The following is a list of notable deaths in April 2011.
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 2011 1 Peter Baumann, 75, Swiss psychiatrist. Lou Gorman, 82, American baseball executive and general manager (Boston Red Sox, Seattle Mariners). Jane Gregory, 51, British Olympic equestrian, heart attack. Manning Marable, 60, American professor (Columbia University). Edel Ojeda, 82, Mexican Olympic boxer. Georgi Rusev, 82, Bulgarian theatre and film actor. Siri Skare, 52, Norwegian lieutenant colonel, first Norwegian female military pilot. Varkey Vithayathil, 83, Indian Syro-Malabar Catholic hierarch, Cardinal (from 2001), Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly (from 1999). Brynle Williams, 62, Welsh activist (fuel protests) and politician, AM for North Wales (from 2003).
2 Richard W. Bailey, 71, American linguist. Larry Finch, 60, American basketball player and coach (Memphis Tigers). John C. Haas, 92, American businessman (Rohm and Haas), natural causes. Efraín Loyola, 94, Cuban flautist. James McNulty, 92, Canadian politician, MP for Lincoln (1962–1968) and St. Catharines (1968–1972). Jess Osuna, 82, American actor (Three Days of the Condor, Taps, Kramer vs. Kramer). Larry Parr, 64, American chess player. Baba Reshat, 76, Albanian religious figure, head of the Bektashi order. Tom Silverio, 65, Dominican-born American baseball player (California Angels). Bill Varney, 77, American sound editor (Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Empire Strikes Back, Back to the Future), Oscar winner (1981, 1982). Romeo Venturelli, 72, Italian cyclist. Paul Violi, 66, American poet, cancer.
3 Rafique Alam, 81, Indian politician, heart attack. Amy Applegren, 84, American baseball player (All-American Girls Professional Baseball League). Lena Lovato Archuleta, 90, American educator. Ulli Beier, 88, German writer. William Henry Bullock, 83, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Des Moines (1987–1993) and Madison (1993–2003), lung cancer. James Martin Fitzgerald, 90, American jurist, justice of the Alaska Supreme Court (1972–1974), senior judge of the District Court for the District of Alaska (1974–2006). Martin Horton, 76, English cricketer. Kevin Jarre, 56, American screenwriter (Tombstone, Glory, The Mummy), heart failure. Yevgeny Lyadin, 84, Russian footballer. Marian Pankowski, 91, Polish writer. William Prusoff, 90, American pharmacologist. Calvin Russell, 62, American protest singer-songwriter and guitarist. Mandi Schwartz, 23, Canadian college ice hockey player, acute myeloid leukemia. Gustavo Sondermann, 29, Brazilian racing driver, race crash. John A. Tory, 81, Canadian lawyer and corporate executive, stroke.
4 John Adler, 51, American politician, U.S. Representative from New Jersey (2009–2011), infective endocarditis. Scott Columbus, 54, American drummer (Manowar). Jackson Lago, 76, Brazilian politician, Governor of Maranhão (2007–2009), cancer. Ned McWherter, 80, American politician, Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives (1973–1987) and Governor (1987–1995), cancer. Juliano Mer-Khamis, 52, Israeli actor and political activist, shot. John Niven, 89, Scottish footballer (East Fife F.C.). Witta Pohl, 73, German actress. Wayne Robson, 64, Canadian actor (The Red Green Show, Cube, The Rescuers Down Under). Craig Thomas, 68, Welsh author, pneumonia. Juan Tuñas, 93, Cuban footballer. Vakur Versan, 93, Turkish jurist, professor of administrative law (Istanbul University). Boško Vuksanović, 83, Croatian water polo player.
5 Baruch Samuel Blumberg, 85, American doctor, Nobel laureate in medicine, heart attack. L. J. Davis, 70, American writer. Heinrich Kleisli, 80, Swiss mathematician. John Mahoney, 61, American politician. Ange-Félix Patassé, 74, Central African politician, Prime Minister (1976–1978) and President (1993–2003). Gil Robbins, 80, American folk singer (The Highwaymen) and actor, prostate cancer. Larry Shepard, 92, American baseball manager (Pittsburgh Pirates) and coach (Cincinnati Reds).
6 Nabi Bakhsh Baloch, 93, Pakistani scholar. Thøger Birkeland, 89, Danish children's book author. Igor Birman, 85, Russian-born American writer and economist. Jim Blair, 64, Scottish footballer, natural causes. John Bottomley, 50, Canadian singer-songwriter, suicide. Mike Campbell, 78, Zimbabwean farmer, challenged Robert Mugabe (Campbell v Zimbabwe), complications from torture. Giuseppe Comini, 88, Italian Olympic fencer. Joe Heap, 79, American football player (New York Giants).Joseph Lawrence Heap Sr. Robin Lindsay, 97, British Olympic silver medal-winning (1948) field hockey player. Coyote McCloud, 68, American disc jockey. Johnny Morris, 87, English footballer. Skip O'Brien, 60, American actor (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, The Hitcher, Blow), complications from prostate cancer. Fritiof S. Sjöstrand, 98, Swedish physician and histologist. F. Gordon A. Stone, 85, British chemist. Sujatha, 58, Indian actress. Hans Tiedge, 73, German spy.
7 Benedetto Aloi, 75, American mobster, natural causes. Bruce Cowan, 85, Australian politician, member of the House of Representatives (1980–1993). Edward Edwards, 77, American serial killer, natural causes. Hugh FitzRoy, 11th Duke of Grafton, 92, British aristocrat. Pierre Gauvreau, 88, Canadian painter and television screenplay writer. Blažena Holišová, 80, Czech film and theatre actress. Arthur Lessac, 101, American voice trainer. E. J. McGuire, 58, Canadian ice hockey coach and scout, cancer. Hedzer Rijpstra, 91, Dutch politician. Victor Surdu, 63, Romanian politician, first post-Communist Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development.
8 Freda Ahenakew, 79, Canadian author and academic. Mario Branch, 31, American football player (Tennessee Titans, Amsterdam Admirals, Philadelphia Soul), heart failure. Daniel Catán, 62, Mexican composer. David S. Clarke, 69, Australian businessman, chairman of Macquarie Group (1985–2007), stomach cancer. John McCracken, 76, American sculptor. John Pugsley, 77, American libertarian speaker and writer. Donald Shanks, 70, Australian operatic bass-baritone, heart attack. Vasilijs Stepanovs, 83, Latvian weightlifter and Olympic silver medalist (1956 Melbourne). Hedda Sterne, 100, Romanian-born American painter and printmaker. Elena Zuasti, 75, Uruguayan stage actress and comedian, heart failure.
9 Zakariya Rashid Hassan al-Ashiri, 40, Bahraini blogger and journalist, beaten. Pierre Celis, 86, Belgian brewer (Celis), cancer. Robert Coleman-Senghor, 71, American English professor, torn aorta. Chip Fairway, 38, American wrestler. Nicholas Goodhart, 91, British marine engineer and glider pilot. Jerry Lawson, 70, American videogame console engineer. Sidney Lumet, 86, American film director (12 Angry Men, Dog Day Afternoon, Network), lymphoma. Roger Nichols, 66, American sound engineer and record producer (Steely Dan), pancreatic cancer. Yolande Palfrey, 54, British actress (Blake's 7, Doctor Who), brain tumour. Geoff Smale, 86, New Zealand yacht racer, plane crash.Pilot error blamed for Olympian's death Orrin Tucker, 100, American orchestra leader. Randy Wood, 94, American record producer, founder of Dot Records.
10 Bill Brill, 79, American sportswriter and newspaper editor, esophageal cancer. Violet Cowden, 94, American pilot, member of Women Airforce Service Pilots during World War II, heart failure. Don Merton, 72, New Zealand conservationist. Mikhail Rusyayev, 46, Russian footballer. Bob Shaw, 89, American football player (Los Angeles Rams). Homer Smith, 79, American football coach (Army Black Knights), cancer. Phil Solomon, 86, Northern Irish music executive. Francis E. Sweeney, 77, American jurist, Ohio Supreme Court justice (1993–2004). Stephen Watson, 56, South African writer and critic, cancer.
11 Billy Bang, 63, American jazz violinist, lung cancer. Lewis Binford, 80, American archaeologist, heart failure. Jimmy Briggs, 74, Scottish footballer (Dundee United). Akis Cleanthous, 47, Cypriot politician, chairman of the Stock Exchange (2003–2007), Minister of Education and Culture (2007–2008), heart attack. John D'Orazio, 55, Australian politician, member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly for Ballajura (2001–2008), heart attack during surgery. La Esterella, 91, Belgian Flemish singer. Billy Gray, 83, English footballer (Nottingham Forest). Murtaza Hassan, 56-57, Pakistani stage comedian, hepatitis and liver cancer. Sir John Lowther, 87, British public servant, Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonshire (1984–1998). Sir Simon Milton, 49, British politician, London Deputy Mayor for Policy and Planning, after short illness. Doug Newlands, 79, Scottish footballer (Aberdeen, Burnley). Jørgen Munk Plum, 85, Danish Olympic athlete. Peter Ruehl, 64, American-born Australian columnist. Igor Runov, 48, Russian volleyball player, Olympic silver medalist (1988). Angela Scoular, 65, British actress, suicide by acid ingestion. Larry Sweeney, 30, American professional wrestler and manager, suicide by hanging. Eric Wall, 95, British Anglican bishop, Bishop of Huntingdon (1972–1980).
12 Roy Ananny, 86, Canadian football player. Albert Bachmann, 81, Swiss military intelligence officer. Sachin Bhowmick, 80, Indian screenwriter, heart attack. Lee Bradley Brown, 39, British tourist, died in police custody in Dubai. Ronnie Coyle, 46, Scottish footballer (Celtic, Raith Rovers), leukemia. Sidney Harman, 92, American businessman and publisher (Newsweek), acute myeloid leukemia. Eddie Joost, 94, American baseball player and manager (Philadelphia Athletics, Cincinnati Reds). Robert Lokossimbayé, 35, Chadian footballer. Aleksandar Petaković, 81, Serbian football player. Jānis Polis, 72, Latvian pharmacologist, discovered rimantadine. Ioan Șișeștean, 74, Romanian Catholic hierarch, Bishop of Maramureş (since 1994). Désiré Tagro, 52, Ivorian politician, Interior Minister, chief of staff for Laurent Gbagbo, shot. Miroslav Tichý, 84, Czech photographer.
13 Danny Fiszman, 66, British football director (Arsenal), cancer. Buster Martin, 104?, French-born British longevity claimant. *Seeta bint Abdul Aziz, 80, Saudi royal, sister of King Abdullah, after long illness.
14 Rosihan Anwar, 88, Indonesian journalist, heart failure. Trevor Bannister, 76, British actor (Are You Being Served?, Last of the Summer Wine, The Dustbinmen), heart attack. Walter Breuning, 114, American supercentenarian, world's fifth oldest man ever. George Brookes, 76, Australian politician, member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council (1991–1997). Jon Cedar, 80, American actor (Hogan's Heroes), leukemia. Patrick Cullinan, 77, South African writer. Louis Dufaux, 79, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Grenoble (1989–2006). Bernie Flowers, 81, American football player (Baltimore Colts). Joe Dan Gold, 68, American college basketball coach (Mississippi State). Jean Gratton, 86, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Mont-Laurier (1978–2001). Cyrus Harvey Jr., 85, American entrepreneur, stroke. William Lipscomb, 91, American chemist, pneumonia. Arthur Marx, 89, American writer, son of Groucho Marx. Rami Reddy, 52, Indian actor, kidney failure.
15 Vittorio Arrigoni, 36, Italian activist, hanged. Babu Baral, 47, Pakistani comedian, cancer. Reno Bertoia, 76, Italian-born Canadian baseball player (Detroit Tigers, Minnesota Twins), lymphoma. Walter Brown, 85, Australian Olympic bronze medal-winning (1956) canoer. William Cook, 80, American entrepreneur, philanthropist and historic preservationist, heart failure. Hélio Gueiros, 85, Brazilian politician, Governor of Pará (1987–1991), Mayor of Belém (1993–1996), renal disease. Michael Hurley, 87, Irish Jesuit and ecumenical theologian, co-founder of the Irish School of Ecumenics. Hans Kohler, 81, Swiss Olympic weightlifter.