{ "site": "Dead-People.com", "feed_type": "deaths_on_date", "date": "2026-04-09", "timezone": "+01:00", "generated_at": "2026-07-14T05:25:27+01:00", "canonical_html_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/tag/09-april-2026", "permanent_archive_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/tag/09-april-2026", "items": [ { "name": "Robert Bagg dead at age 90, American poet", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/robert-bagg", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [ { "source_type": "news_confirmation", "publisher": "umass.edu", "url": "https://www.umass.edu/news/article/memoriam-robert-bagg", "relationship": "confirms death", "title": "In Memoriam: Robert Bagg" } ], "age": 90, "death_date": "2026-04-09", "reported_date": "2026-04-09", "published_at": "2026-04-09T16:52:59+01:00", "occupation": [ "american poet", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Robert Bagg, American poet.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Bagg" }, { "name": "C. 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He was a Russian physicist and politician who served as a people's deputy of the Soviet Union from 1989 to 1991.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkady_Yanenko" }, { "name": "Björgvin Halldórsson Icelandic musician dead at age 74", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/bjorgvin-halldorsson", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 74, "death_date": "2026-04-09", "reported_date": "2026-04-09", "published_at": "2026-04-09T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "musicians" ], "nationality": [ "Iceland" ], "description": "Björgvin Halldórsson, an Icelandic musician and singer, died on April 9, 2026, at the age of 74. Born Björgvin Helgi Halldórsson in Hafnarfjörður on April 16, 1951, he was an Icelandic pop singer who represented Iceland at the Eurovision Song Contest 1995 with the song \"Núna,\" which placed 15th with 31 points. He performed with Sigrún Hjálmtýsdóttir and others, released several solo albums, and appeared in several television shows.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rgvin_Halld%C3%B3rsson" }, { "name": "Eva Ramm Norwegian psychologist and essayist dead at age 100", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/eva-ramm", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 100, "death_date": "2026-04-09", "reported_date": "2026-04-09", "published_at": "2026-04-09T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "scientists", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "Norway" ], "description": "Eva Ramm, a Norwegian psychologist and essayist, died on April 9, 2026, at the age of 100. Born in Bergen on November 23, 1925, she also worked as a novelist and children's author. Ramm was married twice, first to Wilhelm Ernst Ramm and later to Trygve Alfarnæs.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Ramm" }, { "name": "Zulfiqar Ali Khosa Pakistani politician, governor of Punjab and senator dead at age 90", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/zulfiqar-ali-khosa", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 90, "death_date": "2026-04-09", "reported_date": "2026-04-09", "published_at": "2026-04-09T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Britain", "Pakistan" ], "description": "Zulfiqar Ali Khosa, a Pakistani politician who served as governor of Punjab in 1999 and as a senator from 2012 to 2018, died on April 9, 2026. He was 90. Khosa was born on October 20, 1935, in Bahadurgarh, Dera Ghazi Khan District, Punjab, British India, now Pakistan. He represented Punjab in the Senate of Pakistan and was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Punjab for nine tenures, in 1970, 1977, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1997, 2008 and 2013.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zulfiqar_Ali_Khosa" }, { "name": "Afrika Bambaataa American DJ and rapper, complications from cancer dead at age 67", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/afrika-bambaataa", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 67, "death_date": "2026-04-09", "reported_date": "2026-04-09", "published_at": "2026-04-09T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "musicians" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Afrika Bambaataa, an American DJ, rapper, and record producer, died on April 9, 2026, of complications from cancer. Born Lance Taylor on April 17, 1957, he was known for the tracks \"Planet Rock,\" \"Looking for the Perfect Beat,\" and \"Renegades of Funk.\" He was also one of the originators of breakbeat DJing and helped spread hip hop culture through the Universal Zulu Nation.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/04/Afrika_Bambaataa.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrika_Bambaataa", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "Kamal Kharazi public figure dead at age 82", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/kamal-kharazi", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 82, "death_date": "2026-04-09", "reported_date": "2026-04-09", "published_at": "2026-04-09T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Iran" ], "description": "Kamal Kharazi, an Iranian reformist politician and diplomat, died on April 9, 2026, at the age of 81. Born in Tehran in 1944, he served as Iran’s foreign minister from 1997 to 2005 and later was an advisor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. He was also a member of the Expediency Discernment Council, chairman of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, and co-founded the Institute for Cognitive Science Studies in 2016. Kharazi earned a BA in Arabic studies and a Master of Education from the University of Tehran, and later received a PhD in industrial psychology from the University of Houston.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/04/Kamal_Kharazi.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamal_Kharazi" }, { "name": "Eirwyn George Welsh poet dead at age 89", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/eirwyn-george", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 89, "death_date": "2026-04-09", "reported_date": "2026-04-09", "published_at": "2026-04-09T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "writers" ], "nationality": [ "Wales" ], "description": "Eirwyn George, a Welsh poet, died on April 9, 2026.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eirwyn_George" }, { "name": "Miroj Abdulloyev Tajik politician dead at age 77", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/miroj-abdulloyev", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 77, "death_date": "2026-04-09", "reported_date": "2026-04-09", "published_at": "2026-04-09T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "description": "Miroj Abdulloyev, a Tajik politician and chairman of the Communist Party of Tajikistan, died on April 9, 2026, at the age of 77. Born in Langar-kalon in Mu'minobod District, Khatlon Region, Tajik SSR, on August 15, 1948, he graduated from the Pedagogical College in Kulob in 1966 and the Academy of the Interior Ministry of the Soviet Union in Moscow in 1984. From 1984 to 1991, he worked in the Tajik Interior Ministry's office for the Kulob region. He later headed the drug control agency from June 1999 to 2005 and became chairman of the Communist Party of Tajikistan on April 22, 2017, succeeding acting chairman Mirzoazim Nasimov.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/04/Miroj_Abdulloyev.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miroj_Abdulloyev" }, { "name": "Valery Rukhledev Russian sports activist dead at age 78", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/valery-rukhledev", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 78, "death_date": "2026-04-09", "reported_date": "2026-04-09", "published_at": "2026-04-09T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes", "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Russia" ], "description": "Valery Rukhledev, a Russian sports activist and six-time Deaflympics wrestling gold medalist, died on April 9, 2026, at the age of 78. Born on January 18, 1948, in Rybinsky District, Krasnoyarsk Krai, he studied at deaf schools in Novokuznetsk and Odessa. Rukhledev won wrestling gold medals for the Soviet Union at the Deaflympics from 1969 to 1977 and represented the country in 1969, 1973 and 1977. He served as president of the International Committee of Sports for the Deaf from 2013 to 2018 and was voted one of the best deaf athletes of the 20th century.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valery_Rukhledev" }, { "name": "Billy Bryan American baseball player dead at age 87", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/billy-bryan", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 87, "death_date": "2026-04-09", "reported_date": "2026-04-09", "published_at": "2026-04-09T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes", "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Billy Bryan, an American baseball player who appeared for the Kansas City Athletics, New York Yankees and Washington Senators, died on April 9, 2026, at age 87. William Ronald Bryan was born in Morgan, Georgia, on December 4, 1938, and was a major league catcher who appeared in 374 games over parts of eight seasons from 1961 to 1968. Signed by the Athletics in 1960, he had early minor-league success and played his longest major league stretches with Kansas City in 1964 and 1965. He retired in 1970 after 11 professional seasons.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/04/Billy_Bryan_baseball.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Bryan_(baseball)" }, { "name": "Domingos Lucas Naftal Mozambican footballer dead at age 84", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/domingos-lucas-naftal", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 84, "death_date": "2026-04-09", "reported_date": "2026-04-09", "published_at": "2026-04-09T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "description": "Domingos Lucas Naftal, a Mozambican footballer, died on April 9, 2026, aged 84. Born on April 23, 1941, Naftal played as a forward and began at youth level with FC Porto in 1962. He joined Porto's first team in the Primeira Divisão in 1964 and scored against S.L. Benfica in O Clássico during his debut season. After two seasons with Porto, he signed with Vitória Guimarães and later played for Futebol Clube Tirsense, Sporting Clube da Covilhã, A.C. Marinhense, Vilanovense Futebol Clube and Aliados Lordelo F.C. In 1975, he played abroad with the Ottawa Tigers in the National Soccer League.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domingos_Lucas_Naftal" }, { "name": "Erik Lallerstedt Swedish chef and restaurateur dead at age 79", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/erik-lallerstedt", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 79, "death_date": "2026-04-09", "reported_date": "2026-04-09", "published_at": "2026-04-09T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "other" ], "nationality": [ "Sweden" ], "description": "Erik Lallerstedt, a Swedish chef and restaurateur, died on April 9, 2026, at the age of 79. Born in Kungsholmen, Sweden, on June 23, 1946, he opened Erik Lallerstedts Restaurang & Ostronbar at Strandvägskajen in Stockholm in 1979. The restaurant was among the first in Sweden to receive a Michelin star.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/04/Erik_Lallerstedt.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Lallerstedt" }, { "name": "Robin Bridgeman, 3rd Viscount Bridgeman British businessman and politician, member of the House of Lords dead at age 95", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/robin-bridgeman-3rd-viscount-bridgeman", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 95, "death_date": "2026-04-09", "reported_date": "2026-04-09", "published_at": "2026-04-09T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Britain" ], "description": "Robin Bridgeman, 3rd Viscount Bridgeman, a British businessman and politician and member of the House of Lords since 1983, died on April 9, 2026, aged 95. Born Robin John Orlando Bridgeman on December 5, 1930, he was a hereditary peer and sat as a Conservative in the House of Lords. He was educated at Eton, served in the Rifle Brigade in 1950 and 1951, and later reached the rank of lieutenant in the Royal Green Jackets. Bridgeman became a chartered accountant in 1958 and held directorships and partnerships in financial and business firms, including Fenn and Crosthwaite, Henderson Crosthwaite, Guinness Mahon and Nestor-BNA. He was also a director of The Bridgeman Art Library from 1972.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/04/Robin_Bridgeman_3rd_Viscount_Bridgeman.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Bridgeman,_3rd_Viscount_Bridgeman" }, { "name": "Angelo Pavan Italian politician, senator dead at age 95", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/angelo-pavan", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 95, "death_date": "2026-04-09", "reported_date": "2026-04-09", "published_at": "2026-04-09T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Italy" ], "description": "Angelo Pavan, an Italian politician and senator, died on April 9, 2026, at the age of 95. Born in Postioma, Italy, on November 17, 1930, he was a member of Christian Democracy and served in the Senate of the Republic from 1979 to 1994. He died in Postioma.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/04/Angelo_Pavan.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelo_Pavan" }, { "name": "John Edelman public figure dead at age 90", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/john-edelman", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 90, "death_date": "2026-04-09", "reported_date": "2026-04-09", "published_at": "2026-04-09T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "John Edelman, an American former Major League Baseball pitcher, died on April 9, 2026. He was 90. Edelman, whose full name was John Rogers Edelman, signed with the Milwaukee Braves as a bonus baby free agent in 1955 and played with the team that year. He also played at the collegiate level at West Chester University.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Edelman" }, { "name": "Michael Paget-Wilkes English archdeacon dead at age 74", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/michael-paget-wilkes", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 74, "death_date": "2026-04-09", "reported_date": "2026-04-09", "published_at": "2026-04-09T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "other" ], "nationality": [ "England" ], "description": "Michael Paget-Wilkes, an English archdeacon, died on April 9, 2026, aged 74. Michael Jocelyn James Paget-Wilkes was Archdeacon of Warwick from 1990 to 2009. Born in Bath, Somerset, he was the son of the Rev. Arthur Hamilton Paget Wilkes and the grandson of missionary Paget Wilkes. He was educated at Harper Adams Agricultural College, worked as an agricultural project manager in Tanzania from 1964 to 1966, studied for ordination at the London College of Divinity and was priested in 1970.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Paget-Wilkes" }, { "name": "Jeremy Beecham, Baron Beecham British politician, member of the House of Lords dead at age 81", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/jeremy-beecham-baron-beecham", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 81, "death_date": "2026-04-09", "reported_date": "2026-04-09", "published_at": "2026-04-09T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Britain", "England" ], "description": "Jeremy Beecham, Baron Beecham, a British politician and member of the House of Lords from 2010 to 2021, died on April 9, 2026, aged 81. Born in 1944, he was a British Labour politician and a senior figure in English local government. He led Newcastle City Council and was the first chairman of the Local Government Association. Beecham was also elected chairman of the Labour Party’s National Executive Committee from October 2005 to September 2006.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/04/Jeremy_Beecham_Baron_Beecham.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Beecham,_Baron_Beecham" }, { "name": "Héctor Vargas Haya Peruvian politician, deputy, president of the Chamber of Deputies dead at age 98", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/hector-vargas-haya", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 98, "death_date": "2026-04-09", "reported_date": "2026-04-09", "published_at": "2026-04-09T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "America", "Peru" ], "description": "Héctor Vargas Haya, Peruvian politician and former deputy, died on April 9, 2026, at the age of 98. Born in Rioja, Peru, on March 29, 1928, he served in the Congress of the Republic from 1963 to 1968 and again from 1980 to 1990. A member of the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance, he was president of the Chamber of Deputies from 1988 to 1989.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/04/H_ctor_Vargas_Haya.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A9ctor_Vargas_Haya" }, { "name": "Sammy Forcillo Canadian politician dead at age 75", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/sammy-forcillo", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 75, "death_date": "2026-04-09", "reported_date": "2026-04-09", "published_at": "2026-04-09T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Canada", "Italy" ], "description": "Sammy Forcillo, a Canadian politician, died on April 9, 2026, at the age of 75. A retired politician, he was a former mayor of Ville-Marie borough in Montreal, Quebec. Forcillo, who had Italian ancestry and held a degree from the École nationale d'administration publique, was a member of Jean Drapeau's Civic Party. He was elected to Montreal's City Council in 1978 in Saint-Jacques, was re-elected in 1982, lost the seat in 1986 to RCM candidate Raymond Blain, and returned in November 1992 after winning a by-election following Blain's death in office.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Forcillo" }, { "name": "Stephen M. Schwebel American jurist, judge, vice president and president of the ICJ dead at age 97", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/stephen-m-schwebel", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 97, "death_date": "2026-04-09", "reported_date": "2026-04-09", "published_at": "2026-04-09T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "lawyers", "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Stephen M. 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Schwebel, born in New York City on March 10, 1929, also served as judge of the World Bank Administrative Tribunal from 2010 to 2017, president of the International Monetary Fund Administrative Tribunal from 1993 to 2010, and a member of the U.S. National Group at the Permanent Court of Arbitration.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/04/Stephen_M._Schwebel.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_M._Schwebel" }, { "name": "Jackie Moore American basketball player dead at age 93", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/jackie-moore", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 73, "death_date": "2019-11-21", "reported_date": "2019-11-21", "published_at": "2026-04-09T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Jackie Moore, an American basketball player, died on April 9, 2026, at age 93. Born in Philadelphia on September 24, 1932, John T. \"Jackie\" Moore was a 6-foot-5 small forward from La Salle University who played three seasons in the National Basketball Association from 1954 to 1957. He was a member of the Syracuse Nationals, Milwaukee Hawks and Philadelphia Warriors, averaged 2.7 points per game in his NBA career, and won a league championship in 1956.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Moore_(singer)" }, { "name": "Ari Ben-Menahem German-born Israeli mathematician and geophysicist dead at age 97", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/ari-ben-menahem", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 97, "death_date": "2026-04-09", "reported_date": "2026-04-09", "published_at": "2026-04-09T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "scientists", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "Germany", "Israel" ], "description": "Ari Ben-Menahem, a German-born Israeli mathematician and geophysicist, died on April 9, 2026. He was 97. Born in Berlin on November 4, 1928, he was a professor of mathematics and geophysics at the Weizmann Institute of Science from 1964 and also served as a visiting professor at MIT. 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