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The following is a list of deaths in April 2009.

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  • Arne Andersson, 91, Swedish middle distance runner.
  • Umberto Betti, 87, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Cardinal of Santi Vito, Modesto e Crescenzio since 2007.
  • John Blankenchip, 89, American educator, theater director and designer, after short illness.
  • Paul Dean, Baron Dean of Harptree, 84, British politician, Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons (1982–1992).
  • Margreta Elkins, 78, Australian mezzo-soprano, cancer.
  • Duane Jarvis, 51, American guitarist and singer-songwriter, colon cancer.
  • Marcos Moshinsky, 88, Ukrainian-born Mexican physicist.
  • Daniel Joseph O'Hern, 78, American jurist, member of the New Jersey Supreme Court (1981–2000), melanoma.
  • Elaine Cancilla Orbach, 69, American actress, wife of Jerry Orbach, pneumonia.
  • Lou Perryman, 67, American actor, stabbed.
  • Miguel Ángel Suárez, 69, Puerto Rican actor, esophageal cancer.
  • Ian Tomlinson, 47, British pedestrian allegedly assaulted by police at 2009 G-20 London summit protests, abdominal haemorrhage.

    • 2

  • Ghulam Mohammed Baloch, 50, Pakistani politician.
  • Exotic Dancer, 9, French-bred British racehorse, heart attack after race.
  • Guttorm Hansen, 88, Norwegian politician, President of Parliament (1973–1981).
  • Taj Muhammad Jamali, 70, Pakistani politician, Chief Minister of Balochistan (1990–1993).
  • Albert Sanschagrin, 97, Canadian Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe (1967–1979).
  • Bud Shank, 82, American alto saxophonist, pulmonary failure.
  • Frank Springer, 79, American comic book artist, prostate cancer.

    • 3

  • Ken Anderson, 33, American football player (Chicago Bears), heart attack.
  • James G. Boswell II, 86, American businessman, natural causes.
  • Thomas Braden, 92, American journalist and author (Eight Is Enough), cardiac arrest.
  • Eva Evdokimova, 60, Swiss-born American ballerina, complications of cancer.
  • Charlie Kennedy, 81, American alto saxophonist, pulmonary disease.
  • John King, 55, American ukulele player, heart attack.
  • Victor Millan, 89, American actor and theatre professor.
  • Alexei Parshchikov, 54, Russian poet.
  • Crodowaldo Pavan, 89, Brazilian biologist and geneticist, multiple organ dysfunction syndrome and cancer.
  • Jerome R. Waldie, 84, American politician, Representative from California (1966–1975).

    • 4

  • Trevor Bull, 64, British Olympic cyclist.
  • Jobie Dajka, 27, Australian track cyclist, 2002 Keirin world champion.
  • Adriano Directo Emperado, 82, American martial artist (kajukenbo).
  • Maxine Cooper Gomberg, 84, American actress (Kiss Me Deadly), natural causes
  • Netherwood Hughes, 108, British fourth-to-last veteran of World War I.
  • Jody McCrea, 74, American actor, son of Joel McCrea and Frances Dee, cardiac arrest.
  • Gonzalo Olave, 25, Chilean actor, motorcycle accident. (Spanish)
  • I. Herbert Scheinberg, 89, American doctor, pneumonia.
  • Nelly Sindayen, 59, Filipino journalist, Manila correspondent for Time magazine, complications from diabetic stroke.
  • Cecil Skotnes, 82, South African artist, pneumonia.
  • Armand Tanny, 90, American bodybuilder, natural causes.
  • Marvin Webster, 56, American basketball player (Seattle SuperSonics), natural causes.

    • 5

  • Wouter Barendrecht, 43, Dutch film producer, heart failure.
  • Guy Brown, 72, Canadian politician, mayor of Springhill, Nova Scotia (2004–2008), after long illness.
  • Thomas R. Byrne, 86, American politician, Mayor of Saint Paul, Minnesota (1966–1970), cancer.
  • Tony D, 42, American hip hop DJ and musician, car accident.
  • Sir Michael Giddings, 88, British Air Marshal.
  • I. J. Good, 92, British mathematician, statistician and cryptographer, natural causes.
  • Sir Neil MacCormick, 67, British jurist and Scottish nationalist politician, cancer.
  • Rocco Morabito, 88, American Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer.
  • Nancy Overton, 83, American pop singer (The Chordettes), esophageal cancer.
  • Constantine Papadakis, 63, Greek-born American president of Drexel University, complications from lung cancer.
  • William Tobin, 83, American journalist, esophageal cancer.
  • George Tribe, 88, Australian cricketer.
  • Ole Gabriel Ueland, 78, Norwegian politician.
  • David Wheatley, 59, British film and television director, after long illness.

    • 6

  • Steve Cannon, 81, American radio personality (WCCO), cancer.
  • J. M. S. Careless, 90, Canadian historian.
  • Dwight Crandell, 86, American volcanologist, heart attack.
  • Dorothy Cullman, 91, American philanthropist, complications of brain injury.
  • Russell E. Dunham, 89, American war veteran, Medal of Honor recipient, heart failure.
  • Jacques Hustin, 69, Belgian singer-songwriter. (French)
  • Shawn Mackay, 26, Australian rugby union player (Brumbies), cardiac arrest following car accident.
  • Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri, 71, South African Minister of Communications (since 1999) and acting President (2008), natural causes.
  • Andrzej Stelmachowski, 84, Polish academic and politician.
  • Mari Trini, 61, Spanish pop singer and actress.
  • Svetlana Ulmasova, 56, Uzbekistani athlete.
  • Damouré Zika, 85, Nigerien film actor and traditional healer, after long illness.

    • 7

  • Dave Arneson, 61, American game designer, co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons, cancer.
  • Samuel Beer, 97, American academic, expert on British government.
  • Raja Chelliah, 86, Indian economist, founder of Madras School of Economics, after short illness.
  • Stanley Jaki, 84, Hungarian-born American theologian, heart attack.
  • Philip Moore, Baron Moore of Wolvercote, 88, British private secretary to Queen Elizabeth II (1977–1986).
  • Paddy O'Hanlon, 65, Irish politician and barrister, after short illness.
  • Leo Prieto, 88, Filipino sports executive, PBA Commissioner (1975–1982), stroke.
  • Gordon Slynn, Baron Slynn of Hadley, 79, British jurist, cancer.
  • Michael Stern, 98, American journalist and philanthropist, co-founder of Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum, pancreatic cancer.
  • Hyacinth Tungutalum, 62, Australian politician, heart attack.
  • Jack Wrangler, 62, American pornographic film actor, writer, and producer, emphysema.

    • 8

  • Lennie Bennett, 70, British comedian and game show host (Lucky Ladders), after short illness.
  • Jane Bryan, 90, American actress, after long illness.
  • Henri Meschonnic, 76, French poet, linguist, translator and theoretician.
  • Dan Miller, 67, American television journalist (WSMV, KCBS), heart attack.
  • Piotr Morawski, 32, Polish mountain climber, mountaineering accident.
  • Marat Nyýazow, 75, Turkmen-born Soviet sport shooter, Olympic silver medalist (1960).
  • Jean Overton Fuller, 94, British writer and painter.
  • Tam Paton, 70, Scottish music manager and spokesperson for the Bay City Rollers, suspected heart attack.
  • David Winans, 74, American gospel singer, heart attack.

    • 9

  • Nick Adenhart, 22, American baseball pitcher (Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim), car accident.
  • Edgar Buchwalder, 92, Swiss Olympic cyclist and silver medalist.
  • Randy Cain, 63, American singer (The Delfonics).
  • Mike Casey, 60, American college basketball player (Kentucky Wildcats) (1967–1971), heart disease.
  • Colin Jordan, 85, British politician and Neo-Nazi activist.
  • Ernest Manirumva, Burundian anti-corruption activist (OLUCOME), stabbed.
  • Shakti Samanta, 83, Indian film director and producer, cardiac arrest.
  • Dale Swann, 61, American character actor, complications of stroke.

    • 10

  • Richard Arnell, 91, English composer.
  • John Spoor Broome, 91, American rancher and philanthropist.
  • Richard Fox Cartwright, 95, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Plymouth (1972–1982).
  • Blake Chanslor, 88, American businessman, founder of Blake's Lotaburger.
  • Deborah Digges, 59, American poet, apparent suicide by jumping.
  • Frank Morris, 85, Canadian football player and executive, after long illness.
  • Naum Olev, 70, Russian lyricist. (Russian)
  • Yevgeny Vesnik, 86, Russian actor, stroke.

    • 11

  • James William Brodie, 88, New Zealand geologist, oceanographer and geophysicist.
  • Mickey Cafagna, 65, American politician, mayor of Poway, California, complications from kidney cancer.
  • Simon Channing-Williams, 63, British film producer, cancer.
  • Albert Chernenko, 74, Russian philosopher, son of Konstantin Chernenko. (Russian)
  • Rob Dickson, 45, Australian football player, winner of Australian Survivor, car accident.
  • Gerda Gilboe, 94, Danish actress.[69] (Danish)
  • Judith Krug, 69, American librarian, founder of Banned Books Week, stomach cancer.
  • René Monory, 85, French politician, President of the Senate (1992–1998).
  • Tita Muñoz, 82, Filipino actress, after long illness.
  • Jimmy Neighbour, 58, British footballer (Norwich City, Tottenham Hotspur), heart attack.
  • Vishnu Prabhakar, 97, Indian writer, after long illness.
  • Johnny Roadhouse, 88, British saxophonist.
  • Al Rosenbaum, 82, American sculptor, co-founder of the Virginia Holocaust Museum.
  • Corín Tellado, 81, Spanish novelist, heart failure.

    • 12

  • Sitara Achakzai, 52, Afghan women's rights activist and politician, shot.
  • Javier de Bengoechea, 89, Spanish poet. (Spanish)
  • Danny Cameron, 85, Canadian politician, Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick (1991–1995).
  • Marilyn Chambers, 56, American pornographic film actress (Behind the Green Door), erotic dancer, and politician, heart disease.
  • Kent Douglas, 73, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs), cancer
  • Gene Handley, 94, American baseball player.
  • Mike Keen, 69, British footballer, after short illness.
  • Hans Kleppen, 102, Norwegian ski jumper. (Norwegian)
  • Sir Kirby Laing, 92, British civil engineer.
  • Sir John Maddox, 83, British science writer, editor (Nature, 1966–1973, 1980–1995).
  • Stephen Minarik, 49, American politician, chairman of the New York Republican State Committee (2004–2006), heart attack.
  • Ephraim Obot, 72, Nigerian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Idah since 1977.
  • Franklin Rosemont, 65, American surrealist poet, labor historian and co-founder of the Chicago Surrealist Group. [70]
  • Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, 58, American writer and critical theorist, pioneer of queer studies, breast cancer.
  • Ishaq Shahryar, 73, Afghan-born American scientist and ambassador.
  • Derek Weiler, 40, Canadian editor and writer.
  • Zeke Zarchy, 93, American swing music jazz trumpeter.

    • 13

  • John Armitage, 88, Australian politician, MP (1961–1963, 1969–1983).
  • Björn Borg, 89, Swedish Olympic swimmer. (Swedish)
  • Stefan Brecht, 84, German poet, son of Bertolt Brecht and Helene Weigel, after long illness.
  • Frank Costigan, 78, Australian lawyer and royal commissioner, head of the Costigan Commission.
  • Tony Eckstein, 85, American politician and veterinarian.
  • Mark Fidrych, 54, American baseball pitcher (Detroit Tigers), suffocation.
  • Jack D. Hunter, 87, American author, cancer.
  • Harry Kalas, 73, American sportscaster, heart attack.
  • Ossie Lambert, 82, Australian cricketer.
  • Ángel Miguel, 79, Spanish professional golfer. (Spanish)
  • Bruce Snyder, 69, American football coach, melanoma.
  • Alfred Swift, 77, South African Olympic cyclist.
  • Kevin Walton, 90, British winner of the Albert Medal.

    • 14

  • Richard Baker, 62, American surf apparel executive (Ocean Pacific), cancer.
  • Maurice Druon, 90, French novelist, Dean of the Académie française (French Academy), and French Resistance fighter.
  • Fuyuko Kamisaka, 78, Japanese historian, author and critic, cancer.
  • Les Keiter, 89, American sportscaster, natural causes.
  • Max Lake, 84, Australian winemaker, fall.
  • Marcus Loane, 97, Australian Anglican Primate (1978–1982), Archbishop of Sydney (1966–1982), after short illness.
  • Peter Rogers, 95, British film producer (Carry On series).
  • Royce Ryton, 84, British playwright.

    • 15

  • Ed Blake, 83, American baseball player, after long illness.
  • Sir Clement Freud, 84, German-born British writer, broadcaster and politician, MP (1973–1987).
  • Merle Harmon, 82, American sportscaster, pneumonia.
  • Wisdom Siziba, 28, Zimbabwean cricketer, heart failure.
  • László Tisza, 101, Hungarian-born American physicist.

    • 16

  • Patty Costello, 61, American ten-pin bowler, pancreatic cancer.
  • Michael Martin Dwyer, 24, Irish security guard, shot.
  • Sal Guarriello, 90, American politician, after short illness.
  • Tengiz Gudava, 55, Georgian-born Soviet dissident and journalist (RFE/RL). (Russian)
  • Timothy Holst, 61, American circus ringmaster, after short illness.
  • James D. Houston, 75, American author, cancer.
  • Jim Lange, 82, American editorial cartoonist (The Oklahoman), after long illness.
  • Svein Longva, 65, Norwegian economist, State Conciliator (2005–2009). (Norwegian)
  • Michel Mondésert, 92, French Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Grenoble.
  • Abdel Halim Muhammad, 99, Sudanese doctor, President of the CAF (1968–1972), member of Committee of Sovereignty of The Sudan (1964–1965).
  • Viktor Paskov, 59, Bulgarian writer, lung cancer.
  • Eduardo Rózsa-Flores, 49, Hungarian journalist, writer, actor and soldier, shot.
  • Saensak Muangsurin, 58, Thai boxer, intestinal complications.
  • Fadel Shana'a, 23, Palestinian photojournalist (Reuters), military strike.

    • 17

  • Sir Martin Garrod, 73, British army general, Commandant General Royal Marines (1987–1990).
  • Midge Miller, 86, American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (1971–1985), cancer.
  • Honoré Desmond Sharrer, 88, American artist.

    • 18

  • Tissa Abeysekara, 69, Sri Lankan film director, writer and actor, brain haemorrhage.
  • Toi Aukuso Cain, 50, Samoan politician and murderer, liver cancer.
  • Peter Dennis, 75, British actor.
  • Edward George, Baron George, 70, British public official, Governor of the Bank of England (1993–2003), lung cancer.
  • Vernon Malone, 77, American politician, member of the North Carolina Senate (2003–2009), natural causes.
  • Bill Orton, 60, American politician, member of the US House of Representatives from Utah (1991–1997), ATV accident.
  • Stephanie Parker, 22, British actress (Belonging), apparent suicide by hanging.
  • Charles Peebler, 72, American advertising executive, progressive supranuclear palsy.
  • Whitelaw Reid, 95, American journalist, complications of lung and heart failure.
  • Elías Wessin y Wessin, 84, Dominican politician and general, cardiac arrest. (Spanish)

    • 19

  • J. G. Ballard, 78, British novelist, prostate cancer.
  • Doc Blanchard, 84, American college football player (Army), Heisman Trophy winner (1945), pneumonia.
  • Tilahun Gessesse, 68, Ethiopian singer.
  • Robert Gillis, 82, American football coach.
  • Tony Kett, 57, Irish politician, cancer.
  • Božo Kos, 77, Slovenian illustrator and caricaturist. (Slovene)
  • Tharon Musser, 84, American lighting designer, after long illness.
  • Dicky Robinson, 82, British footballer (Middlesbrough), after long illness.
  • Terrell Starr, 82, American politician, member of the Georgia State Senate (1968–2006), heart failure.
  • Kiril Vajarov, 21, Bulgarian ice hockey goaltender, member of the national team (2006–2009), stabbed. (Dutch)

    • 20

  • Beata Asimakopoulou, 77, Greek actress, after short illness. (Greek)
  • Thomas Hill, 81, American actor.
  • Franco Rotella, 42, Italian footballer, melanoma. (Italian)

    • 21

  • Iqbal Bano, 74, Indian-born Pakistani singer, after short illness.
  • Paul Ebert, 76, American college baseball and basketball player and surgeon, myocardial infarction.
  • Robin Gillett, 83, British Lord Mayor of London (1976–1977).
  • Jack Jones, 96, British trade union leader, veteran of the International Brigades.
  • H. S. S. Lawrence, 85, Indian educationalist.
  • Vivian Maier, 83, American street photographer.
  • James Byron Moran, 78, American jurist (United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois), after long illness.
  • Santha Rama Rau, 86, Indian-born American writer, cardiac arrest.

    • 22

  • Ken Annakin, 94, British film director (The Longest Day, Battle of the Bulge), complications from heart attack and stroke.
  • Jack Cardiff, 94, British cinematographer (A Matter Of Life And Death, Black Narcissus, The African Queen), natural causes.
  • Ron Cash, 59, American baseball player.
  • Marilyn Cooper, 74, American actress, after long illness.
  • Bill Disney, 77, American Olympic silver medal-winning (1960) speed skater, emphysema.
  • Bob Hamm, 74, American writer and Cajun humorist, complications related to cancer.
  • David Kellermann, 41, American businessman, CFO of Freddie Mac since 2008, suicide by hanging.
  • Alex Lees, 97, British planner of the Great Escape during World War II.
  • George C. Rawlings, 87, American politician, member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1964–1969).
  • Heinz Schröder, 80, German puppeteer. (German)
  • Kim Weiskopf, 62, American television writer, pancreatic cancer.

    • 23

  • William F. Barnes, 91, American football coach (UCLA), complications from pneumonia.
  • Kenneth Paul Block, 84, American fashion illustrator.
  • Gordon Gair, 92, Canadian lacrosse player.
  • Don Kiser, 72, American politician, mayor of Paris, Kentucky (2003–2009), heart attack.
  • Lam Sheung Yee, 74, Hong Kong footballer, coach, announcer and actor.
  • Ivan Madray, 74, Guyanese cricketer, hypertension.
  • Felipe Solís Olguín, 64, Mexican archaeologist, curator of the National Anthropology Museum, cardiac arrest.
  • Timothy Wright, 61, American pastor and gospel singer, car accident.

    • 24

  • Irving D. Chais, 83, American businessman, owner of the New York Doll Hospital, after long illness.
  • Tim Curry, 70, American attorney, District Attorney for Tarrant County, Texas, (1972–2009), lung cancer.
  • Margaret Gelling, 84, British toponymist.
  • Bo Leuf, 56, Swedish technology writer. (Swedish)
  • John Michell, 76, British author, cancer.
  • Sixto Palavecino, 94, Argentine poet and musician.
  • Michael Parsons, 48, Australian footballer, brain tumour.
  • Orville Howard Phillips, 85, Canadian politician, member of the Senate of Canada (1963–1999), stroke.

    • 25

  • Bea Arthur, 86, American Emmy and Tony Award-winning actress (Maude, The Golden Girls, Mame), cancer.
  • Yamil Chade, 88, Lebanese-born Puerto Rican sports team owner and manager. (Spanish)
  • Hassan Hathout, 84, Egyptian-born American physician and interfaith campaigner.
  • German Martinez Hidalgo, 79, Mexican scientist. (Spanish)
  • John Marchi, 87, American politician, member of the New York State Senate (1957–2006), complications from pneumonia.
  • William Schmidt, 83, American composer.

    • 26

  • Salamo Arouch, 86, Greek-born Israeli boxer and Holocaust survivor.
  • Alan Bristow, 84, British businessman.
  • Hans Holzer, 89, Austrian-born American paranormal investigator and author, after long illness.
  • Geir Hovig, 64, Norwegian radio host, after short illness. (Norwegian)
  • Danny Kladis, 92, American racecar driver.
  • Levan Mikeladze, 52, Georgian diplomat and politician, heart attack.
  • Dominic Motikoe, Lesotho politician, shot.
  • Colwyn Philipps, 3rd Viscount St Davids, 70, British aristocrat and politician.
  • Sir Pupuke Robati, 84, Cook Islands politician and doctor, Prime Minister (1987–1989).
  • Perez Zagorin, 88, American historian.

    • 27

  • Ernie Barnes, 70, American neo-mannerist artist and football player, after short illness.
  • John Crispo, 75, Canadian economist and educator, prostate cancer.
  • Tom Deitz, 57, American science fiction author, heart failure.
  • Miroslav Filip, 80, Czech chess player. (Czech)
  • Frank Gansz, 70, American football coach (Kansas City Chiefs), complications from knee replacement surgery.
  • Glen Gondrezick, 53, American basketball player, complications following heart transplant.
  • Feroz Khan, 69, Indian actor, cancer.
  • Frankie Manning, 94, American dancer and choreographer, pneumonia.
  • Edwin McClellan, 83, British Japanologist.
  • Evgeniya Miroshnichenko, 77, Ukrainian opera and chamber singer (Ukrainian)
  • Karl Mullen, 82, Irish rugby union player.
  • Greg Page, 50, American boxer, complications from brain injury.
  • Paraluman, 85, Filipina actress.
  • Robley Rex, 107, American World War I-era veteran.
  • Woo Seung-yeon, 25, South Korean actress and model, suicide by hanging.

    • 28

  • Bill Bailey, 75, British surfer.
  • Lota Delgado, 90, Filipina actress.
  • U. A. Fanthorpe, 79, British poet.
  • Fritz Gödicke, 89, German football player and manager. (German)
  • Vern Gosdin, 74, American country music singer, complications from a stroke.
  • Ekaterina Maximova, 70, Russian ballet dancer. (Russian)
  • Steinar Lem, 57, Norwegian environmentalist and anti-consumerism activist, cancer. (Norwegian)
  • Richard Pratt, 74, Australian businessman, prostate cancer.
  • Valeria Peter Predescu, 62, Romanian singer, heart attack. (Romanian)
  • Ted Reynolds, 84, Canadian sportscaster (CBC Television).
  • Buddy Rose, 56, American professional wrestler.
  • Pearse Wyse, 81, Irish politician.

    • 29

  • Günther Bahr, 87, German Luftwaffe fighter pilot. (German)
  • Jack Lohrke, 85, American baseball player, stroke.
  • Tom McGrath, 68, British poet and playwright, liver cancer.
  • Franciszek Sobczak, 69, Polish Olympic fencer.
  • Charles L. Young, Sr., 77, American politician, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives, heart attack.

    • 30

  • Amparo Arozamena, 92, Mexican actress, heart attack. (Spanish)
  • Maxime de la Falaise, 86, British model, socialite, fashion designer, cookbook writer and gastronome, natural causes.
  • Harold Fischer, 83, American Air Force officer, Korean War fighter ace and noted PoW, complications from surgery
  • Mallory Horne, 84, American politician, member of Florida House of Representatives, President of Florida Senate, lung cancer.
  • Maurice Lindsay, 90, British poet and broadcaster.
  • McCoy McLemore, 67, American basketball player and television color analyst, cancer.
  • Henk Nijdam, 73, Dutch road bicycle racer, track pursuit world champion (1962).
  • Venetia Phair, 90, British teacher who named Pluto.
  • David Picão, 85, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Santos (1996–2000). (Portuguese)
  • William A. Price, 94, American journalist.
  • Ron Richards, 80, British record producer.
  • Raymond J. Saulnier, 100, American economist.

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