The following is a list of notable deaths in April 2006. 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.

April 2006

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Gary Dineen Daniel Gary Patrick Dineen (December 24, 1943 – April 1, 2006) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach. Dineen played five seasons with the Canadian national amateur team, including at the 1964 Winter Olympics, 1964 and 1968 Wint ...

, 62, Canadian ice hockey player and coach. * Annesley Kingsford, 93, Canadian rower and Olympian. *

In Tam In Tam ( km, អ៊ិន តាំ ; 22 September 19161 April 2006) was a Cambodian politician who once served as the prime minister of the Khmer Republic. He served in that position from 6 May 1973 to 9 December 1973, and had a long career in ...

, 83, Cambodian politician. * Oscar Treadwell, 79, American jazz radio journalist and presenter.

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* Sir Anthony Beaumont-Dark, 73, British politician, former Conservative Member of Parliament. * Mohammed al-Maghout, 72, Syrian poet and playwright. *

Bernard Seigal Bernard R. "Buddy Blue" Seigal (December 30, 1957 – April 2, 2006) was an American musician, music critic and writer, who performed and often wrote under his stage name Buddy Blue. He was a founding member of The Beat Farmers, a Southern Calif ...

, 48, American musician and essayist with the stage name Buddy Blue, co-founder of the Beat Farmers, heart attack. * Nina von Stauffenberg, 92, German widow of Hitler's would-be assassin.

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* Tom Abercrombie, 75, American '' National Geographic'' photographer, complications from open-heart surgery. * Barry Bingham, Jr., 72, American television and radio executive, former editor and publisher of the ''

Louisville Courier-Journal The ''Courier Journal'', also known as the ''Louisville Courier Journal'' (and informally ''The C-J'' or ''The Courier''), and called ''The Courier-Journal'' between November 8, 1868, and October 29, 2017, is the highest circulation newspape ...

'' and the ''

Louisville Times ''The Louisville Times'' was a newspaper that was published in Louisville, Kentucky. It was founded in 1884 by Walter N. Haldeman, as the afternoon counterpart to ''The Courier-Journal'', the dominant morning newspaper in Louisville and the common ...

''. *

Lou Carrol Louis Leon Carrol (March 28, 1923 – April 3, 2006) was an American businessman who is best known for giving then-U.S. Senator Richard Nixon a puppy in 1952 that was used as the subject of the Checkers speech, which kept Nixon on the Republican ti ...

, 83, American traveling salesman, gave

Checkers Checkers (American English), also known as draughts (; British English), is a group of strategy board games for two players which involve diagonal moves of uniform game pieces and mandatory captures by jumping over opponent pieces. Checkers ...

Richard Nixon Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a representative and senator from California and was ...

. * Doug Coombs, 48, American extreme skier, ski accident in the French Alps. *

Ewan Fenton Alexander Ewan Fenton, more commonly known as Ewan Fenton (17 November 1929 – 3 April 2006) was a Scottish professional footballer. He spent thirteen seasons at Blackpool, with whom he was victorious in the famous FA Cup Final of 1953. Pl ...

, 76, Scottish footballer. *

Martin Gilks Martin Richard Gilks (2 March 1965 – 3 April 2006) was an English musician. He was a founder member and original drummer for the Wonder Stuff, based in Stourbridge ( West Midlands, England). Gilks who was born in Stourbridge, was originally ...

, 41, English musician, former drummer with

The Wonder Stuff The Wonder Stuff are a British alternative rock band. Originally based in Stourbridge in the West Midlands, England, the band's first lineup released four albums and nearly 20 singles and EPs, enjoying considerable chart and live success in th ...

, motorcycle accident. *

Marshall Goldberg Marshall Goldberg (October 24, 1917 – April 3, 2006) was a National Football League (NFL) All-Pro American football player. He played college football as a halfback and fullback at the University of Pittsburgh. At Pittsburgh, Goldberg wa ...

, 88, American football player, former NFL running back of the

Chicago Cardinals The professional American football team now known as the Arizona Cardinals previously played in Chicago, Illinois, as the Chicago Cardinals from 1898 to 1959 before relocating to St. Louis, Missouri, for the 1960 through 1987 seasons. Roots ...

, complications due to a head injury. * Albert Harker, 95, American soccer player, last surviving member of the US

1934 FIFA World Cup The 1934 FIFA World Cup was the second edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams. It took place in Italy from 27 May to 10 June 1934. The 1934 World Cup was the first in w ...

soccer team. *

Genzō Murakami was a Japanese novelist who was born in Korea during its occupation by the Empire of Japan. He is known for his historical novels as well as his influence on Japanese literature following the Second World War. Murakami's debut novel, , received a ...

, 96, Japanese novelist. * Walter Ristow, 97, American map librarian at the New York Public Library and the Library of Congress. * Sir Andrew Stark, 89, British diplomat, Ambassador to Denmark (1971–1976). * Ida Vos, 74, Dutch writer.

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Mary Boyce Nora Elisabeth Mary Boyce (2 August 1920 – 4 April 2006) was a British scholar of Iranian languages, and an authority on Zoroastrianism. She was Professor of Iranian Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) of the Un ...

, 85, British authority on Iran. * Toddie Byrne, 71, Irish politician. * Fred Christensen, 84, American fighter ace in World War II. *

Eckhard Dagge Eckhard Dagge (February 27, 1948 in Probsteierhagen, Germany – April 4, 2006 in Hamburg), was a professional boxing, boxer in the super welterweight (154 pound (mass), lb) division. Eckhard Dagge was Germany's second world champion, after Max ...

, 58, former German WBC junior middleweight champion. * Sir Roy Denman, 81, British civil servant and diplomat. *

Denis Donaldson Denis Martin Donaldson (1950 – 4 April 2006) was a volunteer in the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) and a member of Sinn Féin who was killed following his exposure in December 2005 as an informer in the employ of MI5 and the Specia ...

, 55-56, British former head of

Sinn Féin Sinn Féin ( , ; en, " eOurselves") is an Irish republican and democratic socialist political party active throughout both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The original Sinn Féin organisation was founded in 1905 by Arthur G ...

at Stormont, and British double-agent, found shot dead at his home. * Gary Gray, 69, American child actor of the 1940s, cancer. * John de Courcy Ireland, 94, Irish maritime historian and political activist. *

John George Macleod John George Macleod (8 May 1915 in Kirkhill – 4 April 2006 in Edinburgh) was a Scottish doctor of medicine and an author of medical textbooks. Family Macleod was the elder brother of Professor Dr Anna MacGillivray Macleod, the world famous pr ...

, 90, Scottish physician. *

Jürgen Thorwald Jürgen Thorwald (born Heinz Bongartz, October 28, 1915; died April 4, 2006) was a German writer, journalist and historian known for his works describing the history of forensic medicine and of World War II. Thorwald was a native of Solingen, Rhe ...

, 90, German writer. * Vickery Turner, 61, British actress of the 60's. * Frederick B. Williams, 66, American minister of the Church of the Intercession in

Harlem Harlem is a neighborhood in Upper Manhattan, New York City. It is bounded roughly by the Hudson River on the west; the Harlem River and 155th Street on the north; Fifth Avenue on the east; and Central Park North on the south. The greater Ha ...

, New York City.

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Alain de Boissieu Alain de Boissieu Déan de Luigné (; 5 July 1915 – 5 April 2006) was a French general who served in the Free French Forces during World War II, later becoming Army chief of staff (1971–1975). He was the son-in-law of General Charles de Ga ...

, 91, French General and son-in-law of Charles De Gaulle. * J. B. Fuqua, 87, American entrepreneur and philanthropist. * George Savalla Gomes, 90, Brazilian entertainer who performed as "Carequinha" the clown. *

Allan Kaprow Allan Kaprow (August 23, 1927 – April 5, 2006) was an American painter, assemblagist and a pioneer in establishing the concepts of performance art. He helped to develop the " Environment" and " Happening" in the late 1950s and 1960s, as well ...

, 78, American artist and art theorist, natural causes. * Armando Labra, 62, Mexican economist. *

Pasquale Macchi Pasquale Macchi (9 November 1923 – 5 April 2006) was a Catholic archbishop and the private secretary to Pope Paul VI. Born in Varese, Italy, Pasquale Macchi was ordained to the Catholic priesthood on 15 June 1946. On 10 December 1988, he wa ...

, 82, Italian Roman Catholic archbishop, former private secretary to

Pope Paul VI Pope Paul VI ( la, Paulus VI; it, Paolo VI; born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini, ; 26 September 18976 August 1978) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 21 June 1963 to his death in Augus ...

. * Abdul-Salam Ojeili, 88, Syrian novelist. * Gene Pitney, 66, American singer and songwriter, heart disease.

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Augustyn Bloch Augustyn Bloch (13 August 1929 in Grudziądz – 6 April 2006 in Warsaw) was a Polish composer and organist An organist is a musician who plays any type of organ. An organist may play solo organ works, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or ac ...

, 76, Polish composer and organist. * Maggie Dixon, 28, American women's basketball coach at

United States Military Academy The United States Military Academy (USMA), also known metonymically as West Point or simply as Army, is a United States service academy in West Point, New York. It was originally established as a fort, since it sits on strategic high groun ...

, cardiac arrhythmia. * Francis L. Kellogg, 89, American diplomat. * Leslie Norris, 84, Welsh poet and professor at

Brigham Young University Brigham Young University (BYU, sometimes referred to colloquially as The Y) is a private research university in Provo, Utah. It was founded in 1875 by religious leader Brigham Young and is sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-d ...

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* Roger Arnaldez, 94, French professor of Islamic studies. * Bobbie Nudie, 92, American fashion designer, wife of

Nudie Cohn Nuta Kotlyarenko ( uk, Нута Котляренко; December 15, 1902 – May 9, 1984), known professionally as Nudie Cohn, was an American tailor who designed decorative rhinestone-covered suits, known popularly as "Nudie Suits", and other e ...

. *

Jim Clack James Thomas Clack (October 26, 1947 – April 7, 2006) was an American football center and guard in the National Football League. He played for 11 seasons between 1971 and 1981. He died of heart failure in 2006 after suffering from ca ...

, 58, American gridiron football player, heart attack. * Adamas Golodets, 72, Soviet football player and manager. *

Théogène Ricard J. H. Théogène Ricard, (April 30, 1909 – April 7, 2006) was a Canadian politician. An insurance agent by training, Ricard was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1957 election as the Progressive Conservative Member of ...

, 96, Canadian politician.

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Henry Lewy Henry Lewy (May 31, 1926 – April 8, 2006),Arizona Obituary Archive: Henry Lewy< ...

, 79, German-American sound engineer and record producer. *

Richard Pearlman Richard Pearlman (1938 – 8 April 2006) was an American theatre and opera director and educator known for his encyclopedic knowledge on every aspect of opera from stage direction to makeup. Born in Norwalk, Connecticut and raised in Tucson, Ari ...

, 68, American theatre and opera director, director of the Lyric Opera Center for American Artists. *

Gerard Reve Gerard Kornelis van het Reve (14 December 1923 – 8 April 2006) was a Dutch writer. He started writing as Simon Gerard van het Reve and adopted the shorter Gerard Reve in 1973. Together with Willem Frederik Hermans and Harry Mulisch, he i ...

, 82, Dutch author ('' The Evenings'', '' The Fourth Man''), Alzheimer's disease. * Valentine Telegdi, 84, Hungarian-American physicist.

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* Christian Compton, 76, American jurist, justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia. *

Frank Gibney Frank Bray Gibney (September 21, 1924 – April 9, 2006) was an American journalist, editor, writer and scholar. He learned Japanese while in the American Navy during World War II, then was stationed in Japan. As a journalist in Tokyo, he wrote ''F ...

, 81, American writer and journalist on Asia. *

Billy Hitchcock William Clyde Hitchcock (July 31, 1916 – April 9, 2006) was an American professional baseball infielder, coach, manager and scout. In Major League Baseball ( MLB), he was primarily a third baseman, second baseman and shortstop who appeared i ...

, 89, American Major League Baseball infielder, coach, manager, and scout, natural causes. *

Robin Orr Robert Kemsley (Robin) Orr (2 June 1909 – 9 April 2006) was a Scottish organist and composer. Life Born in Brechin, and educated at Loretto School, he studied the organ at the Royal College of Music in London under Walter Galpin Alcock, and pi ...

, 96, Scottish classical composer and conductor. *

Jimmy Outlaw James Paulus Outlaw (January 20, 1913 – April 9, 2006) was an American professional baseball player. He played all or part of 10 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) as an outfielder and third baseman for the Cincinnati Reds, Boston Bees, and ...

, 93, American baseball third baseman/outfielder. *

Georges Rawiri Georges Rawiri (March 10, 1932 – April 9, 2006
Xinhua (''People's Daily Online''), April 10, 2006.

, 74, Gabonese politician, president of the Senate and former foreign minister. * Hermann Schild, 93, German cyclist, National Champion (1954). *

Vilgot Sjöman David Harald Vilgot Sjöman (2 December 1924 – 9 April 2006) was a Swedish writer and film director. His films deal with controversial issues of social class, morality, and sexual taboos, combining the emotionally tortured characters of Ingm ...

, 81, Swedish film director (''

I Am Curious (Yellow) ''I Am Curious (Yellow)'' (, meaning "I Am Curious: A Film in Yellow") is a 1967 Swedish erotic drama film written and directed by Vilgot Sjöman, starring Sjöman and Lena Nyman. It is a companion film to 1968's ''I Am Curious (Blue)''; the t ...

''), complications from brain haemorrhage. * Natalia Troitskaya, 55, Russian operatic soprano.

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* Joe Faragalli, 76, Canadian Football League head coach with the

Saskatchewan Roughriders The Saskatchewan Roughriders are a professional Canadian football team based in Regina, Saskatchewan. The Roughriders compete in the Canadian Football League (CFL) as a member club of the league's West Division. The Roughriders were founded in ...

and Edmonton Eskimos. * Bonaya Godana, 54, Kenyan politician, plane crash. * Jean Grosjean, 93, French poet, writer and translator. * Bishop Charles Henderson, 81, Irish retired Catholic Auxiliary Bishop of Southwark, England, KC*HS, cancer.

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* Leonard Dommett, 77, Australian violinist and conductor. *

Les Foote Leslie Roy Foote (20 August 1924 – 11 April 2006) was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League. Football career A local lad, and recruited from the North Melbourne Colts, Foote played his first match with the North M ...

, 81, Australian Football Hall of Fame member. * Siobhán O'Hanlon, 43, Northern Irish

politician, cancer. * Winand Osiński, 92, Polish Olympic runner. *

June Pointer June Antoinette Pointer (November 30, 1953 – April 11, 2006) was an American singer, best known as the youngest of the founding members of the vocal group The Pointer Sisters. Early life and career Born the youngest of six children to minister ...

, 52, American singer, former member of

The Pointer Sisters The Pointer Sisters are an American pop and R&B singing group from Oakland, California, that achieved mainstream success during the 1970s and 1980s. Their repertoire has included such diverse genres as pop, jazz, electronic music, bebop, bl ...

, lung cancer. * Proof, 32, American rapper ( D-12), homicide. *

Shin Sang-ok Shin Sang-ok ( ko, 신상옥; born Shin Tae-seo; October 11, 1926 – April 11, 2006) was a South Korean filmmaker with more than 100 producer and 70 director credits to his name. His best-known films were made in the 1950s and 60s, many of them ...

, 80, Korean film producer, liver problems. * Sergey Tereshchenkov, 67, Soviet Olympic cyclist. * Angus Wells, 63, English fiction writer.

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* Muhsin Musa Matwalli Atwah, 41, Egyptian militant, killed by Pakistani forces. *

Richard Bebb Richard Bebb (12 January 1927 – 12 April 2006) was an English actor of stage, screen and radio. Born Richard Bebb Williams in London, he changed his name to his mother's surname, Bebb, when he took up acting as there was already a British a ...

, 79, British actor. *

William Sloane Coffin William Sloane Coffin Jr. (June 1, 1924 – April 12, 2006) was an American Christian clergyman and long-time peace activist. He was ordained in the Presbyterian Church, and later received ministerial standing in the United Church of Christ. In h ...

, 81, American minister and peace activist, congestive heart failure. * Andy Duncan, 83, American basketball player. *

Paulina Kernberg Paulina F. Kernberg (January 10, 1935 – April 12, 2006) was a Chilean American child psychiatrist, an authority on personality disorders, and a professor at Cornell University. Early life Kernberg was born in Santiago, Chile. She was marri ...

, 71, Chilean-born American child psychiatrist, professor at

Cornell University Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to tea ...

. *

Kazuo Kuroki was a Japanese film director who was particularly known for his films on World War II and the question of personal guilt. Career While Kuroki was often listed as being born in Miyazaki Prefecture, he was actually born in Matsusaka, Mie. He atten ...

, 75, Japanese film director. *

Shekhar Mehta Chandra Shekhar Mehta (20 June 1945 – 12 April 2006) was a Kenyan rally driver. He was born in Uganda and won the Safari Rally a record five times (1973, 1979–82), including four consecutively, and in 1981 finished fifth in the World Rally ...

, 60, Kenyan rally driver, five-time winner of the

Safari Rally The Safari Rally is a rally held in Kenya. It was first held in 1953 as a celebration of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. The event was part of the World Rally Championship from 1973 until 2002, before returning in 2021. It is historically r ...

& president of the FIA's

World Rally Championship The World Rally Championship (abbreviated as WRC) is the highest level of global competition in the motorsport discipline of rallying, owned and governed by the FIA. There are separate championships for drivers, co-drivers, manufacturers and t ...

commission, illness relating to complications from an old injury. *

Puggy Pearson Walter Clyde "Puggy" Pearson (January 29, 1929 – April 12, 2006) was an American professional poker player. He is best known as the 1973 World Series of Poker Main Event winner. Early years Pearson was born and raised in Tennessee in a fami ...

, 77, American poker player. * Albert E. Radford, 88, American botanist. * Rajkumar, 76, Indian actor, cardiac arrest. * William Woo, 69, first Asian-American to be editor of a major American daily newspaper, the ''

St. Louis Post-Dispatch The ''St. Louis Post-Dispatch'' is a major regional newspaper based in St. Louis, Missouri, serving the St. Louis metropolitan area. It is the largest daily newspaper in the metropolitan area by circulation, surpassing the ''Belleville News-De ...

'', professor at Stanford University.

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* John Read, 85, British television producer and cinematographer. * Dame Muriel Spark, 88, British novelist, ('' The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie''). * Bruce Weber, 54, Australian rules football executive who was president of the Port Adelaide Football Club. * Arthur Winston, 100, American

Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA), commonly branded as Metro, LA Metro, and L.A. Metro, is the state agency that plans, operates, and coordinates funding for most of the transportation system in Los Angel ...

employee, famous for serving for 76 years and retiring at age 100.

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Mahmut Bakalli Mahmut Bakalli (19 January 1936 – 14 April 2006) was a Kosovar Albanian politician. Bakalli began his political career in the youth organization of the League of Communists of Kosovo, eventually becoming its leader in 1961. In 1967, he became ...

, 70, Kosovo ethnic Albanian politician. *

Henry Callow Henry Callow (died 14 April 2006) was a former Second Deemster in the Isle of Man. He began his career as a Manian advocate and was then appointed High Bailiff in 1969. After 19 years in the post, he was made Second Deemster until retiring in 1 ...

, Isle of Man jurist. * A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury, 78, Indian politician. * Tom Ferguson, 62, American medical doctor and author. *

Miguel Reale Miguel Reale (6 November 1910 – 14 April 2006) was a Brazilian jurist, philosopher, academic, politician and poet known as one of the most important jurists of Brazil. He was one of the leaders of Integralism in Brazil and an ideologue of the ...

, 95, Brazilian philosopher of law, heart attack. *

Eberhardt Rechtin Eberhardt Rechtin (January 16, 1926 – April 14, 2006) was an American systems engineer and respected authority in aerospace systems and systems architecture. Biography Eberhardt Rechtin was born in East Orange, New Jersey on January 16 ...

, 80, American electrical engineer and telecommunications expert.

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Raúl Corrales Raul, Raúl and Raül are the Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Galician, Asturian, Basque, Aragonese, and Catalan forms of the Anglo-Germanic given name Ralph or Rudolph. They are cognates of the French Raoul. Raul, Raúl or Raül may re ...

, 81, Cuban photographer . * Lord Eliot (Jago Eliot), 40, English aristocrat, surfer and cyber artist, epilepsy. *

Calum Kennedy Calum Kennedy (born as Malcolm Martin Kennedy; 2 June 1928 – 15 April 2006) was a Scottish singer who performed in both English and Scottish Gaelic. Biography Kennedy was born in Orinsay, a small crofting village on the Isle of Lewis. In 1 ...

, 77, Scottish traditional singer. * Pavel Koutecký, 49, Czech documentary film maker, accidental fall. *

Louise Smith Louise Smith (July 31, 1916, in Barnesville, Georgia – April 15, 2006) was tied for the second woman to race in NASCAR at the top level. She was known as "the first lady of racing." She went as a spectator to her first NASCAR race at the Dayt ...

, 89, American NASCAR racer, first woman inducted into the

International Motorsports Hall of Fame The International Motorsports Hall of Fame (IMHOF) is a hall of fame located adjacent to the Talladega Superspeedway (formerly Alabama International Motor Speedway) located in Talladega County, east central Alabama. It enshrines those who have co ...

, known as "the first lady of racing," complications from cancer. * Vusumzi Make, 75, South African politician

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Francisco Adam Francisco Amaro Rodrigues Adam (13 August 1983 - 16 April 2006) was a Portuguese actor and model, best known for his humorous role as ''Dino'', short for Bernardino Esteves, in the Portuguese youth telenovela Morangos com Açúcar. Biography Ada ...

, 22, Portuguese actor, traffic collision. * Lorraine Borg, 82, American baseball player ( AAGPBL) *

Philippe Castelli Philippe Castelli (8 June 1926 – 16 April 2006) was a French film actor. He appeared in 100 films between 1960 and 1992. Selected filmography * '' Les Bonnes Femmes'' (1960) - Le régisseur * '' Wise Guys'' (1961) - Le portier au verniss ...

, 80, Franch actor. * Richard Eckersley, 65, English graphic designer. *

Morton Freedgood Morton Freedgood (1913 – April 16, 2006) was an American author who wrote '' The Taking of Pelham One Two Three'' and many other detective and mystery novels under the pen name John Godey. Biography Freedgood was born in Brooklyn, New York City ...

, 93, American author ('' The Taking of Pelham One Two Three'') under the pseudonym of John Godey. *

Brett Goldin Brett Goldin (21 October 1977 – 16 April 2006) was a South African actor and part of the Crazy Monkey comedy troupe. Goldin was murdered in Cape Town in 2006 alongside friend Richard Bloom, a fashion designer who was a label manager for the M ...

, 27, South African actor, killed by a head shot together with friend, fashion designer Richard Bloom, 27. * Poopak Goldarreh, 34, Iranian actress, traffic collision. *

Harold Horwood Harold Andrew Horwood, CM (November 2, 1923 – April 16, 2006) was a Newfoundland and Labrador novelist, non-fiction writer and politician. He was a Member of the Order of Canada. Early life The son of Andrew Horwood and Vina Maidment, Horw ...

, 82, Canadian writer and former Newfoundland politician, cancer. * Stephen Marshall, 20, American double murderer, suicide. * Daniel Schaefer, 70, American politician, former Republican United States Representative from Colorado served 1983–1999, cancer. *

Jake Seamer John Wemyss "Jake" Seamer (23 June 1913 – 16 April 2006) was an amateur cricketer who played for Oxford University and Somerset either side of the Second World War. A bespectacled cricketer, Seamer was a right-handed batsman who played w ...

, 92, English cricketer. *

Silvia Caos Silvia Caos (August 10, 1933 – April 16, 2006) was a Cuban-born Mexican actress. She known for ''Quinceañera'', ''María la del barrio'' and '' La Usurpadora'' Biography Caos was born August 10, 1933, in Havana, Cuba. She left her country ...

, 72, Cuban-Mexican actress.

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* Jean Bernard, 98, French hematologist. *

Scott Brazil Scott Brazil (May 12, 1955 – April 17, 2006) was an Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning American television producer and director. Early years Brazil was born in Sacramento County, California. His childhood home was in Sacramento's South ...

, 50, American television producer and director (''

The Shield ''The Shield'' is an American crime drama television series starring Michael Chiklis that premiered on March 12, 2002, on FX in the United States, and concluded on November 25, 2008, after seven seasons. Known for its portrayal of corrupt pol ...

''), Lou Gehrig's disease. *

Peter Cadbury Peter Egbert Cadbury (6 February 1918 – 17 April 2006) was a British entrepreneur. Early life and education Cadbury was born at Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, the son of Sir Egbert Cadbury and his wife, Mary Forbes, the daughter of Rev. Forbes Ph ...

, 88, British entrepreneur and one of the founders of commercial TV broadcasting in the UK. * Elford Albin Cederberg, 88, American politician, former Republican United States Representative from Michigan from 1953 to 1978 and former mayor of

Bay City, Michigan Bay City is a city and county seat of Bay County in the U.S. state of Michigan, located near the base of the Saginaw Bay on Lake Huron. As of the 2010 census, the city's population was 34,932, and it is the principal city of the Bay City Metrop ...

. *

Henderson Forsythe Henderson Forsythe (September 11, 1917 – April 17, 2006) was an American actor. Forsythe was known for his role as Dr. David Stewart #2 on the soap opera ''As the World Turns'', a role he played for 32 years, and for his work on the New York sta ...

, 88, American actor (''

As the World Turns ''As the World Turns'' (often abbreviated as ''ATWT'') is an American television soap opera that aired on CBS for 54 years from April 2, 1956, to September 17, 2010. Irna Phillips created ''As the World Turns'' as a sister show to her other s ...

''). * Arthur Hertzberg, 84, Polish-born American rabbi and scholar of Judaism. * Vaishnavi, 20, Indian Bollywood actress, suicide.

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* Bindhyabasini Devi, 86, Indian folk singer. * Ken Jones, 84, Welsh rugby union player,

Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the Bristol Channel to the south. It had a population in ...

and British Lion rugby union player and silver medal Olympiad. * John Lyall, 66, British football manager with

West Ham United F.C. West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club that plays its home matches in Stratford, East London. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. The club plays at the London Stadium, h ...

and Ipswich Town F.C., heart attack. *

Grady McWhiney Grady McWhiney (July 15, 1928 – April 18, 2006) was a historian of the American south and the U.S. Civil War. Early life and education McWhiney was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, and served in the Marine Corps in 1945. He married in 19 ...

, 77, American historian. *

Dick Rockwell Richard Waring Rockwell (December 11, 1920 – April 18, 2006)
at the Lambiek Comiclopedia was an American comic st ...

, 85, American cartoonist, assistant on '' Steve Canyon'', nephew of

Norman Rockwell Norman Percevel Rockwell (February 3, 1894 – November 8, 1978) was an American painter and illustrator. His works have a broad popular appeal in the United States for their reflection of Culture of the United States, the country's culture. Roc ...

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* John F. Cosgrove, 56, American politician, member of the Florida House of Representatives. *

Scott Crossfield Albert Scott Crossfield (October 2, 1921 – April 19, 2006) was an American naval officer and test pilot. In 1953, he became the first pilot to fly at twice the speed of sound. Crossfield was the first of twelve pilots who flew the North America ...

, 84, American

X-15 The North American X-15 is a hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft. It was operated by the United States Air Force and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration as part of the X-plane series of experimental aircraft. The X-15 set spee ...

test pilot, plane crash. * Bob Dove, 85, American NFL defensive lineman and member of the College Football Hall of Fame. *

Andrés María Rubio Garcia Andrés María Rubio García (June 1, 1924 – 19 April 2006) was an Uruguayan Catholic bishop. Life Andrés María Rubio García received on 11 September 1949 the ordination of Salesians of Don Bosco. He was from 18 May 1968 Auxiliary Bish ...

, 81, Uruguayan Roman Catholic bishop. * June Knox-Mawer, 75, British writer and radio broadcaster. *

Ellen Kuzwayo Nnoseng Ellen Kate Kuzwayo (29 June 1914 – 19 April 2006) was a women's rights activist and politician in South Africa, and was a teacher from 1938 to 1952. She was president of the African National Congress Youth League in the 1960s. In 19 ...

, 91, South African author, anti-apartheid activist, and member of Parliament, diabetes. * Sir Ian Morrow, 93, British accountant and businessman.

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Kathleen Antonelli Kathleen Rita Antonelli ( McNulty; formerly Mauchly; 12 February 1921 – 20 April 2006), known as Kay McNulty, was an Irish-born American computer programmer and one of the six original programmers of the ENIAC, one of the first general-purp ...

, 85, Irish computer programmer, one of the

ENIAC ENIAC (; Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) was the first programmable, electronic, general-purpose digital computer, completed in 1945. There were other computers that had these features, but the ENIAC had all of them in one pac ...

original computer programmers, cancer. *

Cy Bahakel Cy Nesbe Bahakel (April 12, 1919 – April 20, 2006) was an American politician. He was a North Carolina state North Carolina Senate, senator and a media magnate. He was a member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party. His so ...

, 87, American media magnate. * Stanley Hiller, Jr., 81, American helicopter designer. *

Igor Kuljerić Igor Kuljerić (February 1, 1938 – April 20, 2006) was an important Croatian composer and conductor. His large opus followed the stylistic changes and evolutions of 20th and 21st century music. Biography Born in the coastal city of Šibenik ...

, 68, Croatian composer and conductor. * Miguel Zacarías Nogaim, 101, Mexican film director. *

Anna Svidersky Anna Esther Svidersky (April 26, 1988 – April 20, 2006) was a teenager who lived in the U.S. city of Vancouver, Washington. She was murdered while working in a McDonald's restaurant, by David Barton Sullivan, a schizophrenic twice-convicte ...

, 17, Russian teenager, murdered while working at

McDonald's McDonald's Corporation is an American multinational fast food chain, founded in 1940 as a restaurant operated by Richard and Maurice McDonald, in San Bernardino, California, United States. They rechristened their business as a hambur ...

, stabbed. *

Wolfgang Unzicker Wolfgang Unzicker (26 June 1925 – 20 April 2006) was one of the strongest German chess Grandmasters from 1945 to about 1970. He decided against making chess his profession, choosing law instead. Unzicker was at times the world's strongest amat ...

, 80, German chess grandmaster. *

Robert Wegman Robert Bernard Wegman (October 14, 1918 – April 20, 2006) was a pioneer of the one-stop shopping concept. He was the son of Wegmans Food Markets co-founder Walter Wegman. From 1969 until his death in 2006 at age 87, he was the chairman for We ...

, 87, American businessman, chairman and former CEO of

Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. is a privately held American supermarket chain. It is headquartered in Gates, New York, and was founded in 1916 in Rochester. As of , Wegmans has 110 stores, mostly in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions. Th ...

, philanthropist.

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* Sir Richard Bayliss, 89, British physician, Physician to the Queen (1973-1981). * Jacob Kovco, 25, first Australian Defence Force service person killed in Iraq. * T. K. Ramakrishnan, 84, Indian politician. *

Telê Santana Telê Santana da Silva, also known as Telê Santana (July 26, 1931 – April 21, 2006) was a Brazilian football manager and former player ( right winger). He was born in Itabirito, Minas Gerais. Telê was the manager responsible for putting ...

, 74, Brazilian football coach, complications from an intestinal infection.

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Henriette Avram Henriette Davidson Avram (October 7, 1919 – April 22, 2006) was a computer programmer and systems analyst who developed the MARC format (Machine Readable Cataloging), the international data standard for bibliographic and holdings information ...

, 86, American library systems analyst, developed

MARC Marc or MARC may refer to: People * Marc (given name), people with the first name * Marc (surname), people with the family name Acronyms * MARC standards, a data format used for library cataloging, * MARC Train, a regional commuter rail system o ...

cataloging format. * Ed Davis, 89, American California State Senator and former Los Angeles police chief (1969–1978). * Enriqueta Harris, 95, English art historian. *

Nobby Lawton Norbert "Nobby" Lawton (25 March 1940 – 22 April 2006) was an English footballer who played as an inside forward or wing half for various English clubs in the 1960s and early 1970s. Born in Newton Heath, Manchester, Lawton began his footbal ...

, 65, English footballer, midfielder & former captain of Preston North End, cancer. * Jobie Nutarak, 58, Canadian politician, snowmobile accident. *

Satyadeow Sawh Satyadeow Sawh ( hi, सत्यदेव शा) (June 13, 1955 – April 22, 2006) was the Agriculture Minister of Guyana and prominent Hindu politician in Guyana. He also served, at various times as ambassador to: Colombia, Venezuela, and ...

, 50, Guyanese Minister of Fisheries, Crops and Livestock. Shot by masked gunmen. * Ronnie Sox, 67, American drag racing pioneer. *

Alida Valli Alida Maria Laura, '' Freiin'' Altenburger von Marckenstein-Frauenberg (31 May 1921 – 22 April 2006), better known by her stage name Alida Valli (or simply Valli), was an Italian actress who appeared in more than 100 films in a 70-year career, ...

, 84, Italian actress (''

The Third Man ''The Third Man'' is a 1949 British film noir directed by Carol Reed, written by Graham Greene and starring Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles, and Trevor Howard. Set in postwar Vienna, the film centres on American Holly Martins (Cotten ...

''). *

Fausto Vitello Fausto Vitello (August 7, 1946 – April 22, 2006) was an Argentine-American businessman, magazine publisher, and skateboarder. Vitello was the creator of ''Thrasher'' magazine and co-creator of Independent trucks. Early life Vitello was born in ...

, 59, Argentine-American businessman and magazine publisher, founding publisher of the skateboarding magazine ''

Thrasher Thrashers are a New World group of perching bird, passerine birds related to mockingbirds and New World catbirds. Like these, they are in the family (biology), family Mimidae. There are 15 species in one large and 4 monotypic genus, genera. T ...

'', heart attack.

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Ghafar Baba Tun Abdul Ghafar bin Baba ( ms, عبدالغفار بن باب, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset; 18 February 1925 – 23 April 2006) was a Malaysian politician who served as 6th Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia from 1986 to 1993. Li ...

, 81, Malaysian former Deputy Prime Minister. *

Susan Browning Susan Browning (born Susan Brown; February 25, 1941 – April 23, 2006) was an American actress. Early years Browning was born Susan Brown in Baldwin, New York, and graduated from Baldwin High School in 1958. She attended Penn State University ...

, 65, American actress. * Harvey Bullock, 84, American television writer and producer (''The Love Boat'', ''Love, American Style''). * Johnny Checketts, 94, New Zealand World War II flying ace. * Willie Finnigan, 93, Scottish footballer (

Hibernian F.C. Hibernian Football Club (), commonly known as Hibs, is a professional football club based in the Leith area of Edinburgh, Scotland. The club plays in the Scottish Premiership, the top tier of the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL). ...

). * Boris Fraenkel, 85, French Trotskyist. *

Barry Gibbs Barry Paul "Gibby" Gibbs (born September 28, 1948) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He was selected first overall in the 1966 NHL Amateur Draft. Playing career During his NHL career, Gibbs played for the Boston Bruins, M ...

, 73, South Australian cricket official. * William Gottlieb, 89, American jazz photographer. *

Jennifer Jayne Jennifer Jayne (14 November 1931 – 23 April 2006) was an English film and television actress born in Yorkshire to theatrical parents. Born Jennifer Jayne Jones, she adopted her stage name of Jennifer Jayne to avoid confusion with the Holly ...

, 74, British TV and film actress ("

The Adventures of William Tell ''The Adventures of William Tell'' is a British swashbuckler adventure series, first broadcast on the ITV network in 1958, and produced by ITC Entertainment. In the United States, the episodes aired on the syndicated NTA Film Network in 1958 ...

"). *

Florence Mars Florence Mars (January 1, 1923 – April 23, 2006) was an American civil rights activist and author best known for her book ''Witness in Philadelphia'' about the murder of three civil rights activists in Mississippi. Civil rights activities Ma ...

, 83, American civil rights activist, author of ''Witness in Philadelphia''. * Ian Nelson, 50, English saxophone and clarinet musician, died in his sleep. * David Peckinpah, 54, American television producer and director (''

Silk Stalkings ''Silk Stalkings'' is an American crime drama television series that premiered on CBS on November 7, 1991, as part of the network's late-night ''Crimetime After Primetime'' programming package. Broadcast for two seasons until CBS ended the ''Crim ...

'', ''

Sliders Slider or Sliders may refer to: Arts * K.K. Slider, a fictional character within the ''Animal Crossing'' franchise * '' The Slider'', a 1972 album by T. Rex * ''Sliders'' (TV series), an American science fiction and fantasy television series * ...

'', ''

Beauty and the Beast ''Beauty and the Beast'' (french: La Belle et la Bête) is a fairy tale written by French novelist Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve and published in 1740 in ''La Jeune Américaine et les contes marins'' (''The Young American and Marine ...

''), heart attack. *

Phil Walden Phil Walden (January 11, 1940 – April 23, 2006) was a co-founder of the Macon, Georgia-based Capricorn Records, along with former Atlantic Records executive Frank Fenter. Biography Walden received his undergraduate degree in economics from M ...

, 66, American founder of

Capricorn Records Capricorn Records was an independent record label founded by Phil Walden and Frank Fenter in 1969 in Macon, Georgia. Capricorn Records is often credited by music historians as creating the southern rock genre. History Label and studio foun ...

, cancer. *

Isaac Witkin Isaac Witkin (10 May 1936 – 23 April 2006) was an internationally renowned modern sculptor born in Johannesburg, South Africa. Witkin entered Saint Martin's School of Art in London in 1957 and studied under Sir Anthony Caro and alongside artis ...

, 69, South African-born American sculptor.

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Erik Bergman Erik Valdemar Bergman (24 November 1911, in Nykarleby – 24 April 2006, in Helsinki) was a composer of classical music from Finland. Bergman's style ranged widely, from Romanticism in his early works (many of which he later prohibited from bei ...

, 94, Finnish composer. * Peter Ellis, 58, British television director. * Nasreen Pervin Huq, 47, Bangladeshi women's activist and Director of Action Aid, from getting hit by a car. *

Brian Labone Brian Leslie Labone (23 January 1940 – 24 April 2006) was an English footballer who played for and captained Everton. A one-club man, Labone's professional career lasted from 1958 to 1971, during which he won the Football League championsh ...

, 66, English footballer, Everton and England player, heart attack. *

Bonnie Owens Bonnie Owens (October 1, 1929 – April 24, 2006), born Bonnie Campbell, was an American country music singer who was married to Buck Owens and later Merle Haggard. Biography She was born Bonnie Campbell in Blanchard, Oklahoma, United Sta ...

, 76, American country music singer. *

Jimmy Sharman James Sharman (20 June 1887 – 18 November 1965) was an Australian boxing troupe and entertainment impresario. His son also worked with him and took over for his father in 1955 after playing as a professional rugby league footballer. Bio ...

, 94, Australian boxing troupe impresario. *

Dr. Rajkumar Singanalluru Puttaswamaiah Muthuraj (24 April 1929 – 12 April 2006), better known by his stage name Dr. Rajkumar, was an Indian actor and singer who worked in Kannada cinema. Regarded as one of the greatest actors in the history of Indian ci ...

, 76, Legendary Indian Kannada Cinema Actor, heart attack. * Sibby Sisti, 85, American MLB player with the Boston Braves. * Steve Stavro, 78, Canadian grocery store magnate and a former owner of the

Toronto Maple Leafs The Toronto Maple Leafs (officially the Toronto Maple Leaf Hockey Club and often referred to as the Leafs) are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Div ...

, heart attack. * Moshe Teitelbaum, 91, Hungarian-born Hasidic rebbe, of

Satmar Satmar (Yiddish: סאַטמאַר, Hebrew: סאטמר) is a Hasidic group founded in 1905 by Grand Rebbe Joel Teitelbaum, in the city of Szatmárnémeti, Hungary (now Satu Mare in Romania). The group is an offshoot of the Sighet Hasidic dynasty ...

, one of the largest Hassidic Jewish groups in the world.

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Ronald Girdwood Ronald Haxton Girdwood (19 March 1917 – 25 April 2006) was a Scottish physician, Professor of Therapeutics at the University of Edinburgh and a President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. He undertook research into megaloblastic ...

, 89, Scottish physician. * Joseph S. Iseman, 89, American lawyer, educator and former president of

Bennington College Bennington College is a private liberal arts college in Bennington, Vermont. Founded in 1932 as a women's college, it became co-educational in 1969. It claims to be the first college to include visual and performing arts as an equal partner in ...

, cardiac arrest. *

Jane Jacobs Jane Jacobs (''née'' Butzner; 4 May 1916 – 25 April 2006) was an American-Canadian journalist, author, theorist, and activist who influenced urban studies, sociology, and economics. Her book '' The Death and Life of Great American Cities ...

, 89, American-born Canadian urban activist and author (''

The Death and Life of Great American Cities ''The Death and Life of Great American Cities'' is a 1961 book by writer and activist Jane Jacobs. The book is a critique of 1950s urban planning policy, which it holds responsible for the decline of many city neighborhoods in the United States ...

''), stroke. * John Kerr, 81, Irish ballad singer. *

Peter Law Peter John Law (1 April 1948 – 25 April 2006) was a Welsh politician. For most of his career Law sat as a Labour councillor and subsequently Labour Co-operative Assembly member (AM) for Blaenau Gwent. Latterly he sat as an independent membe ...

, 58, Welsh politician, independent MP and AM, brain tumor. * Tabe Slioor, 79, Finnish socialite.

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Moshe Halberstam Rabbi Moshe Halberstam (April 1, 1932 – April 26, 2006) was the son of Grand Rabbi Yaakov Halberstam of Tschakava, a scion of the Sanz dynasty, and of the daughter of Rabbi Sholom Moskowitz of Shotz of London. He was the Rosh Yeshivah of ...

, 74, Israeli Rabbi, Dean of Tshakava Yeshivah and prominent member of the

Edah Charedis The Charedi Council of Jerusalem ( he, העדה החרדית, ''haEdah haCharedit'', Ashkenazi pronunciation: ''ha-Aideh Charaidis'' or ''ha-Eido ha-Chareidis''; "Congregation of God-Fearers") is a large Haredi Jewish communal organization based i ...

Rabbinical Court of Jerusalem. *

Daryl Mack Daryl Linnie Mack (August 28, 1958 – April 26, 2006) was an American man who was executed in Nevada for murder. Mack was sentenced to death for the October 1988 rape and murder of Betty Jane May in Reno, Nevada, Reno. The murder went unsolved fo ...

, 47, American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection. *

Yuval Ne'eman Yuval Ne'eman ( he, יובל נאמן, 14 May 1925 – 26 April 2006) was an Israeli theoretical physicist, military scientist, and politician. He was Minister of Science and Development in the 1980s and early 1990s. He was the President o ...

, 80, Israeli physicist, founder of the

Israel Space Agency The Israel Space Agency (ISA; he, סוכנות החלל הישראלית, ''Sokhnut heKhalal haYisraelit'') is a governmental body, a part of Israel's Ministry of Science and Technology, that coordinates all Israeli space research programs wi ...

, science minister, and President of

Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv University (TAU) ( he, אוּנִיבֶרְסִיטַת תֵּל אָבִיב, ''Universitat Tel Aviv'') is a public research university in Tel Aviv, Israel. With over 30,000 students, it is the largest university in the country. Locate ...

. *

Russ Swan Russell Howard Swan (January 3, 1964 – April 26, 2006) was an American professional baseball relief pitcher who played from 1989 through 1994 for the San Francisco Giants, Seattle Mariners and Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball (MLB). ...

, 42, American former Major League Baseball pitcher (injuries due to a fall).

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* Wacław Latocha, 69, Polish Olympic cyclist. * Pat Marsden, 69, Canadian sportscaster, lung cancer. * Strini Moodley, 60, South African founding member of

Black Consciousness Movement The Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) was a grassroots anti-Apartheid activist movement that emerged in South Africa in the mid-1960s out of the political vacuum created by the jailing and banning of the African National Congress and Pan Afri ...

. * Kay Noble-Bell, 65, American wrestler. *

Julia Thorne Julia Stimson Thorne (September 16, 1944 – April 27, 2006) was an American writer. She was the first wife of John Kerry, who was U.S. Senator during their marriage. Biography Thorne was born in New York City on September 16, 1944, the daught ...

, 61, American author and first wife of

John Kerry John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is an American attorney, politician and diplomat who currently serves as the first United States special presidential envoy for climate. A member of the Forbes family and the Democratic Party, he ...

, bladder cancer. *

Mel Tom Melvyn Maile Tom (August 4, 1941 – April 27, 2006) was an American football defensive lineman who played nine seasons in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American footb ...

, 64, American football player, heart failure. *

Alexander Buel Trowbridge Alexander Buel (Sandy) Trowbridge III (December 12, 1929April 27, 2006) was an American politician and businessman. He was the United States Secretary of Commerce from June 14, 1967, to March 1, 1968, in the administration of President Lyndon B. ...

, 76, American politician and businessman, Secretary of Commerce under US President

Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon Baines Johnson (; August 27, 1908January 22, 1973), often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969. He had previously served as the 37th vice ...

from 1967 to 1968, former president of the

National Association of Manufacturers The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) is an advocacy group headquartered in Washington, D.C., with additional offices across the United States. It is the nation's largest manufacturing industrial trade association, representing 14,000 s ...

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* Helen Armstrong, 63, American concert violinist. * Ángel O. Berríos, 69, Puerto Rican engineer, former mayor of Caguas, heart failure. *

Steve Howe Stephen James Howe (born 8 April 1947) is an English musician, best known as the guitarist in the progressive rock band Yes across three stints since 1970. Born in Holloway, North London, Howe developed an interest in the guitar and began to le ...

, 48, American former Major League Baseball pitcher, automobile accident. * Jan Koetsier, 94, Dutch composer and conductor. *

Ben-Zion Orgad Ben-Zion Orgad ( Hebrew: בן ציון אורגד, originally ''Ben-Zion Büschel''; born Gelsenkirchen, Germany, 21 August 1926; died Tel Aviv, Israel, 28 April 2006) was an Israeli composer. His family emigrated to Mandate Palestine in 1933, whe ...

, 80, Israeli composer, cancer. *

M. G. G. Pillai MGG Pillai (1939 – 28 April 2006) was a Malaysian journalist and political activist. He was one of the country's pioneers in Internet-based journalism and activism. His parents were immigrants from Kerala, India. His great maternal uncle, Thak ...

, 67, Malaysian journalist and political activist, heart complications.

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* Sid Barron, 88, Canadian cartoonist. Known for the biplane flying overhead trailing a banner that read "mild, isn't it.". *

John Kenneth Galbraith John Kenneth Galbraith (October 15, 1908 – April 29, 2006), also known as Ken Galbraith, was a Canadian-American economist, diplomat, public official, and intellectual. His books on economic topics were bestsellers from the 1950s through t ...

, 97, American economist and author (''

The Affluent Society ''The Affluent Society'' is a 1958 (4th edition revised 1984) book by Harvard economist John Kenneth Galbraith. The book sought to clearly outline the manner in which the post–World War II United States was becoming wealthy in the private sec ...

''), natural causes. *

Alberta Nelson Alberta Nelson (August 14, 1937 – April 29, 2006) was an American television and film actress. After several dramatic parts in television in the early 1960s, she made five guest appearances on ''The Andy Griffith Show''. Early years Nelson ...

, 68, American actress known for beach party films of 1960s. * Félix Siby, 64, Gabonese politician and former government minister. * John Trever, 90, American scholar who photographed the

Dead Sea Scrolls The Dead Sea Scrolls (also the Qumran Caves Scrolls) are ancient Jewish and Hebrew religious manuscripts discovered between 1946 and 1956 at the Qumran Caves in what was then Mandatory Palestine, near Ein Feshkha in the West Bank, on the ...

in Jerusalem. * Alvin S. White, 87, American test pilot.

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* Jay Bernstein, 69, American Hollywood publicist. *

Barry Driscoll Barrington Lionel "Barry" Driscoll (15 December 1926 – 30 April 2006) was a British painter, wildlife artist and sculptor. Starting as a book illustrator, he specialized in animal subjects and established an international reputation as a ...

, 79, British sculptor and painter, cancer. *

Jean-François Revel Jean-François Revel (born Jean-François Ricard; 19 January 192430 April 2006) was a French philosopher, journalist, and author. A prominent public intellectual, Revel was a socialist in his youth but later became a prominent European propo ...

, 82, French philosopher. *

Corinne Rey-Bellet Corinne Rey-Bellet (2 August 1972 – 30 April 2006) was a Swiss alpine skier. Rey-Bellet shared a World Championship silver medal in the downhill event in St. Moritz in 2003 (in a tie with Alexandra Meissnitzer) and won a total of five W ...

, 33, Swiss Alpine skier, shot dead. * William (Bill) Roberts, 105, British First World War veteran. * Moshe Shmuel Shapiro, 88, Belarusian-born rabbi and Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Be'er Yaakov in Israel. *

Paul Spiegel Paul Spiegel (31 December 1937, in Warendorf, Germany – 30 April 2006, in Düsseldorf, Germany) was leader of the Central Council of Jews in Germany (Zentralrat der Juden in Deutschland) and the main spokesman of the German Jews. He was widely ...

, 68, German chairman of the Central Council of German Jews, natural causes. *

Pramoedya Ananta Toer Pramoedya Ananta Toer (EYD: Pramudya Ananta Tur) (6 February 1925 – 30 April 2006) was an Indonesian author of novels, short stories, essays, polemics and histories of his homeland and its people. His works span the colonial period under Dutch ...

, 81, Indonesian writer. *

Beatriz Sheridan Elizabeth Ann Sheridan Scarbrough, better known as Beatriz Sheridan (25 June 1934 – 30 April 2006) was a Mexican actress and director. A pioneer of the Mexican telenovelas and prominent figure of the Mexican theater of the 20th century, sh ...

, 71, Mexican actress and director.

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