Deaths in April 2019

The following is a list of deaths that should be noted in April 2019. 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.
April
1
Dimitar Dobrev, 87, Bulgarian wrestler.
Sinethemba Jantjie, 30, South African footballer (Free State Stars), car crash.
Francisco Massiani, 74, Venezuelan writer and painter.
Vonda N. McIntyre, 70, American science fiction author (Dreamsnake), pancreatic cancer.
Ruth-Margret Putz, 89, German coloratura soprano.
Rafael Sanchez Ferlosio, 91, Spanish writer, Cervantes Prize winner (2004).
Vodka, 14, Japanese racehorse, laminitis.
2
Matoug Adam, 93, Libyan politician, Minister of Tourism (1968-1969) and Interior (1969).
Herman Braun-Vega, 85, Peruvian painter.
J. Mahendran, 79, Indian movie director (Mullum Malarum, Nenjathai Killathe, Kamaraj) and actor.
Jamshid Mashayekhi, 84, Iranian actor (The Cow, Qeysar, Hezar Dastan), pneumonia caused by laryngeal cancer.
Sergio Valdes, 85, Chilean footballer (Universidad Catolica, national team), leukaemia.
Franz Weber, 91, Swiss environmentalist and animal welfare activist.
Don Williamson, 85, American businessman and politician, Mayor of Flint, Michigan (2003-2009), problems from a respiratory illness.
3
Aleksey Buldakov, 68, Russian actor (The Guard, Peculiarities of the National Hunt, Hitler Goes Kaput!), blood clot.
Billy Mainwaring, 78, Welsh rugby union player (Aberavon, Bridgend, national team).
Gabriel Piroird, 86, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Constantine (1983-2008).
Maurice Pon, 97, French lyricist.
Carmelita Pope, 94, American actress (A Streetcar Named Desire).
Shawn Smith, 53, American singer, songwriter and musician (Brad, Satchel, Pigeonhed), torn aorta and high blood pressure.
4
Alberto Cortez, 79, Argentine singer and songwriter, gastric haemorrhage.
Georgiy Daneliya, 88, Russian movie director (Walking the Streets of Moscow, Afonya) and screenwriter (Mimino), People's Artist of the USSR (1989), respiratory and heart failure.
Dong Si Nguyen, 96, Vietnamese military officer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister (1982-1991).
Mike Jakubo, 71, Canadian ice hockey player (Los Angeles Sharks, Fort Wayne Komets, Virginia Wings), problems caused by Alzheimer's disease.
Barry Malkin, 80, American movie editor (The Godfather Part II, Big, Rumble Fish).
Thompson Mann, 76, American swimmer, Olympic champion (1964).
Marilyn Mason, 93, American concert organist and academic (University of Michigan).
Ivan Mrazek, 93, Czech basketball player and coach, European champion (1946).
Arthur Polonsky, 93, American painter.
Louis Rosenblum, 95, American research scientist and activist.
5
Sydney Brenner, 92, South African biologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner (2002).
Nikolay Kovalyov, 69, Russian politician, Director of the Federal Security Service (1996-1998).
Nina Lagergren, 98, Swedish activist, co-founder of the Raoul Wallenberg Academy.
Gianfranco Leoncini, 79, Italian footballer (Juventus, Atalanta, national team), leukaemia.
John Quarmby, 89, English actor (Fawlty Towers, K-9 and Company, A Christmas Carol). (death announced on this date)
Lasse Poysti, 92, Finnish actor (Moomins, Vita logner).
Davey Williams, 66, American avant-garde music guitarist (Curlew) and music critic (Birmingham News), cancer.
6
Jim Glaser, 82, American country singer ("You're Gettin' to Me Again") and musician (Tompall & the Glaser Brothers), heart attack.
Fritz Hollings, 97, American politician, U.S. Senator (1966-2005), Governor of South Carolina (1959-1963), and 1984 presidential candidate.
Olli Maki, 82, Finnish boxer, European amateur champion (1959), problems caused by Alzheimer's disease.
Lloyd McDermott, 79, Australian rugby union player (national team), nation's first indigenous barrister.
Nadja Regin, 87, Serbian actress (From Russia with Love, Goldfinger, Runaway).
David J. Thouless, 84, British physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics winner (2016), problems caused by dementia.
7
Hugo Ballesteros Reyes, 88, Chilean politician, Deputy (1957-1965), Ambassador to the United Nations (1964) and Senator (1969-1977), brain cancer.
Michael E. Busch, 72, American politician, Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates (since 2003), pneumonia caused by liver surgery.
Seymour Cassel, 84, American actor (Faces, The Royal Tenenbaums, Dick Tracy), problems caused by Alzheimer's disease.
Cho Yang-ho, 70, South Korean businessman (Korean Air, Hanjin).
Arie Irawan, 28, Malaysian golfer.
Victor Manzanilla Schaffer, 94, Mexican politician, Governor of Yucatan (1988-1991), Senator (1967) and Deputy (1967-1970, 1976-1979).
Mya-Lecia Naylor, 16, English actress (Millie Inbetween), hanged by misadventure.
Sandy Ratcliff, 70, English actress (EastEnders).
Jan Wrazy, 75, Polish footballer (Katowice, Valenciennes, national team).
8
Leif Haraldseth, 89, Norwegian trade unionist and politician, Minister of Local Government (1986-1987).
Josine Ianco-Starrels, 92, Romanian-born American art curator.
Vasily Likhachyov, 67, Russian politician.
9
Elwyn Berlekamp, 78, American mathematician, inventor of the Berlekamp-Welch algorithm and combinatorial game theory, problems caused by pulmonary fibrosis.
Richard E. Cole, 103, American Air Force officer, last living member of the Doolittle Raid.
Nikolai Gorbachev, 70, Belarusian sprint canoer, Olympic (1972) and world champion (1974).
James D. Hudnall, 61, American comic book writer (Espers), problems caused by diabetes.
K. M. Mani, 86, Indian politician, MLA of the Kerala Legislative Assembly (since 1965), problems caused by COPD.
Marilynn Smith, 89, American Hall of Fame golfer, Titleholders champion (1963, 1964).
Al Staley, 90, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers).
Charles Van Doren, 93, American academic, writer and television quiz contestant, part of the 1950s quiz show scandals, vice-president of the Encyclopaedia Britannica (1959-1982).
10
Werner Bardenhewer, 90, German Roman Catholic priest and humanitarian, Dean of Wiesbaden (1974-1996).
Randall C. Berg Jr., 70, American lawyer, Executive Director of the Florida Justice Institute (1978-2018), ALS.
Earl Thomas Conley, 77, American country singer-songwriter ("Holding Her and Loving You") and guitarist, problems caused by dementia.
Barbara Marx Hubbard, 89, American non-fiction writer, problems caused from an infection.
Irwin L. Jacobs, 77, American investor and businessman (Genmar Holdings), suicide by gunshot.
Estrella Zeledon Lizano, 89, Costa Rican politician, First Lady (1978-1982).
11
Alexander V. Acebo, 91, American politician, Vermont State Auditor (1970-1993).
Can Bartu, 83, Turkish basketball player (Fenerbahce, national team) and footballer (Fenerbahce, national team).
Geoffrey Chew, 94, American theoretical physicist.
Ian Cognito, 60, British stand-up comedian, heart attack.
Monkey Punch, 81, Japanese manga artist (Lupin the Third), pneumonia.
Stanley Plumly, 79, American poet, multiple myeloma.
Dmitri Savitski, 75, Russian novelist (Waltz for K) and poet.
Max van Weezel, 67, Dutch journalist and political commentator (Vrij Nederland), pancreatic cancer.
12
Ivor Broadis, 96, English footballer (Carlisle United, Manchester City, national team).
Dina, 62, Portuguese pop singer ("Amor d'agua fresca"), Eurovision contestant (1992), idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
Georgia Engel, 70, American actress (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Open Season, Everybody Loves Raymond).
Forrest Gregg, 85, American Hall of Fame football player (Green Bay Packers, Dallas Cowboys) and coach (Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Browns), problems caused by Parkinson's disease.
John McEnery, 76, British actor (Romeo and Juliet, Nicholas and Alexandra, The Land That Time Forgot).
Tommy Smith, 74, English footballer (Liverpool, national team), dementia.
13
Francisca Aguirre, 88, Spanish poet, National Prize for Spanish Literature winner (2018).
D. Babu Paul, 78, Indian civil servant, multiple organ failure.
Tony Buzan, 76, English author and educational consultant, heart attack.
Wally Carr, 64, Australian boxer, cancer.
Neus Catala, 103, Spanish Resistance fighter, Holocaust survivor and political activist.
Mark Connolly, 63, American politician, brain hemorrhage.
Paul Greengard, 93, American neuroscientist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner (2000).
Norio Kaifu, 75, Japanese astronomer, Director-General of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (2000-2006) and President of the International Astronomical Union (2012-2015), pancreatic cancer.
Paul Raymond, 73, English keyboardist and guitarist (UFO, Savoy Brown), heart attack.
S. K. Shivakumar, 66, Indian rocket scientist (Indian Space Research Organisation), Director of ISTRAC (1998-2010) and Padma Shri recipient (2015), problems caused by jaundice.
Lydia Wideman, 98, Finnish cross-country skier, Olympic champion (1952).
Yvette Williams, 89, New Zealand Hall of Fame athlete, Olympic (1952) and Commonwealth (1950, 1954) champion.
14
Bibi Andersson, 83, Swedish actress (Persona, The Seventh Seal, Wild Strawberries), problems caused by a stroke.
Giuseppe Ciarrapico, 85, Italian politician and football executive, Senator (2008-2013) and President of Roma (1991-1993).
Colin Collindridge, 98, English footballer (Sheffield United). (death announced on this date)
David Brion Davis, 92, American historian.
Abdallah Lamrani, 72-73, Moroccan footballer (FAR Rabat, national team).
Mirjana Markovic, 76, Serbian politician and political criminal, First Lady (1997-2000) and President of the Yugoslav Left (2002-2003), problems caused by surgery.
Jacek Namiesnik, 69, Polish chemist, Dean of the Gdansk University College of Chemistry (1996-2002, 2005-2012), possible heart failure.
Gene Wolfe, 87, American science fiction (The Book of the New Sun) and fantasy writer (Soldier of Sidon), Nebula (1974, 1981) and multi-Locus Award winner, heart disease.
15
Warren Adler, 91, American author (The War of the Roses, Random Hearts), problems caused by liver cancer.
Jerry Clack, 92, American classics scholar.
Owen Garriott, 88, American astronaut (Skylab 3).
Aleksandar Kostov, 81, Bulgarian footballer.
Les Reed, 83, English songwriter ("It's Not Unusual", "Delilah", "The Last Waltz").
Jose Maria Rico, 84, Costa Rican lawyer, First Gentleman (2010-2014), problems caused by Alzheimer's disease.
Winston L. Shelton, 96, American inventor and entrepreneur.
Joaquim Alberto Silva, 45, Angolan footballer (Porto, national team, Xiamen Lanshi), heart attack.
16
Jorg Demus, 90, Austrian pianist.
Ahmad Eghtedari, 93-94, Iranian teacher, lawyer and writer, lung and kidney disease.
Guro Fjellanger, 55, Norwegian politician, Minister of the Environment (1997-2000).
Kent Harris, 88, American songwriter ("Shoppin' for Clothes") and record producer, cancer.
Fay McKenzie, 101, American actress (Down Mexico Way, Heart of the Rio Grande, Breakfast at Tiffany's).
Ignace Murwanashyaka, 55, Rwandan rebel, leader of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda.
Bazilije Pandzic, 101, Croatian historian, archivist and orientalist.
Juan Francisco Rodriguez, 68, Spanish Olympic boxer (1972), European Amateur champion (1971).
Suzanne Twelftree, 62, Australian Paralympic wheelchair tennis player and powerlifter (1992, 2000).
Mountaineers killed in the Howse Peak avalanche:
Hansjorg Auer, 35, Austrian
David Lama, 28, Austrian
Jess Roskelley, 36, American
17
Peter Cartwright, 78, New Zealand lawyer, Viceregal consort (2001-2006).
Alan Garcia, 69, Peruvian politician, President (1985-1990, 2006-2011), suicide by gunshot.
Frederick Hemke, 83, American saxophonist.
Kazuo Koike, 82, Japanese manga artist (Lone Wolf and Cub, Lady Snowblood), pneumonia.
Ya'akov Nehoshtan, 93, Israeli politician and diplomat, member of the Knesset (1969-1974) and Ambassador to the Netherlands (1982-1985).
James V. Schall, 91, American Jesuit Roman Catholic priest, teacher and writer, bone cancer.
Pieter Verhoeff, 81, Dutch movie director (The Dream, The Sunday Child, The Moving True Story of a Woman Ahead of Her Time).
18
Con de Lange, 38, South African-born Scottish cricketer (Northamptonshire, national team), brain tumour.
Jameel Jalibi, 89, Pakistani linguist, writer and educator, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Karachi (1983-1987).
Lyra McKee, 29, Northern Irish journalist, shot.
Ira Neimark, 97, American retail executive (Bergdorf Goodman).
Lorraine Warren, 92, American paranormal investigator, subject of The Conjuring.
Siegmar Watzlich, 71, German footballer (Dynamo Dresden, East German national team) and Olympic bronze medalist (1972).
19
Martin Bottcher, 91, German composer, arranger and conductor.
William Krehm, 105, Canadian Trotskyist activist and Spanish Civil War veteran.
Massimo Marino, 59, Italian television presenter and actor.
Yuriy Pimenov, 61, Russian rower, Olympic silver medalist (1980).
Patrick Sercu, 74, Belgian cyclist, Olympic champion (1964).
Rodolfo Severino Jr., 82, Filipino diplomat, Secretary-General of the ASEAN (1998-2002) and Ambassador to Malaysia (1992-1989), problems caused by Parkinson's disease.
Xiao Yang, 80, Chinese judge, President of the Supreme People's Court (1998-2008) and Minister of Justice (1993-1998).
Okiharu Yasuoka, 79, Japanese politician, Minister of Justice (2000, 2008), pancreatic cancer.
20
Joe Armstrong, 68, British computer scientist, designer of Erlang.
Jaroslaw Biernat, 58, Polish footballer (Eintracht Frankfurt, SG Union Solingen, SpVgg Bayreuth).
Reggie Cobb, 50, American football player (Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Green Bay Packers, New York Jets), heart attack.
Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, 96, Iranian artist.
Karl Grob, 72, Swiss footballer (Zurich, national team), heart failure.
Braulio Lara, 30, Dominican baseball player (SK Wyverns), car accident.
David V. Picker, 87, American movie executive (United Artists, Paramount Pictures) and producer (The Jerk), problems from colon cancer.
Jacqueline Saburido, 40, Venezuelan-American anti-drunk driving campaigner, cancer.
Valdiram, 36, Brazilian footballer (CR Vasco da Gama), beaten.
21
Peter Colotka, 94, Slovak academic, lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Slovak Socialist Republic (1969-1988).
Hannelore Elsner, 76, German actress (Die Kommissarin), breast cancer.
Steve Golin, 64, American movie producer (Spotlight, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Revenant), founder and CEO of Anonymous Content, Oscar winner (2016), cancer.
Aminul Haque, 76, Bangladeshi politician, MP (1991-2006) and Minister of Posts and Telecommunications (2001-2006), liver cancer.
Ken Kercheval, 83, American actor (Dallas, Network, The Seven-Ups), pneumonia.
Shantha Mayadunne, Sri Lankan chef, bombing.
Amelia Vargas, 91, Cuban actress (Arroz con Leche, The Phantom of the Operetta, Cleopatra Was Candida) and dancer.
22
Krasimir Bezinski, 57, Bulgarian footballer (CSKA Sofia, Portimonense, national team), colorectal cancer.
Robert L. Butler, 92, American lawyer and politician, Mayor of Marion, Illinois (1963-2018).
Heather Harper, 88, Northern Irish soprano, Grammy winner (1980, 1985).
Stanislaw Jedryka, 85, Polish movie director (The Impossible Goodbye).
Ventseslav Konstantinov, 78, Bulgarian writer, aphorist and translator.
Le Duc Anh, 98, Vietnamese military officer and politician, Chief of the General Staff (1986-1987), Minister of Defence (1987-1992) and President (1992-1997), problems from a stroke.
Billy McNeill, 79, Scottish football player (Celtic, national team) and manager (Aberdeen, Celtic, Manchester City, Aston Villa), dementia.
John Quinn, 78, Canadian professional wrestler (NWA, WWWF).
Greg Theakston, 65, American comics artist (Mad).
Oiva Toikka, 87, Finnish glass designer.
Julio Cesar Toresani, 51, Argentine football player (River Plate, Boca Juniors) and manager (Colon), suicide.
23
Henry W. Bloch, 96, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of H&R Block.
Matthew Buckland, 44, South African businessman, cancer.
Viggo Fossum, 69, Norwegian politician, Mayor of Malselv (2003-2011) and Deputy MP (2009-2013).
George Haigh, 103, English footballer (Stockport County).
Jean, 98, Luxembourgish royal, Grand Duke (1964-2000), lung infection.
Denton Lotz, 80, American Baptist minister, Secretary of the Baptist World Alliance (1988-2007).
Mark Medoff, 79, American playwright (When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?, Children of a Lesser God) and screenwriter, Tony winner (1980), problems caused by a fall and cancer.
Juan Jose Munante, 70, Peruvian footballer (Universatario, Pumas, national team), lung cancer.
Johnny Neumann, 68, American basketball player (Memphis Tams, Virginia Squires, Los Angeles Lakers), cancer.
Nils John Nilsson, 86, American computer scientist, creator of Shakey the robot.
Tadeusz Plucinski, 92, Polish actor (Westerplatte, Stawka wieksza niz zycie, Czterdziestolatek).
Lorenzo Quinteros, 73, Argentine actor (Man Facing Southeast, A Wall of Silence, Valentin).
Terry Rawlings, 85, British movie editor (Alien, Blade Runner, Chariots of Fire), heart failure.
Jose Rizo Castellon, 74, Nicaraguan politician, economist and lawyer, Vice President (2002-2005).
Peter Skipper, 61, English footballer (Hull City), problems from a stroke.
Scott W. Sloan, 64, Australian civil engineer and academic.
David Winters, 80, English-American actor and choreographer (West Side Story).
Johan Witteveen, 97, Dutch politician and economist, Deputy Prime Minister (1967-1971) and Managing Director of the IMF (1973-1978).
24
Hubert Hahne, 84, German racing driver, dementia.
Martin Kilson, 88, American political scientist.
Jean-Pierre Marielle, 87, French actor (Cookies, Without Apparent Motive, The Da Vinci Code).
Zoran Marojevic, 76, Yugoslav basketball player, Olympic silver medallist (1968).
Sergey Pogorelov, 44, Russian handball player, Olympic champion (2000).
Dick Rivers, 74, French rock singer (Les Chats Sauvages) and actor (La candide madame Duff), cancer.
25
Robbert de Greef, 27, Dutch cyclist, heart attack and brain haemorrhage.
John Havlicek, 79, American Hall of Fame basketball player (Boston Celtics), problems caused by Parkinson's disease.
Larry "Flash" Jenkins, 63, American actor (Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Fletch, The White Shadow), heart attack.
Manuel Lujan Jr., 90, American politician, member of the House of Representatives (1969-1989) and Secretary of the Interior (1989-1993), congestive heart failure.
Faty Papy, 28, Burundian footballer (MVV Maastricht, Bidvest Wits, national team).
Feargal Quinn, 82, Irish businessman and politician, founder of Superquinn, Senator (1993-2016).
26
Jimmy Banks, 54, American soccer player (Milwaukee Wave, national team), pancreatic cancer.
Elina Bystritskaya, 91, Russian actress (Unfinished Story, And Quiet Flows the Don, All Remains to People), People's Artist of the USSR.
Nasser Farbod, 96-97, Iranian political activist and military officer, Chief-of-Staff (1979).
Jessie Lawrence Ferguson, 76, American actor (Prince of Darkness, Darkman, Boyz n the Hood).
Eric Kent, 99, Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Council (1970-1976, 1979-1985).
Phil McCormack, 58, American singer (Molly Hatchet).
Petar Omcikus, 92, Serbian painter, member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts.
Ken Rothman, 83, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Missouri (1981-1985), member (1963-1981) and Speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives (1977-1981).
Ellen Schwiers, 88, German actress (When the Bells Sound Clearly, The Inheritance of Bjorndal, God's Thunder).
Reijo Taipale, 79, Finnish pop singer ("Elaman virta", "Sateen hiljainen aani", "Valon lapsi"), dementia.
27
Bart Chilton, 58, American civil servant, Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (2007-2014), pancreatic cancer.
Aleksey Lebed, 64, Russian military officer and politician, Head of the Republic of Khakassia (1997-2009), internal bleeding.
Maria de los Angeles Moreno, 74, Mexican politician, Secretary of Fisheries (1988-1991).
Negasso Gidada, 75, Ethiopian politician, President (1995-2001).
28
Bruce Bickford, 72, American clay animator (Baby Snakes, The Dub Room Special, The Amazing Mr. Bickford).
Caroline Bittencourt, 37, Brazilian model, drowned.
Sylvia Bretschneider, 58, German politician, member of the Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (since 1994), cancer.
Wayson Choy, 80, Canadian writer (The Jade Peony, All That Matters).
Daniel Horlaville, 73, French footballer (Paris, Rouen, national team).
Damon Keith, 96, American judge, member of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (since 1977), problems caused by leukemia and heart disease.
Jo Sullivan Loesser, 91, American actress (The Most Happy Fella), heart failure.
Richard Lugar, 87, American politician, U.S. Senator (1977-2013), Mayor of Indianapolis (1968-1976) and 1996 presidential candidate, problems caused by CIDP.
Karol Modzelewski, 81, Polish historian, writer, politician and academic.
Genrikh Novozhilov, 93, Soviet and Russian aircraft designer.
Alejandro Planchart, 83, Venezuelan-born American musicologist.
Menachem Mendel Taub, 96, Israeli Hasidic rebbe and concentration camp survivor.
29
Eldon Bargewell, 71, American Army general, Commander of Delta Force (1996-1998), lawnmower accident.
Stevie Chalmers, 83, Scottish footballer (Celtic, national team).
Gino Marchetti, 93, American Hall of Fame football player (Baltimore Colts), problems caused by pneumonia.
Les Murray, 80, Australian poet.
Jose Rodrigues Neto, 69, Brazilian footballer (Flamengo, Ferro Carril Oeste, national team), thrombosis.
John Singleton, 51, American movie director (Boyz n the Hood, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Four Brothers) and television producer (Snowfall), stroke.
Su Yu-chang, 78, Chinese martial artist, scholar and physician.
Josef Sural, 28, Czech footballer (Slovan Liberec, Sparta Praha, Alanyaspor, national team), car crash.
Ellen Tauscher, 67, American politician, Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs (2009-2012) and member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 10th congressional district (1997-2009), pneumonia.
30
Anemone, 68, French actress (Santa Claus Is a Stinker, The Grand Highway, Le Petit Prince a dit, Something Fishy), Cesar winner (1988), lung cancer.
Beth Carvalho, 72, Brazilian samba singer (Estacao Primeira de Mangueira), problems caused by a staph infection.
Luciano Comaschi, 87, Italian football player (Brescia, Napoli) and manager.
Dunaden, 13, French racehorse, Melbourne Cup winner (2011), problems caused by a paddock accident.
Luis Maldonado Venegas, 62, Mexican politician, Deputy (2015-2018), problems caused by surgery.
Peter Mayhew, 74, English actor (Star Wars), heart attack.
S. P. Y. Reddy, 68, Indian politician, MP (since 2004), lung infection.