Deaths in April 2018
The following is a list of deaths that should be noted in April 2018. 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 a 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.
April
1
Bob Beattie, 85, American skiing coach (national team) and sports commentator (ESPN), founder of the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, pneumonia.
Steven Bochco, 74, American television producer (Hill Street Blues, L.A. Law, NYPD Blue), leukemia.
Etelka Keseru, 92, Hungarian politician, Minister of Light Industry (1971-1980), cardiopulmonary arrest.
Evert Kroon, 71, Dutch water polo player, Olympic bronze medalist (1976).
Efrain Rios Montt, 91, Guatemalan military officer and politician, President (1982-1983), heart attack.
Avichai Rontzki, 66, Israeli general, Chief Military Rabbi of the Israel Defence Forces (2006-2010), colorectal cancer.
Michel Senechal, 91, French tenor.
2
Susan Anspach, 75, American actress (Five Easy Pieces, Play It Again, Sam, Blume in Love), heart failure.
Morris Halle, 94, Latvian-born American linguist (The Sound Pattern of English).
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, 81, South African anti-apartheid activist and politician, MP (since 2009) and First Lady (1994-1996), complications from diabetes.
3
Nasim Najafi Aghdam, 39, American animal rights activist and internet personality, suspect of the YouTube headquarters shooting, suicide by gunshot.
Lill-Babs, 80, Swedish singer ("En tuff brud i lyxforpackning", "Ar du kar i mej annu Klas-Goran?", "April, april") and actress (Bonusfamiljen), heart failure complicated by cancer.
Arrigo Petacco, 88, Italian journalist (La Nazione) and writer, liver cancer.
Burton Smith, 77, American computer scientist, founder of Tera Computer Company, complications from heart disease.
Jacques Tixier, 93, French archaeologist and prehistorian.
4
Andres Ammas, 56, Estonian politician, MP (since 2015), heart attack.
Leonid Sokov, 76, Russian artist and sculptor, pulmonary embolism.
Soon-Tek Oh, 85, South Korean-American actor (The Man with the Golden Gun, Mulan, Hawaii 5-O).
Johnny Valiant, 71, American Hall of Fame professional wrestler (The Valiant Brothers) and manager (WWWF, AWA), car accident.
Ray Wilkins, 61, English football player (Chelsea, Manchester United) and manager (Queens Park Rangers), cardiac arrest.
5
Yuriy Abramochkin, 81, Russian photographer and photojournalist.
Eric Bristow, 60, English Hall of Fame darts player, world champion (1980, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1986), heart attack.
Tim O'Connor, 90, American actor (Peyton Place, General Hospital, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century), heart failure.
Frederick D. Reese, 88, American civil rights activist (Selma to Montgomery marches).
Isao Takahata, 82, Japanese movie director (Grave of the Fireflies, The Tale of the Princess Kaguya), animator (Studio Ghibli), and screenwriter (Pom Poko), lung cancer.
Jaime Thorne Leon, 74, Peruvian politician, Minister of Defense (2010-2011), brain cancer.
Cecil Taylor, 89, American jazz pianist and poet.
6
Daniel Akaka, 93, American educator and politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Hawaii's 2nd congressional district (1977-1990) and U.S. Senator (1990-2013), multiple organ failure.
Daniel Chavarria, 84, Uruguayan-born Cuban author, kidney failure.
Jacques Higelin, 77, French pop singer ("Paradis paien", "Coup de foudre", "Beau repaire"), colorectal cancer.
Donald McKayle, 87, American dancer (West Side Story) and choreographer (Bedknobs and Broomsticks).
Pavol Paska, 60, Slovak politician, MP (since 2002) and Speaker of the Slovak National Council (2006-2010, 2012-2014), cardiac arrest.
Henryk Skolimowski, 87, Polish philosopher.
7
Petr Braiko, 98, Soviet World War II soldier, Hero of the Soviet Union, complications from bronchopneumonia.
Peter Grunberg, 78, German physicist (giant magnetoresistance), Nobel Prize laureate (2007).
Angel Peralta Pineda, 92, Spanish bullfighter and actor (That Lady, Cabriola), heart attack.
Bozidar Smiljanic, 81, Croatian actor (Transylvania 6-5000, Armour of God, The Constitution).
8
Leila Abashidze, 88, Georgian actress (Keto and Kote, Meeting in Mountains), movie director (Tbilisi-Paris-Tbilisi), and screenwriter (Silence of Towers), stroke.
Michael Goolaerts, 23, Belgian racing cyclist (Verandas Willems-Crelan), cardiac arrest complicated from race crash.
Juraj Herz, 83, Slovak movie director (Day for My Love), actor (Oil Lamps), and screenwriter (Morgiana), respiratory failure.
Chuck McCann, 83, American actor (Far Out Space Nuts, DuckTales, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero), congestive heart failure.
John Miles, 74, British Formula One racing driver.
9
Felix Chen, 75, Taiwanese conductor (Taipei Symphony Orchestra), liver failure.
Edelgard Huber von Gersdorff, 112, German supercentenarian, nation's second oldest living person.
10
F'Murr, 72, French comics artist (Le Genie des alpages), brain cancer.
John Lambie, 77, Scottish football player (Falkirk, St Johnstone) and manager (Partick Thistle), pneumonia.
Li Yaowen, 99, Chinese general (People's Liberation Army Navy) and politician, Ambassador to Tanzania (1972-1975) and Ambassador to Madagascar (1975-1976), pneumonia.
Yvonne Staples, 80, American Hall of Fame soul singer (The Staple Singers), colorectal cancer.
11
Karen Dawisha, 68, American political scientist and writer, Director of The Havighurst Center for Russian and Post-Soviet Studies (until 2018), breast cancer.
Patrick F. McManus, 84, American columnist (Outdoor Life, Field & Stream) and writer (Circles in the Snow, Whatchagot Stew, The Deer On A Bicycle).
Jean-Claude Servan-Schreiber, 100, French journalist and politician, Deputy of the National Assembly (1965-1967).
Mitzi Shore, 87, American comedy club owner (The Comedy Store), Parkinson's disease.
Zola Skweyiya, 75, South African politician, High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (2009-2014).
Carmen Stanescu, 92, Romanian actress (The Boors, Premiera, Kingdom in the Clouds), cardiopulmonary arrest.
12
Deborah Coleman, 61, American blues singer-songwriter ("Takin' a Stand", "Soft Place to Fall", "Soul Be It") and guitarist, complications from bronchopneumonia.
Brij Bhushan Kabra, 81, Indian classical slide guitar player ("Call of the Valley"), multiple organ failure.
Zoran Krasic, 62 Serbian politician, Minister of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications (1998-2000).
John Melcher, 93, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Montana's 2nd congressional district (1969-1977) and U.S. Senator (1977-1989).
Bob Pickens, 75, American Olympic wrestler (1964) and football player (Chicago Bears).
Sergio Pitol, 85, Mexican novelist (Domar a la divina garza) and politician, Ambassador to Czechoslovakia (1982-1985) and member of the Academia Mexicana de la Lengua (since 1997), complications from a stroke.
13
Art Bell, 72, American author (The Coming Global Superstorm) and radio host (Coast to Coast AM, Art Bell's Dark Matter), complications from COPD.
Milos Forman, 86, Czech-American movie director (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Amadeus, The People vs. Larry Flynt) and screenwriter (Valmont), Oscar winner (1975, 1984).
Joy Laville, 94, English-Mexican sculptor, potter and painter, National Prize for Arts and Sciences (2012), heart attack.
14
Isabella Biagini, 74, Italian actress (Love Italian Style, Il clan dei due Borsalini, The Future Is Woman), complications from a stroke.
Hal Greer, 81, American basketball player (Philadelphia 76ers).
Robert Holmes, 72, American football player (Kansas City Chiefs, Houston Oilers, San Diego Chargers), complications from eye neoplasm.
Jean-Claude Malgoire, 77, French conductor, Handel Music Prize laureate (2002), stomach cancer.
Jon Michelet, 73, Norwegian author (Orion's Belt) and editor (Klassekampen), kidney cancer.
Gerald Nachman, 80, American critic (New York Daily News, San Francisco Chronicle) and author (The Fragile Bachelor), frontotemporal dementia.
15
Bob Braden, 84, American computer scientist, member of the Internet Architecture Board (1981-1994), myelodysplastic syndrome.
Frank Drowota, 79, American judge, Chief Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court (1989-1990; 2000-2005).
R. Lee Ermey, 74, American actor (Full Metal Jacket, Mississippi Burning, Toy Story) and drill instructor, complications from pneumonia.
Michael Halliday, 93, English-born Australian linguist (systemic functional grammar).
Judy Kennedy, 73, American politician, Mayor of Newburgh, New York (since 2012), ovarian cancer.
Bozidar Boki Milosevic, 86, Serbian clarinetist.
Waqar Ahmad Shah, 74, Indian politician, MLA (1993-2017), bladder cancer.
Frank Skartados, 62, Greek-born American politician, member of the New York State Assembly (2009-2010, since 2012), pancreatic cancer.
Vittorio Taviani, 88, Italian movie director (Padre Padrone, Kaos, Caesar Must Die), heart disease.
Stefano Zappala, 77, Italian politician, MEP (1999-2009), respiratory failure.
16
Harry Anderson, 65, American actor (Night Court, Cheers, It) and magician, stroke complicated from influenza.
Choi Eun-hee, 91, South Korean actress (The Lovers and the Despot), kidnapped by Kim Jong-il, kidney failure.
Pamela Gidley, 52, American actress (The Pretender, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation) and model.
Henri Landwirth, 91, Belgian-American hotelier (Seralago Hotel & Suites Main Gate East) and philanthropist (Give Kids the World Village), complications from mesothelioma.
Dona Ivone Lara, 97, Brazilian singer ("Quem samba fica?", "Ivone Lara", "Bodas de ouro") and composer, cardiac arrest.
Ivan Mauger, 78, New Zealand motorcycle speedway rider, World Champion (1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1977, 1979).
Paul Singer, 86, Austrian-born Brazilian economist, co-founder of Partido dos Trabalhadores.
Lynn Stout, 60, American legal scholar, cancer.
17
Barbara Bush, 92, American political figure, Second Lady (1981-1989) and First Lady (1989-1993), complications from COPD and congestive heart failure.
Big Tom, 81, Irish country music singer ("Jealous Heart", "The Sweetest Gift", "Blue Wings").
Carl Kasell, 84, American radio journalist (Morning Edition) and quiz show judge (Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
Vel Phillips, 94, American attorney and politician, Secretary of State of Wisconsin (1979-1983).
Philibert Randriambololona, 90, Malagasy Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Antsirabe (1989-1992) and Archbishop of Fianarantsoa (1992-2002).
T. V. R. Shenoy, 77, Indian journalist (The Indian Express, Malayala Manorama) and columnist (Mathrubhumi), Padma Bhushan recipient (2003).
18
Alan M. Lovelace, 88, American organic chemist and politician, Deputy Administrator of NASA (1976-1981) and Acting Administrator of NASA (1977, 1981).
Luisa Pastor Lillo, 69, Spanish politician, President of Province of Alicante (2011-2015) and Mayor of Sant Vicent del Raspeig (2001-2015), cancer.
Bruno Sammartino, 82, Italian-American Hall of Fame professional wrestler (WWWF), longest-reigning Heavyweight Champion (1963-1971, 1973-1977), multiple organ failure complicated by heart disease.
Henk Schouten, 86, Dutch footballer (Excelsior Rotterdam, Feyenoord, national team), pancreatic cancer.
Jeanne Wilson, 92, American Olympic swimmer (1948).
Dale Winton, 62, English radio DJ (Radio 2) and television presenter (Dale's Supermarket Sweep, In It to Win It, Hole in the Wall).
19
Cornelius Jakobs, 93, Estonian-Russian Orthodox hierarch, Metropolitan Bishop of Tallinn (since 1992).
Luis Montes Mieza, 68-69, Spanish anesthetist and pro-euthanasia activist, heart attack.
Walter Moody, 83, American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection.
Saleh Ali al-Sammad, 39, Yemeni politician, President of the Houthi Supreme Political Council (since 2016), air strike.
20
Avicii, 28, Swedish musician ("Wake Me Up", "Hey Brother", "I Could Be the One") and disc jockey, suicide by stabbing.
Roy Bentley, 93, English football player (Chelsea, Fulham, national team) and manager (Reading, Swansea City).
Pedro Erquicia, 75, Spanish journalist (Telemadrid) and television producer (Informe Semanal).
Rajinder Sachar, 94, Pakistani-born Indian political activist and judge, Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court (1985), pneumonia.
James F. Sirmons, 100, American broadcasting executive, Executive Vice President of CBS (1994-2000).
Pavel Srut, 78, Czech poet (Brozovane basne), children's writer (Sisaty svec a mysut) and translator (John Updike, Federico Garcia Lorca, Leonard Cohen), heart attack.
Al Swift, 82, American broadcaster (KVOS-TV) and politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Washington's 2nd congressional district (1979-1995), pulmonary fibrosis.
Shane Yarran, 28, Australian footballer (Fremantle, Subiaco), suicide.
Charles Zwick, 91, American civil servant, Director of the Office of Management and Budget (1968-1969), cancer.
21
Firmin Le Bourhis, 68, French author, heart attack.
Nelson Pereira dos Santos, 89, Brazilian movie director (Rio 40deg, Barren Lives, How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman), member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters (since 2006), multiple organ failure complicated by liver cancer.
Nabi Tajima, 117, Japanese supercentenarian, world's oldest living person (since 2017) and last living verified person born in the 19th century.
Huguette Tourangeau, 77, Canadian operatic mezzo-soprano.
Verne Troyer, 49, American actor (Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone), suicide by alcohol poisoning.
22
Demeter Bitenc, 95, Slovenian actor (The Seventh Continent, The Ravine, Outsider).
Nino Khurtsidze, 42, Georgian chess player, World Junior Chess Champion (1993, 1995), cancer.
Dave Nelson, 73, American baseball player (Texas Rangers, Cleveland Indians, Kansas City Royals), coach (Chicago White Sox) and broadcaster (Chicago Cubs, Milwaukee Brewers), liver cancer.
23
Anne Marie D'Amico, 25, Canadian analyst (Invesco), injuries sustained from van attack.
Haddon Donald, 101, New Zealand Army Lieutenant Colonel and politician, MP for Wairarapa (1963-1969).
Bob Dorough, 94, American cool jazz pianist (Miles Davis), composer (Schoolhouse Rock!) and singer-songwriter ("Three Is a Magic Number", "My Hero Zero"), prostate cancer.
Bela Magyari, 68, Hungarian Air Force colonel.
Jerrold Meinwald, 91, American chemist, member of the World Cultural Council (since 1981), recipient of the National Medal of Science (2012).
Leland B. Yeager, 93, American economist (Foreign Trade and U.S. Policy) and foreign trade expert, cardiopulmonary arrest.
24
Dinu C. Giurescu, 91, Romanian historian (The Razing of Romania's Past) and politician, member of the Romanian Academy (since 1990) and MP (since 2012), heart attack.
Paul Gray, 54, Australian singer-songwriter ("Per Sempre", "Stimulation", "Sugar Free") and pianist (Wa Wa Nee), multiple myeloma.
Henri Michel, 70, French football player (national team, Aix, Nantes) and coach (Morocco national team).
Hariton Pushwagner, 77, Norwegian artist, lung cancer.
25
Abbas, 74, Iranian photographer, complications from diabetes.
Shuhrat Abbosov, 87, Uzbek actor (Go`zallik siri), movie director (Mahallada duv-duv gap), screenwriter (The Mischievous Boy) and movie producer (Abu Rayhon Beruniy).
Adebayo Adedeji, 87, Nigerian politician, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (1975-1978) and Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations (1978-1991).
Michael Anderson, 98, British movie director (The Dam Busters, Around the World in 80 Days, Logan's Run).
Inuka, 27, Singaporean polar bear, first born in the tropics, euthanized.
Hans-Reinhard Koch, 88, German Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Erfurt (1985-2004), complications from cerebral hemorrhage.
26
Philip H. Hoff, 93, American politician, Governor of Vermont (1963-1969).
Jordan Nikolic, 84, Serbian folk singer ("Ovih dana rece meni Jana", "Voli me jos malo", "Simbil cvece"), complications from COPD.
Elvira Orphee, 95, Argentine writer (Dos veranos), Guggenheim Fellow (1988).
Gianfranco Parolini, 93, Italian movie director (Francis the Smuggler, Kiss Kiss, Kill Kill, If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death).
27
Alvaro Arzu, 72, Guatemalan politician, President (1996-2000) and Mayor of Guatemala City (1986-1990, since 2004), heart attack.
Earl Balfour, 85, Canadian ice hockey player (Chicago Blackhawks, Toronto Maple Leafs), prostate cancer.
Paul Junger Witt, 77, American movie and television producer (Dead Poets Society, The Golden Girls, The Partridge Family), lymphoma.
Michael Luscombe, 64, Australian chief executive (Woolworths Limited), Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
Kristin Nelson, 72, American actress (The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, Adam-12, The Resurrection of Broncho Billy), painter (Mother May I?) and author (Out of My Mind), heart attack.
Roy Young, 81, English rock and roll singer ("Ain't She Sweet") and pianist (The Beatles).
28
James H. Cone, 81, American theologian (Black theology).
Alfie Evans, 1, British child, neurone disease.
Larry Harvey, 70, American artist, philanthropist and activist, founder of the Burning Man festival, complications from a stroke.
James Hylton, 83, American stock car racing driver (NASCAR, ARCA) and race team owner (James Hylton Motorsports), car crash.
Eric Koch, 98, German-born Canadian author, broadcaster and academic.
Art Paul, 93, American graphic designer (Playboy), complications from pneumonia.
Agildo Ribeiro, 86, Brazilian actor (Three Loves in Rio), heart failure.
Art Shay, 96, American photographer (Sports Illustrated, Life) and writer (Album for an Age), heart failure.
Karl Toft, 81, Canadian convicted sex offender, lung cancer.
29
Luis Garcia Meza Tejada, 88, Bolivian general, de facto President (1980-1981), heart attack.
Derek Keys, 86, South African businessman and politician, Minister of Finance (1992-1994).
Robert Mandan, 86, American actor (Soap, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Three's a Crowd), prostate cancer.
Michael Martin, Baron Martin of Springburn, 72, British politician, MP (1979-2009) and Speaker of the House of Commons (2000-2009).
Lester James Peries, 99, Sri Lankan movie director (Gamperaliya, Nidhanaya, Golu Hadawatha) and screenwriter (Rekava).
30
Genevieve Claisse, 82, French abstract painter.
Anatole Katok, 73, Russian-American mathematician.
Joel Kovel, 81, American environmentalist and anti-war activist.
Rose Laurens, 65, French pop singer-songwriter ("I Dreamed a Dream", "Africa").
Sir John Treacher, 93, British Royal Navy Admiral, Commander-in-Chief Fleet (1975-1977).
Months
January
February
March
May
Related pages
Deaths in 2014
Deaths in 2015
Deaths in 2016
Deaths in 2017
References
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
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April 2018 events