page_title: 2015 in the United Kingdom
section_title: April
hierarchical_section_title: 2015 in the United Kingdom / Deaths / April
caption_attribution_description: English: Julian and Cynthia Lennon unveil European Peace Monument in Liverpool to celebrate John Lennon's 70th birthday. Picture by Nathan Cox 07768445021 / mail@nathanphoto.co.uk Usual Rates Apply.
context_page_description: Events from the year 2015 in the United Kingdom.
context_section_description: 1 April
  Cynthia Lennon, 75, wife of John Lennon (1962–1968).
  Dave Ball, 65, musician (Procol Harum).
  2 April
  Hayley Okines, 17, progeria campaigner.
  Dennis Marks, 66, television producer and music director.
  Eugene Vielle, 101, air force officer and inventor.
  3 April
  Michael Birkett, 2nd Baron Birkett, 85, hereditary peer and film producer.
  Nigel Boocock, 77, speedway rider.
  Andrew Porter, 86, music critic.
  Chris Plumridge, 70, golf writer.
  Christopher Reynolds, 92, linguist.
  Robert Rietti, 92, actor.
  4 April
  Bill Ellerington, 91, footballer (Southampton).
  Sir John Read, 97, executive.
  5 April
  Maurice Fenner, 86, cricketer.
  Tony Hutton, 82, Royal Navy officer.
  Sargy Mann, 77, painter.
  Louis Miles Muggleton, 92, physicist.
  6 April
  Dave Ulliott, 61, professional poker player.
  Alan Wilson, 94, cricketer (Lancashire County Cricket Club).
  7 April
  Tom Coyne, 84, news broadcaster and television presenter (Top Gear).
  Harry Dowd, 76, footballer (Manchester City).
  Dickie Owen, 88, actor (Zulu).
  Donald Smith, 81, cricket player (Cheshire).
  Janet Turner, 78, architectural lighting designer.
  8 April
  Graham Howarth, 99, entomologist.
  Billy Ronson, 58, footballer.
  Ion Trewin, 71, editor, publisher and author.
  9 April
  Alexander Dalgarno, 87, physicist.
  Moira Gemmill, 55, designer.
  10 April
  Ronald Hambleton, 97, broadcaster and music critic (Toronto Star).
  Margaret Rule, 86, archaeologist.
  11 April
  Guy Hannen, 90, WWII army officer and auctioneer.
  Peter Jones, 95, WWII army officer.
  Sheila Kitzinger, 86, natural childbirth activist.
  Viv Nicholson, 79, football pools winner.
  12 April
  Bill Etches, 93, WWII army officer (St Nazaire Raid).
  Doug Gregory, 92, Royal Air Force officer and stunt pilot.
  13 April
  Ronnie Carroll, 80, singer and political candidate.
  Tony Eldridge, 91, Royal Navy officer (Chariot manned torpedo).
  Claire Gordon, 74, actress (Konga, Beat Girl).
  Rex Robinson, 89, actor (Doctor Who, Yes Minister, Only Fools and Horses).
  14 April
  Gordon Preston, 89, mathematician.
  Kathrine Sorley Walker, 95, ballet critic.
  15 April
  Joseph A. Bennett, 44, actor.
  Margaret Harrison, 96, peace campaigner.
  16 April – Tommy Preston, 82, footballer (Hibernian).
  17 April
  Steve Beck, 58, executive, chairman of York City F.C. (2003–2004).
  Brian Couzens, 82, music industry executive (Chandos Records).
  Peter Graham, 60, cricketer.
  Keith Shackleton, 92, painter and television presenter.
  18 April – Sir Christopher Alan Bayly, 69, historian.
  19 April
  Sir Raymond Carr, 96, historian.
  Margot Duke, Marchioness of Reading, 96, British aristocrat.
  Tom McCabe, 60, politician, Minister for Finance and Public Service Reform (2004–2007).
  Michael J. D. Powell, 78, mathematician.
  20 April
  Tommy Graham, 72, politician.
  Roy Mason, 91, politician.
  Peter Howell, 95, actor (Emergency – Ward 10, The Lord of the Rings, The Prisoner).
  21 April
  Derek Vonberg, 93, British physicist. (death announced on this date)
  Dave Walker, 73, footballer (Burnley, Southampton).
  22 April
  Dick Balharry, 77, conservationist.
  Desmond Boal, 85, lawyer and politician.
  Bernard Penfold, 98, British Army general, general manager of the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club (1972–1979).
  23 April – Sir Philip Carter, 87, football director (Everton).
  24 April
  Ken Birch, 81, footballer (Bangor City).
  Valentine Lamb, 76, journalist (The Irish Field).
  25 April
  Arthur Brittenden, 90, newspaper editor.
  Richard West, 84, journalist and author.
  Colin Bloomfield, 33, radio presenter (BBC Radio Derby).
  27 April
  Jay Appleton, 95, geographer.
  David Fletcher, 90, cricketer (Surrey).
  Chris Turner, 64, football player and manager (Peterborough).
  John Wimpenny, 92, aeronautical engineer.
  28 April
  Keith Harris, 67, ventriloquist.
  James Watson, 78, novelist.
  29 April
  Gary Liddell, 60, footballer (Grimsby Town, Heart of Midlothian).
  Barbara Reynolds, 100, scholar, lexicographer and translator.
  Brian Sedgemore, 78, politician.
  30 April
  Ronald Senator, 89, composer.
  Nigel Terry, 69, actor.
caption: Cynthia Lennon (1939–2015) in 2010
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