Deaths in April 2023

The following is a list of **deaths that happened in April 2023**. For deaths that should be noted before the month that the world is in, please see "Months". Names under each date are noted in the order of the alphabet by last name or pseudonym. Deaths of non-humans are noted here also if it is worth noting.

Each listing of 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, where they came from, what the person is known for, cause of death (if known), and a source.

### 1

- Amarasiri Kalansuriya, 82, Sri Lankan actor (_Hanthane Kathawa_, _Akkara Paha_, _Bambaru Avith_).
- Albert Ndele, 92, Congolese economist and politician.
- Hristo Zhivkov, 48, Bulgarian actor (_The Passion of the Christ_, _The Profession of Arms_, _Barbarossa_).

### 2

- Salim Durani, 88, Afghan-born Indian cricketer (Gujarat, Rajasthan, national team).
- Judy Farrell, 84, American actress (_M*A*S*H_) and screenwriter (_Port Charles_), complications from a stroke.
- Costumes Krishna, Indian actor (_Bharat Bandh_, _Devullu_, _Malli Malli Chudali_), film producer and costume designer.
- Seymour Stein, 80, American Hall of Fame music executive, founder of Sire Records.

### 3

- Heklina, 55, American drag queen and actor.
- Nigel Lawson, 91, British politician, MP (1974–1992) and member of the House of Lords (1992–2022), chancellor of the Exchequer (1983–1989).

### 4

- Andrés García, 81, Dominican-Mexican actor (_Tú o nadie_, _The Bermuda Triangle_, _Manaos_).

### 5

- Bill Butler, 101, American cinematographer (_Jaws_, _One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest_, _Grease_).
- Duško Gojković, 91, Serbian jazz trumpeter, composer, and arranger.
- Sergio Gori, 77, Italian footballer (Inter, Cagliari, Juventus).
- Ian McIntosh, 84, Zimbabwean rugby union coach (Natal, South Africa national team, Zimbabwe national team), cancer.
- Sudhir Naik, 78, Indian cricketer (Mumbai, national team).
- Kiumars Pourahmad, 73, Iranian film director (_Strange Sisters_, _The Night Bus_, _Blade and Termeh_), screenwriter, and producer, suicide.

### 6

- Paul Cattermole, 46, English singer (S Club 7).
- Ingvar Hirdwall, 88, Swedish actor (_Beck_, _The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo_, _Children's Island_).

### 7

- Ian Bairnson, 69, Scottish musician.
- Ben Ferencz, 103, Hungarian-American lawyer (Einsatzgruppen trial).
- Rachel Pollack, 77, American author (_Unquenchable Fire_) and comic book writer (_Doom Patrol_), Hodgkin lymphoma.

### 8

- Elizabeth Hubbard, 89, American actress (_The Doctors_, _As the World Turns_, _Ordinary People_), cancer.
- Djene Kaba Condé, 62–63, Guinean socialite, first lady (2010–2021).
- Michael Lerner, 81, American actor (_Barton Fink_, _Eight Men Out_, _X-Men: Days of Future Past_).
- Kenneth McAlpine, 102, English racing driver.

### 9

- Richard Ng, 83, Hong Kong actor (_The Private Eyes_, _Winners and Sinners_, _Beyond the Sunset_), cardiac arrest.

### 10

- Al Jaffee, 102, American cartoonist (_Mad_, _Trump_, _Humbug_).
- Pierre Lacotte, 91, French ballet dancer and choreographer.

### 11

- Emlain Kabua, 95, Marshallese socialite, designer of the national flag.
- Lotti Krekel, 81, German actress (_The True Jacob_, _Willy the Private Detective_, _Robert and Bertram_) and singer.
- Maeliosa Stafford, Irish-Australian actor (_The Fantasist_, _Quigley Down Under_, _Me Myself I_) and stage director.
- John Olsen, 95, Australian visual artist.
- Anne Perry, 84, British writer and convicted murderer.

### 12

- Uttara Baokar, 79, Indian actress.
- Jacques Gaillot, 87, French Roman Catholic prelate and social activist, bishop of Évreux (1982–1995).

### 13

- Craig Breen, 33, Irish rally driver.
- Dame Mary Quant, 93, British fashion designer.
- Thubten Zopa Rinpoche, 76, Nepali Tibetan Buddhist lama, founder of FPMT, respiratory failure.

### 14

- Ken Archer, 95, Australian cricketer (Queensland, national team) and broadcaster.
- Kensei Mizote, 80, Japanese politician.
- Murray Melvin, 90, English actor (_Alfie_, _Lisztomania_, _Barry Lyndon_).
- Mark Sheehan, 46, Irish guitarist (The Script).
- Garn Stephens, 87, American actress.

### 15

- Faith Thomas, 90, Australian cricketer and hockey player.

### 16

- Eddie Colquhoun, 78, Scottish footballer.

### 17

- Oleh Barna, 55, Ukrainian human rights activist and politician, MP (2014–2019), shot.
- Maxine Klibingaitis, 58, Australian actress.
- April Stevens, 93, American singer ("Deep Purple", "Whispering"), Grammy winner (1964).

### 18

- Albert del Rosario, 83, Filipino diplomat, secretary of foreign affairs (2011–2016) and ambassador to the United States (2001–2006).
- Charles Stanley, 90, American pastor and televangelist, president of the Southern Baptist Convention (1984–1986) and founder of In Touch Ministries.

### 19

- Bob Maguire, 88, Australian Roman Catholic.
- Richard Riordan, 92, American investment banker, businessman and politician, mayor of Los Angeles (1993–2001).
- Bud Shuster, 91, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1973–2001), complications from a fractured hip.

### 20

- Rana Cabbar, 78, Turkish actor.

### 21

- Trilochan Kanugo, 82, Indian Politician, MP (1999-2004), old age

### 22

- Mudar Badran, 89, Jordanian politician, prime minister (1976–1979, 1980–1984, 1989–1991).
- Mike Coulman, 78, English rugby league (Salford, national team) and union (national team) player. (death announced on this date)
- Herb Douglas, 101, American long jumper, Olympic bronze medalist (1948).
- Len Goodman, 78, English ballroom dancer, television presenter, and coach (_Strictly Come Dancing_, _Dancing with the Stars_), bone cancer.
- Barry Humphries, 89, Australian comedian (Dame Edna Everage), actor (_Bedazzled_, _Finding Nemo_) and satirist, complications from hip surgery.
- Mick Loftus, 93, Irish Gaelic footballer (Mayo) and sports administrator, president of the Gaelic Athletic Association(1985–1988).

### 23

- Nikolay Bortsov, 77, Russian politican.
- Dale Meeks, 47, English actor (_Emmerdale_, _Byker Grove_).

### 24

- Tarek Fatah, 73, Pakistani-Canadian journalist (Toronto Sun) and writer, cancer.

### 25

- Alapati Lui Mataeliga, 70, Samoan Roman Catholic prelate.
- Harry Belafonte, 96, American singer.
- Gennadi Bogachyov, 78, Russian actor (_Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson_, _Speed_, _Simple Things_).

### 26

- Jerry Apodaca, 88, American politician.

### 27

- Giovanni Lombardo Radice, 68, Italian actor (_The House on the Edge of the Park_, _Cannibal Apocalypse_, _City of the Living Dead_).
- Ramiro Oliveros, 82, Spanish actor (_Cannibal Apocalypse_, _Naked Therapy_, _Death's Newlyweds_).
- Kaur Singh, 74, Indian Olympia boxer.
- Jerry Springer, 79, British-born American television host (_The Jerry Springer Show_, _America's Got Talent_) and politician, mayor of Cincinnati (1977–1978), pancreatic cancer.
- Barbara Young, 92, English actress (_Coronation Street_, _I, Claudius_, _Last of the Summer Wine_).

### 28

- Tim Bachman, 71, Canadian guitarist (Bachman-Turner Overdrive).
- Taini Jamison, 97, New Zealand netball coach (national team).
- Peter Lilienthal, 93, German film director (_David_, _Das Autogramm_, _Dear Mr. Wonderful_).

### 29

- Sergei Kolesnikov, 68, Russian actor (_Man with an Accordion_, _Daddy_, _Cold Souls_) and TV presenter.

### 30

- Jock Zonfrillo, 46, Scottish-Australian chef and television presenter (_MasterChef Australia_).

## Other websites

- _The Guardian_, UK obituaries
- _The Telegraph_ obituaries
- Obituaries, _Chicago Tribune_
- Obituaries, _Los Angeles Times_
- _The New York Times_, US obituaries
- _The Washington Post_ obituaries
- _The Sydney Morning Herald_, Australian obituaries