Deaths in April 2023

The following is a list of deaths that happened in April 2023. For deaths that should be noted before the month that the world is in, please see "Months". Names under each date are noted in the order of the alphabet by last name or pseudonym. Deaths of non-humans are noted here also if it is worth noting.

Each listing of death must have a source. If no reference is included, the death notice will be removed. The following are the requirements of adding a name to the list in its order: name, age, where they came from, what the person is known for, cause of death (if known), and a source.

April

1

• Amarasiri Kalansuriya, 82, Sri Lankan actor (Hanthane Kathawa, Akkara Paha, Bambaru Avith).^[1]
• Albert Ndele, 92, Congolese economist and politician.^[2]
• Hristo Zhivkov, 48, Bulgarian actor (The Passion of the Christ, The Profession of Arms, Barbarossa).^[3]

2

• Salim Durani, 88, Afghan-born Indian cricketer (Gujarat, Rajasthan, national team).^[4]
• Judy Farrell, 84, American actress (M*A*S*H) and screenwriter (Port Charles), complications from a stroke.^[5]
• Costumes Krishna, Indian actor (Bharat Bandh, Devullu, Malli Malli Chudali), film producer and costume designer.^[6]
• Seymour Stein, 80, American Hall of Fame music executive, founder of Sire Records.^[7]

3

• Heklina, 55, American drag queen and actor.^[8]
• Nigel Lawson, 91, British politician, MP (1974–1992) and member of the House of Lords (1992–2022), chancellor of the Exchequer (1983–1989).^[9]

4

• Andrés García, 81, Dominican-Mexican actor (Tú o nadie, The Bermuda Triangle, Manaos).^[10]

5

• Bill Butler, 101, American cinematographer (Jaws, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Grease).^[11]
• Duško Gojković, 91, Serbian jazz trumpeter, composer, and arranger.^[12]
• Sergio Gori, 77, Italian footballer (Inter, Cagliari, Juventus).^[13]
• Ian McIntosh, 84, Zimbabwean rugby union coach (Natal, South Africa national team, Zimbabwe national team), cancer.^[14]
• Sudhir Naik, 78, Indian cricketer (Mumbai, national team).^[15]
• Kiumars Pourahmad, 73, Iranian film director (Strange Sisters, The Night Bus, Blade and Termeh), screenwriter, and producer, suicide.^[16]

6

• Paul Cattermole, 46, English singer (S Club 7).^[17]
• Ingvar Hirdwall, 88, Swedish actor (Beck, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Children's Island).^[18]

7

• Ian Bairnson, 69, Scottish musician.
• Ben Ferencz, 103, Hungarian-American lawyer (Einsatzgruppen trial).^[19]
• Rachel Pollack, 77, American author (Unquenchable Fire) and comic book writer (Doom Patrol), Hodgkin lymphoma.^[20]

8

• Elizabeth Hubbard, 89, American actress (The Doctors, As the World Turns, Ordinary People), cancer.^[21]
• Djene Kaba Condé, 62–63, Guinean socialite, first lady (2010–2021).^[22]
• Michael Lerner, 81, American actor (Barton Fink, Eight Men Out, X-Men: Days of Future Past).^[23]
• Kenneth McAlpine, 102, English racing driver.^[24]

9

• Richard Ng, 83, Hong Kong actor (The Private Eyes, Winners and Sinners, Beyond the Sunset), cardiac arrest.^[25]

10

• Al Jaffee, 102, American cartoonist (Mad, Trump, Humbug).^[26]
• Pierre Lacotte, 91, French ballet dancer and choreographer.^[27]

11

• Emlain Kabua, 95, Marshallese socialite, designer of the national flag.^[28]
• Lotti Krekel, 81, German actress (The True Jacob, Willy the Private Detective, Robert and Bertram) and singer.^[29]
• Maeliosa Stafford, Irish-Australian actor (The Fantasist, Quigley Down Under, Me Myself I) and stage director.^[30]
• John Olsen, 95, Australian visual artist.^[31]
• Anne Perry, 84, British writer and convicted murderer.^[32]

12

• Uttara Baokar, 79, Indian actress.
• Jacques Gaillot, 87, French Roman Catholic prelate and social activist, bishop of Évreux (1982–1995).^[33]

13

• Craig Breen, 33, Irish rally driver.
• Dame Mary Quant, 93, British fashion designer.^[34]
• Thubten Zopa Rinpoche, 76, Nepali Tibetan Buddhist lama, founder of FPMT, respiratory failure.^[35]

14

• Ken Archer, 95, Australian cricketer (Queensland, national team) and broadcaster.^[36]
• Kensei Mizote, 80, Japanese politician.
• Murray Melvin, 90, English actor (Alfie, Lisztomania, Barry Lyndon).^[37]
• Mark Sheehan, 46, Irish guitarist (The Script).^[38]
• Garn Stephens, 87, American actress.

15

• Faith Thomas, 90, Australian cricketer and hockey player.^[39]

16

• Eddie Colquhoun, 78, Scottish footballer.

17

• Oleh Barna, 55, Ukrainian human rights activist and politician, MP (2014–2019), shot.^[40]
• Maxine Klibingaitis, 58, Australian actress.
• April Stevens, 93, American singer ("Deep Purple", "Whispering"), Grammy winner (1964).^[41]

18

• Albert del Rosario, 83, Filipino diplomat, secretary of foreign affairs (2011–2016) and ambassador to the United States (2001–2006).^[42]
• Charles Stanley, 90, American pastor and televangelist, president of the Southern Baptist Convention (1984–1986) and founder of In Touch Ministries.^[43]

19

• Bob Maguire, 88, Australian Roman Catholic.
• Richard Riordan, 92, American investment banker, businessman and politician, mayor of Los Angeles (1993–2001).^[44]
• Bud Shuster, 91, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1973–2001), complications from a fractured hip.^[45]

20

• Rana Cabbar, 78, Turkish actor.

21

• Trilochan Kanugo, 82, Indian Politician, MP (1999-2004), old age

22

• Mudar Badran, 89, Jordanian politician, prime minister (1976–1979, 1980–1984, 1989–1991).^[46]
• Mike Coulman, 78, English rugby league (Salford, national team) and union (national team) player. (death announced on this date)
• Herb Douglas, 101, American long jumper, Olympic bronze medalist (1948).^[47]
• Len Goodman, 78, English ballroom dancer, television presenter, and coach (Strictly Come Dancing, Dancing with the Stars), bone cancer.^[48]
• Barry Humphries, 89, Australian comedian (Dame Edna Everage), actor (Bedazzled, Finding Nemo) and satirist, complications from hip surgery.^[49]
• Mick Loftus, 93, Irish Gaelic footballer (Mayo) and sports administrator, president of the Gaelic Athletic Association(1985–1988).

23

• Nikolay Bortsov, 77, Russian politican.
• Dale Meeks, 47, English actor (Emmerdale, Byker Grove).^[50]

24

• Tarek Fatah, 73, Pakistani-Canadian journalist (Toronto Sun) and writer, cancer.^[51]

25

• Alapati Lui Mataeliga, 70, Samoan Roman Catholic prelate.
• Harry Belafonte, 96, American singer.
• Gennadi Bogachyov, 78, Russian actor (Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, Speed, Simple Things).^[52]

26

• Jerry Apodaca, 88, American politician.

27

• Giovanni Lombardo Radice, 68, Italian actor (The House on the Edge of the Park, Cannibal Apocalypse, City of the Living Dead).^[53]
• Ramiro Oliveros, 82, Spanish actor (Cannibal Apocalypse, Naked Therapy, Death's Newlyweds).^[54]
• Kaur Singh, 74, Indian Olympia boxer.
• Jerry Springer, 79, British-born American television host (The Jerry Springer Show, America's Got Talent) and politician, mayor of Cincinnati (1977–1978), pancreatic cancer.^[55]
• Barbara Young, 92, English actress (Coronation Street, I, Claudius, Last of the Summer Wine).^[56]

28

• Tim Bachman, 71, Canadian guitarist (Bachman-Turner Overdrive).^[57]
• Taini Jamison, 97, New Zealand netball coach (national team).^[58]
• Peter Lilienthal, 93, German film director (David, Das Autogramm, Dear Mr. Wonderful).^[59]

29

• Sergei Kolesnikov, 68, Russian actor (Man with an Accordion, Daddy, Cold Souls) and TV presenter.^[60]

30

• Jock Zonfrillo, 46, Scottish-Australian chef and television presenter (MasterChef Australia).^[61]

References

1. Veteran actor Amarasiri Kalansuriya passed away
2. People: First governor of Congo central bank dies aged 92
3. На 48-годишна възраст си отиде актьорът Христо Живков (in Bulgarian)
4. Former India cricketer Salim Durani passes away aged 88
5. M*A*S*H Star Judy Farrell Dead at 84 after Suffering Stroke
6. Yesteryear Actor & Producer Costumes Krishna Passes Away; Tollywood Mourns His Death
7. Seymour Stein, Legendary Music Exec Who Signed Madonna and Talking Heads, Dies at 80
8. SF drag legend Heklina reportedly has passed away
9. Former chancellor Nigel Lawson dies at the age of 91 (subscription required)
10. Muere Andrés García tras su lucha contra la cirrosis hepática Archived 2023-04-05 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
11. Bill Butler, Cinematographer on ‘Jaws’, Dies at 101
12. Preminuo čuveni džez trubač Duško Gojković (in Serbian)
13. È morto Bobo Gori, aveva 77 anni. Vinse quattro scudetti con Inter, Cagliari e Juventus (in Italian)
14. Former Springbok rugby coach, Sharks legend Ian McIntosh dies
15. Former India opener Sudhir Naik passes away
16. Veteran Iranian filmmaker Kiumars Pourahmad passes away
17. Paul Cattermole: S Club 7 star dies aged 46
18. Ingvar Hirdwall är död (in Swedish)
19. Ben Ferencz, former Nuremberg trials prosecutor who secured convictions of Nazi death squad commanders, dies at 103
20. Rachel Pollack, Trailblazing Doom Patrol Writer, Dies at 77
21. Elizabeth Hubbard, Soap Star on ‘As the World Turns’ and ‘The Doctors,’ Dies at 89
22. Wife of ousted Guinea president Alpha Conde dies in Paris
23. Michael Lerner, ‘Barton Fink’ Actor, Dies at 81
24. "McAlpine". Archived from the original on 2023-04-17. Retrieved 2023-05-04.(subscription required)
25. Iconic Hong Kong comedian Richard Ng dies aged 83
26. Al Jaffee: 1921-2023
27. Décès à 91 ans de l'éminent chorégraphe de ballet Pierre Lacotte (in French)
28. 活動剪影 (in Chinese)
29. Schauspielerin, Sängerin, Urkölnerin - Lotti Krekel ist tot (in German)
30. Actor and director Maeliosa Stafford has died
31. John Olsen, acclaimed artist and Archibald winner, dead at 95
32. Anne Perry, killer turned crime writer, dies aged 84
33. Jacques Gaillot, ancien évêque et figure contestataire de l’épiscopat, est mort (in French)
34. Dame Mary Quant: Fashion designer dies aged 93
35. Buddhist teacher Lama Zopa Rinpoche, co-founder of FPMT, dies at 76
36. More than a cricketer: Farewell to Ken Archer
37. Iconic ‘Torchwood’ and ‘Phantom Of The Opera’ star passes away aged 90
38. The Script guitarist Mark Sheehan has died at the age of 46
39. Faith Thomas, Australia’s pioneering Indigenous cricketer, dies aged 90
40. Напередодні свого дня народження: на фронті загинув військовий і екснардеп Олег Барна (in Ukrainian)
41. April Stevens (1929–2023), Deep Purple singer with Nino Tempo
42. Albert Del Rosario, who won Philippines' maritime case vs China, dies at 83
43. Dr. Charles Stanley, influential Atlanta faith leader and author, dies at 90
44. Former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan dies at 92
45. Bud Shuster, former Pennsylvania congressman, dies at 91^{[permanent dead link]}
46. "Former PM Mudar Badran passes away". Archived from the original on 2023-04-27. Retrieved 2023-05-04.
47. Oldest living U.S. Olympic medalist, Herb Douglas, a University of Pittsburgh alumnus, has died at 101
48. Former Strictly Come Dancing judge Len Goodman has died, according to reports
49. Barry Humphries, Australian icon who played Dame Edna, dies at 89
50. Dale Meeks dies at 47 as tributes pour in for Emmerdale and Byker Grove star
51. Pakistani-Canadian Writer Tarek Fatah Dies At 73, Tributes Pour In
52. Умер народный артист России Геннадий Богачев (in Russian)
53. È morto a 68 anni l'attore e sceneggiatore Giovanni Lombardo Radice (in Italian)
54. Muere el actor Ramiro Oliveros, marido de Concha Márquez Piquer, a los 82 años (in Spanish)
55. Jerry Springer, former Cincinnati mayor and talk show host, dead at 79
56. ‘Warm-hearted and talented’ Coronation Street actress Barbara Young dies aged 92
57. Tim Bachman, Co-Founder of Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Dies
58. Legendary Silver Ferns coach Taini Jamison dies
59. Regisseur Peter Lilienthal gestorben (in German)
60. Умер ведущий "Фазенды" Сергей Колесников (in Russian)
61. Jock Zonfrillo, MasterChef Australia judge and chef, dies aged 46

Other websites

• The Guardian, UK obituaries
• The Telegraph obituaries
• Obituaries, Chicago Tribune
• Obituaries, Los Angeles Times
• The New York Times, US obituaries
• The Washington Post obituaries
• The Sydney Morning Herald, Australian obituaries

Preceded by Deaths in 2022

Deaths by year

Succeeded by Deaths in 2024