Deaths in April 2009

The following is a list of 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.

April 2009

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, 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

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