Deaths in April 2016 facts for kids

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This article lists notable people who passed away in April 2016. It's a way to remember important figures from different fields like sports, music, acting, and politics. Each person listed here made a special impact during their lives.

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April 2016: Remembering Notable People

Cesare Maldini
1932–2016

Joe Medicine Crow
1913-2016

Merle Haggard
1937-2016

Tony Conrad
1940-2016

Ed Snider
1933-2016

Balls Mahoney
1972-2016

Gareth Thomas
1945-2016

Nera White
1935-2016

Charlie Hodge
1933-2016

Doris Roberts
1925-2016

Patricio Aylwin
1918-2016

Walter Kohn
1923-2016

Victoria Wood
1953-2016

Prince
1958-2016

Banharn Silpa-archa
1932-2016

Inge King
1915-2016

Amanullah Khan
1934-2016

Harry Wu
1937-2016

Conrad Burns
1935-2016

Renato Corona
1948-2016

April 1

Artur Górski, 46, was a Polish politician. He served as a member of the Polish Parliament, known as the Sejm, since 2005.
Emil Keres, 90, was a Hungarian actor and theater director. He was known for his work in films like Twenty Hours.

April 2

Gato Barbieri, 83, was an Argentine jazz saxophonist. He was famous for his unique sound and contributions to jazz music.
Gallieno Ferri, 87, was an Italian comic book artist. He created popular characters like Zagor and Mister No.
Boris Hybner, 74, was a Czech actor and mime artist. He appeared in movies such as I'm All Good and Toys in the Attic.
László Sárosi, 84, was a Hungarian football player and coach. He played for the national team.

April 3

Erik Bauersfeld, 93, was an American radio dramatist and voice actor. He voiced characters in Star Wars and A.I. Artificial Intelligence.
Don Francks, 84, was a Canadian jazz vocalist and actor. He was known for roles in La Femme Nikita and Inspector Gadget.
Lars Gustafsson, 79, was a Swedish writer and scholar. He wrote many books and was a respected academic.
Rowley Habib, 83, was a New Zealand writer.
Martin Lampkin, 65, was an English motorcycle trials rider. He was a champion in his sport.
Cesare Maldini, 84, was an Italian football player and manager. He played for and managed the Italian national team and clubs like Milan.
Joe Medicine Crow, 102, was an American Crow Nation historian. He was a respected elder and keeper of his people's history.
Lola Novaković, 80, was a Serbian singer.
Jules Schelvis, 95, was a Dutch historian and Holocaust survivor. He shared his experiences to educate others.
Clarence Clifton Young, 93, was an American politician. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Nevada Supreme Court.

April 4

Getatchew Mekurya, 81, was an Ethiopian jazz saxophonist. He was known for his unique style of Ethio-jazz.
Royston Nash, 82, was an English conductor. He led the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company.
George Radosevich, 88, was an American football player for the Baltimore Colts.
Mike Sandlock, 100, was an American baseball player for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Abe Segal, 85, was a South African tennis player.

April 5

Zyta Gilowska, 66, was a Polish politician. She served as Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister.
Roman Gribbs, 90, was an American politician. He was the Mayor of Detroit from 1970 to 1974.
Zena Latto, 90, was an American jazz saxophonist.
E. M. Nathanson, 88, was an American author. He wrote the famous novel The Dirty Dozen.

April 6

Merle Haggard, 79, was an American country music singer-songwriter. He wrote and performed many hit songs like "Okie from Muskogee".
Darrell Hogan, 89, was an American football player for the Pittsburgh Steelers.

April 7

László Bárczay, 80, was a Hungarian chess Grandmaster.
Frank E. Denholm, 92, was an American politician. He was a member of the House of Representatives from South Dakota.
Carlo Monti, 96, was an Italian athlete. He won an Olympic bronze medal in the 1948 relay race.

April 8

Dick Alban, 87, was an American football player for teams like the Washington Redskins.
Mircea Albulescu, 81, was a Romanian actor and writer. He starred in films such as Michael the Brave.
Wei Chueh, 88, was a Taiwanese Buddhist monk. He founded the Chung Tai Shan monastery.

April 9

Arthur Anderson, 93, was an American voice actor. He was known for his work in Courage the Cowardly Dog.
Duane Clarridge, 83, was an American spy for the CIA.
Tony Conrad, 76, was an American avant-garde musician, composer, and video artist. He was also a professor at the University at Buffalo.
Juris Ekmanis, 74, was a Latvian academic. He served as President of the Latvian Academy of Sciences.
Will Smith, 34, was an American football player for the New Orleans Saints. He was a Super Bowl champion in 2010.

April 10

Louis Gladstone, 88, was an American politician.
Henryk Średnicki, 61, was a Polish boxer. He was an amateur World Champion in 1978.

April 11

Emile Ford, 78, was a Saint Lucian singer and sound engineer. He had a hit song called "What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For?".
Anne Gould Hauberg, 98, was an American arts patroness. She helped found the Pilchuck Glass School.
Ed Snider, 83, was an American sports executive. He founded the Philadelphia Flyers ice hockey team and was involved with the Philadelphia 76ers basketball team.

April 12

Hector A. Cafferata, Jr., 86, was an American soldier. He received the Medal of Honor for his bravery.
Paul Carey, 88, was an American radio broadcaster for the Detroit Tigers baseball team.
Gianroberto Casaleggio, 61, was an Italian entrepreneur. He co-founded the Five Star Movement political party.
Pedro de Felipe, 71, was a Spanish footballer. He played for Real Madrid.
David Gest, 62, was an American producer and reality TV contestant.
Anne Jackson, 90, was an American actress. She appeared in films like The Shining.
Balls Mahoney, 44, was an American professional wrestler. He was known for his time in ECW.
Arnold Wesker, 83, was a British playwright.

April 13

Mariano Mores, 98, was an Argentine tango composer and pianist.
Manouchehr Sotodeh, 102, was an Iranian geographer.
Gareth Thomas, 71, was a Welsh actor. He was known for his role in the TV series Blake's 7.
Ray Thornton, 87, was an American attorney and politician. He served in the United States House of Representatives from Arkansas.
Nera White, 80, was an American Hall of Fame basketball player.

April 14

Nguyen Anh 9, 76, was a Vietnamese songwriter and pianist.
Ahmed Brahim, 69, was a Tunisian politician.
Ilija Ivezić, 89, was a Croatian movie actor.
Malick Sidibé, 80, was a Malian photographer. He was famous for his black-and-white photos of Malian culture.
Liang Sili, 91, was a Chinese missile control scientist and academician. He was a vice-president of the International Astronautical Federation.
Sir David MacKay, 48, was a British author, physicist, and professor at the University of Cambridge.

April 15

Anne Grommerch, 45, was a French politician. She was a member of the National Assembly and Mayor of Thionville.

April 16

Rubén Mendoza Ayala, 55, was a Mexican politician.
Jeanette Bonnier, 82, was a Swedish media owner, journalist, and author.
Rod Daniel, 73, was an American movie director. He directed films like Teen Wolf.
William M. Gray, 86, was an American meteorologist.
Charlie Hodge, 82, was a Canadian ice hockey player and scout. He won multiple Stanley Cup championships with the Montreal Canadiens.
Louis Pilot, 75, was a Luxembourgian football player and manager. He played for and managed the national team.
Helmut Rohde, 90, was a German politician. He served as the Federal Minister of Education and Science.
Peter Rock, 70, was a Chilean rock musician and actor.
Kit West, 79, was a British special effects artist. He won an Oscar for his work on Raiders of the Lost Ark.

April 17

Cyril Leonoff, 91, was a Canadian civil engineer and historian.
Doris Roberts, 90, was an American actress. She was well-known for her role in the TV show Everybody Loves Raymond.

April 18

Yuri Bychkov, 84, was a Russian art historian.
Cox Habbema, 72, was a Dutch actress.
Eva Henning, 95, was a Swedish actress.
Sir John Leslie, 4th Baronet, 99, was an Irish aristocrat and media personality.
Johan van Minnen, 83, was a Dutch journalist and politician. He was a member of the European Parliament.

April 19

Patricio Aylwin, 97, was a Chilean politician. He served as the President from 1990 to 1994.
Estelle Balet, 21, was a Swiss snowboarder. She was a world champion in freeride snowboarding.
Ronit Elkabetz, 51, was an Israeli actress and movie director.
Walter Kohn, 93, was an American theoretical physicist. He won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1998.
Mehrdad Oladi, 30, was an Iranian footballer.
Milt Pappas, 76, was an American baseball player for teams like the Baltimore Orioles.
Billy Redmayne, 25, was a Manx motorcycle racer.

April 20

Chyna, 45, was an American professional wrestler and actress. She was a well-known figure in WWF.
Guy Hamilton, 93, was a British movie director. He directed several James Bond films.
Dame Leonie Kramer, 91, was an Australian academic, author, and university administrator.
Harry Perkowski, 93, was an American baseball player.
Victoria Wood, 62, was a British comedienne and actress. She was known for her humor and TV shows like Victoria Wood As Seen on TV.

April 21

Hans Koschnick, 87, was a German politician and diplomat. He was the mayor of Bremen for many years.
Marco Leto, 85, was an Italian movie and television director and screenwriter.
Lonnie Mack, 74, was an American singer-guitarist.
Michelle McNamara, 46, was an American writer.
Prince, 57, was an American musician and actor. He was a global superstar known for hit songs like "Purple Rain" and won multiple Oscars and Grammys.
Dene Smuts, 66, was a South African politician.

April 22

Jory Prum, 41, was an American audio engineer and video game developer. He worked on popular games like The Walking Dead.
Peter Sellers, 94, was a New Zealand sports broadcaster.

April 23

Ron Brace, 29, was an American football player for the New England Patriots.
Miguel Picazo, 89, was a Spanish movie director, screenwriter, and actor.
Madeleine Sherwood, 93, was a Canadian actress. She appeared in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and The Flying Nun.
Banharn Silpa-archa, 83, was a Thai politician. He served as the Prime Minister from 1995 to 1996.

April 24

Nina Arkhipova, 94, was a Russian actress.
Robert Dolan, 87, was an American marine geologist.
Manuel de la Torre, 94, was an American golf instructor.
Walter Jackson Freeman III, 89, was an American biologist, neuroscientist, and philosopher.
Perry O. Hooper, Sr., 91, was an American jurist. He was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama.
Inge King, 100, was an Australian sculptor.
Tommy Kono, 85, was an American weightlifter. He won Olympic gold medals in 1952 and 1956.
Thinle Lhondup, 72, was a Nepalese actor. He starred in the movie Himalaya.
Benjamin Manglona, 78, was a Northern Mariana Islands politician. He served as Lieutenant Governor.
Billy Paul, 81, was an American R&B singer. He was famous for his song "Me and Mrs. Jones".
Klaus Siebert, 60, was a German biathlon athlete and coach. He was a world champion and Olympic silver medalist.
Papa Wemba, 66, was a Congolese singer and musician.

April 25

Martin Gray, 93, was a Polish Holocaust survivor and writer. He shared his experiences in his books.
Michal Hornstein, 95, was a Canadian businessman and philanthropist.
Tom Lewis, 94, was an Australian politician. He was the Premier of New South Wales from 1975 to 1976.
Mei Baojiu, 82, was a Chinese Peking opera artist. He was a master of this traditional art form.

April 26

Vincent Darius, 60, was a Grenadian Roman Catholic bishop.
Amanullah Khan, 82, was a Pakistani Kashmir separatism activist and writer. He was a leader of the JKLF.
Lucy Kibaki, 75, was a Kenyan teacher and socialite. She was the First Lady of Kenya from 2002 to 2013.
Martin Szipál, 91, was a Hungarian photographer.
Harry Wu, 79, was an American human rights activist. He founded the Laogai Research Foundation to raise awareness about labor camps.

April 27

Toms, 87, was an Indian cartoonist. He created the popular comic strip Boban and Molly.

April 28

Óscar Marcelino Álvarez, 67, was an Argentine footballer.
Sir Edward Ashmore, 96, was a British officer in the Royal Navy. He served as the First Sea Lord.
Conrad Burns, 81, was an American politician. He was a Senator from Montana from 1989 to 2007.
Jenny Diski, 68, was an English writer.
Igor Fesunenko, 83, was a Russian journalist, foreign affairs writer, and teacher.
René Hausman, 80, was a Belgian author and artist.
Barry Howard, 78, was an English actor. He was known for his role in the TV show Hi-de-Hi!.
Ingram Olkin, 91, was an American professor of statistics at Stanford University.

April 29

Alyson Bailes, 67, was a British diplomat. She served as the Ambassador to Finland.
Renato Corona, 67, was a Filipino jurist. He was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court from 2010 to 2012.
Jok Church, 66, was an American cartoonist. He created You Can with Beakman and Jax.
Dmytro Hnatyuk, 91, was a Ukrainian baritone opera singer.
Chen Zhongshi, 73, was a Chinese writer. He wrote the novel White Deer Plain.

April 30

Daniel Aaron, 103, was an American writer and academic at Harvard University. He co-founded the Library of America.
Daniel Berrigan, 94, was an American Roman Catholic priest, poet, and peace activist.
Marisol Escobar, 85, was an American sculptor.
Uwe Friedrichsen, 81, was a German actor.
Sir Harry Kroto, 76, was a British chemist. He won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1996.
Peter Thomas, 91, was an American narrator. He was known for narrating shows like Nova and Forensic Files.
Vasily Zvyagintsev, 71, was a Russian science fiction author.