Deaths in April 2010

The following is a list of notable deaths in April 2010.

April 2010

1

• Morag Beaton, 83, Scottish-born Australian operatic soprano.
• Vito De Grisantis, 68, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca (2000–2010).
• Anders Eklund, 52, Swedish boxer.
• John Forsythe, 92, American actor (Bachelor Father, Charlie's Angels, Dynasty), complications from pneumonia.
• Buddy Gorman, 88, American actor (Bowery Boys, Dead End Kids), natural causes.
• Yuri Maslyukov, 72, Russian politician, Vice Premier of Soviet Union (1988–1990) and Russia (1998–1999). (Russian)
• Lek Nana, 85, Thai businessman and politician, heart failure.
• Ed Roberts, 68, American computer pioneer, pneumonia.
• Tzannis Tzannetakis, 82, Greek politician, Prime Minister (1989).
• Beryl Whiteley, 93, Australian arts patron, mother of Brett Whiteley.

2

• Roman Bannwart, 90, Swiss theologian and musician. (German)
• Edward Bayda, 78, Canadian jurist, Chief Justice of Saskatchewan (1981–2006).
• Din Beramboi, 43, Malaysian comedian, actor and radio DJ, hemorrhagic dengue fever. Archived 6 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine.
• Mike Cuellar, 72, Cuban Major League Baseball player, stomach cancer.
• Dávid Daróczi, 37, Hungarian journalist, suicide.
• David Halliday, 94, American physicist.
• Arne Høyer, 81, Danish Olympic bronze medal-winning (1960) sprint canoer. (Danish)
• Chris Kanyon, 40, American professional wrestler, possible suicide by overdose of prescription painkillers.
• Per Lyngemark, 68, Danish Olympic gold medal-winning (1968) cyclist.
• Sonia McMahon (Lady McMahon), 77, Australian socialite, widow of former Prime Minister Sir William McMahon, cancer.
• Thomas J. Moyer, 70, American jurist, Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court (1987–2010).
• Carolyn Rodgers, 69, American poet, cancer.
• William Soeryadjaya, 87, Indonesian businessman, founder of Astra International.
• Frances Claudia Wright, 91, Sierra Leonian barrister.
• Mike Zwerin, 79, American jazz musician and jazz critic, after long illness.

3

• Crosaire, 92, Irish-born Zimbabwean compiler of the Irish Times crossword since 1943.
• Oleg Kopayev, 72, Russian footballer, Soviet Top League top scorer (1963, 1965). Archived 9 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine. (Russian)
• Roland MacLeod, 74, British actor (Coronation Street, The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin).
• Ian McKay, 87, Australian footballer.
• Craig Noel, 94, American theatre producer, director and administrator of the Old Globe Theatre, natural causes.
• Jim Pagliaroni, 72, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, Oakland Athletics), cancer.
• Ferdinand Simoneit, 84, German journalist, author and World War II veteran. (German)
• Eugène Terre'Blanche, 69, South African white separatist leader, beating.
• Jesús Vásquez, 89, Peruvian singer. (Spanish)
• Yasunori Watanabe, 35, Japanese rugby player, hit by train.

4

• Lajos Bálint, 80, Hungarian-born Romanian Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop of Alba Iulia (1990–1993). (Hungarian)
• Sir Alec Bedser, 91, English cricketer.
• Matt Cook, 22, Canadian ice sledge hockey player, bone cancer.
• Clifford M. Hardin, 94, American politician, Secretary of Agriculture (1969–1971), natural causes.
• Rudy Kousbroek, 80, Dutch essayist. (Dutch)
• Lori Martin, 62, American actor (Cape Fear).
• John B. McCoy, 97, American banker (Bank One Corporation).
• Kelly Moran, 49, American motorcycle speedway racer, complications from emphysema.
• Abubakar Rimi, 70, Nigerian politician. Archived 10 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine.
• Shio Satō, 59, Japanese manga artist, brain tumor.
• Henry Scarpelli, 79, American comic book artist (Archie), after long illness.
• Friedrich Wilhelm Schäfke, 87, German mathematician and academic. (German)
• Erich Zenger, 70, German Roman Catholic theologian and Bible scholar. (German)

5

• Vinnie Chas, 47, American bassist (Pretty Boy Floyd). (found on this date)
• Jim Edwards, 82/3, New Zealand politician.
• Jerry Elliott, 73, American jurist, Kansas Court of Appeals (since 1987), cancer.
• Günther C. Kirchberger, 81, German academic and painter. (German)
• William Neill, 88, British poet.
• Helen Ranney, 89, American hematologist.
• Molefi Sefularo, 52, South African politician, car crash.
• Vitaly Sevastyanov, 74, Russian Soviet cosmonaut. (Russian)
• Gisela Trowe, 86, German actress. (German)

6

• James Aubrey, 62, British actor (Lord of the Flies, Bouquet of Barbed Wire), pancreatitis.
• Eddie Carroll, 76, Canadian voice actor of Jiminy Cricket.
• Anatoly Dobrynin, 90, Russian diplomat and politician, Soviet Ambassador to the United States (1962–1986).
• Jack Flannery, 57, American off-road racer, cancer.
• Ricardo Lavié, 87, Argentine actor, after long illness. (Spanish)
• Guillermo Luca de Tena, 82, Spanish journalist. (Spanish)
• Tony MacGibbon, 85, New Zealand cricketer.
• Wilma Mankiller, 64, American activist, first female Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation (1985–1995), pancreatic cancer.
• Neva Morris, 114, American supercentenarian, oldest person in the nation.
• Katsumi Nishikawa, 91, Japanese film director, pneumonia.
• Grete Olsen, 98, Danish Olympic fencer. (Danish)
• David Quayle, 73, British businessman (B&Q).
• Corin Redgrave, 70, British actor and political activist, after short illness.
• Hans Schröder, 79, German sculptor and painter. (German)
• Herbert Spiro, 85, German-born American political scientist, United States Ambassador to Cameroon (1975–1977)
• Sid Storey, 90, English footballer.
• Dimitris Tsiogkas, 54, Greek politician, member of Parliament (2001–2008), cancer. (Greek)
• Luigi Waites, 82, American jazz drummer and vibraphonist.

7

• Christopher Cazenove, 64, British actor (Dynasty), sepsis.
• Dixieland Band, 30, American Thoroughbred racehorse, euthanized.
• Graciela, 94, Cuban singer, renal and pulmonary failure.
• Eddie Johnson, 89, American jazz musician, pneumonia.
• Takuya Kimura, 37, Japanese baseball player and coach, subarachnoid hemorrhage.
• Oscar Kramer, 72, Argentine film producer, after long illness.
• Chris Limahelu, 59, American football place kicker (USC), prostate cancer.
• J. Bruce Llewellyn, 82, American businessman and activist, a founder of 100 Black Men of America, renal failure.
• George Nissen, 96, American gymnast, co-inventor of the trampoline, pneumonia. .
• Betty Paraskevas, 81, American writer and lyricist, pancreatic cancer.
• Tom Ray, 90, American animation cartoonist (Warner Bros. Cartoons).
• Valentin Turchin, 79, Russian-born American computer scientist and human rights activist.
• Aubrey W. Young, 87, American public official.

8

• Jack Agnew, 88, American soldier, member of the Filthy Thirteen, inspiration for The Dirty Dozen.
• Mark Colville, 4th Viscount Colville of Culross, 76, British judge and hereditary peer.
• Willie Farrell, 81, Irish politician.
• Antony Flew, 87, British philosopher, after long illness.
• Guy Kewney, 63, British technology journalist (Personal Computer World), colorectal cancer.
• Aladár Kovácsi, 77, Hungarian modern pentathlete, Olympic gold medalist (Helsinki 1952). (Hungarian)
• Andreas Kunze, 57, German actor, heart failure. Archived 19 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine. (German)
• Malcolm McLaren, 64, British musician and band manager (Sex Pistols, New York Dolls, Bow Wow Wow), mesothelioma.
• Abel Muzorewa, 84, Zimbabwean Methodist bishop and politician, Prime Minister of Zimbabwe Rhodesia (1979).
• Richard Olasz, 79, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1981–1998).
• Personal Ensign, 26, American Thoroughbred racehorse, Hall of Famer, natural causes.
• Al Prince, 67, American-born French Polynesian journalist and tourism expert, after long illness.
• Jean-Paul Proust, 70, Monégasque politician, Minister of State (2005–2010).
• John Schoenherr, 74, American illustrator, Caldecott Medal winner, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
• Teddy Scholten, 83, Dutch singer.
• Ramchandra Siras, 62, Indian linguist and author.

9

• Bob Franks, 58, American politician, member of the House of Representatives from New Jersey (1993–2001), cancer.
• Alastair Dowell, 89, Scottish cricketer.
• John Griffiths, 57, Welsh museum curator.
• Hisashi Inoue, 75, Japanese pacifist playwright, lung cancer.
• Meir Just, 101, Dutch rabbi, Chief Rabbi of the Netherlands.
• Robert Lau Hoi Chew, 68, Malaysian politician, Deputy Minister for Transport, liver cancer.
• Gisela Karau, 78, German author, editor and columnist, after long illness. (German)
• Dario Mangiarotti, 94, Italian fencer, Olympic gold (1952) and silver (1948, 1952) medalist. (Italian)
• Kenneth McKellar, 82, Scottish singer, pancreatic cancer.
• Jacob O. Meyer, 75, American religious sect leader (Assemblies of Yahweh).
• Meinhardt Raabe, 94, American actor (The Wizard of Oz), heart attack.
• Peter Ramsbotham, 3rd Viscount Soulbury, 90, British diplomat and politician, Governor of Bermuda (1977–1980).
• Lou Ritter, 84, American politician, Mayor of Jacksonville, Florida (1965–1967), cancer.
• Guyford Stever, 93, American educator and science adviser, President of Carnegie Mellon University (1965–1972).
• Kerstin Thorvall, 84, Swedish author, illustrator and journalist, after long illness.
• Pierre Trottier, 85, Canadian novelist.
• Zoltán Varga, 65, Hungarian footballer.

10

• Dixie Carter, 70, American actress (Designing Women, Diff'rent Strokes), endometrial cancer.
• Sudhir Dhagamwar, 59, Indian cricketer.
• Eric James Eames, 92, British Lord Mayor of Birmingham (1974–1975).
• Arnold Kanter, 65, American diplomat, acute myelogenous leukemia.
• Charles Meade, 93, American pastor, founder of Meade Ministries.
• Arthur Mercante, Sr., 90, American boxing referee.
• Hiro Muramoto, 43, Japanese news cameraman (Reuters), shot.
• Martin Ostwald, 88, German-born American classics scholar.
• Manfred Reichert, 69, German footballer, after long illness. (German)
• Sir Gordon Shattock, 81, British politician, survivor of the Brighton hotel bombing.
• William Walker, 78, American opera singer.
• Notable Polish people killed in the Polish Air Force Tu-154 plane crash:
  • Joanna Agacka-Indecka, 45, attorney, President of the Bar Council (since 2007).
  • Andrzej Błasik, 47, general, Chief of the Air Force (since 2007).
  • Krystyna Bochenek, 56, senator, vice president of Senate.
  • Tadeusz Buk, 49, general, head of Land Forces.
  • Miron Chodakowski, 52, Orthodox prelate, archbishop of military ordinariate of Poland (since 1998).
  • Czesław Cywiński, 84, President of the Association of Armia Krajowa Soldiers.
  • Leszek Deptuła, 57, member of the Sejm.
  • Grzegorz Dolniak, 50, member of the Sejm.
  • Janina Fetlińska, 57, senator.
  • Franciszek Gągor, 58, general, Chief of the General Staff (since 2006).
  • Grażyna Gęsicka, 58, politician, Minister of Regional Development (2006–2007).
  • Kazimierz Gilarski, 54, Commander of the Warsaw Garrison.
  • Przemysław Gosiewski, 45, member of the Sejm, Deputy Prime Minister (2007).
  • Mariusz Handzlik, 44, diplomat, Undersecretary of State in the Office of the President.
  • Izabela Jaruga-Nowacka, 59, member of the Sejm, Deputy Prime Minister (2004–2005).
  • Ryszard Kaczorowski, 90, politician, President in exile (1989–1990).
  • Maria Kaczyńska, 67, First Lady of Poland (since 2005), wife of Lech Kaczyński.
  • Lech Kaczyński, 60, President of Poland (since 2005).
  • Sebastian Karpiniuk, 37, member of the Sejm.
  • Andrzej Karweta, 51, Vice Admiral, commander-in-chief of the Navy.
  • Mariusz Kazana, 49, diplomat, Director of Diplomatic Protocol in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
  • Janusz Kochanowski, 69, lawyer and diplomat, Commissioner for Civil Rights Protection (Ombudsman) (since 2006).
  • Stanisław Komornicki, 85, general, Chancellor of the Order Virtuti Militari.
  • Stanisław Komorowski, 56, Deputy Defense Minister (since 2007), Ambassador to Holland (1994–1998) and UK (1999–2004).
  • Andrzej Kremer, 48, lawyer and diplomat, Deputy Foreign Minister (since 2008).
  • Janusz Kurtyka, 49, historian, president of the Institute of National Remembrance.
  • Bronisław Kwiatkowski, 59, general, Commander of the Armed Forces Operational Command.
  • Tomasz Merta, 44, Deputy Minister of Culture and National Heritage.
  • Aleksandra Natalli-Świat, 51, member of the Sejm.
  • Piotr Nurowski, 64, sports administrator, head of the Polish Olympic Committee (since 2005).
  • Maciej Płażyński, 52, member of the Sejm.
  • Tadeusz Płoski, 54, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of military ordinariate of Poland (since 2004).
  • Włodzimierz Potasiński, 53, Commander of the Special Forces.
  • Andrzej Przewoźnik, 46, Secretary-General of the Council for the Protection of Struggle and Martyrdom Sites.
  • Krzysztof Putra, 52, politician, Vice-Marshal of the Sejm (since 2007).
  • Ryszard Rumianek, 62, rector of the Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw.
  • Arkadiusz Rybicki, 57, member of the Sejm.
  • Wojciech Seweryn, 70, Polish-born American sculptor.
  • Sławomir Skrzypek, 46, banker, President of National Bank of Poland.
  • Władysław Stasiak, 44, Chief of the Office of the President.
  • Aleksander Szczygło, 46, politician, Minister of Defence (2007), chief of the National Security Bureau (since 2009).
  • Jerzy Szmajdziński, 58, politician, Minister of Defence (2001–2005), Vice-Marshal of the Sejm (since 2007).
  • Jolanta Szymanek-Deresz, 55, member of the Sejm.
  • Anna Walentynowicz, 80, trade unionist whose 1980 firing led to the creation of the Solidarity movement.
  • Zbigniew Wassermann, 60, member of the Sejm.
  • Wiesław Woda, 63, member of the Sejm.
  • Edward Wojtas, 55, member of the Sejm.
  • Paweł Wypych, 42, politician, Secretary of State (since 2009).
  • Stanisław Zając, 60, senator.
  • Janusz Zakrzeński, 74, actor.

11

• John Batchelor, 51, British racing driver and politician, liver disease.
• Jean Boiteux, 76, French swimmer, Olympic gold and bronze medalist (1952), fall from a tree.
• James Brody, 68, American composer, traffic collision.
• Rosa Roberto Carter, 80, Guamanian educator, president of the University of Guam (1977–1983).
• Vicki Draves, 85, American Olympic diver, pancreatic cancer.
• Gerhard Geise, 80, German mathematician, after long illness. (German)
• Hans-Joachim Göring, 86, German footballer and coach. (German)
• Gert Haller, 65, German business manager, lobbyist and politician, after long illness. (German)
• Theodor Homann, 61, German footballer, heart failure. (German)
• Egon Hugenschmidt, 84, German jurist and politician. (German)
• Franz Kamin, 68, American composer, traffic collision.
• Alby Linton, 83, Australian footballer.
• John B. McCue, 88, American politician, Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
• Ruben Mendoza, 78, American soccer player, cerebral hemorrhage.
• Duane D. Pearsall, 88, inventor of the battery-powered smoke detector.
• Julia Tsenova, 61, Bulgarian composer and musician, cancer. (Bulgarian)
• Paz Yrarrázaval, 78, Chilean actress, rheumatoid arthritis. (Spanish)

12

• Alper Balaban, 22, German-born Turkish footballer, car accident. (Turkish)
• María Aurelia Bisutti, 79, Argentine actress, dementia. (Spanish)
• Andrea Cassone, 81, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop of Rossano-Cariati (1992–2006).
• Michel Chartrand, 93, Canadian activist, kidney cancer.
• Miguel Cinches, 78, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Surigao (1973–2001).
• Ambrosius Eßer, 76, German Dominican clergy and church historian, pulmonary disease. (German)
• Wolfgang Graßl, 40, German skier and coach, heart failure. (German)
• Peter Haskell, 75, American actor (Child's Play 2).
• Edward Huni'ehu, 54, Solomon Islander politician and minister, after long illness.
• Běla Kolářová, 87, Czech photographer. (Czech)
• James F. Masterson, 84, American psychiatrist, complications of pneumonia.
• Palito, 75, Filipino comedian, respiratory disease.
• Robert Pound, 90, Canadian-born American physicist.
• Stuart Robbins, 33, British basketball player. (body discovered on this date)
• Werner Schroeter, 65, German film director, after long illness.
• Arnold Spohr, 86, Canadian artistic director (Royal Winnipeg Ballet), chronic kidney disease.
• David B. Stone, 82, American businessman, principal founder of the New England Aquarium, complications from a stroke.
• Dale N. Van Vyven, 74, American politician, member of the Ohio House of Representatives (1978–2000). Archived 5 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine.
• Udaya Wickramasinghe, 70, Sri Lankan cricket umpire.

13

• André Bedoglouyan, 90, Lebanese Eastern Catholic prelate, bishop of Comana Armeniae (1971–1994).
• Alexander Bernstein, Baron Bernstein of Craigweil, 74, British television executive and life peer.
• Jorge Bontemps, 32, Argentine footballer, lung cancer. (Spanish)
• Luis Antonio Chavez, 22, Honduran journalist and children's radio host, shot.
• Billy Gore, 90, Welsh rugby player.
• Santhosh Jogi, 35, Indian actor, suicide by hanging.
• Bernie Kilgariff, 86, Australian politician, Senator (1975–1987).
• David C. Knapp, 82, American educator.
• Nahid al-Rayyis, 73, Palestinian politician and poet.
• Steve Reid, 66, American jazz drummer, throat cancer.
• Gerald Stapleton, 89, British airman, RAF fighter ace during World War II.
• Charlie Timmins, 87, English footballer (Coventry City), cancer.

14

• Israr Ahmed, 77, Indian-born Pakistani Islamic scholar, cardiac arrest.
• René Brunelle, 90, Canadian politician.
• Erika Burkart, 88, Swiss author. (German)
• Aubrey Cummings, 62, Guyanese musician, heart problems.
• Tom Ellis, 86, British politician, MP for Wrexham (1970–1983), founding member of the SDP.
• Gene Kiniski, 81, Canadian professional wrestler, cancer.
• Lars-Jacob Krogh, 71, Norwegian anchorman and television presenter, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. (Norwegian)
• Alice Miller, 87, Polish-born Swiss author and psychologist.
• Russell Olson, 86, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin (1979–1983). Archived 23 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine.
• Baruch Poupko, 92, Russian-born American rabbi.
• Stefan Schmitt, 46, German jurist and politician, leukemia. Archived 17 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine. (German)
• Mississippi Slim, 66, American blues singer, heart attack.
• Greville Starkey, 70, British jockey, cancer.
• Peter Steele, 48, American rock singer and bassist (Type O Negative), heart failure.
• Gerhard Zemann, 70, Austrian actor, heart attack. (German)

15

• Joseph Azzolina, 84, American politician, member of the New Jersey General Assembly (1992–2006), pancreatic cancer.
• Ian Brewer, 73, Australian footballer.
• Robert Brubaker, 93, American character actor (Gunsmoke).
• Bill DuBay, 62, American comic book editor, writer, and artist. Archived 11 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine.
• Jack Herer, 70, American cannabis activist, complications from heart attack.
• Benjamin Hooks, 85, American civil rights leader, executive director of the NAACP (1977–1992), after long illness.
• Wilhelm Huxhorn, 54, German footballer, leukemia. (German)
• Paul Reeves, 91, American Episcopal prelate, Bishop of Georgia (1969–1985)
• Michael Pataki, 72, American character actor and voice actor (George Liquor), cancer.
• Peter-Josef Schallberger, 78, Swiss farmer and politician. (German)
• Raimondo Vianello, 87, Italian comedian and television personality.
• Spann Watson, 93, American airman (Tuskegee Airmen) and civil rights advocate.
• Sir Edward Woodward, 81, Australian jurist.

16

• Sid Conrad, 86, American actor (The Young and the Restless).
• Balthasar Burkhard, 65, Swiss photographer.
• Rasim Delić, 61, Bosnian army officer and Chief of Staff, probable heart attack.
• Shirlee Emmons, 86, American soprano, voice teacher, and writer.
• Ibrahima Fofana, 57, Guinean trade unionist, car accident. (French)
• Carlos Franqui, 89, Cuban writer and activist.
• Daryl Gates, 83, American police official, chief of police of the Los Angeles Police Department (1978–1992), bladder cancer.
• Bryn Knowelden, 90, British rugby league player.
• Marion Ladewig, 95, American professional bowler.
• Norman Francis McFarland, 88, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Reno (1976–1986) and Orange (1986–1998).
• R. D. Middlebrook, 80, British electrical engineer.
• Grigorijs Ņemcovs, 61, Latvian politician, Vice Mayor of Daugavpils, shot.
• Muhammad Noer, 92, Indonesian politician, governor of East Java (1967–1976), complications during a medical procedure.
• C. K. Prahalad, 68, Indian business consultant and management theorist, natural causes.
• C. P. Rele, 82, Indian classical singer. (Italian)
• Arturo Rodríguez Fernández, 62, Dominican author, film critic and playwright, heart failure. (Spanish)
• Tomáš Špidlík, 90, Czech Roman Catholic prelate and Cardinal.
• John W. Vogt, Jr., 90, American Air Force general.

17

• Dede Allen, 86, American film editor (Bonnie and Clyde, Dog Day Afternoon, The Breakfast Club), stroke.
• Abdul Rahman Ahmed Jibril Baroud, c. 63, Palestinian poet, heart attack. (Arabic)
• Edmund Fitzgibbon, 85, Irish-born Nigerian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Warri (1991–1997).
• Josef W. Janker, 87, German author, journalist and World War II veteran. (German)
• Sotigui Kouyaté, 74, Malian-born Burkinabé actor.
• Carl Macek, 58, American anime writer and producer (Robotech), heart attack.
• Thomas Mikolajcik, 63, American air force general (1992–1996), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Alexandru Neagu, 61, Romanian footballer (FC Rapid Bucureşti). (Romanian)
• Alejandro Robaina, 91, Cuban tobacco grower, cancer.
• John Carl Warnecke, 91, American architect (John F. Kennedy Eternal Flame), complications of pancreatic cancer.
• Axel Weishaupt, 64, German diplomat, ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2007–2010), heart failure. (German)

18

• Michael Adams, 60, American actor and stunt coordinator, stroke.
• Abu Abdullah al-Rashid al-Baghdadi, Iraqi terrorist (al-Qaeda), airstrike.
• Abu Ayyub al-Masri, Egyptian terrorist (al-Qaeda), airstrike.
• William Grant Bangerter, 91, American Mormon leader, President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
• Paul Bisciglia, 81, French actor. (French)
• Mieczysław Cieślar, 60, Polish Lutheran bishop, car accident.
• Devon Clifford, 30, Canadian drummer (You Say Party! We Say Die!), cerebral hemorrhage.
• Ambrose D'Mello, 87, Indian Jesuit priest, first Jesuit Provincial of India, cancer.
• Tom Fleming, 82, Scottish actor.
• Noel Hall, 96, Australian Olympic sport shooter.
• Allen Swift, 86, American voice actor (Underdog, Howdy Doody, Tom and Jerry ), natural causes.
• Viewed, 6, Australian Thoroughbred racehorse, euthanised following a twisted bowel.
• William Yates, 88, British-born Australian politician.

19

• José Bernal, 85, Cuban artist, complications from Parkinson's disease.
• William Donald Borders, 96, American Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop of Baltimore (1974–1989).
• Guru, 48, American rapper (Gang Starr), multiple myeloma.
• Hamideh Kheirabadi, 85, Iranian actress, stroke.
• Dylan Meier, 26, American college football player, climbing accident.
• György Schwajda, 67, Hungarian dramatist and theatre director, after long illness. (German)
• George H. Scithers, 80, American science fiction editor, Hugo Award winner, heart attack.
• Edwin Valero, 28, Venezuelan boxer, suicide by hanging.
• Carl Williams, 39, Australian criminal, prison assault.
• Burkhard Ziese, 66, German football manager. (German)
• Dick Zimmer, 77, American politician, City Commissioner (Dayton, Ohio), cancer.

20

• Floyd Dominy, 100, American public servant, commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation (1959–1969).
• Sanford Friedman, 81, American novelist.
• Heinz Gappmayr, 84, Austrian artist. (German)
• Dorothy Height, 98, American civil rights activist.
• M. K. Kamalam, 86, Indian actress.
• Keli McGregor, 47, American baseball executive (Colorado Rockies), viral myocarditis.
• Walter F. Murphy, 80, American political scientist and author, cancer.
• Robert Natkin, 79, American abstract painter, bacterial blood infection.
• Georgino Orellana, 48, Honduran journalist, shot. Archived 5 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine.
• Ahmad Sa'd, 64, Israeli politician, Member of Knesset (1996–1999).
• George Torode, 63, Guernseyan author.
• Andrea West, 57, Australian politician, member of the House of Representatives (1996–1998), breast cancer.
• Myles Wilder, 77, American television comedy writer, diverticulitis.
• Lorette Wood, 94, American politician, first female mayor of Santa Cruz, California (1971–1972).
• Purvis Young, 67, American painter, cardiac arrest and pulmonary edema.

21

• Sammy Baird, 79, Scottish football player and manager. Archived 25 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine.
• Whitney Robson Harris, 97, American lawyer, last surviving American prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials, complications from cancer.
• Tony Ingham, 85, English footballer, after short illness.
• Manfred Kallenbach, 68, German footballer, heart failure. (German)
• Gustav Lorentzen, 62, Norwegian singer and entertainer (Knutsen & Ludvigsen). (Norwegian)
• Mr. Hito, 67, Japanese wrestler.
• Sir Laurence Muir, 85, Australian philanthropist and businessman.
• Deborah Remington, 79, American artist, cancer.
• Juan Antonio Samaranch, 89, Spanish Olympic official, president of the International Olympic Committee (1980–2001), heart failure.

22

• Emilio Álvarez, 71, Uruguayan footballer. (Spanish)
• Richard Barrett, 67, American lawyer and white nationalist, stabbed.
• Pete Castiglione, 89, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates).
• Peter B. Denyer, 56, British engineer, cancer.
• Dick Kenworthy, 69, American baseball player.
• Gene Lees, 82, Canadian jazz historian and critic, heart disease.
• Lina Marulanda, 29, Colombian model, suicide by jumping.
• Victor Nurenberg, 79, Luxembourgian footballer. (German)
• Ambrose Olsen, 24, American fashion model, suicide.
• Fred Panopio, 71, Filipino folk singer, cardiac arrest.
• Alicia Parlette, 28, American journalist and copy editor, alveolar soft part sarcoma.
• Piet Steenbergen, 81, Dutch footballer (Feyenoord and The Netherlands). (Dutch)
• Jean Vergnes, 88, French-born American chef.
• Ann Vervoort, 33, Belgian singer (Milk Inc.).
• Arthur Winograd, 90, American cellist and music director, complications of pneumonia.

23

• Lorne Atkinson, 88, Canadian Olympic cyclist.
• Jan Balabán, 49, Czech writer, recipient of the Magnesia Litera award. (Czech)
• Shay Duffin, 79, Irish-born American actor (The Departed, Leprechaun, Seabiscuit), complications from heart surgery.
• Natalia Lavrova, 25, Russian rhythmic gymnast, Olympic gold medalist (2000, 2004), car accident.
• Georgia Lee, 89, Australian jazz and blues singer.
• Edward Lyons, 83, British politician, MP for Bradford East (1966–1974) and Bradford West (1974–1983).
• Peter Porter, 81, Australian-born British poet, liver cancer.
• Alan Rich, 85, American classical music critic, natural causes.
• Alexander Sliussarev, 65, Russian photographer and translator. (Russian)
• Sreenath, 52, Indian actor, apparent suicide.
• George Townshend, 7th Marquess Townshend, 93, British peer and businessman.

24

• Harry Conroy, 67, British journalist and trade unionist.
• Denis Guedj, 70, French novelist and academic. (French)
• Pierre Hadot, 88, French philosopher. (French)
• Bo Hansson, 67, Swedish keyboardist. (Swedish)
• Leo Löwenstein, 43, German VLN racing driver, race accident. (German)
• Angus Maddison, 84, British economist.
• Giuseppe Panza, 87, Italian art collector.
• Elizabeth Post, 89, American etiquette expert.
• Paul Schäfer, 88, German religious sect founder and former Nazi, heart failure.
• Wojciech Siemion, 81, Polish actor and film director (The Promised Land, Heroism), car accident. (Polish)
• W. Willard Wirtz, 98, American politician, Secretary of Labor (1962–1969), last surviving member of the Kennedy Cabinet.

25

• Joseph Bessala, 69, Cameroonian welterweight boxer, Olympic silver medalist (1968), after short illness.
• Ian Lawther, 70, Northern Irish footballer (Sunderland, Blackburn Rovers).
• Franklin Mieuli, 89, American businessman, owner of the Golden State Warriors (1962–1985), natural causes.
• Dorothy Provine, 75, American actress, (It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World), emphysema.
• Susan Reed, 84, American folk singer and actress, natural causes.
• Kevin Restani, 58, American basketball player (Milwaukee Bucks), heart attack.
• Volf Roitman, 79, Uruguayan-born American sculptor, painter, novelist, cineaste and poet.
• Alan Sillitoe, 82, British writer (Saturday Night and Sunday Morning).
• Jeremaia Waqanisau, 62, Fijian soldier and diplomat, heart attack.

26

• Mariam A. Aleem, 79, Egyptian artist.
• Aminulrasyid Amzah, 15, Malaysian student and victim, shot.
• Bus Boyk, 92, American fiddler.
• Leslie Buck, 87, American Anthora coffee cup designer, Parkinson's disease.
• Ljiljana Buttler, 65, Yugoslavian singer, cancer.
• Daniel of Erie, 79, American Orthodox prelate (ROCOR), Titular Bishop of Erie, natural causes.
• Denzil Freeth, 85, British politician, MP for Basingstoke (1955–1964).
• Luigi Gui, 95, Italian politician, Minister of the Interior (1974–1976). Archived 29 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine. (Italian)
• Fred Halliday, 64, Irish academic, scholar of international relations, cancer.
• Varkala Radhakrishnan, 82, Indian politician, complications from a road accident.
• Prabha Rau, 75, Indian politician, Governor of Rajasthan (since 2009), heart attack.
• Joseph W. Sarno, 89, American film director and screenwriter, after short illness.
• Alberto Vitoria, 54, Spanish footballer, heart attack. (Spanish)
• Yuri Vshivtsev, 70, Russian footballer. Archived 29 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine. (Russian)
• Aksel C. Wiin-Nielsen, 86, Danish academic, professor of meteorology.

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• Robert J. Alexander, 91, American academic.
• David Martin Baker, 86, American politician and judge, member of the West Virginia House of Delegates (1953–1954, 1957–1958).
• Alberta Cariño, Mexican humanitarian, shot.
• Peter Cheeseman, 78, British theatre director, Parkinson's disease.
• Stanley Greenspan, 68, American academic, clinical professor of psychiatry.
• George Gross, 69, American football player (San Diego Chargers).
• Jyri Jaakkola, 33, Finnish humanitarian, shot.
• Tanie Kitabayashi, 98, Japanese actress, pneumonia.
• Morris Pert, 62, British musician.
• Nossrat Peseschkian, 76, Iranian-born German psychotherapist. (German)
• Armando Sanchez, 57, Filipino politician, governor of Batangas (2004–2007), stroke.

28

• Evelyn Cunningham, 94, American journalist, natural causes.
• Julio San Emeterio, 80, Spanish cyclist.
• Stefania Grodzieńska, 95, Polish writer and actress. (Polish)
• Elma Maua, 61, Cook Islands-born New Zealand journalist and editor, after long illness.
• Pierre-Jean Rémy, 73, French writer and diplomat. (French)
• Furio Scarpelli, 90, Italian screenwriter (Big Deal on Madonna Street, Casanova 70, Il Postino).
• Ian Valz, 52, Guyanese actor and playwright, cancer.

29

• Avigdor Arikha, 81, Romanian-born Israeli painter, complications of cancer.
• Damodar Chaudhary, 63, Nepalese politician, member of the Constituent Assembly since 2007.
• Sandy Douglas, 88, British computer scientist, pneumonia.
• Kevin Humphreys, 80, Australian rugby league administrator, after long illness.
• Walter Sear, 79, American recording engineer.
• Audrey Williamson, 83, British athlete, Olympic silver medalist (1948).

30

• Tadahiro Ando, 69, Japanese politician, governor of Miyazaki Prefecture (2003–2006), lymphoma.
• Jordi Estadella, 61, Spanish voice actor, radio and television personality (Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez), after long illness. (Spanish)
• Ron Fimrite, 79, American sports journalist (Sports Illustrated), pancreatic cancer.
• José Fragelli, 95, Brazilian politician, governor of Mato Grosso (1970–1974) and Senate president (1985–1987). (Portuguese)
• Carmelita González, 81, Mexican actress, pneumonia. (Spanish)
• Antony Grey, 82, British gay rights activist, leukaemia.
• Khalid Khawaja, Pakistani military and intelligence officer, shot. (body found on this date)
• Paul Mayer, 98, German Roman Catholic prelate and cardinal.
• Owsley, 44, American musician, apparent suicide.
• Jorma Peltonen, 66, Finnish ice hockey player.
• Gwyn Rowlands, 81, English-born rugby football player for Wales.
• Gerry Ryan, 53, Irish disc jockey and radio/television presenter.
• Steve Strayhorn, 56, American drummer (A Full Moon Consort), cancer.
• Wendell J. Westcott, 99, American carilloneur.