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Deaths in April 2015

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The following is a list of notable deaths in April 2015.

Contents

Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:

  • Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death, reference.

    • 1

  • Dave Ball, 65, British musician (Procol Harum), colorectal cancer.
  • Roel Cortez, 47, Filipino singer-songwriter, colon cancer.
  • Peter Diamandopoulos, 86, Greek-born American academic, President of Adelphi University (1985–1997).
  • Johnny Gardiner, 92, Canadian CFL football player (Winnipeg Blue Bombers).
  • John Paul Hammerschmidt, 92, American politician, member of the US House of Representatives from Arkansas's 3rd district (1967–1993), heart and respiratory failure.
  • Sir John Ingram, 90, New Zealand engineer and businessman.
  • Zdravko-Ćiro Kovačić, 89, Croatian water polo player, Olympic silver medalist for Yugoslavia (1952, 1956).
  • Eddie LeBaron, 85, American football player (Washington Redskins, Dallas Cowboys).
  • Cynthia Lennon, 75, British author, cancer.
  • Raul Loya, 76, American workers' rights activist.
  • Misao Okawa, 117, Japanese supercentenarian, world's oldest living person, heart failure.
  • Nicolae Rainea, 81, Romanian football referee (FIFA World Cup (1974, 1978, 1982), UEFA Euro 1980 Final), pulmonary edema.
  • Roy Ralph, 94, English cricketer (Essex).
  • Paul D. Reynolds, 52, Canadian investment banker, CEO of Canaccord Genuity.
  • J. D. Smith, 83, American football player (San Francisco 49ers).
  • Joseph Sweda, 89, American politician.
  • Robert Walker, 54, Canadian-born American animator and director (Aladdin, Brother Bear, Mulan, The Lion King), heart attack.
  • Muhammadu Dikko Yusufu, 84, Nigerian politician and police officer, Inspector General of the Police (1976–1979).

    • 2

  • Paule Anglim, 92, Canadian-born American art dealer (Gallery Paule Anglim).
  • Luis Delgado Aparicio, 74, Peruvian politician, MP (1995–2001), pancreatic cancer.
  • Natalia Bobrova, 36, Russian gymnast, stomach cancer.
  • Mick Brown, 77, New Zealand jurist.
  • Per Vilhelm Brüel, 100, Danish engineer.
  • Wally Cassell, 103, Italian-born American actor (White Heat).
  • Tom Coyne, 84, British news broadcaster and television presenter (Top Gear).
  • James de Beaujeu Domville, 81, French-born Canadian theatrical producer.
  • William Benedict Friend, 83, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Alexandria-Shreveport (1982–1986) and Shreveport (1986–2006).
  • Raúl Gorriti, 58, Peruvian footballer (national team).
  • Robert Blair Kaiser, 84, American journalist.
  • Dennis Marks, 66, British television producer and music director.
  • Ben Meisner, 76, Canadian broadcaster (CKPG), cancer.
  • Norman H. Nie, 72, American social scientist, lung cancer.
  • Hayley Okines, 17, British progeria campaigner, pneumonia.
  • Manoel de Oliveira, 106, Portuguese film director and screenwriter, heart failure.
  • Stanisław Pestka, 85, Polish Kashubian poet.
  • Joseph L. Reid, 92, American oceanographer.
  • Barbara Sass, 78, Polish film director and screenwriter.
  • Olga Sawicka, 83, Polish dancer and choreographer.
  • Doug Sax, 79, American audio mastering engineer, cancer.
  • Robert H. Schuller, 88, American televangelist (Hour of Power).
  • Alberto Ricardo da Silva, 71, East Timorese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Díli (2004–2015).
  • Steve Stevaert, 60, Belgian politician, Chairman of the SP.a (2003–2005), Governor of Limburg (2005–2009).
  • Abdelhadi Tazi, 94, Moroccan scholar and diplomat.
  • Tom Towles, 65, American actor (Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, Miami Vice, The Rock).
  • Jerzy Treder, 72, Polish philologist.
  • Eugene Vielle, 101, British air force officer and inventor.

    • 3

  • Milton Berkes, 90, American politician.
  • Michael Birkett, 2nd Baron Birkett, 85, British hereditary peer and film producer.
  • Nigel Boocock, 77, British speedway rider.
  • Sarah Brady, 73, American gun control campaigner, pneumonia.
  • Bob Burns, 64, American drummer (Lynyrd Skynyrd), traffic collision.
  • Sam Cathcart, 90, American football player (San Francisco 49ers), cancer.
  • John Darnton, 96, American football coach (Adrian Bulldogs).
  • Traute Foresti, 100, Austrian poet and actress.
  • Rocío García Gaytán, 55, Mexican politician, MP (1997–2000), cancer.
  • Osea Gavidi, 71, Fijian politician, indigenous chief and secessionist leader.
  • Mathias Gnädinger, 74, Swiss actor (The Boat Is Full, Journey of Hope).
  • Paul Grigoriu, 70, Romanian radio personality (SRR).
  • Michael Jandreau, 71, American Native leader, chairman of the Lower Brulé Sioux tribe, pneumonia and heart disease.
  • Kayahan, 66, Turkish musician, cancer.
  • Terdell Middleton, 59, American football player (Green Bay Packers).
  • Vivian Nathan, 98, American actress (Klute).
  • Mpok Nori, 84, Indonesian comedian.
  • Algirdas Vaclovas Patackas, 71, Lithuanian politician and poet, signatory of the 1990 Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania.
  • Luis María Pérez de Onraíta, 81, Spanish-born Angolan Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Malanje (1998–2012).
  • Chris Plumridge, 70, British golf writer.
  • Andrew Porter, 86, British music critic, pneumonia.
  • Christopher Reynolds, 92, British linguist.
  • Robert Rietti, 92, British-born Italian actor (Hannibal, The Omen).
  • Charlie Sumner, 84, American football player.
  • Shmuel Wosner, 101, Austrian-born Israeli Haredi rabbi.

    • 4

  • Jaroslav Balcar, 62, Czechoslovak ski jumper (1976).
  • Ramón Barreto, 75, Uruguayan football referee (1974 FIFA World Cup).
  • Bill Ellerington, 91, English footballer (Southampton).
  • John Gogo, 83, Canadian politician.
  • Jamaluddin Jarjis, 63, Malaysian politician, MP for Rompin (since 1990), helicopter crash.
  • Elmer Lach, 97, Canadian Hall of Fame ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens), stroke.
  • Donald N. Levine, 83, American sociologist.
  • Ira Lewis, 82, American actor and playwright (Chinese Coffee), complications following open heart surgery.
  • Ioan Pușcaș, 82, Romanian gastroenterologist.
  • Sir John Read, 97, British executive.
  • Klaus Rifbjerg, 83, Danish writer (Anna, I, Anna), recipient of the Nordic Council's Literature Prize (1970).
  • Lisa Simon, 64, American director, producer and production assistant (Sesame Street, Wonder Pets, Blue Jasmine).
  • Marjorie Townsend, 85, American electrical engineer.
  • Dick Wood, 79, American football player (New York Jets).

    • 5

  • Bauyrzhan Baimukhammedov, 67, Kazakh football player and coach.
  • Barbara Bergmann, 87, American feminist economist.
  • Fredric Brandt, 65, American dermatologist, suicide by hanging.
  • Juan Carlos Cáceres, 79, Argentine tango musician and painter, cancer.
  • Hugh Delano, 81, American sports journalist.
  • Richard Dysart, 86, American character actor (L.A. Law, Wall Street, The Thing).
  • Lalit Kishore Chaturvedi, 84, Indian politician.
  • Ramnath Dhakal, 52, Nepalese politician.
  • Maurice Fenner, 86, English cricketer.
  • Victor Gotbaum, 93, American labor leader, heart attack.
  • Tony Hutton, 82, British Royal Navy officer, organized the refugee evacuation effort following the Turkish invasion of Cyprus.
  • Sid Ali Kouiret, 82, Algerian actor.
  • Naken Kyrykbaev, 39, Kazakh footballer (Taraz).
  • Richard LaSalle, 97, American film score composer.
  • Anne-Claude Leflaive, 59, French winemaker, cancer.
  • Norman B. Leventhal, 97, American property developer.
  • Don Looney, 98, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles, Pittsburgh Steelers).
  • Akira Machida, 78, Japanese Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
  • Sargy Mann, 77, British painter.
  • Gordon Moyes, 76, Australian radio evangelist and politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council (2002–2011).
  • Louis Miles Muggleton, 92, South African-born British physicist.
  • John Patton, 84, American politician.
  • Claudio Prieto, 80, Spanish composer.
  • Jehan Rajab, 81, Kuwaiti author.
  • Steve Rickard, 85, New Zealand professional wrestler.
  • Lon Simmons, 91, American sports broadcaster.
  • Francesco Smalto, 87, Italian fashion designer.
  • Gardner C. Taylor, 96, American preacher and civil rights activist.
  • Julie Wilson, 90, American singer and actress, stroke complications.
  • Yacoub Zaiadeen, 95, Jordanian politician.

    • 6

  • Theodosios Balafas, 91, Greek Olympic pole vaulter (1948, 1952).
  • Hardijs Baumanis, 47, Latvian diplomat, Ambassador to Azerbaijan (since 2010) and Lithuania.
  • Giovanni Berlinguer, 90, Italian politician, MEP (2004–2009).
  • James Best, 88, American actor (The Dukes of Hazzard, Ride Lonesome, The Twilight Zone), pneumonia.
  • Ray Charles, 96, American musician (The Perry Como Show, The Muppet Show), cancer.
  • Paul Dearing, 73, Australian field hockey player.
  • Milton DeLugg, 96, American composer.
  • Walter H. Haas, 97, American astronomer.
  • David L. Kaplan, 91, American professor and conductor.
  • Eugène Moke Motsüri, 99, Congolese Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Kinshasa (1970–1991).
  • Rie Muñoz, 93, American artist, stroke.
  • Romualdas Ozolas, 76, Lithuanian politician, signatory of the 1990 Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania.
  • John Papit, 86, American football player (Washington Redskins, Green Bay Packers), stroke.
  • Art Powell, 78, American football player (Oakland Raiders).
  • Ben Powers, 64, American actor (Good Times).
  • Dollard St. Laurent, 85, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens, Chicago Blackhawks).
  • Dave Ulliott, 61, English professional poker player, colon cancer.
  • Gertrude Weaver, 116, American supercentenarian, world's oldest living person, pneumonia.
  • Alan Wilson, 94, English cricketer (Lancashire).

    • 7

  • Patrick H. Adkins, 67, American fantasy author.
  • Tim Babcock, 95, American politician, Governor of Montana (1962–1969).
  • Mohammad Bahr al-Ulloum, 88, Iraqi Shi'a Islamic leader and politician.
  • José Capellán, 34, American baseball player (Milwaukee Brewers, Detroit Tigers), heart attack.
  • Harry Dowd, 76, English footballer (Manchester City).
  • Eugene Louis Faccuito, 90, American dancer and choreographer.
  • Stan Freberg, 88, American comedian and voice actor (Looney Tunes, Lady and the Tramp), pneumonia.
  • Edward Gallenstein, 92, American wood carver and magazine editor (Chip Chats).
  • Jean Germain, 67, French politician, Mayor of Tours (1995–2014), suicide by gunshot.
  • Richard Henyekane, 31, South African footballer, traffic collision.
  • Kardam, Prince of Turnovo, 52, Bulgarian royal, lung infection.
  • Stanley Kutler, 80, American historian.
  • Geoffrey Lewis, 79, American actor (High Plains Drifter, Maverick, The Lawnmower Man).
  • Boonkua Lourvanij, 84, Thai Olympic shooter.
  • Betty Lucas, 90, Australian actress (Prisoner, Taurus Rising, Richmond Hill).
  • Dickie Owen, 88, British actor (Zulu, The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang).
  • Richard F. Post, 96, American physicist.
  • Maria Luisa Poumaillou, 61, Venezuelan-born French fashion consultant.
  • James B. Rhoads, 86, American public servant, Archivist of the United States (1968–1979).
  • Kalmanje Jagannatha Shetty, 78, Indian judge.
  • Donald Smith, 81, English cricket player (Cheshire).
  • Rich Szaro, 67, Polish-born American football player (New Orleans Saints, New York Jets).
  • Janet Turner, 78, British architectural lighting designer.
  • Torrey Ward, 36, American basketball coach, plane crash.
  • Naomi Wilzig, 80, American writer and museum owner (World Erotic Art Museum Miami).

    • 8

  • Jean-Louis Crémieux-Brilhac, 98, French resistant, civil servant and historian.
  • Abraham Eraly, 80, Indian historian and magazine editor.
  • Harry K. Fukuhara, 95, American army officer.
  • Nagore E. M. Hanifa, 89, Indian politician and playback singer.
  • Willie Honicutt, 82, American Negro league baseball player.
  • Graham Howarth, 99, English entomologist.
  • Rayson Huang, 94, Chinese chemist, vice-chancellor of the University of Hong Kong (1972–1986).
  • Jayakanthan, 80, Indian Tamil author.
  • Sergei Lashchenko, 27, Ukrainian kickboxer, shot.
  • David Laventhol, 81, American newspaper editor and publisher, Parkinson's disease.
  • Nan Inger Östman, 92, Swedish children's book author.
  • Billy Ronson, 58, English footballer (Blackpool F.C.).
  • Giorgio Salvini, 94, Italian physicist and politician, Minister of University, Scientific Research and Technology (1995–1996).
  • Hermann Schweppenhäuser, 87, German philosopher.
  • Joel Shankle, 82, American hurdler, Olympic bronze medalist (1956).
  • Joel Spira, 88, American inventor (solid-state lamp dimmer), co-founder of Lutron Electronics Company, heart attack.
  • Hilde Stavik, 52, Norwegian long-distance runner, cancer.
  • Udugama Sri Buddharakkitha Thero, 85, Sri Lankan Buddhist monk.
  • Ion Trewin, 71, British editor, publisher and author.
  • Lars Tunbjörk, 59, Swedish photographer.
  • Jean-Claude Turcotte, 78, Canadian Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Montreal (1990–2012).
  • Ole Wackström, 82, Finnish racing cyclist.

    • 9

  • Paul Almond, 83, Canadian filmmaker (The Act of the Heart, Journey, Isabel) and television director (Seven Up!), heart disease.
  • Betty Tackaberry Blake, 94, American WWII aviator.
  • Nina Companeez, 77, French film director.
  • Alexander Dalgarno, 87, British physicist.
  • Ivan Doig, 75, American author, multiple myeloma.
  • Moira Gemmill, 55, British design director (Victoria and Albert Museum), traffic collision.
  • Jurgen Gothe, 70, German-born Canadian radio broadcaster (DiscDrive).
  • Charles Hamel, 84, American congressional aide and oil industry whistleblower.
  • Ray Harm, 87, American artist, prostate cancer.
  • Ghulam Rasool Kar, 94, Indian politician.
  • Bob McLean, 67, Australian winemaker, liver cancer.
  • Hrushikesh Moolgavkar, 94, Indian air chief marshal and Chief of Air Staff (1976–1978).
  • Ron Payne, 89, Australian politician, member of the South Australian House of Assembly for Mitchell (1970–1989).
  • Elmo Noel Joseph Perera, 82, Sri Lankan Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop (1992–1995) and Bishop of Galle (1995–2004).
  • Narra Raghava Reddy, 92, Indian politician.
  • Margaret Rule, 86, British archaeologist.
  • João Alves dos Santos, 58, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Paranaguá (since 2006).
  • Rafael Soriano, 94, Cuban painter.
  • Alex Soto, 49, Puerto Rican actor and drag queen, heart attack.
  • Rogvold Sukhoverko, 74, Russian film and voice actor.
  • Johan B. Steen, 81, Norwegian biologist.
  • Tut Taylor, 91, American bluegrass musician (The Great Dobro Sessions).
  • John Toohey, 85, Australian jurist, High Court Justice (1987–1998).
  • Tsien Tsuen-hsuin, 105, Chinese-born American sinologist, professor, and librarian.
  • Sascha Weidner, 40, German artist.

    • 10

  • Andrzej Ajnenkiel, 84, Polish historian.
  • Richie Benaud, 84, Australian cricket captain and television commentator, skin cancer.
  • Raúl Héctor Castro, 98, Mexican-born American politician and diplomat, Governor of Arizona (1975–1977), Ambassador to El Salvador (1964–1968), Bolivia (1968–1969) and Argentina (1977–1980).
  • David Dank, 76, American politician, member of Oklahoma House of Representatives (since 2007), heart attack.
  • Desmond Digby, 82, New Zealand-born Australian theatre designer, children's book illustrator and painter.
  • Waltraud Falk, 85, German economist.
  • Eduardo Gauggel Medina, 48, Honduran lawyer and politician, MP (since 2014), shot.
  • Eduardo Gauggel Rivas, 61, Honduran lawyer and politician, member of the Supreme Court (1994–1998), shot.
  • Ray Graves, 96, American football player and coach.
  • Ronald Hambleton, 97, English-born Canadian broadcaster and music critic (Toronto Star).
  • Bárbara Heliodora, 91, Brazilian theatre critic.
  • Lauren Hill, 19, American college basketball player, pediatric cancer advocate, brain cancer.
  • Dorothy Jelicich, 87, New Zealand politician, MP for Hamilton West (1972–75).
  • Jin Youzhi, 96, Chinese royal.
  • Rustin R. Kimsey, 79, American prelate, Episcopal Bishop of Eastern Oregon.
  • Judith Malina, 88, German-born American actress (Dog Day Afternoon, Awakenings, The Addams Family) and director, lung disease.
  • Keith McCormack, 74, American singer and songwriter ("Sugar Shack"), stroke.
  • Bobby Moore, 56, American baseball player (San Francisco Giants).
  • Jim Mutscheller, 85, American football player (Baltimore Colts), kidney failure.
  • William S. Powell, 95, American historian.
  • Rocco Quattrocchi, 88, American politician, member of the Rhode Island Senate and House of Representatives.
  • Rose Francine Rogombé, 72, Gabonese politician, Acting President (2009).
  • Ray Treacy, 68, Irish footballer (Charlton Athletic).
  • Peter Walsh, 80, Australian politician, Minister for Finance (1984–1990), Senator for Western Australia (1974–1993).

    • 11

  • Charlie Beasley, 69, American basketball player.
  • Martin Tore Bjørndal, 70, Norwegian diplomat.
  • Nico Frijda, 87, Dutch psychologist.
  • Jimmy Gunn, 66, American football player (Chicago Bears), heart failure.
  • Guy Hannen, 90, British WWII army officer and auctioneer.
  • Peter Jones, 95, British WWII army officer.
  • Muhammad Kamaruzzaman, 62, Bangladeshi politician and convicted war criminal, execution by hanging.
  • Sheila Kitzinger, 86, British natural childbirth activist.
  • Janusz Kurczab, 77, Polish Olympic fencer (1960), mountaineer and expedition leader.
  • François Maspero, 83, French writer and translator.
  • Viv Nicholson, 79, British football pools winner, complications of a stroke and dementia.
  • Heino Pulli, 77, Finnish ice hockey player.
  • Hanut Singh Rathore, 81, Indian army officer.
  • Tekena Tamuno, 83, Nigerian history professor.
  • Kyle Testerman, 80, American politician, Mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee (1972–1975, 1984–1987).
  • Levi Watkins, 70, American heart surgeon, complications from a heart attack and a stroke.

    • 12

  • Ibrahim Sulayman Muhammad Arbaysh, 35, Saudi Arabian suspected terrorist, drone attack.
  • Aleksey Bochkov, 45, Russian cyclist. [1]
  • Paulo Brossard, 90, Brazilian jurist and politician, Minister of Justice (1986–1989), justice of the Supreme Federal Court (1989–1994).
  • Jože Ciuha, 90, Slovenian painter.
  • Patrice Dominguez, 65, French tennis player.
  • Alfred Eick, 99, German U-boat commander.
  • Bill Etches, 93, British WWII army officer (St Nazaire Raid).
  • Doug Gregory, 92, British Royal Air Force officer and stunt pilot, hit by car.
  • Claude Lanthier, 82, Canadian politician, MP for Lasalle (1984–1988).
  • Walter Lee, 93, American politician.
  • Patrick McCauley, 87, American journalist.
  • André Mba Obame, 57, Gabonese politician.
  • Mario Wallenda, 74, American highwire artiste (The Flying Wallendas).

    • 13

  • Bruce Alger, 96, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 5th district (1955–1965), heart ailment.
  • Brice Bosnich, 78, Australian chemist.
  • Gerald Calabrese, 90, American politician and basketball player (Syracuse Nationals), Mayor of Cliffside Park, New Jersey (since 1965).
  • Ronnie Carroll, 80, Northern Irish singer and political candidate.
  • Noël De Pauw, 72, Belgian cyclist.
  • Tony Eldridge, 91, British Royal Navy officer (Chariot manned torpedo).
  • Mária Gulácsy, 73, Hungarian fencer, Olympic silver medalist (1968).
  • Neal Horsley, 70, American anti-abortion activist.
  • Pat King, 68, Irish Gaelic football player and coach.
  • Thelma Coyne Long, 96, Australian Hall of Fame tennis player.
  • Eduardo Galeano, 74, Uruguayan journalist, writer and novelist, lung cancer.
  • Claire Gordon, 74, British actress (Konga, Beat Girl).
  • Günter Grass, 87, German novelist (The Tin Drum), Nobel Prize laureate in Literature (1999), lung infection.
  • Neal Nitz, 61, American politician.
  • Anna-Lisa Ohlsson, 89, Swedish Olympic sprint canoeist (1952).
  • Bob Pinkalla, 86, American ten-pin bowler, heart failure.
  • Elizabeth Brown Pryor, 64, American author and historian.
  • Antônio Alberto Guimarães Rezende, 89, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Caetité (1981–2002).
  • Rex Robinson, 89, British actor (Doctor Who, Yes Minister, Only Fools and Horses).
  • Haanii Shivraj, 29, Malaysian actress, cancer.
  • Serhiy Sukhobok, 50, Ukrainian journalist, shot.
  • Herb Trimpe, 75, American comic book artist (The Incredible Hulk, Thor), co-creator of Wolverine.

    • 14

  • Norman H. Bangerter, 82, American politician, Governor of Utah (1985–1993), stroke.
  • Klaus Bednarz, 72, German journalist and writer.
  • Homaro Cantu, 38, American chef, suicide by hanging.
  • Sheldon Galbraith, 92, Canadian figure skating coach.
  • Aref Gholizadeh, 77, Iranian international footballer.
  • Ameril Umbra Kato, 68, Filipino warlord, leader of Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters, heart attack.
  • Kō Kojima, 87, Japanese manga artist, cerebral hemorrhage.
  • M. Joseph Manning, 90, American politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1967–1997).
  • Leslie Peterson, 91, Canadian lawyer and politician, Attorney General of British Columbia (1968–1972).
  • Gordon Preston, 89, English mathematician.
  • Majid Rahnema, 91, Iranian diplomat and politician.
  • Mark Reeds, 55, Canadian ice hockey player (St. Louis Blues) and coach (Ottawa Senators), pneumonia.
  • Meir Rosenne, 84, Israeli lawyer and diplomat, Ambassador to France (1979–1983) and United States (1983–1987).
  • Kevin Rosier, 53, American super heavyweight kickboxing champion and mixed martial artist (UFC), heart attack.
  • Vilas Sarang, 73, Indian author.
  • Howie Schumm, 75, Canadian football player (Edmonton Eskimos).
  • Arnold Schütz, 80, German footballer (Werder Bremen).
  • Percy Sledge, 74, American R&B singer ("When a Man Loves a Woman"), liver cancer.
  • Alex Stevens, 79, American actor and stunt performer (Dark Shadows, Superman, Goodfellas, Sesame Street).
  • Buddy Temple, 73, American businessman and politician.
  • Roberto Tucci, 93, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, President of Vatican Radio (1985–2001), Cardinal-Priest of S. Ignazio di Loyola a Campo Marzio (since 2001).
  • Kathrine Sorley Walker, 95, English ballet critic.
  • David Ward-Steinman, 78, American composer and music professor.

    • 15

  • Sidney Abbott, 77, American feminist activist, fire.
  • Kinya Aikawa, 80, Japanese actor (Speed Racer, Naruhodo! The World), lung cancer.
  • Zaur Ardzinba, 65, Abkhazian politician.
  • Joseph A. Bennett, 47, British actor (The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles), suicide by hanging.
  • Jonathan Crombie, 48, Canadian actor (Anne of Green Gables), brain haemorrhage.
  • Margaret Harrison, 96, Scottish peace campaigner.
  • Billy Ray Hearn, 85, American record label chairman, heart disease.
  • John Howard, 94, American optical physicist.
  • Oleg Kalashnikov, 52, Ukrainian politician, shot.
  • Felice Leonardo, 100, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant’Agata de’ Goti (1957–1991).
  • Alexander Nadson, 88, Belarusian religious leader, Apostolic Visitor for Belarusian Greek-Catholic faithful abroad (since 1986).
  • Luis Ortega Álvarez, 62, Spanish judge, member of the Constitutional Court of Spain (since 2011).
  • Govindbhai Patel, 72, Indian filmmaker, cancer.
  • Margo Reed, 73, American jazz musician, complications from dementia.
  • Mykola Storozhenko, 86, Ukrainian painter.
  • Barbara Strauch, 63, American author and reporter (The New York Times), breast cancer.
  • Surya Bahadur Thapa, 88, Nepalese politician, Prime Minister (1963–1964, 1965–1969, 1979–1983, 1997–1998, 2003–2004), respiratory failure.
  • Gunilla Wolde, 75, Swedish writer and illustrator.

    • 16

  • Ron Bailey, 88, New Zealand politician, MP for Heretaunga (1960–1981).
  • Driss Bamous, 73, Moroccan footballer.
  • Valery Belousov, 66, Russian ice hockey player and coach.
  • Ollie Brown, 71, American baseball player (San Diego Padres, San Francisco Giants), mesothelioma.
  • Attaphol Buspakom, 53, Thai football player and coach, blood infection.
  • Oles Buzina, 45, Ukrainian journalist, shot.
  • Bhola Nath Chalise, 63, Nepalese economist.
  • Alden G. Glauch, 95, American air force general.
  • Stanislav Gross, 45, Czech politician, Prime Minister (2004–2005), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
  • Johnny Kemp, 55, Bahamian singer ("Just Got Paid"), fall.
  • Heino Kleiminger, 76, German footballer (F.C. Hansa Rostock, East Germany national team), cancer.
  • Eduard Koblmueller, 69, Austrian mountaineer, hypothermia.
  • Nimal Mendis, 81, Sri Lankan singer and songwriter.
  • Tommy Preston, 82, Scottish footballer (Hibernian).
  • Lee Remmel, 90, American public relations director (Green Bay Packers).
  • Smuggler, 12, American Thoroughbred racehorse, complications from foaling.
  • Marjorie Elliott Sypher, 89, Canadian-born Costa Rican First Lady (1974–1978).
  • Giuseppe Zigaina, 91, Italian neorealist painter and author.

    • 17

  • Renato Altissimo, 74, Italian politician, Minister of Health (1979–1980, 1981–1983), Minister of Trade and Industry (1983–1986).
  • Steve Beck, 58, English executive, chairman of York City F.C. (2003–2004).
  • Brian Couzens, 82, British music industry executive (Chandos Records).
  • Mariano Gago, 66, Portuguese physicist and politician, cancer.
  • Francis George, 78, American Roman Catholic Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago (1997–2014), President of the Conference of Catholic Bishops (2007–2010), bladder cancer.
  • Peter Graham, 60, English cricketer.
  • Robert P. Griffin, 91, American politician, member of the U.S. Senate from Michigan (1966–1977) and House of Representatives from Michigan's 9th district (1957–1966).
  • Jaroslav Holík, 72, Czech ice hockey player, world champion (1972).
  • Viktor Korshunov, 85, Russian actor, People's Artist of the USSR.
  • Tore Bernitz Pedersen, 80, Norwegian cartoonist.
  • Hannes Lindemann, 92, German sailor.
  • Ray Nemec, 85, American baseball researcher and historian.
  • Scotty Probasco, 86, American businessman and philanthropist.
  • Don Quayle, 84, American broadcast journalist, President of NPR (1970–1973).
  • Jack Rieley, 72, American record producer and band manager (The Beach Boys).
  • Jeremiah J. Rodell, 93, American brigadier general and priest.
  • Keith Shackleton, 92, British painter and television presenter.
  • S. K. Sharma, 62, Indian cricket umpire.
  • Ann Stepan, 71, American politician, member of the Illinois House of Representatives (1991–1993).
  • A. Alfred Taubman, 91, American real estate developer, philanthropist and football team owner (Michigan Panthers).

    • 18

  • Sir Christopher Bayly, 69, British historian.
  • Walter Conahan, 87, American politician, member of the South Dakota Senate (1983–1989), cancer.
  • Francesco Dapiran, 94, Italian Olympic rower (1948).
  • Gunnar Gravdahl, 87, Norwegian politician, Mayor of Bærum (1989–1992).
  • Joe Hutter, 77, American politician, member of the Iowa House of Representatives.
  • Joseph Lechleider, 82, American inventor (DSL).
  • Sir Roger Lobo, 91, Macanese-born Hong Kong businessman and politician, senior unofficial member of the Legislative Council (1980–1985), moved "Lobo Motion" (1984), cancer.
  • Mario Pirani, 89, Italian journalist (la Repubblica), economist, and writer.
  • Bill Schultz, 76, New Zealand rugby league player (Eastern Suburbs, national team).
  • Laverne Torczon, 79, American football player.
  • Leonid Vladimirski, 94, Russian book illustrator.
  • Erwin Waldner, 82, German footballer (VfB Stuttgart, SPAL Ferrara).

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  • Richard Anthony, 77, Egyptian-born French singer.
  • Sir Raymond Carr, 96, British historian.
  • Haney Catchings, 66, American football coach (Prairie View A&M, Tuskegee), cancer.
  • Uche Chukwumerije, 75, Nigerian politician, Senator for Abia North (since 2003), lung cancer.
  • Margot Duke, Marchioness of Reading, 96, British aristocrat.
  • William Price Fox, 89, American novelist.
  • Lothar Friedrich, 84, German cyclist. [2]
  • Eva Galambos, 87, American politician, Mayor of Sandy Springs, Georgia (2005–2014), cancer.
  • Freddie Gray, 25, American police suspect, severed spinal cord.
  • Aliaskhab Kebekov, 43, Dagestani-Russian Islamist leader, Emir of the Caucasus Emirate (since 2014), shot.
  • Sandra Mackey, 77, American writer (Chicago Tribune, Wall Street Journal).
  • István Marton, 72, Hungarian politician.
  • Roy Mason, Baron Mason of Barnsley, 91, British politician, MP for Barnsley (1953–1983) and Barnsley Central (1983–1987), Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1976–1979).
  • Scott Mason, 55, American radio personality.
  • Tom McCabe, 60, Scottish politician, Minister for Finance and Public Service Reform (2004–2007).
  • Tony Morelli, 58, Canadian stunt performer (The X-Files, Smallville, Rise of the Planet of the Apes).
  • Hiroyuki Nishimoto, 88, Japanese voice actor (Moomin), aortic dissection.
  • Theodosia Okoh, 92, Ghanaian flag designer and sports administrator.
  • Michael J. D. Powell, 78, British mathematician.
  • Else Repål, 85, Norwegian politician.
  • Oktay Sinanoğlu, 80, Turkish scientist.
  • Bernard Stollman, 85, American record label founder (ESP-Disk), colon and spine cancer.
  • Elio Toaff, 99, Italian rabbi, Chief Rabbi of Rome (1951–2002).
  • Betty Willis, 91, American graphic designer (Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign).
  • Casimir Witucki, 86, American football player (Washington Redskins).

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  • Gilberto Almeida, 86, Ecuadorian painter.
  • Gary Brain, 72, New Zealand timpanist and conductor.
  • Doug Buffone, 70, American football player (Chicago Bears) and radio host.
  • Cláudio Cunha, 68, Brazilian actor.
  • Hassan El-Shazly, 71, Egyptian footballer (Tersana, national team).
  • Pedro Eugênio, 65, Brazilian politician, MP (1998–2014), complications from surgery.
  • Tommy Graham, 72, Scottish politician.
  • Peter Howell, 96, British actor (Emergency – Ward 10, Shadowlands, The Prisoner).
  • Albert Kalonji, 85, Congolese politician, King of South Kasai.
  • Aharon Lichtenstein, 81, French-born American-Israeli rabbi, recipient of the Israel Prize (2014).
  • Bob Maloubier, 92, French secret agent.
  • Frederic Morton, 90, Austrian-born American writer.
  • Bob St. Clair, 84, American Hall of Fame football player (San Francisco 49ers).
  • Ibrahim Yusri, 65, Egyptian actor (The Terrorist), kidney failure.

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  • M. H. Abrams, 102, American literary critic.
  • Mykola Bahrov, 77, Ukrainian academician and politician.
  • Steve Byrnes, 56, American sports announcer (NASCAR on Fox), head and neck cancer.
  • Gideon Eilat, 91, Israeli soldier.
  • Betsy von Furstenberg, 83, German-born American actress (As the World Turns) and baroness, Alzheimer's disease.
  • Edan Milton Hughes, 80, American art dealer and author.
  • Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov, 49, Tajik-Russian film director (Luna Papa).
  • Ferenc Konrád, 70, Hungarian water polo player, Olympic bronze (1968), silver (1972) and gold (1976) medalist.
  • Jim McCarthy, 90, Irish rugby union player (national team).
  • Sergei Mikhalev, 67, Russian ice hockey coach, traffic collision.
  • John Moshoeu, 49, South African footballer (Kaizer Chiefs, Giant Blackpool, national team), African Cup of Nations champion (1996), cancer.
  • Janaki Ballabh Patnaik, 88, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Odisha (1980–1989, 1995–1999), Governor of Assam (2009–2014), heart attack.
  • Robert P. Patterson, Jr., 91, American federal judge.
  • Borisav Pisić, 66, Bosnian Yugoslav Olympic hurdler (1980).
  • Sydney Valpy Radley-Walters, 95, Canadian WWII tank commander.
  • Abdel Rahman el-Abnudi, 76, Egyptian poet.
  • Derek Vonberg, 93, British physicist. (death announced on this date)
  • Dave Walker, 73, English footballer (Burnley, Southampton).
  • Elizabeth Weaver, 74, American judge, Michigan Supreme Court Justice (1995–2010), Chief Justice (1991–2001).
  • Cindy Yang, 24, Taiwanese model and actress (First of May), suicide by helium inhalation.

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  • Hugh Alan Anderson, 81, Canadian politician.
  • Dick Balharry, 77, British conservationist, cancer.
  • Peter B. Best, 76, British marine mammal expert.
  • Dorothy Custer, 103, American comedian.
  • Yoichi Funado, 71, Japanese novelist, thymic cancer.
  • Régis Ghesquière, 65, Belgian decathlete, heart attack.
  • Alasdair Graham, 85, Canadian politician, Senator for Nova Scotia (1972–2004).
  • Nagare Hagiwara, 62, Japanese actor, traffic collision.
  • Imtiaz Alam Hanfi, 86, Pakistani banker.
  • Ronny Lee, 88, American guitarist and writer.
  • Audree Norton, 88, American actress.
  • Bernard Penfold, 98, British army general, general manager of the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club (1972–1979).
  • Aideen O'Kelly, 74, Irish actress.
  • Páll Skúlason, 69, Icelandic philosopher.
  • Gennadi Vengerov, 55, Belarusian-born Soviet actor (Enemy at the Gates), lung and bone cancer.
  • Irene Woodall, 69, American magazine editor.

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  • Afzaal Ahmed, 66, Pakistani cricketer.
  • Aziz Asli, 77, Iranian footballer (Persepolis).
  • Dick Barone, 82, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates).
  • Desmond Boal, 85, Northern Irish lawyer and politician, MP for Belfast Shankill (1960–1972).
  • Frana Cardno, 74, New Zealand politician, Mayor of Southland District (1992–2013), bile duct cancer.
  • Sir Philip Carter, 87, British football director (Everton).
  • Richard Corliss, 71, American film critic (Time), stroke.
  • Alexander Eliot, 95, American writer.
  • Marie Herbst, 86, American politician, Mayor of Vernon, Connecticut (1979–1986), member of the Connecticut Senate (1987–1992).
  • George Horner, 91, Czech-born American pianist and physician.
  • Ray Jackson, 74, Australian aboriginal activist and Wiradjuri elder.
  • Pierre Claude Nolin, 64, Canadian politician, Speaker of the Senate (since 2014), cancer.
  • Frank Porretta, 84, American tenor and musical theater actor.
  • Paul Ryan, 69, American actor, television host and correspondent (Entertainment Tonight), leukemia.
  • Jim Steffen, 78, American football player (Detroit Lions, Washington Redskins).
  • E. M. Subramaniam, 67, Indian Carnatic percussionist.
  • Sawyer Sweeten, 19, American actor (Everybody Loves Raymond), suicide by gunshot.
  • Francis Tsai, 48, American comic book, film and video game concept artist (Spider-Man, TMNT, The Bourne Conspiracy), ALS.
  • Sixto Valencia Burgos, 81, Mexican comic artist (Memín Pinguín, MAD).
  • Guillermo Zúñiga Martínez, 72, Mexican academic and politician, Mayor of Xalapa (1988–1991), MP for Veracruz (1994–1997).

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  • Władysław Bartoszewski, 93, Polish politician and resistance fighter, Auschwitz concentration camp prisoner, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1995, 2000–2001).
  • Ken Birch, 81, British footballer (Bangor City).
  • Thomas Joseph Connolly, 92, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Baker (1971–1999).
  • Rustum Ghazaleh, 61, Syrian military officer, head injury.
  • Ismail Hussain, 65, Indian politician, MP for Barpeta (2009–2014), cancer.
  • Valentine Lamb, 76, British journalist (The Irish Field).
  • Frankie Lee, 73, American blues singer-songwriter.
  • Benjamin F. Logan, 87, American electrical engineer and bluegrass musician, heart attack.
  • Sabeen Mahmud, 39, Pakistani human rights activist, shot.
  • Michael Mustill, Baron Mustill, 83, British judge, barrister and peer.
  • Herbert Ninaus, 78, Austrian-born Australian international footballer.
  • Claudia Paz, 95, Chilean actress.
  • Max Rojas, 74, Mexican poet.
  • Raymond Roussin, 75, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Gravelbourg (1995–1998) and Victoria (1999–2004), Archbishop of Vancouver (2004–2009).
  • Success Express, 30, American Thoroughbred racehorse.
  • Sid Tepper, 96, American songwriter ("Red Roses for a Blue Lady").
  • George C. Young, 98, American lawyer and judge, heart attack.

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  • Colin Bloomfield, 33, British radio presenter (BBC Radio Derby), skin cancer.
  • Sujit Bose, 80, Indian cricketer.
  • Arthur Brittenden, 90, British newspaper editor (Daily Mail).
  • Wilfred Brown, 85, Australian cricketer.
  • Edward Coke, 7th Earl of Leicester, 78, British nobleman.
  • Jim Fanning, 87, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs) and manager (Montreal Expos).
  • Paolo Galletti, 78, Italian swimmer.
  • Jiří Hledík, 86, Czech footballer (FC Hradec Králové).
  • Otakar Krámský, 55, Czech racing driver, triple European hillclimb champion (1995, 1997, 1998), training collision.
  • Don Mankiewicz, 93, American screenwriter (Star Trek, Ironside, Profiles in Courage), heart failure.
  • Ben Molar, 99, Argentine composer and musical producer.
  • Mike Phillips, 59, American basketball player (Kentucky Wildcats, FC Barcelona), fall.
  • Alfred Schreyer, 92, Ukrainian-born Polish fiddler and singer.
  • Christine Stewart, 74, Canadian politician, Secretary of State (1993–1997) and Minister of the Environment (1997–1999).
  • Richard West, 84, British journalist and author.
  • Notable deaths consequent to the April 2015 Nepal earthquake:
  • Dan Fredinburg, 33, American executive, head of privacy at Google.
  • Matthias Kuhle, 67, German geographer.

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  • Masudur Rahman Baidya, 46, Indian swimmer, heart attack.
  • Talal Akbar Bugti, 63, Pakistani tribal leader and politician, heart attack.
  • Edward T. Chambers, 85, American activist, director of the Industrial Areas Foundation (1972–2009), heart failure.
  • Hojatollah Khatib, 61, Iranian sports administrator (Persepolis), cancer.
  • Izatullo Khayoyev, 78, Tajik politician, Vice-President (1990–1991), Prime Minister (1991–1992).
  • Jayne Meadows, 95, American actress (I've Got a Secret, Undercurrent, Song of the Thin Man).
  • Józef Paczyński, 95, Polish WWII prisoner, barber of Rudolf Hoss.
  • Marcel Pronovost, 84, Canadian Hall of Fame ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings, Toronto Maple Leafs).
  • Bill Valentine, 82, American baseball umpire.
  • Wang Guozhen, 58, Chinese poet, liver cancer.

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  • Jay Appleton, 95, British geographer.
  • Randy Bennett, 51, Canadian swimming coach, cancer.
  • Suzanne Crough, 52, American actress (The Partridge Family).
  • David Fletcher, 90, English cricketer (Surrey).
  • Gene Fullmer, 83, American professional boxer, two-time middleweight world champion.
  • Verne Gagne, 89, American professional wrestler, trainer and promoter (AWA), Hall of Fame (2004, 2006).
  • Frank Henderson, 92, American politician, member of the Idaho House of Representatives (2004–2014).
  • Guy LeBlanc, 54, Canadian keyboard player (Nathan Mahl, Camel), kidney cancer.
  • Andrew Lesnie, 59, Australian cinematographer (The Lord of the Rings, I Am Legend, The Water Diviner), Oscar winner (2002), heart attack.
  • Harvey R. Miller, 82, American lawyer, ALS.
  • Marty Napoleon, 93, American jazz pianist.
  • Lionel Repka, 80, Canadian ice hockey player (Fort Wayne Komets), liver cancer.
  • Alexander Rich, 90, American biologist.
  • Inês Etienne Romeu, 72, Brazilian political prisoner.
  • Abraham Rotstein, 86, Canadian economist.
  • Rolf Smedvig, 62, American classical trumpeter (Empire Brass), heart attack.
  • Chris Turner, 64, English football player and manager (Peterborough).
  • John Wimpenny, 92, English aeronautical engineer.

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  • Antônio Abujamra, 82, Brazilian actor and director.
  • Marcia Brown, 96, American writer and children's books illustrator.
  • Duri Camichel, 32, Swiss ice hockey player (EV Zug), traffic collision.
  • Glenn Dennis, 90, American ufologist.
  • Jack Ely, 71, American singer ("Louie Louie").
  • René Féret, 69, French actor and director (Solemn Communion).
  • Ashura Hara, 68, Japanese professional wrestler, pneumonia.
  • Keith Harris, 67, British ventriloquist (Orville the Duck, Cuddles the Monkey), cancer.
  • Michael J. Ingelido, 98, American Air Force major general, stroke.
  • Yoshihiko Osaki, 76, Japanese swimmer, Olympic silver medalist (1960), pneumonia.
  • Vicente Piccio, Jr., 83, Filipino Air Force major general.
  • James Watson, 78, British novelist.
  • Einar Thorsteinn, 73, Icelandic architect.
  • Xu Guangxian, 94, Chinese chemist.

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  • Charles Benton, 84, American public digital media promoter, CEO of the Benton Foundation, cancer.
  • Carlos Calderón Fajardo, 69, Peruvian journalist and novelist.
  • Giovanni Canestri, 96, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Cagliari (1984–1987) and Genoa (1987–1995).
  • Daniel During, 83, South African cricketer.
  • Gopulu, 90, Indian cartoonist (Ananda Vikatan).
  • Nicholas Gruner, 72, Canadian Roman Catholic priest, promoter of the message of Our Lady of Fatima, heart attack.
  • John G. Heyburn II, 66, American federal judge, Chief District Court Judge for the Western District of Kentucky (2001–2008), liver cancer.
  • Paul Hudak, 62, American professor of computer science, leukemia.
  • Milap Chand Jain, 86, Indian judge and politician, Governor of Rajasthan (1990).
  • Gary Liddell, 60, Scottish footballer (Grimsby Town, Heart of Midlothian).
  • Valmir Louruz, 71, Brazilian football manager (Juventude, Pelotas).
  • François Michelin, 88, French businessman, CEO of Michelin (1955–1999).
  • Vardan Militosyan, 64, Armenian weightlifter.
  • Jean Nidetch, 91, American businesswoman, founder of Weight Watchers.
  • Calvin Peete, 71, American golfer, Tournament Players champion (1985).
  • Joe Pikula, 70, Canadian football player (Hamilton Tiger-Cats).
  • Barbara Reynolds, 100, English scholar, lexicographer and translator.
  • Brian Sedgemore, 78, British politician, fall.
  • Dan Walker, 92, American politician, Governor of Illinois (1973–1977), heart failure.
  • Notable convicted drug traffickers executed by Indonesian firing squad:
  • Andrew Chan, 31, Australian (Bali Nine)
  • Rodrigo Gularte, 42, Brazilian
  • Myuran Sukumaran, 34, Australian (Bali Nine)

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  • Lennart Bodström, 87, Swedish politician, Minister for Foreign Affairs (1982–1985).
  • Bold Pilot, 22, Turkish thoroughbred racehorse.
  • Peter Dobkin Hall, 69, American author and historian, traffic collision.
  • David Fonseca, 60, Belizean politician, Mayor of Belize City (1999–2006), suicide by gunshot.
  • Adrian Gibson, 79, Australian politician, MP for Denison (1964–69).
  • Steven Goldmann, 53, Canadian music video and film director, cancer.
  • Rutger Gunnarsson, 69, Swedish bassist (ABBA, Elton John).
  • Ben E. King, 76, American soul and R&B singer ("Stand by Me"), coronary heart disease.
  • Gregory Mertens, 24, Belgian footballer, heart attack.
  • Patachou, 96, French singer and actress.
  • William Pfaff, 86, American author and columnist, heart attack.
  • Ronald Senator, 89, British composer, house fire.
  • Sky Classic, 28, Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse.
  • Nigel Terry, 69, British actor (The Lion in Winter, Excalibur, Troy), emphysema.

    • References

    Deaths in April 2015 Wikipedia
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