Deaths Date 1995 April | History by KabAstro

Apr 6 Vieno J Sukselainen, Prime Minister of Finland (1959-61), dies
Apr 7 Peter Brinson, British ballet and dance writer, lecturer, and promoter (Ballet For All), dies at 75
Apr 7 Philip Jebb, British architect, dies at 68
Apr 8 Andrej Očenáš, Slovak composer, dies at 84
Apr 8 Maurice Allom, English cricketer (14 Test wickets-NZ debut hat-trick), dies at 89
Apr 9 Jim Bullock, English colliery manager, unionist and mine pit reformist, dies at 92 [1]
Apr 10 Betty Askwith, British writer and biographer, know for "A Tangled Web", dies at 85
Apr 10 Chen Yun, Chinese political leader during and after the Chinese Civil War, considered one of the Eight Elders of the Communist Party of China, dies at 89
Apr 10 Glyn Jones, Welsh writer, dies at 90
Apr 10 Gunter Guillaume, German politician, dies
Apr 10 Morarji Desai, Indian politician and activist, 4th Prime Minister of India (1977-79), dies at 99
Apr 12 Chris Pyne, British jazz, touring, and session trombonist (Mike Gibbs; Ronnnie Scott; Humphrey Lyttelton), dies at 56
Apr 13 Edward Henderson, British diplomat, dies at 77
Apr 14 Brian Coffey, Irish poet (Advent), dies at 89
Apr 14 Burl Ives, American folk singer ("A Little Bitty Tear"; "Silver And Gold"), actor (Cat On A Hot Tin Roof), and snowman (Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer), dies from complications of mouth cancer at 85

Apr 14 James Daniel "Danny" Turner, American jazz saxophonist, dies at 75
Apr 14 Michael Scott Montague Fordham, English child psychiatrist and Jungian analyst, dies at 89
Apr 15 Cleo Brown, American jazz pianist, dies at 85
Apr 15 Harry Shoulberg, American expressionist painter, dies at 91
Apr 16 Arthur English, British comedian and actor (Malachi's Cove, Are You Being Served?), dies of complications from emphysema at 75
Apr 16 Cheyenne Brando, daughter of Marlon, commits suicide
Apr 16 Cyril Enfield, film Director, dies at 80
Apr 16 Iqbal Masih, Pakistani child slave labourer, activist (b. 1982)
Apr 16 Stewart Myles MacPherson, Canadian-born British broadcaster, dies at 86
Apr 17 Anton Murray, South African cricket all-rounder (10 Tests; 1 x 100; 18 wickets), dies at 72
Apr 17 Frank E. Resnik, American business executive (Philip Morris USA), dies at 66
Apr 17 Nancy Mayhew Youngman, English painter and educationalist, dies at 88
Apr 18 Arturo Frondizi, 35th President of Argentina (1958-62), dies at 86
Apr 19 "King" Herbert Whitaker, American R&B tenor saxophonist, dies at 66
Apr 19 Igor Hajek, Czech translator and writer, dies at 64

Apr 19 J. Peter Grace, American businessman and industrialist, dies from cancer at 81
Apr 19 Kenneth Burslam Gardner, librarian/Orientalist, dies at 70

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Apr 20 Yugoslavian politician and writer (The New Class), dies at 83

Apr 20 R E S Wyatt, cricketer (England captain 16 times), dies
Apr 20 Sunil Jayasinghe, Sri Lankan wicketkeeper (1979 World Cup), suicide
Apr 20 Tessie O'Shea, Welsh stage and screen entertainer, dies at 81
Apr 21 Bob Wyatt, English cricket all-rounder and captain (40 Tests, 2 x 100, HS 149, 18 wickets; Warwickshire CCC, Worcestershire CCC), dies at 93
Apr 21 Stafford Heginbotham, British toymaker (Tebro Toys) and Bradford Football Club Chairman (during time of the fire), dies at 61
Apr 22 Don Pullen, American pianist and composer, dies at 53
Apr 22 Maggie Kuhn, American activist & co-founder (Gray Panthers), dies at 89
Apr 23 Howard Cosell, American sports journalist (Monday Night Football), dies at 77
Apr 23 John Stennis, American politician (Sen-D-MS), dies at 93
Apr 23 Lonesome Sundown [Cornelius Green III], American blues singer and guitarist, dies at 66
Apr 23 Pier Tania (Meinte Piet), Dutch radio/TV host (ANP, De Bezetting), dies at 70
Apr 25 Art Fleming [Fazzin], American actor, and TV game show host (Jeopardy, 1964-75, 1978-79), dies of pancreatic cancer at 70

Apr 25 American vaudeville, stage and screen dancer, singer (Top Hat), and Academy Award-winning actress (Kitty Foyle; Stage Door), dies at 83

Apr 25 Iosif Kheifits [Joseph Heifitz], Belarusian-Soviet film director (Baltic Days), dies at 89
Apr 26 Alexander Knox, Canadian actor and author (Gorky Park, 2 of a Kind), dies of bone cancer at 88
Apr 26 Hugh Morton, Baron Morton of Shuna, Scottish lawyer and judge, dies at 65
Apr 27 Willem Frederik Hermans, Dutch writer (Mandarins on Sulfuric Acid; The Darkroom of Damocles), dies at 73
Apr 28 Andrew Salkey, Panamanian-born novelist, dies at 67
Apr 28 Henry C. Rogers, American publicist, dies at 81
Apr 28 Peaches Davis, American baseball pitcher, dies at 89
Apr 29 Angier Biddle Duke, American diplomat and the youngest American ambassador in history, dies at 79
Apr 29 Robert Gibb, British zoo and theme park creator (Flamingo Land; Pleasure Island), dies in a car accident at 57
Apr 30 Reinaldo de Carvalho, Brazilian carnival king of Rio de Janeiro, dies of a heart attack at 34