Who Died in April 2017?
Who died in April 2017? Over 500 obituaries from that month — notable deaths, news, info and memorial pages.
Boris Oleynik
Ukrainian authorDied on Sunday April 30th 2017
Herbert Nkabiti
Botswanan welterweight boxerDied on Sunday April 30th 2017
Maria Kide
Swedish politicianDied on Sunday April 30th 2017
Ueli Steck
Swiss rock climber and mountaineerDied on Sunday April 30th 2017
Alexia Pickering
New Zealand disabilities rights campaignerDied on Sunday April 30th 2017
Mark Binker
American journalistDied on Sunday April 30th 2017
Joe Leonard
American motorcycle racer and racecar driverDied on Sunday April 30th 2017
Alicia Lundberg
Swedish radio and television presenter and journalistDied on Saturday April 29th 2017
Saeed Karimian
Iranian media activistDied on Saturday April 29th 2017
Edouard Mathos
Central African Roman Catholic prelateDied on Saturday April 29th 2017
Chad Young
American racing cyclistDied on Saturday April 29th 2017
Endrik Wottrich
German tenorDied on Saturday April 29th 2017
Trustin Howard
American singerDied on Saturday April 29th 2017
Diego Natale Bona
Italian Roman Catholic prelateDied on Saturday April 29th 2017
Eva von Gamm
German figure skaterDied on Saturday April 29th 2017
Fouad Naffah
Lebanese politicianDied on Saturday April 29th 2017
Alvin H. Kukuk
American politicianDied on Saturday April 29th 2017
Erdoğan Teziç
Turkish academicDied on Saturday April 29th 2017
Donald Sarason
American mathematicianDied on Saturday April 29th 2017
Carl Christ
American economistDied on Saturday April 29th 2017
Chen Tingru
Chinese WWII army officerDied on Saturday April 29th 2017
R Vidyasagar Rao
Indian irrigation engineerDied on Saturday April 29th 2017
Nicholas Sand
American chemistDied on Saturday April 29th 2017
Donie Shine
Irish football player and managerDied on Saturday April 29th 2017
Zoe Realla
American rapperDied on Saturday April 29th 2017
Zoe Raella
American rapperDied on Saturday April 29th 2017
Charles Eugster
British Masters athleteDied on Friday April 28th 2017
Luis Olmo
Puerto Rican baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers)Died on Friday April 28th 2017
Vito Acconci
American artist and architectural designerDied on Friday April 28th 2017
Martin J. Beckmann
German economistDied on Friday April 28th 2017
John W. Littlefield
American cell biologist and pediatricianDied on Friday April 28th 2017
Prince Bartholomew
Trinidadian cricketer (national team)Died on Friday April 28th 2017
Richard Haynes
American lawyerDied on Friday April 28th 2017
Martha Lavey
American stage actress and theatre director (Steppenwolf Theatre Company)Died on Friday April 28th 2017
Gary Steigman
American astronomerDied on Friday April 28th 2017
M.G. Chengappa
Indian freedom fighterDied on Friday April 28th 2017
Brazo de Oro
Mexican professional wrestler (CMLL)Died on Friday April 28th 2017
Jan Flinik
Polish field hockey playerDied on Friday April 28th 2017
Robin Millhouse
Australian judge and politicianDied on Friday April 28th 2017
Lin Yi-han
Taiwanese writerDied on Friday April 28th 2017
David Dougherty
New Zealand prisoner wrongfully convicted of rape and abductionDied on Friday April 28th 2017
Nikolai Arefyev
Russian football playerDied on Friday April 28th 2017
Philippe Mestre
French politicianDied on Friday April 28th 2017
Peter George
Canadian academicDied on Friday April 28th 2017
Liam Kennedy
Irish hurlerDied on Thursday April 27th 2017
Tom Forkner
American businessman and lawyerDied on Thursday April 27th 2017
Diter von Wettstein
German-born Danish plant biologistDied on Thursday April 27th 2017
Claude Klee
French-born American biochemistDied on Thursday April 27th 2017
Rolf Fjeldvær
Norwegian politicianDied on Thursday April 27th 2017
Amberleigh House
Irish racehorseDied on Thursday April 27th 2017
Vinu Chakravarthy
Indian actorDied on Thursday April 27th 2017
Raj Bagri, Baron Bagri
Baron BagriDied on Thursday April 27th 2017
Leo Baxendale
British comics artistDied on Thursday April 27th 2017
James Knoll Gardner
American juristDied on Wednesday April 26th 2017
Pere Tàpias
Spanish food writer and radio presenterDied on Wednesday April 26th 2017
Evangelina Villegas
Mexican biochemistDied on Wednesday April 26th 2017
Dennis Edwards Jr.
American judge (New York Supreme Court)Died on Wednesday April 26th 2017
Babalola Borishade
Nigerian politicianDied on Wednesday April 26th 2017
Moïse Brou Apanga
Gabonese footballerDied on Wednesday April 26th 2017
Jonathan Demme
American film director (The Silence of the LambsDied on Wednesday April 26th 2017
Phil Edwards
British Olympic racing cyclist (1972)Died on Wednesday April 26th 2017
Sasha Lakovic
Canadian hockey playerDied on Tuesday April 25th 2017
Jerome D’Silva
Pakistani-Canadian businessmanDied on Tuesday April 25th 2017
Ken Sears
American basketball player (New York KnicksDied on Tuesday April 25th 2017
Raymond Tsang
Hong Kong actor and former member of Hong Kong Regiment and Hong Kong Auxiliary PoliceDied on Tuesday April 25th 2017
Elena Rzhevskaya
Belarusian-born Russian writerDied on Tuesday April 25th 2017
Kojo Laing
Ghanaian novelistDied on Tuesday April 25th 2017
Sophie Lefranc-Duvillard
French alpine skierDied on Tuesday April 25th 2017
Leif Klette
Norwegian fencerDied on Tuesday April 25th 2017
Henry Chung
98-99Died on Tuesday April 25th 2017
Kathleen Crowley
American film and TV actressDied on Tuesday April 25th 2017
Benjamin Barber
American political theorist and author (Jihad vs. McWorld)Died on Tuesday April 25th 2017
Mark Jimenez
Filipino politicianDied on Tuesday April 25th 2017
Munyua Waiyaki
Kenyan politicianDied on Tuesday April 25th 2017
Charles Foster
English-born Canadian writer and publicistDied on Tuesday April 25th 2017
Jetsun Lobsang Tenzin
79/80Died on Tuesday April 25th 2017
František Brůna
Czechoslovak handball playerDied on Tuesday April 25th 2017
Ledell Lee
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Steve Williams Stephens
American killer (shooting of Robert Godwin)Died on Tuesday April 25th 2017
R. Cooper White, Jr.
American politicianDied on Tuesday April 25th 2017
Agustín Edwards Eastman
chilean newspaper publisherDied on Tuesday April 25th 2017
Sir Ewen Fergusson
British diplomatDied on Monday April 24th 2017
Michael Williams, Baron Williams of Baglan
British peer and diplomatDied on Monday April 24th 2017
Bjarte Eikeset
Norwegian politicianDied on Monday April 24th 2017
Robert M. Pirsig
American writer and philosopher (Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance)Died on Monday April 24th 2017
Chris Bearde
Australian-born Canadian-American comedy writer (Laugh-In) and producer (The Sonny and Cher Comedy HourDied on Monday April 24th 2017
William Hjortsberg
American novelist and screenwriter (LegendDied on Monday April 24th 2017
Chriet Titulaer
Dutch astronomerDied on Monday April 24th 2017
Johnny Roe
Irish jockeyDied on Monday April 24th 2017
Wolfgang Fürniß
German politicianDied on Monday April 24th 2017
John Woodburn
British racing cyclistDied on Monday April 24th 2017