Deaths In April 2009

Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:

• Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.

1

• Arne Andersson, 91, Swedish middle distance runner and former world record holder (1500m).
• Umberto Betti, 87, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Cardinal of Santi Vito, Modesto e Crescenzio since 2007.
• John Blankenchip, 89, American educator, theater director and designer, after short illness.
• Paul Dean, Baron Dean of Harptree, 84, British politician, Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons (1982–1992).
• Margreta Elkins, 78, Australian mezzo-soprano, cancer.
• Duane Jarvis, 51, American guitarist and singer-songwriter, colon cancer.
• Marsel Markulin, 72, Croatian Olympic gymnast.
• Marcos Moshinsky, 88, Ukrainian-born Mexican physicist.
• Daniel Joseph O'Hern, 78, American jurist, member of the New Jersey Supreme Court (1981–2000), melanoma.
• Elaine Cancilla Orbach, 69, American actress, wife of Jerry Orbach, pneumonia.
• Lou Perryman, 67, American actor (Poltergeist, The Blues Brothers, Boys Don't Cry), stabbed.
• Miguel Ángel Suárez, 69, Puerto Rican actor, esophageal cancer.
• Ian Tomlinson, 47, British pedestrian allegedly assaulted by police at 2009 G-20 London summit protests, abdominal haemorrhage.

2

• Ghulam Mohammed Baloch, 50, Pakistani politician.
• Exotic Dancer, 9, French-bred British racehorse, heart attack after race.
• Ev Faunce, 82, American football player and coach.
• Guttorm Hansen, 88, Norwegian politician, President of Parliament (1973–1981).
• Taj Muhammad Jamali, 70, Pakistani politician, Chief Minister of Balochistan (1990–1993).
• Albert Sanschagrin, 97, Canadian Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe (1967–1979).
• Bud Shank, 82, American alto saxophonist, pulmonary failure.
• Frank Springer, 79, American comic book artist, prostate cancer.
• Andrew Steiner, 100, Czechoslovak-American architect and Jewish resistance member during the Holocaust.

3

• Ken Anderson, 33, American football player (Chicago Bears), heart attack.
• James G. Boswell II, 86, American businessman, natural causes.
• Thomas Braden, 92, American journalist and author (Eight Is Enough), cardiac arrest.
• Eva Evdokimova, 60, Swiss-born American ballerina, complications of cancer.
• Charlie Kennedy, 81, American alto saxophonist, pulmonary disease.
• John King, 55, American ukulele player, heart attack.
• Victor Millan, 89, American actor and theatre professor.
• Alexei Parshchikov, 54, Russian poet.
• Crodowaldo Pavan, 89, Brazilian biologist and geneticist, multiple organ dysfunction syndrome and cancer.
• Tom Smith, 88, British make-up artist.
• Jerome R. Waldie, 84, American politician, Representative from California (1966–1975).

4

• Trevor Bull, 64, British Olympic cyclist.
• Jobie Dajka, 27, Australian track cyclist, 2002 Keirin world champion.
• Adriano Directo Emperado, 82, American martial artist (kajukenbo).
• Maxine Cooper Gomberg, 84, American actress (Kiss Me Deadly), natural causes
• Netherwood Hughes, 108, British fourth-to-last veteran of World War I.
• Jody McCrea, 74, American actor, son of Joel McCrea and Frances Dee, cardiac arrest.
• Gonzalo Olave, 25, Chilean actor, motorcycle accident.
• I. Herbert Scheinberg, 89, American doctor, pneumonia.
• Nelly Sindayen, 59, Filipino journalist, Manila correspondent for Time magazine, complications from diabetic stroke.
• Cecil Skotnes, 82, South African artist, pneumonia.
• Armand Tanny, 90, American bodybuilder, natural causes.
• Marvin Webster, 56, American basketball player (Seattle SuperSonics), natural causes.

5

• Wouter Barendrecht, 43, Dutch film producer, heart failure.
• Guy Brown, 72, Canadian politician, mayor of Springhill, Nova Scotia (2004–2008), after long illness.
• Thomas R. Byrne, 86, American politician, Mayor of Saint Paul, Minnesota (1966–1970), cancer.
• Tony D, 42, American hip hop DJ and musician, car accident.
• Sir Michael Giddings, 88, British air marshal.
• I. J. Good, 92, British mathematician, statistician and cryptographer, natural causes.
• Sir Neil MacCormick, 67, British jurist and Scottish nationalist politician, cancer.
• Alfredo Marcano, 62, Venezuelan former WBA world super featherweight (junior lightweight) champion boxer.
• Rocco Morabito, 88, American Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer.
• Nancy Overton, 83, American pop singer (The Chordettes), esophageal cancer.
• Constantine Papadakis, 63, Greek-born American president of Drexel University, complications from lung cancer.
• William Tobin, 83, American journalist, esophageal cancer.
• George Tribe, 88, Australian cricketer.
• Ole Gabriel Ueland, 78, Norwegian politician.
• David Wheatley, 59, British film and television director, after long illness.

6

• A-Sun, 34, Taiwanese singer, breast cancer.
• Steve Cannon, 81, American radio personality (WCCO), cancer.
• J. M. S. Careless, 90, Canadian historian.
• Luigi Casola, 87, Italian cyclist.
• Dwight Crandell, 86, American volcanologist, heart attack.
• Dorothy Cullman, 91, American philanthropist, complications of brain injury.
• Russell E. Dunham, 89, American war veteran, Medal of Honor recipient, heart failure.
• Jacques Hustin, 69, Belgian singer-songwriter.
• Shawn Mackay, 26, Australian rugby union player (Brumbies), cardiac arrest following car accident.
• Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri, 71, South African Minister of Communications (since 1999) and acting President (2008), natural causes.
• Andrzej Stelmachowski, 84, Polish academic and politician.
• Mari Trini, 61, Spanish pop singer and actress.
• Svetlana Ulmasova, 56, Uzbekistani athlete.
• Damouré Zika, 85, Nigerien film actor and traditional healer, after long illness.

7

• Dave Arneson, 61, American game designer, co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons, cancer.
• Samuel Beer, 97, American academic, expert on British government.
• Raja Chelliah, 86, Indian economist, founder of Madras School of Economics, after short illness.
• Stanley Jaki, 84, Hungarian-born American theologian, heart attack.
• Philip Moore, Baron Moore of Wolvercote, 88, British private secretary to Queen Elizabeth II (1977–1986).
• Paddy O'Hanlon, 65, Irish politician and barrister, after short illness.
• Leo Prieto, 88, Filipino sports executive, PBA Commissioner (1975–1982), stroke.
• Gordon Slynn, Baron Slynn of Hadley, 79, British jurist, cancer.
• Michael Stern, 98, American journalist and philanthropist, co-founder of Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum, pancreatic cancer.
• Hyacinth Tungutalum, 62, Australian politician, heart attack.
• Jack Wrangler, 62, American pornographic film actor, writer, and producer, emphysema.

8

• Lennie Bennett, 70, British comedian and game show host (Lucky Ladders), after short illness.
• Jane Bryan, 90, American actress, after long illness.
• Willard Fuller, 93, American faith healer.
• Henri Meschonnic, 76, French poet, linguist, translator and theoretician.
• Dan Miller, 67, American television journalist (WSMV, KCBS), heart attack.
• Piotr Morawski, 32, Polish mountain climber, mountaineering accident.
• Marat Nyýazow, 75, Turkmen-born Soviet sport shooter, Olympic silver medalist (1960).
• Jean Overton Fuller, 94, British writer and painter.
• Tam Paton, 70, Scottish music manager and spokesperson for the Bay City Rollers, suspected heart attack.
• Tori Stafford, 8, Canadian murder victim, blunt trauma.
• David Winans, 74, American gospel singer, heart attack.

9

• Nick Adenhart, 22, American baseball pitcher (Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim), car accident.
• Edgar Buchwalder, 92, Swiss Olympic cyclist and silver medalist.
• Randy Cain, 63, American singer (The Delfonics).
• Mike Casey, 60, American college basketball player (Kentucky Wildcats) (1967–1971), heart disease.
• Colin Jordan, 85, British politician and Neo-Nazi activist.
• Ernest Manirumva, Burundian anti-corruption activist (OLUCOME), stabbed.
• Shakti Samanta, 83, Indian film director and producer, cardiac arrest.
• Dale Swann, 61, American character actor, complications of stroke.

10

• Richard Arnell, 91, English composer.
• John Spoor Broome, 91, American rancher and philanthropist.
• Richard Cartwright, 95, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Plymouth (1972–1982).
• Blake Chanslor, 88, American businessman, founder of Blake's Lotaburger.
• Deborah Digges, 59, American poet, apparent suicide by jumping.
• Frank Morris, 85, Canadian football player and executive, after long illness.
• Naum Olev, 70, Russian lyricist.
• Yevgeny Vesnik, 86, Russian actor, stroke.

11

• Aida Abdullayeva, 86, Azerbaijani harpist.
• James William Brodie, 88, New Zealand geologist, oceanographer and geophysicist.
• Mickey Cafagna, 65, American politician, mayor of Poway, California, complications from kidney cancer.
• Simon Channing-Williams, 63, British film producer, cancer.
• Albert Chernenko, 74, Russian philosopher, son of Konstantin Chernenko.
• Rob Dickson, 45, Australian football player, winner of Australian Survivor, car accident.
• Gerda Gilboe, 94, Danish actress.
• Judith Krug, 69, American librarian, founder of Banned Books Week, stomach cancer.
• René Monory, 85, French politician, President of the Senate (1992–1998).
• Tita Muñoz, 82, Filipino actress, after long illness.
• Jimmy Neighbour, 58, British footballer (Norwich City, Tottenham Hotspur), heart attack.
• Vishnu Prabhakar, 97, Indian writer, after long illness.
• Johnny Roadhouse, 88, British saxophonist.
• Al Rosenbaum, 82, American sculptor, co-founder of the Virginia Holocaust Museum.
• Corín Tellado, 81, Spanish novelist, heart failure.
• Zeke Zarchy, 93, American swing music jazz trumpeter.

12

• Sitara Achakzai, 52, Afghan women's rights activist and politician, shot.
• Javier de Bengoechea, 89, Spanish poet.
• Danny Cameron, 85, Canadian politician, Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick (1991–1995).
• Marilyn Chambers, 56, American pornographic film actress (Behind the Green Door), erotic dancer, and politician, heart disease.
• Kent Douglas, 73, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs), cancer
• Gene Handley, 94, American baseball player.
• Mike Keen, 69, British footballer, after short illness.
• Hans Kleppen, 102, Norwegian ski jumper.
• Sir Kirby Laing, 92, British civil engineer.
• Sir John Maddox, 83, British science writer, editor (Nature, 1966–1973, 1980–1995).
• Stephen Minarik, 49, American politician, chairman of the New York Republican State Committee (2004–2006), heart attack.
• Ephraim Obot, 72, Nigerian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Idah since 1977.
• Franklin Rosemont, 65, American surrealist poet, labor historian and co-founder of the Chicago Surrealist Group.
• Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, 58, American writer and critical theorist, pioneer of queer studies, breast cancer.
• Ishaq Shahryar, 73, Afghan-born American scientist and ambassador.
• Derek Weiler, 40, Canadian editor and writer.

13

• John Armitage, 88, Australian politician, MP (1961–1963, 1969–1983).
• Björn Borg, 89, Swedish Olympic swimmer.
• Stefan Brecht, 84, German poet, son of Bertolt Brecht and Helene Weigel, after long illness.
• Frank Costigan, 78, Australian lawyer and royal commissioner, head of the Costigan Commission.
• Tony Eckstein, 85, American politician and veterinarian.
• Mark Fidrych, 54, American baseball pitcher (Detroit Tigers), suffocation.
• Jack D. Hunter, 87, American author, cancer.
• Harry Kalas, 73, American sportscaster, heart attack.
• Ossie Lambert, 82, Australian cricketer.
• Ángel Miguel, 79, Spanish professional golfer.
• Bruce Snyder, 69, American football coach, melanoma.
• Alfred Swift, 77, South African Olympic cyclist.
• Teo Usuelli, 78, Italian film score composer.
• Kevin Walton, 90, British winner of the Albert Medal.
• Zhu Min, 83, Chinese professor and daughter of Zhu De.

14

• Richard Baker, 62, American surf apparel executive (Ocean Pacific), cancer.
• Maurice Druon, 90, French novelist, Dean of the Académie française (French Academy), and French Resistance fighter.
• Fuyuko Kamisaka, 78, Japanese historian, author and critic, cancer.
• Les Keiter, 89, American sportscaster, natural causes.
• Max Lake, 84, Australian winemaker, fall.
• Marcus Loane, 97, Australian Anglican Primate (1978–1982), Archbishop of Sydney (1966–1982), after short illness.
• Peter Rogers, 95, British film producer (Carry On series).
• Royce Ryton, 84, British playwright.

15

• Ed Blake, 83, American baseball player, after long illness.
• Sir Clement Freud, 84, German-born British writer, broadcaster and politician, MP (1973–1987).
• Merle Harmon, 82, American sportscaster, pneumonia.
• Wisdom Siziba, 28, Zimbabwean cricketer, heart failure.
• László Tisza, 101, Hungarian-born American physicist.

16

• Patty Costello, 61, American ten-pin bowler, pancreatic cancer.
• Michael Martin Dwyer, 24, Irish security guard, shot.
• Sal Guarriello, 90, American politician, after short illness.
• Tengiz Gudava, 55, Georgian-born Soviet dissident and journalist (RFE/RL).
• Timothy Holst, 61, American circus ringmaster, after short illness.
• James D. Houston, 75, American author, cancer.
• Jim Lange, 82, American editorial cartoonist (The Oklahoman), after long illness.
• Svein Longva, 65, Norwegian economist, State Conciliator (2005–2009).
• Michel Mondésert, 92, French Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Grenoble.
• Abdel Halim Muhammad, 99, Sudanese doctor, President of the CAF (1968–1972), member of Committee of Sovereignty of The Sudan (1964–1965).
• Viktor Paskov, 59, Bulgarian writer, lung cancer.
• Eduardo Rózsa-Flores, 49, Hungarian journalist, writer, actor and soldier, shot.
• Saensak Muangsurin, 58, Thai former WBC light welterweight champion boxer (fastest ever pro champion), intestinal complications.

17

• Sir Martin Garrod, 73, British army general, Commandant General Royal Marines (1987–1990).
• Väinö Hakkarainen, 76, Finnish Olympic wrestler.
• Carmen Leggio, 82, American jazz tenor saxophonist.
• Midge Miller, 86, American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (1971–1985), cancer.
• Honoré Desmond Sharrer, 88, American artist.

18

• Tissa Abeysekara, 69, Sri Lankan film director, writer and actor, brain haemorrhage.
• Yvon Bourges, 87, French politician and colonial administrator, Governor-General of French Equatorial Africa.
• Toi Aukuso Cain, 50, Samoan politician and murderer, liver cancer.
• Peter Dennis, 75, British actor.
• Edward George, Baron George, 70, British public official, Governor of the Bank of England (1993–2003), lung cancer.
• Vernon Malone, 77, American politician, member of the North Carolina Senate (2003–2009), natural causes.
• Bill Orton, 60, American politician, member of the US House of Representatives from Utah (1991–1997), ATV accident.
• Stephanie Parker, 22, British actress (Belonging), apparent suicide by hanging.
• Charles Peebler, 72, American advertising executive, progressive supranuclear palsy.
• Whitelaw Reid, 95, American journalist, complications of lung and heart failure.
• Kiril Vajarov, 21, Bulgarian ice hockey goaltender, member of the national team (2006–2009), stabbed.
• Elías Wessin y Wessin, 84, Dominican politician and general, cardiac arrest.

19

• Hirmis Aboona, 69, Iraqi historian.
• J. G. Ballard, 78, British novelist, prostate cancer.
• Doc Blanchard, 84, American college football player (Army), Heisman Trophy winner (1945), pneumonia.
• Tilahun Gessesse, 68, Ethiopian singer.
• Robert Gillis, 82, American football coach.
• Tony Kett, 57, Irish politician, cancer.
• Božo Kos, 77, Slovenian illustrator and caricaturist.
• Kaimar-ud-Din bin Maidin, 66, Malaysian Olympic athlete.
• Tharon Musser, 84, American lighting designer, after long illness.
• Dicky Robinson, 82, British footballer (Middlesbrough), after long illness.
• Terrell Starr, 82, American politician, member of the Georgia State Senate (1968–2006), heart failure.

20

• Beata Asimakopoulou, 77, Greek actress, cancer.
• Thomas Hill, 81, American actor.
• Qian Lingxi, 92, Chinese physicist and civil engineer, President of Dalian University of Technology.
• Franco Rotella, 42, Italian footballer, melanoma.

21

• Iqbal Bano, 74, Indian-born Pakistani singer, after short illness.
• Paul Ebert, 76, American college baseball and basketball player and surgeon, myocardial infarction.
• Robin Gillett, 83, British Lord Mayor of London (1976–1977).
• Jack Jones, 96, British trade union leader, veteran of the International Brigades.
• H. S. S. Lawrence, 85, Indian educationalist.
• Vivian Maier, 83, American street photographer.
• James Byron Moran, 78, American jurist (United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois), after long illness.
• Santha Rama Rau, 86, Indian-born American writer, cardiac arrest.

22

• Ken Annakin, 94, British film director (The Longest Day, Battle of the Bulge), complications from heart attack and stroke.
• Jack Cardiff, 94, British cinematographer (A Matter Of Life And Death, Black Narcissus, The African Queen), natural causes.
• Ron Cash, 59, American baseball player.
• Marilyn Cooper, 74, American actress, after long illness.
• Bill Disney, 77, American Olympic silver medal-winning (1960) speed skater, emphysema.
• Bob Hamm, 74, American writer and Cajun humorist, complications related to cancer.
• David Kellermann, 41, American businessman, CFO of Freddie Mac since 2008, suicide by hanging.
• George C. Rawlings, 87, American politician, member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1964–1969).
• Heinz Schröder, 80, German puppeteer.
• Colonel Dudley Thornton, 89, British army officer.
• Kim Weiskopf, 62, American television writer, pancreatic cancer.

23

• William F. Barnes, 91, American football coach (UCLA), complications from pneumonia.
• Kenneth Paul Block, 84, American fashion illustrator.
• Sir Brian Corby, 79, British businessman, President of the CBI.
• Gordon Gair, 92, Canadian lacrosse player.
• Lam Sheung Yee, 74, Hong Kong footballer, coach, announcer and actor.
• Ivan Madray, 74, Guyanese cricketer, hypertension.
• Felipe Solís Olguín, 64, Mexican archaeologist, curator of the National Anthropology Museum, cardiac arrest.

24

• Irving D. Chais, 83, American businessman, owner of the New York Doll Hospital, after long illness.
• Tim Curry, 70, American attorney, District Attorney for Tarrant County, Texas, (1972–2009), lung cancer.
• Margaret Gelling, 84, British toponymist.
• Bo Leuf, 56, Swedish technology writer.^{[citation needed]}
• John Michell, 76, British author, cancer.
• Sixto Palavecino, 94, Argentine poet and musician.
• Michael Parsons, 48, Australian footballer, brain tumour.
• Orville Howard Phillips, 85, Canadian politician, member of the Senate of Canada (1963–1999), stroke.
• Franciszek Sobczak, 69, Polish Olympic fencer.
• Timothy Wright, 61, American pastor and gospel singer, car accident.

25

• Bea Arthur, 86, American Emmy and Tony Award-winning actress (Maude, The Golden Girls, Mame), cancer.
• Yamil Chade, 88, Lebanese-born Puerto Rican sports team owner and manager.
• Hassan Hathout, 84, Egyptian-born American physician and interfaith campaigner.
• German Martinez Hidalgo, 79, Mexican scientist.
• John Marchi, 87, American politician, member of the New York State Senate (1957–2006), complications from pneumonia.
• William Schmidt, 83, American composer.

26

• James Addy, 69, Ghanaian athlete.
• Salamo Arouch, 86, Greek-born Israeli boxer and Holocaust survivor.
• Alan Bristow, 84, British businessman.
• Hans Holzer, 89, Austrian-born American paranormal investigator and author, after long illness.
• Geir Hovig, 64, Norwegian radio host, after short illness.
• Danny Kladis, 92, American racecar driver.
• Levan Mikeladze, 52, Georgian diplomat and politician, heart attack.
• Dominic Motikoe, Lesotho politician, shot.
• Colwyn Philipps, 3rd Viscount St Davids, 70, British aristocrat and politician.
• Sir Pupuke Robati, 84, Cook Islands politician and doctor, Prime Minister (1987–1989).
• Perez Zagorin, 88, American historian.

27

• Ernie Barnes, 70, American neo-mannerist artist and football player, after short illness.
• John Crispo, 75, Canadian economist and educator, prostate cancer.
• Tom Deitz, 57, American science fiction author, heart failure.
• Miroslav Filip, 80, Czech chess player.
• Frank Gansz, 70, American football coach (Kansas City Chiefs), complications from knee replacement surgery.
• Glen Gondrezick, 53, American basketball player, complications following heart transplant.
• Feroz Khan, 69, Indian actor, cancer.
• Frankie Manning, 94, American dancer and choreographer, pneumonia.
• Edwin McClellan, 83, British Japanologist.
• Evgeniya Miroshnichenko, 77, Ukrainian opera and chamber singer.
• Karl Mullen, 82, Irish rugby union player.
• Greg Page, 50, American boxer, complications from brain injury.
• Paraluman, 85, Filipina actress.
• Robley Rex, 107, American World War I-era veteran.
• Woo Seung-yeon, 25, South Korean actress and model, suicide by hanging.

28

• Bill Bailey, 75, British surfer.
• Lota Delgado, 90, Filipina actress.
• U. A. Fanthorpe, 79, British poet.
• Fritz Gödicke, 89, German football player and manager.
• Vern Gosdin, 74, American country music singer, complications from a stroke.
• Ekaterina Maximova, 70, Russian ballet dancer.
• Steinar Lem, 57, Norwegian environmentalist and anti-consumerism activist, cancer.
• Richard Pratt, 74, Australian businessman, prostate cancer.
• Valeria Peter Predescu, 62, Romanian singer, heart attack.
• Ted Reynolds, 84, Canadian sportscaster (CBC Television).
• Buddy Rose, 56, American professional wrestler.
• Bruno Scolari, 48, Italian Olympic equestrian.
• Pearse Wyse, 81, Irish politician.

29

• Günther Bahr, 87, German Luftwaffe fighter pilot.
• Jack Lohrke, 85, American baseball player, stroke.
• Tom McGrath, 68, British poet and playwright, liver cancer.
• William A. Price, 94, American journalist.
• Charles L. Young, Sr., 77, American politician, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives, heart attack.

30

• Amparo Arozamena, 92, Mexican actress, heart attack.
• Maxime de la Falaise, 86, British model, socialite, fashion designer, cookbook writer and gastronome, natural causes.
• Harold Fischer, 83, American Air Force officer, Korean War fighter ace and noted PoW, complications from surgery.
• Mallory Horne, 84, American politician, member of Florida House of Representatives, President of Florida Senate, lung cancer.
• Maurice Lindsay, 90, British poet and broadcaster.
• McCoy McLemore, 67, American basketball player and television color analyst, cancer.
• Henk Nijdam, 73, Dutch road bicycle racer, track pursuit world champion (1962).
• Venetia Phair, 90, British teacher who named Pluto.
• David Picão, 85, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Santos (1996–2000).
• Ron Richards, 80, British record producer.
• Raymond J. Saulnier, 100, American economist.