The following is a list of notable deaths in April 2016.
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.
April 2016
1 Karl-Robert Ameln, 96, Swedish sailor (1948 and 1952 Olympics).Karl Robert Ameln Aleksander Arkuszyński, 98, Polish brigadier general, WWII veteran.Zmarł gen. Aleksander Arkuszyński "Maj" Pratyusha Banerjee, 24, Indian actress, suicide by hanging.Balika Vadhu star Pratyusha Banerjee dead, here is all about the actress Alan Carter, 86, British civil servant, Director of Immigration of Hong Kong (1983–1989).Carter, Alan John CBE ISO Tom Coughlin, 67, American business executive and convicted fraudster (Walmart).Former Wal-Mart exec Coughlin dies at 67 George Curry, 71, American football coach, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.Legendary High School Football Coach George Curry Dies at 71 Mame Younousse Dieng, 76, Senegalese writer.NECROLOGIE – DECES DE MAME YOUNOUSSE DIENG Mort d'une pionnière Alberto Fontanesi, 87, Italian footballer.Alberto Fontanesi Artur Górski, 46, Polish politician, member of Sejm (since 2005), leukemia.Zmarł Artur Górski. Poseł PiS miał 46 lat *Kao Ching-yuen, 87, Taiwanese businessman (Uni-President Enterprises Corporation).Kao Chin-yen, founder of Uni-president Corporation, dies (death announced on this date) Richard S. Kem, 89, American army Major-General.Major General RICHARD S. KEM Emil Keres, 90, Hungarian actor and theatre director.Meghalt Keres Emil Clarence Makwetu, 88, South African politician.Tributes pour in for former PAC leader Clarence Makwetu Herbert Theodore Milburn, 84, American judge.Judge Ted Milburn, Who Served As Circuit, Then Federal Judge And On The 6th Circuit Court Of Appeals, Dies John Minney, 76, English cricketer (Cambridge University, Northamptonshire). Wiebe Nijenhuis, 61, Dutch sportsman.Voormalig sterkste man van Friesland overladen Carl Nordling, 85, Swedish physicist.DÖDSANNONS Constance-Anne Parker, 94, British sculptor.Constance-Anne Parker (1921 - 2016) Marjorie Peters, 97, American baseball player (AAGBPL).Marjorie Peters Obituary Geoff Portz, 85, British professional wrestler.Geoff Portz Fausto Puccini, 83, Italian Olympic equestrian.Fausto Puccini Patricia Thompson, 89, American philosopher. André Villers, 85, French photographer.André Villers, le photographe de Picasso né à Beaucourt, est mort Tony Whittaker, 83, British solicitor and politician.Tony Whittaker obituary Ron Wicks, 76, Canadian NHL ice hockey referee, liver cancer.Former NHL referee Ron Wicks is dead at 76
2 Gato Barbieri, 83, Argentine jazz saxophonist, pneumonia.Latin Jazz saxophonist Gato Barbieri dies at age 83 Rick Bartow, 69, American artist, heart failure. Don Beery, 96, American basketball player.Donald Patterson Beery Moreese Bickham, 98, American convicted murderer and anti-death penalty activist.Moreese Bickham Sergio Ferrari, 72, Italian footballer.Addio all’ex "bluceleste" Sergio Ferrari, giocò anche nella Roma Gallieno Ferri, 87, Italian comic book artist (Zagor, Mister No).Piange Zagor, lo ha lasciato il suo disegnatore Gallieno Ferri Rona M. Fields, 83, American psychologist.Rona M. Fields Boris Hybner, 74, Czech actor and mime artist.Actor and mime artist Boris Hybner dies at 74 Gareth Jones, 85, British legal academic.Gareth Jones, law don – obituary Martin Lampkin, 65, English motorcycle trials rider, cancer. Nabil Nosair, 77, Egyptian footballer (Zamalek).Former Zamalek star Nabil Nosseir passes away Amber Rayne, 31, American pornographic actress, accidental drug overdose.Amber Rayne: Porn actress who said fellow star James Deen raped her dies of 'overdose' Dennis Riggin, 79, Canadian ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings).Dennis Melville Riggin Obituary László Sárosi, 84, Hungarian football player and coach.Gyász: elhunyt a Vasas ötszörös bajnoka, aki bent tartotta a Fradit Aleksandar Vasin, 82, Serbian Olympic fencer.Aleksandar Vasin Thomas Zeng Jing-mu, 95, Chinese clandestine Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Yujiang (1988–2012).Chinese Church mourns passing of Mgr Zeng Jing Mu, a true witness of Christ Soldiers killed in the Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes: Robert Abajyan, 19, Armenian (Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army).Bodies of two Defense Army soldiers found as a result of searches Samid Imanov, 34–35, Azerbaijani (Special Forces). Samir Kachayev, 22, Azerbaijani.Heykəltaraş şəhidimizin anası: "Sevdiyi qızı da bilmədim ki, bir ona baxım" - FOTO Murad Mirzayev, 40, Azerbaijani (Special Forces).Azerbaijani special squad lieutenant colonel eliminated in April had been trained in USA Kyaram Sloyan, 19, Armenian (Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army).Armenian Soldier Reburied
3 Abu Firas al-Suri, 65, Syrian al-Nusra Front senior official, air strike.Syrian al-Nusra Front leader, Abu Firas, 'killed in air strike' Phanor Arizabaleta-Arzayus, 78, Colombian criminal, heart attack.Murió el excapo del Cartel de Cali Phanor Arizabaleta Arzayús John C. Baldwin, 67, American cardiac surgeon, drowned. John Vane, 11th Baron Barnard, 92, British peer. Erik Bauersfeld, 93, American radio dramatist (KPFA) and voice actor (Star Wars, A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Crimson Peak).Erik Bauersfeld, Admiral Ackbar Voice Actor in 'Star Wars' Films, Dies at 93 Jesse L. Cooksey, 83, American politician.Jesse Lecel Cooksey Ward Crutchfield, 87, American politician, member of the Tennessee Senate (1985–2007).Ex-Tennessee lawmaker, caught in past FBI sting, dies at 87 Bob Ellis, 73, Australian writer (Newsfront, My First Wife) and journalist, liver cancer.Journalist Bob Ellis dies, aged 73 Bas van Erp, 36, Dutch wheelchair tennis player, Paralympic bronze medalist (2004).Rolstoeltennisser Bas van Erp (36) uit Liempde overleden Leopoldo Flores, 82, Mexican artist.Fallece el artista plástico Leopoldo Flores Don Francks, 84, Canadian jazz vocalist and actor (La Femme Nikita, Inspector Gadget, I'm Not There), lung cancer. Robert Guinan, 82, American painter, lymphoma. Lars Gustafsson, 79, Swedish writer and scholar.Kulturpersonligheten Lars Gustafsson är död Rowley Habib, 82, New Zealand writer.Prominent Māori writer Rowley Habib passes away Henry Harpending, 72, American anthropologist, stroke.Henry C. Harpending Bill Henderson, 90, American jazz vocalist and actor (Clue, City Slickers, White Men Can't Jump), cancer.Bill Henderson, Jazz Vocalist and Actor, Dies at 90 Dick Hodgins Jr., 84, American cartoonist.Remembering Cartoonist Dick Hodgins Ross Honsberger, 87, Canadian mathematician. Stephen Jacobsen, 75, American bioengineer.In memoriam: Stephen C. Jacobsen Alex de Jesús, 33, Puerto Rican professional and Olympic lightweight boxer (2004), shot.Alex De Jesus Shot and Killed in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico Cesare Maldini, 84, Italian football player and manager.Cesare Maldini, former Milan captain and Italy manager, dies aged 84 Joe Medicine Crow, 102, American Crow historian.Joe Medicine Crow dies in Billings Sunday morning Ronald Mulkearns, 85, Australian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ballarat (1971–1997), colon cancer.Former Ballarat bishop Ronald Mulkearns dies at 85 Don Narrell, 87, American football player (Edmonton Eskimos).Douglas Narrell Whai Ngata, 74, New Zealand Māori broadcaster, journalist and lexicographer.Broadcasting mourns the loss of Māori industry leader Noh Jin-kyu, 23, South Korean short track speed skater, world champion (2011, 2012), osteosarcoma.Former short track world champion Noh dies aged 23 Lola Novaković, 80, Serbian singer.Preminula legendarna pevačica Lola Novaković Ian Robinson, 69, Zimbabwean cricket umpire, lung cancer.Former Zimbabwe umpire Ian Robinson dies aged 69 Jules Schelvis, 95, Dutch historian and Holocaust survivor.Sobibor-overlevende Jules Schelvis (95) overleden Kōji Wada, 42, Japanese singer ("Butter-Fly", "All of My Mind"), nasopharynx cancer.Digimon Theme Song Singer Kouji Wada Passes Away John Waite, 74, English footballer (Grimsby Town).Tributes to ex-Mariner and fine all-round sportsman Clarence Clifton Young, 93, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives from Nevada's at-large congressional district (1953–1957), Nevada Senate (1966–1980) and Supreme Court (1985–2002).C. Clifton Young, former Nevada Supreme Court justice, dies at 93
4 Ranjan Baindoor, 66, Indian cricketer.Former Mumbai cricketer Ranjan Baindoor dies aged 66 Jarle Bondevik, 81, Norwegian philologist.Jarle Bondevik Archie Dees, 80, American basketball player (Cincinnati Royals, Detroit Pistons).IU basketball legend Archie Dees dies at age 80 Eric Dott, 89, American game designer. Aubrey Finlay, 78, Irish cricketer.Aubrey Finlay Georgi Hristakiev, 71, Bulgarian footballer, Olympic silver medalist (1968).Почина бившият играч на Локо София Георги Христакиев Shahidul Islam Khokon, 59, Bangladeshi filmmaker, motor neuron disease.Shahidul Islam Khokon Doug Kraner, 65, American production designer (Uncle Buck, Lean on Me, Miracle on 34th Street), cancer.Doug Kraner Dies; ‘Gotham’ Production Designer Was 65 Rita Lafontaine, 76, Canadian actress, complications following surgery.Quebec actress Rita Lafontaine dies in Montreal, at age 76 Chus Lampreave, 85, Spanish actress (Belle Époque, Volver).Muere Chus Lampreave Carlo Mastrangelo, 78, American bassist and doo-wop singer (The Belmonts).The Belmonts Tell Me Why Getatchew Mekurya, 81, Ethiopian jazz saxophonist.King of Ethiopian Sax Getatchew Mekurya Passed Away at Age 81 John Miller, 68, American politician, member of the Virginia Senate (since 2008).Newport News state Sen. John Miller dies Royston Nash, 82, English conductor (D'Oyly Carte Opera Company).English conductor Royston Nash dies at 82. George Radosevich, 88, American football player (Baltimore Colts).Obituary George Radosevich Played for Steelers, inducted into Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame Mike Sandlock, 100, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers).Baseball's Oldest Living Former Major Leaguer Dies Abe Segal, 85, South African tennis player, cancer.Segal dies Song Soo-kwon, 76, South Korean writer.남도 서정시인 송수권, 봄날 떠나다 Ted Toles Jr., 90, American baseball player.Former Negro Leagues player Toles dies at 90 Geoff Vanderfeen, 86, Australian rules footballer (Footscray).Vanderfeen, Geoffrey William Ken Waterhouse, 86, English footballer (Preston North End, Rotherham United).Kenneth Waterhouse 1930–2016
5 Monica Asman, 95, American nun and research scientist.Sr. Monica Asman OSF John Carlson, 82, American sportscaster.Former Patriots radio announcer John Carlson has died Richard G. Dupont, 72, American politician.Richard Dupont Michael Earls-Davis, 95, English cricketer.Michael Earls-Davis Zyta Gilowska, 66, Polish politician, Minister of Finance (2006, 2007), Deputy Prime Minister (2006, 2007).Former Polish deputy PM dies Roman Gribbs, 90, American politician, Mayor of Detroit (1970–1974). Leon Haywood, 74, American funk and soul singer.R&B Singer Leon Haywood Dead at 74 Ed Johnson, 71, American basketball player.Muere a los 71 años el exjugador de baloncesto Ed Johnson Koço Kasapoğlu, 80, Turkish footballer.İstanbulspor'un efsane futbolcusu Kostas Kasapoğlu hayatını kaybetti George Gelaga King, Sierra Leonean judge.Statement by Registrar Binta Mansaray on the Death of Justice George Gelaga King Zena Latto, 90, American jazz saxophonist.In Memory Of Zena Latto Kerrie Lester, 62, Australian painter, leukaemia.Artist Kerrie Lester dies at 63 following two-year battle with leukaemia Elsie Morison, 91, Australian soprano.Obituary: Elsie Morison E. M. Nathanson, 88, American author (The Dirty Dozen), heart failure.E.M. Nathanson Dead: 'The Dirty Dozen' Author Was 87 Cornel Patrichi, 72, Romanian ballet dancer, choreographer and actor, lung cancer.website=stirileprotv.ro Cornel Patrichi a murit la varsta de 72 de ani, macinat de cancer. Gigi Becali a oferit familiei un loc de veci in Pipera