Deaths in April 2015 facts for kids

The following is a list of notable deaths in April 2015. For notable deaths before the current month, please see "Previous months".

Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, cause of death, reference (must be added) are added.

April 2015

John Paul Hammerschmidt 1922-2015

Manoel de Oliveira 1908-2015

Robert H. Schuller 1926-2015

Elmer Lach 1918-2015

Richard Dysart 1929-2015

James Best 1926-2015

Stan Freberg 1926-2015

Nina Companeez 1937-2015

Paul Almond 1931-2015

Richie Benaud 1930-2015

Günter Grass 1927-2015

Eduardo Galeano 1940-2015

Percy Sledge 1940-2015

Surya Bahadur Thapa 1928-2015

Francis George 1937-2015

Dick Balharry 1937-2015

Władysław Bartoszewski 1922-2015

Jayne Meadows 1919-2015

Verne Gagne 1926-2015

Ben E. King 1938-2015

April 1 - Misao Okawa, 117, Japanese supercentenarian, world's oldest living person, heart failure.
April 1 - Nicolae Rainea, 81, Romanian football referee (FIFA World Cup (1974, 1978, 1982), UEFA Euro 1980 Final), cardiac arrest.
April 1 - John Paul Hammerschmidt, 92, American politician, member of United States House of Representatives from Arkansas (1967–1993), heart and respiratory failure.
April 1 - Eddie LeBaron, 85, American football player (Washington Redskins, Dallas Cowboys).
April 1 - Cynthia Lennon, 75, British artist, ex-wife of John Lennon, cancer.
April 2 - Luis Delgado Aparicio, 74, Peruvian politician, MP (1995–2001), pancreatic cancer.
April 2 - Manoel de Oliveira, 106, Portuguese movie director and screenwriter, heart failure.
April 2 - Olga Sawicka, 83, Polish dancer and choreographer.
April 2 - Robert H. Schuller, 88, American televangelist (Hour of Power), esophageal cancer.
April 2 - Rudolph R. Perz, 89, American advertising executive, creator of the Pillsbury Doughboy.
April 2 - Doug Sax, 79, American audio mastering engineer, cancer.
April 2 - Steve Stevaert, 60, Belgian politician, Chairman of the SP.a (2003–2005), Governor of Limburg (2005–2009).
April 2 - Abdelhadi Tazi, 94, Moroccan scholar and diplomat.
April 3 - Nigel Boocock, 77, British speedway rider.
April 3 - Bob Burns, 64, American drummer (Lynyrd Skynyrd), traffic collision.
April 3 - Mathias Gnädinger, 74, Swiss actor (The Boat Is Full, Journey of Hope), cancer.
April 3 - Shmuel Wosner, 101, Austrian-born Israeli Haredi rabbi.
April 3 - Sarah Brady, 73, American gun control campaigner, wife of James Brady, pneumonia.
April 3 - Kayahan, 66, Turkish musician, cancer.
April 3 - Robert Rietti, 92, British-born Italian actor.
April 3 - Vivian Nathan, 98, American actress (Klute).
April 4 - Elmer Lach, 97, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens), stroke.
April 4 - Jamaluddin Jarjis, 63, Malaysian politician, MP for Rompin (1990-2015), helicopter crash.
April 4 - Klaus Rifbjerg, 83, Danish writer (Anna, I, Anna), recipient of the Nordic Council's Literature Prize (1970).
April 4 - Donald N. Levine, 83, American sociologist.
April 4 - Ira Lewis, 82, American actor and playwright (Chinese Coffee), problems after open heart surgery.
April 5 - Richard Dysart, 86, American character actor (L.A. Law, Being There, The Thing).
April 5 - Tom Towles, 65, American actor (Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, Miami Vice, The Rock).
April 5 - Julie Wilson, 90, American actress (Kiss Me, Kate, Legs Diamond, The Secret Storm), complications from a stroke.
April 5 - Juan Carlos Cáceres, 79, Argentine tango musician and painter, cancer.
April 5 - Lon Simmons, 91, American sports broadcaster.
April 5 - Gordon Moyes, 76, Australian radio evangelist and politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council (2002–2011).
April 6 - Dollard St. Laurent, 85, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens, Chicago Blackhawks).
April 6 - Romualdas Ozolas, 76, Lithuanian politician, signatory of the 1990 Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania.
April 6 - Dave Ulliott, 61, English professional poker player, colon cancer.
April 6 - Gertrude Weaver, 116, American supercentenarian, world's oldest person, pneumonia.
April 6 - Giovanni Berlinguer, 90, Italian politician, MEP (2004–2009).
April 6 - John Papit, 86, American football player (Washington Redskins, Green Bay Packers), stroke.
April 6 - Ray Charles, 96, American musician (The Perry Como Show, The Muppet Show).
April 6 - James Best, 88, American actor (The Dukes of Hazzard, Ride Lonesome, Sounder), complications from pneumonia.
April 6 - Ben Powers, 64, American actor (Good Times).
April 6 - Hardijs Baumanis, 47, Latvian diplomat, ambassador to Lithuania and Azerbaijan.
April 7 - Richard Henyekane, 31, South African footballer, traffic collision.
April 7 - Tim Babcock, 95, American politician, Governor of Montana (1962–1969).
April 7 - Stan Freberg, 88, American actor (Looney Tunes, Lady and the Tramp) and author, pneumonia.
April 7 - Kardam, Prince of Turnovo, 52, Bulgarian royal, lung infection.
April 7 - James B. Rhoads, 86, American public servant, Archivist of the United States (1968–1979).
April 7 - Geoffrey Lewis, 79, American actor (High Plains Drifter, Maverick, The Lawnmower Man).
April 7 - Dickie Owen, 88, British actor (Zulu).
April 8 - Hermann Schweppenhäuser, 87, German philosopher.
April 8 - Jayakanthan, 80, Indian Tamil author.
April 9 - Alexander Dalgarno, 87, British physicist.
April 9 - Nina Companeez, 77, French movie director and screenwriter.
April 9 - John Toohey, 85, Australian jurist, High Court Justice (1987–1998).
April 10 - Judith Malina, 88, German-born American actress (Dog Day Afternoon, Awakenings, The Sopranos) and director, lung disease.
April 10 - Richie Benaud, 84, Australian cricket captain and television commentator, skin cancer.
April 10 - Peter Walsh, 80, Australian politician, Minister for Finance (1984–1990), Senator for Western Australia (1974–1993).
April 10 - Raúl Héctor Castro, 98, Mexican-born American politician and diplomat, Governor of Arizona (1975–1977), United States Ambassador to El Salvador (1964–1968), Bolivia (1968–1969) and Argentina (1977–1980).
April 10 - Ray Graves, 96, American football player and coach.
April 10 - Paul Almond, 83, Canadian movie director (The Act of the Heart, Journey, Isabel), heart disease.
April 10 - Jin Youzhi, 96, Chinese royal, sibling of Puyi.
April 10 - Jim Mutscheller, 85, American football player (Baltimore Colts), kidney failure.
April 11 - Janusz Kurczab, 77, Polish fencer, mountaineer and expedition leader.
April 11 - Lars Tunbjörk, 59, Swedish photographer. (death announced on this date)
April 11 - Sheila Kitzinger, 86, British natural childbirth activist.
April 11 - Charlie Beasley, 69, American basketball player.
April 12 - André Mba Obame, 57, Gabonese politician.
April 12 - Patrice Dominguez, 65, Algerian-born French tennis player, lung disease.
April 12 - Alfred Eick, 99, German U-boat commander.
April 13 - Ronnie Carroll, 80, Northern Irish Eurovision Song Contest contestant and perennial candidate.
April 13 - Eduardo Galeano, 74, Uruguayan journalist, writer and novelist, lung cancer.
April 13 - Herb Trimpe, 75, American comic book artist (The Incredible Hulk, Thor), co-creator of Wolverine.
April 13 - Thelma Coyne Long, 96, Australian Hall of Fame tennis player.
April 13 - Günter Grass, 87, German novelist (The Tin Drum), Nobel Prize in Literature laureate (1999), lung infection.
April 13 - Orma Slack, 112, Canadian supercentenarian, nation's oldest living person.
April 14 - Ameril Umbra Kato, 68, Philippine warlord, leader of Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters, heart attack.
April 14 - Percy Sledge, 74, American R&B singer ("When a Man Loves a Woman"), liver cancer.
April 14 - Norman H. Bangerter, 82, American politician, Governor of Utah (1985–1993), stroke.
April 14 - Klaus Bednarz, 72, German journalist and writer.
April 14 - Meir Rosenne, 84, Israeli lawyer and diplomat, Ambassador to France (1979–1983) and United States (1983–1987).
April 15 - Surya Bahadur Thapa, 88, Nepalese politician, Prime Minister (1963–1964, 1965–1969, 1979–1983, 1997–1998 and 2003–2004), respiratory failure.
April 15 - Alexander Nadson, 88, Belarusian religious leader, Apostolic Visitor for Belarusian Greek-Catholic faithful abroad.
April 15 - Jonathan Crombie, 48, Canadian actor (Anne of Green Gables), brain hemorrhage.
April 16 - Valery Belousov, 66, Russian ice hockey coach.
April 16 - Attaphol Buspakom, 53, Thai football player and coach, blood infection.
April 16 - Stanislav Gross, 45, Czech politician, Prime Minister (2004–2005), complications from ALS.
April 16 - Lee Remmel, 90, American PR spokesman (Green Bay Packers).
April 16 - Oles Buzina, 45, Ukrainian journalist, shot.
April 16 - Johnny Kemp, 55, Bahamian singer ("Just Got Paid"), fall.
April 16 - Heino Kleiminger, 76, German footballer (F.C. Hansa Rostock, East Germany national team), cancer.
April 17 - Jaroslav Holík, 72, Czech ice hockey player, world champion (1972).
April 17 - Francis George, 78, American Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Chicago (1997–2014), bladder cancer.
April 17 - Robert P. Griffin, 91, American politician, member of the Senate from Michigan (1966–1977), member of the House of Representatives from Michigan's 9th district (1957–1966).
April 17 - Mariano Gago, 66, Portuguese engineer and politician, sudden cardiac death.
April 17 - Viktor Korshunov, 85, Russian actor, People's Artist of the USSR.
April 17 - Jeremiah J. Rodell, 93, American brigadier general and priest.
April 18 - Mario Pirani, 89, Italian journalist (la Repubblica), economist, and writer.
April 18 - Erwin Waldner, 82, German footballer (VfB Stuttgart, SPAL Ferrara).
April 19 - Tom McCabe, 60, Scottish politician, Minister for Finance and Public Service Reform (2004-2007).
April 19 - Theodosia Okoh, 92, Ghanaian flag designer and sports administrator.
April 19 - Raymond Carr, 96, British historian.
April 19 - Uche Chukwumerije, 75, Nigerian politician, Senator for Abia North (since 2003), lung cancer.
April 19 - Elio Toaff, 99, Italian rabbi, Chief Rabbi of Rome (1951–2002).
April 19 - Ali Abu Mukhammad, 43, Dagestani-Russian Islamist leader, Emir of the Caucasus Emirate (since 2014), shot.
April 20 - Aharon Lichtenstein, 81, French-born American-Israeli rabbi, winner of the Israel Prize (2014).
April 20 - Richard Anthony, 77, Egyptian-born French singer.
April 20 - Frederic Morton, 90, Austrian-born American writer.
April 20 - Bob St. Clair, 84, American Hall of Fame football player (San Francisco 49ers).
April 20 - Ibrahim Yusri, 65, Egyptian actor (The Terrorist), kidney failure.
April 20 - Peter Howell, 95/96, British actor (Emergency – Ward 10, The Lord of the Rings).
April 21 - Roy Mason, 91, British politician, MP for Barnsley (1953–1983) and Barnsley Central (1983–1987), Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1976–1979).
April 21 - Janaki Ballabh Patnaik, 88, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Odisha (1980–1989, 1995–1999), Governor of Assam (2009–2014), heart attack.
April 21 - Abdel Rahman el-Abnudi, 76, Egyptian poet.
April 21 - Steve Byrnes, 56, American sports announcer (NASCAR on Fox), head and neck cancer.
April 21 - Mary Doyle Keefe, 92, American model ("Rosie the Riveter").
April 21 - Gideon Eilat, 91, German-born Israeli soldier.
April 21 - Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov, 49, Russian movie director (Luna Papa).
April 21 - M. H. Abrams, 102, American literary critic.
April 22 - Dick Balharry, 77, Scottish conservationist, cancer.
April 22 - Gennadi Vengerov, 55, Belarusian-born Russian-German actor, lung and bone cancer.
April 22 - Rex Robinson, 89, British actor (Doctor Who, Yes Minister, Only Fools and Horses). (death announced on this date)
April 22 - Dorothy Custer, 103, American comedian (The Tonight Show with Jay Leno).
April 23 - Sixto Valencia Burgos, 81, Mexican comic artist (Memín Pinguín, MAD).
April 23 - Aziz Asli, 77, Iranian footballer.
April 23 - Richard Corliss, 71, American movie critic (Time), stroke.
April 23 - Francis Tsai, 47, American comic book, movie and video game concept artist (Spider-Man, TMNT, The Bourne Conspiracy), ALS.
April 23 - Pierre Claude Nolin, 64, Canadian politician, Speaker of the Senate (since 2014), cancer.
April 24 - Władysław Bartoszewski, 93, Polish politician and resistance fighter, Auschwitz concentration camp prisoner, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1995, 2000–2001), heart attack.
April 24 - Sid Tepper, 96, American songwriter ("Red Roses for a Blue Lady").
April 24 - George C. Young, 98, American lawyer and judge, heart attack.
April 24 - Rustum Ghazaleh, 61, Syrian military officer, head injury. (death announced on this date)
April 24 - Ismail Hussain, 65, Indian politician, MP for Barpeta (2009–2014), cancer.
April 24 - Ken Birch, 81, British footballer (Bangor City).
April 24 - Valentine Lamb, 76, British journalist (The Irish Field).
April 24 - Max Rojas, 74, Mexican poet.
April 25 - Notable deaths due to the 2015 Nepal earthquake:
- Dan Fredinburg, 33, American executive, head of privacy at Google.
- Matthias Kuhle, 67, German geographer.
April 25 - Jim Fanning, 87, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs) and manager (Montreal Expos).
April 25 - Sabeen Mahmud, Pakistani human rights activist, shot.
April 25 - Otakar Krámský, 55, Czech racing driver, triple European hillclimb champion (1995, 1997, 1998), training collision.
April 25 - Don Mankiewicz, 93, American screenwriter (I Want to Live!), congestive heart failure.
April 25 - Mike Phillips, 59, American basketball player (Kentucky Wildcats, FC Barcelona).
April 25 - Christine Stewart, 74, Canadian politician, Secretary of State (1993–1997) and Minister of the Environment (1997–1999).
April 26 - Wang Guozhen, 58, Chinese poet, liver cancer.
April 26 - Bill Valentine, 82, American baseball umpire (Arkansas Travelers).
April 26 - Masudur Rahman Baidya, 46, Indian swimmer, heart attack.
April 26 - Hojatollah Khatib, 61, Iranian sports administrator, cancer.
April 26 - Izatullo Khayoyev, 78, Tajik politician, Vice-President (1990–1991), Prime Minister (1991–1992).
April 26 - Jayne Meadows, 95, Chinese-born American actress (I've Got a Secret, Undercurrent, Song of the Thin Man).
April 26 - Marcel Pronovost, 84, Canadian Hall of Fame ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings, Toronto Maple Leafs).
April 27 - Inês Etienne Romeu, 72, Brazilian political prisoner.
April 27 - Andrew Lesnie, 59, Australian cinematographer, Academy Award winner (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring), heart attack.
April 27 - Verne Gagne, 89, American professional wrestler, trainer and promoter (AWA), complications from dementia.
April 27 - Suzanne Crough, 52, American actress (The Partridge Family).
April 27 - Jack Ely, 71, American singer ("Louie Louie").
April 27 - Gene Fullmer, 83, American professional boxer, two-time middleweight world champion.
April 27 - Guy LeBlanc, 54, Canadian keyboard player (Nathan Mahl, Camel), kidney cancer.
April 27 - Marty Napoleon, 93, American jazz pianist.
April 28 - Xu Guangxian, 94, Chinese chemist.
April 28 - René Féret, 69, French actor and director (Solemn Communion).
April 28 - Ashura Hara, 68, Japanese professional wrestler, pneumonia.
April 28 - Keith Harris, 67, British ventriloquist, cancer.
April 28 - Antônio Abujamra, 82, Brazilian actor and director.
April 28 - Deng Minghe, 8, Chinese actor, leukemia.
April 28 - Michael J. Ingelido, 98, American Air Force major general, stroke.
April 28 - Duri Camichel, 32, Swiss ice hockey player (EV Zug), traffic collision.
April 29 - Notable convicted drug traffickers executed by Indonesian firing squad:
- Andrew Chan, 31, Australian
- Rodrigo Gularte, 42, Brazilian
- Myuran Sukumaran, 34, Australian
April 29 - Calvin Peete, 71, American golfer, Tournament Players champion (1985), lung cancer.
April 29 - Daniel Walker, 92, American politician, Governor of Illinois (1973–1977), heart failure.
April 29 - Jean Nidetch, 91, American businesswoman, founder of Weight Watchers.
April 29 - Gopulu, 91, Indian cartoonist (Ananda Vikatan).
April 29 - François Michelin, 88, French businessman, CEO of Michelin (1955–1999).
April 30 - Patachou, 96, French singer and actress.
April 30 - Gregory Mertens, 24, Belgian footballer, heart failure.
April 30 - Lennart Bodström, 87, Swedish politician, Minister for Foreign Affairs (1982–1985).
April 30 - Ben E. King, 76, American soul and R&B singer ("Stand by Me"), coronary heart disease.
April 30 - William Pfaff, 86, American author and columnist, heart attack.
April 30 - Milap Chand Jain, 86, Indian judge and politician, Governor of Rajasthan (1990).
April 30 - Ronald Senator, 89, British composer, house fire.
April 30 - Nigel Terry, 69, British actor (The Lion in Winter, Excalibur, Troy).

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