Deaths_in_April_2015
Deaths in April 2015
List of notable deaths in a month
The following is a list of notable deaths in April 2015.
Contents
Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
- Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death, reference.
1
- Dave Ball, 65, British musician (Procol Harum), colorectal cancer.[1]
- Roel Cortez, 57, Filipino singer-songwriter, colon cancer.[2]
- Peter Diamandopoulos, 86, Greek-born American academic, President of Adelphi University (1985–1997).[3]
- Johnny Gardiner, 92, Canadian CFL football player (Winnipeg Blue Bombers).[4]
- John Paul Hammerschmidt, 92, American politician, member of the US House of Representatives from Arkansas's 3rd district (1967–1993), heart and respiratory failure.[5]
- Sir John Ingram, 90, New Zealand engineer and businessman.[6]
- Zdravko-Ćiro Kovačić, 89, Croatian water polo player, Olympic silver medalist for Yugoslavia (1952, 1956).[7]
- Eddie LeBaron, 85, American football player (Washington Redskins, Dallas Cowboys).[8]
- Cynthia Lennon, 75, British author, cancer.[9]
- Raul Loya, 76, American workers' rights activist.[10]
- Sandy Mason 75, American country music singer-songwriter, cancer.[11]
- Misao Okawa, 117, Japanese supercentenarian, world's oldest living person.[12]
- Nicolae Rainea, 81, Romanian football referee (FIFA World Cup (1974, 1978, 1982), UEFA Euro 1980 Final), pulmonary edema.[13]
- Paul D. Reynolds, 52, Canadian investment banker, CEO of Canaccord Genuity.[14]
- J. D. Smith, 83, American football player (San Francisco 49ers).[15]
- Joseph Sweda, 89, American politician.[16]
- Robert Walker, 54, Canadian-born American animator (Aladdin, The Lion King) and film director (Brother Bear), heart attack.[17]
- Muhammadu Dikko Yusufu, 84, Nigerian politician and police officer, Inspector General of the Police (1976–1979).[18]
2
- Paule Anglim, 92, Canadian-born American art dealer (Gallery Paule Anglim).[19]
- Luis Delgado Aparicio, 74, Peruvian politician, MP (1995–2001), pancreatic cancer.[20]
- Natalia Bobrova, 36, Russian gymnast, stomach cancer.[21]
- Mick Brown, 77, New Zealand jurist.[22]
- Per Vilhelm Brüel, 100, Danish engineer.[23]
- Wally Cassell, 103, Italian-born American actor (White Heat).[24]
- Tom Coyne, 84, British news broadcaster and television presenter (Top Gear).[25]
- James de Beaujeu Domville, 81, French-born Canadian theatrical producer.[26]
- William Benedict Friend, 83, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Alexandria-Shreveport (1982–1986) and Shreveport (1986–2006).[27]
- Raúl Gorriti, 58, Peruvian footballer (national team).[28]
- Robert Blair Kaiser, 84, American journalist.[29]
- Dennis Marks, 66, British television producer and music director.[30]
- Ben Meisner, 76, Canadian broadcaster (CKPG), cancer.[31]
- Norman H. Nie, 72, American social scientist, lung cancer.[32]
- Hayley Okines, 17, British progeria campaigner, pneumonia.[33]
- Manoel de Oliveira, 106, Portuguese film director and screenwriter, heart failure.[34]
- Stanisław Pestka, 85, Polish Kashubian poet.[35]
- Joseph L. Reid, 92, American oceanographer.[36]
- Barbara Sass, 78, Polish film director and screenwriter.[37]
- Olga Sawicka, 83, Polish dancer and choreographer.[38]
- Doug Sax, 79, American audio mastering engineer, cancer.[39]
- Robert H. Schuller, 88, American televangelist (Hour of Power).[40]
- Alberto Ricardo da Silva, 71, East Timorese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Díli (2004–2015).[41]
- Steve Stevaert, 60, Belgian politician, Chairman of the SP.a (2003–2005), Governor of Limburg (2005–2009).[42]
- Abdelhadi Tazi, 94, Moroccan scholar and diplomat.[43]
- Tom Towles, 65, American actor (Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, Miami Vice, The Rock), complications from a stroke.[44]
- Jerzy Treder, 72, Polish philologist.[45]
- Eugene Vielle, 101, British air force officer and inventor.[46]
3
- Milton Berkes, 90, American politician.[47]
- Michael Birkett, 2nd Baron Birkett, 85, British hereditary peer and film producer.[48]
- Nigel Boocock, 77, British speedway rider.[49]
- Sarah Brady, 73, American gun control campaigner, pneumonia.[50]
- Bob Burns, 64, American drummer (Lynyrd Skynyrd), traffic collision.[51]
- Sam Cathcart, 90, American football player (San Francisco 49ers), cancer.[52]
- John Darnton, 96, American football coach (Adrian Bulldogs).[53]
- Traute Foresti, 100, Austrian poet and actress.[54]
- Rocío García Gaytán, 55, Mexican politician, MP (1997–2000), cancer.[55]
- Osea Gavidi, 71, Fijian politician, indigenous chief and secessionist leader.[56]
- Mathias Gnädinger, 74, Swiss actor (The Boat Is Full, Journey of Hope), cardiac complications and acute respiratory distress syndrome.[57]
- Paul Grigoriu, 70, Romanian radio personality (SRR).[58]
- Michael Jandreau, 71, American Native leader, chairman of the Lower Brulé Sioux tribe, pneumonia and heart disease.[59]
- Kayahan, 66, Turkish musician, cancer.[60]
- Terdell Middleton, 59, American football player (Green Bay Packers).[61]
- Vivian Nathan, 98, American actress (Klute).[62]
- Mpok Nori, 84, Indonesian comedian.[63]
- Algirdas Vaclovas Patackas, 71, Lithuanian politician and poet, signatory of the 1990 Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania.[64]
- Luis María Pérez de Onraíta, 81, Spanish-born Angolan Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Malanje (1998–2012).[65]
- Chris Plumridge, 70, British golf writer.[66]
- Andrew Porter, 86, British music critic, pneumonia.[67]
- Christopher Reynolds, 92, British linguist.[68]
- Robert Rietti, 92, British-born Italian actor (Hannibal, The Omen).[69]
- Charlie Sumner, 84, American football player (Chicago Bears).[70]
- Shmuel Wosner, 101, Austrian-born Israeli Haredi rabbi.[71]
4
- Jaroslav Balcar, 62, Czechoslovak Olympic ski jumper (1976).[72]
- Ramón Barreto, 75, Uruguayan football referee (1974 FIFA World Cup).[73]
- Zdeněk Čihák, 82, Czech Olympic athlete.[74]
- Bill Ellerington, 91, English footballer (Southampton).[75]
- John Gogo, 83, Canadian politician.[76]
- Jamaluddin Jarjis, 63, Malaysian politician, MP for Rompin (since 1990), helicopter crash.[77]
- Elmer Lach, 97, Canadian Hall of Fame ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens), stroke.[78]
- Donald N. Levine, 83, American sociologist.[79]
- Ira Lewis, 82, American actor and playwright (Chinese Coffee), complications following open heart surgery.[80]
- Elie Naasan, 83, Lebanese Olympic wrestler.[81]
- Ioan Pușcaș, 82, Romanian gastroenterologist.[82]
- Sir John Read, 97, British executive.[83]
- Klaus Rifbjerg, 83, Danish writer (Anna, I, Anna), recipient of the Nordic Council's Literature Prize (1970).[84]
- Lisa Simon, 64, American director, producer and production assistant (Sesame Street, Wonder Pets, Blue Jasmine).[85]
- Marjorie Townsend, 85, American electrical engineer.[86]
- Dick Wood, 79, American football player (New York Jets).[87]
5
- Bauyrzhan Baimukhammedov, 67, Kazakh football player and coach.[88]
- Barbara Bergmann, 87, American feminist economist.[89]
- Fredric Brandt, 65, American dermatologist, suicide by hanging.[90]
- Juan Carlos Cáceres, 79, Argentine tango musician and painter, cancer.[91]
- Hugh Delano, 81, American sports journalist.[92]
- Richard Dysart, 86, American actor (L.A. Law, Being There, The Thing), Emmy winner (1992), cancer.[93]
- Lalit Kishore Chaturvedi, 84, Indian politician.[94]
- Ramnath Dhakal, 52, Nepalese politician, swine flu.[95]
- Maurice Fenner, 86, English cricketer.[96]
- Victor Gotbaum, 93, American labor leader, heart attack.[97]
- Tony Hutton, 82, British Royal Navy officer, organized the refugee evacuation effort following the Turkish invasion of Cyprus.[98]
- Sid Ali Kouiret, 82, Algerian actor.[99]
- Naken Kyrykbaev, 39, Kazakh footballer (Taraz).[100]
- Richard LaSalle, 97, American film composer.[101]
- Anne-Claude Leflaive, 59, French winemaker, cancer.[102]
- Norman B. Leventhal, 97, American property developer.[103]
- Don Looney, 98, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles, Pittsburgh Steelers).[104]
- Akira Machida, 78, Japanese judge, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (2002–2006).[105]
- Sargy Mann, 77, British painter.[106]
- Gordon Moyes, 76, Australian radio evangelist and politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council (2002–2011).[107]
- Louis Miles Muggleton, 92, South African-born British physicist.[108]
- John Patton, 84, American politician.[109]
- Claudio Prieto, 80, Spanish composer.[110]
- Jehan Rajab, 81, Kuwaiti author.[111]
- Steve Rickard, 85, New Zealand professional wrestler.[112]
- Lon Simmons, 91, American sports broadcaster.[113]
- Francesco Smalto, 87, Italian fashion designer.
- Gardner C. Taylor, 96, American preacher and civil rights activist.[114]
- Julie Wilson, 90, American singer and actress, stroke complications.[115]
- Yacoub Zaiadeen, 95, Jordanian politician.[116]
6
- Theodosios Balafas, 91, Greek Olympic pole vaulter (1948, 1952).[117]
- Hardijs Baumanis, 47, Latvian diplomat, Ambassador to Azerbaijan (since 2010) and Lithuania.[118]
- Giovanni Berlinguer, 90, Italian politician, MEP (2004–2009).[119]
- James Best, 88, American actor (The Dukes of Hazzard, Ride Lonesome, The Twilight Zone), pneumonia.[120]
- Ray Charles, 96, American musician (The Perry Como Show, The Muppet Show,Three's Company), cancer.[121]
- Paul Dearing, 73, Australian Olympic silver medallist field hockey player (1968) and bronze medallist (1964).[122]
- Milton DeLugg, 96, American composer.[123]
- Walter H. Haas, 97, American astronomer.[124]
- David L. Kaplan, 91, American-born Canadian professor and conductor.[125]
- Eugène Moke Motsüri, 99, Congolese Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Kinshasa (1970–1991).[126]
- Rie Muñoz, 93, American artist, stroke.[127]
- Romualdas Ozolas, 76, Lithuanian politician, signatory of the 1990 Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania.[128]
- John Papit, 86, American football player (Washington Redskins, Green Bay Packers), stroke.[129]
- Art Powell, 78, American football player (Oakland Raiders).[130]
- Ben Powers, 64, American actor (Good Times), liver cancer.[131]
- Dollard St. Laurent, 85, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens, Chicago Blackhawks).[132]
- Dave Ulliott, 61, English professional poker player, colon cancer.[133]
- Alan Wilson, 94, English cricketer (Lancashire).[134]
7
- Patrick H. Adkins, 67, American fantasy author.[135]
- Tim Babcock, 95, American politician, Governor of Montana (1962–1969).[136]
- Mohammad Bahr al-Ulloum, 88, Iraqi Shi'a Islamic leader and politician.[137]
- José Capellán, 34, American baseball player (Milwaukee Brewers, Detroit Tigers), heart attack.[138]
- Harry Dowd, 76, English footballer (Manchester City).[139]
- Eugene Louis Faccuito, 90, American dancer and choreographer.[140]
- Stan Freberg, 88, American comedian and voice actor (Looney Tunes, Lady and the Tramp, Garfield and Friends), pneumonia.[141]
- Edward Gallenstein, 92, American wood carver and magazine editor (Chip Chats).[142]
- Jean Germain, 67, French politician, Mayor of Tours (1995–2014), suicide by gunshot.[143]
- Richard Henyekane, 31, South African footballer, traffic collision.[144]
- Kardam, Prince of Turnovo, 52, Bulgarian royal, lung infection.[145]
- Stanley Kutler, 80, American historian.[146]
- Geoffrey Lewis, 79, American actor (High Plains Drifter, Maverick, The Lawnmower Man), heart attack.[147]
- Boonkua Lourvanij, 84, Thai Olympic shooter.[148]
- Betty Lucas, 90, Australian actress (Prisoner, Taurus Rising, Richmond Hill).[149]
- Dickie Owen, 88, British actor (Zulu, The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang).[150]
- Richard F. Post, 96, American physicist.[151]
- Maria Luisa Poumaillou, 61, Venezuelan-born French fashion consultant.[152]
- James B. Rhoads, 86, American public servant, Archivist of the United States (1968–1979).[153]
- Kalmanje Jagannatha Shetty, 78, Indian judge.[154]
- Donald Smith, 81, English cricket player (Cheshire).[155]
- Rich Szaro, 67, Polish-born American football player (New Orleans Saints, New York Jet).[156]
- Janet Turner, 78, British architectural lighting designer.[157]
- Torrey Ward, 36, American basketball coach, plane crash.[158]
- Naomi Wilzig, 80, American writer and museum owner (World Erotic Art Museum Miami).[159]
8
- Jean-Louis Crémieux-Brilhac, 98, French resistance member, civil servant and historian.[160]
- Abraham Eraly, 80, Indian historian and magazine editor.[161]
- Harry K. Fukuhara, 95, American army officer.[162]
- Nagore E. M. Hanifa, 89, Indian politician and playback singer.[163]
- Willie Honicutt, 82, American Negro league baseball player.[164]
- Graham Howarth, 99, English entomologist.[165]
- Rayson Huang, 94, Chinese chemist, vice-chancellor of the University of Hong Kong (1972–1986).[166]
- Jayakanthan, 80, Indian Tamil author.[167]
- Sergei Lashchenko, 27, Ukrainian kickboxer, shot.[168]
- David Laventhol, 81, American newspaper editor and publisher, Parkinson's disease.[169]
- Nan Inger Östman, 92, Swedish children's book author.[170]
- Billy Ronson, 58, English footballer (Blackpool).[171]
- Giorgio Salvini, 94, Italian physicist and politician, Minister of University, Scientific Research and Technology (1995–1996).[172]
- Hermann Schweppenhäuser, 87, German philosopher.[173]
- Joel Shankle, 82, American hurdler, Olympic bronze medalist (1956).[174]
- Joel Spira, 88, American inventor (solid-state lamp dimmer), co-founder of Lutron Electronics Company, heart attack.[175]
- Hilde Stavik, 52, Norwegian long-distance runner, cancer.[176]
- Udugama Sri Buddharakkitha Thero, 85, Sri Lankan Buddhist monk.[177]
- Ion Trewin, 71, British editor, publisher and author.[178]
- Lars Tunbjörk, 59, Swedish photographer.[179]
- Jean-Claude Turcotte, 78, Canadian Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Montreal (1990–2012).[180]
- Ole Wackström, 82, Finnish Olympic racing cyclist (1968, 1972).[181]
9
- Paul Almond, 83, Canadian filmmaker (The Act of the Heart, Journey, Isabel) and television director (Seven Up!), heart disease.[182]
- Betty Tackaberry Blake, 94, American WWII aviator.[183]
- Nina Companeez, 77, French film director.[184]
- Alexander Dalgarno, 87, British physicist.[185]
- Ivan Doig, 75, American author, multiple myeloma.[186]
- Moira Gemmill, 55, British design director (Victoria and Albert Museum), traffic collision.[187]
- Jurgen Gothe, 70, German-born Canadian radio broadcaster (DiscDrive).[188]
- Charles Hamel, 84, American congressional aide and oil industry whistleblower.[189]
- Ray Harm, 87, American artist, prostate cancer.[190]
- Ghulam Rasool Kar, 94, Indian politician.[191]
- Kuo Ting-tsai, 78, Taiwanese politician, MLY (1993–2002), complications of cancer.[192]
- Bob McLean, 67, Australian winemaker, liver cancer.[193]
- Hrushikesh Moolgavkar, 94, Indian air chief marshal and Chief of Air Staff (1976–1978).[194]
- Vera Pap, 59, Hungarian actress.[195]
- Ron Payne, 89, Australian politician, member of the South Australian House of Assembly for Mitchell (1970–1989).[196]
- Elmo Noel Joseph Perera, 82, Sri Lankan Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop (1992–1995) and Bishop of Galle (1995–2004).[197]
- Narra Raghava Reddy, 92, Indian politician.[198]
- Hans Ring, 86, Swedish Olympic athlete.[199]
- Margaret Rule, 86, British archaeologist.[200]
- João Alves dos Santos, 58, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Paranaguá (since 2006).[201]
- Rafael Soriano, 94, Cuban painter.[202]
- Alex Soto, 49, Puerto Rican actor and drag queen, heart attack.[203]
- Rogvold Sukhoverko, 74, Russian film and voice actor.[204]
- Johan B. Steen, 81, Norwegian biologist.[205]
- Tut Taylor, 91, American bluegrass musician (The Great Dobro Sessions).[206]
- John Toohey, 85, Australian jurist, High Court Justice (1987–1998).[207]
- Tsien Tsuen-hsuin, 105, Chinese-born American sinologist, professor, and librarian.[208]
- Sascha Weidner, 40, German artist, heart failure.[209]
10
- Andrzej Ajnenkiel, 84, Polish historian.[210]
- Richie Benaud, 84, Australian cricket captain and television commentator, skin cancer.[211]
- Raúl Héctor Castro, 98, Mexican-born American politician and diplomat, Governor of Arizona (1975–1977), Ambassador to El Salvador (1964–1968), Bolivia (1968–1969) and Argentina (1977–1980).[212]
- David Dank, 76, American politician, member of Oklahoma House of Representatives (since 2007), heart attack.[213]
- Peter de Giles, 88, British Olympic rower.[214]
- Desmond Digby, 82, New Zealand-born Australian theatre designer, children's book illustrator and painter.[215]
- Waltraud Falk, 85, German economist.[216]
- Eduardo Gauggel Medina, 48, Honduran lawyer and politician, MP (since 2014), shot.[217]
- Eduardo Gauggel Rivas, 61, Honduran lawyer and politician, member of the Supreme Court (1994–1998), shot.[217]
- Ray Graves, 96, American football player and coach.[218]
- Ronald Hambleton, 97, English-born Canadian broadcaster and music critic (Toronto Star).[219]
- Bárbara Heliodora, 91, Brazilian theatre critic.[220]
- Lauren Hill, 19, American college basketball player, pediatric cancer advocate, brain cancer.[221]
- Dorothy Jelicich, 87, New Zealand politician, MP for Hamilton West (1972–75).[222]
- Jin Youzhi, 96, Chinese royal.[223]
- Rustin R. Kimsey, 79, American prelate, Episcopal Bishop of Eastern Oregon.[224]
- Judith Malina, 88, German-born American actress (Dog Day Afternoon, Awakenings, The Addams Family) and director, lung disease.[225]
- Keith McCormack, 74, American singer and songwriter ("Sugar Shack"), stroke.[226]
- Bobby Moore, 56, American baseball player (San Francisco Giants).[227]
- Jim Mutscheller, 85, American football player (Baltimore Colts), kidney failure.[228]
- William S. Powell, 95, American historian.[229]
- Rocco Quattrocchi, 88, American politician, member of the Rhode Island Senate and House of Representatives.[230]
- Rose Francine Rogombé, 72, Gabonese politician, Acting President (2009).[231]
- Ray Treacy, 68, Irish footballer (Charlton Athletic).[232]
- Peter Walsh, 80, Australian politician, Minister for Finance (1984–1990), Senator for Western Australia (1974–1993).[233]
11
- Charlie Beasley, 69, American basketball player.[234]
- Martin Tore Bjørndal, 70, Norwegian diplomat.[235]
- Nico Frijda, 87, Dutch psychologist.[236]
- Jimmy Gunn, 66, American football player (Chicago Bears), heart failure.[237]
- Guy Hannen, 90, British WWII army officer and auctioneer.[238]
- Helen Anne Henderson, 68, Canadian journalist and disability rights activist, complications from cancer.[239]
- Peter Jones, 95, British WWII army officer.[240]
- Muhammad Kamaruzzaman, 62, Bangladeshi politician and convicted war criminal, execution by hanging.[241]
- Sheila Kitzinger, 86, British natural childbirth activist.[242]
- Janusz Kurczab, 77, Polish Olympic fencer (1960), mountaineer and expedition leader.[243]
- François Maspero, 83, French writer and translator.[244]
- Viv Nicholson, 79, British football pools winner, complications of a stroke and dementia.[245]
- Heino Pulli, 77, Finnish ice hockey player.[246]
- Hanut Singh, 81, Indian army officer.[247]
- Tekena Tamuno, 83, Nigerian history professor.[248]
- Kyle Testerman, 80, American politician, Mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee (1972–1975, 1984–1987).[249]
- Levi Watkins, 70, American heart surgeon, complications from a heart attack and a stroke.[250]
12
- Ibrahim Sulayman Muhammad Arbaysh, 35, Saudi Arabian suspected terrorist, drone attack.[251]
- Aleksey Bochkov, 45, Russian Olympic cyclist (1992).[252]
- Paulo Brossard, 90, Brazilian jurist and politician, Minister of Justice (1986–1989), justice of the Supreme Federal Court (1989–1994).[253]
- Jože Ciuha, 90, Slovenian painter.[254]
- Patrice Dominguez, 65, French tennis player.[255]
- Alfred Eick, 99, German U-boat commander.[256]
- Bill Etches, 93, British WWII army officer (St Nazaire Raid).[257]
- Doug Gregory, 92, British Royal Air Force officer and stunt pilot, hit by car.[258]
- Claude Lanthier, 82, Canadian politician, MP for Lasalle (1984–1988).[259]
- André Mba Obame, 57, Gabonese politician.[260]
- Mario Wallenda, 74, American highwire artiste (The Flying Wallendas).[261]
13
- Bruce Alger, 96, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 5th district (1955–1965), heart ailment.[262]
- Brice Bosnich, 78, Australian chemist.[263]
- Gerald Calabrese, 90, American politician and basketball player (Syracuse Nationals).[264]
- Ronnie Carroll, 80, Northern Irish singer and political candidate.[265]
- Noël De Pauw, 72, Belgian cyclist.[266]
- Tony Eldridge, 91, British Royal Navy officer (Chariot manned torpedo).[267]
- Eduardo Galeano, 74, Uruguayan journalist, writer and novelist, lung cancer.[268]
- Claire Gordon, 74, British actress (Konga, Beat Girl), brain tumour.[269]
- Günter Grass, 87, German novelist (The Tin Drum), Nobel Prize laureate (1999), lung infection.[270]
- Mária Gulácsy, 73, Hungarian fencer, Olympic silver medalist (1968).[271]
- Neal Horsley, 70, American anti-abortion activist.[272]
- Pat King, 68, Irish Gaelic football player and coach.[273]
- Thelma Coyne Long, 96, Australian Hall of Fame tennis player.[274]
- Joselyn Alejandra Niño, c. 20, Mexican suspected assassin, shot.[275]
- Neal Nitz, 61, American politician.[276]
- Anna-Lisa Ohlsson, 89, Swedish Olympic sprint canoeist (1952).[277]
- Bob Pinkalla, 86, American ten-pin bowler, heart failure.[278]
- Elizabeth Brown Pryor, 64, American author and historian, traffic collision.[279]
- Antônio Alberto Guimarães Rezende, 89, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Caetité (1981–2002).[280]
- Rex Robinson, 89, British actor (Doctor Who, Yes Minister, Only Fools and Horses).[281]
- Haanii Shivraj, 29, Malaysian actress, cancer.[282]
- Serhiy Sukhobok, 50, Ukrainian journalist, shot.[283]
- Herb Trimpe, 75, American comic book artist (The Incredible Hulk, Thor), co-creator of Wolverine, heart attack.[284]
14
- Norman H. Bangerter, 82, American politician, Governor of Utah (1985–1993), stroke.[285]
- Klaus Bednarz, 72, German journalist and writer.[286]
- Homaro Cantu, 38, American chef, suicide by hanging.[287]
- Sheldon Galbraith, 92, Canadian figure skating coach.[288]
- Aref Gholizadeh, 77, Iranian international footballer.[289]
- Ameril Umbra Kato, 68, Filipino warlord, leader of Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters, heart attack.[290]
- Kō Kojima, 87, Japanese manga artist, cerebral hemorrhage.[291]
- M. Joseph Manning, 90, American politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1967–1997).[292]
- Zsuzsa Nádor, 87, Hungarian Olympic swimmer.[293]
- Leslie Peterson, 91, Canadian lawyer and politician, Attorney General of British Columbia (1968–1972).[294]
- Gordon Preston, 89, English mathematician.[295]
- Majid Rahnema, 91, Iranian diplomat and politician.[296]
- Mark Reeds, 55, Canadian ice hockey player (St. Louis Blues, Hartford Whalers) and coach (Ottawa Senators), pneumonia.[297]
- Meir Rosenne, 84, Israeli lawyer and diplomat, Ambassador to France (1979–1983) and United States (1983–1987).[298]
- Kevin Rosier, 53, American super heavyweight kickboxing champion and mixed martial artist (UFC), heart attack.[299]
- Vilas Sarang, 73, Indian author.[300]
- Howie Schumm, 75, Canadian football player (Edmonton Eskimos).[301]
- Arnold Schütz, 80, German footballer (Werder Bremen).[302]
- Percy Sledge, 74, American R&B singer ("When a Man Loves a Woman"), liver cancer.[303]
- Alex Stevens, 79, American actor and stunt performer (Dark Shadows, Superman, Goodfellas).[304]
- Buddy Temple, 73, American businessman and politician.[305]
- Roberto Tucci, 93, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, President of Vatican Radio (1985–2001), Cardinal-Priest of S. Ignazio di Loyola a Campo Marzio (since 2001).[306]
- Kathrine Sorley Walker, 95, English ballet critic.[307]
- David Ward-Steinman, 78, American composer and music professor.[308]
15
- Sidney Abbott, 77, American feminist activist, fire.[309]
- Kinya Aikawa, 80, Japanese actor (Speed Racer, Naruhodo! The World), lung cancer.[310]
- Zaur Ardzinba, 65, Abkhazian politician.[311]
- Joseph A. Bennett, 47, British actor (The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles), suicide by hanging.[312]
- Paul Clark, 67, American poker player.[313]
- Jonathan Crombie, 48, Canadian actor (Anne of Green Gables), brain haemorrhage.[314]
- Margaret Harrison, 96, Scottish peace campaigner.[315]
- Billy Ray Hearn, 85, American record label chairman, heart disease.[316]
- John Howard, 94, American optical physicist.[317]
- Oleg Kalashnikov, 52, Ukrainian politician, shot.[318]
- Felice Leonardo, 100, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Cerreto Sannita-Telese-Sant'Agata de' Goti (1957–1991).[319]
- Alexander Nadson, 88, Belarusian religious leader, Apostolic Visitor for Belarusian Greek-Catholic faithful abroad (since 1986).[320]
- Luis Ortega Álvarez, 62, Spanish judge, member of the Constitutional Court of Spain (since 2011), heart attack.[321]
- Govindbhai Patel, 72, Indian filmmaker, cancer.[322]
- Margo Reed, 73, American jazz musician, complications from dementia.[323]
- Mykola Storozhenko, 86, Ukrainian painter.[324]
- Barbara Strauch, 63, American author and reporter (The New York Times), breast cancer.[325]
- Surya Bahadur Thapa, 88, Nepalese politician, Prime Minister (1955, 1963–1964, 1965–1969, 1979–1983, 1997–1998, 2003–2004), respiratory failure.[326]
- Gunilla Wolde, 75, Swedish writer and illustrator.[327]
16
- Ron Bailey, 88, New Zealand politician, MP for Heretaunga (1960–1981).[328]
- Driss Bamous, 73, Moroccan Olympic footballer (1964).[329]
- Valery Belousov, 66, Russian ice hockey player and coach.[330]
- Ollie Brown, 71, American baseball player (San Diego Padres, San Francisco Giants), mesothelioma.[331]
- Attaphol Buspakom, 53, Thai football player and coach, blood infection.[332]
- Oles Buzina, 45, Ukrainian journalist, shot.[333]
- Bhola Nath Chalise, 63, Nepalese economist, kidney ailments.[334]
- Alden G. Glauch, 95, American air force major general.[335]
- Tommy Graham, 72, Scottish politician.[336]
- Stanislav Gross, 45, Czech politician, Prime Minister (2004–2005), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.[337]
- Johnny Kemp, 55, Bahamian singer ("Just Got Paid"), fall.[338]
- Heino Kleiminger, 76, German footballer (F.C. Hansa Rostock, East Germany national team), cancer.[339]
- Eduard Koblmueller, 69, Austrian mountaineer, hypothermia.[340]
- Nimal Mendis, 81, Sri Lankan singer and songwriter.[341]
- Tommy Preston, 82, Scottish footballer (Hibernian).[342]
- Lee Remmel, 90, American public relations director (Green Bay Packers).[343]
- Smuggler, 12, American Thoroughbred racehorse, complications from foaling.[344]
- Marjorie Elliott Sypher, 89, Canadian-born Costa Rican First Lady (1974–1978).[345]
- Giuseppe Zigaina, 91, Italian neorealist painter and author.[346]
17
- Renato Altissimo, 74, Italian politician, Minister of Health (1979–1980, 1981–1983), Minister of Trade and Industry (1983–1986).[347]
- Steve Beck, 58, English executive, chairman of York City F.C. (2003–2004).[348]
- Brian Couzens, 82, British music industry executive (Chandos Records).[349]
- Mariano Gago, 66, Portuguese physicist and politician, cancer.[350]
- Francis George, 78, American Roman Catholic Cardinal, Archbishop of Chicago (1997–2014), President of the Conference of Catholic Bishops (2007–2010), bladder cancer.[351]
- Peter Graham, 60, English cricketer.[352]
- Robert P. Griffin, 91, American politician, member of the U.S. Senate from Michigan (1966–1977) and House of Representatives from Michigan's 9th district (1957–1966).[353]
- Jaroslav Holík, 72, Czech ice hockey player, world champion (1972).[354]
- Viktor Korshunov, 85, Russian actor, People's Artist of the USSR.[355]
- Tore Bernitz Pedersen, 80, Norwegian cartoonist.[356]
- Hannes Lindemann, 92, German sailor.[357]
- Phil Lundgren, 75, British Olympic boxer.[358]
- Ray Nemec, 85, American baseball researcher and historian.[359]
- Scotty Probasco, 86, American businessman and philanthropist.[360]
- Don Quayle, 84, American broadcast journalist, President of NPR (1970–1973).[361]
- Jack Rieley, 72, American record producer and band manager (The Beach Boys).[362]
- Jeremiah J. Rodell, 93, American brigadier general and priest.[363]
- Keith Shackleton, 92, British painter and television presenter.[364]
- S. K. Sharma, 62, Indian cricket umpire.[365]
- Ann Stepan, 71, American politician, member of the Illinois House of Representatives (1991–1993), lymphoma.[366]
- A. Alfred Taubman, 91, American real estate developer, philanthropist and football team owner (Michigan Panthers).[367]
- Greg Woodcroft, 44, Canadian wrestler.[368]
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- Sir Christopher Bayly, 69, British historian.[369]
- Walter Conahan, 87, American politician, member of the South Dakota Senate (1983–1989), cancer.[370]
- Francesco Dapiran, 94, Italian Olympic rower (1948).[371]
- Gunnar Gravdahl, 87, Norwegian politician, Mayor of Bærum (1989–1992).[372]
- Joe Hutter, 77, American politician, member of the Iowa House of Representatives.[373]
- Joseph Lechleider, 82, American inventor (DSL).[374]
- Sir Roger Lobo, 91, Macanese-born Hong Kong businessman and politician, senior unofficial member of the Legislative Council (1980–1985), moved "Lobo Motion" (1984), cancer.[375]
- Mario Pirani, 89, Italian journalist (la Repubblica), economist, and writer.[376]
- William Schultz, 76, New Zealand rugby league player (Eastern Suburbs, national team).[377]
- Laverne Torczon, 79, American football player.[378]
- Leonid Vladimirsky, 94, Russian book illustrator.[379]
- Erwin Waldner, 82, German footballer (VfB Stuttgart, SPAL Ferrara).[380]
- L. Jean Willoughby, 89, American politician.[381]
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- Richard Anthony, 77, Egyptian-born French singer.[382]
- Sir Raymond Carr, 96, British historian.[383]
- Haney Catchings, 66, American football coach (Prairie View A&M, Tuskegee), cancer.[384]
- Uche Chukwumerije, 75, Nigerian politician, Senator for Abia North (since 2003), lung cancer.[385]
- Margot Duke, Marchioness of Reading, 96, British aristocrat.[386]
- William Price Fox, 89, American novelist.[387]
- Lothar Friedrich, 84, German cyclist.[388]
- Eva Galambos, 87, American politician, Mayor of Sandy Springs, Georgia (2005–2014), cancer.[389]
- Freddie Gray, 25, American police suspect, severed spinal cord.[390]
- Aliaskhab Kebekov, 43, Dagestani-Russian Islamist leader, Emir of the Caucasus Emirate (since 2014), shot.[391]
- Sandra Mackey, 77, American writer (Chicago Tribune, The Wall Street Journal).[392]
- István Marton, 72, Hungarian politician.[393]
- Roy Mason, Baron Mason of Barnsley, 91, British politician, MP for Barnsley (1953–1983) and Barnsley Central (1983–1987), Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1976–1979).[394]
- Scott Mason, 55, American radio personality.[395]
- Tom McCabe, 60, Scottish politician, Minister for Finance and Public Service Reform (2004–2007).[396]
- Tony Morelli, 58, Canadian stunt performer (The X-Files, Smallville, Rise of the Planet of the Apes).[397]
- Hiroyuki Nishimoto, 88, Japanese voice actor (Moomin), aortic dissection.[398]
- Theodosia Okoh, 92, Ghanaian flag designer and sports administrator.[399]
- Michael J. D. Powell, 78, British mathematician.[400]
- Else Repål, 85, Norwegian politician.[401]
- Oktay Sinanoğlu, 80, Turkish scientist.[402]
- Bernard Stollman, 85, American record label founder (ESP-Disk), colon and spine cancer.[403]
- Elio Toaff, 99, Italian rabbi, Chief Rabbi of Rome (1951–2002).[404]
- Betty Willis, 91, American graphic designer (Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign).[405]
- Casimir Witucki, 86, American football player (Washington Redskins).[406]
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- Gilberto Almeida, 86, Ecuadorian painter.[407]
- Gary Brain, 72, New Zealand timpanist and conductor.[408]
- Doug Buffone, 70, American football player (Chicago Bears) and radio host.[409]
- Cláudio Cunha, 68, Brazilian actor.[410]
- Hassan El-Shazly, 71, Egyptian footballer (Tersana, national team).[411]
- Pedro Eugênio, 65, Brazilian politician, MP (1998–2014), complications from surgery.[412]
- Peter Howell, 96, British actor (Emergency – Ward 10, Shadowlands, The Prisoner).[413]
- Nobuo Kaiho, 73, Japanese Olympic basketball player.[414]
- Albert Kalonji, 85, Congolese politician, King of South Kasai.[415]
- Gábor Kucsera, 65, Hungarian Olympic swimmer.[416]
- Aharon Lichtenstein, 81, French-born American-Israeli rabbi, recipient of the Israel Prize (2014).[417]
- Bob Maloubier, 92, French secret agent.[418]
- Frederic Morton, 90, Austrian-born American writer.[419]
- Bob St. Clair, 84, American Hall of Fame football player (San Francisco 49ers).[420]
- Ibrahim Yusri, 65, Egyptian actor (The Terrorist), kidney failure.[421]
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- M. H. Abrams, 102, American literary critic.[422]
- Mykola Bahrov, 77, Ukrainian academician and politician.[423]
- Steve Byrnes, 56, American sports announcer (NASCAR on Fox), head and neck cancer.[424]
- Gideon Eilat, 91, Israeli soldier.[425]
- Betsy von Furstenberg, 83, German-born American actress (As the World Turns) and baroness, Alzheimer's disease.[426]
- Edan Milton Hughes, 80, American art dealer and author.[427]
- Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov, 49, Tajik-Russian film director (Luna Papa).[428]
- Ferenc Konrád, 70, Hungarian water polo player, Olympic bronze (1968), silver (1972) and gold (1976) medalist.[429]
- Jim McCarthy, 90, Irish rugby union player (national team).[430]
- Sergei Mikhalev, 67, Russian ice hockey coach, traffic collision.[431]
- John Moshoeu, 49, South African footballer (Kaizer Chiefs, Giant Blackpool, national team), African Cup of Nations champion (1996), cancer.[432]
- Janaki Ballabh Patnaik, 88, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Odisha (1980–1989, 1995–1999), Governor of Assam (2009–2014), heart attack.[433]
- Robert P. Patterson, Jr., 91, American federal judge.[434]
- Borisav Pisić, 66, Bosnian Yugoslav Olympic hurdler (1980).[435]
- Sydney Valpy Radley-Walters, 95, Canadian WWII tank commander.[436]
- Abdel Rahman el-Abnudi, 76, Egyptian poet.[437]
- Derek Vonberg, 93, British physicist.[438] (death announced on this date)
- Dave Walker, 73, English footballer (Burnley, Southampton).[439]
- Elizabeth Weaver, 74, American judge, Michigan Supreme Court Justice (1995–2010), Chief Justice (1991–2001).[440]
- Cindy Yang, 24, Taiwanese model and actress (First of May), suicide by helium inhalation.[441]
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- Hugh Alan Anderson, 81, Canadian politician.[442]
- Dick Balharry, 77, British conservationist, cancer.[443]
- Peter B. Best, 76, British marine mammal expert.[444]
- Dorothy Custer, 103, American comedian.[445]
- Yoichi Funado, 71, Japanese novelist, thymic cancer.[446]
- Régis Ghesquière, 65, Belgian Olympic decathlete (1972), heart attack.[447]
- Alasdair Graham, 85, Canadian politician, Senator for Nova Scotia (1972–2004).[448]
- Nagare Hagiwara, 62, Japanese actor, traffic collision.[449]
- Imtiaz Alam Hanfi, 86, Pakistani banker.[450]
- Ronny Lee, 88, American guitarist and writer.[451]
- Audree Norton, 88, American actress.[452]
- Bernard Penfold, 98, British army major general, general manager of the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club (1972–1979).[453]
- Aideen O'Kelly, 74, Irish actress.[454]
- Páll Skúlason, 69, Icelandic philosopher.[455]
- Gennadi Vengerov, 55, Belarusian-born Soviet actor (Enemy at the Gates), lung and bone cancer.[456]
- Irene Woodall, 69, American magazine editor.[457]
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- Afzaal Ahmed, 66, Pakistani cricketer and umpire.[458]
- Aziz Asli, 77, Iranian footballer (Persepolis).[459]
- Dick Barone, 82, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates).[460]
- Desmond Boal, 85, Northern Irish lawyer and politician, MP for Belfast Shankill (1960–1972).[461]
- Frana Cardno, 74, New Zealand politician, Mayor of Southland District (1992–2013), bile duct cancer.[462]
- Sir Philip Carter, 87, British football director (Everton).[463]
- Richard Corliss, 71, American film critic (Time), stroke.[464]
- Alexander Eliot, 95, American writer.[465]
- Marie Herbst, 86, American politician, Mayor of Vernon, Connecticut (1979–1986), member of the Connecticut Senate (1987–1992).[466]
- George Horner, 91, Czech-born American pianist and physician.[467]
- Ray Jackson, 74, Australian aboriginal activist and Wiradjuri elder.[468]
- Pierre Claude Nolin, 64, Canadian politician, Speaker of the Senate (since 2014), pancreatic cancer.[469]
- Frank Porretta, 84, American tenor and musical theater actor.[470]
- Paul Ryan, 69, American actor, television host and correspondent (Entertainment Tonight), leukemia.[471]
- Jim Steffen, 78, American football player (Detroit Lions, Washington Redskins).[472]
- E. M. Subramaniam, 67, Indian Carnatic percussionist.[473]
- Sawyer Sweeten, 19, American actor (Everybody Loves Raymond), suicide by gunshot.[474]
- Francis Tsai, 48, American concept artist (Spider-Man, TMNT, The Bourne Conspiracy), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.[475]
- Sixto Valencia Burgos, 81, Mexican comic artist (Memín Pinguín, MAD).[476]
- Guillermo Zúñiga Martínez, 72, Mexican academic and politician, Mayor of Xalapa (1988–1991), MP for Veracruz (1994–1997).[477]
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- Władysław Bartoszewski, 93, Polish politician and resistance fighter, Auschwitz concentration camp prisoner, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1995, 2000–2001).[478]
- Ken Birch, 81, British footballer (Bangor City).[479]
- Thomas Joseph Connolly, 92, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Baker (1971–1999).[480]
- Rustum Ghazaleh, 61, Syrian military officer, head injury.[481]
- Ismail Hussain, 65, Indian politician, MP for Barpeta (2009–2014), cancer.[482]
- Horst-Peter Kretschmer, 59, German Olympic ice hockey player (1980, 1988).[483]
- Valentine Lamb, 76, British journalist (The Irish Field).[484]
- Frankie Lee, 73, American blues singer-songwriter.[485]
- Benjamin F. Logan, 87, American electrical engineer and bluegrass musician, heart attack.[486]
- Sabeen Mahmud, 39, Pakistani human rights activist, shot.[487]
- Michael Mustill, Baron Mustill, 83, British judge, barrister and peer.[488]
- Herbert Ninaus, 78, Austrian-born Australian international footballer.[489]
- Claudia Paz, 95, Chilean actress.[490]
- Max Rojas, 74, Mexican poet.[491]
- Raymond Roussin, 75, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Gravelbourg (1995–1998) and Victoria (1999–2004), Archbishop of Vancouver (2004–2009).[492]
- Success Express, 30, American Thoroughbred racehorse.[493]
- Sid Tepper, 96, American songwriter ("Red Roses for a Blue Lady").[494]
- George C. Young, 98, American lawyer and judge, heart attack.[495]
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- Karl-Otto Alberty, 81, German actor.[496]
- Colin Bloomfield, 33, British radio presenter (BBC Radio Derby), skin cancer.[497]
- Sujit Bose, 80, Indian cricketer.[498]
- Arthur Brittenden, 90, British newspaper editor (Daily Mail).[499]
- Wilfred Brown, 85, Australian cricketer.[500]
- Edward Coke, 7th Earl of Leicester, 78, British nobleman.[501]
- Jim Fanning, 87, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs) and manager (Montreal Expos).[502]
- Paolo Galletti, 78, Italian Olympic swimmer (1956, 1960).[503]
- Jiří Hledík, 86, Czech footballer (FC Hradec Králové).[504]
- Otakar Krámský, 55, Czech racing driver, triple European hillclimb champion (1995, 1997, 1998), training collision.[505]
- Don Mankiewicz, 93, American screenwriter (Star Trek, Ironside, Profiles in Courage), heart failure.[506]
- Ben Molar, 99, Argentine composer and musical producer.[507]
- Mike Phillips, 59, American basketball player (Kentucky Wildcats, FC Barcelona), fall.[508]
- Alfred Schreyer, 92, Ukrainian-born Polish fiddler and singer.[509]
- Christine Stewart, 74, Canadian politician, Secretary of State (1993–1997) and Minister of the Environment (1997–1999).[510]
- Richard West, 84, British journalist and author.[511]
- Notable deaths consequent to the April 2015 Nepal earthquake:
- Dan Fredinburg, 33, American executive, head of privacy at Google.[512]
- Matthias Kuhle, 67, German geographer.[513]
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- Masudur Rahman Baidya, 46, Indian swimmer, heart attack.[514]
- Talal Akbar Bugti, 63, Pakistani tribal leader and politician, heart attack.[515]
- Edward T. Chambers, 85, American activist, director of the Industrial Areas Foundation (1972–2009), heart failure.[516]
- Hojatollah Khatib, 61, Iranian sports administrator (Persepolis), cancer.[517]
- Izatullo Khayoyev, 78, Tajik politician, Vice-President (1990–1991), Prime Minister (1991–1992).[518]
- Jayne Meadows, 95, American actress (I've Got a Secret, Undercurrent, Song of the Thin Man).[519]
- Józef Paczyński, 95, Polish WWII prisoner, barber of Rudolf Hoss.[520]
- Marcel Pronovost, 84, Canadian Hall of Fame ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings, Toronto Maple Leafs).[521]
- Bill Valentine, 82, American baseball umpire.[522]
- Wang Guozhen, 58, Chinese poet, liver cancer.[523]
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- Jay Appleton, 95, British geographer.[524]
- Randy Bennett, 51, Canadian swimming coach, cancer.[525]
- Suzanne Crough, 52, American actress (The Partridge Family), arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia.[526]
- David Fletcher, 90, English cricketer (Surrey).[527]
- Gene Fullmer, 83, American professional boxer, two-time middleweight world champion.[528]
- Verne Gagne, 89, American professional wrestler, trainer and promoter (AWA), Hall of Fame (2004, 2006).[529]
- Frank Henderson, 92, American politician, member of the Idaho House of Representatives (2004–2014).[530]
- Guy LeBlanc, 54, Canadian keyboard player (Nathan Mahl, Camel), kidney cancer.[531]
- Andrew Lesnie, 59, Australian cinematographer (The Lord of the Rings, I Am Legend, The Water Diviner), Oscar winner (2002), heart attack.[532]
- Harvey R. Miller, 82, American lawyer, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.[533]
- Marty Napoleon, 93, American jazz pianist.[534]
- Lionel Repka, 80, Canadian ice hockey player (Fort Wayne Komets), liver cancer.[535]
- Alexander Rich, 90, American biologist.[536]
- Inês Etienne Romeu, 72, Brazilian political prisoner.[537]
- Abraham Rotstein, 86, Canadian economist.[538]
- Rolf Smedvig, 62, American classical trumpeter (Empire Brass), heart attack.[539]
- Chris Turner, 64, English football player and manager (Peterborough).[540]
- John Wimpenny, 92, English aeronautical engineer.[541]
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- Antônio Abujamra, 82, Brazilian actor and director.[542]
- Marcia Brown, 96, American writer and children's books illustrator.[543]
- Duri Camichel, 32, Swiss ice hockey player (EV Zug), traffic collision.[544]
- Glenn Dennis, 90, American ufologist.[545]
- Jack Ely, 71, American singer ("Louie Louie").[546]
- René Féret, 69, French actor and director (Solemn Communion).[547]
- Ashura Hara, 68, Japanese professional wrestler, pneumonia.[548]
- Keith Harris, 67, British ventriloquist (Orville the Duck, Cuddles the Monkey), cancer.[549]
- Michael J. Ingelido, 98, American Air Force major general, stroke.[550]
- Yoshihiko Osaki, 76, Japanese swimmer, Olympic silver medalist (1960), pneumonia.[551]
- Vicente Piccio, Jr., 83, Filipino Air Force major general.[552]
- Einar Thorsteinn, 73, Icelandic architect.[553]
- James Watson, 78, British novelist.[554]
- Xu Guangxian, 94, Chinese chemist.[555]
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- Charles Benton, 84, American public digital media promoter, CEO of the Benton Foundation, cancer.[556]
- Carlos Calderón Fajardo, 69, Peruvian journalist and novelist.[557]
- Giovanni Canestri, 96, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Cagliari (1984–1987) and Genoa (1987–1995).[558]
- Daniel During, 83, South African cricketer.[559]
- Gopulu, 90, Indian cartoonist (Ananda Vikatan).[560]
- Nicholas Gruner, 72, Canadian Roman Catholic priest, promoter of the message of Our Lady of Fatima, heart attack.[561]
- John G. Heyburn II, 66, American federal judge, Chief District Court Judge for the Western District of Kentucky (2001–2008), liver cancer.[562]
- Paul Hudak, 62, American professor of computer science, leukemia.[563]
- Milap Chand Jain, 86, Indian judge and politician, Governor of Rajasthan (1990).[564]
- Gary Liddell, 60, Scottish footballer (Grimsby Town, Heart of Midlothian).[565]
- Valmir Louruz, 71, Brazilian football manager (Juventude, Pelotas).[566]
- François Michelin, 88, French businessman, CEO of Michelin (1955–1999).[567]
- Vardan Militosyan, 64, Armenian Olympic silver medallist weightlifter (1976).[568]
- Jean Nidetch, 91, American businesswoman, founder of Weight Watchers.[569]
- Calvin Peete, 71, American golfer, Tournament Players champion (1985).[570]
- Philip Perlman, 95, American businessman and actor (Cheers).[571]
- Joe Pikula, 70, Canadian football player (Hamilton Tiger-Cats).[572]
- Barbara Reynolds, 100, English scholar, lexicographer and translator.[573]
- Brian Sedgemore, 78, British politician, fall.[574]
- Dan Walker, 92, American politician, Governor of Illinois (1973–1977), heart failure.[575]
- Notable convicted drug traffickers executed by Indonesian firing squad:[576]
- Andrew Chan, 31, Australian (Bali Nine)
- Rodrigo Gularte, 42, Brazilian
- Myuran Sukumaran, 34, Australian (Bali Nine)
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- Lennart Bodström, 87, Swedish politician, Minister for Foreign Affairs (1982–1985).[577]
- Sharon Callahan, 63, American Olympic athlete.[578]
- Bold Pilot, 22, Turkish thoroughbred racehorse.[579]
- Halina Daniec, 66, Polish Olympic gymnast.[580]
- Peter Dobkin Hall, 69, American author and historian, traffic collision.[581]
- David Fonseca, 60, Belizean politician, Mayor of Belize City (1999–2006), suicide by gunshot.[582]
- Adrian Gibson, 79, Australian politician, MP for Denison (1964–69).[583]
- Steven Goldmann, 53, Canadian music video and film director, cancer.[584]
- Rutger Gunnarsson, 69, Swedish bassist (ABBA, Elton John).[585]
- Ben E. King, 76, American soul and R&B singer ("Stand by Me"), coronary heart disease.[586]
- Gregory Mertens, 24, Belgian footballer, heart attack.[587]
- Patachou, 96, French singer and actress.[588]
- William Pfaff, 86, American author and columnist, heart attack.[589]
- Ronald Senator, 89, British composer, house fire.[590]
- Sky Classic, 28, Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse.[591]
- Nigel Terry, 69, British actor (The Lion in Winter, Excalibur, Troy), emphysema.[592]
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- Actor, TV personality Kinya Aikawa dies at 80 Archived 2015-04-17 at the Wayback Machine
- Ушел из жизни Заур Джотович Ардзынба Archived 2015-04-18 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
- МИКОЛА АНДРІЙОВИЧ СТОРОЖЕНКО — художник-живописець і графік, педагог Archived 2016-04-24 at the Wayback Machine (in Ukrainian)
- Folkkära författaren Gunilla Wolde är död (in Swedish)
- Hansa-Nationalspieler Heino Kleiminger ist tot Archived 2015-04-18 at the Wayback Machine (in German)
- Скончался народный артист СССР Виктор Коршунов (in Russian)
- Tore Bernitz Pedersen (in Norwegian)
- Hannes Lindemann gestorben[permanent dead link] (in German)
- Cinéma : les disparitions d'avril 2015(in French)
- Real estate developer A. Alfred Taubman dies at 91 Archived 2015-04-22 at the Wayback Machine
- Francesco Dapiran non è più "in barca" (in Italian)
- Tidligere ordfører i Bærum er død Archived 2015-04-25 at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian)
- Addio a Mario Pirani, giornalista e scrittore (in Italian)
- Erwin Waldner ist tot (in German)
- Meghalt Marton István Archived 2015-08-16 at the Wayback Machine (in Hungarian)
- Theodosia Okoh dies at age 92 Archived 2015-04-27 at the Wayback Machine
- Repål, Else (1930–2015) (in Norwegian)
- "'Turkish Einstein' Oktay Sinanoglu dies at 80". Archived from the original on 2015-04-20. Retrieved 2015-05-01.
- "Betty Willis, designer of 'Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas' sign, dies". Archived from the original on 2015-04-27. Retrieved 2015-05-01.
- Falleció el pintor Gilbero Almeida Egas (in Spanish)
- Morre em Porto Alegre o ator Claudio Cunha (in Portuguese)
- morre o ex-deputado federal Pedro Eugênio (PT-PE) (in Portuguese)
- 21 April 2015: Peter Howell (1919–2015) Archived May 1, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
- Décès de M. Albert Kalonji Ditunga Mulopwe Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
- Умер первый секретарь Крымского обкома КПСС Николай Багров Archived 2015-05-18 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
- Elhunyt Konrád Ferenc, Montréal olimpiai bajnoka (in Hungarian)
- "David Walker: 1941–2015". Archived from the original on 2016-03-17. Retrieved 2015-05-01.
- Belgische ex-olympiër overleden (in Dutch)
- "PENFOLD". Archived from the original on 2015-05-02. Retrieved 2015-05-01.
- Décès du Professeur Páll Skúlason Archived 2015-10-02 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
- Актер Геннадий Венгеров умер от рака (in Russian)
- Civil servant Pierre Claude Nolin 'led the way' in the Senate (subscription required)
- In Memoriam Archived May 18, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
- "Former Baker bishop dies at 92". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-05-01.
- Death of the Rt Hon Lord Mustill Archived 2015-04-28 at archive.today
- Ein Australier aus Voitsberg (in German)
- Fallece el poeta mexicano Max Rojas (in Spanish)
- "Australian sire Success Express dies aged 30". Racing Post. Archived from the original on 2015-07-04. Retrieved 2015-05-01.
- Karl Poensgen (in German)
- Il nuoto piange Paolo Galletti, olimpionico e talento degli anni '60 Archived 2015-04-26 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian)
- Zemřel člen mistrovského týmu 1960 Jiří Hledík Archived 2015-04-28 at archive.today (in Czech)
- Göttinger Geograf stirbt im Epizentrum Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine (in German)
- В Душанбе скончался экс-председатель Совета министров Таджикистана Archived 2015-04-28 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
- DAVID FLETCHER (1924–2015) Archived 2016-03-06 at the Wayback Machine
- "Trumpeter Rolf Smedvig, known for 'beautiful sound,' dies at home". Archived from the original on 2015-05-01. Retrieved 2015-05-01.
- Ator e diretor Antônio Abujamra morre em São Paulo (in Portuguese)
- Duri Camichel tödlich verunglückt (in German)
- Le cinéaste René Féret est mort (in French)
- 阿修羅原さん死去 ラグビー日本代表からプロレスへ 天龍同盟で活躍 Archived April 28, 2015, at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)
- 中国稀土之父徐光宪院士逝世 曾获国家最高科学技术奖 (in Chinese)
- E' morto a Roma il cardinale Canestri (in Italian)
- "Father Nicholas Gruner, RIP". Archived from the original on 2015-09-26. Retrieved 2015-05-01.
- Former Grimsby Town player Garry Liddell passes away Archived 2015-05-05 at the Wayback Machine
- Մահացել է օլիմպիական փոխչեմպիոն Վարդան Միլիտոսյանը (in Armenian)
- "OBITUARY Joseph Adam Pikula, May 5, 1944 – April 26, 2015". Archived from the original on July 16, 2015. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
- Lennart Bodström död Archived 2015-05-02 at the Wayback Machine (in Swedish)
- Efsane at Bold Pilot öldü (in Turkish)
- "Abba bassist Rutger Gunnarsson dies". Archived from the original on 2015-05-18. Retrieved 2015-06-16.