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Deaths in April 2010

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The following is a list of notable deaths in April 2010.

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  • Morag Beaton, 83, Scottish-born Australian operatic soprano.
  • Vito De Grisantis, 68, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca (2000–2010).
  • Anders Eklund, 52, Swedish boxer.
  • John Forsythe, 92, American actor (Bachelor Father, Charlie's Angels, Dynasty), complications from pneumonia.
  • Buddy Gorman, 88, American actor (Bowery Boys, Dead End Kids), natural causes.
  • Yuri Maslyukov, 72, Russian politician, Vice Premier of Soviet Union (1988–1990) and Russia (1998–1999). (Russian)
  • Lek Nana, 85, Thai businessman and politician, heart failure.
  • Ed Roberts, 68, American computer pioneer, pneumonia.
  • Tzannis Tzannetakis, 82, Greek politician, Prime Minister (1989).
  • Beryl Whiteley, 93, Australian arts patron, mother of Brett Whiteley.
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  • Roman Bannwart, 90, Swiss theologian and musician. (German)
  • Edward Bayda, 78, Canadian jurist, Chief Justice of Saskatchewan (1981–2006).
  • Din Beramboi, 43, Malaysian comedian, actor and radio DJ, hemorrhagic dengue fever. Archived 6 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine.
  • Mike Cuellar, 72, Cuban Major League Baseball player, stomach cancer.
  • Dávid Daróczi, 37, Hungarian journalist, suicide.
  • David Halliday, 94, American physicist.
  • Arne Høyer, 81, Danish Olympic bronze medal-winning (1960) sprint canoer. (Danish)
  • Chris Kanyon, 40, American professional wrestler, possible suicide by overdose of prescription painkillers.
  • Per Lyngemark, 68, Danish Olympic gold medal-winning (1968) cyclist.
  • Sonia McMahon (Lady McMahon), 77, Australian socialite, widow of former Prime Minister Sir William McMahon, cancer.
  • Thomas J. Moyer, 70, American jurist, Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court (1987–2010).
  • Carolyn Rodgers, 69, American poet, cancer.
  • William Soeryadjaya, 87, Indonesian businessman, founder of Astra International.
  • Frances Claudia Wright, 91, Sierra Leonian barrister.
  • Mike Zwerin, 79, American jazz musician and jazz critic, after long illness.
  • 3

  • Crosaire, 92, Irish-born Zimbabwean compiler of the Irish Times crossword since 1943.
  • Oleg Kopayev, 72, Russian footballer, Soviet Top League top scorer (1963, 1965). Archived 9 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine. (Russian)
  • Roland MacLeod, 74, British actor (Coronation Street, The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin).
  • Ian McKay, 87, Australian footballer.
  • Craig Noel, 94, American theatre producer, director and administrator of the Old Globe Theatre, natural causes.
  • Jim Pagliaroni, 72, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, Oakland Athletics), cancer.
  • Ferdinand Simoneit, 84, German journalist, author and World War II veteran. (German)
  • Eugène Terre'Blanche, 69, South African white separatist leader, beating.
  • Jesús Vásquez, 89, Peruvian singer. (Spanish)
  • Yasunori Watanabe, 35, Japanese rugby player, hit by train.
  • 4

  • Lajos Bálint, 80, Hungarian-born Romanian Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop of Alba Iulia (1990–1993). (Hungarian)
  • Sir Alec Bedser, 91, English cricketer.
  • Matt Cook, 22, Canadian ice sledge hockey player, bone cancer.
  • Clifford M. Hardin, 94, American politician, Secretary of Agriculture (1969–1971), natural causes.
  • Rudy Kousbroek, 80, Dutch essayist. (Dutch)
  • Lori Martin, 62, American actor (Cape Fear).
  • John B. McCoy, 97, American banker (Bank One Corporation).
  • Kelly Moran, 49, American motorcycle speedway racer, complications from emphysema.
  • Abubakar Rimi, 70, Nigerian politician. Archived 10 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine.
  • Shio Satō, 59, Japanese manga artist, brain tumor.
  • Henry Scarpelli, 79, American comic book artist (Archie), after long illness.
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Schäfke, 87, German mathematician and academic. (German)
  • Erich Zenger, 70, German Roman Catholic theologian and Bible scholar. (German)
  • 5

  • Vinnie Chas, 47, American bassist (Pretty Boy Floyd). (found on this date)
  • Jim Edwards, 82/3, New Zealand politician.
  • Jerry Elliott, 73, American jurist, Kansas Court of Appeals (since 1987), cancer.
  • Günther C. Kirchberger, 81, German academic and painter. (German)
  • William Neill, 88, British poet.
  • Helen Ranney, 89, American hematologist.
  • Molefi Sefularo, 52, South African politician, car crash.
  • Vitaly Sevastyanov, 74, Russian Soviet cosmonaut. (Russian)
  • Gisela Trowe, 86, German actress. (German)
  • 6

  • James Aubrey, 62, British actor (Lord of the Flies, Bouquet of Barbed Wire), pancreatitis.
  • Eddie Carroll, 76, Canadian voice actor of Jiminy Cricket.
  • Anatoly Dobrynin, 90, Russian diplomat and politician, Soviet Ambassador to the United States (1962–1986).
  • Jack Flannery, 57, American off-road racer, cancer.
  • Ricardo Lavié, 87, Argentine actor, after long illness. (Spanish)
  • Guillermo Luca de Tena, 82, Spanish journalist. (Spanish)
  • Tony MacGibbon, 85, New Zealand cricketer.
  • Wilma Mankiller, 64, American activist, first female Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation (1985–1995), pancreatic cancer.
  • Neva Morris, 114, American supercentenarian, oldest person in the nation.
  • Katsumi Nishikawa, 91, Japanese film director, pneumonia.
  • Grete Olsen, 98, Danish Olympic fencer. (Danish)
  • David Quayle, 73, British businessman (B&Q).
  • Corin Redgrave, 70, British actor and political activist, after short illness.
  • Hans Schröder, 79, German sculptor and painter. (German)
  • Herbert Spiro, 85, German-born American political scientist, United States Ambassador to Cameroon (1975–1977)
  • Sid Storey, 90, English footballer.
  • Dimitris Tsiogkas, 54, Greek politician, member of Parliament (2001–2008), cancer. (Greek)
  • Luigi Waites, 82, American jazz drummer and vibraphonist.
  • 7

  • Christopher Cazenove, 64, British actor (Dynasty), sepsis.
  • Dixieland Band, 30, American Thoroughbred racehorse, euthanized.
  • Graciela, 94, Cuban singer, renal and pulmonary failure.
  • Eddie Johnson, 89, American jazz musician, pneumonia.
  • Takuya Kimura, 37, Japanese baseball player and coach, subarachnoid hemorrhage.
  • Oscar Kramer, 74, Argentine film producer, after long illness.
  • Chris Limahelu, 59, American football place kicker (USC), prostate cancer.
  • J. Bruce Llewellyn, 82, American businessman and activist, a founder of 100 Black Men of America, renal failure.
  • George Nissen, 96, American gymnast, co-inventor of the trampoline, pneumonia.
  • Betty Paraskevas, 81, American writer and lyricist, pancreatic cancer.
  • Tom Ray, 90, American animation cartoonist (Warner Bros. Cartoons).
  • Valentin Turchin, 79, Russian-born American computer scientist and human rights activist.
  • Aubrey W. Young, 87, American public official.
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  • Jack Agnew, 88, American soldier, member of the Filthy Thirteen, inspiration for The Dirty Dozen.
  • Mark Colville, 4th Viscount Colville of Culross, 76, British judge and hereditary peer.
  • Willie Farrell, 81, Irish politician.
  • Antony Flew, 87, British philosopher, after long illness.
  • Guy Kewney, 63, British technology journalist (Personal Computer World), colorectal cancer.
  • Aladár Kovácsi, 77, Hungarian modern pentathlete, Olympic gold medalist (Helsinki 1952). (Hungarian)
  • Andreas Kunze, 57, German actor, heart failure. Archived 19 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine. (German)
  • Malcolm McLaren, 64, British musician and band manager (Sex Pistols, New York Dolls, Bow Wow Wow), mesothelioma.
  • Abel Muzorewa, 84, Zimbabwean Methodist bishop and politician, Prime Minister of Zimbabwe Rhodesia (1979).
  • Richard Olasz, 79, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1981–1998).
  • Personal Ensign, 26, American Thoroughbred racehorse, Hall of Famer, natural causes.
  • Al Prince, 67, American-born French Polynesian journalist and tourism expert, after long illness.
  • Jean-Paul Proust, 70, Monégasque politician, Minister of State (2005–2010).
  • John Schoenherr, 74, American illustrator, Caldecott Medal winner, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
  • Teddy Scholten, 83, Dutch singer.
  • Ramchandra Siras, 62, Indian linguist and author.
  • 9

  • Bob Franks, 58, American politician, member of the House of Representatives from New Jersey (1993–2001), cancer.
  • Alastair Dowell, 89, Scottish cricketer.
  • John Griffiths, 57, Welsh museum curator.
  • Hisashi Inoue, 75, Japanese pacifist playwright, lung cancer.
  • Meir Just, 101, Dutch rabbi, Chief Rabbi of the Netherlands.
  • Robert Lau Hoi Chew, 68, Malaysian politician, Deputy Minister for Transport, liver cancer.
  • Gisela Karau, 78, German author, editor and columnist, after long illness. (German)
  • Dario Mangiarotti, 94, Italian fencer, Olympic gold (1952) and silver (1948, 1952) medalist. (Italian)
  • Kenneth McKellar, 82, Scottish singer, pancreatic cancer.
  • Jacob O. Meyer, 75, American religious sect leader (Assemblies of Yahweh).
  • Meinhardt Raabe, 94, American actor (The Wizard of Oz), heart attack.
  • Peter Ramsbotham, 3rd Viscount Soulbury, 90, British diplomat and politician, Governor of Bermuda (1977–1980).
  • Lou Ritter, 84, American politician, Mayor of Jacksonville, Florida (1965–1967), cancer.
  • Guyford Stever, 93, American educator and science adviser, President of Carnegie Mellon University (1965–1972).
  • Kerstin Thorvall, 84, Swedish author, illustrator and journalist, after long illness.
  • Pierre Trottier, 85, Canadian novelist.
  • Zoltán Varga, 65, Hungarian footballer.
  • 10

  • Dixie Carter, 70, American actress (Designing Women, Diff'rent Strokes), endometrial cancer.
  • Sudhir Dhagamwar, 59, Indian cricketer.
  • Eric James Eames, 92, British Lord Mayor of Birmingham (1974–1975).
  • Arnold Kanter, 65, American diplomat, acute myelogenous leukemia.
  • Charles Meade, 93, American pastor, founder of Meade Ministries.
  • Arthur Mercante, Sr., 90, American boxing referee.
  • Hiro Muramoto, 43, Japanese news cameraman (Reuters), shot.
  • Martin Ostwald, 88, German-born American classics scholar.
  • Manfred Reichert, 69, German footballer, after long illness. (German)
  • Sir Gordon Shattock, 81, British politician, survivor of the Brighton hotel bombing.
  • William Walker, 78, American opera singer.
  • Notable Polish people killed in the Polish Air Force Tu-154 plane crash:
  • Joanna Agacka-Indecka, 45, attorney, President of the Bar Council (since 2007).
  • Andrzej Błasik, 47, general, Chief of the Air Force (since 2007).
  • Krystyna Bochenek, 56, senator, vice president of Senate.
  • Tadeusz Buk, 49, general, head of Land Forces.
  • Miron Chodakowski, 52, Orthodox prelate, archbishop of military ordinariate of Poland (since 1998).
  • Czesław Cywiński, 84, President of the Association of Armia Krajowa Soldiers.
  • Leszek Deptuła, 57, member of the Sejm.
  • Grzegorz Dolniak, 50, member of the Sejm.
  • Janina Fetlińska, 57, senator.
  • Franciszek Gągor, 58, general, Chief of the General Staff (since 2006).
  • Grażyna Gęsicka, 58, politician, Minister of Regional Development (2006–2007).
  • Kazimierz Gilarski, 54, Commander of the Warsaw Garrison.
  • Przemysław Gosiewski, 45, member of the Sejm, Deputy Prime Minister (2007).
  • Mariusz Handzlik, 44, diplomat, Undersecretary of State in the Office of the President.
  • Izabela Jaruga-Nowacka, 59, member of the Sejm, Deputy Prime Minister (2004–2005).
  • Ryszard Kaczorowski, 90, politician, President in exile (1989–1990).
  • Maria Kaczyńska, 67, First Lady of Poland (since 2005), wife of Lech Kaczyński.
  • Lech Kaczyński, 60, President of Poland (since 2005).
  • Sebastian Karpiniuk, 37, member of the Sejm.
  • Andrzej Karweta, 51, Vice Admiral, commander-in-chief of the Navy.
  • Mariusz Kazana, 49, diplomat, Director of Diplomatic Protocol in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
  • Janusz Kochanowski, 69, lawyer and diplomat, Commissioner for Civil Rights Protection (Ombudsman) (since 2006).
  • Stanisław Komornicki, 85, general, Chancellor of the Order Virtuti Militari.
  • Stanisław Komorowski, 56, Deputy Defense Minister (since 2007), Ambassador to Holland (1994–1998) and UK (1999–2004).
  • Andrzej Kremer, 48, lawyer and diplomat, Deputy Foreign Minister (since 2008).
  • Janusz Kurtyka, 49, historian, president of the Institute of National Remembrance.
  • Bronisław Kwiatkowski, 59, general, Commander of the Armed Forces Operational Command.
  • Tomasz Merta, 44, Deputy Minister of Culture and National Heritage.
  • Aleksandra Natalli-Świat, 51, member of the Sejm.
  • Piotr Nurowski, 64, sports administrator, head of the Polish Olympic Committee (since 2005).
  • Maciej Płażyński, 52, member of the Sejm.
  • Tadeusz Płoski, 54, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of military ordinariate of Poland (since 2004).
  • Włodzimierz Potasiński, 53, Commander of the Special Forces.
  • Andrzej Przewoźnik, 46, Secretary-General of the Council for the Protection of Struggle and Martyrdom Sites.
  • Krzysztof Putra, 52, politician, Vice-Marshal of the Sejm (since 2007).
  • Ryszard Rumianek, 62, rector of the Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw.
  • Arkadiusz Rybicki, 57, member of the Sejm.
  • Wojciech Seweryn, 70, Polish-born American sculptor.
  • Sławomir Skrzypek, 46, banker, President of National Bank of Poland.
  • Władysław Stasiak, 44, Chief of the Office of the President.
  • Aleksander Szczygło, 46, politician, Minister of Defence (2007), chief of the National Security Bureau (since 2009).
  • Jerzy Szmajdziński, 58, politician, Minister of Defence (2001–2005), Vice-Marshal of the Sejm (since 2007).
  • Jolanta Szymanek-Deresz, 55, member of the Sejm.
  • Anna Walentynowicz, 80, trade unionist whose 1980 firing led to the creation of the Solidarity movement.
  • Zbigniew Wassermann, 60, member of the Sejm.
  • Wiesław Woda, 63, member of the Sejm.
  • Edward Wojtas, 55, member of the Sejm.
  • Paweł Wypych, 42, politician, Secretary of State (since 2009).
  • Stanisław Zając, 60, senator.
  • Janusz Zakrzeński, 74, actor.
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  • John Batchelor, 51, British racing driver and politician, liver disease.
  • Jean Boiteux, 76, French swimmer, Olympic gold and bronze medalist (1952), fall from a tree.
  • James Brody, 68, American composer, traffic collision.
  • Rosa Roberto Carter, 80, Guamanian educator, president of the University of Guam (1977–1983).
  • Vicki Draves, 85, American Olympic diver, pancreatic cancer.
  • Gerhard Geise, 80, German mathematician, after long illness. (German)
  • Hans-Joachim Göring, 86, German footballer and coach. (German)
  • Gert Haller, 65, German business manager, lobbyist and politician, after long illness. (German)
  • Theodor Homann, 61, German footballer, heart failure. (German)
  • Egon Hugenschmidt, 84, German jurist and politician. (German)
  • Franz Kamin, 68, American composer, traffic collision.
  • Alby Linton, 83, Australian footballer.
  • John B. McCue, 88, American politician, Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
  • Ruben Mendoza, 78, American soccer player, cerebral hemorrhage.
  • Duane D. Pearsall, 88, American inventor of the battery-powered smoke detector.
  • Julia Tsenova, 61, Bulgarian composer and musician, cancer. (Bulgarian)
  • Paz Yrarrázaval, 78, Chilean actress, rheumatoid arthritis. (Spanish)
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  • Alper Balaban, 22, German-born Turkish footballer, car accident. (Turkish)
  • María Aurelia Bisutti, 79, Argentine actress, dementia. (Spanish)
  • Andrea Cassone, 81, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop of Rossano-Cariati (1992–2006).
  • Michel Chartrand, 93, Canadian activist, kidney cancer.
  • Miguel Cinches, 78, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Surigao (1973–2001).
  • Ambrosius Eßer, 76, German Dominican clergy and church historian, pulmonary disease. (German)
  • Wolfgang Graßl, 40, German skier and coach, heart failure. (German)
  • Peter Haskell, 75, American actor (Child's Play 2).
  • Edward Huni'ehu, 54, Solomon Islander politician and minister, after long illness.
  • Běla Kolářová, 87, Czech photographer. (Czech)
  • James F. Masterson, 84, American psychiatrist, complications of pneumonia.
  • Palito, 75, Filipino comedian, respiratory disease.
  • Robert Pound, 90, Canadian-born American physicist.
  • Stuart Robbins, 33, British basketball player. (body discovered on this date)
  • Werner Schroeter, 65, German film director, after long illness.
  • Arnold Spohr, 86, Canadian artistic director (Royal Winnipeg Ballet), chronic kidney disease.
  • David B. Stone, 82, American businessman, principal founder of the New England Aquarium, complications from a stroke.
  • Dale N. Van Vyven, 74, American politician, member of the Ohio House of Representatives (1978–2000). Archived 5 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine.
  • Udaya Wickramasinghe, 70, Sri Lankan cricket umpire.
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  • André Bedoglouyan, 90, Lebanese Eastern Catholic prelate, bishop of Comana Armeniae (1971–1994).
  • Alexander Bernstein, Baron Bernstein of Craigweil, 74, British television executive and life peer.
  • Jorge Bontemps, 32, Argentine footballer, lung cancer. (Spanish)
  • Luis Antonio Chavez, 22, Honduran journalist and children's radio host, shot.
  • Billy Gore, 90, Welsh rugby player.
  • Santhosh Jogi, 35, Indian actor, suicide by hanging.
  • Bernie Kilgariff, 86, Australian politician, Senator (1975–1987).
  • David C. Knapp, 82, American educator.
  • Nahid al-Rayyis, 73, Palestinian politician and poet.
  • Steve Reid, 66, American jazz drummer, throat cancer.
  • Gerald Stapleton, 89, British airman, RAF fighter ace during World War II.
  • Charlie Timmins, 87, English footballer (Coventry City), cancer.
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  • Israr Ahmed, 77, Indian-born Pakistani Islamic scholar, cardiac arrest.
  • René Brunelle, 90, Canadian politician.
  • Erika Burkart, 88, Swiss author. (German)
  • Aubrey Cummings, 62, Guyanese musician, heart problems.
  • Tom Ellis, 86, British politician, MP for Wrexham (1970–1983), founding member of the SDP.
  • Gene Kiniski, 81, Canadian professional wrestler, cancer.
  • Lars-Jacob Krogh, 71, Norwegian anchorman and television presenter, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. (Norwegian)
  • Alice Miller, 87, Polish-born Swiss author and psychologist.
  • Russell Olson, 86, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin (1979–1983). Archived 23 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine.
  • Baruch Poupko, 92, Russian-born American rabbi.
  • Stefan Schmitt, 46, German jurist and politician, leukemia. Archived 17 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine. (German)
  • Mississippi Slim, 66, American blues singer, heart attack.
  • Greville Starkey, 70, British jockey, cancer.
  • Peter Steele, 48, American rock singer and bassist (Type O Negative), heart failure.
  • Gerhard Zemann, 70, Austrian actor, heart attack. (German)
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  • Joseph Azzolina, 84, American politician, member of the New Jersey General Assembly (1992–2006), pancreatic cancer.
  • Ian Brewer, 73, Australian footballer.
  • Robert Brubaker, 93, American character actor (Gunsmoke).
  • Bill DuBay, 62, American comic book editor, writer, and artist. Archived 11 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine.
  • Jack Herer, 70, American cannabis activist, complications from heart attack.
  • Benjamin Hooks, 85, American civil rights leader, executive director of the NAACP (1977–1992), after long illness.
  • Wilhelm Huxhorn, 54, German footballer, leukemia. (German)
  • Paul Reeves, 91, American Episcopal prelate, Bishop of Georgia (1969–1985)
  • Michael Pataki, 72, American character actor and voice actor (George Liquor), cancer.
  • Peter-Josef Schallberger, 78, Swiss farmer and politician. (German)
  • Raimondo Vianello, 87, Italian comedian and television personality.
  • Spann Watson, 93, American airman (Tuskegee Airmen) and civil rights advocate.
  • Sir Edward Woodward, 81, Australian jurist.
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  • Sid Conrad, 86, American actor (The Young and the Restless).
  • Balthasar Burkhard, 65, Swiss photographer.
  • Rasim Delić, 61, Bosnian army officer and Chief of Staff, probable heart attack.
  • Shirlee Emmons, 86, American soprano, voice teacher, and writer. [386]
  • Ibrahima Fofana, 57, Guinean trade unionist, car accident. (French)
  • Carlos Franqui, 89, Cuban writer and activist.
  • Daryl Gates, 83, American police official, chief of police of the Los Angeles Police Department (1978–1992), bladder cancer.
  • Bryn Knowelden, 90, British rugby league player.
  • Marion Ladewig, 95, American professional bowler.
  • Norman Francis McFarland, 88, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Reno (1976–1986) and Orange (1986–1998).
  • R. D. Middlebrook, 80, British electrical engineer.
  • Grigorijs Ņemcovs, 61, Latvian politician, Vice Mayor of Daugavpils, shot.
  • Muhammad Noer, 92, Indonesian politician, governor of East Java (1967–1976), complications during a medical procedure.
  • C. K. Prahalad, 68, Indian business consultant and management theorist, natural causes.
  • C. P. Rele, 82, Indian classical singer. (Italian)
  • Arturo Rodríguez Fernández, 62, Dominican author, film critic and playwright, heart failure. (Spanish)
  • Tomáš Špidlík, 90, Czech Roman Catholic prelate and Cardinal.
  • John W. Vogt, Jr., 90, American Air Force general.
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  • Dede Allen, 86, American film editor (Bonnie and Clyde, Dog Day Afternoon, The Breakfast Club), stroke.
  • Abdul Rahman Ahmed Jibril Baroud, 73, Palestinian poet, heart attack. (Arabic)
  • Edmund Fitzgibbon, 85, Irish-born Nigerian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Warri (1991–1997).
  • Josef W. Janker, 87, German author, journalist and World War II veteran. (German)
  • Sotigui Kouyaté, 74, Malian-born Burkinabé actor.
  • Carl Macek, 58, American anime writer and producer (Robotech), heart attack.
  • Thomas Mikolajcik, 63, American air force general (1992–1996), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
  • Alexandru Neagu, 61, Romanian footballer (FC Rapid Bucureşti). (Romanian)
  • Alejandro Robaina, 91, Cuban tobacco grower, cancer.
  • John Carl Warnecke, 91, American architect (John F. Kennedy Eternal Flame), complications of pancreatic cancer.
  • Axel Weishaupt, 64, German diplomat, ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2007–2010), heart failure. (German)
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  • Michael Adams, 60, American actor and stunt coordinator, stroke.
  • Abu Abdullah al-Rashid al-Baghdadi, Iraqi terrorist (al-Qaeda), airstrike.
  • Abu Ayyub al-Masri, Egyptian terrorist (al-Qaeda), airstrike.
  • William Grant Bangerter, 91, American Mormon leader, President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
  • Paul Bisciglia, 81, French actor. (French)
  • Mieczysław Cieślar, 60, Polish Lutheran bishop, car accident.
  • Devon Clifford, 30, Canadian drummer (You Say Party! We Say Die!), cerebral hemorrhage.
  • Ambrose D'Mello, 87, Indian Jesuit priest, first Jesuit Provincial of India, cancer.
  • Tom Fleming, 82, Scottish actor.
  • Noel Hall, 96, Australian Olympic sport shooter.
  • Allen Swift, 86, American voice actor (Underdog, Howdy Doody, Tom and Jerry ), natural causes.
  • Viewed, 6, Australian Thoroughbred racehorse, euthanised following a twisted bowel.
  • William Yates, 88, British-born Australian politician.
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  • José Bernal, 85, Cuban artist, complications from Parkinson's disease.
  • William Donald Borders, 96, American Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop of Baltimore (1974–1989).
  • Guru, 48, American rapper (Gang Starr), multiple myeloma.
  • Hamideh Kheirabadi, 85, Iranian actress, stroke.
  • Dylan Meier, 26, American college football player, climbing accident.
  • György Schwajda, 67, Hungarian dramatist and theatre director, after long illness. (German)
  • George H. Scithers, 80, American science fiction editor, Hugo Award winner, heart attack.
  • Edwin Valero, 28, Venezuelan boxer, suicide by hanging.
  • Carl Williams, 39, Australian criminal, prison assault.
  • Burkhard Ziese, 66, German football manager. (German)
  • Dick Zimmer, 77, American politician, City Commissioner (Dayton, Ohio), cancer.
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  • Floyd Dominy, 100, American public servant, commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation (1959–1969).
  • Sanford Friedman, 81, American novelist.
  • Heinz Gappmayr, 84, Austrian artist. (German)
  • Dorothy Height, 98, American civil rights activist.
  • M. K. Kamalam, 86, Indian actress.
  • Keli McGregor, 47, American baseball executive (Colorado Rockies), viral myocarditis.
  • Walter F. Murphy, 80, American political scientist and author, cancer.
  • Robert Natkin, 79, American abstract painter, bacterial blood infection.
  • Georgino Orellana, 48, Honduran journalist, shot. Archived 5 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine.
  • Ahmad Sa'd, 64, Israeli politician, Member of Knesset (1996–1999).
  • George Torode, 63, Guernseyan author.
  • Andrea West, 57, Australian politician, member of the House of Representatives (1996–1998), breast cancer.
  • Myles Wilder, 77, American television comedy writer, diverticulitis.
  • Lorette Wood, 94, American politician, first female mayor of Santa Cruz, California (1971–1972).
  • Purvis Young, 67, American painter, cardiac arrest and pulmonary edema.
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  • Sammy Baird, 79, Scottish football player and manager. Archived 25 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine.
  • Whitney Robson Harris, 97, American lawyer, last surviving American prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials, complications from cancer.
  • Tony Ingham, 85, English footballer, after short illness.
  • Manfred Kallenbach, 68, German footballer, heart failure. (German)
  • Gustav Lorentzen, 62, Norwegian singer and entertainer (Knutsen & Ludvigsen). (Norwegian)
  • Mr. Hito, 67, Japanese wrestler.
  • Sir Laurence Muir, 85, Australian philanthropist and businessman.
  • Sir Idwal Pugh, 92, British civil servant, Permanent Secretary to the Welsh Office and Health Service Comissioner.
  • Deborah Remington, 79, American artist, cancer.
  • Juan Antonio Samaranch, 89, Spanish Olympic official, president of the International Olympic Committee (1980–2001), heart failure.
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  • Emilio Álvarez, 71, Uruguayan footballer. (Spanish)
  • Richard Barrett, 67, American lawyer and white nationalist, stabbed.
  • Pete Castiglione, 89, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates).
  • Peter B. Denyer, 56, British engineer, cancer.
  • Dick Kenworthy, 69, American baseball player.
  • Gene Lees, 82, Canadian jazz historian and critic, heart disease.
  • Lina Marulanda, 29, Colombian model, suicide by jumping.
  • Victor Nurenberg, 79, Luxembourgian footballer. (German)
  • Ambrose Olsen, 24, American fashion model, suicide.
  • Fred Panopio, 71, Filipino folk singer, cardiac arrest.
  • Alicia Parlette, 28, American journalist and copy editor, alveolar soft part sarcoma.
  • Piet Steenbergen, 81, Dutch footballer (Feyenoord and The Netherlands). (Dutch)
  • Jean Vergnes, 88, French-born American chef.
  • Ann Vervoort, 33, Belgian singer (Milk Inc.).
  • Arthur Winograd, 90, American cellist and music director, complications of pneumonia.
  • 23

  • Lorne Atkinson, 88, Canadian Olympic cyclist.
  • Jan Balabán, 49, Czech writer, recipient of the Magnesia Litera award. (Czech)
  • Shay Duffin, 79, Irish-born American actor (The Departed, Leprechaun, Seabiscuit), complications from heart surgery.
  • Natalia Lavrova, 25, Russian rhythmic gymnast, Olympic gold medalist (2000, 2004), car accident.
  • Georgia Lee, 89, Australian jazz and blues singer.
  • Edward Lyons, 83, British politician, MP for Bradford East (1966–1974) and Bradford West (1974–1983).
  • Peter Porter, 81, Australian-born British poet, liver cancer.
  • Alan Rich, 85, American classical music critic, natural causes.
  • Alexander Sliussarev, 65, Russian photographer and translator. (Russian)
  • Sreenath, 52, Indian actor, apparent suicide.
  • George Townshend, 7th Marquess Townshend, 93, British peer and businessman.
  • 24

  • Harry Conroy, 67, British journalist and trade unionist.
  • Denis Guedj, 70, French novelist and academic. (French)
  • Pierre Hadot, 88, French philosopher. (French)
  • Bo Hansson, 67, Swedish keyboardist. (Swedish)
  • Leo Löwenstein, 43, German VLN racing driver, race accident. (German)
  • Angus Maddison, 84, British economist.
  • Giuseppe Panza, 87, Italian art collector.
  • Elizabeth Post, 89, American etiquette expert.
  • Paul Schäfer, 88, German religious sect founder and former Nazi, heart failure.
  • Wojciech Siemion, 81, Polish actor and film director (The Promised Land, Heroism), car accident. (Polish)
  • W. Willard Wirtz, 98, American politician, Secretary of Labor (1962–1969), last surviving member of the Kennedy Cabinet.
  • 25

  • Ugo Anzile, 79, French cyclist.
  • Joseph Bessala, 69, Cameroonian welterweight boxer, Olympic silver medalist (1968), after short illness.
  • Ian Lawther, 70, Northern Irish footballer (Sunderland, Blackburn Rovers).
  • Franklin Mieuli, 89, American businessman, owner of the Golden State Warriors (1962–1985), natural causes.
  • Dorothy Provine, 75, American actress, (It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World), emphysema.
  • Susan Reed, 84, American folk singer and actress, natural causes.
  • Kevin Restani, 58, American basketball player (Milwaukee Bucks), heart attack.
  • Volf Roitman, 79, Uruguayan-born American sculptor, painter, novelist, cineaste and poet.
  • Alan Sillitoe, 82, British writer (Saturday Night and Sunday Morning).
  • Jeremaia Waqanisau, 62, Fijian soldier and diplomat, heart attack.
  • 26

  • Mariam A. Aleem, 79, Egyptian artist.
  • Aminulrasyid Amzah, 15, Malaysian student and victim, shot.
  • Bus Boyk, 92, American fiddler.
  • Leslie Buck, 87, American Anthora coffee cup designer, Parkinson's disease.
  • Ljiljana Buttler, 65, Yugoslavian singer, cancer.
  • Daniel of Erie, 79, American Orthodox prelate (ROCOR), Titular Bishop of Erie, natural causes.
  • Denzil Freeth, 85, British politician, MP for Basingstoke (1955–1964).
  • Luigi Gui, 95, Italian politician, Minister of the Interior (1974–1976). Archived 29 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine. (Italian)
  • Fred Halliday, 64, Irish academic, scholar of international relations, cancer.
  • Varkala Radhakrishnan, 82, Indian politician, complications from a road accident.
  • Prabha Rau, 75, Indian politician, Governor of Rajasthan (since 2009), heart attack.
  • Joseph W. Sarno, 89, American film director and screenwriter, after short illness.
  • Alberto Vitoria, 54, Spanish footballer, heart attack. (Spanish)
  • Yuri Vshivtsev, 70, Russian footballer. Archived 29 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine. (Russian)
  • Aksel C. Wiin-Nielsen, 86, Danish academic, professor of meteorology.
  • 27

  • Robert J. Alexander, 91, American academic. [387]
  • David Martin Baker, 86, American politician and judge, member of the West Virginia House of Delegates (1953–1954, 1957–1958).
  • Alberta Cariño, Mexican humanitarian, shot.
  • Peter Cheeseman, 78, British theatre director, Parkinson's disease.
  • Stanley Greenspan, 68, American academic, clinical professor of psychiatry.
  • George Gross, 69, American football player (San Diego Chargers).
  • Jyri Jaakkola, 33, Finnish humanitarian, shot.
  • Tanie Kitabayashi, 98, Japanese actress, pneumonia.
  • Morris Pert, 62, British musician.
  • Nossrat Peseschkian, 76, Iranian-born German psychotherapist. (German)
  • Armando Sanchez, 57, Filipino politician, governor of Batangas (2004–2007), stroke.
  • 28

  • Evelyn Cunningham, 94, American journalist, natural causes.
  • Julio San Emeterio, 80, Spanish cyclist.
  • Stefania Grodzieńska, 95, Polish writer and actress. (Polish)
  • Elma Maua, 61, Cook Islands-born New Zealand journalist and editor, after long illness.
  • Pierre-Jean Rémy, 73, French writer and diplomat. (French)
  • Furio Scarpelli, 90, Italian screenwriter (Big Deal on Madonna Street, Casanova 70, Il Postino).
  • Ian Valz, 52, Guyanese actor and playwright, cancer.
  • 29

  • Avigdor Arikha, 81, Romanian-born Israeli painter, complications of cancer.
  • Damodar Chaudhary, 63, Nepalese politician, member of the Constituent Assembly since 2007.
  • Sandy Douglas, 88, British computer scientist, pneumonia.
  • Kevin Humphreys, 80, Australian rugby league administrator, after long illness.
  • Walter Sear, 79, American recording engineer.
  • Audrey Williamson, 83, British athlete, Olympic silver medalist (1948).
  • 30

  • Tadahiro Ando, 69, Japanese politician, governor of Miyazaki Prefecture (2003–2006), lymphoma.
  • Jordi Estadella, 61, Spanish voice actor, radio and television personality (Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez), after long illness. (Spanish)
  • Ron Fimrite, 79, American sports journalist (Sports Illustrated), pancreatic cancer.
  • José Fragelli, 95, Brazilian politician, governor of Mato Grosso (1970–1974) and Senate president (1985–1987). (Portuguese)
  • Carmelita González, 81, Mexican actress, pneumonia. (Spanish)
  • Antony Grey, 82, British gay rights activist, leukaemia.
  • Khalid Khawaja, Pakistani military and intelligence officer, shot. (body found on this date)
  • Paul Mayer, 98, German Roman Catholic prelate and cardinal.
  • Owsley, 44, American musician, apparent suicide.
  • Jorma Peltonen, 66, Finnish ice hockey player.
  • Gwyn Rowlands, 81, English-born rugby football player for Wales.
  • Gerry Ryan, 53, Irish disc jockey and radio/television presenter.
  • Steve Strayhorn, 56, American drummer (A Full Moon Consort), cancer.
  • Wendell J. Westcott, 99, American carilloneur.
  • References

    Deaths in April 2010 Wikipedia