Deaths in April 2010

The following is a list of notable deaths in April 2010.

Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.

April 2010

1 Morag Beaton, 83, Scottish-born Australian operatic soprano. Vito De Grisantis, 68, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ugento-Santa Maria di Leuca (2000–2010). Anders Eklund, 52, Swedish boxer. John Forsythe, 92, American actor (Bachelor Father, Charlie's Angels, Dynasty), complications from pneumonia. Paul Fry, 45, British motorcycle speedway rider. Buddy Gorman, 88, American actor (Bowery Boys, Dead End Kids), natural causes. Julia Lang, 88, British actress, radio presenter. Yuri Maslyukov, 72, Russian politician, Vice Premier of Soviet Union (1988–1990) and Russia (1998–1999). Lek Nana, 85, Thai businessman and politician, heart failure. Ed Roberts, 68, American computer pioneer, pneumonia. Tzannis Tzannetakis, 82, Greek politician, Prime Minister (1989).

2 Israr Ahmad, 69, Indian nuclear physicist. Butch Allison, 65, American football player. Roman Bannwart, 90, Swiss theologian and musician. Din Beramboi, 43, Malaysian comedian, actor and radio DJ, hemorrhagic dengue fever. Mike Cuellar, 72, Cuban Major League Baseball player, stomach cancer. Ashari Danudirdjo, 87, Indonesian Olympic sailor. Edward Bayda, 78, Canadian jurist, Chief Justice of Saskatchewan (1981–2006). Dávid Daróczi, 37, Hungarian journalist, suicide. David Halliday, 94, American physicist. Arne Høyer, 81, Danish Olympic bronze medal-winning (1960) sprint canoer. Chris Kanyon, 40, American professional wrestler (WCW, WWF), suicide by drug overdose. Per Lyngemark, 68, Danish Olympic gold medal-winning (1968) cyclist. Sonia McMahon, Lady McMahon, 77, Australian socialite, widow of former Prime Minister Sir William McMahon, cancer. Thomas J. Moyer, 70, American jurist, Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court (1987–2010). Carolyn Rodgers, 69, American poet, cancer. William Soeryadjaya, 87, Indonesian businessman, founder of Astra International. Frances Claudia Wright, 91, Sierra Leonean barrister. Mike Zwerin, 79, American jazz musician and jazz critic, after long illness.

3 Romano Alquati, 75, Italian sociologist, political theorist and activist. Crosaire, 92, Irish-born Zimbabwean compiler of the Irish Times crossword since 1943. Buza Ferraz, 59, Brazilian actor, cardiac arrest. Oleg Kopayev, 72, Russian footballer, Soviet Top League top scorer (1963, 1965). Roland MacLeod, 74, British actor (Coronation Street, The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin). Ian McKay, 87, Australian footballer. Craig Noel, 94, American theatre producer, director and administrator of the Old Globe Theatre, natural causes. Jim Pagliaroni, 72, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, Oakland Athletics), cancer. Ferdinand Simoneit, 84, German journalist, author and World War II veteran. Eugène Terre'Blanche, 69, South African white separatist leader, beating. Jesús Vásquez, 89, Peruvian singer. Yasunori Watanabe, 35, Japanese rugby player, hit by train.

4 Mahmoud Abdel-Aal, 81, Egyptian gymnast. Lajos Bálint, 80, Hungarian-born Romanian Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop of Alba Iulia (1990–1993). Sir Alec Bedser, 91, English cricketer. Matt Cook, 22, Canadian ice sledge hockey player, bone cancer. Clifford M. Hardin, 94, American politician, Secretary of Agriculture (1969–1971), natural causes. Salomón Jaar, 48, bishop of Tamarindo Ward in Choluteca Honduras Stake.Church News, April 24, 2010, p. 13 Rudy Kousbroek, 80, Dutch essayist. Lori Martin, 62, American actor (Cape Fear, National Velvet), suicide by gunshot. Kelly Moran, 49, American motorcycle speedway racer, complications from emphysema. Abubakar Rimi, 70, Nigerian politician. Shio Satō, 59, Japanese manga artist, brain tumor. Henry Scarpelli, 79, American comic book artist (Archie), after long illness. Friedrich Wilhelm Schäfke, 87, German mathematician and academic. Erich Zenger, 70, German Roman Catholic theologian and Bible scholar.

5 Jim Edwards, 83, New Zealand politician. Jerry Elliott, 73, American jurist, Kansas Court of Appeals (since 1987), cancer. Lothar Engelhardt, 70, German military scientist.Obituary at familienanzeigen.genealogy.net in Die Bundeswehr magazine of the German Armed Forces Association, No. 6 / June 2010 (accessed on April 9, 2021) . Günther C. Kirchberger, 81, German academic and painter. William Neill, 88, British poet. Helen Ranney, 89, American hematologist. Molefi Sefularo, 52, South African politician, traffic collision. Vitaly Sevastyanov, 74, Russian Soviet cosmonaut. Gisela Trowe, 86, German actress.

6 Janet Adelman, 69, American literary critic. James Aubrey, 62, British actor (Lord of the Flies, Bouquet of Barbed Wire, Spy Game), pancreatitis. Eddie Carroll, 76, Canadian voice actor (Jiminy Cricket). Vinnie Chas, 47, American bassist (Pretty Boy Floyd). Anatoly Dobrynin, 90, Russian diplomat and politician, Soviet Ambassador to the United States (1962–1986). Jack Flannery, 57, American off-road racer, cancer. Ricardo Lavié, 87, Argentine actor, after long illness. Guillermo Luca de Tena, 82, Spanish journalist. Tony MacGibbon, 85, New Zealand cricketer. Wilma Mankiller, 64, American activist, first female Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation (1985–1995), pancreatic cancer. Katsumi Nishikawa, 91, Japanese film director, pneumonia. Grete Olsen, 98, Danish Olympic fencer.Den sidste danske verdensmester er død 98 år gammel David Quayle, 73, British businessman (B&Q). Tom Ray, 90, American animator (Looney Tunes, Tom and Jerry, Animaniacs). Corin Redgrave, 70, British actor and political activist, after short illness. Hans Schröder, 79, German sculptor and painter. Herbert Spiro, 85, German-born American political scientist, United States Ambassador to Cameroon (1975–1977) Sid Storey, 90, English footballer. Dimitris Tsiogas, 54, Greek politician, member of Parliament (2001–2008), cancer. Luigi Waites, 82, American jazz drummer and vibraphonist.

7 Christopher Cazenove, 64, English actor (Dynasty, A Knight's Tale, Zulu Dawn), sepsis. Dixieland Band, 30, American Thoroughbred racehorse, euthanized. Hermina Franks, 95, American baseball player (AAGPBL). Graciela, 94, Cuban singer, renal and pulmonary failure. Eddie Johnson, 89, American jazz musician, pneumonia. Takuya Kimura, 37, Japanese baseball player and coach, subarachnoid hemorrhage. Oscar Kramer, 74, Argentine film producer, after long illness. Chris Limahelu, 59, American football place kicker (USC), prostate cancer. J. Bruce Llewellyn, 82, American businessman and activist, a founder of 100 Black Men of America, renal failure. George Nissen, 96, American gymnast, co-inventor of the trampoline, pneumonia. Betty Paraskevas, 81, American writer and lyricist, pancreatic cancer. Ramchandra Siras, 62, Indian linguist and author. Valentin Turchin, 79, Russian-born American computer scientist and human rights activist.Valentin Turchin, eulogy by Edward Kline

8 Babá, 75, Brazilian footballer. Mark Colville, 4th Viscount Colville of Culross, 76, British judge and hereditary peer. Willie Farrell, 81, Irish politician. Antony Flew, 87, British philosopher, after long illness. Guy Kewney, 63, British technology journalist (Personal Computer World), colorectal cancer. Aladár Kovácsi, 77, Hungarian modern pentathlete, Olympic gold medalist (Helsinki 1952). Andreas Kunze, 57, German actor, heart failure. Malcolm McLaren, 64, British musician and band manager (Sex Pistols, New York Dolls, Bow Wow Wow), mesothelioma. Abel Muzorewa, 84, Zimbabwean Methodist bishop and politician, Prime Minister of Zimbabwe Rhodesia (1979). Richard Olasz, 79, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1981–1998). Personal Ensign, 26, American Thoroughbred racehorse, Hall of Famer, natural causes. Al Prince, 67, American-born French Polynesian journalist and tourism expert, after long illness. Jean-Paul Proust, 70, Monégasque politician, Minister of State (2005–2010). John Schoenherr, 74, American illustrator, Caldecott Medal winner, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Teddy Scholten, 83, Dutch singer.

9 Bob Franks, 58, American politician, member of the House of Representatives from New Jersey (1993–2001), cancer. Alastair Dowell, 89, Scottish cricketer. John Griffiths, 57, Welsh museum curator. Hisashi Inoue, 75, Japanese pacifist playwright, lung cancer. Meir Just, 101, Dutch rabbi, Chief Rabbi of the Netherlands. Robert Lau, 68, Malaysian politician, Deputy Minister for Transport, liver cancer. Gisela Karau, 78, German author, editor and columnist, after long illness. Dario Mangiarotti, 94, Italian fencer, Olympic gold (1952) and silver (1948, 1952) medalist. Kenneth McKellar, 82, Scottish singer, pancreatic cancer. Jacob O. Meyer, 75, American religious sect leader (Assemblies of Yahweh). Meinhardt Raabe, 94, American actor (The Wizard of Oz), heart attack. Peter Ramsbotham, 3rd Viscount Soulbury, 90, British diplomat and politician, Governor of Bermuda (1977–1980). Lou Ritter, 84, American politician, Mayor of Jacksonville, Florida (1965–1967), cancer. Guyford Stever, 93, American educator and science adviser, President of Carnegie Mellon University (1965–1972). Kerstin Thorvall, 84, Swedish author, illustrator and journalist, after long illness. Pierre Trottier, 85, Canadian novelist. Zoltán Varga, 65, Hungarian footballer.

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Dixie Carter, 70, American actress (Designing Women, Diff'rent Strokes, Family Law), endometrial cancer. Sudhir Dhagamwar, 59, Indian cricketer. Jim Eames, 92, British Lord Mayor of Birmingham (1974–1975). David Harvey, 73, British paediatrician. Arnold Kanter, 65, American diplomat, acute myelogenous leukemia. Charles Meade, 93, American pastor, founder of Meade Ministries. Arthur Mercante Sr., 90, American boxing referee. Hiro Muramoto, 43, Japanese news cameraman (Reuters), shot. Martin Ostwald, 88, German-born American classics scholar. Manfred Reichert, 69, German footballer, after long illness. Sir Gordon Shattock, 81, British politician, survivor of the Brighton hotel bombing. William Walker, 78, American opera singer. Notable Polish people killed in the Polish Air Force Tu-154 plane crash: Joanna Agacka-Indecka, 45, attorney, President of the Bar Council (since 2007). Ewa Bąkowska, 47, librarian and activist. Andrzej Błasik, 47, general, Chief of the Air Force (since 2007). Krystyna Bochenek, 56, senator, vice president of Senate. Tadeusz Buk, 49, general, head of Land Forces. Miron Chodakowski, 52, Orthodox prelate, archbishop of military ordinariate of Poland (since 1998). Czesław Cywiński, 84, President of the Association of Armia Krajowa Soldiers. Leszek Deptuła, 57, member of the Sejm. Grzegorz Dolniak, 50, member of the Sejm. Janina Fetlińska, 57, senator. Franciszek Gągor, 58, general, Chief of the General Staff (since 2006). Grażyna Gęsicka, 58, politician, Minister of Regional Development (2006–2007). Kazimierz Gilarski, 54, Commander of the Warsaw Garrison. Przemysław Gosiewski, 45, member of the Sejm, Deputy Prime Minister (2007). Mariusz Handzlik, 44, diplomat, Undersecretary of State in the Office of the President. Izabela Jaruga-Nowacka, 59, member of the Sejm, Deputy Prime Minister (2004–2005). Ryszard Kaczorowski, 90, politician, President in exile (1989–1990). Maria Kaczyńska, 67, First Lady of Poland (since 2005), wife of Lech Kaczyński. Lech Kaczyński, 60, President of Poland (since 2005). Sebastian Karpiniuk, 37, member of the Sejm. Andrzej Karweta, 51, Vice Admiral, commander-in-chief of the Navy. Mariusz Kazana, 49, diplomat, Director of Diplomatic Protocol in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Janusz Kochanowski, 69, lawyer and diplomat, Commissioner for Civil Rights Protection (Ombudsman) (since 2006).