{ "site": "Dead-People.com", "feed_type": "deaths_on_date", "date": "2026-04-10", "timezone": "+01:00", "generated_at": "2026-07-13T03:34:44+01:00", "canonical_html_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/tag/10-april-2026", "permanent_archive_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/tag/10-april-2026", "items": [ { "name": "Thomas Frost dead at age 101, Austrian-born American record producer", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/thomas-frost-producer", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [ { "source_type": "news_confirmation", "publisher": "gramophone.co.uk", "url": "https://www.gramophone.co.uk/content/news/thomas-frost-grammy-winning-producer-behind-decades-of-great-recordings-dies-at-101", "relationship": "confirms death", "title": "Thomas Frost, Grammy-Winning Producer Behind Decades of Great Recordings, Dies at 101" } ], "age": 101, "death_date": "2026-04-10", "reported_date": "2026-04-10", "published_at": "2026-04-10T16:52:45+01:00", "occupation": [ "austrian-born american record producer", "musicians" ], "nationality": [ "America", "Austria" ], "description": "Thomas Frost, Austrian-born American record producer.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Frost_(producer)" }, { "name": "Anja Hatakka dead at age 88, Finnish actress and beauty pageant competitor", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/anja-hatakka", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [ { "source_type": "news_confirmation", "publisher": "iltalehti.fi", "url": "https://www.iltalehti.fi/viihdeuutiset/a/b4663e60-07c9-45d4-b64f-9e3fddff66f1", "relationship": "confirms death", "title": "Viimeinen Laineen Tuntematon sotilas -näyttelijä on kuollut" } ], "age": 88, "death_date": "2026-04-10", "reported_date": "2026-04-10", "published_at": "2026-04-10T16:52:27+01:00", "occupation": [ "finnish actress and beauty pageant competitor", "actors" ], "nationality": [ "Finland" ], "description": "Anja Hatakka, Finnish actress and beauty pageant competitor.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/04/Anja_Hatakka_p1655909.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anja_Hatakka" }, { "name": "Harry Kim dead at age 74, American trumpeter", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/harry-kim-trumpeter", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [ { "source_type": "news_confirmation", "publisher": "genesis-news.com", "url": "https://www.genesis-news.com/harry-kim-has-died/", "relationship": "confirms death", "title": "Harry Kim has died" } ], "age": 74, "death_date": "2026-04-10", "reported_date": "2026-04-10", "published_at": "2026-04-10T16:52:09+01:00", "occupation": [ "american trumpeter", "other" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Harry Kim, American trumpeter.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/04/Harry_Kim_trumpeter_p1655910.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Kim_(trumpeter)" }, { "name": "Jan Williams dead at age 87, English actress", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/jan-williams-actress", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [ { "source_type": "news_confirmation", "publisher": "bondesque-magazine.com", "url": "https://bondesque-magazine.com/jan-williams-1939-2026/", "relationship": "confirms death", "title": "Jan Williams (1939-2026)" } ], "age": 87, "death_date": "2026-04-10", "reported_date": "2026-04-10", "published_at": "2026-04-10T16:51:56+01:00", "occupation": [ "english actress", "actors", "doctors" ], "nationality": [ "England" ], "description": "Jan Williams, English actress.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Williams_(actress)" }, { "name": "S. R. Ramaswamy Indian writer and journalist dead at age 88", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/s-r-ramaswamy", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 88, "death_date": "2026-04-10", "reported_date": "2026-04-10", "published_at": "2026-04-10T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "journalists", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "England", "India" ], "description": "S. R. Ramaswamy, an Indian writer and journalist, died on April 10, 2026, at age 88. Born in Bangalore on October 29, 1937, he also worked as a biographer, social activist and environmentalist. He authored more than 50 books and thousands of articles in Kannada and English. 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PopoloCrois began as a manga series in 1977 in the Asahi Student Newspaper and later grew into a wider franchise that included role-playing video games, two anime series and novels. Its title combines the Italian word “Popolo,” meaning people, and the French “croisé,” meaning crossing. 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Before 1989, he was director of Ivančice Hospital, and he continued working there as a surgeon until 2002. From 2002 to 2014, he served as mayor of Ivančice, and from December 2013 he was a member of the Committee on Health Care and the Committee on Public Administration and Regional Development.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/04/Vojt_ch_Adam.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vojt%C4%9Bch_Adam" }, { "name": "Peter Nworie Chukwu Nigerian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Abakaliki dead at age 60", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/peter-nworie-chukwu", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 60, "death_date": "2026-04-10", "reported_date": "2026-04-10", "published_at": "2026-04-10T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "other" ], "nationality": [ "Nigeria" ], "description": "Peter Nworie Chukwu, a Nigerian Roman Catholic prelate and bishop of Abakaliki since 2021, died on April 10, 2026, aged 60. He was born on November 5, 1965, in Ededeagu Umuezekohohu, Ebonyi State, Nigeria. Chukwu began his priestly formation at the Seat of Wisdom Seminary in Owerri, completed his philosophical studies in 1989, and later studied theology at Bigard Memorial Major Seminary in Enugu, finishing in 1993. He pursued postgraduate studies in the United States at Franciscan University of Steubenville from 2000 to 2001 and earned a doctorate in philosophy from Marquette University between 2002 and 2007.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/04/Peter_Nworie_Chukwu.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Nworie_Chukwu" }, { "name": "Peter Terry South African actor, dramatist and poet dead at age 75", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/peter-terry", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 91, "death_date": "2017-12-22", "reported_date": "2017-12-22", "published_at": "2026-04-10T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "actors", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "South Africa" ], "description": "Peter Terry died on April 10, 2026. He was a South African actor known for Project Shadowchaser II and The Challenger Disaster, as well as a dramatist and poet. 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Frampton served on the New Zealand Dairy Board from 1973 to 1993 and was chair of the Tatua Dairy Company from 1990 to 2003. He received the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal, was appointed a Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2005 for services to agriculture, and later accepted redesignation as a Knight Companion. He also received honorary and alumni honours from Massey University.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/04/Alan_Frampton.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Frampton" }, { "name": "Magaly Achach Solís Mexican politician, mayor of Benito Juárez Municipality, member of the Chamber of Deputies and twice of the Congress of Quintana Roo dead at age 71", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/magaly-achach-solis", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 71, "death_date": "2026-04-10", "reported_date": "2026-04-10", "published_at": "2026-04-10T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Mexico" ], "description": "Magaly Achach Solís, a Mexican politician and former mayor of Benito Juárez Municipality, died on April 10, 2026, at the age of 71. She served as mayor from 1999 to 2002 and was a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1991 to 1994. Achach also served twice in the Congress of Quintana Roo. A teacher by occupation, she was a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party and died in Cancún.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/04/Magaly_Achach_Sol_s.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magaly_Achach_Solís" }, { "name": "Sir Hayden Phillips British civil servant, Permanent Secretary to the Lord Chancellor’s Office dead at age 83", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/sir-hayden-phillips", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 83, "death_date": "2026-04-10", "reported_date": "2026-04-10", "published_at": "2026-04-10T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Britain" ], "description": "Sir Hayden Phillips, the British civil servant who served as Permanent Secretary to the Lord Chancellor’s Office from 1998 to 2003, died on April 10, 2026, aged 83. Sir Gerald Hayden Phillips was born on February 9, 1943. He was educated at Cambridgeshire High School for Boys, Clare College, Cambridge, and Yale University. He joined the Civil Service as an Assistant Principal in the Home Office in 1967 and went on to hold posts including Economic Adviser from 1970 to 1972, Principal from 1972 to 1974, and Assistant Secretary and Principal Private Secretary to the Home Secretary, Roy Jenkins, from 1974 to 1976. From 1977 to 1979, he served as Deputy Chef de Cabinet to Roy Jenkins as President of the European Commission, and later returned to the Home Office as Assistant Secretary from 1979 to 1981.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayden_Phillips" }, { "name": "Jacek Magiera Polish football coach dead at age 49", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/jacek-magiera", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 49, "death_date": "2026-04-10", "reported_date": "2026-04-10", "published_at": "2026-04-10T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "Poland" ], "description": "Jacek Magiera, a Polish football coach, died on April 10, 2026.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/04/Jacek_Magiera.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacek_Magiera" }, { "name": "Celeste Dupuy-Spencer American painter dead at age 46", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/celeste-dupuy-spencer", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 46, "death_date": "2026-04-10", "reported_date": "2026-04-10", "published_at": "2026-04-10T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "artists" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Celeste Dupuy-Spencer, an American painter, died on April 10, 2026. Born in New York City in 1979, she received a BFA from Bard College in 2007 and was based in Los Angeles. She began exhibiting in 2007, including collaborations with Ridykeulous Project. Her work was included in Queer Fantasy at Morán Morán in Los Angeles in 2015, and she had solo shows at Nino Mier Gallery in 2016 and 2018 and at Marlborough Gallery in 2017. Her work also appeared in the 2017 Whitney Biennial and the Hammer Museum's 2018 exhibition Made in L.A.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celeste_Dupuy-Spencer" }, { "name": "Sonam Wangchuk Indian army colonel, heart attack dead at age 61", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/sonam-wangchuk", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 61, "death_date": "2026-04-10", "reported_date": "2026-04-10", "published_at": "2026-04-10T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "other" ], "nationality": [ "India" ], "description": "Sonam Wangchuk, an Indian army colonel, died on April 10, 2026, of a heart attack.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonam_Wangchuk_(soldier)", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Heart attack", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-heart-attack" } }, { "name": "Sid Krofft Canadian puppeteer and television writer dead at age 96", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/sid-krofft", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 96, "death_date": "2026-04-10", "reported_date": "2026-04-10", "published_at": "2026-04-10T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "writers" ], "nationality": [ "Canada" ], "description": "Sid Krofft, the Canadian puppeteer and television writer behind H.R. Pufnstuf, Land of the Lost and Sigmund and the Sea Monsters, died on April 10, 2026. He was 96. Born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on July 30, 1929, Krofft worked as a television creator, producer, writer and puppeteer. With his brother Marty Krofft, he was part of the team known as The Krofft Brothers, which made numerous children's television and variety programs in the United States, particularly in the 1970s.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/04/Sid_Krofft.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_Krofft" }, { "name": "Angela Pleasence public figure dead at age 84", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/angela-pleasence", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 84, "death_date": "2026-04-10", "reported_date": "2026-04-10", "published_at": "2026-04-10T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "actors", "doctors" ], "nationality": [ "Britain", "England" ], "description": "Angela Pleasence, an English actress, died on April 10, 2026, at the age of 84. She trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and made her stage debut in 1964 as Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre. Her first major film role came in Hitler: The Last Ten Days (1973), and she later appeared in horror films including From Beyond the Grave and Symptoms (1974). Pleasence also worked extensively in television productions and British miniseries during the 1980s and 1990s, with roles in Coronation Street and Doctor Who. Born Daphne Anne Angela Pleasence in Chapeltown, West Riding of Yorkshire, she was active in acting from 1964 until 2026.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/04/Angela_Pleasence.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Pleasence" }, { "name": "William Leon McBride American philosopher dead at age 88", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/william-leon-mcbride", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 88, "death_date": "2026-04-10", "reported_date": "2026-04-10", "published_at": "2026-04-10T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "William Leon McBride, an American philosopher, died on April 10, 2026. He was 88. McBride was the Arthur G. Hansen Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Purdue University. He was known for his work in political philosophy and philosophy of law.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Leon_McBride" }, { "name": "Browning Nagle public figure dead at age 57", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/browning-nagle", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 57, "death_date": "2026-04-10", "reported_date": "2026-04-10", "published_at": "2026-04-10T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Browning Nagle, an American football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League, died on April 10, 2026, at age 57 of colon cancer. He played for the New York Jets, Indianapolis Colts and Atlanta Falcons after being selected by the Jets in the second round of the 1991 NFL draft. Nagle played college football for Louisville after beginning his college career at West Virginia. He also played professional football in the Arena Football League.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browning_Nagle", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "Barney Fisher American politician, member of the Missouri House of Representatives dead at age 78", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/barney-fisher", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 78, "death_date": "2026-04-10", "reported_date": "2026-04-10", "published_at": "2026-04-10T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Barney Fisher died on April 10, 2026. 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She published her first collection of poems in French, \"Vingt Ans,\" in 1958 and later wrote collections of stories about the 1973 October War, including \"Luminous Days\" in 1984.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colette_Khoury" }, { "name": "Rudi Schmitt German politician, member of the Landtag of Hesse, MP dead at age 98", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/rudi-schmitt", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 98, "death_date": "2026-04-10", "reported_date": "2026-04-10", "published_at": "2026-04-10T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Germany" ], "description": "Rudi Schmitt, a German politician and former teacher, died on April 10, 2026, at the age of 98. 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He went on to become a distinguished humanities professor in the department of comparative studies at Ohio State University and also taught at Stanford. Rotman’s work and teaching drew on mathematics, philosophy and the history of writing, and he gave lectures at universities including Berkeley, MIT, Brown, Duke, Notre Dame, Penn State, Minnesota and Cornell.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Rotman" }, { "name": "Dinah Christie Canadian actress and singer", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/dinah-christie", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 83, "death_date": "2026-04-10", "reported_date": "2026-04-10", "published_at": "2026-04-10T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "actors", "musicians" ], "nationality": [ "Canada" ], "description": "Dinah Christie, a Canadian actress and singer known for Party Game, died on April 10, 2026, at the age of 83. Born Dinah Barbara Christie in London, England, she came to Canada at age 2 with her parents, actors Robert and Margot Christie, and grew up in Toronto. She worked at the Stratford Festival from age 13, became an apprentice there in 1960 and performed in Toronto in 1961. Before she was out of her teens, she had been cast in small roles at Stratford. She also sang as a folk singer in her teens while attending North Toronto Collegiate Institute.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinah_Christie" }, { "name": "Eliot Engel American politican, member of the U.S. House of Representatives dead at age 79", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/eliot-engel", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 79, "death_date": "2026-04-10", "reported_date": "2026-04-10", "published_at": "2026-04-10T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Eliot Engel, an American politician and member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1989 to 2021, died on April 10, 2026, at the age of 79. A Democrat, he represented parts of the north Bronx and southern Westchester County in New York. Engel won his first congressional election in 1988, defeating Mario Biaggi in the Democratic primary, and later served as chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee in 2019 after previously serving as ranking member from 2013. He was defeated in the 2020 Democratic primary by middle school principal Jamaal Bowman after 16 terms in office.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/04/Eliot_Engel.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliot_Engel" }, { "name": "Maria Agostina Pellegatta Italian politician, deputy, senator dead at age 87", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/maria-agostina-pellegatta", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 87, "death_date": "2026-04-10", "reported_date": "2026-04-10", "published_at": "2026-04-10T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Italy" ], "description": "Maria Agostina Pellegatta, an Italian politician and teacher, died on April 10, 2026, in Cassano Magnago at the age of 87. She served in the Chamber of Deputies from 1972 to 1979 and in the Senate of the Republic from 2006 to 2008. Pellegatta was a member of the Italian Communist Party, the Communist Refoundation Party and the Party of Italian Communists.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/04/Maria_Agostina_Pellegatta.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Agostina_Pellegatta" }, { "name": "Gabor Szilasi Canadian photographer dead at age 98", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/gabor-szilasi", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 98, "death_date": "2026-04-10", "reported_date": "2026-04-10", "published_at": "2026-04-10T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "artists" ], "nationality": [ "Canada", "Hungary" ], "description": "Gabor Szilasi, a Canadian photographer, died on April 10, 2026, at the age of 98. Born in Budapest, Hungary, in 1928, he became known for the humanist vision of his social-documentary photography. He first became interested in photography while in medical school in 1948 and later began photographing in Hungary in 1952 after buying his first camera. In 1956, he documented the Hungarian Revolution in Budapest and shortly afterward fled the country.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/04/Gabor_Szilasi.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabor_Szilasi" }, { "name": "Marianne Lederer French translation scholar dead at age 91", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/marianne-lederer", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 91, "death_date": "2026-04-10", "reported_date": "2026-04-10", "published_at": "2026-04-10T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "France" ], "description": "Marianne Lederer, a French translation scholar, died on April 10, 2026, at the age of 91. She further developed the Interpretive Theory of Translation with Danica Seleskovitch, who first proposed the theory, and published several works on translation and interpreting pedagogy. Her work influenced interpreting and translation research and teaching internationally. Lederer was born in Paris in 1934.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marianne_Lederer" }, { "name": "Vootele Hansen Estonian politician, MP and minister of the environment dead at age 64", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/vootele-hansen", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 64, "death_date": "2026-04-10", "reported_date": "2026-04-10", "published_at": "2026-04-10T00:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Estonia" ], "description": "Vootele Hansen died on April 10, 2026. 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