The following is a list of notable deaths in April 2012.
Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death, reference (and language of reference, if not English).
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April 2012
1 Nancy Beckage, 61, American entomologist.In Memoriam: Nancy Beckage (1951–2012) Ekrem Bora, 78, Turkish actor, pulmonary edema. Alvin J. Boutte, 82, American banker and businessman. Lionel Bowen, 89, Australian politician, MP for Kingsford-Smith (1969–1990); Deputy Prime Minister (1983–1990), pneumonia. Sauro Bufalini, 70, Italian Olympic basketball player. Chang Mei-yao, 71, Taiwanese actress.Taiwan News Quick Take – Taipei Times Giorgio Chinaglia, 65, Italian footballer (Lazio, New York Cosmos), heart attack. Miguel de la Madrid, 77, Mexican politician, President (1982–1988), complications of pulmonary emphysema. Leila Denmark, 114, American supercentenarian, author, and physician, credited with developing a whooping cough vaccine. Peter M. Douglas, 69, German American environmental activist, lung and throat cancer. Klaus Dylewski, 95, German SS officer.The Sydney Morning Herald – Google News Archive Search Jamaa Fanaka, 68, American filmmaker. Sir Stan Yapp, 70, English politician.
2 Jesús Aguilarte, 53, Venezuelan politician, Governor of Apure State (1999–2000; 2004–2011), shot. Russell Allen, 99, American cyclist.Russell Allen Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com Benhuan, 104, Chinese Buddhist master, honorary president of the Buddhist Association of China. Rosario Bentivegna, 89, Italian partisan and doctor.Messina Dino (August 20, 1996 ["With the Trotskyists of the Red Flag, real partisans and some criminals"], Corriere della Sera Warren Bonython, 95, Australian conservationist, explorer, author, and chemical engineer. Roger Breske, 73, American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Senate (1990–2008). Eugenio Castigliano, 66, Italian tennis player. Elizabeth Catlett, 96, American-born Mexican artist. Allie Clark, 88, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians, Philadelphia Athletics). Jim Delaney, 91, American Olympic silver medal-winning (1948) shot putter. Sarah Dreher, 75, American novelist and playwright. Pilar Fuertes Ferragut, 49, Spanish diplomat. Rychard Karpov, 80, Ukrainian Olympic boxer.Rychard Karpov John Kuenster, 87, American sportswriter, editor of Baseball Digest. Mauricio Lasansky, 97, Argentinian-born American printmaker. Jimmy Little, 75, Australian singer. Felice Ludovisi, 94, Italian painter. Alan Ruddock, 68, Irish martial artist and teacher. M. Saroja, 79, Indian film actress. Neslişah Sultan, 91, Turkish-born Ottoman and Egyptian royal, heart attack.
3 Amer Al Midani, 55, Lebanese businessman. Lorne Benson, 81, Canadian football player (Winnipeg Blue Bombers). Arduino Bertoldo, 79, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Foligno (1992–2008). Michael Bzdel, 81, Canadian Ukrainian Catholic hierarch, Metropolitan of Winnipeg (1992–2006). Richard Descoings, 53, French academic director (Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris). Frank Fucarino, 91, American basketball player (Toronto Huskies).Association for Professional Basketball Research Nicholas King, 79, American actor, preserved the Watts Towers. Efraím Basílio Krevey, 83, Brazilian Ukrainian Catholic hierarch, Bishop of São João Batista em Curitiba (1978–2006). Mingote, 93, Spanish cartoonist, writer, and journalist. Govind Narain, 95, Indian civil servant, Governor of Karnataka (1977–1983). Airton Pavilhão, 77, Brazilian footballer. Xenia Stad-de Jong, 90, Dutch Olympic gold medal-winning (1948) athlete. Chief Jay Strongbow, 83, American professional wrestler (WWF). José María Zárraga, 81, Spanish footballer and manager. (Spanish)
4 Muhammad Afrizal, 30, Indonesian boxer, PABA featherweight champion (2008), injuries sustained from bout.Boxer Afrizal dies 4 days after fight A. Dean Byrd, 64, American psychologist.Ex-gay movement leader A. Dean Byrd dies Dimitris Christoulas, 77, Greek pensioner, suicide by gunshot. Eugénie De Keyser, 93, Belgian writer and art critic. Joe Doyle, 78–79, Irish cyclist.Death Notice of Joe DOYLE Anne Karin Elstad, 74, Norwegian author, stroke.Anne Karin Elstad (74) er død Ficre Ghebreyesus, 50, Eritrean-American artist, heart failure.Search-Icon Josiah Henson, 90, American Olympic bronze medal-winning (1952) wrestler, stroke and myocardial infarction.Official obituary for Josiah Henson, Olympic medalist and Hall of Fame Distinguished Member Aminul Islam, 40, Bangladeshi trade union leader.Labor Organizer Who Exposed Dangerous Working Conditions Is Tortured, Killed Nikolay Krasovsky, 87, Russian mathematician.:Умер Почетный гражданин Екатеринбурга Николай Красовский Claude Miller, 70, French director, producer, and screenwriter.French director Claude Miller dies Helge Sverre Nesheim, 92, Norwegian broadcaster.Barnetimeonkel Helge Sverre Nesheim er død Richard Okada, 66, American linguist, Professor of Japanese at Princeton University.Richard Okada, Princeton scholar of East Asian studies and mentor, dies Dubravko Pavličić, 44, Croatian footballer.Preminuo Dubravko Pavličić Roberto Rexach Benítez, 82, Puerto Rican politician, President of the Senate (1993–1996).Fallece Roberto Rexach Benítez
5 Keith Adams, 85, Australian adventurer and filmmaker. Abd al-Rahim Aqiqi Bakhshayishi, 70, Iranian jurist, writer, journalist and translator. Joe Avezzano, 68, American football player (Boston Patriots) and coach (Dallas Cowboys, Oakland Raiders), heart attack. David Axon, 61, British astrophysicist. Pedro Bartolomé Benoit, 91, Dominican military general, Provisional President (1965). Angelo Castro Jr., 67, Filipino journalist, The World Tonight anchor (1986–2009, 2011–2012), lung cancer. Cynthia Dall, 41, American musician. Attila Hazai, 44, Hungarian writer, suicide. Jim Herr, 87, American businessman, founder of Herr's snack company. Jimmy Lawlor, 78, Irish footballer. Jim Marshall, 88, English businessman, founder of Marshall Amplification. Barney McKenna, 72, Irish musician (The Dubliners). Bingu wa Mutharika, 78, Malawian politician, President (since 2004), heart attack. Gil Noble, 80, American television reporter and host (Like It Is). Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, 76, German designer. Siegbert Salomon Prawer, 87, German-born British academic and writer. Bernard Rapoport, 94, American businessman and philanthropist. Regal Classic, 27, Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse, euthanized.Regal Classic (ON) A. G. L. Shaw, 96, Australian historian. Stanislav Strnad, 81, Czech film director. Sir Peter Tapsell, 82, New Zealand politician, Speaker of the House of Representatives (1993–1996). Dick Wearmouth, 85, Australian football player. Christer Zetterberg, 70, Swedish businessman.
6 Boraî Bashir, 80, Sudanese footballer. Larry Canning, 86, English footballer (Aston Villa) and broadcaster, vascular dementia. Karl P. Cohen, 99, American mathematical physicist.Karl P. Cohen - ANS / About / Presidents Robin Denniston, 85, British book publisher. *Fang Lizhi, 76, Chinese political activist and astrophysicist. *Felipe Fernández García, 76, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ávila (1976–1991) and San Cristóbal de La Laguna o Tenerife (1991–2005). Promode Gogoi, 82, Indian politician. Roland Guilbault, 77, American rear admiral who commanded the , the first Aegis cruiser. Dermot Hannafin (Snr), 84, Irish football player. Theunis Jonck, 86, South African Olympic weightlifter.Theunis Jonck Thomas Kinkade, 54, American painter, overdose of alcohol and Valium. Thomas Sancton Sr., 97, American novelist and journalist. Michael Sands, 66, American show business publicist and alleged CIA operative, choked. Arnold Saul, 87, American tennis player and coach. Sheila Scotter, 91, Australian fashion editor (Vogue Australia). Reed Whittemore, 92, American poet.
7 Michaelina Bellamy, 59, American singer, dancer, and actress, acute myeloid leukemia. Arthur Budd, 66, Australian footballer.Australian Football – Arthur Budd – Player Bio Dennis De Souza, 77, Guyanese musician. Steven Kanumba, 28, Tanzanian actor and director. Alexander Leslie-Melville, 14th Earl of Leven, 87, Scottish peer and soldier, Lord Lieutenant of Nairn (1969–1999). *Miss Read, 98, English writer. Satsue Mito, 97, Japanese zoologist. *Ignatius Moses I Daoud, 81, Syrian Catholic cardinal, Patriarch of Antioch (1998–2001), stroke complications. David E. Pergrin, 94, American soldier, led the most decorated World War II engineering battalion. Bashir Khan Qureshi, 54, Pakistani politician, cardiac arrest. Tom Runnels, 78, American football player (Washington Redskins). Harold Robert Steacy, 88, Canadian mineralogist. Anders Thor, 76, Swedish scientist and educator. Serafym Verzun, 62, Ukrainian Orthodox hierarch, Bishop of Zhytomyr (1992–1995), Archbishop of Rivne (1995–2000) and Kirovohrad (2002–2008). Mike Wallace, 93, American news correspondent (60 Minutes). Jamshid Zokirov, 63, Uzbek actor.
8 Mark Ayers, 63, American labor leader. Gordon Bagier, 87, British politician, MP for Sunderland South (1964–1987). Bram Bart, 49, Dutch voice actor, pancreatic cancer. (Dutch) Pat Carlin, 82, English footballer. Juventino Castro y Castro, 93, Mexican judge and politician. John Egan, 59, Irish Gaelic footballer. June Gibbs, 89, American politician, cancer. George Wilberforce Kakoma, 89, Ugandan musician, composer of the Ugandan national anthem. Blair Kiel, 50, American football player (Green Bay Packers, Indianapolis Colts, Tampa Bay Buccaneers), heart attack. Donal O'Brien, 72, Irish hurler. Anatoly Ravikovich, 75, Russian film actor (The Pokrovsky Gate), cancer. (Russian) Jack Tramiel, 83, Polish-born American businessman, founder of Commodore and CEO of Atari. Al Veigel, 95, American baseball player (Boston Braves). Rikiya Yasuoka, 64, Japanese actor and singer, heart failure. Janusz K. Zawodny, 90, Polish-born American historian, World War II resistance fighter.
9 Carol Adams, 94, American actress and dancer. Takeshi Aono, 75, Japanese voice actor (Dragon Ball, One Piece), post-operative multiple cerebral infarction. Reginald Askew, 83, British priest and academic. Richard Beyer, 85, American sculptor. Lester Breslow, 97, American physician. François Brigneau, 92, French journalist and author. Barry Cahill, 90, Canadian-born American actor (Grand Theft Auto, Sweet Bird of Youth). Ryszard Chachulski, 81, Polish sculptor. Dick Cullum, 81, English footballer. Chanig ar Gall, 89, French broadcaster, entertainer, and writer. John Golding, 82, British artist, art scholar and curator. José Guardiola, 81, Spanish singer (Eurovision Song Contest 1963). Ismail Haron, 66, Singaporean singer. Mark Lenzi, 43, American Olympic gold medal-winning (1992) diver, hypotension. Wiebo Ludwig, 70, Canadian environmental activist and convicted bomber, esophageal cancer. Miriam Mafai, 86, Italian journalist (La Repubblica), author and politician. Ivan Nagel, 80, German theater director. Simo Nikolić, 71, Croatian Olympic sailor. (Croatian) Meral Okay, 53, Turkish actress and screenwriter (Muhteşem Yüzyıl), cancer. Boris Parygin, 81, Russian philosopher and sociologist. (Russian) Don Reed, 92, American football coach (Long Beach State 49ers), natural causes. Robert R. Sokal, 86, Austrian-born American biostatistician and entomologist. Malcolm Thomas, 82, Welsh rugby union player.
10 Svein Aasmundstad, 77, Norwegian civil servant. John Anderson, 69, Northern Irish bioengineer. *Luis Aponte Martínez, 89, Puerto Rican Roman Catholic prelate and first cardinal, Metropolitan Archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico (1964–1999). Erdoğan Arıca, 57, Turkish football coach, lung cancer. Raymond Aubrac, 97, French WWII resistance fighter. Leonardo Mario Bernacchi, 79, Italian-born Bolivian Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of Camiri (1993–2009).