Deaths on April 6
This archive lists notable deaths associated with April 6 across multiple years. For the specific 2026 archive, see Deaths on April 6, 2026.
Susan Anspach
American actress (Five Easy PiecesDied on Friday April 6th 2018
Katharine Kowell
American baseball playerDied on Thursday April 6th 2017
Thomas Tackaberry
American military officerDied on Thursday April 6th 2017
Denis Petrov
Russian kickboxerDied on Thursday April 6th 2017
Imperial Commander
Irish racehorseDied on Thursday April 6th 2017
Clóvis Frainer
Brazilian Roman Catholic prelateDied on Thursday April 6th 2017
John Fraser
British politicianDied on Thursday April 6th 2017
Don Rickles
American insult comedianDied on Thursday April 6th 2017
Rolf Sagen
Norwegian authorDied on Thursday April 6th 2017
Stan Anslow
English footballer (Millwall)Died on Thursday April 6th 2017
Alhassan Saeed
Nigerian Islamic scholarDied on Thursday April 6th 2017
Armand Gatti
Monégasque-born French playwrightDied on Thursday April 6th 2017
John Doull
American toxicologistDied on Thursday April 6th 2017
Ravi Jayewardene
Sri Lankan army officer and sports shooterDied on Thursday April 6th 2017
Roberta L. Hazard
American navy Rear AdmiralDied on Thursday April 6th 2017
Ray Hassall
English politicianDied on Thursday April 6th 2017
Gary W. Thomas
American judgeDied on Thursday April 6th 2017
Jerrier A. Haddad
American computer engineerDied on Thursday April 6th 2017
Alma Delia Fuentes
Mexican actressDied on Thursday April 6th 2017
Leone Cimpellin
Italian cartoonistDied on Thursday April 6th 2017
Daniel G. Bobrow
American computer scientistDied on Thursday April 6th 2017
Memé Perlini
Italian actor and director (A Fistful of DynamiteDied on Thursday April 6th 2017
Nigel Sitwell
British conservationist and writerDied on Thursday April 6th 2017
Arthur Bisguier
American chess grandmaster and writerDied on Thursday April 6th 2017
Margaret Wambui Kenyatta
Kenyan politician and diplomatDied on Thursday April 6th 2017
Brenda Jones
American R&B singer (The Jones Girls)Died on Thursday April 6th 2017
Margaret Wambui
Kenyan politicianDied on Thursday April 6th 2017
L.A. Dre
American record producer and keyboardistDied on Thursday April 6th 2017
Chelsea Brown
American-Australian actress (Rowan & Martin's Laugh-InDied on Thursday April 6th 2017
Darrell Hogan
American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers)Died on Wednesday April 6th 2016
Pablo Lucio Vasquez
American murdererDied on Wednesday April 6th 2016
Joel Kurtzman
American economistDied on Wednesday April 6th 2016
Robert MacCrate
American lawyerDied on Wednesday April 6th 2016
Ogden Mills Phipps
American horse breederDied on Wednesday April 6th 2016
Jaime Pedro Gonçalves
Mozambican Roman Catholic prelateDied on Wednesday April 6th 2016
Leon Haywood
American funk and soul singerDied on Wednesday April 6th 2016
Merle Haggard
-Died on Wednesday April 6th 2016
Murray Wier
American basketball player (Tri-Cities BlackhawksDied on Wednesday April 6th 2016
Funmilayo Olayinka
Nigerian politicianDied on Saturday April 6th 2013
Michael Norgrove
Zambian-born British boxerDied on Saturday April 6th 2013
Bigas Luna
Spanish film director (AnguishDied on Saturday April 6th 2013
Bill Guttridge
English footballer (Walsall F.C.)Died on Saturday April 6th 2013
Matt Gilsenan
Irish Gaelic football playerDied on Saturday April 6th 2013
Johnny Esaw
Canadian sports broadcasterDied on Saturday April 6th 2013
Veljko Despotovic
Serbian production designerDied on Saturday April 6th 2013
Dame Hilda Bynoe
Grenadian politicianDied on Saturday April 6th 2013
George Anania
Romanian science-fiction writer and translatorDied on Saturday April 6th 2013
Celso Yegros Estigarribia
Paraguayan Roman Catholic prelateDied on Saturday April 6th 2013
Herbert Werner
German Navy U-boat officerDied on Saturday April 6th 2013
Anne Smedinghoff
American diplomatDied on Saturday April 6th 2013
Don Shirley
Jamaican–born American pianistDied on Saturday April 6th 2013
Ottmar Schreiner
German politicianDied on Saturday April 6th 2013
Alan Protheroe
British television executiveDied on Saturday April 6th 2013
Miguel Poblet
Spanish racing cyclistDied on Saturday April 6th 2013
Erzsi Kovács
Hungarian pop singer and performerDied on Sunday April 6th 2014
Peter Kaberere
Kenyan gospel singerDied on Sunday April 6th 2014
Charles Farthing
New Zealand doctorDied on Sunday April 6th 2014
Sir Maurice Drake
British High Court judgeDied on Sunday April 6th 2014
Liv Dommersnes
Norwegian actressDied on Sunday April 6th 2014
Leee Black Childers
American punk rock and art photographer (The FactoryDied on Sunday April 6th 2014
Jacques Castérède
French composerDied on Sunday April 6th 2014
Mary Anderson
American actress (Gone With the Wind)Died on Sunday April 6th 2014
Massimo Tamburini
Italian motorcycle designer (Ducati 916Died on Sunday April 6th 2014
Chuck Stone
American navigatorDied on Sunday April 6th 2014
Farhad Sepahbody
Iranian exiled diplomatDied on Sunday April 6th 2014
Leandro Rovirosa Wade
Mexican politician and engineerDied on Sunday April 6th 2014
Domenico Mennitti
Italian politicianDied on Sunday April 6th 2014
Richard LaSalle
American film score composerDied on Monday April 6th 2015
Akira Machida
Japanese Chief Justice of the Supreme CourtDied on Monday April 6th 2015
Yacoub Zaiadeen
Jordanian politicianDied on Monday April 6th 2015
Maurice Fenner
English cricketerDied on Monday April 6th 2015
John Patton
American politicianDied on Monday April 6th 2015
Anne-Claude Leflaive
French winemakerDied on Monday April 6th 2015
Fredric Brandt
American dermatologistDied on Monday April 6th 2015
Francesco Smalto
Italian fashion designerDied on Monday April 6th 2015
Juan Carlos Cáceres
Argentine tango musician and painterDied on Monday April 6th 2015
Gardner C. Taylor
American preacher and civil rights activistDied on Monday April 6th 2015
Richard Dysart
American character actor (L.A. LawDied on Monday April 6th 2015
Tom Towles
American actor (Henry: Portrait of a Serial KillerDied on Monday April 6th 2015
Lalit Kishore Chaturvedi
Indian politicianDied on Monday April 6th 2015
Ramnath Dhakal
Nepalese politicianDied on Monday April 6th 2015
Victor Gotbaum
American labor leaderDied on Monday April 6th 2015
Sid Ali Kouiret
Algerian actorDied on Monday April 6th 2015
Naken Kyrykbaev
Kazakh footballer (Taraz)Died on Monday April 6th 2015
Norman B. Leventhal
American property developerDied on Monday April 6th 2015
Don Looney
American football player (Philadelphia EaglesDied on Monday April 6th 2015
Sargy Mann
British painterDied on Monday April 6th 2015
Gordon Moyes
Australian radio evangelist and politicianDied on Monday April 6th 2015
Claudio Prieto
Spanish composerDied on Monday April 6th 2015
Jehan Rajab
Kuwaiti authorDied on Monday April 6th 2015
Bauyrzhan Baimukhammedov
Kazakh football player and coachDied on Monday April 6th 2015
Steve Rickard
New Zealand professional wrestlerDied on Monday April 6th 2015