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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== *[[1109]] – [[Hugh of Cluny]], French abbot (b. 1024)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Walsh |first1=Michael J. |title=A New Dictionary of Saints: East and West |date=2007 |publisher=Burns and Oats |location=London |isbn=978-0860123422 |page=270}}</ref> *[[1380]] – [[Catherine of Siena]], Italian mystic, philosopher and saint (b. 1347)<ref>{{cite journal |journal=Encyclopedia of World Biography Online |date=1998 |publisher=Gale |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1631001212/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=1db0f8be |access-date=20 April 2023 |format=Collection |title=Catherine of Siena, St.}}</ref> *[[1594]] – [[Thomas Cooper (bishop)|Thomas Cooper]], English bishop, lexicographer, and theologian (b. 1517)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Bowker |first1=Margaret |title=Cooper, Thomas (c. 1517–1594), theologian and bishop of Winchester |date=3 January 2008 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/6229}}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1630]] – [[Agrippa d'Aubigné]], French soldier and poet (b. 1552)<ref>{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Aubigné, Théodore Agrippa d' |volume=2 |pages=890-891}}</ref> *[[1658]] – [[John Cleveland]], English poet and author (b. 1613)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Cousins |first1=A. D. |title=Cleveland, John (bap. 1613, d. 1658), poet |date=2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/5635}}</ref> *[[1676]] – [[Michiel de Ruyter]], Dutch admiral (b. 1607)<ref>{{cite book |title=Merriam Webster's Biographical Dictionary |date=1995 |publisher=Merriam-Webster, Inc. |isbn=9780877797432 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1681159041/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=8ad542c8 |access-date=22 March 2023 |chapter=Michiel Adriaanszoon de Ruyter |via=Gale}}</ref> *[[1707]] – [[George Farquhar]], Irish-English actor and playwright (b. 1678)<ref>{{cite book |title=Almanac of Famous People |date=2011 |publisher=Gale |issn=1040-127X |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1601040308/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=adaa2f48 |access-date=22 March 2023 |chapter=George Farquhar}}</ref> *[[1768]] – [[Georg Brandt]], Swedish chemist and mineralogist (b. 1694)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Gusenius |first1=Edwin M. |title=Beginnings of Greatness in Swedish Chemistry: Georg Brandt, (1694-1768) |journal=Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science |date=Winter 1967 |volume=70 |issue=4 |pages=413–425 |doi=10.2307/3627593 |jstor=3627593}}</ref> *[[1776]] – [[Edward Wortley Montagu (traveller)|Edward Wortley Montagu]], English explorer and author (b. 1713)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Grundy |first1=Isobel |title=Montagu, Edward Wortley (1713–1776), traveller and criminal |date=3 January 2008 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/19013}}</ref> *[[1833]] – [[William Babington (physician)|William Babington]], Anglo-Irish [[physician]] and [[Mineralogy|mineralogist]] (b. 1756)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Payne |first1=J. F. |last2=Thackray |first2=John C. |title=Babington, William (1756–1833), physician and mineralogist |date=8 April 2021 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/977}}</ref> *[[1848]] – [[Chester Ashley]], American politician (b. 1790)<ref>{{CongBio |id=A000311 |name=ASHLEY, Chester |inline=YES}}</ref> *[[1854]] – [[Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey]], English field marshal and politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Ireland]] (b. 1768)<ref>{{cite ODNB |title=Paget [formerly Bayly], Henry William, first marquess of Anglesey (1768–1854), army officer and politician |date=3 January 2008 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/21112}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1903]] – [[Godfrey Carter]], Australian businessman and politician, 39th [[Mayor of Melbourne]] (b. 1830)<ref>{{cite AuDB |first=Henry |last=Rosenbloom |title=Carter, Godfrey Downes (1830–1902) |volume=3 |year=1969 |id2=carter-godfrey-downes-3174 |access-date=20 March 2023}}</ref> * 1903 – [[Paul Du Chaillu]], French-American anthropologist and zoologist (b. 1835)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ravenstein |first1=E. G. |title=Obituary: Paul Belloni du Chaillu |journal=The Geographical Journal |date=1903 |volume=21 |issue=6 |pages=680–681 |jstor=1775671 |issn=0016-7398}}</ref> *[[1905]] – [[Ignacio Cervantes]], Cuban pianist and composer (b. 1847)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=de la Vega |first1=Aurelio |title=Cervantes (Kawanag), Ignacio |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.05311}}</ref> *[[1916]] – [[Jørgen Pedersen Gram]], Danish mathematician and academic (b. 1850)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Nielsen |first1=Niels |title=Dr. J. P. Gram: 27. Juni 1850—29. April 1916 |journal=Nyt Tidsskrift for Matematik |date=1916 |volume=27 |pages=48–53 |jstor=24538026 |language=da |issn=0909-3524}}</ref> *[[1917]] – [[Florence Farr]], British actress, composer and director (b. 1860)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Hyde |first1=Virginia Crosswhite |title=Farr [married name Emery], Florence Beatrice [performing name Mary Lester] (1860–1917), author and mystic |date=23 September 2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/53081}}</ref> *[[1922]] – [[Richard Croker]], Irish American political boss (b. 1843)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Teaford |first1=Jon C. |title=Croker, Richard (1843-1922), New York City political leader |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.0500160}}</ref> *[[1924]] – [[Ernest Fox Nichols]], American educator and physicist (b. 1869)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Brashear |first1=Ronald |title=Nichols, Ernest Fox (1869-1924), physicist and university president |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1302306}}</ref> *[[1925]] – [[Ralph Delahaye Paine]], American journalist and author (b. 1871)<ref>{{cite book |title=Dictionary of American Biography |date=1936 |publisher=Charles Scribner's Sons |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/BT2310006223/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=c209221c |access-date=18 September 2023 |chapter=Ralph Delahaye Paine}}</ref> *[[1933]] – [[Clay Stone Briggs]], American politician (b. 1876)<ref>{{CongBio |id=B000826 |name=BRIGGS, Clay Stone |inline=YES}}</ref> * 1933 – [[Constantine P. Cavafy]], Greek poet and journalist (b. 1863)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Liddell |first1=Robert |title=Cavafy: A Critical Biography |date=1974 |publisher=Duckworth |location=London |isbn=0715607294 |page=206}}</ref> *[[1935]] – [[Leroy Carr]], American singer, songwriter and pianist (b. 1905)<ref>{{cite book |title=Contemporary Black Biography |date=2005 |publisher=Gale |issn=1058-1316 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1606003016/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=fd3621bd |access-date=18 September 2023 |format=Collection |chapter=Leroy Carr |volume=49}}</ref> *[[1937]] – [[William Gillette]], American actor and playwright (b. 1853)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Bordman |first1=Gerald |title=Gillette, William Hooker (1853-1937), actor and playwright |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1602031}}</ref> *[[1943]] – [[Joseph Achron]], Russian composer and violinist (b. 1886)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Glanville-Hicks |first1=Peggy |title=Achron, Joseph |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.00121}}</ref> * 1943 – [[Ricardo Viñes]], Spanish pianist (b. 1875)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Timbrell |first1=Charles |last2=Berrocal |first2=Esperanza |title=Viñes, Ricardo |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.29430}}</ref> *[[1944]] – [[Billy Bitzer]], American cinematographer (b. 1872)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Silet |first1=Charles L. P. |title=Bitzer, Billy (1872-1944), motion picture cameraman |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1800111}}</ref> * 1944 – [[Pyotr Stolyarsky]], Soviet violinist (b. 1871)<ref>{{cite book |title=Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians |date=2001 |publisher=Gale |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K2420011475/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=04b6fe94 |access-date=18 September 2023 |chapter=Piotr Solomonovich Stoliarsky}}</ref> *[[1947]] – [[Irving Fisher]], American economist and statistician (b. 1867)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Porter |first1=Theodore M. |title=Fisher, Irving (1867-1947), economist |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1400190}}</ref> *[[1951]] – [[Ludwig Wittgenstein]], Austrian-English philosopher and academic (b. 1889)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Hacker |first1=P. M. S. |title=Wittgenstein, Ludwig Josef Johann (1889–1951), philosopher |date=25 September 2014 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/36986}}</ref> * [[1956]] – [[Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb]], German field marshal (b. 1876)<ref>{{cite news |title=RITTER VON LEEB, A FIELD MARSHALL; Commander in Drive Through Maginot Line Dies--Ousted for Failure at Leningrad Lost Hitler's Trust Stopped by Defense |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1956/05/01/archives/ritter-von-leeb-a-field-marshall-commander-in-drive-through-maginot.html |access-date=18 September 2023 |work=The New York Times |agency=Associated Press |date=1 May 1956}}</ref> *[[1959]] – [[Kenneth Anderson (British Army officer)|Kenneth Anderson]], English soldier and [[Governor of Gibraltar]] (b. 1891)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Kennedy |first1=J. N. |last2=Stearn |first2=Roger T. |title=Anderson, Sir Kenneth Arthur Noel (1891–1959), army officer |date=6 January 2011 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/30410}}</ref> *[[1966]] – [[William Eccles (physicist)|William Eccles]], English physicist and engineer (b. 1875)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Ratcliffe |first1=J. A. |last2=Procter |first2=Tim |title=Eccles, William Henry (1875–1966), physicist and engineer |date=6 January 2011 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/32965}}</ref> * 1966 – [[Paula Strasberg]], American actress and acting coach (b. 1909)<ref>{{cite news |title=PAULA STRASBERG, DRAMA COACH, DIES; Director's Wife, Ex-Actress, Taught Marilyn Monroe |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1966/05/01/archives/paula-strasberg-drama-coach-dies-directors-wife-exactress-taught.html |access-date=20 March 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=1 May 1966}}</ref> *[[1967]] – [[J. B. Lenoir]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1929)<ref>{{cite book |title=Contemporary Black Biography |date=2014 |publisher=Gale |issn=1058-1316 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1606006468/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=2e0f3bbb |access-date=22 March 2023 |format=Collection |chapter=J. B. Lenoir |volume=117}}</ref> *[[1968]] – [[Aasa Helgesen]], Norwegian midwife (b. 1877)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Aasa Helgesen |first=Ånund |last=Haugland |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |date=4 January 2024 |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Aasa_Helgesen |language=no|access-date=16 March 2024}}</ref> * 1968 – [[Lin Zhao]], Chinese dissident (b. 1932)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lian |first1=Xi |title=Blood letters: The Untold Story of Lin Zhao, a martyr in Mao's China |date=2018 |publisher=Basic Books |location=New York |isbn=9781541644229 |edition=First |chapter=Introduction |quote=On April 29, 1968, she was shot under the orders issued by the Shanghai Military Control Committee of the People's Liberation Army. She was thirty-six. Lin Zhao died...}}</ref> *[[1978]] – [[Theo Helfrich]], German race car driver (b. 1913)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |access-date=28 April 2023 |url=https://www.munzinger.de/document/01000051585 |encyclopedia=Munzinger Sport |title=Theo Helfrich |language=de}}</ref> *[[1979]] – [[Muhsin Ertuğrul]], Turkish actor and director (b. 1892)<ref>{{cite web |title=Ertuğrul, Muhsin, 1892-1979 |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88118530.html |publisher=[[Library of Congress]] |access-date=28 April 2023}}</ref> * 1979 – [[Hardie Gramatky]], American author and illustrator (b. 1907)<ref>{{cite news |title=Hardie Gramatky, 72; Writer and Illustrator Of 'Little Toot' Books |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/05/01/archives/hardie-gramatky-72-writer-and-illustrator-of-little-toot-books.html |access-date=18 March 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=1 May 1979}}</ref> *[[1980]] – [[Alfred Hitchcock]], English-American director and producer (b. 1899)<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=McCarthy |first1=Todd |title=Alfred Hitchcock Dies Of Natural Causes At Bel-Air Home |url=https://variety.com/1980/film/news/alfred-hitchcock-dies-of-natural-causes-at-bel-air-home-1201344342/ |access-date=18 March 2023 |magazine=Variety |date=30 April 1980}}</ref> *[[1982]] – [[Raymond Bussières]], French actor, producer and screenwriter (b. 1907)<ref>{{cite web |title=Bussières, Raymond 1907-1982 |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6pg2tt9 |publisher=Social Networks and Archival Context |access-date=28 April 2023}}</ref> *[[1992]] – [[Mae Clarke]], American actress (b. 1910)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Grimes |first1=William |title=Mae Clarke, 81, Actress in Variety Of Movies, Is Dead |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/05/01/arts/mae-clarke-81-actress-in-variety-of-movies-is-dead.html |access-date=18 March 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=1 May 1992}}</ref> *[[1993]] – [[Michael Gordon (film director)|Michael Gordon]], American actor and director (b. 1909)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Turner |first1=Adrian |title=Obituary: Michael Gordon |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-michael-gordon-2321027.html |access-date=18 March 2023 |work=The Independent |date=4 May 1993 |language=en}}</ref> * 1993 – [[Mick Ronson]], English guitarist, songwriter and producer (b. 1946)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Salewicz |first1=Chris |title=Obituary: Mick Ronson |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-mick-ronson-2320790.html |access-date=18 March 2023 |work=The Independent |date=3 May 1993 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1997]] – [[Mike Royko]], American journalist and author (b. 1932)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pearson |first1=Richard |title=FAMED CHICAGO COLUMNIST MIKE ROYKO DIES AT AGE 64 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1997/04/30/famed-chicago-columnist-mike-royko-dies-at-age-64/72e75663-21c3-4ee2-b4af-22fb6ab10cbd/ |access-date=18 March 2023 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=30 April 1997}}</ref> *[[2000]] – [[Phạm Văn Đồng]], Vietnamese lieutenant and politician, 2nd [[Prime Minister of Vietnam]] (b. 1906)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Templer |first1=Robert |title=Pham Van Dong |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/may/03/guardianobituaries |access-date=18 March 2023 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=3 May 2000}}</ref> *[[2001]] – [[Arthur B. C. Walker Jr.]], American physicist and academic (b. 1936)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Glanz |first1=James |title=Arthur Walker, 64, Scientist and Mentor, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/09/us/arthur-walker-64-scientist-and-mentor-dies.html |access-date=18 March 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=9 May 2001}}</ref> *[[2002]] – [[Bob Akin]], American race car driver and journalist (b. 1936)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Litsky |first1=Frank |title=Bob Akin, 66, Auto Racer Who Won at Sebring Twice |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/03/sports/bob-akin-66-auto-racer-who-won-at-sebring-twice.html |access-date=18 March 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=3 May 2002}}</ref> *[[2003]] – [[Janko Bobetko]], Croatian Army general and Chief of the General Staff (b. 1919)<ref>{{cite news |title=Janko Bobetko Dies |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2003/04/30/janko-bobetko-dies/87cefea1-fc23-460c-bd5c-004e5ab421a1/ |access-date=18 March 2023 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=30 April 2003}}</ref> *[[2004]] – [[John Henniker-Major, 8th Baron Henniker|John Henniker-Major]], British diplomat and civil servant (b. 1916)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Peter |title=Lord Henniker |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/may/04/guardianobituaries.obituaries |access-date=18 September 2023 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=4 May 2004}}</ref> *[[2005]] – [[William J. Bell]], American screenwriter and producer (b. 1927)<ref>{{cite news |title=William J. Bell, 78, Creator of Soap Operas, Is Dead |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/03/arts/television/william-j-bell-78-creator-of-soap-operas-is-dead.html |access-date=18 March 2023 |work=The New York Times |agency=Associated Press |date=3 May 2005}}</ref> * 2005 – [[Louis Leithold]], American mathematician and academic (b. 1924)<ref>{{cite news |title=Louis Leithold, an Innovator in the Teaching of Calculus, Dies at 80 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/10/us/louis-leithold-an-innovator-in-the-teaching-of-calculus-dies-at-80.html |access-date=18 March 2023 |work=The New York Times |agency=Associated Press |date=10 May 2005}}</ref> *[[2006]] – [[John Kenneth Galbraith]], Canadian-American economist and diplomat, [[United States Ambassador to India]] (b. 1908)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Noble |first1=Holcomb B. |last2=Martin |first2=Douglas |title=John Kenneth Galbraith, 97, Dies; Economist Held a Mirror to Society |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/30/obituaries/john-kenneth-galbraith-97-dies-economist-held-a-mirror-to.html |access-date=18 March 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=30 April 2006}}</ref> *[[2007]] – [[Josh Hancock]], American baseball player (b. 1978)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fallstrom |first1=R. B. |title=Cardinals reliever Josh Hancock killed in car crash |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/cardinals-reliever-josh-hancock-killed-in-car-crash/ |access-date=18 March 2023 |work=The Seattle Times |date=29 April 2007}}</ref> * 2007 – [[Dick Motz]], New Zealand cricketer and rugby player (b. 1940)<ref>{{cite news |title=Dick Motz |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1550781/Dick-Motz.html |access-date=18 March 2023 |work=The Telegraph |date=7 May 2007}}</ref> * 2007 – [[Ivica Račan]], Croatian politician, 7th [[Prime Minister of Croatia]] (b. 1944)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Traynor |first1=Ian |title=Ivica Racan |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/apr/30/guardianobituaries.obituaries |access-date=18 March 2023 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=29 April 2007}}</ref> *[[2008]] – [[Gordon Bradley]], English-American footballer (b. 1933)<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Hugman |editor1-first=Barry J. |title=The PFA Premier & Football League players' records 1946-2015 |date=2015 |publisher=Hextable |isbn=9781782811671 |page=103 |edition=First}}</ref> * 2008 – [[Albert Hofmann]], Swiss chemist and academic (b. 1906)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Craig S. |title=Albert Hofmann, the Father of LSD, Dies at 102 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/30/world/europe/30hofmann.html |access-date=18 March 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=30 April 2008}}</ref> *[[2010]] – [[Avigdor Arikha]], French-Israeli artist, printmaker and art historian (b. 1929)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fox |first1=Margalit |title=Avigdor Arikha, Artist of the Everyday, Is Dead at 81 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/01/arts/01arikha.html |access-date=18 September 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=1 May 2010}}</ref> *[[2011]] – [[Siamak Pourzand]], Iranian journalist and critic (b. 1931)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/iran/2011/04/110430_l17_pourzand_suicide.shtml |script-title=fa:'سیامک پورزند خودکشی کرده است' |language=fa |work=BBC Persian |date=30 April 2011 |access-date=18 March 2023 |trans-title=Siamak Pourzand has committed suicide}}</ref> * 2011 – [[Joanna Russ]], American writer, academic and radical feminist (b. 1937)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Priest |first1=Christopher |title=Joanna Russ obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/may/12/joanna-russ-obituary |access-date=18 March 2023 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=12 May 2011}}</ref> *[[2012]] – [[Shukri Ghanem]], Libyan politician, 22nd [[Prime Minister of Libya]] (b. 1942)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mostyn |first1=Trevor |title=Shukri Ghanem obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/may/08/shukri-ghanem |access-date=18 March 2023 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=8 May 2012}}</ref> * 2012 – [[Joel Goldsmith]], American composer and conductor (b. 1957)<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Burlingame |first1=Jon |title=Composer Joel Goldsmith dies at 54 |url=https://variety.com/2012/music/news/composer-joel-goldsmith-dies-at-54-1118053333/ |access-date=18 March 2023 |magazine=Variety |date=30 April 2012}}</ref> * 2012 – [[Roland Moreno]]. French engineer, invented the [[smart card]] (b. 1945)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Schofield |first1=Jack |title=Roland Moreno obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2012/apr/30/roland-moreno |access-date=18 March 2023 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=30 April 2012}}</ref> * 2012 – [[Kenny Roberts (musician)|Kenny Roberts]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1926)<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Waddell |first1=Ray |title=Kenny Roberts, Famed Singing Cowboy Yodeler, Dies |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/kenny-roberts-famed-singing-cowboy-yodeler-dies-1097352/ |access-date=18 March 2023 |magazine=Billboard |date=30 April 2012}}</ref> *[[2013]] – [[Alex Elisala]], New Zealand-Australian rugby player (b. 1992)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Garry |first1=Chris |title=Queensland Cutters picking up the pieces after death of Alex Elisala |url=https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/nsw/queensland-cutters-picking-up-the-pieces-after-death-of-alex-elisala-ng-2e0aad9ee6fe1c10cd38426d3af5da51 |access-date=18 March 2023 |work=[[The Sunday Times (Western Australia)|The Sunday Times]] |date=9 May 2013 |language=en}}</ref> * 2013 – [[Pesah Grupper]], Israeli politician, 13th [[Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Israel)|Israel Minister of Agriculture]] (b. 1924)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aderet |first1=Ofer |title=Pessah Grupper, Former Agriculture Minister and Long-serving Knesset Member, Dies at 89 |url=https://www.haaretz.com/2013-04-30/ty-article/.premium/pessah-grupper-ex-ag-min-dies-at-89/0000017f-df29-d3a5-af7f-ffaf9c890000 |access-date=27 March 2023 |work=Haaretz |date=30 April 2013 |language=en}}</ref> * 2013 – [[John La Montaine]], American pianist and composer (b. 1920)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Vitello |first1=Paul |title=John LaMontaine, Pulitzer-Winning Composer, Dies at 93 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/15/arts/music/john-lamontaine-composer-dies-at-93.html |access-date=18 March 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=15 May 2013}}</ref> * 2013 – [[Kevin Moore (footballer, born 1958)|Kevin Moore]], English footballer (b. 1958)<ref name=moore /> * 2013 – [[Marianna Zachariadi]], Greek pole vaulter (b. 1990)<ref>{{cite news |title=Cyprus pole vault champ dead at 23 |url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/sports/347688/cyprus-pole-vault-champ-dead-at-23 |access-date=18 March 2023 |work=The Bangkok Post |date=30 April 2013 |language=en}}</ref> *[[2014]] – [[Iveta Bartošová]], Czech singer and actress (b. 1966)<ref>{{cite news |title=Pop star Iveta Bartošová dies |url=https://www.praguepost.com/142-culture/38726-pop-star-iveta-bartosova-dies |access-date=18 March 2023 |work=The Prague Post |date=29 April 2014}}</ref> * 2014 – [[Al Feldstein]], American author and illustrator (b. 1925)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Carlson |first1=Michael |title=Al Feldstein obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/may/11/al-feldstein |access-date=18 March 2023 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=11 May 2014}}</ref> * 2014 – [[Bob Hoskins]], English actor (b. 1942)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gilbey |first1=Ryan |title=Bob Hoskins obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/apr/30/bob-hoskins |access-date=18 March 2023 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=30 April 2014}}</ref> *[[2015]] – [[François Michelin]], French businessman (b. 1926)<ref>{{cite news |title=François Michelin, businessman - obituary |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11589638/Francois-Michelin-businessman-obituary.html |access-date=18 March 2023 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]] |date=7 May 2015}}</ref> * 2015 – [[Jean Nidetch]], American businesswoman, co-founded [[WW International|Weight Watchers]] (b. 1923)<ref>{{cite news |last1=McFadden |first1=Robert D. |title=Jean Nidetch, a Founder of Weight Watchers, Dies at 91 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/30/business/jean-nidetch-dies-at-91-co-founder-of-weight-watchers-and-dynamic-speaker.html |access-date=18 March 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=29 April 2015}}</ref> * 2015 – [[Calvin Peete]], American golfer (b. 1943)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Weber |first1=Bruce |title=Calvin Peete, 71, a Racial Pioneer on the PGA Tour, Is Dead |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/30/sports/calvin-peete-71-a-pioneer-on-the-pga-tour-is-dead.html |access-date=18 March 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=30 April 2015}}</ref> * 2015 – [[Dan Walker (politician)|Dan Walker]], American lawyer and politician, 36th [[Governor of Illinois]] (b. 1922)<ref>{{cite news |title=Dan Walker, 92, Dies; Illinois Governor and Later a U.S. Prisoner |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/30/us/dan-walker-92-dies-illinois-governor-and-later-a-us-prisoner.html |access-date=18 March 2023 |work=The New York Times |agency=Associated Press |date=30 April 2015}}</ref> *[[2016]] – [[Dmytro Hnatyuk]], Ukrainian singer (b. 1925)<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 April 2016 |title=Newspaper: Ukrainian opera singer Dmytro Hnatyuk passes away |url=https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/340995.html |access-date=29 April 2025 |website=[[Interfax-Ukraine]]}}</ref> *2016 – [[Renato Corona]], Filipino lawyer and jurist, 23rd [[Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines]] (b. 1948)<ref>{{cite news |title=Former Chief Justice Renato Corona dies |url=http://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2016/04/29/Former-Chief-Justice-Renato-Corona-dies.html |access-date=18 March 2023 |work=CNN Philippines |date=29 April 2016 |language=en |archive-date=18 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318114254/http://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2016/04/29/Former-Chief-Justice-Renato-Corona-dies.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> *[[2017]] – [[R. Vidyasagar Rao]], Indian bureaucrat and activist (b. 1939)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chintala |first1=Prashanth |title=Telangana irrigation expert R. Vidyasagar Rao dies aged 77 |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/telangana-irrigation-expert-r-vidyasagar-rao-dies-aged-78/article18302848.ece |access-date=27 March 2023 |work=The Hindu |date=29 April 2017 |language=en-IN}}</ref> *[[2018]] – [[Luis García Meza]], Bolivian general, 57th [[President of Bolivia]] (b. 1929)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Roberts |first1=Sam |title=Luis García Meza, Bolivian Dictator Jailed for Genocide, Dies at 88 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/02/obituaries/luis-garcia-meza-bolivian-dictator-jailed-for-genocide-dies-at-88.html |access-date=27 March 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=2 May 2018}}</ref> * 2018 – [[Michael Martin, Baron Martin of Springburn|Michael Martin]], British politician (b. 1945)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bates |first1=Stephen |title=Lord Martin of Springburn obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/apr/29/lord-martin-of-springburn-obituary |access-date=27 March 2023 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=29 April 2018}}</ref> *[[2019]] – [[Josef Šural]], Czech footballer (b. 1990)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Miller |first1=Joshua Rhett |title=Soccer star Josef Sural dies in crash after two bus drivers fall asleep |url=https://nypost.com/2019/04/29/soccer-star-josef-sural-dies-in-crash-after-two-bus-drivers-fall-asleep/ |access-date=18 March 2023 |work=New York Post |date=29 April 2019}}</ref> *[[2020]] – [[Irrfan Khan]], Indian actor (b. 1967)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gilbey |first1=Ryan |title=Irrfan Khan obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/apr/30/irrfan-khan-obituary |access-date=27 March 2023 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=30 April 2020}}</ref> * 2020 – [[Guido Münch]], Mexican astronomer and astrophysicist (b. 1921)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Munch |first1=Christopher |title=Guido Münch (1921–2020) |journal=Bulletin of the AAS |date=28 July 2020 |volume=52 |issue=2 |doi=10.3847/25c2cfeb.331d8c78|s2cid=225364505 |doi-access=free }}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[Cate Haste]], English author (b. 1945)<ref>{{cite news |first1=Hella |last1=Pick |date=7 May 2021 |title=Cate Haste obituary |url=http://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/may/07/cate-haste-obituary|access-date=8 May 2021 |work=[[The Guardian]] |language=en}}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Joanna Barnes]], American actress and writer (b. 1934)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sandomir |first1=Richard |title=Joanna Barnes, Actress in 'The Parent Trap' and Its Remake, Dies at 87 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/12/movies/joanna-barnes-dead.html |access-date=27 March 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=12 May 2022}}</ref> *[[2023]] – [[Padma Desai]], Indian-American development economist (b. 1931)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Singh |first1=N. K. |title=Padma Desai (1931-2023): Influential academic, a thinker ahead of her times |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/padma-desai-1931-2023-influential-academic-a-thinker-ahead-of-her-times-8592209/ |access-date=18 September 2023 |work=The Indian Express |date=5 May 2023 |language=en}}</ref> <!--Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence.-->
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