page_title: Deaths in April 2015
section_title: April 2015
hierarchical_section_title: Deaths in April 2015 / April 2015
caption_attribution_description: English: American satirist Stan Freberg at the San Diego ComicCon 2009.
context_page_description: The following is a list of notable deaths in April 2015.
  Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, cause of death, reference are added.
context_section_description: April 1 - Misao Okawa, 117, Japanese supercentenarian, world's oldest living person, heart failure.
  April 1 - Nicolae Rainea, 81, Romanian football referee (FIFA World Cup (1974, 1978, 1982), UEFA Euro 1980 Final), cardiac arrest.
  April 1 - John Paul Hammerschmidt, 92, American politician, member of United States House of Representatives from Arkansas (1967–1993), heart and respiratory failure.
  April 1 - Eddie LeBaron, 85, American football player (Washington Redskins, Dallas Cowboys).
  April 1 - Cynthia Lennon, 75, British artist, ex-wife of John Lennon, cancer.
  April 2 - Luis Delgado Aparicio, 74, Peruvian politician, MP (1995–2001), pancreatic cancer.
  April 2 - Manoel de Oliveira, 106, Portuguese movie director and screenwriter, heart failure.
  April 2 - Olga Sawicka, 83, Polish dancer and choreographer.
  April 2 - Robert H. Schuller, 88, American televangelist (Hour of Power), esophageal cancer.
  April 2 - Rudolph R. Perz, 89, American advertising executive, creator of the Pillsbury Doughboy.
  April 2 - Doug Sax, 79, American audio mastering engineer, cancer.
  April 2 - Steve Stevaert, 60, Belgian politician, Chairman of the SP.a (2003–2005), Governor of Limburg (2005–2009).
  April 2 - Abdelhadi Tazi, 94, Moroccan scholar and diplomat.
  April 3 - Nigel Boocock, 77, British speedway rider.
  April 3 - Bob Burns, 64, American drummer (Lynyrd Skynyrd), traffic collision.
  April 3 - Mathias Gnädinger, 74, Swiss actor (The Boat Is Full, Journey of Hope), cancer.
  April 3 - Shmuel Wosner, 101, Austrian-born Israeli Haredi rabbi.
  April 3 - Sarah Brady, 73, American gun control campaigner, wife of James Brady, pneumonia.
  April 3 - Kayahan, 66, Turkish musician, cancer.
  April 3 - Robert Rietti, 92, British-born Italian actor.
  April 3 - Vivian Nathan, 98, American actress (Klute).
  April 4 - Elmer Lach, 97, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens), stroke.
  April 4 - Jamaluddin Jarjis, 63, Malaysian politician, MP for Rompin (1990-2015), helicopter crash.
  April 4 - Klaus Rifbjerg, 83, Danish writer (Anna, I, Anna), recipient of the Nordic Council's Literature Prize (1970).
  April 4 - Donald N. Levine, 83, American sociologist.
  April 4 - Ira Lewis, 82, American actor and playwright (Chinese Coffee), problems after open heart surgery.
  April 5 - Fredric Brandt, 65, American dermatologist, suicide by hanging.
  April 5 - Richard Dysart, 86, American character actor (L.A. Law, Being There, The Thing).
  April 5 - Tom Towles, 65, American actor (Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, Miami Vice, The Rock).
  April 5 - Julie Wilson, 90, American actress (Kiss Me, Kate, Legs Diamond, The Secret Storm), complications from a stroke.
  April 5 - Juan Carlos Cáceres, 79, Argentine tango musician and painter, cancer.
  April 5 - Lon Simmons, 91, American sports broadcaster.
  April 5 - Gordon Moyes, 76, Australian radio evangelist and politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council (2002–2011).
  April 6 - Dollard St. Laurent, 85, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens, Chicago Blackhawks).
  April 6 - Romualdas Ozolas, 76, Lithuanian politician, signatory of the 1990 Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania.
  April 6 - Dave Ulliott, 61, English professional poker player, colon cancer.
  April 6 - Gertrude Weaver, 116, American supercentenarian, world's oldest person, pneumonia.
  April 6 - Giovanni Berlinguer, 90, Italian politician, MEP (2004–2009).
  April 6 - John Papit, 86, American football player (Washington Redskins, Green Bay Packers), stroke.
  April 6 - Ray Charles, 96, American musician (The Perry Como Show, The Muppet Show).
  April 6 - James Best, 88, American actor (The Dukes of Hazzard, Ride Lonesome, Sounder), complications from pneumonia.
  April 6 - Ben Powers, 64, American actor (Good Times).
  April 6 - Hardijs Baumanis, 47, Latvian diplomat, ambassador to Lithuania and Azerbaijan.
  April 7 - Jean Germain, 67, French politician, suicide by firearm.
  April 7 - Richard Henyekane, 31, South African footballer, traffic collision.
  April 7 - Tim Babcock, 95, American politician, Governor of Montana (1962–1969).
  April 7 - Stan Freberg
caption: Stan Freberg 1926-2015
exif: {"Image PhotometricInterpretation": "2", "Image Make": "NIKON CORPORATION", "Image Model": "NIKON D90", "Image Orientation": "Horizontal (normal)", "Image XResolution": "72", "Image YResolution": "72", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image Software": "Ver.1.00", "Image DateTime": "2009:07:24 16:20:57", "Image ExifOffset": "208", "EXIF ExposureTime": "1/160", "EXIF FNumber": "14/5", "EXIF ExposureProgram": "Aperture Priority", "EXIF ISOSpeedRatings": "1600", "EXIF DateTimeOriginal": "2009:07:24 16:20:57", "EXIF DateTimeDigitized": "2009:07:24 16:20:57", "EXIF ExposureBiasValue": "-2/3", "EXIF MaxApertureValue": "3", "EXIF MeteringMode": "Pattern", "EXIF LightSource": "Unknown", "EXIF Flash": "Flash did not fire", "EXIF FocalLength": "200", "EXIF SubSecTime": "00", "EXIF SubSecTimeOriginal": "00", "EXIF SubSecTimeDigitized": "00", "EXIF ColorSpace": "sRGB", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "1059", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "1542", "EXIF SensingMethod": "One-chip color area", "EXIF CustomRendered": "Normal", "EXIF ExposureMode": "Auto Exposure", "EXIF WhiteBalance": "Auto", "EXIF DigitalZoomRatio": "1", "EXIF FocalLengthIn35mmFilm": "300", "EXIF SceneCaptureType": "Standard", "EXIF GainControl": "High gain up", "EXIF Contrast": "Normal", "EXIF Saturation": "Normal", "EXIF Sharpness": "Normal", "EXIF SubjectDistanceRange": "0"}