Deaths Date 2016 April | History by KabAstro

Merle Haggard (1937-2016)

Apr 6 American country singer-songwriter ("Mama Tried"; "If We Make It Through December"; "Okie from Muskogee"), dies on his 79th birthday

Apr 7 Marcel Dubé, Canadian playwright (Zone), and French language advocate, dies at 86
Apr 10 Howard Marks, British drug dealer and author (Mr Nice), dies at 70
Apr 11 Emile Ford, Caribbean-born British singer and engineer (first black male singer to top UK charts), dies at 78
Apr 12 Alan Loveday, New Zealand and British violinist, dies at 88
Apr 12 Anne Jackson, American stage actress (Twice Around the Park), dies at 90
Apr 12 Arnold Wesker, British playwright (Chips with Everything), dies at 83
Apr 12 David Gest, American television producer, dies at 62
Apr 13 Jeremy Steig, American jazz flutist ("Howlin' for Judy"; "Wayfaring Stranger"), dies of cancer at 73
Apr 13 Ray Thornton, American politician (Democratic U.S. Representative for Arkansas), dies at 87
Apr 16 Charlie Hodge, French Canadian goalkeeper (Montreal Canadians), dies at 82
Apr 16 Peter Tolson, English rock guitarist (Pretty Things), dies at 64

Apr 17 American actress (Everybody Loves Raymond), dies at 90

Apr 17 Warren Davis, American doo-wop singer (The Monotones - "The Book of Love"), dies at 77
Apr 18 Brian Asawa, Japanese-American countertenor, dies of liver failure at 49
Apr 18 [Julia Liane] Aleah Stanbridge, South African metal musician (Trees of Eternity), dies of cancer at 39
Apr 19 Milt Pappas, American baseball pitcher, (3-time MLB All Star), dies at 76
Apr 19 Patricio Aylwin, Chilean lawyer, politician and President of Chile (1990-94), dies at 97
Apr 19 Walter Kohn, Austrian-born American scientist (Nobel Prize Chemistry 1998), dies at 93
Apr 20 Chyna [Joanie Laurer], American professional wrestler and reality TV star, dies at 46
Apr 20 Guy Hamilton, British director (Goldfinger), dies at 93
Apr 20 Victoria Wood, British comedian and actress, dies of cancer at 62
Apr 21 Lonnie Mack, American rocker ("Baby What's Wrong"), dies at 74
Apr 21 Peter Ruckman, American Baptist minister and founder of Pensacola Bible Institute in Pensacola, dies at 94

Apr 21 American funk, rock, R&B singer-songwriter and musician ("1999"; "Purple Rain"), dies from an accidental overdose of painkillers at 57

Apr 22 Isabelle Dinoire, French recipient of world's 1st partial face transplant, dies from surgical complications at 49
Apr 22 Madeleine Sherwood, Canadian actress (Mother Superior - Flying Nun), dies at 93
Apr 23 Banharn Silpa-archa, Prime Minister of Thailand (1995-96), dies at 83
Apr 24 Billy Paul [Paul Williams], American soul singer ("Me & Mrs Jones"), dies of pancreatic cancer at 81
Apr 24 Jan Henrik Kayser, Norwegian concert pianist (Grieg Prize, 1978), dies at 83
Apr 24 Papa Wemba [Wembadio Kikumba], Congolese singer, known as the "King of Rumba Rock", dies after collapsing on stage at 66
Apr 24 Tommy Kono, American weightlifter (Olympic gold 67.5kg 1952, 82.5kg 1956; silver 75kg 1960; World C'ship gold x 6), dies at 85
Apr 25 Mei Baojiu, Chinese opera performer and director (Mei Lanfang Peking Opera), dies at 82
Apr 28 Barry Howard, British comic actor (Hi-de-Hi!), dies of blood cancer at 78
Apr 28 Conrad Burns, American politician (Senate-R-Montana 1989-2007), dies at 81
Apr 28 Jenny Diski, English writer (Stranger on a Train), dies of cancer at 68
Apr 29 Dmytro Hnatyuk, Ukrainian baritone (1951-88), opera director State Opera, 1975-88), and parliamentarian, dies at 91
Apr 30 Daniel Berrigan, American Jesuit priest and peace activist (Vietnam War), dies at 94
Apr 30 Marisol (Maria Sol) Escobar, Venezuelan sculptor, dies at 85
Apr 30 Phil Ryan, Welsh keyboardist and composer (Man; Pete Brown), dies at 69