April 18, 2026 Politicians Kenji Gokenya Japanese politician dead at age 87 Kenji Gokenya, a Japanese politician, died on April 18, 2026. Kenji Gokenya [ja], 87, Japanese politician. TagsPoliticians18 April 2026GokenyaJapanKenji2026-04-18April 18April 2026 Other politiciansDame Shirley Porter public figure dead at age 95Konstantin Tolkachyov Russian politician dead at age 73Józef Michalik Polish Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop of Przemyśl, bishop of Zielona Góra–Gorzów and president of the PEC dead at age 85Leslie Campbell Jamaican politician diesBabulal Bairwa Indian politician, Rajasthan MLA, complications from diabetes dead at age 72Chet Dobis American politician, member of the Indiana House of Representatives dead at age 83Moslem Uddin Bangladeshi politician, MP dead at age 88Csaba Takács Romanian politician, member of the Chamber of Deputies dead at age 71Man Phatnothai Thai politician, minister of information and communication technology, deputy prime minister dead at age 85Stephen Adamini American politician, member of the Michigan House of Representatives dead at age 81More from JapanKazuhiro Ninomiya Japanese judoka dead at age 79Juliet Winters Carpenter American translator dead at age 77Gordon Snell public figure dead at age 93Katsumi Miyaji Japanese rugby union player and coach dead at age 85Adrienne Staples New Zealand politician, mayor of South Wairarapa and member of the Greater Wellington Regional Council dead at age 69Seigō Tsuchida Japanese politician, mayor of Higashine dead at age 82Masayoshi Tsuchida Japanese politician dead at age 82Kazuo Imanishi Japanese football player and manager, pneumonia dead at age 85Isami Okamoto Japanese baseball player and coach dead at age 95Izumi Okamoto Japanese baseball player and coach dead at age 95More from April 18, 2026Aldo Roy Canadian Olympic weightlifter dead at age 84Dean Schwarz American ceramic artist dead at age 88Stanton Davis American jazz trumpeter dead at age 80Jan Krámek Czech politician, MP, senator, mayor of Prague-Zbraslav dead at age 80Stefanos Linaios Greek actor and politician, MP dead at age 97John Seymour American politician, senator dead at age 88Edoardo Lualdi Gabardi Italian driver dead at age 94Sergio Cappelli Italian politician, senator dead at age 75Karel Korytář Czech politician, MP, senator dead at age 76Zulmansyah Indonesian journalist, secretary general of the Indonesian Journalists Association, heart attack dead at age 53 ←Juha Miettinen Finnish racing driver, racing incident dead at age 66 Lai Cheng-ying Taiwanese cinematographer dead at age 94→