{
    "site": "Dead-People.com",
    "feed_type": "deaths_on_date",
    "date": "2026-04-12",
    "timezone": "+01:00",
    "generated_at": "2026-07-13T03:34:43+01:00",
    "canonical_html_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/tag/12-april-2026",
    "permanent_archive_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/tag/12-april-2026",
    "items": [
        {
            "name": "Hossein Mousavi Tabrizi dead at age 78, judge and politician",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/hossein-mousavi-tabrizi",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [
                {
                    "source_type": "news_confirmation",
                    "publisher": "irib-news.ir",
                    "url": "https://www.irib-news.ir/fa/news/5762477/درگذشت-آیت‌الله-سیدحسین-موسوی-تبریزی",
                    "relationship": "confirms death",
                    "title": "درگذشت آیت‌الله سیدحسین موسوی تبریزی"
                }
            ],
            "age": 78,
            "death_date": "2026-04-12",
            "reported_date": "2026-04-12",
            "published_at": "2026-04-12T16:51:21+01:00",
            "occupation": [
                "judge and politician",
                "lawyers",
                "politicians"
            ],
            "nationality": [
                "Iran"
            ],
            "description": "Hossein Mousavi Tabrizi, judge and politician.",
            "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/04/Hossein_Mousavi_Tabrizi_p1655913.jpg",
            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hossein_Mousavi_Tabrizi"
        },
        {
            "name": "Edgardo Roque Filipino Olympic basketball player dead at age 88",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/edgardo-roque",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 88,
            "death_date": "2026-04-12",
            "reported_date": "2026-04-12",
            "published_at": "2026-04-12T00:00:00+01:00",
            "occupation": [
                "artists",
                "athletes"
            ],
            "nationality": [
                "the Philippines"
            ],
            "description": "Edgardo Roque, a Filipino Olympic basketball player, died on April 12, 2026, at age 88. Born on February 11, 1938, in Obando, Bulacan, in the Philippine Commonwealth, he competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics. Roque also made six Philippine national teams, including squads for the 1962 Asian Games in Jakarta and the 1963, 1965, 1966 and 1967 Asian Basketball Confederation tournaments in Taipei, Kuala Lumpur and Seoul. He was an alternate for the 1968 Mexico Olympics. Roque played for Jose Rizal College, Ysmael Steel, YCO Painters and Mariwasa before retiring in 1974.",
            "image_url": null,
            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgardo_Roque"
        },
        {
            "name": "Václav Hybš Czech musician, trumpeter and conductor dead at age 90",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/vaclav-hybs",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 90,
            "death_date": "2026-04-12",
            "reported_date": "2026-04-12",
            "published_at": "2026-04-12T00:00:00+01:00",
            "occupation": [
                "musicians"
            ],
            "nationality": [
                "Czechia"
            ],
            "description": "Václav Hybš, Czech musician, trumpeter and conductor, died on April 12, 2026, at the age of 90. Born on June 3, 1935, in Police nad Metují, Czechoslovakia, he began learning music as a child and later studied trumpet at the State Conservatory in Prague. During and after his studies, Hybš performed in several orchestras, including the spa orchestra in Poděbrady and the orchestra of Zdeněk Barták, which he joined in 1954. He also worked with Ladislav Bezubka’s orchestra and performed in entertainment settings such as Circus Praga and Varieté Alhambra. Hybš was known for leading the Václav Hybš Orchestra.",
            "image_url": null,
            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Václav_Hybš"
        },
        {
            "name": "Dominic Frimpong Ghanaian footballer, shot dead at age 20",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/dominic-frimpong",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 20,
            "death_date": "2026-04-12",
            "reported_date": "2026-04-12",
            "published_at": "2026-04-12T00:00:00+01:00",
            "occupation": [
                "athletes"
            ],
            "nationality": [
                "Ghana"
            ],
            "description": "Dominic Frimpong, a Ghanaian professional footballer who played for Berekum Chelsea, died on April 12, 2026, after he was shot when the club’s team bus was attacked by armed robbers. He was 20. Frimpong played as a winger for the Ghana Premier League club and joined Berekum Chelsea on loan from Aduana FC during the 2025–26 season. He made 13 league appearances and scored two goals. He was returning from a Premier League match against FC Samartex when masked gunmen blocked the road and fired on the bus. Frimpong was struck by gunfire, later died at the hospital, and was the only reported fatality.",
            "image_url": null,
            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominic_Frimpong",
            "cause_of_death": {
                "label": "Gunshot",
                "status": "reported",
                "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-gunshot"
            }
        },
        {
            "name": "Csaba Kuzma Hungarian Olympic boxer dead at age 71",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/csaba-kuzma",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 71,
            "death_date": "2026-04-12",
            "reported_date": "2026-04-12",
            "published_at": "2026-04-12T00:00:00+01:00",
            "occupation": [
                "athletes"
            ],
            "nationality": [
                "Hungary"
            ],
            "description": "Csaba Kuzma, a Hungarian Olympic boxer, died on April 12, 2026, at the age of 71. He was a retired light-heavyweight boxer who represented Hungary at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. There, Kuzma was eliminated in the first round by Denmark’s Michael Madsen on points, 3-2.",
            "image_url": null,
            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Csaba_Kuzma"
        },
        {
            "name": "Delphine Noels Belgian film director dead at age 52",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/delphine-noels",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 52,
            "death_date": "2026-04-12",
            "reported_date": "2026-04-12",
            "published_at": "2026-04-12T00:00:00+01:00",
            "occupation": [
                "actors"
            ],
            "nationality": [
                "Belgium"
            ],
            "description": "Delphine Noels, a Belgian film director, died on April 12, 2026. Born in 1973 in Liège, Belgium, she was 52 or 53. Noels was noted for winning a special mention in the short film category at the IndieLisboa International Independent Film Festival for \"1 Clé Pour 2.\"",
            "image_url": null,
            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delphine_Noels"
        },
        {
            "name": "Valerie Lee Shepard American actress dead at age 94",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/valerie-lee-shepard",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 94,
            "death_date": "2026-04-12",
            "reported_date": "2026-04-12",
            "published_at": "2026-04-12T00:00:00+01:00",
            "occupation": [
                "actors"
            ],
            "nationality": [
                "America"
            ],
            "description": "Valerie Lee Shepard died on April 12, 2026. She was an American actress known for her work in The Wizard of Oz and Our Gang. News of her death was announced without further details. Her credits were noted in connection with early film and short-subject work.",
            "image_url": null,
            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerie_Lee_Shepard"
        },
        {
            "name": "Bill Patmon American politician, member of the Cleveland City Council and Ohio House of Representatives dead at age 80",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/bill-patmon",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 80,
            "death_date": "2026-04-12",
            "reported_date": "2026-04-12",
            "published_at": "2026-04-12T00:00:00+01:00",
            "occupation": [
                "politicians"
            ],
            "nationality": [
                "America"
            ],
            "description": "Bill Patmon, an American politician who served on the Cleveland City Council from 1990 to 2001 and in the Ohio House of Representatives from 2011 to 2018, died on April 12, 2026, at age 80. Born in Cleveland on February 13, 1946, Patmon grew up there and graduated from Eastern Michigan University. He served on the Cleveland City Council for 11 years and was chairman of its Finance Committee from 1999 to 2001. He later represented Ohio's 10th House District from 2011 to 2018.",
            "image_url": null,
            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Patmon"
        },
        {
            "name": "Frank Stack American cartoonist dead at age 88",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/frank-stack",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 88,
            "death_date": "2026-04-12",
            "reported_date": "2026-04-12",
            "published_at": "2026-04-12T00:00:00+01:00",
            "occupation": [
                "actors",
                "artists"
            ],
            "nationality": [
                "America"
            ],
            "description": "Frank Stack, an American cartoonist, died on April 12, 2026, at the age of 88. Born Frank Huntington Stack in Houston, Texas, he was an underground cartoonist and artist who worked under the name Foolbert Sturgeon to avoid persecution for his work while living in the Bible Belt. In 1964, he published The Adventures of Jesus, which is considered by many to be the first underground comic. Stack was also widely known as a printmaker, specializing in etchings and lithographs, and his work included oil paintings and watercolors. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 1959 and later earned a master's degree from the University of Wyoming.",
            "image_url": null,
            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Stack"
        },
        {
            "name": "Janusz Kamiński Polish politician, minister of transport, navigation and communications dead at age 92",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/janusz-kaminski",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 92,
            "death_date": "2026-04-12",
            "reported_date": "2026-04-12",
            "published_at": "2026-04-12T00:00:00+01:00",
            "occupation": [
                "politicians"
            ],
            "nationality": [
                "Poland"
            ],
            "description": "Janusz Kamiński, a Polish politician and engineer who served as minister of transport, navigation and communications from 1987 to 1989, died on April 12, 2026, at the age of 92. Born in Siedlce, Poland, on November 13, 1933, he was a member of the Polish United People's Party and held the transport portfolio during the final years of the communist period in Poland.",
            "image_url": null,
            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janusz_Kami%C5%84ski_(politician)"
        },
        {
            "name": "Asha Bhosle Indian playback singer, cardiac arrest dead at age 92",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/asha-bhosle",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 92,
            "death_date": "2026-04-12",
            "reported_date": "2026-04-12",
            "published_at": "2026-04-12T00:00:00+01:00",
            "occupation": [
                "actors",
                "musicians"
            ],
            "nationality": [
                "India"
            ],
            "description": "Asha Bhosle, Indian playback singer, died on April 12, 2026, after cardiac arrest. She was 92. Bhosle was known for songs including \"Chura Liya Hai Tumne Jo Dil Ko\" and \"Dum Maro Dum.\" Her career spanned from 1943 to 2026, and she also worked as an entrepreneur, actress and television personality. She performed in a range of genres, including filmi, qawwali, ghazals, folk, bhajans, pop, classical, Gurbani, Nazrul Geeti and Rabindra Sangeet.",
            "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/04/Asha_Bhosle.jpg",
            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asha_Bhosle",
            "cause_of_death": {
                "label": "Cardiac arrest",
                "status": "reported",
                "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cardiac-arrest"
            }
        },
        {
            "name": "Aldo Cacioppo Italian basketball player dead at age 81",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/aldo-cacioppo",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 81,
            "death_date": "2026-04-12",
            "reported_date": "2026-04-12",
            "published_at": "2026-04-12T00:00:00+01:00",
            "occupation": [
                "athletes"
            ],
            "nationality": [
                "Italy"
            ],
            "description": "Aldo Cacioppo died on April 12, 2026. He was an Italian basketball player.",
            "image_url": null,
            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldo_Cacioppo"
        },
        {
            "name": "John Dalgleish Donaldson public figure dead at age 84",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/john-dalgleish-donaldson",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 84,
            "death_date": "2026-04-12",
            "reported_date": "2026-04-12",
            "published_at": "2026-04-12T00:00:00+01:00",
            "occupation": [
                "scientists"
            ],
            "nationality": [
                "Australia",
                "Scotland"
            ],
            "description": "John Dalgleish Donaldson, a Scottish-Australian mathematician and professor, died on April 12, 2026, at the age of 84. Death was announced on that date. Born on September 5, 1941, in Cockenzie and Port Seton, Scotland, he later emigrated to Tasmania, Australia, with his first wife, Henrietta Clark Horne, whom he married in 1963. Donaldson was the father of Queen Mary of Denmark, the wife of King Frederik X of Denmark.",
            "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/04/John_Dalgleish_Donaldson.jpg",
            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dalgleish_Donaldson"
        },
        {
            "name": "Federico Torre Italian actor dead at age 67",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/federico-torre",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 67,
            "death_date": "2026-04-12",
            "reported_date": "2026-04-12",
            "published_at": "2026-04-12T00:00:00+01:00",
            "occupation": [
                "actors"
            ],
            "nationality": [
                "Italy"
            ],
            "description": "Federico Torre, an Italian actor, died on April 12, 2026.",
            "image_url": null,
            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federico_Torre"
        },
        {
            "name": "Leo Nowak German Roman Catholic prelate, apostolic administrator and bishop of Magdeburg, complications after surgery dead at age 97",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/leo-nowak",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 97,
            "death_date": "2026-04-12",
            "reported_date": "2026-04-12",
            "published_at": "2026-04-12T00:00:00+01:00",
            "occupation": [
                "other"
            ],
            "nationality": [
                "Germany"
            ],
            "description": "Leo Nowak, the German Roman Catholic prelate who served as apostolic administrator of Magdeburg from 1990 to 1994 and as bishop from 1994 to 2004, died on April 12, 2026, in Magdeburg, Germany, at the age of 97, following complications after surgery. Born in Magdeburg on March 17, 1929, he was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Paderborn on May 10, 1956. He was appointed Apostolic Administrator of Magdeburg on February 12, 1990, and was later named the first bishop of the newly re-erected Diocese of Magdeburg, serving until 2004.",
            "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/04/Leo_Nowak_bishop.jpg",
            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Nowak_(bishop)",
            "cause_of_death": {
                "label": "complications after surgery",
                "status": "reported",
                "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-complications-after-surgery"
            }
        },
        {
            "name": "Laurie Abrahams English footballer and coach dead at age 72",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/laurie-abrahams",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 72,
            "death_date": "2026-04-12",
            "reported_date": "2026-04-12",
            "published_at": "2026-04-12T00:00:00+01:00",
            "occupation": [
                "athletes"
            ],
            "nationality": [
                "England"
            ],
            "description": "Laurie Abrahams, the English footballer and coach at Irvine Valley College, died on April 12, 2026, aged 72. Born Lawrence Adam Michael Abrahams in Stepney, in the East End of London, he was a professional striker who played in England, the United States and Australia. From 1977 to 1987, he made 283 career league appearances and scored 142 league goals. He began in the youth team at Alfold F.C., later played for non-league Barking while working in a tailor's shop, and signed a professional contract with Charlton Athletic in 1977. Abrahams also worked as assistant soccer coach at Irvine Valley College and at Santa Ana College.",
            "image_url": null,
            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurie_Abrahams"
        },
        {
            "name": "Salifu Adam Braimah Ghanaian politician, MP dead at age 60",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/salifu-adam-braimah",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 60,
            "death_date": "2026-04-12",
            "reported_date": "2026-04-12",
            "published_at": "2026-04-12T00:00:00+01:00",
            "occupation": [
                "politicians"
            ],
            "nationality": [
                "Ghana"
            ],
            "description": "Salifu Adam Braimah, a Ghanaian politician and member of parliament from 2017 to 2021, died on April 12, 2026, aged 60. He represented the Salaga South Constituency in the Northern Region in the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party. Braimah was born on September 25, 1965, and his father was Joseph Adam Braimah.",
            "image_url": null,
            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salifu_Adam_Braimah"
        },
        {
            "name": "Ursula Donath German runner, Olympic bronze medalist dead at age 94",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/ursula-donath",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 94,
            "death_date": "2026-04-12",
            "reported_date": "2026-04-12",
            "published_at": "2026-04-12T00:00:00+01:00",
            "occupation": [
                "athletes"
            ],
            "nationality": [
                "Germany"
            ],
            "description": "Ursula Donath, a German runner and Olympic bronze medalist, died on April 12, 2026. She was 94. Born Ursula Jurewitz in Saldus, Latvia, she competed in the 400 metres and 800 metres as an athlete from East Germany. Her biggest achievement came at the 1960 Summer Olympics, where she competed for the United Team of Germany and won bronze in the 800 metres. Donath also won multiple medals at the World Student Games, including gold in the 400 and 800 metres in 1954 and gold in the 800 metres in 1957.",
            "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/04/Ursula_Donath.jpg",
            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_Donath"
        },
        {
            "name": "Shafique Ahmed Bangladeshi lawyer, minister of law dead at age 88",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/shafique-ahmed",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 88,
            "death_date": "2026-04-12",
            "reported_date": "2026-04-12",
            "published_at": "2026-04-12T00:00:00+01:00",
            "occupation": [
                "lawyers",
                "politicians"
            ],
            "nationality": [
                "Bangladesh",
                "Britain"
            ],
            "description": "Shafique Ahmed, a Bangladeshi lawyer and former minister of law, justice and parliamentary affairs, died on April 12, 2026, at the age of 88. He served as Bangladesh’s minister for law, justice and parliamentary affairs from 2009 to 2013. Born on July 16, 1937, in Comilla District, then in Bengal Presidency, British India, Ahmed earned degrees in geography, law and international law from the University of Dhaka and King’s College London, and received his Bar-at-law from Lincoln’s Inn in 1967. He was enrolled as an advocate at the High Court in 1967, became a senior advocate in the Appellate Division in 1989, taught at the University of Dhaka’s law department from 1969 to 1973 and served as principal of City Law College, Dhaka, from 1973 to 2005.",
            "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/04/Shafique_Ahmed.jpg",
            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shafique_Ahmed"
        },
        {
            "name": "Bob Hall American wheelchair racer dead at age 74",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/bob-hall",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 74,
            "death_date": "2026-04-12",
            "reported_date": "2026-04-12",
            "published_at": "2026-04-12T00:00:00+01:00",
            "occupation": [
                "other"
            ],
            "nationality": [
                "America"
            ],
            "description": "Bob Hall, an American wheelchair racer, died on April 12, 2026, at age 74. Hall was an American wheelchair racer and wheelchair designer who competed in the 1975 Boston Marathon, becoming the first official Marathon wheelchair champion. He also placed first in the National Wheelchair Mile and National Wheelchair Marathon in 1974 and won the Toledo Marathon in Ohio. Hall contracted polio as a child in 1952 and used a wheelchair throughout his life.",
            "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/04/Bob_Hall_wheelchair_athlete.jpg",
            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Hall_(wheelchair_athlete)"
        },
        {
            "name": "Alonso López Colombian footballer dead at age 69",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/alonso-lopez",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 69,
            "death_date": "2026-04-12",
            "reported_date": "2026-04-12",
            "published_at": "2026-04-12T00:00:00+01:00",
            "occupation": [
                "athletes"
            ],
            "nationality": [
                "Colombia"
            ],
            "description": "Alonso López died on April 12, 2026. He was a Colombian footballer who played for Millonarios and the national team. His death was announced in brief notices that identified him by his career in football.",
            "image_url": null,
            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alonso_L%C3%B3pez_(footballer)"
        }
    ],
    "fallback_items": [],
    "page": 1,
    "per_page": 100,
    "total": 21,
    "total_pages": 1,
    "count": 21
}