Deaths in April 2011

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The following is a list of notable deaths in April 2011.

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 2011

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  • Peter Baumann, 75, Swiss psychiatrist.{{Cite web |url=https://trauer-anzeigen.de/leipzig |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180518141356/https://trauer-anzeigen.de/leipzig |url-status=dead |archive-date=2018-05-18 |title=Traueranzeigen aus Leipzig |website=trauer-anzeigen.de |language=de}}
  • Lou Gorman, 82, American baseball executive and general manager (Boston Red Sox, Seattle Mariners).{{Cite web |url=https://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/extras/extra_bases/2011/04/former_red_sox_1.html?p1=News_links |title=Former Red Sox GM Lou Gorman dies |date=April 1, 2011}}
  • Jane Gregory, 51, British Olympic equestrian, heart attack.{{Cite news |url=https://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/8960724.husband-leads-tributes-to-olympic-dressage-rider/ |title=Husband leads tributes to Olympic dressage rider |newspaper=The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald}}
  • George Gryaznov, 77, Russian Orthodox Archbishop of Chelyabinsk and Zlatoust (1989–1996), stroke.{{Cite web |url=http://www.patriarchia.ru/db/text/1442573.html |title=Преставился ко Господу викарий Калужской епархии архиепископ Людиновский Георгий |website=Patriarchia.ru |language=ru}}
  • Manning Marable, 60, American professor (Columbia University).{{Cite news |url=https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2011/04/malcolm-x-biographer-manning-marable-has-died.html |title=Malcolm X biographer Manning Marable has died |newspaper=Los Angeles Times}}
  • Edel Ojeda, 82, Mexican Olympic boxer.{{Cite web |url=http://www.oem.com.mx/esto/notas/n2026182.htm |title=Murió el ex campeón Edel Ojeda |website=Organización Editorial Mexicana |language=es |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110427220949/http://www.oem.com.mx/esto/notas/n2026182.htm |archive-date=April 27, 2011}}
  • Georgi Rusev, 82, Bulgarian theatre and film actor.{{Cite news |url=https://www.dnevnik.bg/bulgaria/2011/04/01/1069269_pochina_aktyorut_georgi_rusev/ |title=Почина актьорът Георги Русев |newspaper=Dnevnik |language=bg}}
  • Siri Skare, 52, Norwegian lieutenant colonel, first Norwegian female military pilot.{{Cite web |url=http://theforeigner.no/pages/news/military-mourns-fallen-officer/ |title=Military mourns fallen officer |access-date=December 19, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220061539/http://theforeigner.no/pages/news/military-mourns-fallen-officer/ |archive-date=December 20, 2013 |url-status=dead}}
  • Varkey Vithayathil, 83, Indian Syro-Malabar Catholic hierarch, Cardinal (from 2001), Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly (from 1999).{{Catholic-hierarchy|bishop|bvith|Varkey Cardinal Vithayathil}}
  • Brynle Williams, 62, Welsh activist (fuel protests) and politician, AM for North Wales (from 2003).{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-12932066 |title=Brynle Williams, Tory AM and fuel protest leader, dies |date=April 1, 2011 |website=BBC News}}

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  • Richard W. Bailey, 71, American linguist.{{cite web |url=https://www.publishing.umich.edu/2011/04/20/in-memory-of-richard-w-bailey/ |title=In memory of Richard W. Bailey|date=April 20, 2011}}
  • Larry Finch, 60, American basketball player and coach (Memphis Tigers).{{Cite web |url=http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2011/apr/02/memphis-basketball-legend-larry-finch-dies-age-60/ |title=Memphis basketball legend Larry Finch dies |access-date=May 7, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110507084013/http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2011/apr/02/memphis-basketball-legend-larry-finch-dies-age-60/ |archive-date=May 7, 2011 |url-status=dead}}
  • John C. Haas, 92, American businessman (Rohm and Haas), natural causes.{{cite web |url=http://www.kwqc.com/Global/story.asp?S=14371337 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110426044512/http://www.kwqc.com/Global/story.asp?S=14371337 |archive-date=2011-04-26 |title=John C. Haas of Rohm and Haas chemical firm dies |date=April 26, 2011 |website=KWQC-TV}}
  • Efraín Loyola, 94, Cuban flautist.{{cite web |url=http://www.cubanews.ain.cu/2011/0402-Cubas-Most-Longevous-Flutist-Passed-Away.htm |title=Cuba's Most Longevous Flutist Passed Away |website=Cuban News Agency |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501033112/http://www.cubanews.ain.cu/2011/0402-Cubas-Most-Longevous-Flutist-Passed-Away.htm |archive-date=May 1, 2011}}
  • James McNulty, 92, Canadian politician, MP for Lincoln (1962–1968) and St. Catharines (1968–1972).{{cite news |url=http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3058666 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308191026/http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3058666 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-03-08 |title=Respected MP, football coach James McNulty dies |newspaper=St. Catharines Standard |access-date=2019-07-15}}
  • Jess Osuna, 82, American actor (Three Days of the Condor, Taps, Kramer vs. Kramer).{{cite news |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nytimes/obituary.aspx?n=jess-osuna&pid=150093975 |title=Jess Osuna Obituary |newspaper=The New York Times |via=Legacy.com}}
  • Larry Parr, 64, American chess player.{{cite web |url=http://www.chessninja.com/dailydirt/2011/04/larry-parr-1946-2011.htm |title=Larry Parr 1946-2011 |website=The Daily Dirt Chess News Blog}}
  • Baba Reshat, 76, Albanian religious figure, head of the Bektashi order.{{cite web |url=http://www.albeu.com/news/worlds-spiritual-father-of-bektashi-order-father-reshat-bardhi-dies/33423/ |title=World's Spiritual Father of Bektashi Order, Father Reshat Bardhi, dies |website=Albeu.com|date=July 24, 2020 }}
  • Tom Silverio, 65, Dominican-born American baseball player (California Angels).{{cite web |url=http://www.almomento.net/news/130/ARTICLE/84216/2011-04-02.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501050524/http://www.almomento.net/news/130/ARTICLE/84216/2011-04-02.html |archive-date=2011-05-01 |title=Fallece ex jardinero Tomás Silverio |date=May 1, 2011 |website=AlMomento.net |language=es}}
  • Bill Varney, 77, American sound editor (Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Empire Strikes Back, Back to the Future), Oscar winner (1981, 1982).{{cite news |url=https://obits.al.com/obituaries/mobile/obituary-preview.aspx?pid=150005285 |title=Harold William (Bill) Varney Obituary |newspaper=Press-Register}}
  • Romeo Venturelli, 72, Italian cyclist.{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=7964 |title=Romeo Venturelli |website=Cycling Archives}}
  • Paul Violi, 66, American poet, cancer.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/16/books/paul-violi-poet-dies-at-66.html |title=Paul Violi, Poet, Dies at 66 |first=William |last=Grimes |date=April 15, 2011 |newspaper=The New York Times}}

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  • Rafique Alam, 81, Indian politician, heart attack.{{Cite magazine |url=http://news.outlookindia.com/item.aspx?717501 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501061606/http://news.outlookindia.com/item.aspx?717501 |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 1, 2011 |title=Former Union Minister Rafique Alam Passes Away |date=May 1, 2011 |magazine=Outlook}}
  • Amy Applegren, 84, American baseball player (All-American Girls Professional Baseball League).{{Cite news |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/pjstar/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=150001788 |title=Amy Applegren Obituary |newspaper=Peoria Journal Star |via=Legacy.com}}
  • Lena Lovato Archuleta, 90, American educator.{{Cite web |url=https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Lena-Archuleta--one-of-LARASA-s-Founders--passes-away.html?soid=1102254001597&aid=8aqoKtPKUS4 |title=Lena Archuleta, one of LARASA's Founders, passes away |website=Latin American Research and Service Agency}}
  • Ulli Beier, 88, German writer.{{Cite web |url=http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/ArtsandCulture/5687071-147/ulli_beier_dies_at_88_.csp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110906153943/http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/ArtsandCulture/5687071-147/ulli_beier_dies_at_88_.csp |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 6, 2011 |title=Ulli Beier dies at 88 |date=September 6, 2011}}
  • William Henry Bullock, 83, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Des Moines (1987–1993) and Madison (1993–2003), lung cancer.{{Catholic-hierarchy|bishop|bbullock|Bishop William Henry Bullock}}
  • James Martin Fitzgerald, 90, American jurist, justice of the Alaska Supreme Court (1972–1974), senior judge of the District Court for the District of Alaska (1974–2006).{{Cite news |url=http://www.adn.com/2011/04/05/1794557/retired-alaska-judge-dies-in-california.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110420031735/http://www.adn.com/2011/04/05/1794557/retired-alaska-judge-dies-in-california.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 20, 2011 |title=Retired Alaska judge dies in California |newspaper=Anchorage Daily News |date=April 20, 2011}}
  • Martin Horton, 76, English cricketer.{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/8433140/Martin-Horton.html |title=Martin Horton |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph}}
  • Kevin Jarre, 56, American screenwriter (Tombstone, Glory, The Mummy), heart failure.{{Cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-kevin-jarre-20110422-story.html |title=Kevin Jarre dies at 56; screenwriter of 'Glory' and 'Tombstone' |newspaper=Los Angeles Times}}
  • Yevgeny Lyadin, 84, Russian footballer.{{Cite web |url=https://www.euro-football.ru/article/29/776294_umer_veteran_lokomotiva_lyadin |title=Умер ветеран "Локомотива" Лядин |website=Euro-football |language=ru}}
  • Marian Pankowski, 91, Polish writer.{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/may/18/marian-pankowski-obituary |title=Marian Pankowski obituary |first=Jaroslaw |last=Adamowski |date=May 18, 2011 |newspaper=The Guardian}}
  • William Prusoff, 90, American pharmacologist.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/07/health/research/07prusoff.html |title=William H. Prusoff, 90, Dies; Developed Early AIDS Drug |first=William |last=Grimes |date=April 6, 2011 |newspaper=The New York Times}}
  • Calvin Russell, 62, American protest singer-songwriter and guitarist.{{Cite web |url=https://variety.com/2011/music/news/singer-songwriter-calvin-russell-dies-1118034876/ |title=Singer-songwriter Calvin Russell dies |first=Chris |last=Morris |date=April 4, 2011 |website=Variety}}
  • Mandi Schwartz, 23, Canadian college ice hockey player, acute myeloid leukemia.{{Cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/college-sports/news/story?id=6287495 |title=Ex-Yale hockey standout Schwartz dies at 23 |date=April 3, 2011 |website=ESPN}}
  • Gustavo Sondermann, 29, Brazilian racing driver, race crash.{{Cite web |url=http://globoesporte.globo.com/motor/stock-car/noticia/2011/04/apos-forte-acidente-gustavo-sondermann-falece-por-morte-cerebral.html |title=Após acidente, Gustavo Sondermann tem morte cerebral confirmada |first=Rafael |last=Honório |website=Globo Esporte.com |language=pt}}
  • John A. Tory, 81, Canadian lawyer and corporate executive, stroke.{{Cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2011/04/03/obituary_lawyer_john_a_tory_guided_canadas_mightiest_men.html |title=Obituary: Lawyer John A. Tory guided Canada's mightiest men |newspaper=The Star}}

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  • John Adler, 51, American politician, U.S. Representative from New Jersey (2009–2011), infective endocarditis.{{cite web |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/former-rep-john-adler-dead-at-51/ |title=Former Rep. John Adler dead at 51 |website=CBS News}}
  • Scott Columbus, 54, American drummer (Manowar).{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=156340 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823131839/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=156340 |archive-date=2011-08-23 |title=Former Manowar Drummer Scott Columbus Dead At 54 |date=August 23, 2011 |website=Blabbermouth.net}}
  • Jackson Lago, 76, Brazilian politician, Governor of Maranhão (2007–2009), cancer.{{cite web |url=http://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/2011/04/morre-jackson-lago-ex-governador-do-maranhao.html |title=Morre Jackson Lago, ex-governador do Maranhão |date=April 4, 2011 |website=Política |language=pt}}
  • Ned McWherter, 80, American politician, Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives (1973–1987) and Governor (1987–1995), cancer.{{cite web |url=http://www.waaytv.com/news/local/story/Former-TN-Governor-Ned-McWherter-Dies/ccZF17gG6EiMBrtfK2NstQ.cspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430221038/http://www.waaytv.com/news/local/story/Former-TN-Governor-Ned-McWherter-Dies/ccZF17gG6EiMBrtfK2NstQ.cspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-04-30 |title=Former TN Governor Ned McWherter Dies |website=WAAY-TV |access-date=2019-07-15}}
  • Juliano Mer-Khamis, 52, Israeli actor and political activist, shot.{{cite news |url=https://www.haaretz.com/1.5146901 |title=Israeli Actor Juliano Mer-Khamis Shot Dead in Jenin |first1=Jack |last1=Khoury |first2=Avi |last2=Issacharoff |first3=Anshel |last3=Pfeffer |name-list-style=amp |date=April 4, 2011 |newspaper=Haaretz}}
  • John Niven, 89, Scottish footballer (East Fife F.C.).{{cite news |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-john-niven-footballer-1-1573124 |title=Obituary: John Niven, footballer |newspaper=The Scotsman |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150102002903/https://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-john-niven-footballer-1-1573124 |archive-date=January 2, 2015}}
  • Witta Pohl, 73, German actress.{{cite web |url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/zum-tod-von-witta-pohl-nacht-mutter-1.1081488 |title=Nacht, Mutter: Zum Tod von Witta Pohl |first=Ruth |last=Schneeberger |date=April 5, 2011 |newspaper=Süddeutsche Zeitung |language=de}}
  • Wayne Robson, 64, Canadian actor (The Red Green Show, Cube, The Rescuers Down Under).{{cite web |url=https://www.theatermania.com/toronto-theater/news/canadian-actor-wayne-robson-has-died_35866.html |title=Canadian Actor Wayne Robson Has Died |website=TheaterMania}}
  • Craig Thomas, 68, Welsh author, pneumonia.{{cite web |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/firefox-writer-craig-thomas-dies-1838513 |title=Firefox writer Craig Thomas dies after cancer battle |date=April 8, 2011 |website=WalesOnline}}
  • Juan Tuñas, 93, Cuban footballer.{{cite news |url=http://www.laprensagrafica.com/el-salvador/lodeldia/182985-murio-el-cubano-juan-tunas-el-mundialista-mas-longevo-de-concacaf-.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110426064256/http://www.laprensagrafica.com/el-salvador/lodeldia/182985-murio-el-cubano-juan-tunas-el-mundialista-mas-longevo-de-concacaf-.html |archive-date=2011-04-26 |title=Murió el cubano Juan Tuñas, el mundialista más longevo de CONCACAF |date=April 26, 2011 |newspaper=La Prensa Gráfica |language=es}}
  • Vakur Versan, 93, Turkish jurist, professor of administrative law (Istanbul University).{{cite web |url=http://www.isbfmezder.org.tr/yeni/etkinlik_detay.asp?detay=130 |title=Değerli̇ Hocamiz Prof. Dr. Vakur Versan'I Kaybetti̇k |website=Istanbul University Faculty of Political Sciences Alumni Association |language=tr |access-date=June 19, 2020 |archive-date=June 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200621122823/http://www.isbfmezder.org.tr/yeni/etkinlik_detay.asp?detay=130 |url-status=dead }}
  • Boško Vuksanović, 83, Croatian water polo player.{{cite web |url=https://www.b92.net/sport/vaterpolo/vesti.php?yyyy=2011&mm=04&dd=04&nav_id=504010 |title=Preminuo Boško Vuksanović |website=B92.net |language=hr}}

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  • Baruch Samuel Blumberg, 85, American doctor, Nobel laureate in medicine, heart attack.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/medicine-obituaries/8433131/Professor-Baruch-Blumberg.html |title=Professor Baruch Blumberg |date=April 6, 2011 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph}}
  • L. J. Davis, 70, American writer.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/09/arts/l-j-davis-journalist-and-novelist-dies-at-70.html |title=L. J. Davis, Journalist and Novelist, Dies at 70 |first=Bruce |last=Weber |date=April 9, 2011 |newspaper=The New York Times}}
  • Heinrich Kleisli, 80, Swiss mathematician.{{cite web |url=http://www.unifr.ch/news/de/index.php?id=6900%2F |title=In memoriam: Prof. emerit. Heinrich Kleisli Kleisli |website=Universität Freiburg |language=de |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304141840/http://www.unifr.ch/news/de/index.php?id=6900%2F |archive-date=2016-03-04}}
  • John Mahoney, 61, American politician.{{cite news |url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dispatch/obituary.aspx?pid=150066944 |title=Former state senator John Mahoney dies at 61 |newspaper=The Columbus Dispatch |via=Legacy.com }}
  • Ange-Félix Patassé, 74, Central African politician, Prime Minister (1976–1978) and President (1993–2003).{{Cite web |url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5ioPwyrjquxHY3DAfkIZlrOzvNnWA?docId=CNG.5608774259bde2e96ee4c17501ae73ed.931 |title=C. African Republic ex-president Patasse dies |access-date=November 10, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110427151143/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5ioPwyrjquxHY3DAfkIZlrOzvNnWA?docId=CNG.5608774259bde2e96ee4c17501ae73ed.931 |archive-date=April 27, 2011 |url-status=dead}}
  • Gil Robbins, 80, American folk singer (The Highwaymen) and actor, father of Tim Robbins, prostate cancer.{{cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/tim-robbins-double-tragedy-loses-parents-weeks/story?id=13417438 |title=Tim Robbins Loses Both Parents in Two Weeks |website=ABC News}}
  • Larry Shepard, 92, American baseball manager (Pittsburgh Pirates) and coach (Cincinnati Reds).{{cite web |url=https://www.foxnews.com/sports/former-pirates-manager-reds-coach-shepard-dies |title=Former Pirates manager, Reds coach Shepard dies |date=March 27, 2015 |website=Fox News}}

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  • Nabi Bakhsh Baloch, 93, Pakistani scholar.{{cite web |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/144467/transitions-scholar-dr-nabi-bux-baloch-who-compiled-the-first-sindhi-english-dictionary-dies-at-93/ |title=Nabi Bakhsh Baloch death notice|date=April 6, 2011}}
  • Thøger Birkeland, 89, Danish children's book author.{{cite news |url=https://www.information.dk/telegram/2011/04/krummernes-far-doed |title=Krummernes far er død |date=April 6, 2011 |newspaper=Dagbladet Information |language=da}}
  • Igor Birman, 85, Russian-born American writer and economist.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/igor-birman-economist-who-predicted-collapse-of-soviet-economy-dies-at-82/2011/04/19/AFh062EE_story.html |title=Igor Birman, economist who predicted collapse of Soviet economy, dies at 82 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=2011-04-20 |access-date=2019-07-15}}
  • Jim Blair, 64, Scottish footballer, natural causes.{{cite web |url=http://www.saintmirren.org/pages/?p=2827 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323160815/http://www.saintmirren.org/pages/?p=2827 |archive-date=2012-03-23 |title=Jim Blair: 1947-2011 |date=March 23, 2012 |website=St Mirren Football Club}}
  • John Bottomley, 50, Canadian singer-songwriter, suicide.{{cite web |url=http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/April2011/11/c3105.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110427192049/http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/April2011/11/c3105.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-04-27 |title=Juno Award Winning Singer-Songwriter John Bottomley Dies Unexpectedly at age 50 |website=Newswire.ca |access-date=2019-07-15}}
  • Mike Campbell, 78, Zimbabwean farmer, challenged Robert Mugabe (Campbell v Zimbabwe), complications from torture.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/politics-obituaries/8439131/Mike-Campbell.html |title=Mike Campbell |date=April 8, 2011 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph}}
  • Giuseppe Comini, 88, Italian Olympic fencer.{{cite web |url=http://www.maestridischerma.it/content/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=181%3Ain-ricordo-del-maestro-giuseppe-comini&Itemid=65 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303193155/http://www.maestridischerma.it/content/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=181%3Ain-ricordo-del-maestro-giuseppe-comini&Itemid=65 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2016-03-03 |title=In ricordo del Maestro Giuseppe Comini |access-date=2019-07-15 |language=it}}
  • Joe Heap, 79, American football player (New York Giants).[https://obits.nola.com/us/obituaries/nola/name/joseph-heap-obituary?id=13821991 Joseph Lawrence Heap Sr.]
  • Robin Lindsay, 97, British Olympic silver medal-winning (1948) field hockey player.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/8505507/Lieutenant-Colonel-Robin-Lindsay.html |title=Lieutenant-Colonel Robin Lindsay |date=May 10, 2011 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph}}
  • Coyote McCloud, 68, American disc jockey.{{Cite web |url=http://www.wkrn.com/story/14398780/longtime-nashville-dj-dies |title=Longtime Nashville DJ dies |access-date=May 7, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110425223119/http://www.wkrn.com/story/14398780/longtime-nashville-dj-dies |archive-date=April 25, 2011 |url-status=dead}}
  • Johnny Morris, 87, English footballer.{{cite web |url=http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/sport/Morris-shone-Rams-post-war-power/article-3424839-detail/article.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110426052017/http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/sport/Morris-shone-Rams-post-war-power/article-3424839-detail/article.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-04-26 |title=Morris shone when Rams were a post-war power |access-date=2019-07-15}}
  • Skip O'Brien, 60, American actor (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, The Hitcher, Blow), complications from prostate cancer.{{cite news |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/app/obituary.aspx?n=Skip-OBrien&pid=150085896 |title=Skip O'Brien Obituary |newspaper=Asbury Park Press |via=Legacy.com}}
  • Fritiof S. Sjöstrand, 98, Swedish physician and histologist.{{cite web |url=http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/fbb.aspx?c=15415 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003072234/http://today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/fbb.aspx?c=15415 |archive-date=2011-10-03 |title=In Memoriam: Donna Vredevoe, former faculty leader and vice chancellor |date=October 3, 2011 |website=UCLA Today}}
  • F. Gordon A. Stone, 85, British chemist.{{cite web |url=http://www.bris.ac.uk/news/2011/7593.html |title=F. Gordon A. Stone, 1925-2011 |website=University of Bristol}}
  • Sujatha, 58, Indian actress.{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.hotklix.com/link/News/India/Sujatha-Actress-Dead-Welcome-to-news-website |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110426044608/http://timesofindia.hotklix.com/link/News/India/Sujatha-Actress-Dead-Welcome-to-news-website |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-04-26 |title=Sujatha Actress Dead |newspaper=The Times of India |access-date=2019-07-15}}
  • Hans Tiedge, 73, German spy.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/8448961/Hans-Joachim-Tiedge.html |title=Hans Joachim Tiedge |date=April 13, 2011 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph}}

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  • Benedetto Aloi, 75, American mobster, natural causes.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IKVWTsi5NYkC&q=Benedetto+Aloi+dies+2011&pg=PT391|title = Mob Boss: The Life of Little al d'Arco, the Man Who Brought Down the Mafia|isbn = 9781250037435|last1 = Capeci|first1 = Jerry|last2 = Robbins|first2 = Tom|date = October 2013}}
  • Bruce Cowan, 85, Australian politician, member of the House of Representatives (1980–1993).{{cite news |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/bruce-cowan-ofarrells-father-in-law-dies-20110407-1d5po.html |title=Bruce Cowan, O'Farrell's father-in-law, dies |date=April 7, 2011 |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald}}
  • Edward Edwards, 77, American serial killer, natural causes.{{Cite web |url=http://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Serial-killer-sentenced-to-death-dies-in-prison-1329494.php |title=Serial killer sentenced to death dies in prison |access-date=May 7, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110503190515/http://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Serial-killer-sentenced-to-death-dies-in-prison-1329494.php |archive-date=May 3, 2011 |url-status=dead}}
  • Hugh FitzRoy, 11th Duke of Grafton, 92, British aristocrat.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/royalty-obituaries/8444090/The-Duke-of-Grafton.html |title=The Duke of Grafton |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph}}
  • Pierre Gauvreau, 88, Canadian painter and television screenplay writer.{{cite news |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/pierre-gauvreau-helped-launch-quebecs-quiet-revolution/article578846/ |title=Pierre Gauvreau helped launch Quebec's Quiet Revolution |newspaper=The Globe and Mail}}
  • Blažena Holišová, 80, Czech film and theatre actress.{{cite web |url=https://www.idnes.cz/kultura/divadlo/zemrela-filmova-a-divadelni-herecka-blazena-holisova-bylo-ji-80-let.A110408_094005_divadlo_ob |title=Zemřela filmová a divadelní herečka Blažena Holišová. Bylo jí 80 let |date=April 8, 2011 |website=iDNES.cz |language=cs}}
  • Arthur Lessac, 101, American voice trainer.{{cite web |url=http://www.acting.uniri.hr/2011/04/arthur-lessac-passed-away/?lang=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430192616/http://www.acting.uniri.hr/2011/04/arthur-lessac-passed-away/?lang=en |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-04-30 |title=Arthur Lessac passed away |website=University of Rijeka: Acting, media and culture studies |date=2011-04-30 |access-date=2019-07-15}}
  • E. J. McGuire, 58, Canadian ice hockey coach and scout, cancer.{{cite web |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-scouting-vp-ej-mcguire-passes-away/c-558573 |title=NHL Scouting VP EJ McGuire passes away |website=NHL.com}}
  • Hedzer Rijpstra, 91, Dutch politician.{{cite web |url=https://www.nieuwsbank.nl/archief/oud-cdk-fryslan-hedzer-rijpstra-overleden?id=2900341 |title=Oud-CdK Fryslân Hedzer Rijpstra overleden |website=Nieuwsbank |language=nl |access-date=July 15, 2019 |archive-date=July 15, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190715214604/https://www.nieuwsbank.nl/archief/oud-cdk-fryslan-hedzer-rijpstra-overleden?id=2900341 |url-status=dead }}
  • Victor Surdu, 63, Romanian politician, first post-Communist Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development.{{Cite web |url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iFmQzNMsYnJ0H_iP8DKexJQzAsew?docId=6492869 |title=Romania's first post-communist agriculture minister dies |access-date=November 10, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110427145540/http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iFmQzNMsYnJ0H_iP8DKexJQzAsew?docId=6492869 |archive-date=April 27, 2011 |url-status=dead}}

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  • Freda Ahenakew, 79, Canadian author and academic.{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thestarphoenix/obituary.aspx?n=freda-ahenakew&pid=150205330|title = Freda Ahenakew Obituary (2011) - Saskatoon StarPhoenix|website = Legacy.com}}
  • Mario Branch, 31, American football player (Tennessee Titans, Amsterdam Admirals, Philadelphia Soul), heart failure.{{cite web |url=https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/04/08/former-titans-lineman-dies-of-congestive-heart-failure-at-age-31/ |title=Former Titans lineman dies of congestive heart failure at age 31 |website=NBC Sports |date=April 8, 2011 |access-date=2019-07-15}}
  • Daniel Catán, 62, Mexican composer.{{cite web |url=https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2011/04/composer-daniel-catan-dies-unexpectedly-at-62.html |title=Composer Daniel Catan dies unexpectedly at 62 |date=April 11, 2011}}
  • David S. Clarke, 69, Australian businessman, chairman of Macquarie Group (1985–2007), stomach cancer.{{cite news |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/archive/business-old/former-macquarie-chairman-david-clarke-dies/news-story/d089f2fa09aec1e4c724f9fe52fb5778 |title=Former Macquarie chairman Clarke dies |date=April 8, 2011 |newspaper=The Australian}}
  • John McCracken, 76, American sculptor.{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-john-mccracken-20110410-story.html |title=John McCracken dies at 76; contemporary artist made geometric sculptures |newspaper=Los Angeles Times}}
  • John Pugsley, 77, American libertarian speaker and writer.{{cite web |url=https://www.lewrockwell.com/lrc-blog/jack-pugsley-rip/ |title=Jack Pugsley, RIP |website=Lew Rockwell |access-date=2019-07-15}}
  • Donald Shanks, 70, Australian operatic bass-baritone, heart attack.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.limelightmagazine.com.au/Article/254105,legendary-australian-opera-singer-donald-shanks-dies-of-heart-attack.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110414041823/http://www.limelightmagazine.com.au/Article/254105,legendary-australian-opera-singer-donald-shanks-dies-of-heart-attack.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-04-14 |title=Legendary Australian opera singer Donald Shanks dies of heart attack |magazine=Limelight |access-date=2019-07-15}}
  • Vasilijs Stepanovs, 83, Latvian weightlifter and Olympic silver medalist (1956 Melbourne).{{cite web |url=http://sportacentrs.com/speka_sports/11042011-muziba_aizgajis_olimpiskais_vicecempions_ |title=Mūžībā aizgājis olimpiskais vicečempions Stepanovs |date=April 11, 2011 |website=Sportacentrs.com |language=lv}}
  • Hedda Sterne, 100, Romanian-born American painter and printmaker.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/12/arts/design/hedda-sterne-artist-of-many-styles-dies-at-100.html |title=Hedda Sterne, Artist of Many Styles, Dies at 100 |first=William |last=Grimes |date=April 11, 2011 |newspaper=The New York Times}}
  • Elena Zuasti, 75, Uruguayan stage actress and comedian, heart failure.{{Cite web |url=http://www.elpais.com.uy/110409/pespec-558964/espectaculos/dolor-en-el-teatro-murio-elena-zuasti |title=Dolor en el teatro: murió Elena Zuasti |access-date=May 7, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501144751/http://www.elpais.com.uy/110409/pespec-558964/espectaculos/dolor-en-el-teatro-murio-elena-zuasti/ |archive-date=May 1, 2011 |url-status=dead |language=es}}

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  • Zakariya Rashid Hassan al-Ashiri, 40, Bahraini blogger and journalist, beaten.{{cite news |url=http://www.cpj.org/killed/2011/zakariya-rashid-hassan-al-ashiri.php |title=Zakariya Rashid Hassan al-Ashiri}}
  • Pierre Celis, 86, Belgian brewer (Celis), cancer.{{cite news |url=https://www.gva.be/cnt/aid1035923/hoegaardse-bierbrouwer-pierre-celis-86-overleden |title=Hoegaardse bierbrouwer Pierre Celis (86) overleden |newspaper=Gazet van Antwerpen |language=nl}}
  • Robert Coleman-Senghor, 71, American English professor, torn aorta.{{cite web |url=http://www.watchsonomacounty.com/2011/04/cities/cotati-council-member-dies-of-aorta-tear/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110417201636/http://www.watchsonomacounty.com/2011/04/cities/cotati-council-member-dies-of-aorta-tear/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-04-17 |title=Cotati council member dies of aorta tear |website=Watch Sonoma County |date=2011-04-11 |access-date=2019-07-15}}
  • Chip Fairway, 38, American wrestler.{{cite web |url=https://www.pwinsider.com/article/57024/chip-fairway-frank-stinky-morin-pass-away.html |title=Chip Fairway, Frank 'Stinky' Morin Pass Away |website=PWInsider.com}}
  • Nicholas Goodhart, 91, British marine engineer and glider pilot.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/8468948/Rear-Admiral-Nicholas-Goodhart.html |title=Rear-Admiral Nicholas Goodhart |date=April 22, 2011 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph}}
  • Jerry Lawson, 70, American videogame console engineer.{{cite web |url=http://www.1up.com/news/video-game-pioneer-jerry-lawson-dies |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430175917/http://www.1up.com/news/video-game-pioneer-jerry-lawson-dies |archive-date=2011-04-30 |title=Video Game Pioneer Jerry Lawson Dies |date=April 30, 2011 |website=1Up.com}}
  • Sidney Lumet, 86, American film director (12 Angry Men, Dog Day Afternoon, Network), lymphoma.{{cite web |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/09/sidney-lumet-dead_n_847014.html |title=Sidney Lumet Dead: Director Passes at 86 |website=Huffington Post |date=April 9, 2011 |access-date=2019-07-15}}
  • Roger Nichols, 66, American sound engineer and record producer (Steely Dan), pancreatic cancer.{{cite web |url=http://thedeadrockstarsclub.com/2011.html |title=2011 January to June |website=The Dead Rock Stars Club}}
  • Yolande Palfrey, 54, British actress (Blake's 7, Doctor Who), brain tumour.{{cite web |url=http://scifi.thedailyglobe.com/2011/04/30/obituary-yolande-palfrey/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110826202942/http://scifi.thedailyglobe.com/2011/04/30/obituary-yolande-palfrey/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-08-26 |title=Obituary: Yolande Palfrey |access-date=2019-07-15}}
  • Orrin Tucker, 100, American orchestra leader.{{cite news |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/latimes/obituary.aspx?n=robert-orrin-tucker&pid=150250690 |title=Robert Orrin Tucker Obituary |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |via=Legacy.com}}
  • Randy Wood, 94, American record producer, founder of Dot Records.{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2011-apr-14-la-me-randy-wood-20110414-story.html |title=Dot Records founder, industry pioneer |newspaper=Los Angeles Times}}

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  • Bill Brill, 79, American sportswriter and newspaper editor, esophageal cancer.{{Cite web |url=http://www.roanoke.com/news/breaking/wb/282962 |title=Former Roanoke Times sports editor Bill Brill dies |access-date=May 7, 2011 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20110429195128/http://www.roanoke.com/news/breaking/wb/282962 |archive-date=April 29, 2011 |url-status=dead}}
  • Violet Cowden, 94, American pilot, member of Women Airforce Service Pilots during World War II, heart failure.{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/education/tn-hbi-0421-cowden-20110413-story.html |title=Female World War II pilot 'will be sorely missed' |newspaper=Los Angeles Times.com}}
  • Don Merton, 72, New Zealand conservationist.{{Cite web |url=http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/newsdetail1.asp?storyID=194260 |title=Don Merton has died |access-date=May 7, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430195606/http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/newsdetail1.asp?storyID=194260 |archive-date=April 30, 2011 |url-status=dead}}
  • Mikhail Rusyayev, 46, Russian footballer.{{cite web |url=https://www.ua-football.com/foreign/russia/1302597863-skonchalsya-byvshiy-forvard-moskovskogo-spartaka-mihail-rusyaev.html |title=Скончался бывший форвард московского Спартака Михаил Русяев |date=April 12, 2011 |website=ua-football.com |language=ru}}
  • Bob Shaw, 89, American football player (Los Angeles Rams).{{cite news |url=http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/sports/stories/2011/04/14/shaws-life-was-stuff-of-hollywood.html?sid=101 |title=Shaw's life was stuff of Hollywood |newspaper=The Columbus Dispatch |date=April 14, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110417023441/http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/sports/stories/2011/04/14/shaws-life-was-stuff-of-hollywood.html?sid=101 |archive-date=2011-04-17}}
  • Homer Smith, 79, American football coach (Army Black Knights), cancer.{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/news/story?id=6347070 |title=Former Army coach Homer Smith dies |date=April 13, 2011 |website=ESPN}}
  • Phil Solomon, 86, Northern Irish music executive.{{cite news |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/phil-solomon-pop-impresario-who-handled-them-and-the-bachelors-and-rescued-radio-caroline-2300235.html |title=Phil Solomon: Pop impresario who handled Them and the Bachelors and rescued Radio Caroline |date=June 21, 2011 |newspaper=The Independent}}
  • Francis E. Sweeney, 77, American jurist, Ohio Supreme Court justice (1993–2004).{{cite web |url=https://www.dispatch.com/article/20110411/NEWS/304119793 |title=Former Ohio Supreme Court Justice Francis E. Sweeney Sr. dies |website=The Columbus Dispatch}}
  • Stephen Watson, 56, South African writer and critic, cancer.{{cite web |url=http://www.artlink.co.za/news_article.htm?contentID=26907 |title=Stephen Watson (1954-2011): A Tribute in Words |website=Artslink}}

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  • Billy Bang, 63, American jazz violinist, lung cancer.{{cite web |url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news/jazz-violinist-billy-bang-dies_1212237 |title=Jazz Violinist Billy Bang Dies |date=April 12, 2011 |website=ContactMusic.com}}
  • Lewis Binford, 80, American archaeologist, heart failure.{{cite news |url=https://www.abqjournal.com/obits/profiles/162250159412obitsprofiles04-16-11.htm |title=Lewis Binford: Prof Changed Archaeology |newspaper=Albuquerque Journal |date=April 16, 2011}}
  • Jimmy Briggs, 74, Scottish footballer (Dundee United).{{cite news |url=https://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/obituaries/106678/former-dundee-united-player-jimmy-briggs/ |title=Former Dundee United player Jimmy Briggs |newspaper=The Courier}}
  • Akis Cleanthous, 47, Cypriot politician, chairman of the Stock Exchange (2003–2007), Minister of Education and Culture (2007–2008), heart attack.{{cite news |url=https://www.financialmirror.com/2011/04/11/former-cse-chairman-cyprus-education-minister-dies-of-heart-attack/ |title=Former CSE chairman, Cyprus education minister dies of heart attack |newspaper=Financial Mirror}}
  • John D'Orazio, 55, Australian politician, member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly for Ballajura (2001–2008), heart attack during surgery.{{cite web |url=https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/john-dorazio-dead-at-55-20110412-1dbos.html |title=John D'Orazio dead at 55 |first=Lee-Maree |last=Gallo |date=April 12, 2011 |website=WAtoday}}
  • La Esterella, 91, Belgian Flemish singer.{{cite web |url=http://flanderstoday.eu/content/face-flanders-la-esterella |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110423210543/http://flanderstoday.eu/content/face-flanders-la-esterella |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-04-23 |title=Face of Flanders: La Esterella |website=Flanders Today |date=2011-04-20 |access-date=2019-07-15}}
  • Billy Gray, 83, English footballer (Nottingham Forest).{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/13056013 |title=Nottingham Forest FA Cup hero Billy Gray dies |date=April 12, 2011 |website=BBC News}}
  • Murtaza Hassan, 56-57, Pakistani stage comedian, hepatitis and liver cancer.{{cite web |url=http://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/46715-Stage-actor-comedian-Mastana-passes-away |title=Stage actor, comedian Mastana passes away |website=Dunya News}}
  • Sir John Lowther, 87, British public servant, Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire (1984–1998).{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/8510355/Sir-John-Lowther.html |title=Sir John Lowther |date=May 12, 2011 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph}}
  • Sir Simon Milton, 49, British politician, London Deputy Mayor for Policy and Planning, after short illness.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-13045928 |title=Deputy mayor dies after illness |date=April 12, 2011 |website=BBC News}}
  • Doug Newlands, 79, Scottish footballer (Aberdeen, Burnley).{{cite web |url=http://www.clarets-mad.co.uk/news/tmnw/doug_newlands_passes_away_668219/index.shtml |title=Doug Newlands passes away |website=Clarets Mad.co.uk}}
  • Jørgen Munk Plum, 85, Danish Olympic athlete.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pl/jorgen-munk-plum-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418055516/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pl/jorgen-munk-plum-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Jørgen Munk Plum Bio, Stats, and Results |website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com}}
  • Peter Ruehl, 64, American-born Australian columnist.{{cite news |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/newspaper-columnist-peter-ruehl-dies-20110412-1dbza.html |title=Newspaper columnist Peter Ruehl dies |date=April 12, 2011 |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald}}
  • Igor Runov, 48, Russian volleyball player, Olympic silver medalist (1988).{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ru/igor-runov-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418052418/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ru/igor-runov-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Igor Runov Bio, Stats, and Results |website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com}}
  • Angela Scoular, 65, British actress, suicide by acid ingestion.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/8447229/Mystery-over-death-of-the-wife-of-Leslie-Phillips.html |title=Mystery over death of the wife of Leslie Phillips |date=April 13, 2011 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph}}
  • Larry Sweeney, 30, American professional wrestler and manager, suicide by hanging.{{Cite web |url=http://www.f4wonline.com/content/view/20213 |title=Former top manager, Sweeney, dead at 29 |access-date=May 7, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110508032557/http://www.f4wonline.com/content/view/20213 |archive-date=May 8, 2011 |url-status=dead}}
  • Eric Wall, 95, British Anglican bishop, Bishop of Huntingdon (1972–1980).{{cite news |url=https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2011/29-april/gazette/obituary-the-rt-revd-eric-wall |title=Obituary: The Rt Revd Eric Wall |newspaper=Church Times}}

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  • Roy Ananny, 86, Canadian football player.{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/ottawacitizen/obituary.aspx?n=roy-ananny&pid=150294100 | title=Roy Ananny Obituary (2011)| website=Legacy.com}}
  • Albert Bachmann, 81, Swiss military intelligence officer.{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/8493181/Colonel-Albert-Bachmann.html |title=Albert Bachmann's death notice}}
  • Sachin Bhowmick, 80, Indian screenwriter, heart attack.{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Screenwriter-Sachin-Bhowmick-passes-away/articleshow/7962839.cms |title=Screenwriter Sachin Bhowmick passes away |newspaper=The Times of India}}
  • Lee Bradley Brown, 39, British tourist, died in police custody in Dubai.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13085398 |title=Dubai death Briton Lee Brown 'choked on vomit' |work=BBC News |date=April 14, 2011 }}
  • Ronnie Coyle, 46, Scottish footballer (Celtic, Raith Rovers), leukemia.{{cite news |url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/raith-rovers-icon-ronnie-coyle-1100262 |title=Raith Rovers icon Ronnie Coyle loses his battle with leukaemia, aged 46 |newspaper=Daily Record}}
  • Sidney Harman, 92, American businessman and publisher (Newsweek), acute myeloid leukemia.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/arts-patron-industrialist-sidney-harman-dies-at-92/2011/04/13/AFj2Y1YD_story.html |title=Arts patron, industrialist Sidney Harman dies at 92 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=2011-04-13 |access-date=2019-07-15}}
  • Eddie Joost, 94, American baseball player and manager (Philadelphia Athletics, Cincinnati Reds).{{cite web |url=https://mlb.nbcsports.com/2011/04/13/eddie-joost-1916-2011/ |title=Eddie Joost: 1916-2011 |first=Aaron |last=Gleeman |date=April 13, 2011}}
  • Robert Lokossimbayé, 35, Chadian footballer.{{cite web |url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/54921/Robert_Lokossimbaye.html |title=Robert Lokossimbayé |first=Benjamin |last=Strack-Zimmermann |website=national-football-teams.com}}
  • Aleksandar Petaković, 81, Serbian football player.{{cite web |url=http://www.reprezentacija.rs/petakovic-aleksandar/ |title=Petaković Aleksandar |website=Fudbalska reprezentacija Srbije |date=November 24, 2017 |language=sr}}
  • Jānis Polis, 72, Latvian pharmacologist, discovered rimantadine.{{cite news |url=http://www.diena.lv/lat/politics/hot/miris-remantadina-izgudrotajs-janis-polis |title=Miris Remantadīna izgudrotājs Jānis Polis |newspaper=Diena |agency=LETA |language=lv |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110414110430/http://www.diena.lv/lat/politics/hot/miris-remantadina-izgudrotajs-janis-polis |archive-date=14 April 2011}}
  • Ioan Şişeştean, 74, Romanian Catholic hierarch, Bishop of Maramureş (since 1994).{{Catholic-hierarchy|bishop|bsise|Bishop Ioan Şişeştean}}
  • Désiré Tagro, 52, Ivorian politician, Interior Minister, chief of staff for Laurent Gbagbo, shot.{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}
  • Miroslav Tichý, 84, Czech photographer.{{Cite web |url=http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/news/Miroslav-Tichy-Subv-2444.shtml?imw=Y |title=Miroslav Tichy, Subversive Photographer and Voyeur, Dies at 84 |access-date=May 7, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110427082147/http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/news/Miroslav-Tichy-Subv-2444.shtml?imw=Y |archive-date=April 27, 2011 |url-status=dead}}

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  • Danny Fiszman, 66, British football director (Arsenal), cancer.{{cite web |url=http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/danny-fiszman-1945-2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222141045/http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/danny-fiszman-1945-2011 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2014-02-22 |title=Danny Fiszman 1945-2011 |website=Arsenal FC |access-date=2019-07-15}}
  • Buster Martin, 104?, French-born British longevity claimant.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-13068053 |title='Oldest' marathon runner dies |date=April 13, 2011 |website=BBC News}}

*Seeta bint Abdul Aziz, 80, Saudi royal, sister of King Abdullah, after long illness.{{cite web |url=http://arabnews.com/saudiarabia/article358173.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501085246/http://arabnews.com/saudiarabia/article358173.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-05-01 |title=Princess Seeta passes away |newspaper=Arab News |access-date=2019-07-15}}

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  • Rosihan Anwar, 88, Indonesian journalist, heart failure.{{cite news |url=https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/04/14/in-memoriam-rosihan-anwar-last-mohican.html |title=In memoriam: Rosihan Anwar, the Last Mohican |newspaper=The Jakarta Post}}
  • Trevor Bannister, 76, British actor (Are You Being Served?, Last of the Summer Wine, The Dustbinmen), heart attack.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-13098312 |title=Actor Trevor Bannister dies at 76 |date=April 15, 2011 |website=BBC News}}
  • Walter Breuning, 114, American supercentenarian, world's fifth oldest man ever.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-13090291 |title='World's oldest man' dies at 114 |date=April 15, 2011 |website=BBC News}}
  • George Brookes, 76, Australian politician, member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council (1991–1997).{{cite web |url=https://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/History/tasparl/brookesg687.htm |title=Harry George Brookes |website=The Parliament of Tasmania from 1856 |access-date=June 19, 2020 |archive-date=April 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412044152/http://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/history/tasparl/brookesg687.htm |url-status=dead }}
  • Jon Cedar, 80, American actor (Hogan's Heroes), leukemia.{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hogans-heroes-actor-jon-cedar-179914 |title='Hogan's Heroes' Actor Jon Cedar Dies |website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=April 19, 2011 }}
  • Patrick Cullinan, 77, South African writer.{{cite web |url=http://book.co.za/blog/2011/04/18/patrick-cullinan-rip/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110427063131/http://book.co.za/blog/2011/04/18/patrick-cullinan-rip/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-04-27 |title=Patrick Cullinan, RIP |website=BOOK Southern Africa |date=2011-04-27 |access-date=2019-07-15}}
  • Louis Dufaux, 79, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Grenoble (1989–2006).{{Catholic-hierarchy|bishop|bdufaux|Bishop Louis Jean Dufaux}}
  • Bernie Flowers, 81, American football player (Baltimore Colts).{{cite web |url=http://purduesports.com/news/2011/4/15/UPDATED_Bernie_Flowers_1930_2011.aspx |title=Bernie Flowers: 1930-2011 |website=Purdue University Athletics}}
  • Joe Dan Gold, 68, American college basketball coach (Mississippi State).{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/news/story?id=6354154 |title=Joe Dan Gold dies at age 68 |date=April 14, 2011 |website=ESPN}}
  • Jean Gratton, 86, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Mont-Laurier (1978–2001).{{Catholic-hierarchy|bishop|bgratton|Bishop Jean Gratton}}
  • Cyrus Harvey, Jr., 85, American entrepreneur, stroke.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/17/business/17harvey.html |title=Cyrus Harvey, an Extravagant Entrepreneur, Dies at 85 |first=Bruce |last=Weber |date=April 16, 2011 |newspaper=The New York Times}}
  • William Lipscomb, 91, American chemist, pneumonia.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/16/us/16lipscomb.html |title=William N. Lipscomb Jr., Nobel Prize-Winning Chemist, Dies at 91 |first=Glenn |last=Rifkin |date=April 15, 2011 |newspaper=The New York Times}}
  • Arthur Marx, 89, American writer, son of Groucho Marx.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/15/arts/arthur-marx-who-wrote-about-father-groucho-dies-at-89.html |title=Arthur Marx, Who Wrote About Father, Groucho, Dies at 89 |first=William |last=Grimes |date=April 14, 2011 |newspaper=The New York Times}}
  • Rami Reddy, 52, Indian actor, kidney failure.{{cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/Actor-Rami-Reddy-passes-away/article14683022.ece |title=Actor Rami Reddy passes away |date=April 14, 2011 |newspaper=The Hindu}}

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  • Vittorio Arrigoni, 36, Italian activist, hanged.{{cite news |url=https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4057332,00.html |title=Friends of murdered Italian activist 'devastated' |date=April 15, 2011 |website=Ynetnews|last1=Fein |first1=Jonathan }}
  • Babu Baral, 47, Pakistani comedian, cancer.{{cite news |url=http://thenews.com.pk/NewsDetail.aspx?ID=14217 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110504023745/http://thenews.com.pk/NewsDetail.aspx?ID=14217 |archive-date=2011-05-04 |title=Famous comedian Babu Baral passes away |date=May 4, 2011 |newspaper=The News International}}
  • Reno Bertoia, 76, Italian-born Canadian baseball player (Detroit Tigers, Minnesota Twins), lymphoma.{{cite news |url=http://www.windsorstar.com/sports/Bertoia+remembered+baseball+pioneer/4622621/story.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110420130519/http://www.windsorstar.com/sports/Bertoia+remembered+baseball+pioneer/4622621/story.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-04-20 |title=Former Detroit Tiger Reno Bertoia dies |last=Caton |first=Mary |date=2011-04-15 |newspaper=Windsor Star |access-date=2019-07-15}}
  • Walter Brown, 85, Australian Olympic bronze medal-winning (1956) canoer.{{cite web |url=http://www.wa.canoe.org.au/default.asp?Page=21493 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324001046/http://www.wa.canoe.org.au/default.asp?Page=21493 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-03-24 |title=Walter Brown |first=Tom |last=Collings |date=2011-04-29 |website=Canoeing WA |access-date=2019-07-15}}
  • William Cook, 80, American entrepreneur, philanthropist and historic preservationist, heart failure.{{cite news |url=https://www.ibj.com/articles/26206-bill-cook-medical-device-magnate-and-philanthropist-dies-at-80 |title=Bill Cook, medical device magnate and philanthropist, dies at 80 |agency=Associated Press |newspaper=Indianapolis Business Journal}}
  • Hélio Gueiros, 85, Brazilian politician, Governor of Pará (1987–1991), Mayor of Belém (1993–1996), renal disease.{{cite web |url=https://www.terra.com.br/noticias/brasil/politica/morre-aos-85-anos-ex-governador-do-pa-helio-gueiros,011c97730cbda310VgnCLD200000bbcceb0aRCRD.html |title=Morre aos 85 anos ex-governador do PA Hélio Gueiros |website=Terra |language=pt}}
  • Michael Hurley, 87, Irish Jesuit and ecumenical theologian, co-founder of the Irish School of Ecumenics.{{cite news |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/jesuit-regarded-by-many-as-the-father-of-irish-ecumenism-1.574799 |title=Jesuit regarded by many as the father of Irish ecumenism |newspaper=The Irish Times}}
  • Hans Kohler, 81, Swiss Olympic weightlifter.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ko/hans-kohler-2.html |title=Hans Kohler Bio, Stats, and Results |website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418071357/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ko/hans-kohler-2.html |archive-date=2020-04-18}}
  • Vincenzo La Scola, 53, Italian tenor, heart attack.{{cite web |url=http://handelmania.libsyn.com/rest-in-peace-vincenzo-la-scola |title=Rest In Peace, Vincenzo La Scola |website=Handelmania's Podcast}}
  • Bobo Osborne, 75, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers).{{Cite web |url=http://www.masnsports.com/phil_wood/2011/04/bobo-osborne-1935-2011.html |title=Bobo Osborne 1935-2011 |access-date=May 7, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430111216/http://www.masnsports.com/phil_wood/2011/04/bobo-osborne-1935-2011.html |archive-date=April 30, 2011 |url-status=dead}}
  • Beryl Shipley, 84, American basketball coach (University of Louisiana at Lafayette, San Diego Conquistadors).{{cite news |url=https://obits.theadvocate.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?pid=150435543 |title=Beryl Shipley |newspaper=The Advocate |via=Legacy.com}}
  • E. T. York, 88, American agronomist, educator and presidential adviser.{{cite web |url=http://news.ufl.edu/2011/04/15/e-t-york-dies/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110813010000/http://news.ufl.edu/2011/04/15/e-t-york-dies/ |archive-date=2011-08-13 |title=E.T. York, founder of IFAS, dies |date=August 13, 2011 |website=University of Florida}}

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  • Gerry Alexander, 82, Jamaican cricketer.{{cite news |url=http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sports/Former-Windies-captain-Gerry-Alexander-dies-at-82_8680968 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501085501/http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sports/Former-Windies-captain-Gerry-Alexander-dies-at-82_8680968 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-05-01 |title=Former Windies captain Gerry Alexander dies at 82 |newspaper=Jamaica Observer |access-date=2019-07-15}}
  • Bijan, 67, Iranian-born American fashion designer, stroke.{{cite web |url=http://www.cnn.com/2011/SHOWBIZ/04/16/bijan.pakzad.obit/index.html |title=Bijan Pakzad, fashion and fragrance designer, dies at 67 |website=CNN}}
  • Allan Blakeney, 85, Canadian politician, Premier of Saskatchewan (1971–1982), complications from liver cancer.{{cite news |url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/canada/Former+Sask+Premier+Allan+Blakeney+dies/4628533/story.html |title=Former Sask. Premier Allan Blakeney dies |newspaper=Montreal Gazette |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110418024103/http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Former+Sask+Premier+Allan+Blakeney+dies/4628533/story.html |archive-date=2011-04-18}}
  • Auguste Caulet, 84, French Olympic boxer.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/auguste-caulet-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417195114/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/auguste-caulet-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Auguste Caulet Bio, Stats, and Results |website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com}}
  • Chinesinho, 76, Brazilian footballer, Alzheimer's disease.{{cite web |url=https://www.terra.com.br/esportes/palmeiras/idolo-do-palmeiras-morre-aos-75-anos-no-rio-grande-do-sul,1d1bc850e493d310VgnCLD200000bbcceb0aRCRD.html |title=Ídolo do Palmeiras morre aos 75 anos no Rio Grande do Sul |website=Terra |language=pt}}
  • Stanley Glenn, 84, American baseball player and executive (Negro league baseball).{{cite news |url=https://www.inquirer.com/philly/obituaries/20110419_Stanley__Doc__Glenn__84__Negro_leagues_catcher.html |title=Stanley 'Doc' Glenn, 84, Negro leagues catcher |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer}}
  • Bjørn Oscar Gulbrandsen, 85, Norwegian Olympic ice hockey player and sailor.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gu/bjorn-oscar-gulbrandsen-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418034540/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gu/bjorn-oscar-gulbrandsen-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Bjørn Oscar Gulbrandsen Bio, Stats, and Results |website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com}}
  • Bill Kinnamon, 91, American Major League Baseball umpire.{{cite news |url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/tampabaytimes/obituary.aspx?pid=150322456 |title=William E. Kinnamon |newspaper=Tampa Bay Times |via=Legacy.com}}
  • Serge LeClerc, 61, Canadian pardoned criminal and politician, MLA for Saskatoon Northwest (2007–2010), complications from colon and bowel cancer.{{cite news |last=French |first=Janet |url=http://www.thestarphoenix.com/health/Former+Sask+Serge+LeClerc+dies/4628482/story.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501135555/http://www.thestarphoenix.com/health/Former+Sask+Serge+LeClerc+dies/4628482/story.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-05-01 |title=Former Sask. MLA Serge LeClerc dies |date=2011-04-16 |access-date=2019-07-15}}
  • Alfonso Martínez, 74, Spanish Olympic basketball player{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/alfonso-martinez-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418100244/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/alfonso-martinez-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Alfonso Martínez Bio, Stats, and Results |website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com}}
  • Tadeusz Pawlusiak, 64, Polish Olympic ski jumper.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/tadeusz-pawlusiak-1.html |title=Tadeusz Pawlusiak Bio, Stats, and Results |website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418092443/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/tadeusz-pawlusiak-1.html |archive-date=2020-04-18}}
  • William A. Rusher, 87, American columnist, publisher of National Review (1957–1988).{{cite magazine |url=https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/rip-kathryn-jean-lopez-48/ |title=R.I.P. William Rusher |magazine=National Review |date=April 16, 2011}}
  • Dan Monroe Russell, Jr., 98, American senior (former chief) judge of the District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, natural causes.{{cite news |url=http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/article/Civil-rights-era-judge-in-Mississippi-dies-at-98-1340062.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110427060641/http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/article/Civil-rights-era-judge-in-Mississippi-dies-at-98-1340062.php |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-04-27 |title=Civil rights-era judge in Mississippi dies at 98 |newspaper=San Antonio Express-News |date=2011-04-27 |access-date=2019-07-15}}
  • Sol Saks, 100, American television writer (Bewitched, My Favorite Husband, Mr. Adams and Eve).{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/sol-saks-creator-bewitched-dies-179865 |title=Sol Saks, Creator of 'Bewitched,' Dies at 100 |website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=April 19, 2011 }}
  • Hermod Skånland, 85, Norwegian Central Bank governor (1985–1993).{{cite news |url=https://www.dagbladet.no/a/63665267 |title=En måteholden og uavhengig folkeopplyser |date=April 17, 2011 |website=Dagbladet |language=no}}
  • Harold Volkmer, 80, American politician, U.S. Representative from Missouri (1977–1997), pneumonia.{{Cite web |url=http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2011/04/18/longtime-missouri-congressman-dies |title=Longtime Missouri Congressman Dies |access-date=May 7, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110427082209/http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2011/04/18/longtime-missouri-congressman-dies/ |archive-date=April 27, 2011 |url-status=dead}}

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  • Nasser Al-Kharafi, 67, Kuwaiti businessman (M. A. Kharafi & Sons), heart attack.{{cite web |url=http://www.arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/168074/t/Nasser-Al-Kharafi-dies-in-Cairo/Default.aspx |title=Nasser Al-Kharafi Dies In Cairo, Kuwait Mourns Loss Of Economic Pioneer |website=Arab Times Online |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501110326/http://www.arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/168074/t/Nasser-Al-Kharafi-dies-in-Cairo/Default.aspx |archive-date=1 May 2011}}
  • James S. Albus, 75, American engineer.{{cite web |url=http://www.tributes.com/show/James-Albus-91397829 |title=James Albus Obituary |website=Tributes.com}}
  • Bob Block, 89, British comedy writer (Rentaghost, Life with The Lyons).{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/radio4/2011/05/bob_block_life_with_the_lyons.html |title=Bob Block: Life with the Lyons on 4 Extra |website=BBC Radio 4}}
  • Joel Colton, 92, American historian, heart failure.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/22/education/22colton.html |title=Joel Colton, Who Kept History Current for 50 Years, Dies at 92 |first=Daniel E. |last=Slotnik |date=April 21, 2011 |newspaper=The New York Times}}
  • Osamu Dezaki, 67, Japanese animator (Space Adventure Cobra, Tomorrow's Joe), lung cancer.{{cite web |url=http://sankei.jp.msn.com/entertainments/news/110418/ent11041811020008-n1.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110420153309/http://sankei.jp.msn.com/entertainments/news/110418/ent11041811020008-n1.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-04-20 |title=「あしたのジョー」「ベルばら」アニメ監督の出崎統さんが死去 67歳、肺がん |website=MSN Sankei News |access-date=2019-07-15 |language=ja}}
  • Alfred Freedman, 94, American psychiatrist, led American Psychiatric Association to declassify homosexuality as a mental illness, complications following hip surgery.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/21/health/21freedman.html |title=Alfred Freedman, a Leader in Psychiatry, Dies at 94 |first=William |last=Grimes |date=April 20, 2011 |newspaper=The New York Times}}
  • Eric Gross, 84, Austrian-born Australian composer.{{cite web |url=https://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/artist/gross-eric |title=Eric Gross (1926-2011) |website=Australian Music Centre}}
  • Alan Haines, 86, British actor.[http://www.chartersandcaldicott.co.uk/i-say-old-man/alan-haines Alan Haines]
  • Wolfram Koppen, 72, German Olympic judoka.{{Cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/33943|title=Olympedia – Wolfram Koppen}}
  • Josefa Köster, 92, German Olympic sprint canoer.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ko/josefa-koster-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417224327/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ko/josefa-koster-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Josefa Köster Bio, Stats, and Results |website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com}}
  • Eddie Leadbeater, 83, English cricketer.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/jun/09/eddie-leadbeater-obituary |title=Eddie Leadbeater obituary |newspaper=The Guardian}}
  • Oldřich Lomecký, 90, Czech Olympic sprint canoer.{{cite web |url=http://www.kvspraha.cz/archiv/2011/stranky/lomecky.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323133146/http://www.kvspraha.cz/archiv/2011/stranky/lomecky.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-03-23 |title=Zemřel náš bývalý závodník Oldřich Lomecký v roce 2011 |access-date=2019-07-15 |language=cs}}
  • Blair Milan, 29, Australian actor and television presenter, acute myeloid leukaemia.{{cite news |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/actor-bon-viveur-dies-suddenly-of-cancer-20110417-1djug.html |title=Actor, bon viveur dies suddenly of cancer |first=Sue |last=Bennett |date=April 17, 2011 |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald}}
  • Nikos Papazoglou, 63, Greek singer-songwriter, cancer.{{cite news |url=http://www.athensnews.gr/portal/23/40431 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501110735/http://www.athensnews.gr/portal/23/40431 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-05-01 |title=Nikos Papazoglou dies at 63 |newspaper=Athens News |date=2011-05-01 |access-date=2019-07-15}}
  • AJ Perez, 18, Filipino actor, traffic accident.{{cite web |url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/04/16/11/actor-aj-perez-killed-tarlac-highway-accident |title=Actor AJ Perez killed in Tarlac highway accident |website=ABS-CBN News|date=April 16, 2011 }}
  • Raúl Sánchez Díaz Martell, 96, Mexican politician, Governor of Baja California (1965–1971).{{cite web |url=http://kxoradio.com/news/local/990-sanchez-diaz-passes-away-over-the-weekend.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430183823/http://kxoradio.com/news/local/990-sanchez-diaz-passes-away-over-the-weekend.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-04-30 |title=Sanchez Diaz passes away over the weekend |date=2011-04-18 |access-date=2019-07-15}}
  • Michael Sarrazin, 70, Canadian actor (They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, The Flim-Flam Man, For Pete's Sake), cancer.{{Cite news |url=https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/movie-guide/Actor+Michael+Sarrazin+dies+Montreal/4635866/story.html |title=Actor Michael Sarrazin, 70, dies in Montreal |access-date=October 4, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110427052744/http://www.montrealgazette.com/entertainment/movie-guide/Actor+Michael+Sarrazin+dies+Montreal/4635866/story.html |archive-date=April 27, 2011 |url-status=dead}}
  • Bhawani Singh, 79, Indian noble, titular Maharaja of Jaipur (since 1970).{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/Maharaja-of-Jaipur-Bhawani-Singh-passes-away/articleshow/8005091.cms |title=Maharaja of Jaipur Bhawani Singh passes away |newspaper=The Times of India}}
  • Dennis E. Stowell, 66, American politician, member of the Utah State Senate (2007–2011), cancer.{{Cite web |url=http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/politics/51644960-90/stowell-sunday-kelly-noel.html.csp |title=Utah Sen. Dennis Stowell dies |access-date=May 7, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010044301/http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/politics/51644960-90/stowell-sunday-kelly-noel.html.csp |archive-date=October 10, 2012 |url-status=live}}
  • Ken Taylor, 88, British television scriptwriter (The Jewel in the Crown).{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2011/apr/27/ken-taylor-obituary |title=Ken Taylor obituary |first=Tim |last=Pigott-Smith |date=April 27, 2011 |newspaper=The Guardian}}
  • Robert Vickrey, 84, American artist.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/20/arts/design/robert-vickrey-painter-of-magic-realism-school-dies-at-84.html |title=Robert Vickrey, Painter of Magic Realism School, Dies at 84 |first=William |last=Grimes |date=April 20, 2011 |newspaper=The New York Times}}
  • Victor Ward, 87, Canadian miner, survivor of the 1956 Springhill Mine disaster.{{cite web |url=http://www.brownsfuneralhome.com/obituaries/61523 |title=Victor Vincent "Dick" Ward |website=A.H. Brown Funeral Home}}

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  • Olubayo Adefemi, 25, Nigerian footballer, car accident.{{cite web |url=https://af.reuters.com/article/sportsNews/idAFJOE73H06U20110418 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110421045459/http://af.reuters.com/article/sportsNews/idAFJOE73H06U20110418 |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 21, 2011 |title=Nigerian international Adefemi dies in car accident |date=April 18, 2011 |website=Reuters}}
  • Sadiq Ali, 58, Indian politician.{{cite news |url=https://www.kashmirobserver.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7438:sadiq-ali-passes-away-&catid=2:local-news&Itemid=3 |title=Sadiq Ali Passes Away |newspaper=Kashmir Observer |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725094211/https://www.kashmirobserver.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7438:sadiq-ali-passes-away-&catid=2:local-news&Itemid=3 |archive-date=July 25, 2011}}
  • Pietro Ferrero Jr., 47, Italian businessman (Ferrero SpA), bicycle accident.{{Cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ferrero-chocolate-ceo-dies-in-accident-1.1002676 |title=Ferrero chocolate CEO dies in accident |access-date=May 18, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110423020841/http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2011/04/18/ferrero-head-dies-car-crash.html |archive-date=April 23, 2011 |url-status=live}}
  • Kjell Håkonsen, 75, Norwegian harness racer and trainer.{{cite news |url=http://www.aftenbladet.no/sport/1366306/Kjell_Haakonsen_er_doed.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430111216/http://www.aftenbladet.no/sport/1366306/Kjell_Haakonsen_er_doed.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-04-30 |title=Kjell Håkonsen er død |newspaper=Stavanger Aftenblad |date=April 30, 2011 |language=no}}
  • Bob Plant, 95, British soldier, recipient of the Military Cross.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/army-obituaries/8515230/Captain-Bob-Plant.html |title=Captain Bob Plant |date=May 15, 2011 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph}}
  • Mason Rudolph, 76, American golfer.{{cite web |url=https://www.foxnews.com/sports/mason-rudolph-1959-pga-tour-rookie-of-year-dies |title=Mason Rudolph, 1959 PGA Tour rookie of year, dies |date=March 27, 2015 |agency=Associated Press |website=Fox News}}
  • Giovanni Saldarini, 86, Italian cardinal, Archbishop of Turin (1989–1999), natural causes.{{cite news |url=http://libero-news.it/articolo.jsp?id=718538 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110423161944/http://libero-news.it/articolo.jsp?id=718538 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-04-23 |title=Torino: e' morto il cardinale Saldarini |newspaper=Libero |language=it |access-date=2019-07-15}}
  • William Donald Schaefer, 89, American politician, Governor of Maryland (1987–1995), pneumonia.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-mortem/post/former-maryland-gov-william-donald-schaefer-has-died/2011/04/18/AFrJxS1D_blog.html |title=Former Maryland Gov. William Donald Schaefer has died |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=2011-04-18 |access-date=2019-07-15}}
  • Israpil Velijanov, 42, Russian Dagastani militant leader.{{cite web |url=http://www.fontanka.ru/2011/04/18/029/ |title=В Дагестане уничтожен главарь боевиков Исрапил Валиджанов |website=Fontanka.ru |date=2011-04-18 |access-date=2019-07-15 |language=ru}}
  • Ivica Vidović, 72, Croatian actor.{{cite news |url=https://www.vecernji.hr/kultura/nakon-duge-bolesti-u-zagrebu-preminuo-glumac-ivica-vidovic-277948 |title=Nakon duge bolesti u Zagrebu preminuo glumac Ivica Vidović |newspaper=Večernji list |language=hr}}
  • Kim Yu-ri, 21, South Korean fashion model, apparent suicide by poisoning.{{cite news |url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2011/04/21/2011042100769.html |title=Young Fashion Model Found Dead in Apparent Suicide |newspaper=The Chosun Ilbo}}

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  • Anne Blonstein, 52, British poet.{{cite news |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/anne-blonstein-experimental-poet-whose-work-was-informed-by-her-scientific-background-2281547.html |title=Anne Blonstein: Experimental poet whose work was informed by her scientific background |date=May 10, 2011 |newspaper=The Independent}}
  • Lynn Chandnois, 86, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers).{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=6403636 |title=Lynn Chandnois dies at 86 |date=April 21, 2011 |website=ESPN}}
  • Lisa Head, 29, British soldier, improvised explosive device.{{Cite web |url=http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/MilitaryOperations/CaptainLisaJadeHeadDiesOfWoundsSustainedInAfghanistan.htm |title=Captain Lisa Jade Head dies of wounds sustained in Afghanistan |access-date=July 25, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702042657/http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/MilitaryOperations/CaptainLisaJadeHeadDiesOfWoundsSustainedInAfghanistan.htm |archive-date=July 2, 2012 |url-status=dead}}
  • Richard P. Klocko, 96, American Air Force lieutenant general.{{cite web |url=https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/106502/lieutenant-general-richard-phillip-p-klocko/ |title=Lieutenant General Richard Phillip P. Klocko |website=U.S. Air Force}}
  • Jeanne M. Leiby, 46, American writer and magazine editor, car accident.{{cite news |url=https://bangordailynews.com/2011/04/20/living/writer-southern-review-editor-jeanne-leiby-dies/ |title=Writer, Southern Review editor Jeanne Leiby dies |newspaper=Bangor Daily News}}
  • Norm Masters, 77, American football player (Green Bay Packers), cancer.{{cite news |url=http://archive.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/120807694.html |title=Former Packers' tackle Masters dies at 77 |newspaper=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel}}
  • Aage Møst, 87, Norwegian sports official, President of the Norwegian Athletics Association (1956–1965).{{Cite news |url=https://www.dagbladet.no/sport/aage-most-er-dod/63671300 |title=Aage Møst er død |newspaper=Dagbladet |language=no}}
  • Serge Nubret, 72, French bodybuilder and actor (Pumping Iron).{{cite magazine |url=https://www.musclesportmag.com/2011/04/24/the-death-of-serge-nubret-brings-up-more-family-poison-questions/ |title=The Death of Serge Nubret Brings Up More Family Poison Questions |magazine=Muscle Sport}}
  • Elisabeth Sladen, 65, British actress (Doctor Who, The Sarah Jane Adventures, Coronation Street), pancreatic cancer.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-13137674 |title=Doctor Who actress dies aged 63 |date=April 20, 2011 |website=BBC News}}
  • Grete Waitz, 57, Norwegian marathon former world record holder, 1983 world champion and Olympic silver medallist (1984), cancer.{{cite web |url=http://running.competitor.com/2011/04/news/marathon-great-grete-waitz-passes-away_25541 |title=Marathon Great Grete Waitz Passes Away |website=Competitor |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110704163431/http://running.competitor.com/2011/04/news/marathon-great-grete-waitz-passes-away_25541 |archive-date=2011-07-04}}

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  • Allan Brown, 84, Scottish football player and manager (Blackpool, Scotland).{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/13142466 |title=Former Blackpool player and manager Allan Brown dies |date=April 20, 2011 |website=BBC News}}
  • Tim Hetherington, 40, British photojournalist and filmmaker (Restrepo), mortar attack.{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/apr/20/libya-killed-hetherington-restrepo |title=Documentary maker Tim Hetherington and photographer Chris Hondros killed |first1=Xan |last1=Rice |first2=Josh |last2=Halliday |name-list-style=amp |date=April 20, 2011 |newspaper=The Guardian}}
  • Rudolf Hilf, 83, German historian, political scientist and expellee politician.{{Cite web |url=http://www.sudeten-by.de/cms/userfiles/downloads/dokumente_11/pr_110420.pdf |title=Trauernachricht, Bundesvorsitzender der Sudetendeutsche Landsmannschaft am 21 April 2011 |language=de}}
  • Chris Hondros, 41, American photojournalist, mortar attack.{{Cite web |url=https://usa.greekreporter.com/2011/04/20/photojournalist-chris-hondros-dies-from-attack-in-libya/ |title=Photojournalist Chris Hondros Killed in Libya |website=Greek Reporter|date=April 20, 2011 }}
  • Osvaldo Miranda, 95, Argentine actor (Cita en las estrellas).{{Cite news |url=http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/64981/actor-osvaldo-miranda-dies |title=Actor Osvaldo Miranda dies |newspaper=Buenos Aires Herald |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110427055736/http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/64981/actor-osvaldo-miranda-dies |archive-date=April 27, 2011}}
  • Patricia Ofori, 29, Ghanaian international footballer (2003 & 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup), traffic collision.{{Cite web |url=https://www.waff.com/story/14485208/fatal-wreck |title=1 dead, 1 injured in Madison County wreck |website=WAFF (TV)}}
  • Madelyn Pugh, 90, American screenwriter (I Love Lucy, The Mothers-in-Law) and producer (Alice).{{Cite news |url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/latimes/obituary.aspx?pid=150456006 |title=Madelyn Pugh Davis |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |via=Legacy.com}}
  • Tul Bahadur Pun, 88, Nepali World War II veteran, recipient of the Victoria Cross, cardiac complications.{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13159603 |title=Gurkha hero and activist Tul Bahadur Pun dies in Nepal |work=BBC News |date=April 21, 2011 }}
  • Ted Quillin, 81, American radio personality.{{Cite news |url=http://obits.reviewjournal.com/obituaries/lvrj/obituary.aspx?pid=150446325 |title=Theodore Quillin Obituary |newspaper=Las Vegas Review-Journal |via=Legacy.com}}
  • Hubert Schlafly, 91, American engineer, co-inventor of the TelePrompter.{{Cite web |url=http://m.cnbc.com/id/42772897/print/1/displaymode/1098/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240525081617/https://www.webcitation.org/5yaSxA3S0?url=http://m.cnbc.com/id/42772897/print/1/displaymode/1098/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2024-05-25 |title=Teleprompter inventor Schlafly dies in Conn. at 91 |website=CNBC}}
  • Kerry Smith, 58, New Zealand actress and broadcaster, melanoma.{{Cite web |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/4911868/Broadcaster-Kerry-Smith-dies-after-cancer-battle |title=Broadcaster Kerry Smith dies after cancer battle |website=Stuff|date=April 20, 2011 }}
  • Erwin Strahl, 82, Austrian actor.{{Cite web |url=http://wien.orf.at/stories/511596 |title=Erwin Strahl gestorben |access-date=May 7, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725175607/http://wien.orf.at/stories/511596/ |archive-date=July 25, 2011 |url-status=dead |language=de}}

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  • Javier Adúriz, 63, Argentine poet.{{cite web|url=http://www.clarin.com/sociedad/Murio-Javier-Aduriz-ensayista-editor_0_467353341.html|title=Murió Javier Adúriz, poeta, ensayista y editor|date=April 22, 2011}}
  • Beverly Barton, 64, American romance author, heart failure.{{Cite web |url=http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20110423/NEWS/110429921?Title=Best-selling-author-Beverly-Barton-dies |title=Best-selling author Beverly Barton dies |access-date=May 21, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110427184354/http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20110423/NEWS/110429921?Title=Best-selling-author-Beverly-Barton-dies |archive-date=April 27, 2011 |url-status=dead}}
  • Tine Bryld, 71, Danish social worker, writer, radio host and letters editor.{{cite news |url=https://politiken.dk/kultur/art5005917/Tine-Bryld-er-d%C3%B8d |title=Tine Bryld er død |date=April 21, 2011 |newspaper=Politiken |language=da}}
  • Annalisa Ericson, 97, Swedish actress (Summer Interlude).{{cite news |url=https://www.svd.se/annalisa-ericson-dod |title=Annalisa Ericson död |first=Charlotte |last=Delaryd |date=April 23, 2011 |newspaper=Svenska Dagbladet |language=sv}}
  • Helen J. Frye, 80, American federal judge, after long illness.{{cite web |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2011/04/pioneering_oregon_judge_helen.html |title=Helen Frye - Oregon's first female federal judge - dies at age 80 |first=Aimee |last=Green |date=April 23, 2011 |website=Oregon Live}}
  • Reginald C. Fuller, 102, British Roman Catholic priest and author.{{Cite web |url=http://announcements.thetimes.co.uk/obituaries/timesonline-uk/obituary.aspx?n=reginald-fuller&pid=150734578 |title=Reginald Fuller Obituary |access-date=May 7, 2011 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130505084153/http://announcements.thetimes.co.uk/obituaries/timesonline-uk/obituary.aspx?n=reginald-fuller&pid=150734578 |archive-date=May 5, 2013 |url-status=dead}}
  • Harold Garfinkel, 93, American sociologist.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/04/us/04garfinkel.html |title=Harold Garfinkel, a Common-Sense Sociologist, Dies at 93 |first=Bruce |last=Weber |date=May 3, 2011 |newspaper=The New York Times}}
  • W. J. Gruffydd, 94, Welsh poet.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-13168527 |title=Poet WJ Gruffydd dies, aged 94 |date=April 22, 2011 |website=BBC News}}
  • Catharina Halkes, 90, Dutch theologian and feminist{{cite news |url=https://www.volkskrant.nl/gs-b4e18487 |title='Kerkmoeder' Catharina Halkes overleden |date=April 23, 2011 |newspaper=de Volkskrant |language=nl}}
  • Jim Heise, 80, American baseball player (Washington Senators), complications from surgery.{{cite news |url=http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/orange/os-obituary-jim-heise-042811-20110427,0,4610360.story |title=Jim Heise: He coached students on baseball, life |newspaper=Orlando Sentinel |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131113208/http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/orange/os-obituary-jim-heise-042811-20110427,0,4610360.story |archive-date=2013-01-31}}
  • Jess Stonestreet Jackson, Jr., 81, American wine entrepreneur, founder of Kendall-Jackson, cancer.{{cite web |url=https://www.kj.com/blog/jess-jackson-passes-away-letter-our-friends-and-family |title=Jess Jackson Passes Away, A Letter To Our Friends And Family |website=Kendall-Jackson}}
  • Ken Kostick, 57, Canadian cooking show host (What's for Dinner?), complications of pancreatitis.{{Cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/cooking-show-celebrity-ken-kostick-dies-1.1096649 |title=Cooking show celebrity Ken Kostick dies |access-date=May 7, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110425135430/http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/story/2011/04/23/kostick-obit.html |archive-date=April 25, 2011 |url-status=live}}
  • Max Mathews, 84, American engineer and computer music composer, complications from pneumonia.{{cite web |url=http://modisti.com/11/2011/04/21/max-matthews-passed-away/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110504152506/http://modisti.com/11/2011/04/21/max-matthews-passed-away/ |archive-date=2011-05-04 |title=Max Matthews passed away |date=May 4, 2011 |website=Modisti}}
  • Muhannad, 41, Saudi al Qaeda fighter in Chechnya, shot.{{cite web |url=http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2011/04/russian_forces_kill.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110818210408/http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2011/04/russian_forces_kill.php |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-08-18 |title=Russian forces kill al Qaeda's envoy to the Islamic Causasus Emirate |website=Long War Journal |first=Bill |last=Roggio |date=2011-04-22 |access-date=2019-07-15}}
  • Yoshiko Tanaka, 55, Japanese actress (Godzilla vs. Biollante) and singer (Candies), breast cancer.{{cite web |url=http://sankei.jp.msn.com/entertainments/news/110421/ent11042122490024-n1.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429205301/http://sankei.jp.msn.com/entertainments/news/110421/ent11042122490024-n1.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-04-29 |title=元「キャンディーズ」の田中好子さん死去 |website=MSN Sankei News |access-date=2019-07-15 |language=ja}}
  • Walter van de Walle, 88, Canadian politician, MP for Pembina (1986–1988) and St. Albert (1988–1993).{{cite news |url=http://www.stalbertgazette.com/article/20110426/SAG0801/304269963/former-st-albert-mp-van-de-walle-dies |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723033121/http://www.stalbertgazette.com/article/20110426/SAG0801/304269963/former-st-albert-mp-van-de-walle-dies |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-07-23 |title=Former St. Albert MP Van De Walle dies |newspaper=St. Albert Gazette |access-date=2019-07-15}}

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  • Anthony Abrahams, 87, British barrister and educationalist.{{cite web |url=http://www.tes.com/article.aspx?storycode=6085938 |title=Obituary - Tony Abrahams, 1923-2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160406124544/https://www.tes.com/article.aspx?storycode=6085938 |archive-date=2016-04-06 |url-status=dead}}
  • Moin Akhter, 60, Pakistani actor and comedian, heart attack.{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/pakistan-comedy-legend-dies-of-heart-attack-2273609.html |title=Pakistan comedy legend dies of heart attack |newspaper=The Independent}}
  • Patrick Billingsley, 85, American mathematician and actor.{{cite web |url=https://news.uchicago.edu/story/patrick-billingsley-probability-theorist-and-actor-1925-2011 |title=Patrick Billingsley, probability theorist and actor, 1925-2011 |website=University of Chicago News}}

*Cheung Sai Ho, 35, Hong Kong footballer, suicide by jumping.{{cite web |url=http://www.goalgoalgoal.com/thread-300362-4-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110426033930/http://www.goalgoalgoal.com/thread-300362-4-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-04-26 |title=蔣世豪-安息吧! |website=GoalGoalGoal |access-date=2019-07-15 |language=zh}}

  • Wiel Coerver, 86, Dutch footballer and manager.{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=ned/news/newsid=1622631.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715235609/http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=ned/news/newsid=1622631.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 15, 2011 |title=Feyenoord mourn former coach Wiel Coerver |website=UEFA|date=April 22, 2011 }}
  • Eldon Davis, 94, American architect, creator of Googie architecture, founder of Armet & Davis.{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-eldon-davis-20110426-story.html |title=Eldon Davis dies at 94; architect designed 'Googie' coffee shops |first=Valerie J. |last=Nelson |newspaper=Los Angeles Times}}
  • Hazel Dickens, 85, American bluegrass singer.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-mortem/post/hazel-dickens-dies-sang-of-hard-times/2011/04/22/AFurzaPE_blog.html |title=Hazel Dickens dies; sang of hard times |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=2011-04-22 |access-date=2019-07-15}}
  • Madhava Gudi, 70, Indian Hindustani classical vocalist.{{cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/Hindustani-vocalist-Madhav-Gudi-dead/article14693712.ece |title=Hindustani vocalist Madhav Gudi dead |newspaper=The Hindu |date=April 23, 2011}}
  • Siarhei Lahun, 22, Belarusian weightlifter, car accident.{{cite web |url=http://naviny.by/rubrics/english/2011/04/23/ic_news_259_366547/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303170531/http://naviny.by/rubrics/english/2011/04/23/ic_news_259_366547/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2016-03-03 |title=Weightlifting champion Syarhey Lahun dies in car crash |website=BelaPAN |access-date=2019-07-15}}
  • Sidney Michaels, 83, American playwright and screenwriter (The Night They Raided Minsky's), Alzheimer's disease.{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2011/legit/news/sidney-michaels-dies-at-83-1118036056/ |title=Sidney Michaels dies at 83 |website=Variety |date=April 28, 2011}}
  • Merle Greene Robertson, 97, American artist and archeologist.{{cite web |url=http://mesoweb.com/reports/Merle.html |title=In Memoriam: Merle Greene Robertson |website=Mesoweb: An Exploration of Mesoamerican Cultures}}
  • José Antonio Torres Martinó, 94, Puerto Rican painter and writer, after long illness.{{cite news |first=Danica |last=Coto |title=Puerto Rico Painter Jose Torres Martino Dies at 94 |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-puerto-rico-painter-jose-torres-martino-dies-at-94-2011apr22-story.html |agency=Associated Press |newspaper=The San Diego Union-Tribune |date=2011-04-22 |access-date=2020-08-02 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802082143/https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-puerto-rico-painter-jose-torres-martino-dies-at-94-2011apr22-story.html |archive-date=2020-08-02}}
  • João Maria Tudela, 81, Portuguese singer.{{Cite web |url=http://www.publico.pt/Cultura/joao-maria-tudela-morreu-hoje-de-manha-no-hospital-de-cascais_1490960 |title=João Maria Tudela morreu hoje de manhã no hospital de Cascais |access-date=May 22, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110427114026/http://www.publico.pt/Cultura/joao-maria-tudela-morreu-hoje-de-manha-no-hospital-de-cascais_1490960 |archive-date=April 27, 2011 |url-status=dead}}

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  • Mushtaq Ahmad, 82, Pakistani Olympic gold medal-winning (1960) field hockey player.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ah/mushtaq-ahmed-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121213204125/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ah/mushtaq-ahmed-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-12-13 |title=Mushtaq Ahmed Biography and Olympic Results |website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |access-date=2019-07-15}}
  • Ed Austin, 84, American attorney and politician, Mayor of Jacksonville, Florida (1991–1995).{{cite web |url=http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/local/article/201809/3/Update-Former-Jax-Mayor-Austin-was-Caring-Mentor-True-Statesman- |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120730120920/http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/local/article/201809/3/Update-Former-Jax-Mayor-Austin-was-Caring-Mentor-True-Statesman- |url-status=dead |title=Former Jacksonville Mayor Ed Austin was 'Caring Mentor', 'True Statesman' |website=First Coast News |access-date=July 7, 2011 |archive-date=July 30, 2012}}
  • Dmytro Blazheyovskyi, 100, Ukrainian priest, historian and embroiderer.{{cite web |url=https://risu.org.ua/ua/index/all_news/catholics/ugcc/42011/ |title=На 101 році життя помер історик, митець, священик УГКЦ Дмитро Блажейовський |website=Religious Information Service of Ukraine |language=uk}}
  • Ghafoor Butt, 74, Pakistani cricketer and umpire.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/player/40332.html |title=Ghafoor Butt |website=Cricinfo}}
  • James Casey, 88, British comedian.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/8531655/James-Casey.html |title=James Casey |date=May 23, 2011 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph}}
  • Bill Flynn, 59, Australian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland for Lockyer (2001–2004), parliamentary leader of One Nation (2001–2004).{{cite web |url=https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/bio?id=3852370244 |title=William Bond Ingpen (Bill) Flynn |website=Parliament of Queensland}}
  • Sid Fournet, 78, American football player (New York Jets, Pittsburgh Steelers).{{cite web |url=http://www.lsusports.net/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=205142645&DB_OEM_ID=5200 |title=Football All-American Sid Fournet Dies, 78 |website=LSU Sports Network |access-date=July 15, 2019 |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303190655/http://www.lsusports.net/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=5200&ATCLID=205142645 |url-status=dead }}
  • David Hackett, 84, American government official (President's Committee on Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Crime, 1961–1964), complications of diabetes.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/01/us/01hackett.html |title=David L. Hackett Dies at 84; Fought Poverty and Crime |first=Dennis |last=Hevesi |date=April 30, 2011 |newspaper=The New York Times}}
  • Tom King, 68, American guitarist and songwriter (The Outsiders), heart failure.{{cite web |url=https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2011/04/cleveland_rocker_tom_king_is_d.html |title=Cleveland rocker Tom King is dead at 68 |first=Dave |last=Davis |date=April 25, 2011 |website=Cleveland.com}}
  • Peter Li Hongye, 91, Chinese underground Roman Catholic prelate, clandestine bishop of Luoyang.{{cite web |url=http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Death-of-underground-bishop-of-Luoyang.-Decades-under-house-arrest-and-hard-labour-21395.html |title=Death of underground bishop of Luoyang. Decades under house arrest and hard labour |website=AsiaNews.it}}
  • Peter Lieberson, 64, American composer, complications of lymphoma.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/24/arts/music/peter-lieberson-64-composer-inspired-by-buddhism-dies.html |title=Peter Lieberson, 64, Composer Inspired by Buddhism, Dies |first=Zachary |last=Woolfe |date=April 23, 2011 |newspaper=The New York Times}}
  • Terence Longdon, 88, British actor.{{cite news |url=http://www.thestage.co.uk/features/letters/feature.php/32011/remembering-terence-longdon |title=Remembering Terence Longdon |newspaper=The Stage |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120525131459/http://www.thestage.co.uk/features/letters/feature.php/32011/remembering-terence-longdon |archive-date=2012-05-25}}
  • Huey P. Meaux, 82, American record producer.{{cite web |url=http://www.29-95.com/music/story/producer-huey-p-meaux-dies |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110425235016/http://www.29-95.com/music/story/producer-huey-p-meaux-dies |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-04-25 |title=Producer Huey P. Meaux dies |first=Andrew |last=Dansby |website=29-95.com |date=2011-04-23 |access-date=2019-07-15}}
  • Milorad Bata Mihailović, 88, Serbian painter.{{cite news |url=https://www.blic.rs/kultura/vesti/umro-slikar-milorad-bata-mihailovic/9c375pp |title=Umro slikar Milorad Bata Mihailović |newspaper=Blic |language=sr}}
  • Noxolo Nogwaza, 24, South African lesbian activist, stabbed.{{cite web |url=http://www.thenewage.co.za/blogdetail.aspx?mid=186&blog_id=%20565 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310074456/http://www.thenewage.co.za/blogdetail.aspx?mid=186&blog_id=%20565 |archive-date=2012-03-10 |title=The Price of Silence |website=The New Age}}
  • Norio Ohga, 81, Japanese businessman, president and CEO of Sony, multiple organ failure.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-13178548 |title=Norio Ohga, former Sony president, dies |date=April 23, 2011 |website=BBC News}}
  • Ready Teddy, 23, New Zealand eventing horse, complications from colic.{{cite web |url=https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/sport/other |title=Gold medal winning horse Ready Teddy dies |website=TVNZ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110426063223/http://tvnz.co.nz/othersports-news/gold-medal-winning-horse-ready-teddy-dies-4139436 |archive-date=26 April 2011}}
  • Geoffrey Russell, 4th Baron Ampthill, 89, British politician.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/theatre-obituaries/8474838/Lord-Ampthill.html |title=Lord Ampthill |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph}}
  • Mohammad Abdus Sattar, 85, Indian Olympic footballer, pneumonia.{{cite web |url=http://sports.ndtv.com/football/news/item/172487-former-indian-olympic-football-star-passes-away?tmpl=component&print=1 |title=Former Indian Olympic football star passes away |website=NDTV Sports |access-date=2019-07-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309071035/http://sports.ndtv.com/football/news/item/172487-former-indian-olympic-football-star-passes-away?tmpl=component&print=1 |archive-date=March 9, 2012 |url-status=dead}}
  • Phillip Shriver, 88, American historian and college administrator.{{cite web |url=http://www2.nbc4i.com/news/2011/apr/25/longtime-miami-u-president-shriver-dies-88-ar-465541/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724061745/http://www2.nbc4i.com/news/2011/apr/25/longtime-miami-u-president-shriver-dies-88-ar-465541/ |archive-date=2011-07-24 |title=Longtime Miami U President Shriver Dies At 88 |website=NBC 4i |date=July 24, 2011}}
  • Max van der Stoel, 86, Dutch politician and diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1973–1977, 1981–1982).{{cite news |url=https://obits.theadvocate.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?pid=150554108 |title=Max van der Stoel |newspaper=The Advocate |via=Legacy.com}}
  • John Sullivan, 64, British writer (Only Fools and Horses), viral pneumonia.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-13176198 |title=Only Fools and Horses writer John Sullivan OBE dies |date=April 23, 2011 |website=BBC News}}
  • Dutch Tilders, 69, Australian blues musician, cancer.{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.com.au/music/news/a316220/aussie-musician-dutch-tilders-dies-aged-69.html |title=Aussie musician Dutch Tilders dies, aged 69 |website=Digital Spy |access-date=2019-07-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308122719/http://www.digitalspy.com.au/music/news/a316220/aussie-musician-dutch-tilders-dies-aged-69.html |archive-date=March 8, 2012}}

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  • Otto Amen, 98, American politician.{{cite web |title=State of Washington Members of the Legislature, 1889 {{endash}} 2011 |url=https://leg.wa.gov/History/Legislative/Documents/MembersOfLeg2011.pdf |website=Washington State Legislature |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220420082957/https://leg.wa.gov/History/Legislative/Documents/MembersOfLeg2011.pdf |archive-date=April 20, 2022 |url-status=live}}
  • Sathya Sai Baba, 84, Indian spiritual guru, founder of the Sathya Sai Organization, multiple organ failure.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-south-asia-13180011 |title=Indian guru Satya Sai Baba dies |date=April 24, 2011 |website=BBC News}}
  • Nawang Gombu, 74, Tibetan-born Indian mountaineer, after short illness.{{cite web |url=https://www.news.com.au/world/hillarys-everest-youngster-passes/news-story/b7f4fc61b1184564ce9ae81695699d15 |title=Hillary's Everest youngster passes |website=News.com.au}}
  • Peter Green, 91, Canadian Olympic rower.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gr/peter-green-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418081614/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gr/peter-green-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Peter Green Bio, Stats, and Results |website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com}}
  • Alimirah Hanfere, 95, Ethiopian sultan of the Aussa Sultanate.{{cite web |url=http://ethiopianreview.com/content/32880 |title=Sultan Ali Mirah Hanfere passed away |date=April 25, 2011 |website=Ethiopian Review}}
  • José López, 88, Chilean footballer [https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/jose-lopez_8/4/]
  • Sir Denis Mahon, 100, British art historian and philanthropist.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2011/apr/28/sir-denis-mahon-obituary |title=Sir Denis Mahon obituary |first=Gabriele |last=Finaldi |date=April 28, 2011 |newspaper=The Guardian}}
  • Madame Nhu, 87, South Vietnamese First Lady (1955–1963), after short illness.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/27/world/asia/27nhu.html |title=Madame Nhu, Vietnam War Figure, Dies |first=Joseph R. |last=Gregory |date=April 26, 2011 |newspaper=The New York Times}}
  • Joan Peyser, 80, American musicologist, after heart surgery.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/25/arts/music/joan-peyser-bernstein-and-gershwin-biographer-dies-at-80.html |title=Joan Peyser, Bernstein and Gershwin Biographer, Dies at 80 |first=Allan |last=Kozinn |date=April 25, 2011 |newspaper=The New York Times}}
  • Marie-France Pisier, 66, French actress (The Other Side of Midnight), drowning.{{cite web |url=http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jLhgC69MxffYcs5VeEfnbGxuxC1Q?docId=CNG.311ff618d7ac4d442e5627247e763672.801 |title=French New Wave muse Marie-France Pisier found dead |website=AFP |via=Google News |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120908121008/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jLhgC69MxffYcs5VeEfnbGxuxC1Q?docId=CNG.311ff618d7ac4d442e5627247e763672.801 |archive-date=2012-09-08}}
  • Colin Snedden, 93, New Zealand cricketer.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/player/38397.html |title=Colin Snedden |website=Cricinfo}}

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  • Winrich Behr, 93, German World War II Panzer captain, recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.{{Cite web |url=http://anzeigen-suchen.sueddeutsche.de/gelanz/servlet/anzdescription.BinaryAnsicht?anzId=216995 |title=Winrich Hans Hubertus Behr |access-date=May 7, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811142305/http://anzeigen-suchen.sueddeutsche.de/gelanz/servlet/anzdescription.BinaryAnsicht?anzId=216995 |archive-date=August 11, 2011 |url-status=dead |language=de}}
  • Ira Cohen, 76, American poet, renal failure.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/02/arts/ira-cohen-an-artist-and-a-touchstone-dies-at-76.html |title=Ira Cohen, an Artist and a Touchstone, Dies at 76 |first=Douglas |last=Martin |date=May 1, 2011 |newspaper=The New York Times}}
  • John Cooke, 89, British air marshal.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/8524460/Air-Vice-Marshal-John-Cooke.html |title=Air Vice-Marshal John Cooke |date=May 19, 2011 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph}}
  • William Craig, 86, Northern Irish politician, founder of Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party, MP for Belfast East (1974–1979).{{cite news |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/hardline-unionist-bill-craig-dies-28611745.html |title=Hardline unionist Bill Craig dies |newspaper=Belfast Telegraph}}
  • Abdoulaye Hamani Diori, 65, Nigerien politician, after long illness.{{cite web |url=http://www.rfi.fr/afrique/20110426-deces-niamey-abdoulaye-diori |title=Décès à Niamey d'Abdoulaye Diori |website=RFI Afrique |date=April 26, 2011 |language=fr}}
  • María Isbert, 94, Spanish actress.{{cite news |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/maria-isbert-comic-actress-who-appeared-in-more-than-250-films-over-70-years-2296688.html |title=Maria Isbert: Comic actress who appeared in more than 250 films over 70 years |date=June 13, 2011 |newspaper=The Independent}}
  • Lawrence Lee, 101, British stained glass artist.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2011/may/12/lawrence-lee-obituary |title=Lawrence Lee obituary |first=Philippa |last=Martin |date=May 12, 2011 |newspaper=The Guardian}}
  • Ryszard Nawrocki, 71, Polish actor and voice actor.{{cite web|url=http://www.filmpolski.pl/fp/index.php?osoba=11663|title=Ryszard Nawrocki Profile|language=pl|publisher=filmpolski.pl|access-date=2 February 2014}}
  • Joe Perry, 84, American football player (San Francisco 49ers), member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.{{cite web |url=https://www.sfgate.com/49ers/article/49ers-Hall-of-Famer-Joe-Perry-dies-at-84-2374093.php |title=49ers Hall of Famer Joe Perry dies at 84 |first1=Dwight |last1=Chapin |first2=Tom |last2=FitzGerald |name-list-style=amp |date=April 25, 2011 |website=SFGate}}

*Poly Styrene, 53, British musician (X-Ray Spex), breast cancer.{{cite web |url=http://www.contactmusic.net/news/punk-icon-poly-styrene-dies_1215007 |title=Punk Icon Poly Styrene Dies |date=April 26, 2011 |website=ContactMusic.com}}

  • Gonzalo Rojas, 93, Chilean poet.{{cite news |url=https://www.emol.com/noticias/magazine/2011/04/25/477856/gobierno-decreta-dos-dias-de-duelo-oficial-por-muerte-de-gonzalo-rojas.html |title=Gobierno decreta dos días de duelo oficial por muerte de Gonzalo Rojas |date=April 25, 2011 |newspaper=El Mercurio |language=es}}
  • Güven Sazak, 76, Turkish businessman, chairman of Fenerbahçe S.K. (1993–1994).{{cite news |url=http://www.todayszaman.com/news-242090-former-fenerbahce--chairman-guven-sazak-passes-away.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130204155209/http://www.todayszaman.com/news-242090-former-fenerbahce--chairman-guven-sazak-passes-away.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 4, 2013 |title=Former Fenerbahçe Chairman Güven Sazak passes away |newspaper=Today's Zaman |access-date=May 7, 2011}}
  • Minoru Tanaka, 44, Japanese actor (Ultraman Mebius & Ultraman Brothers, Kamen Rider W Returns – Kamen Rider Accel), suspected suicide by hanging.{{cite web |url=http://www.ant-network.com/5294/minoru-tanaka-passed-away/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110505101933/http://www.ant-network.com/5294/minoru-tanaka-passed-away/ |archive-date=2011-05-05 |title=Minoru Tanaka passed away |date=May 5, 2011 |url-status=usurped |website=Ant Network}}
  • Avraham Tiar, 87, Israeli politician, member of the Knesset (1961–1969).{{cite web |url=https://www.knesset.gov.il/mk/eng/mk_eng.asp?mk_individual_id_t=432 |title=Members: Avraham Tiar |website=Knesset |access-date=2019-07-15}}
  • Bobby Thompson, 57, American baseball player (Texas Rangers).{{cite news |url=https://groups.google.com/group/alt.obituaries/browse_thread/thread/e908e70e58c8db5c |title=Bobby "Bull" Thompson, 57; Was OFer for '78 Texas Rangers |newspaper=The Charlotte Observer |via=Google Groups |access-date=2019-07-15}}
  • Elizabeth Wicken, 83, Canadian baseball player (All-American Girls Professional Baseball League).{{Cite web |url=http://www.aagpbl.org/profiles/elizabeth-berthiaume-wicken-betty/453 |title=Elizabeth Wicken |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120430183845/http://www.aagpbl.org/index.cfm/articles/wicken-elizabeth-betty-berthiaume/73 |archive-date=April 30, 2012 |url-status=live}}

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  • Vic Atkinson, 90, Australian footballer.{{cite news |url=https://australianfootball.com/players/player/vic%2Batkinson/7164 |title=Vic Atkinson career}}
  • Douglas Chaffee, 75, American artist.{{cite web |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/greenvilleonline/obituary.aspx?n=doug-chaffee&pid=150627520 |title=Doug Chaffee Obituary |website=The Greenville News |via=Legacy.com}}
  • John Cossette, 54, American television producer (Grammy Awards).{{cite web |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna42783136 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430164419/http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/42783136/ns/today-entertainment |url-status=live |archive-date=2011-04-30 |title=Grammy Awards producer John Cossette dies at 54 |website=MSNBC |access-date=2019-07-15}}
  • Roger Gimbel, 86, American Emmy Award-winning television producer (Chernobyl: The Final Warning, S.O.S. Titanic), pneumonia.{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2011/scene/news/tv-producer-roger-gimbel-dies-1118036135 |title=TV producer Roger Gimbel dies |website=Variety|date=April 29, 2011 }}
  • Lynn Hauldren, 89, American copywriter and product spokesperson (Empire Carpet).{{Cite web |url=http://www.suntimes.com/5053412-417/empire-carpet-man-elmer-lynn-hauldren-dead-at-age-89.html |title='Empire Carpet Man' Elmer Lynn Hauldren dead at age 89 |access-date=May 26, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110512193302/http://www.suntimes.com/5053412-417/empire-carpet-man-elmer-lynn-hauldren-dead-at-age-89.html |archive-date=May 12, 2011 |url-status=dead}}
  • José María Izuzquiza Herranz, 85, Spanish-born Peruvian Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of Jaén en Peru (1987–2001).{{Catholic-hierarchy|bishop|bizhe|Bishop José María Izuzquiza Herranz}}
  • Sir Henry Leach, 87, British admiral.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/naval-obituaries/8474861/Admiral-of-the-Fleet-Sir-Henry-Leach.html |title=Admiral of the Fleet Sir Henry Leach |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph}}
  • Jim Mandich, 62, American football player and announcer (Miami Dolphins), bile duct cancer.{{Cite web |url=http://www.palmbeachpost.com/sports/dolphins/jim-mandich-beloved-as-a-miami-dolphins-player-1435582.html |title=Jim Mandich, beloved as a Miami Dolphins player and announcer, dies |access-date=May 7, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110502132454/http://www.palmbeachpost.com/sports/dolphins/jim-mandich-beloved-as-a-miami-dolphins-player-1435582.html |archive-date=May 2, 2011 |url-status=dead}}
  • Don Miles, 75, American baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers).{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=milesdo01 |title=Don Miles Baseball Stats |website=Baseball Almanac}}
  • Islwyn Morris, 90, Welsh actor.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/mobile/uk-wales-south-west-wales-13193781 |title=Satellite City and Pobol y Cwm actor Islwyn Morris dies |date=April 26, 2011 |website=BBC News}}

*Sadler's Wells, 30, American racehorse and sire.{{cite news |url=http://www.racingpost.com/news/horse-racing/exceptional-sire-sadlers-wells-dies-aged-30/849178/top/ |work=Racing Post |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103055828/http://www.racingpost.com/news/horse-racing/exceptional-sire-sadlers-wells-dies-aged-30/849178/top/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-11-03 |title=Legendary sire Sadler's Wells dies aged 30 |date=2011-04-26 |access-date=2019-07-15}}

  • Phoebe Snow, 60, American singer-songwriter ("Poetry Man"), brain hemorrhage.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/27/arts/music/phoebe-snow-bluesy-singer-songwriter-dies-at-58.html |title=Phoebe Snow, Singer-Songwriter, Dies at 60 |first=Stephen |last=Holden |date=April 26, 2011 |newspaper=The New York Times}}
  • Hector Sutherland, 81, Australian cyclist.{{cite web |url=http://greyscaleterritory.blogspot.com/2012/07/hector-john-sutherland.html |title=Hector John Sutherland |first=Gemma |last=Wiseman |website=Gemma's "Greyscale Territory" Poetic Songlines |date=July 17, 2012}}
  • Samuel Zoll, 76, American jurist and politician, Mayor of Salem, Massachusetts (1970–1973), gallbladder cancer.{{cite web |url=http://archive.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/04/27/samuel_zoll_dies_at_76_led_district_court_judges/ |title=Samuel Zoll dies at 76; led district court judges |date=April 27, 2011 |website=Boston.com}}

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  • Orlando Bosch, 84, Cuban exile, after long illness.{{cite news |url=https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/afterword/2011/04/exiled-cuban-militant-orlando-bosch-dies-in-miami-at-84.html |title=Cuban exile militant Orlando Bosch dies in Miami at 84 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times}}
  • Ibrahim Coulibaly, 47, Ivorian militia leader.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13218243 |title=Ivory Coast renegade warlord Ibrahim Coulibaly killed |work=BBC News |date=April 28, 2011 }}
  • Paul Vincent Donovan, 86, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Kalamazoo (1971–1994).{{Catholic-hierarchy|bishop|bdonovan|Bishop Paul Vincent Donovan}}
  • Jack H. Goaslind, 83, American leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.{{cite news |url=https://www.deseretnews.com/article/700130576/Elder-Jack-H-Goaslind-Jr-Mormon-emeritus-general-authority-dies-at-83.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430071823/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700130576/Elder-Jack-H-Goaslind-Jr-Mormon-emeritus-general-authority-dies-at-83.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 30, 2011 |title=Elder Jack H. Goaslind Jr., Mormon emeritus general authority, dies at 83 |first=Scott |last=Taylor |date=April 27, 2011 |newspaper=Deseret News}}
  • Igor Kon, 82, Russian philosopher, psychologist and sexologist.{{cite web |url=http://www.rosbalt.ru/moscow/2011/04/27/843957.html |title=Скончался известный сексолог Игорь Кон |website=Rosbalt |language=ru}}
  • Rafael Menjívar Ochoa, 51, Salvadoran writer, journalist and translator, cancer.{{cite web |url=http://www.elsalvador.com/mwedh/nota/nota_completa.asp?idCat=6482&idArt=5788879 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501162040/http://www.elsalvador.com/mwedh/nota/nota_completa.asp?idCat=6482&idArt=5788879 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-05-01 |title=Murió el escritor Rafael Menjívar Ochoa |website=ElSalvador.com |language=es}}
  • Marian Mercer, 75, American actress (It's a Living), complications from Alzheimer's disease.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/05/theater/marian-mercer-actress-with-zany-streak-dies-at-75.html |title=Marian Mercer, Actress With Zany Streak, Dies at 75 |first=Dennis |last=Hevesi |date=May 4, 2011 |newspaper=The New York Times}}
  • Mel Pearce, 83, Australian Olympic hockey player.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/mel-pearce-1.html |title=Mel Pearce Bio, Stats, and Results |website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418122130/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/mel-pearce-1.html |archive-date=2020-04-18}}
  • Dag Stokke, 44, Norwegian keyboardist (TNT), church organist and mastering engineer, cancer.{{cite news |url=https://www.vg.no/i/Mz9X5 |title=TNT-keyboardist Dag Stokke død |newspaper=Verdens Gang |language=no}}
  • Harold Schnitzer, 87, American philanthropist and company executive of Schnitzer Steel (now Radius Recycling), cancer.{{cite web |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/2011/04/philanthropist_and_business_man_harold_schnitzer_dies_at_87.html |title=Harold Schnitzer, Portland philanthropist and real estate powerhouse, dies at 87 |website=Oregon Live|date=April 27, 2011 }}
  • Harry Thuillier, 88, Irish Olympic fencer and radio presenter.{{cite news |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/former-olympic-fencing-star-dies-in-dublin-1.582906 |title=Former Olympic fencing star dies in Dublin |first=Genevieve |last=Carbery |newspaper=The Irish Times}}
  • Yvette Vickers, 81–82, American actress (Attack of the 50 Foot Woman), singer and model (Playboy).{{cite web |url=https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/05/early-playboy-playmate-and-b-movie-acress-yvette-vickers-found-dead-in-benedict-canyon.html |title=Mummified body of former Playboy playmate Yvette Vickers found in her Benedict Canyon home |date=May 2, 2011 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times}} (body discovered on this date)
  • Willem Albert Wagenaar, 69, Dutch psychologist.{{cite web |url=https://www.dwc.knaw.nl/biografie/pmknaw/?pagetype=authorDetail&aId=PE00008938 |title=Willem Albert Wagenaar (1941-2011) |website=Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences}}
  • Michael Waltman, 64, American actor (Beyond the Law, Tower of Terror, National Lampoon's Van Wilder).{{cite news |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/latimes/obituary.aspx?n=Michael-Waltman&pid=150833670 |title=Michael Gordon Waltman Obituary |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |via=Legacy.com}}
  • David Wilkerson, 79, American Christian evangelist and author (The Cross and the Switchblade), car accident.{{cite news |url=http://www.gtowntimes.com/Local/Teen-Challenge-founder-killed-in-traffic-accident2011-04-27T18-30-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430220759/http://www.gtowntimes.com/Local/Teen-Challenge-founder-killed-in-traffic-accident2011-04-27T18-30-09 |archive-date=2011-04-30 |title=Teen Challenge founder killed in traffic accident |newspaper=Georgetown Times |date=April 30, 2011}}

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  • Enrique Arancibia Clavel, 66, Chilean DINA agent.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/30/world/americas/30argentina.html |title=Former Agent for Pinochet Is Found Slain in Argentina |first1=Charles |last1=Newbery |first2=Alexei |last2=Barrionuevo |name-list-style=amp |date=April 29, 2011 |newspaper=The New York Times}}
  • William Campbell, 87, American film and television actor (Love Me Tender, Star Trek, Dementia 13).{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2011-may-01-la-me-william-campbell-20110501-story.html |title=Veteran actor had numerous film, TV roles |date=May 1, 2011 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times}}
  • Gene Fekete, 88, American football player (Cleveland Browns).{{Cite web |url=http://www.clevelandbrowns.com/news/article-1/Browns-mourn-loss-of-Fekete/ef570c0e-6d86-4444-8a89-30d4e6971440 |title=Browns mourn loss of Fekete |access-date=May 12, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110506001234/http://www.clevelandbrowns.com/news/article-1/Browns-mourn-loss-of-Fekete/ef570c0e-6d86-4444-8a89-30d4e6971440 |archive-date=May 6, 2011 |url-status=dead}}
  • Erhard Loretan, 52, Swiss mountaineer, third climber to scale all 14 eight-thousanders, climbing accident.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-13235979 |title=Famed Swiss climber Erhard Loretan dies in fall in Alps |date=April 29, 2011 |website=BBC News}}
  • Willie O'Neill, 70, Scottish football player (Celtic).{{cite web |url=https://news.stv.tv/west-central/245721-former-celtic-player-and-member-of-the-lisbon-lions-willie-oneill-dies/ |title=Former Celtic player and member of the Lisbon Lions Willie O'Neill dies |website=STV News |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717013135/https://stv.tv/news/west-central/245721-former-celtic-player-and-member-of-the-lisbon-lions-willie-oneill-dies/ |archive-date=2018-07-17}}
  • E. Earl Patton, 83, American businessman and politician, tornado.{{cite web |url=http://obits.dignitymemorial.com/dignity-memorial/obituary.aspx?n=Elbert+Earl-Patton&lc=4944&pid=150659433&mid=4655086 |title=Elbert Earl Patton Jr. Obituary |website=Dignity Memorial}}
  • Wilhelm Weidenbrück, 96, German Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipient.{{cite web |url=http://waz.trauer.de/Rudolf%20Florenz%20Ludwig%20Wilhelm-Weidenbr%C3%BCck/Trauerfall/450762.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311195106/http://waz.trauer.de/Rudolf%20Florenz%20Ludwig%20Wilhelm-Weidenbr%C3%BCck/Trauerfall/450762.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-03-11 |title=Rudolf Florenz Ludwig Wilhelm Weidenbrück |website=Online Trauern |access-date=2019-07-15 |language=de}}

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  • Waldemar Baszanowski, 75, Polish weightlifter.{{Cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/espn/wire?section=trackandfield&id=6447999 |title=Former champion weightlifter Baszanowski dies |website=ESPN}}
  • Robert B. Duncan, 90, American politician, U.S. Representative from Oregon (1963–1967, 1975–1981).{{Cite web |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2011/04/former_us_rep_robert_duncan_di.html |title=Former U.S. Rep. Robert Duncan dies in Portland at age of 90 |first=Lynne |last=Terry |date=April 29, 2011 |website=OregonLive.com}}
  • Asker Dzhappuyev, 40, Russian militant leader (Yarmuk Jamaat), shot.{{Cite web |url=http://www.rferl.org/content/balkar_kabardian_insurgent_leaders_reported_killed/16797920.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110808154021/http://www.rferl.org/content/balkar_kabardian_insurgent_leaders_reported_killed/16797920.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 8, 2011 |title=Balkar, Kabardian Insurgent Leaders Reported Killed |website=Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty |date=August 8, 2011}}
  • George Wolfgang Forell, 91, German-born American Christian scholar.
  • Salim Ghazal, 79, Syrian-born Lebanese Melkite Catholic hierarch, Curial bishop of Antioch for Melkites (2001–2005).{{Cite web |url=http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Apr/30/Bishop-Salim-Ghazal-champion-of-coexistence-dies-age-80.ashx#axzz1KxI4F8gK |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519210434/http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Apr/30/Bishop-Salim-Ghazal-champion-of-coexistence-dies-age-80.ashx#axzz1KxI4F8gK |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 19, 2011 |title=Bishop Salim Ghazal, champion of coexistence, dies age 80 |date=May 19, 2011 |newspaper=The Daily Star}}
  • Abdul Hameed, 83, Pakistani writer and novelist.{{Cite news |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/159647/ainak-wala-jin-creator-a-hameed-passes-away/ |title='Ainak wala jin' creator A. Hameed passes away |date=April 30, 2011 |newspaper=The Express Tribune |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110504071516/https://tribune.com.pk/story/159647/ainak-wala-jin-creator-a-hameed-passes-away/ |archive-date=May 4, 2011}}
  • Jeff Kargola, 27, American freestyle motocross rider, race accident.{{Cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/action/fmx/news/story?id=6451910 |title=Jeff 'Ox' Kargola dies in off-road moto event |date=April 29, 2011 |website=ESPN}}
  • Vladimir Krainev, 67, Russian pianist, People's Artist of the USSR, aortic aneurysm.{{Cite news |url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/1633480 |title=Умер российский пианист Владимир Крайнев |date=April 29, 2011 |newspaper=Kommersant |language=ru}}
  • David Mason, 85, British trumpeter, played trumpet solo on "Penny Lane", leukemia.{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/8508066/David-Mason.html |title=David Mason |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph}}
  • Siamak Pourzand, 79, Iranian journalist and dissident, suicide by jumping.{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/may/1/longtime-iranian-dissident-kills-self-to-prove-his/ |title=Longtime Iranian dissident kills self 'to prove his disgust for regime' |newspaper=The Washington Times}}
  • Joanna Russ, 74, American science fiction author, following a series of strokes.{{Cite magazine |url=https://locusmag.com/2011/04/joanna-russ-1937-2011/ |title=Joanna Russ (1937-2011) |magazine=Locus |date=April 29, 2011}}
  • Walter Santoro, 89, Uruguayan politician, Minister of Industry (1963–1964), natural causes.{{Cite web |url=http://www.elpais.com.uy/110429/ultmo-563259/ultimomomento/fallecio-el-ex-legislador-nacionalista-walter-santoro/ |title=Falleció el ex legislador nacionalista Walter Santoro |access-date=May 7, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110504173935/http://www.elpais.com.uy/110429/ultmo-563259/ultimomomento/fallecio-el-ex-legislador-nacionalista-walter-santoro/ |archive-date=May 4, 2011 |url-status=dead |language=es}}
  • Ratmir Shameyev, 22, Kabardin militant, shot.{{Cite web |url=http://www.rferl.org/content/balkar_kabardian_insurgent_leaders_reported_killed/16797920.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=November 12, 2011 |archive-date=August 8, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110808154021/http://www.rferl.org/content/balkar_kabardian_insurgent_leaders_reported_killed/16797920.html |url-status=dead }}

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  • Ronald Asmus, 53, American diplomat and political analyst, cancer.{{Cite web |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/ron_asmus/24090068.html |title=Ron Asmus, R.I.P. |website=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty}}
  • Saif al-Arab Gaddafi, 28–29, Libyan soldier, son of Muammar Gaddafi, airstrike.{{Cite web |url=http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/04/2011430224755721620.html |title=Nato strike 'kills Gaddafi's youngest son' |website=Al Jazeera |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110503070047/http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/04/2011430224755721620.html |archive-date=3 May 2011}}
  • Pete Gray, 30, Australian environmental activist, bowel cancer.{{Cite web |url=http://www.greenpeace.org.au/blog/?p=3236 |title=Remembering Pete Gray |website=Greenpeace Australia Pacific |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110623145459/http://www.greenpeace.org.au/blog/?p=3236 |archive-date=June 23, 2011}}
  • Richard Holmes, 65, British military historian.{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-13251220 |title=War historian Richard Holmes dies |date=May 1, 2011 |website=BBC News}}
  • Dorjee Khandu, 56, Indian Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh (since 2007), helicopter crash.{{Cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Krishna-condoles-demise-of-Arunachal-CM-Khandu/articleshow/8158979.cms |title=Krishna condoles demise of Arunachal CM Khandu |newspaper=The Times of India}}
  • Mike Krsnich, 79, American baseball player (Milwaukee Braves).{{Cite news |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/jsonline/obituary.aspx?n=michael-krsnich&pid=150839407 |title=Michael Krsnich Obituary |newspaper=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |via=Legacy.com}}
  • Francis Lü Shouwang, 45, Chinese Roman Catholic Bishop of Yichang, pancreatitis.{{Cite web |url=https://www.ucanews.com/news/bishop-of-yichang-dies-aged-45/14991 |title=Bishop of Yichang dies, aged 45 |website=UCA News}}
  • Anthony Francis Mestice, 87, American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of New York (1973–2001).{{Cite news |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/poughkeepsiejournal/obituary.aspx?n=anthony-f-mestice&pid=150748477 |title=Bishop Anthony F. Mestice 1923-2011 |newspaper=Poughkeepsie Journal |via=Legacy.com}}
  • Harry S. Morgan, 65, German pornographic actor, producer and director.{{Cite news |url=https://www.bild.de/unterhaltung/leute/porno-produzent/einer-seiner-letzten-drehs-17672204.bild.html |title=Porno-König Harry S. Morgan tot: Sein letzter Dreh |newspaper=Bild |language=de}} (body found on this date)
  • Emilio Navarro, 105, Puerto Rican Negro league baseball player.{{cite news |url=http://archive.boston.com/bostonglobe/obituaries/articles/2011/05/02/emilio_navarro_105_negro_leagues_star/ |title=Emilio Navarro, 105, Negro Leagues star |website=Boston.com|date=May 2, 2011 |last1=Coto |first1=Danica }}
  • Evald Okas, 95, Estonian painter.{{Cite web |url=http://uudised.err.ee/index.php?06228084 |title=Suri kunstnik Evald Okas |website=Eesti Rahvusringhääling |language=et |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314012851/http://uudised.err.ee/index.php?06228084 |archive-date=March 14, 2012}}
  • Daniel Quillen, 70, American mathematician.{{Cite web |url=https://www.commalg.org/2011/05/daniel-quillen/ |title=Daniel Quillen |date=May 1, 2011}}
  • Ernesto Sabato, 99, Argentine writer (El Túnel, On Heroes and Tombs), pneumonia.{{Cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-argentina-sabato-idUSTRE73T1AE20110430 |title=Argentine writer Ernesto Sabato dies at age 99 |date=April 30, 2011 |website=Reuters}}
  • Edgar Seymour, 98, American Olympic bobsledder.{{Cite web |url=http://www.tributes.com/show/Edgar-Seymour-91472067 |title=Edgar Seymour Obituary |website=Tributes.com}}
  • Apostolos Santas, 89, Greek Resistance veteran.{{Cite web |url=https://www.in.gr/2011/04/30/greece/efyge-apo-ti-zwi-i-emblimatiki-morfi-tis-ethnikis-antistasis-lakis-santas/ |title=Έφυγε από τη ζωή η εμβληματική μορφή της Εθνικής Αντίστασης, Λάκης Σάντας |date=April 30, 2011 |website=in.gr |language=el}}
  • Eddie Turnbull, 88, Scottish football player and manager.{{Cite web |url=http://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/news/20110430/eddie-turnbull_2262950_2350210 |title=Eddie Turnbull |website=Hibernian FC |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110505092023/http://www.hibernianfc.co.uk/news/20110430/eddie-turnbull_2262950_2350210 |archive-date=May 5, 2011}}

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