{
    "site": "Dead-People.com",
    "feed_type": "deaths_on_date",
    "date": "2026-04-27",
    "timezone": "+01:00",
    "generated_at": "2026-06-19T01:08:27+01:00",
    "canonical_html_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/tag/27-april-2026",
    "permanent_archive_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/tag/27-april-2026",
    "items": [
        {
            "name": "Jerry.K South Korean rapper, glioblastoma dead at age 42",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/jerryk",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 42,
            "death_date": "2026-04-27",
            "reported_date": "2026-04-27",
            "published_at": "2026-04-27T00:00:00+01:00",
            "occupation": [
                "musicians"
            ],
            "nationality": [
                "South Korea"
            ],
            "description": "Jerry.K, the South Korean rapper also known as Kim Jin-il, died on April 27, 2026, at age 42, from glioblastoma. Born Kim Jin-il on January 26, 1984, he was known by his stage name Jerry.K and served as head of the hip hop record label Daze Alive. He was previously a member of the hip hop duo Loquence with rapper Makesense.",
            "image_url": null,
            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry.K",
            "cause_of_death": {
                "label": "glioblastoma",
                "status": "reported",
                "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-glioblastoma"
            }
        },
        {
            "name": "Zelda F. Gamson American sociologist, pancreatic cancer dead at age 90",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/zelda-f-gamson",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 90,
            "death_date": "2026-04-27",
            "reported_date": "2026-04-27",
            "published_at": "2026-04-27T00:00:00+01:00",
            "occupation": [
                "scientists",
                "writers"
            ],
            "nationality": [
                "America"
            ],
            "description": "Zelda F. Gamson, an American sociologist, died on April 27, 2026, at age 90 from pancreatic cancer. Born Zelda Finkelstein in Philadelphia on March 12, 1936, she was a writer and activist whose scholarly work focused on the sociology of higher education, particularly innovation and change. She studied at the University of Pennsylvania and Antioch College before earning her undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan in 1958 and a master's degree in sociology there in 1959. She was married to the late William A. Gamson and had two children, Jennifer and Joshua.",
            "image_url": null,
            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zelda_F._Gamson",
            "cause_of_death": {
                "label": "Pancreatic cancer",
                "status": "reported",
                "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-pancreatic-cancer"
            }
        },
        {
            "name": "Bharat Kapoor public figure dead at age 80",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/bharat-kapoor",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 80,
            "death_date": "2026-04-27",
            "reported_date": "2026-04-27",
            "published_at": "2026-04-27T00:00:00+01:00",
            "occupation": [
                "actors"
            ],
            "nationality": [
                "India"
            ],
            "description": "Bharat Kapoor, an Indian actor, died on April 27, 2026, at the age of 80. He had been active in film and television since 1972 and appeared in productions including Sone Pe Suhaaga, Balidaan and Meenaxi: Tale of Three Cities. Kapoor also starred in the television series Bhagyavidhaata on India’s Colors television channel from 2009 to 2011.",
            "image_url": null,
            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bharat_Kapoor"
        },
        {
            "name": "Leigh Crawford dead at age 80, Australian footballer",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/leigh-crawford",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 80,
            "death_date": "2026-04-27",
            "reported_date": "2026-04-27",
            "published_at": "2026-04-27T00:00:00+01:00",
            "occupation": [
                "athletes"
            ],
            "nationality": [
                "Australia"
            ],
            "description": "Leigh Crawford, the Australian footballer who played for Geelong, died on April 27, 2026. He was 80. Born on April 19, 1946, Crawford played Australian rules football for Geelong in the Victorian Football League, now known as the Australian Football League. He was also known as Leigh Ernest Crawford.",
            "image_url": null,
            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leigh_Crawford"
        },
        {
            "name": "Ferenc Sebő Hungarian folklorist dead at age 79",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/ferenc-sebo",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 79,
            "death_date": "2026-04-27",
            "reported_date": "2026-04-27",
            "published_at": "2026-04-27T00:00:00+01:00",
            "occupation": [
                "musicians"
            ],
            "nationality": [
                "Hungary"
            ],
            "description": "Ferenc Sebő, a Hungarian folklorist and musician, died on April 27, 2026, following a long illness. He was 79. Sebő was best known as the bandleader of the Sebő Ensemble, which became one of the best-known groups of the Hungarian roots revival in the 1970s and helped produce performers including Márta Sebestyén.",
            "image_url": null,
            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferenc_Seb%C5%91",
            "cause_of_death": {
                "label": "long illness",
                "status": "reported",
                "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-long-illness"
            }
        },
        {
            "name": "Maya Belenkaya Russian figure skater dead at age 94",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/maya-belenkaya",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 94,
            "death_date": "2026-04-27",
            "reported_date": "2026-04-27",
            "published_at": "2026-04-27T00:00:00+01:00",
            "occupation": [
                "athletes"
            ],
            "nationality": [
                "Russia"
            ],
            "description": "Maya Belenkaya, a Russian figure skater, died on April 27, 2026, at the age of 94. Born in Leningrad on May 1, 1931, she was a Soviet figure skater who competed in singles and pairs. With her partner Igor Moskvin, she won the Soviet national championship three times, from 1952 to 1954. Belenkaya began skating at age 12 at the Pioneers Palace under her first coach, A. Zhdanov. She lived in Leningrad, later Saint Petersburg, throughout her life, survived the Siege of Leningrad, and was awarded the Medal \"For the Defence of Leningrad.\"",
            "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/04/Maya_Belenkaya.jpg",
            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_Belenkaya"
        },
        {
            "name": "Edith Eger Hungarian-American psychologist and author dead at age 98",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/edith-eger",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 98,
            "death_date": "2026-04-27",
            "reported_date": "2026-04-27",
            "published_at": "2026-04-27T00:00:00+01:00",
            "occupation": [
                "scientists",
                "writers"
            ],
            "nationality": [
                "America",
                "Hungary"
            ],
            "description": "Edith Eger, a Hungarian-American psychologist and author, died on April 27, 2026, at age 98. Born Edith Eva Elefánt on September 29, 1927, in Budapest, Hungary, she was a clinical psychologist and a specialist in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder. Eger was also a Holocaust survivor. Her memoir, The Choice: Embrace the Possible, was published in 2017 and became an international bestseller. Her second book, The Gift: 12 Lessons to Save Your Life, was published in September 2020.",
            "image_url": null,
            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Eger"
        },
        {
            "name": "Abu Kasenally Mauritian politician, MP dead at age 84",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/abu-kasenally",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 84,
            "death_date": "2026-04-27",
            "reported_date": "2026-04-27",
            "published_at": "2026-04-27T00:00:00+01:00",
            "occupation": [
                "doctors",
                "politicians"
            ],
            "description": "Abu Kasenally, a Mauritian politician and physician who served as an MP from 2005 to 2014, died on April 27, 2026. Born on August 10, 1941, in Rivière du Rempart, Mauritius, he practised surgery from 1974 and later served as Regional Health Director and Principal Medical Officer at the Ministry of Health. He resigned from the Civil Service in 2000 to enter politics. After an unsuccessful candidacy in the 2000 National Assembly elections, he was elected in 2005 in Constituency No. 15 (La Caverne-Phoenix) and later served as Minister of Public Utilities and then Minister of Housing.",
            "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/04/Abu_Kasenally.jpg",
            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Kasenally"
        },
        {
            "name": "Mimi Coertse South African soprano dead at age 93",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/mimi-coertse",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 93,
            "death_date": "2026-04-27",
            "reported_date": "2026-04-27",
            "published_at": "2026-04-27T00:00:00+01:00",
            "occupation": [
                "athletes",
                "musicians"
            ],
            "nationality": [
                "South Africa"
            ],
            "description": "Mimi Coertse, the South African soprano, died on April 27, 2026, aged 93. Born Maria Sophia Coertse in Durban on June 12, 1932, she matriculated at Helpmekaar Girls High School in Johannesburg and began vocal studies in South Africa in 1949. Her first vocal coach in Johannesburg was Aimee Parkerson. On January 26, 2020, she was inaugurated as a living legend in the South African Legends Museum, where she was among 20 South African legends commemorated with a bust.",
            "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/04/Mimi_Coertse.jpg",
            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimi_Coertse"
        },
        {
            "name": "Jacques Cornu Swiss motorcycle racer dead at age 72",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/jacques-cornu",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 72,
            "death_date": "2026-04-27",
            "reported_date": "2026-04-27",
            "published_at": "2026-04-27T00:00:00+01:00",
            "occupation": [
                "other"
            ],
            "nationality": [
                "Switzerland"
            ],
            "description": "Jacques Cornu, the Swiss motorcycle racer who competed in Grand Prix motorcycle racing, died on April 27, 2026, at the age of 72. Born on May 15, 1953, Cornu won three Grand Prix races during his career. His best season came in 1988, when he won two races and finished third in the 250cc world championship. In 1982, he teamed with Jean Claude Chemarin to win the FIM Endurance World Championship.",
            "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/04/Jacques_Cornu.jpg",
            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Cornu"
        },
        {
            "name": "Doc Sauers dead at age 96, American basketball coach",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/doc-sauers",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [
                {
                    "source_type": "news_confirmation",
                    "publisher": "New York Post",
                    "url": "https://nypost.com/2026/05/02/sports/richard-doc-sauers-was-a-true-college-basketball-pioneer/",
                    "relationship": "confirms death",
                    "title": "Richard ‘Doc’ Sauers was a true legend of college basketball"
                }
            ],
            "age": 96,
            "death_date": "2026-04-27",
            "reported_date": "2026-04-27",
            "published_at": "2026-04-27T00:00:00+01:00",
            "occupation": [
                "athletes"
            ],
            "nationality": [
                "America"
            ],
            "description": "Doc Sauers, the American basketball coach who led the Albany Great Danes, died on April 27, 2026. Born Richard Sauers on April 3, 1930, he coached Albany from 1955 to 1997, with the exception of the 1987–88 season, a span of 41 years. Over that career, he compiled 702 victories, placing him among the top 40 winningest coaches in NCAA history. Sauers arrived at what was then New York State College for Teachers at Albany in 1955 and remained through the program’s evolution into the University at Albany.",
            "image_url": null,
            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doc_Sauers"
        },
        {
            "name": "Brian Wilkinson Australian Olympic swimmer dead at age 88",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/brian-wilkinson",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 88,
            "death_date": "2026-04-27",
            "reported_date": "2026-04-27",
            "published_at": "2026-04-27T00:00:00+01:00",
            "occupation": [
                "athletes"
            ],
            "nationality": [
                "Australia",
                "Britain"
            ],
            "description": "Brian Wilkinson, the Australian Olympic swimmer who competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics, died on April 27, 2026, aged 88. Born in Muswellbrook, New South Wales, on February 12, 1938, he represented Australia in the men's 200 metre butterfly at the Melbourne Games. Wilkinson also won a gold medal at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, as a member of the Australian men's 4x220-yard freestyle relay team.",
            "image_url": null,
            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Wilkinson"
        },
        {
            "name": "Steve Maslow American sound mixer, Oscar winner, cancer dead at age 81",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/steve-maslow",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [
                {
                    "source_type": "news_confirmation",
                    "publisher": "Deadline",
                    "url": "http://deadline.com/2026/04/steve-maslow-dead-three-oscars-empire-strikes-back-raiders-1236874883/",
                    "relationship": "confirms death",
                    "title": "Steve Maslow Dies: 3-Time Oscar-Winning Sound Mixer On ‘Empire Strikes Back’, ‘Raiders Of The Lost Ark’ & ‘Speed’ Was 81"
                },
                {
                    "source_type": "news_confirmation",
                    "publisher": "TheWrap",
                    "url": "https://www.thewrap.com/creative-content/movies/steve-maslow-oscar-winning-sound-mixer-empire-raiders-dies/",
                    "relationship": "confirms death",
                    "title": "Steve Maslow, Oscar-Winning Sound Mixer on ‘Empire Strikes Back’ and ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark,’ Dies at 81"
                },
                {
                    "source_type": "news_confirmation",
                    "publisher": "Hollywood Reporter",
                    "url": "http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/steve-maslow-dead-empire-strikes-back-raiders-lost-ark-speed-1236579144/",
                    "relationship": "confirms death",
                    "title": "Steve Maslow Dead: ‘Empire Strikes Back,’ ‘Lost Ark’ Sound Man Was 81"
                }
            ],
            "age": 81,
            "death_date": "2026-04-27",
            "reported_date": "2026-04-27",
            "published_at": "2026-04-27T00:00:00+01:00",
            "occupation": [
                "other"
            ],
            "nationality": [
                "America",
                "Australia"
            ],
            "description": "Steve Maslow, an American sound mixer who won three Academy Awards for Best Sound, died on April 27, 2026, at the age of 81, of cancer. He worked on more than 200 films from 1978 and was credited on The Empire Strikes Back, Raiders of the Lost Ark and Speed. Maslow also won the BAFTA Award for The Empire Strikes Back and the Australian AACTA for The Great Gatsby.",
            "image_url": null,
            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Maslow",
            "cause_of_death": {
                "label": "Cancer",
                "status": "reported",
                "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause"
            }
        },
        {
            "name": "Beverley Martyn British singer-songwriter dead at age 79",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/beverley-martyn",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 79,
            "death_date": "2026-04-27",
            "reported_date": "2026-04-27",
            "published_at": "2026-04-27T00:00:00+01:00",
            "occupation": [
                "musicians"
            ],
            "nationality": [
                "Britain",
                "England"
            ],
            "description": "Beverley Martyn, the British singer-songwriter, died on April 27, 2026, aged 79. Born Beverley Kutner near Coventry, England, on 24 March 1947, she was an English folk singer, songwriter and guitarist whose career ran from 1965 to 2026. While still a student, she was chosen to front The Levee Breakers, a jug band that played the folk circuit in south-east England. She recorded her first single, \"Babe I'm Leaving You,\" with The Levee Breaks in 1965, and later worked at various times with John Martyn, Levon Helm, Jimmy Page, Dave Pegg, Richard Thompson, John Renbourn, Ralph McTell, Davy Graham and Sandy Denny.",
            "image_url": null,
            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverley_Martyn"
        },
        {
            "name": "Len Strazewski American comic book writer dead at age 71",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/len-strazewski",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [
                {
                    "source_type": "news_confirmation",
                    "publisher": "Bleeding Cool News",
                    "url": "https://bleedingcool.com/comics/len-strazewski-creator-of-prime-and-jesse-quick-has-died-aged-71/",
                    "relationship": "confirms death",
                    "title": "Len Strazewski, Creator Of Prime And Jesse Quick, Has Died, Aged 71"
                }
            ],
            "age": 71,
            "death_date": "2026-04-27",
            "reported_date": "2026-04-27",
            "published_at": "2026-04-27T00:00:00+01:00",
            "occupation": [
                "actors",
                "lawyers",
                "writers"
            ],
            "nationality": [
                "America"
            ],
            "description": "Len Strazewski, an American comic book writer, died on April 27, 2026, at the age of 71. He worked on DC Comics titles including Starman, The Flash, Justice Society of America, Phantom Lady and The Fly. He also wrote a comic version of Speed Racer for NOW Comics. At Malibu Comics, he wrote Prime, Elven and Protot, and his Street Fighter II comic was canceled after three issues following Capcom’s objection to his decision to have Ken Masters killed in the second issue.",
            "image_url": null,
            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Len_Strazewski"
        },
        {
            "name": "Daniele Roscia Italian politician, deputy dead at age 72",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/daniele-roscia",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 72,
            "death_date": "2026-04-27",
            "reported_date": "2026-04-27",
            "published_at": "2026-04-27T00:00:00+01:00",
            "occupation": [
                "consulente aziendale",
                "politicians"
            ],
            "nationality": [
                "Italy"
            ],
            "description": "Daniele Roscia died on April 27, 2026. He was an Italian politician and served as a deputy from 1994 to 2001.",
            "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/04/Daniele_Roscia.jpg",
            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniele_Roscia"
        },
        {
            "name": "John E. Franz dead at age 96, Inventor of Roundup",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/john-e-franz",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 96,
            "death_date": "2026-04-27",
            "reported_date": "2026-04-27",
            "published_at": "2026-04-27T00:00:00+01:00",
            "occupation": [
                "inventor of roundup",
                "scientists"
            ],
            "nationality": [
                "America"
            ],
            "description": "John E. Franz, an American chemist known for discovering glyphosate, died on April 27, 2026. Born on December 21, 1929, in Springfield, he worked at Monsanto Company, where he discovered the herbicide in 1970. The chemical later became the active ingredient in Roundup, the broad-spectrum herbicide. Franz was credited with the breakthrough and held more than 840 patents worldwide. He was educated at the University of Minnesota and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and received the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, the Perkin Medal, the IRI Achievement Award, and induction into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.",
            "image_url": null,
            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_E._Franz"
        },
        {
            "name": "Gerry Conway American comic book writer, screenwriter and television producer dead at age 73",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/gerry-conway",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 76,
            "death_date": "2024-03-30",
            "reported_date": "2024-03-30",
            "published_at": "2026-04-27T00:00:00+01:00",
            "occupation": [
                "actors",
                "lawyers",
                "writers"
            ],
            "nationality": [
                "America"
            ],
            "description": "Gerry Conway, an American comic book writer, screenwriter and television producer, died on April 27, 2026, at age 73. He wrote for titles including The Amazing Spider-Man, Justice League and The Punisher, and was known for co-creating Marvel’s vigilante antihero the Punisher, along with Ben Reilly, the supervillain Jackal and the first Ms. Marvel. Born Gerard Francis Conway in New York City, he grew up in Brooklyn and developed an early interest in comics. A letter from him appeared in Fantastic Four #50 in 1966, when he was 13. He attended New York University for a time.",
            "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/04/Gerry_Conway.jpg",
            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerry_Conway_(musician)"
        },
        {
            "name": "Luciana Novaes dead at age 42, Social worker",
            "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/luciana-novaes",
            "verification_status": "reported",
            "sources": [],
            "age": 42,
            "death_date": "2026-04-27",
            "reported_date": "2026-04-27",
            "published_at": "2026-04-27T00:00:00+01:00",
            "occupation": [
                "social worker",
                "politicians"
            ],
            "nationality": [
                "Brazil"
            ],
            "description": "Luciana Novaes, a Brazilian social worker, politician and Rio de Janeiro city councilwoman, died on April 27, 2026. She was 42. Novaes was affiliated with the Workers' Party (PT) and was elected three times as a city councillor in Rio de Janeiro. She was known for her legislative work on behalf of people with disabilities.",
            "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/04/Luciana_Novaes.jpg",
            "wikidata_id": null,
            "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luciana_Novaes"
        }
    ],
    "fallback_items": [],
    "page": 1,
    "per_page": 100,
    "total": 19,
    "total_pages": 1,
    "count": 19
}