Christine Stewart, 74, Canadian politician, Secretary of State (1993–1997) and Minister of the Environment (1997–1999).^[148]
April 26 - Wang Guozhen, 58, Chinese poet, liver cancer.^[149]
April 26 - Bill Valentine, 82, American baseball umpire (Arkansas Travelers).^[150]
April 26 - Masudur Rahman Baidya, 46, Indian swimmer, heart attack.^[151]
April 26 - Hojatollah Khatib, 61, Iranian sports administrator, cancer.^[152]
April 26 - Izatullo Khayoyev, 78, Tajik politician, Vice-President (1990–1991), Prime Minister (1991–1992).^[153]
April 26 - Jayne Meadows, 95, Chinese-born American actress (I've Got a Secret, Undercurrent, Song of the Thin Man).^[154]
April 26 - Marcel Pronovost, 84, Canadian Hall of Fame ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings, Toronto Maple Leafs).^[155]
April 27 - Inês Etienne Romeu, 72, Brazilian political prisoner.^[156]
April 27 - Andrew Lesnie, 59, Australian cinematographer, Academy Award winner (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring), heart attack.^[157]
April 27 - Verne Gagne, 89, American professional wrestler, trainer and promoter (AWA), Alzheimer's disease.^[158]
April 27 - Suzanne Crough, 52, American actress (The Partridge Family).^[159]
April 27 - Jack Ely, 71, American singer ("Louie Louie").^[160]
April 27 - Gene Fullmer, 83, American professional boxer, two-time middleweight world champion.^[161]
April 27 - Guy LeBlanc, 54, Canadian keyboard player (Nathan Mahl, Camel), kidney cancer.^[162]
April 27 - Marty Napoleon, 93, American jazz pianist.^[163]
April 28 - Xu Guangxian, 94, Chinese chemist.^[164]
April 28 - René Féret, 69, French actor and director (Solemn Communion).^[165]
April 28 - Ashura Hara, 68, Japanese professional wrestler, pneumonia.^[166]
April 28 - Keith Harris, 67, British ventriloquist, cancer.^[167]
April 28 - Antônio Abujamra, 82, Brazilian actor and director.^[168]
April 28 - Deng Minghe, 8, Chinese actor, leukemia.^[169]
April 28 - Michael J. Ingelido, 98, American Air Force major general, stroke.^[170]
April 28 - Duri Camichel, 32, Swiss ice hockey player (EV Zug), traffic collision.^[171]
April 29 - Notable convicted drug traffickers executed by Indonesian firing squad:^[172]
- Andrew Chan, 31, Australian^[172]
- Rodrigo Gularte, 42, Brazilian^[172]
- Myuran Sukumaran, 34, Australian^[172]
April 29 - Calvin Peete, 71, American golfer, Tournament Players champion (1985), lung cancer.^[173]
April 29 - Daniel Walker, 92, American politician, Governor of Illinois (1973–1977), heart failure.^[174]
April 29 - Jean Nidetch, 91, American businesswoman, founder of Weight Watchers.^[175]
April 29 - Gopulu, 91, Indian cartoonist (Ananda Vikatan).^[176]
April 29 - François Michelin, 88, French businessman, CEO of Michelin (1955–1999).^[177]
April 30 - Patachou, 96, French singer and actress.^[178]
April 30 - Gregory Mertens, 24, Belgian footballer, heart failure.^[179]
April 30 - Lennart Bodström, 87, Swedish politician, Minister for Foreign Affairs (1982–1985).^[180]
April 30 - Ben E. King, 76, American soul and R&B singer ("Stand by Me"), coronary heart disease.^[181]
April 30 - William Pfaff, 86, American author and columnist, heart attack.^[182]
April 30 - Milap Chand Jain, 86, Indian judge and politician, Governor of Rajasthan (1990).^[183]
April 30 - Ronald Senator, 89, British composer, house fire.^[184]
April 30 - Nigel Terry, 69, British actor (The Lion in Winter, Excalibur, Troy).^[185]
April 30 - David Fonseca, 60, Belizean politician, Mayor of Belize City (1999–2006), suicide by gunshot.^[186]

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