page_title: 2019 deaths in the United States
section_title: April
hierarchical_section_title: 2019 deaths in the United States / April
caption_attribution_description: Seymour Cassel
context_page_description: Deaths in the year 2019 in the United States.
context_section_description: April 1
  Dixie Allen, politician (b. 1934)
  Bucky McConnell, basketball player (b. 1928)
  Vonda N. McIntyre, science fiction author (b. 1948)
  Ron Sweed, television host (b. 1948)
  April 2
  Rick Elias, musician (A Ragamuffin Band) (b. 1955)
  Kim English, house and gospel singer-songwriter (b. 1970)
  Ken Hay, religious leader, founder of The Wilds Christian Association (b. 1933).
  Don Williamson, businessman (Brainerd International Raceway) and politician (b. 1934)
  April 3
  Philip Furia, author (b.1943)
  Daryl Hecht, judge, member of the Iowa Supreme Court (2006–2018) (b. 1952)
  April 4
  Roberta Haynes, actress (b. 1927)
  Barry Malkin, film editor (The Godfather Part II, Big, Rumble Fish) (b. 1938)
  Thompson Mann, swimmer, Olympic champion (1964) (b. 1942)
  Marilyn Mason, concert organist and academic (University of Michigan) (b. 1925)
  Tiger Merritt, singer and guitarist (Morning Teleportation) (b. 1987)
  Arthur Polonsky, painter (b. 1925)
  April 5
  Samuel Pilafian, tuba player (b. 1949)
  Davey Williams, avant-garde guitarist and music critic (b. 1952)
  April 6
  Romus Burgin, World War II veteran and author (b. 1922)
  Paul J. Coleman, space scientist (b. 1931)
  Louis Crump, politician (b. 1916)
  Jim Glaser, country music artist (b. 1937)
  Richard Green, sexologist and psychiatrist (b. 1936)
  Fritz Hollings, politician (b. 1922)
  April 7
  Seymour Cassel, actor (b. 1935)
  Cho Yang-ho, South Korean businessman (b. 1949)
  John William Ditter Jr., jurist (b. 1921)
  William B. Murray, opera baritone (b. 1934)
  Neil D. Opdyke, geologist (b. 1932)
  Billy Rosen, bridge player (b. 1928)
  Lodune Sincaid, mixed martial artist (b. 1973)
  L. Eugene Smith, politician (b. 1921)
  April 8
  Blase Bonpane, human rights activist (b. 1929)
  Robert Forguites, politician (b. 1938)
  Samuel “Bay” Taylor, baseball player (b. 1928)
  April 9
  Elwyn Berlekamp, mathematician (b. 1940)
  Richard E. Cole, air force officer (b. 1915)
  James D. Hudnall, comic book writer (b. 1957)
  Marilynn Smith, professional golfer (b. 1929)
  Charles Van Doren, writer and editor (b. 1926)
  April 10 – Earl Thomas Conley, country music singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
  April 11 – Wayne Pomeroy, politician (b. 1923)
  April 12 – Georgia Engel, actress (b. 1948)
  April 13
  Donald Ault, literary scholar (b. 1942)
  Mark Connolly, politician (b. 1955)
  Quentin Fiore, graphic designer (b. 1919)
  S. Thomas Gagliano, politician (b. 1931)
  Paul Greengard, Nobel neuroscientist (b. 1925)
  Bud Konheim, fashion executive (b. 1935)
  April 14
  David Brion Davis, historian (b. 1926)
  Anne Lewis, lawyer (b. 1962)
  John MacLeod, basketball coach (b. 1937)
  Gene Wolfe, science fiction and fantasy writer (b. 1931)
  April 15
  Warren Adler, author (b. 1927)
  Jerry Clack, classics scholar (b. 1926)
  Owen Garriott, astronaut (b. 1930)
  Louise H. Kellogg, geophysicist (b. 1959)
  Elaine Rapp, sculptor (b. 1927)
  Winston L. Shelton, inventor and entrepreneur (b. 1922)
  April 16
  Dale Denno, politician (b. 1950)
  Kent Harris, songwriter and record producer (b. 1930)
  Fay McKenzie, actress (b. 1918)
  Pete Peterson, baseball player and general manager (b. 1929)
  April 17
  Chet Coppock, broadcast journalist and sports talk personality (b. 1948)
  Frederick Hemke, saxophonist (b. 1935)
  James V. Schall, Jesuit Roman Catholic priest, teacher and writer (b. 1927)
  April 18
  Samuel H. Gruber, marine biologist (b. 1938)
  Don Melnick, biologist and conservationist (b. 1953)
  Ira Neimark, retail executive (Bergdorf Goodman) (b. 1921)
  Eddie Tigner, blues keyboardist, singer and songwriter (b. 1926)
  Lorraine Warren, demonologist and paranormal investigator (b. 1926)
  April 20
  Reggie Cobb, football player (b. 1968)
  David V. Picker, film executive and producer (b. 1931)
  Jayne Wrightsman, philanthropist and fine arts collector (b. 1919)
  April 21
  Steve Golin, film producer (b. 1954)
  David A. Hamburg, psychiatrist (b. 1925)
  Ken Kercheval, actor (b. 1935)
  Joyce Steele, baseball player (b. 1935)
  April 22
  Patricia Battin, librarian (b. 1929)
  Robert L. Butler, lawyer and politician (b. 1926)
  Deborah Cook, operatic soprano (b. 1938)
  Jim Dunbar, radio program director (b. 1929)
  John L'Heureux, author (b. 1934)
  
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