Deaths Died in April 2017
Cecilia Alvear
Ecuadorian-born American journalist (NBC News) · 24 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 24
Sergei Borisovich Ilyin
Russian literary translator · 24 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 24 · Ilyin · Other
Geta Popescu
Romanian mountaineer · 24 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 24 · Other
Robert Godwin
- · 24 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 24 · Other
Albert Freedman
American game show producer who rigged Twenty One (game show) · 24 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 24 · Other
Yameen Rasheed
Maldivian writer · 24 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 24
Kate O’Beirne
American political columnist · 23 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 23 · O'Beirne · Writers
Jana Dudková
Czech screenwriter and dramaturge · 23 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 23
Michael Heyrovský
Czech electrochemist · 23 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 23 · Other
Jess Kersey
American basketball official · 23 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 23 · Other
Jill Amos
New Zealand politician and community leader · 23 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 23
Ed Blaylock
American voice actor (Fullmetal Alchemist · 23 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 23
Attilio Nicora
Italian Roman Catholic Cardinal · 23 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 23 · Other
Jeff Butler
English football manager (Kaizer Chiefs · 22 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 22 · Other
Cape Cross
Irish-bred racehorse · 22 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 22 · Other
John Grinold
American sports director (Northeastern University) · 22 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 22 · Other
Nicolle Van Den Broeck
Belgian racing cyclist · 22 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 22 · Broeck
Jari Helle
Finnish ice hockey player and coach (HC Bolzano) · 22 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 22
Paul Hébert
Canadian actor and theatre director · 22 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 22
Frank Dostal
German music producer and songwriter (Yes Sir · 22 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 22
Delbert Daisey
American waterfowl decoy maker · 22 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 22 · Other
Jeremiasz Anchimiuk
Polish religious figure · 22 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 22 · Other
Jaak Panksepp
Estonian-born American neuroscientist · 22 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 22 · Other
Michele Scarponi
Italian racing cyclist · 22 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 22
Rex Loring
Canadian broadcaster (World Report) · 22 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 22
Digby Taylor
New Zealand sailor · 21 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 21 · Other
Dick Contino
American accordionist · 21 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 21 · Other
Eddie Macon
American football player (Chicago Bears · 21 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 21
Sean McEniff
Irish politician and businessman · 21 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 21
John Freely
American author and physics professor · 21 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 21
Paulie Giganti
American chef and television personality (Hell's Kitchen) · 21 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 21 · Other
Sandy Gallin
American talent agent (Barbra Streisand · 21 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 21 · Other
Albert Henrichs
German-born American classical philologist · 21 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 21 · Other
Yvonne Monlaur
French actress (Three Strangers in Rome · 21 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 21
Anicetus Andrew Wang Chong-yi
Chinese Patriotic Catholic prelate · 21 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 21 · Chong-yi · Other
Danzel Becker
South African cricketer and umpire · 21 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 21
Skeeter Swift
American basketball player (New Orleans Buccaneers · 21 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 21
Ugo Ehiogu
English footballer and coach · 21 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 21
Noah Salasnek
American snowboarder · 21 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 21 · Other
Cuba Gooding Sr.
American soul singer and actor · 20 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 20
Leonard Reiffel
American physicist and inventor who invented the telestrator · 20 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 20
David Chandler
American physical chemist · 20 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 20
Wilhelm Sachsenmaier
Austrian sports shooter · 20 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 20 · Other
Burton Watson
American translator · 20 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 20 · Other
Carlo Riva
Italian motorboat designer · 20 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 20 · Other
Robert B. Hibbs
American Episcopal prelate · 20 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 20 · Hibbs · Other
Tom Fleming
American long distance runner · 20 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 20
Germaine Mason
Jamaican-born British high jumper · 20 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 20 · Other
Philip Kgosana
South African anti-apartheid activist · 20 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 20 · Other
Earl A. Glick
American executive producer (The Groundstar Conspiracy · 20 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 20 · Glick
Thomas Diehl
German entrepreneur und manager (Diehl Stiftung & Co. KG) · 20 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 20 · Other
John T. Noonan Jr.
American circuit court judge · 20 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 20 · Noonan
Ruth Holmberg
American newspaper publisher (Chattanooga Times Free Press) and executive (The New York Times) · 19 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 19
J. C. Spink
American movie producer (A History of Violence · 19 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 19 · Other · Spink
Antun Bogetić
Croatian Roman Catholic prelate · 19 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 19 · Antún · Other
Pat Fitzpatrick
Irish keyboardist (Aslan) · 19 April 2017 · April 2017 · April 19