William Raymond Smith III (July 4, 1981 – April 9, 2016) was an American football defensive end in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for Ohio State and was drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the first round of the 2004 NFL draft, where he played for the entirety of his career.
Smith was shot and killed in New Orleans, Louisiana by Cardell Hayes after he crashed into Hayes's car. Smith was with his wife who was also injured. Smith was 34 years old.
Milt Pappas
Milton Steven "Milt" Pappas (May 11, 1939 – April 19, 2016) was an American professional baseball pitcher. Pappas, nicknamed "Gimpy", pitched for the Baltimore Orioles (1957–1965), Cincinnati Reds (1966–1968), Atlanta Braves (1968–1970) and Chicago Cubs (1970–1973). Pappas was born to Greek parents in Detroit, Michigan, and his birth name was Miltiades Stergios Papastergios.
Pappas pitched in 520 games, starting 465, with 209 wins, 164 losses, 43 shutouts, 1,728 strikeouts and a 3.40 ERA in 3,186 innings pitched.
Pappas died of natural causes on April 19, 2016 in Beecher, Illinois, aged 76.
Billy Redmayne
Billy Redmayne (1990/1991 – 19 April 2016) was a Manx soldier and motorcycle racer. He was born Laxey. He served in the Parachute Regiment in the War in Afghanistan. By 2013 he was able to devote all of his time to racing. He won the Newcomers Manx Grand Prix in 2014 and the Junior Manx Grand Prix a year later.
On 17 April 2016 he was hit from behind by another competitor in a crash at the Oliver's Mount Spring Cup in Scarborough, North Yorkshire. He was airlifted to James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough. His brain injuries were too severe for him to recover, and his partner and family made a decision for his life support to be switched off and his organs donated. He died two days after the accident on 19 April at the age of 25.
Louis Gladstone
Louis I. Gladstone (May 22, 1927 – April 10, 2016) was an American politician. He was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
Gladstone served on the City Council of Bridgeport, first elected in 1955, serving as minority leader. He was elected to the state senate in 1958 while still serving on the Common Council, as president. In the state senate, he served on the Public Utilities Commission and Cities, Boroughs, Roads and Bridges Committee. During his time in the state senate he also served a term as majority leader. Gladstone also served as Comptroller of Connecticut from 1967 to 1970.
Gladstone died in Bridgeport, Connecticut on April 10, 2016 at the age of 88.
Howard Marks
Dennis Howard Marks (13 August 1945 – 10 April 2016) was a Welsh drug smuggler turned author. He was known as an international cannabis smuggler through high-profile court cases. At his peak he smuggled as much as 30 tons, and was connected with groups as diverse as the CIA, the IRA, MI6, and the Mafia.
He was eventually convicted by the American Drug Enforcement Administration and handed a 25-year sentence to be served at Terre Haute; he was released in April 1995 after serving seven years. Though he had up to 43 different aliases, he became known as "Mr Nice" after he bought a passport from convicted murderer Donald Nice. After his release from prison, he published a best-selling autobiography, "Mr Nice", and campaigned publicly for changes in drugs legislation.
On 25 January 2015, it was announced that Marks had inoperable colorectal cancer. He died of the disease on 10 April 2016, at the age of 70.
Henryk Średnicki
Henryk Średnicki (17 January 1955 – 10 April 2016) was a Polish amateur boxer. He represented his native country twice at the Summer Olympics, starting in 1976 (Montreal, Canada).
Średnicki was best known for winning the world title at the second World Amateur Boxing Championships in 1978, beating Cuba's Héctor Ramírez in the final.
Sir John Leslie, 4th Baronet
Captain Sir John Leslie, 4th Baronet (John Norman Ide Leslie, 6 December 1916 – 18 April 2016), known locally as Jack Leslie, was an Irish aristocrat and media personality.
He was the eldest son of Shane Leslie (Sir John Randolph Leslie, 3rd Baronet) and Marjorie Ide. He became the fourth baronet when his father died in 1971. He was the owner of Castle Leslie in Glaslough.
Leslie died at the age of 99 in Ireland on 18 April 2016.
Kerima (actress)
Kerima (born February 10, 1925) is a French movie actress. She was best known for her role in "Outcast of the Islands".
She was born in Toulouse, France to French parents. She studied medicine before finding success in acting.
Kermia was active in movies throughout the 1950s and early 1960s, working with Italian and American directors including Joseph Mankiewicz and Howard Hawks. Her last known work were minor parts in 1972, the last being a bellydancer in one episode of "The Adventurer", a British TV series.
Toralv Maurstad
Toralv Maurstad (born 24 November 1926 in Bærum, Norway) is a famous Norwegian actor of stage, screen and television. He graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London in 1949. His only American movie appearance was starring in the 1970 box office and critical disaster "Song of Norway". He is thought as perhaps the greatest interpreter of Henrik Ibsen's "Peer Gynt", having played the part numerous times.
Eva Henning
Eva Henning (born Eva Wetlesen; 10 May 1920 – 18 April 2016) was a Swedish stage and movie actress. She was known for her roles in "Elvira Madigan" (1943), "Flickan från tredje raden" (1949), and in "The Firebird" (1952). She was born in Newark, New York to Swedish parents.
Henning died in Oslo, Norway on 18 April 2016, aged 95.
Cox Habbema
Cornelia "Cox" Habbema (21 March 1944 – 18 April 2016) was a Dutch movie and television actress. From 1968 to 1984 she played in movies for the East-German filmproduction DEFA. She was known for her roles in "To Grab the Ring" (1968), "Eolomea" (1972), "The Incorrigible Barbara" (1977), "Apprehension" (1982) and "A Question of Silence" (1982). She was born in Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.
Habbema died of cancer in Amsterdam on 18 April 2016, aged 72.
Yuri Bychkov
Yuri Alexandrovich Bychkov (; September 1, 1931, Lopasnya – April 18, 2016, Moscow) was a Russian art historian. He was a member of the Union of Artists and the Union of Theatre Workers of the Russian Federation. He was director of writer's house museum in Melikhovo from 1994 through 2004.
He graduated from the Moscow Aviation Institute. He was one of the founders VOOPIK (All-Russian Society for Historic Preservation and Cultural Organization).
Bychkov died in Moscow on April 18, 2016, aged 84.
Peter Rock (musician)
Peter Mociulski von Remenyk (September 3, 1945 – April 16, 2016), known by his stage name Peter Rock, was a Chilean rock and roll and nueva ola musician. He sang in Festival de Viña del Mar and in Bierfest Valdivia. In 2014, he appeared in a Chilean movie titled "Blood Sugar Baby".
He was born near Vienna in 1945, shortly after the death of his father. His mother remarried and the family emigrated to Chile in 1955.
In October 2014, he was diagnosed with ALS, which kept him in a wheelchair. He died on Viña del Mar on 16 April, 2016.
Louis Pilot
Louis Pilot (11 November 1940 – 16 April 2016) was a Luxembourgian football player and manager. Pilot started his footballing career at his home town club CS Fola Esch, before signing for Belgian team Standard Liège at the age of 20.
In November 2003, to celebrate UEFA's jubilee, he was selected by the Luxembourg Football Federation as the country's Golden Player - the greatest player of the last 50 years.
Dene Smuts
Muldene "Dene" Smuts (July 13, 1949 – April 21, 2016) was a South African politician. She was a member of Parliament for the Democratic Alliance, serving in many capacities, including as Shadow Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development. Smuts was editor of "Fair Lady" magazine, managing editor of "Leadership", and was a prize-winning author.