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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[996]] – [[Pope John XV|John XV]], pope of the Catholic Church *[[1085]] – [[Emperor Shenzong of Song|Shen Zong]], Chinese emperor (b. 1048) *[[1132]] – [[Hugh of Châteauneuf]], French bishop (b. 1053)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sthughofgrenoble.org/st-hugh-of-grenoble |title=St. Hugh of Grenoble |website=St. Hugh of Grenoble Catholic Church |access-date=15 March 2023}}</ref> *[[1204]] – [[Eleanor of Aquitaine]], queen of France and England (b. 1122)<ref>{{cite book | last=Koestler-Grack | first=Rachel A. | title=Eleanor of Aquitaine: Heroine of the Middle Ages | place=Philadelphia | publisher=Chelsea House | year=2005 | isbn= 9780--7910-8633-9 | page=138}}</ref> *[[1205]] – [[Aimery of Cyprus|Amalric II]], king of Cyprus and Jerusalem<ref>{{cite book |last=Runciman |first=Steven |author-link=Steven Runciman |date=1954 |title=A History of the Crusades Volume III: The Kingdom of Acre and the Later Crusades |publisher=Cambridge University Press |page=103 |isbn=0-521-06163-6}}</ref> *[[1282]] – [[Abaqa Khan]], ruler of the Mongol Ilkhanate (b. 1234) *[[1431]] – [[Nuno Álvares Pereira]], Portuguese general (b. 1360) *[[1441]] – [[Blanche I of Navarre|Blanche I]], queen of Navarre and Sicily (b. 1387) *[[1455]] – [[Zbigniew Oleśnicki (cardinal)|Zbigniew Oleśnicki]], Polish cardinal and statesman (b. 1389)<ref>{{Cite CE1913 |wstitle=Zbigniew Olesnicki|volume=11|first=Michael |last=Ott}}</ref> *[[1528]] – [[Francisco de Peñalosa]], Spanish composer (b. 1470)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spainisculture.com/en/artistas_creadores/francisco_de_penalosa.html |title=Francisco de Peñalosa |website=Spain Is Culture |access-date=15 March 2023 |archive-date=15 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315202900/http://www.spainisculture.com/en/artistas_creadores/francisco_de_penalosa.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> *[[1548]] – [[Sigismund I the Old|Sigismund I]], king of Poland (b. 1467)<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Sigismund I. |last=Bain |first=Robert Nisbet |author-link=Robert Nisbet Bain}}</ref> *[[1580]] – [[Alonso Mudarra]], Spanish guitarist and composer (b. 1510) ===1601–1900=== *[[1621]] – [[Cristofano Allori]], Italian painter and educator (b. 1577)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2021/17-december/books-arts/visual-arts/the-art-of-cristofano-allori-who-should-have-died-thereafter |title=The art of Cristofano Allori, who should have died thereafter |last=Cranfield |first=Nicholas |date=17 December 2021 |website=Church Times |access-date=15 March 2023}}</ref> *[[1682]] – [[Franz Egon of Fürstenberg]], Bavarian bishop (b. 1625)<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Fürstenberg}}</ref> *[[1787]] – [[Floyer Sydenham]], English scholar and academic (b. 1710)<ref>{{cite wikisource |title=Sydenham, Floyer |wslink=Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Sydenham, Floyer |last=Foster |first=Joseph}}</ref> *[[1839]] – [[Benjamin Pierce (governor)|Benjamin Pierce]], American soldier and politician, 11th [[Governor of New Hampshire]] (b. 1757)<ref>{{cite book |last=Bugbee |first=James M. |date=1890 |title=Memorials of the Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati |url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924032755161/page/n565/mode/2up | publisher=Printed for The Society by John Wilson & Son|location=Boston |page=394}}</ref> *[[1865]] – [[Antonios Kriezis]], Greek Navy officer and Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1796)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.orthodoxianewsagency.gr/istoria-ethnika-themata/antonios-kriezis-o-protos-antinayarxos-tou-polemikou-naytikou/ | title=Αντώνιος Κριεζής ο πρώτος Αντιναύαρχος του Πολεμικού Ναυτικού | date=April 2021 }}</ref> * 1865 – [[Giuditta Pasta]], Italian soprano (b. 1797)<ref>{{cite book | last=Emerson | first=Isabelle Putnam | title=Five Centuries of Women Singers | place=Westport | publisher=Praeger | year=2005 | isbn=978-0-3133-0810-9 | page=129}}</ref> *[[1872]] – [[Frederick Denison Maurice]], English theologian and academic (b. 1805)<ref>{{cite book |date=1884 |title=The London Quarterly Review |volume=62 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j9E5AQAAMAAJ |publisher=H. J. T. Tresidder |pages=347–348}}</ref> *[[1878]] – [[John Corry Wilson Daly|John C.W. Daly]], English-Canadian soldier and politician (b. 1796)<ref>{{Cite DCB |last=Swainson |first=Donald |title=Daly, John Corry Wilson |volume=10 |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/daly_john_corry_wilson_10E.html}}</ref> *[[1890]] – [[David Wilber]], American politician (b. 1820)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/W000452 |title=WILBER, David |website=Biographical Dictionary of the United States Congress |access-date=15 March 2023}}</ref> * 1890 – [[Alexander Mozhaysky]], Russian soldier, pilot, and engineer (b. 1825) ===1901–present=== *[[1914]] – [[Rube Waddell]], American baseball player (b. 1876)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/waddell-rube |title=Rube Waddell |website=Baseball Hall of Fame |access-date=14 March 2023}}</ref> * 1914 – [[Charles Wells (brewer)|Charles Wells]], English founder of [[Charles Wells Ltd]] (b. 1842) *[[1917]] – [[Scott Joplin]], American pianist and composer (b. 1868)<ref>{{cite book | last=Argyle | first=Ray | title=Scott Joplin and the Age of Ragtime | url=https://archive.org/details/scottjoplinageof0000argy | url-access=registration | place=Jefferson NC | publisher=McFarland | year=2009 | isbn=978-0-7864-4376-5 | page=[https://archive.org/details/scottjoplinageof0000argy/page/166 166]}}</ref> *[[1920]] – [[Walter Simon (philanthropist)|Walter Simon]], German banker and philanthropist (b. 1857) *[[1922]] – [[Charles I of Austria|Charles I]], emperor of Austria (b. 1887)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1922/04/02/102992792.pdf |title=CHARLES OF AUSTRIA DIES OF PNEUMONIA IN EXILE ON MADIERA |date=1 April 1922 |website=The New York Times |access-date=14 March 2023}}</ref> *[[1924]] – [[Jacob Bolotin]], American physician (b. 1888)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nfb.org/history-bolotin |title=Dr. Jacob Bolotin, the Blind Doctor |last=Wilson |first=Joanne |website=National Federation of the Blind |access-date=14 March 2023 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120515082725/http://nfb.org/history-bolotin |archive-date=15 May 2012}}</ref> *1924 – [[Lloyd Hildebrand]], English cyclist (b. 1870)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/14746 |title=Lloyd Hildebrand |website=Olympedia |access-date=14 March 2023}}</ref> * 1924 – [[Stan Rowley]], Australian sprinter (b. 1876)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/64789 |title=Stan Rowley |website=Olympedia |access-date=14 March 2023}}</ref> *[[1946]] – [[Noah Beery, Sr.]], American actor (b. 1882)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1946/04/02/archives/noah-beery-sr-62-film-veteran-dies-villain-on-screen-for-many-years.html |title=NOAH BEERY SR., 62, FILM VETERAN, DIES |date=2 April 1946 |website=The New York Times |access-date=14 March 2023}}</ref> *[[1947]] – [[George II of Greece|George II]], king of Greece (b. 1890)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.greekroyalfamily.gr/en/genealogical-tree/468-king-george-ii.html |title=King George II |website=greekroyalfamily.gr |access-date=14 March 2023}}</ref> *[[1950]] – [[Charles R. Drew]], American physician and surgeon (b. 1904)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/spotlight/bg/feature/biographical-overview |title=Biographical Overview {{!}} Charles R. Drew |website=National Library of Medicine |date=12 March 2019 |access-date=14 March 2023}}</ref> * 1950 – [[Recep Peker]], Turkish soldier and politician, 6th [[List of Prime Ministers of Turkey|Prime Minister of Turkey]] (b. 1889)<ref>{{cite book|author=Metin Tamkoç|title=The warrior diplomats: guardians of the national security and modernization of Turkey|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dkBpAAAAMAAJ|year=1976|publisher=University of Utah Press|page=350|isbn=9780874801156}}</ref> *[[1962]] – [[Jussi Kekkonen]], Finnish captain and businessman (b. 1910) *[[1963]] – [[Agnes Mowinckel]], Norwegian actress (b. 1875)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Agnes Mowinckel |first1=Marit |last1=Dalen |first2=Lillian |last2=Bikset |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |date=23 August 2023 |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Agnes_Mowinckel |language=no|access-date=16 March 2024}}</ref> *[[1965]] – [[Helena Rubinstein]], Polish-American businesswoman (b. 1870)<ref>{{cite book | last1=Sicherman | first1=Barbara | last2=Hurd Green | first2=Carol | title=Notable American Women: The Modern Period | place=Cambridge MA | publisher=Belknap | year=1983 | isbn=978-0-6746-2733-8 | page=[https://archive.org/details/notableamericanw00sich_0/page/607 607] | url=https://archive.org/details/notableamericanw00sich_0/page/607 }}</ref> *[[1966]] – [[Brian O'Nolan]], Irish author (b. 1911)<ref>{{cite book |title=A Dictionary of the Avant-Gardes |date=13 May 2013 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-136-80619-3 |page=473 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qlK7uHg2Dh8C&pg=PT473 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1968]] – [[Lev Landau]], Azerbaijani-Russian physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1908)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1962/landau/biographical/ |title=Lev Landau |website=The Nobel Prize |access-date=13 March 2023}}</ref> *[[1971]] – [[Kathleen Lonsdale]], Irish crystallographer and prison reformer (b. 1903)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bailey Ogilvie |first1=Marilyn |last2=Harvey| first2=Joy |title=The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: Pioneering Lives from Ancient Times to the Mid-20th Century |date=2000 | location=London |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-41592-039-1 |page=805}}</ref> *[[1976]] – [[Max Ernst]], German painter and sculptor (b. 1891)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/04/02/archives/max-ernst-catalytic-figure-in-20th-century-art-dies-max-ernst.html |title=Max Ernst, Catalytic Figure in 20th Century Art, Dies |last=Russell |first=John |date=2 April 1976 |website=The New York Times |access-date=13 March 2023}}</ref> *[[1981]] – [[Eua Sunthornsanan]], Thai singer-songwriter and bandleader (b. 1910) *[[1984]] – [[Marvin Gaye]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1939)<ref name=gaye /> * 1984 – [[Elizabeth Goudge]], English author (b. 1900)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/04/27/obituaries/elizabeth-goudge.html |title=ELIZABETH GOUDGE |date=27 April 1984 |website=The New York Times |access-date=13 March 2023}}</ref> *[[1986]] – [[Erik Bruhn]], Danish actor, director, and choreographer (b. 1928)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/04/02/obituaries/erik-bruhn-dies-in-toronto-top-dancer-of-his-generation.html |title=ERIK BRUHN DIES IN TORONTO; TOP DANCER OF HIS GENERATION |last=Rockwell |first=John |date=2 April 1986 |website=The New York Times |access-date=13 March 2023}}</ref> * 1986 – [[Edwin Boston]], English clergyman, author, and railway preservationist<ref>{{cite web |title=Memories of steam vicar 30 years on |url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/hinckley-times/20160330/282024736397507 |last=Parrish |first=Rachel |date=30 March 2016 |access-date=18 February 2023 |publisher=The Hinckley Times |via=PressReader}}</ref> *[[1987]] – [[Henri Cochet]], French tennis player (b. 1901)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/04/03/obituaries/henri-cochet-is-dead-french-tennis-leader.html |title=Henri Cochet Is Dead; French Tennis Leader |date=3 April 1987 |website=The New York Times |access-date=13 March 2023}}</ref> *[[1991]] – [[Martha Graham]], American dancer and choreographer (b. 1894)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/04/02/obituaries/martha-graham-dies-at-96-a-revolutionary-in-dance.html |title=Martha Graham Dies at 96; A Revolutionary in Dance |last=Kisselgoff |first=Anna |date=2 April 1991 |website=The New York Times |access-date=3 March 2023}}</ref> * 1991 – [[Jaime Guzmán]], Chilean lawyer and politician (b. 1946)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://chiletoday.cl/29-years-ago-the-assassination-of-jaime-guzman/ |title=29 Years Ago: The Assassination of Jaime Guzmán |last=Rivera |first=Diego |date=1 April 2020 |website=Chile Today |access-date=3 March 2023}}</ref> *[[1992]] – [[Michael Havers, Baron Havers]], English lawyer and politician, [[Lord Chancellor|Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain]] (b. 1923)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/04/03/world/lard-havers-69-former-british-attorney-general.html |title=Lord Havers, 69, Former British Attorney General |last=Schmidt |first=William E. |date=3 April 1992 |website=The New York Times |access-date=3 March 2023}}</ref> *[[1993]] – [[Alan Kulwicki]], American race car driver (b. 1954)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rosser |first1=Aaron |title=He Did It His Way: Alan Kulwicki, 1954-1993 |url=https://www.sbnation.com/2011/4/1/2084156/he-did-it-his-way-alan-kulwicki-1954-1993 |website=SBNation |access-date=3 January 2025 |date=April 1, 2011}}</ref> *[[1994]] – [[Robert Doisneau]], French photographer (b. 1912)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.icp.org/browse/archive/constituents/robert-doisneau?all/all/all/all/0 |title=Robert Doisneau |website=International Center of Photography |date=31 January 2018 |access-date=3 March 2023}}</ref> *[[1995]] – [[H. Adams Carter]], American mountaineer, journalist, and educator (b. 1914)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12199636900/H-Adams-Carter-1914-1995 |title=H. ADAMS CARTER, 1914-1995 |last=Houston |first=Charles S. |date=1996 |website=The American Alpine Club |access-date=27 February 2023}}</ref> * 1995 – [[Francisco Moncion]], Dominican American ballet dancer, choreographer, charter member of the [[New York City Ballet]] (b. 1918)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/04/04/obituaries/francisco-moncion-76-a-charter-member-of-new-york-city-ballet.html |title=Francisco Moncion, 76, a Charter Member of New York City Ballet |last=Kisselgoff |first=Anna |date=4 April 1995 |website=The New York Times |access-date=27 February 2023}}</ref> * 1995 – [[Lucie Rie]], Austrian-English potter (b. 1902)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituaries-dame-lucie-rie-1614074.html |title=OBITUARIES Dame Lucie Rie |last=Cooper |first=Emmanuel |date=2 April 1995 |website=Independent |access-date=27 February 2023}}</ref> *[[1996]] – [[Mário Viegas]], Portuguese actor and poetry reciter (b. 1948)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-03-07 |title=Mário Viegas morreu há 25 anos |url=https://www.esquerda.net/artigo/mario-viegas-morreu-ha-25-anos/73576 |access-date=2025-03-07 |website=www.esquerda.net |language=pt}}</ref> *[[1997]] – [[Makar Honcharenko]], Ukrainian footballer and manager (b. 1912) *[[1998]] – [[Rozz Williams]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1963)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/04/14/arts/rozz-williams-34-songwriter-and-gothic-rock-band-leader.html |title=Rozz Williams, 34, Songwriter And Gothic Rock Band Leader |last=Strauss |first=Neil |date=14 April 1998 |website=The New York Times |access-date=21 February 2023}}</ref> *[[1999]] – [[Jesse Stone (musician)|Jesse Stone]], American pianist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1901)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/04/04/nyregion/jesse-stone-97-developer-of-rock-s-early-hits.html |title=Jesse Stone, 97, Developer of Rock's Early Hits |date=4 April 1999 |website=The New York Times |access-date=21 February 2023}}</ref> *[[2001]] – [[Trịnh Công Sơn]], Vietnamese guitarist and composer (b. 1939)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2001/04/03/vietnamese-songwriter-trinh-cong-son-dies/4566885c-b359-4a2e-945b-e3f5591bc614/ |title=Vietnamese Songwriter Trinh Cong Son Dies |date=3 April 2001 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=19 February 2023}}</ref> *[[2002]] – [[Simo Häyhä]], Finnish soldier and sniper (b. 1905)<ref>{{cite book |last=Saarelainen |first=Tapio A. M.|date=2016 |title=The White Sniper |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R948DQAAQBAJ |publisher=Casemate Publishers |at=Part I |isbn=9781612004297}}</ref> *[[2003]] – [[Leslie Cheung]], Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1956)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2906999.stm |title=Actor Leslie Cheung 'found dead' |date=1 April 2003 |website=BBC |access-date=19 February 2023}}</ref> *[[2004]] – [[Ioannis Kyrastas]], Greek footballer and manager (b. 1952)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/019c-0f84551e3722-6590fe590712-1000--greek-football-mourns-kyrastas/ |title=Greek football mourns Kyrastas |date=1 April 2004 |website=UEFA |access-date=19 February 2023}}</ref> * 2004 – [[Carrie Snodgress]], American actress (b. 1945)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/10/business/carrie-snodgress-57-dies-starred-as-mad-housewife.html |title=Carrie Snodgress, 57, Dies; Starred as 'Mad Housewife' |date=10 April 2004 |website=The New York Times |access-date=19 February 2023}}</ref> *[[2005]] – [[Paul Bomani]], Tanzanian politician and diplomat, 1st [[Minister of Finance (Tanzania)|Tanzanian Minister of Finance]] (b 1925)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://allafrica.com/stories/200505040020.html |title=Tanzania: A Tribute to Nationalist Paul Bomani |last=Kamana |first=Stanley |date=2 May 2005 |publisher=The East African |access-date=19 February 2023 |via=allAfrica}}</ref> * 2005 – [[Robert Coldwell Wood]], American political scientist and academic (b. 1923)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/05/education/robert-wood-education-expert-dies-at-81.html |title=Robert Wood, Education Expert, Dies at 81 |last=Martin |first=Douglas |date=5 April 2005 |website=The New York Times |access-date=19 February 2023}}</ref> *[[2006]] – [[In Tam]], Cambodian general and politician, 26th [[Prime Minister of Cambodia]] (b. 1916)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/tam-in-obituary?pid=17305408 |title=Tam In Obituary |date=5 April 2006 |publisher=East Valley Tribune |access-date=19 February 2023 |via=Legacy.com}}</ref> *[[2010]] – [[John Forsythe]], American actor (b. 1918)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/02/AR2010040202419.html |title=John Forsythe dead; starred in 'Dynasty,' 'Bachelor Father' |last=Bernstein |first=Adam |date=3 April 2010 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=18 February 2023}}</ref> * 2010 – [[Tzannis Tzannetakis]], Greek soldier and politician, 175th [[Prime Minister of Greece]] (b. 1927)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://greekreporter.com/2010/04/01/former-greek-prime-minister-tzannetakis-dies-at-82%E2%80%8E/ |title=Former Greek Prime Minister Tzannetakis dies at 82 |last=Makris |first=A |date=1 April 2010 |website=Greek Reporter |access-date=18 February 2023}}</ref> *[[2012]] – [[Lionel Bowen]], Australian soldier, lawyer, and politician, [[Deputy Prime Minister of Australia]] (b. 1922)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/death-of-labor-elder-bowen-who-remained-an-everyday-bloke-20120401-1w6lb.html |title=Death of Labor elder Bowen, who remained an everyday bloke |last=Wroe |first=David |date=2 April 2012 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |access-date=18 February 2023}}</ref> * 2012 – [[Giorgio Chinaglia]], Italian-American soccer player and radio host (b. 1947)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/03/sports/soccer/giorgio-chinaglia-italian-star-and-the-cosmos-leader-dies-at-65.html |title=Giorgio Chinaglia, Italian Star and the Cosmos' Leader, Dies at 65 |last=Martin |first=Douglas |date=3 April 2012 |website=The New York Times |access-date=18 February 2023}}</ref> * 2012 – [[Miguel de la Madrid]], Mexican banker, academic, and politician, 52nd [[President of Mexico]] (b. 1934)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.buscabiografias.com/biografia/verDetalle/5826/Miguel%20de%20la%20Madrid%20Hurtado|title=Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado|publisher=Busca Biografias|language=es|access-date=May 30, 2019}}</ref> *[[2013]] – [[Moses Blah]], Liberian general and politician, 23rd [[President of Liberia]] (b. 1947)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-former-liberian-president-moses-blah-dies-2013apr01-story.html |title= Former Liberian president Moses Blah dies |last=Paye-Layleh |first=Jonathan |date=1 April 2013 |website=The San Diego Union-Tribune |access-date=15 February 2023}}</ref> * 2013 – [[Karen Muir]], South African swimmer and physician (b. 1952)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://vancouversun.com/sports/Vanderhoof%2Bdoctor%2Bformer%2BSouth%2BAfrica%2Bswimming%2Bsensation%2BKaren/8185524/story.html |title=Vanderhoof doctor, former South Africa swimming sensation Karen Muir dies of cancer |last=Edmonds |first=Scott |date=2 April 2013 |website=The Vancouver Sun |access-date=15 February 2023 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130405004359/https://vancouversun.com/sports/Vanderhoof+doctor+former+South+Africa+swimming+sensation+Karen/8185524/story.html |archive-date=5 April 2013}}</ref> *[[2014]] – [[King Fleming]], American pianist and bandleader (b. 1922)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/chi-king-fleming-dead-20140403-story.html |title=Jazz pianist King Fleming dead at 91 |last=Reich |first=Howard |date=3 April 2014 |website=Chicago Tribune |access-date=15 February 2023}}</ref> * 2014 – [[Jacques Le Goff]], French historian and author (b. 1924)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/01/influential-french-historian-jacques-le-goff-dies |title=Influential medieval historian Jacques Le Goff dies aged 90 |date=1 April 2014 |website=The Guardian |access-date=15 February 2023}}</ref> * 2014 – [[Rolf Rendtorff]], German theologian and academic (b. 1925)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://scriptoriumdaily.com/rolf-rendtorff-1925-2014/ |title=Rolf Rendtorff (1925-2014) |last=Sanders |first=Fred |date=2 April 2014 |website=The Scriptorium Daily |access-date=18 February 2023}}</ref> *[[2015]] – [[Nicolae Rainea]], Romanian footballer and referee (b. 1933)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/0253-0d8017a8ba34-2e689152bfc9-1000--romania-mourns-much-celebrated-referee-rainea/ |title=Romania mourns much-celebrated referee Rainea |date=1 April 2015 |website=UEFA |access-date=15 February 2023}}</ref> *[[2017]] – [[Lonnie Brooks]], American blues singer and guitarist (b. 1933)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/chicago-bluesman-lonnie-brooks-dies-at-83/amp/ |title=Chicago bluesman Lonnie Brooks dies at 83 |last=Dudek |first=Mitch |date=2 April 2017 |website=Chicago Sun-Times | access-date=14 February 2023 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170403020037/https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/chicago-bluesman-lonnie-brooks-dies-at-83/amp/ |archive-date=3 April 2017}}</ref> * 2017 – [[Yevgeny Yevtushenko]], Soviet and Russian poet and writer (b. 1932)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39467270 |title=Soviet-era poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko dies aged 84 |date=1 April 2017 |website=BBC |access-date=15 February 2023}}</ref> *[[2018]] – [[Steven Bochco]], American television writer and producer (b. 1943)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/02/obituaries/steven-bochco-dead-tv-producer.html |title=Steven Bochco, Producer of 'Hill Street Blues' and 'NYPD Blue,' Dies at 74 |last1=Haag |first1=Matthew |last2=Mele |first2=Christopher |date=2 April 2018 |website=The New York Times |access-date=14 February 2023}}</ref> *[[2019]] – [[Vonda N. McIntyre]], American science fiction author (b. 1948)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/05/obituaries/vonda-n-mcintyre-dead.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220101/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/05/obituaries/vonda-n-mcintyre-dead.html |archive-date=2022-01-01 |url-access=limited|title=Vonda N. McIntyre, 70, Champion of Women in Science Fiction, Dies|newspaper=The New York Times|date=2019-04-05|access-date=2019-04-08}}{{cbignore}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Lou Conter]], American naval commander (b. 1921)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ebrahimji |first=Alisha |date=2024-04-02 |title=Lou Conter, last survivor of USS Arizona in Pearl Harbor attack, dies at 102 |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/02/us/lou-conter-last-pearl-harbor-survivor-dies/index.html |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref> *2024 – [[Vontae Davis]], American football player (b. 1988)<ref>{{cite web |title=Bills mourn passing of former player Vontae Davis |url=https://www.buffalobills.com/news/bills-mourn-passing-of-former-player-vontae-davis |access-date=April 2, 2024 |website=BuffaloBills.com}}</ref> *2024 – [[Joe Flaherty]], American actor, writer, and comedian (b. 1941)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wright |first=Tracy |date=2024-04-02 |title=Joe Flaherty, 'SCTV' and 'Freaks and Geeks' star, dead at 82 |url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/joe-flaherty-sctv-freaks-and-geeks-star-dead-82 |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=Fox News |language=en-US}}</ref> *2024 – [[Sami Michael]], Iraqi-born Israeli writer and human rights activist (b. 1926)<ref>{{Cite news |last=חיות |first=איה |date=2024-04-01 |title=הסופר סמי מיכאל הלך לעולמו בגיל 97 |url=https://www.ynet.co.il/entertainment/article/HkC7NvZFw |access-date=2024-04-02 |work=Ynet |language=he}}</ref> *2024 – [[Ed Piskor]], American comic book artist (b. 1982)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ed Piskor, Hip Hop Family Tree and X-Men: Grand Design Artist, Reportedly Passes Away at Age 41 |url=https://comicbook.com/comics/news/ed-piskor-hip-hop-family-tree-and-x-men-grand-design-artist-reportedly-passes-away-at-age-41/ |access-date=2024-04-06 |website=Comics |date=April 2024 |language=en}}</ref> *2024 – [[Mohammad Reza Zahedi]], Iranian senior military officer (b. 1960)<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-04-01 |title=Iran accuses Israel of killing generals in Syria strike |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68708923 |access-date=2024-04-02 |language=en-GB}}</ref> *[[2025]] – [[Val Kilmer]], American actor (b. 1959)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/movies/val-kilmer-dead.html |title=Val Kilmer, Film Star Who Played Batman and Jim Morrison, Dies at 65|last = Weber|first = Bruce|date = April 1, 2025|accessdate = April 2, 2025|newspaper = [[The New York Times]]|url-access = limited|language=en}}</ref> *2025 – [[Johnny Tillotson]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1938)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Madarang |first=Charisma |date=April 3, 2025 |title=Johnny Tillotson, 'Poetry in Motion' Singer, Dead at 86 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/johnny-tillotson-poetry-in-motion-dead-obituary-1235309690/ |access-date=April 8, 2025 |website=[[Rolling Stone]] |language=en-US}}</ref> <!-- Please do not add non-notable people, fictional characters, or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. 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