Deaths in April 2016

The following is a list of notable deaths in April 2016. For notable deaths before the current month, please see "Months".  Names under each date are reported in alphabetical order by last name or pseudonym. Deaths of non-humans are reported here also if notable.

 Each listing of a death must have a source. If no reference is included, the death notice will be removed. The following are the requirements of adding a name to the list in its order: name, age, nationality, what the person is known for, cause of death (if known) and most importantly a source.


April

1
Pratyusha Banerjee, 24, Indian actress (Balika Vadhu, Bigg Boss 7, Hum Hain Na), suicide by hanging.
Artur Górski, 46, Polish politician, member of Sejm (since 2005), leukemia.
Emil Keres, 90, Hungarian actor (Twenty Hours) and theatre director.

2
Gato Barbieri, 83, Argentine jazz saxophonist, pneumonia.
Gallieno Ferri, 87, Italian comic book artist (Zagor, Mister No).
Boris Hybner, 74, Czech actor (I'm All Good, Toys in the Attic, Marguerite) and mime artist.
László Sárosi, 84, Hungarian football player (national team) and coach.

3
Erik Bauersfeld, 93, American radio dramatist (KPFA) and voice actor (Star Wars, A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Crimson Peak).
Don Francks, 84, Canadian jazz vocalist and actor (La Femme Nikita, Inspector Gadget, I'm Not There), lung cancer.
Lars Gustafsson, 79, Swedish writer and scholar.
Rowley Habib, 83, New Zealand writer.
Martin Lampkin, 65, English motorcycle trials rider, cancer.
Cesare Maldini, 84, Italian football player (national team) and manager (Foggia, Milan, national team).
Joe Medicine Crow, 102, American Crow historian.
Lola Novaković, 80, Serbian singer.
Amber Rayne, 31, American pornographic actress.
Jules Schelvis, 95, Dutch historian and Holocaust survivor.
Clarence Clifton Young, 93, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1953–1957), Nevada Senate (1966–1980) and Nevada Supreme Court (1985–2002).

4
Getatchew Mekurya, 81, Ethiopian jazz saxophonist, complications from diabetes.
Royston Nash, 82, English conductor (D'Oyly Carte Opera Company).
George Radosevich, 88, American football player (Baltimore Colts), congestive heart failure.
Mike Sandlock, 100, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers).
Abe Segal, 85, South African tennis player, cancer.

5
Zyta Gilowska, 66, Polish politician, Minister of Finance (2006, 2007), Deputy Prime Minister (2006, 2007).
Roman Gribbs, 90, American politician, Mayor of Detroit (1970–1974), cancer.
Zena Latto, 90, American jazz saxophonist.
E. M. Nathanson, 88, American author (The Dirty Dozen), heart failure.

6
Merle Haggard, 79, American country music singer-songwriter ("Okie from Muskogee", "The Fightin' Side of Me", "Carolyn"), complications from pneumonia.
Darrell Hogan, 89, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers), heart failure.

7
László Bárczay, 80, Hungarian chess Grandmaster.
Frank E. Denholm, 92, American politician, member of the House of Representatives  from South Dakota (1971–1975).
Carlo Monti, 96, Italian athlete, Olympic bronze medalist (1948).

8
Dick Alban, 87, American football player (Washington Redskins, Pittsburgh Steelers).
Mircea Albulescu, 81, Romanian actor (Michael the Brave, Capcana mercenarilor, Semne în pustiu) and writer, member of the Writers' Union of Romania, heart failure.
Wei Chueh, 88, Taiwanese Buddhist monk, founder of the Chung Tai Shan.

9
Arthur Anderson, 93, American voice actor (Courage the Cowardly Dog), congestive heart failure.
Duane Clarridge, 83, American spy (CIA, Eclipse Group), complications from esophageal cancer.
Tony Conrad, 76, American avant-garde musician, composer, video artist and professor (University at Buffalo), prostate cancer.
 Juris Ekmanis, 74, Latvian academic, President of Latvian Academy of Sciences (2004–2012), complications from a stroke.
Will Smith, 34, American football player (New Orleans Saints), Super Bowl champion (2010), shot.

10
Louis Gladstone, 88, American politician.
Howard Marks, 70, Welsh cannabis smuggler, writer and legalisation campaigner, colorectal cancer.
Henryk Średnicki, 61, Polish boxer, amateur World Champion (1978).

11
Emile Ford, 78, Saint Lucian singer ("What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For?") and sound engineer.
Anne Gould Hauberg, 98, American arts patroness, founder of the Pilchuck Glass School.
Ed Snider, 83, American sports executive (Comcast Spectacor, Philadelphia Flyers, Philadelphia 76ers), bladder cancer.

12
Hector A. Cafferata, Jr., 86, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient.
Paul Carey, 88, American radio broadcaster (Detroit Tigers), complications from COPD.
Gianroberto Casaleggio, 61, Italian entrepreneur, co-founder of Five Star Movement.
Pedro de Felipe, 71, Spanish footballer (Real Madrid, Espanyol).
David Gest, 62, American producer and reality TV contestant (I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!).
Anne Jackson, 90, American actress (Middle of the Night, The Shining, Blinded by the Light).
Balls Mahoney, 44, American professional wrestler (ECW), cardiac arrest.
Arnold Wesker, 83, British playwright, complications from Parkinson's disease.

13
Mariano Mores, 98, Argentine tango composer and pianist.
Manouchehr Sotodeh, 102, Iranian geographer, respiratory failure.
Gareth Thomas, 71, Welsh actor (Blake's 7), heart failure.
Ray Thornton, 87, American attorney and politician, member of the United States House of Representatives  from Arkansas (1973–1979, 1991–1997).
Nera White, 80, American Hall of Fame basketball player, complications from pneumonia.

14
Nguyen Anh 9, 76, Vietnamese songwriter and pianist, pneumonia and heart failure.
Ahmed Brahim, 69, Tunisian politician.
Ilija Ivezić, 89, Croatian movie actor (Last of the Renegades, The Golden Years, Marshal Tito's Spirit).
Malick Sidibé, 80, Malian photographer, complications of diabetes. 
Liang Sili, 91, Chinese missile control scientist and academician (Chinese Academy of Sciences), vice-president of the International Astronautical Federation.
Sir David MacKay, 48, British author, physicist and professor (University of Cambridge), stomach cancer.

15
Anne Grommerch, 45, French politician, member of the National Assembly (since 2008), Mayor of Thionville (since 2014), breast cancer.

16
Rubén Mendoza Ayala, 55, Mexican politician, cardiac arrest. 
Jeanette Bonnier, 82, Swedish media proprietor (Bonnier Group), journalist (Expressen) and author, heart failure.
Rod Daniel, 73, American movie director (Teen Wolf), Parkinson's disease.
William M. Gray, 86, American meteorologist.
Charlie Hodge, 82, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens, Oakland Seals, Vancouver Canucks) and scout, NHL champion (1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1965, 1966), complications from a stroke.
Louis Pilot, 75, Luxembourgian football player (Fola Esch, Standard Liège, Royal Antwerp) and manager (national team).
Helmut Rohde, 90, German politician, Federal Minister of Education and Science (1974–1978).
Peter Rock, 70, Chilean rock musician and actor (Blood Sugar Baby), complications from ALS.
Kit West, 79, British special effects artist (Raiders of the Lost Ark, Dragonheart, Enemy at the Gates), Oscar winner (1982).

17
Cyril Leonoff, 91, Canadian civil engineer and historian.
Doris Roberts, 90, American actress (Everybody Loves Raymond, Remington Steele, Christmas Vacation).

18
Yuri Bychkov, 84, Russian art historian.
Cox Habbema, 72, Dutch actress (To Grab A Ring, The Incorrigible Barbara, A Question of Silence), cancer.
Eva Henning, 95, Swedish actress (Elvira Madigan, Flickan från tredje raden, The Firebird).
Sir John Leslie, 4th Baronet, 99, Irish aristocrat and media personality.
Johan van Minnen, 83, Dutch journalist and politician, member of the European Parliament (1979–1984).

19
Patricio Aylwin, 97, Chilean politician, President (1990–1994), respiratory failure complicated from a fall.
Estelle Balet, 21, Swiss snowboarder, world champion (2015, 2016), avalanche.
Ronit Elkabetz, 51, Israeli actress and movie director (Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem), cancer.
Walter Kohn, 93, American theoretical physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics laureate (1998), jaw cancer.
Mehrdad Oladi, 30, Iranian footballer (Malavan), heart attack.
Milt Pappas, 76, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, Cincinnati Reds, Atlanta Braves, Chicago Cubs).
Billy Redmayne, 25, Manx motorcycle racer, race collision.

20
Chyna, 45, American professional wrestler (WWF, NJPW, TNA) and actress (1 Night in China, 3rd Rock from the Sun, Illegal Aliens). 
Guy Hamilton, 93, British movie director (James Bond, Battle of Britain, Evil Under the Sun).
Avril Henry, 81, British academic, suicide by euthanasia. 
Dame Leonie Kramer, 91, Australian academic, author and university administrator, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
Harry Perkowski, 93, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds).
Victoria Wood, 62, British comedienne and actress (New Faces, Victoria Wood As Seen on TV, Dinnerladies), cancer.

21
Hans Koschnick, 87, German politician and diplomat, Bremen Senate president and mayor (1967–1985), President of the Bundesrat (1970–1971, 1981–1982), MP (1987–1998), complications from pneumonia.
Marco Leto, 85, Italian movie and television director (Black Holiday, Al piacere di rivederla) and screenwriter.
Lonnie Mack, 74, American singer-guitarist (The Wham of that Memphis Man).
Michelle McNamara, 46, American writer.
Prince, 57, American musician ("Purple Rain", "Little Red Corvette", "When Doves Cry") and actor (Purple Rain, Under the Cherry Moon, Sign o' the Times), Oscar (1984) and Grammy winner (1984, 1986, 2004, 2007).
Dene Smuts, 66, South African politician, MP (1989–2014).

22
Jory Prum, 41, American audio engineer and video game developer (The Walking Dead, The Wolf Among Us, Brütal Legend), traffic collision.
Peter Sellers, 94, New Zealand sports broadcaster.

23
Ron Brace, 29, American football player (Boston College, New England Patriots), heart attack.
Miguel Picazo, 89, Spanish movie director (La Tía Tula), screenwriter and actor (The Spirit of the Beehive, Tesis).
Madeleine Sherwood, 93, Canadian actress (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Flying Nun).
Banharn Silpa-archa, 83, Thai politician, Prime Minister (1995–1996), asthma attack.

24
Nina Arkhipova, 94, Russian actress (Bountiful Summer, Prosnis i poy, Burnt by the Summer), complications from pneumonia.
Robert Dolan, 87, American marine geologist.
Manuel de la Torre, 94, American golf instructor, complications from a stroke.
Walter Jackson Freeman III, 89, American biologist, neuroscientist and philosopher, pulmonary fibrosis.
Perry O. Hooper, Sr., 91, American jurist, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama (1995–2001).
Inge King, 100, Australian sculptor.
Tommy Kono, 85, American weightlifter, Olympic champion (1952, 1956), complications from liver disease.
Thinle Lhondup, 72, Nepalese actor (Himalaya), stomach cancer.
Benjamin Manglona, 78, Northern Mariana Islands politician, Lieutenant Governor (1990–1994), stroke.
Billy Paul, 81, American R&B singer ("Me and Mrs. Jones"), pancreatic cancer.
Klaus Siebert, 60, German biathlon athlete and coach, world champion (1978, 1979), Olympic silver medalist (1980), lymphoma.
Papa Wemba, 66, Congolese singer and musician, seizure.

25
Martin Gray, 93, Polish Holocaust survivor and writer, heart attack.
Michal Hornstein, 95, Canadian businessman and philanthropist.
Tom Lewis, 94, Australian politician, Premier of New South Wales (1975–1976).
Mei Baojiu, 82, Chinese Peking opera artist, bronchospasm.

26
Vincent Darius, 60, Grenadian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Saint George’s in Grenada (since 2002), cancer.
Amanullah Khan, 82, Pakistani Kashmir separatism activist (JKLF) and writer, COPD.
Lucy Kibaki, 75, Kenyan teacher and socialite, First Lady (2002–2013), heart attack.
Martin Szipál, 91, Hungarian photographer, prostate cancer.
Harry Wu, 79, American human rights activist, founded the Laogai Research Foundation, heart attack.

27
Toms, 87, Indian cartoonist (Boban and Molly).

28
Óscar Marcelino Álvarez, 67, Argentine footballer (Panathinaikos).
Sir Edward Ashmore, 96, British officer in the Royal Navy, First Sea Lord (1974–1977).
Conrad Burns, 81, American politician, Senator from Montana (1989–2007), complications from a stroke.
Jenny Diski, 68, English writer (Nothing Natural, Rainforest), lung cancer.
Igor Fesunenko, 83, Russian journalist, foreign affairs writer and teacher (MGIMO).
René Hausman, 80, Belgian author and artist, heart failure.
Barry Howard, 78, English actor (Hi-de-Hi!), blood cancer.
Ingram Olkin, 91, American professor of statistics (Stanford University), complications from colon cancer.

29
Alyson Bailes, 67, British diplomat, Ambassador to Finland (2000–2002), pancreatic cancer. 
Renato Corona, 67, Filipino jurist, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (2010–2012), complications from a heart attack.
Jok Church, 66, American cartoonist (You Can with Beakman and Jax), heart attack.
Dmytro Hnatyuk, 91, Ukrainian baritone opera singer.
Chen Zhongshi, 73, Chinese writer (White Deer Plain), oral cancer.

30
Daniel Aaron, 103, American writer and academic (Harvard University), co-founder of the Library of America, complications from pneumonia.
Daniel Berrigan, 94, American Roman Catholic priest, poet, peace activist, and ex-convict (Catonsville Nine).
Marisol Escobar, 85, American sculptor, pneumonia.
Uwe Friedrichsen, 81, German actor (Faust, Schwarz Rot Gold, Sesamstraße), complications from pneumonia.
Sir Harry Kroto, 76, British chemist, laureate of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1996), complications from ALS.
Peter Thomas, 91, American narrator (Nova, Forensic Files).
Vasily Zvyagintsev, 71, Russian science fiction author, heart attack.

Months
 January
 February
 March
 May
 June
 July

Related pages
 Deaths in 2014
 Deaths in 2015

References

Other websites
 The Guardian, UK obituaries
 Obituaries, Los Angeles Times
 Obituaries, Chicago Tribune
 The New York Times, US obituaries
 The Sydney Morning Herald, Australian obituaries
 The Telegraph obituaries

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April 2016 events