Deaths Died in April 2017
Belchior
Brazilian singer and composer · 30 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 30
Herbert Nkabiti
Botswanan welterweight boxer · 30 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 30
Ueli Steck
Swiss rock climber and mountaineer · 30 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 30 · Other
Alexia Pickering
New Zealand disabilities rights campaigner · 30 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 30 · Other
Joe Leonard
American motorcycle racer and racecar driver · 30 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 30
Alicia Lundberg
Swedish radio and television presenter and journalist · 29 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 29
Saeed Karimian
Iranian media activist · 29 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 29 · Other
Edouard Mathos
Central African Roman Catholic prelate · 29 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 29 · Édouard · Other
Chad Young
American racing cyclist · 29 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 29
Diego Natale Bona
Italian Roman Catholic prelate · 29 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 29 · Other · Bona
Chen Tingru
Chinese WWII army officer · 29 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 29 · Other
R Vidyasagar Rao
Indian irrigation engineer · 29 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 29 · Other · Rao
Donie Shine
Irish football player and manager · 29 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 29
Charles Eugster
British Masters athlete · 28 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 28
Ion Degen
Ukrainian-born Israeli writer · 28 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 28
Luis Olmo
Puerto Rican baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers) · 28 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 28
Vito Acconci
American artist and architectural designer · 28 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 28
John W. Littlefield
American cell biologist and pediatrician · 28 April 2017 · Littlefield · April 2017 · April 28
Prince Bartholomew
Trinidadian cricketer (national team) · 28 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 28
Martha Lavey
American stage actress and theatre director (Steppenwolf Theatre Company) · 28 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 28
Calep Emphrey Jr.
American drummer (B.B. King) · 28 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 28
M.G. Chengappa
Indian freedom fighter · 28 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 28 · Other
Brazo de Oro
Mexican professional wrestler (CMLL) · 28 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 28 · Oro
Jan Flinik
Polish field hockey player · 28 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 28
David Dougherty
New Zealand prisoner wrongfully convicted of rape and abduction · 28 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 28
Liam Kennedy
Irish hurler · 27 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 27 · Other
Tom Forkner
American businessman and lawyer · 27 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 27
Diter von Wettstein
German-born Danish plant biologist · 27 April 2017 · April 2017 · Wettstein · April 27
Claude Klee
French-born American biochemist · 27 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 27 · Other
Amberleigh House
Irish racehorse · 27 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 27 · Other
Raj Bagri, Baron Bagri
Baron Bagri · 27 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 27 · Other
Michael Mantenuto
American actor (Miracle) · 27 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 27
Vinod Khanna
Indian actor and politician · 27 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 27
Pere Tàpias
Spanish food writer and radio presenter · 26 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 26 · Tapias
Evangelina Villegas
Mexican biochemist · 26 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 26 · Other
Dennis Edwards Jr.
American judge (New York Supreme Court) · 26 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 26
Moïse Brou Apanga
Gabonese footballer · 26 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 26 · Apanga · Moise
Jonathan Demme
American film director (The Silence of the Lambs · 26 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 26
Phil Edwards
British Olympic racing cyclist (1972) · 26 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 26
Jerome D’Silva
Pakistani-Canadian businessman · 25 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 25 · D'Silva · Jérôme · Other
Ken Sears
American basketball player (New York Knicks · 25 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 25
Raymond Tsang
Hong Kong actor and former member of Hong Kong Regiment and Hong Kong Auxiliary Police · 25 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 25
Sophie Lefranc-Duvillard
French alpine skier · 25 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 25
Henry Chung
98-99 · 25 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 25 · Other
Kathleen Crowley
American film and TV actress · 25 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 25
Benjamin Barber
American political theorist and author (Jihad vs. McWorld) · 25 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 25
Charles Foster
English-born Canadian writer and publicist · 25 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 25
Jetsun Lobsang Tenzin
79/80 · 25 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 25 · Tenzin · Other
František Brůna
Czechoslovak handball player · 25 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 25 · Bruña
Ledell Lee
- · 25 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 25 · Other
Steve Williams Stephens
American killer (shooting of Robert Godwin) · 25 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 25 · Stephens
Agustín Edwards Eastman
chilean newspaper publisher · 25 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 25 · Agustin · Eastman
Robert M. Pirsig
American writer and philosopher (Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance) · 24 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 24 · Pirsig
Chris Bearde
Australian-born Canadian-American comedy writer (Laugh-In) and producer (The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour · 24 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 24
William Hjortsberg
American novelist and screenwriter (Legend · 24 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 24
Inga Ålenius
Swedish actress (Hem till byn · 24 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 24 · Alenius
John Woodburn
British racing cyclist · 24 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 24