Welcome! Check out today's deaths, recent deaths, or our deaths stats.
Feeling experimental? Head on over to our newest (and darkest) feature: Next-2-Die™ predictions
April 2nd
226 Notable deaths
Jack Kruschen
Canadian actor (1922-2002).
Born March 20th, 1922 in Winnipeg.
Died April 2nd, 2002 at 80 years old in Kelowna.
Hayley Okines
British activist (1997–2015).
Born December 3rd, 1997 in Arrington.
Died April 2nd, 2015 at 17 years old in Bexhill-on-Sea (pneumonia, progeria).
John Barth
American writer (1930–2024).
Born May 27th, 1930 in Cambridge.
Died April 2nd, 2024 at 93 years old in Bonita Springs. [ref]
John Sinclair
American poet (1941–2024).
Born October 2nd, 1941 in Flint.
Died April 2nd, 2024 at 82 years old in Detroit (heart failure). [ref]
Milo O'Shea
Irish american actor (1926-2013).
Born June 2nd, 1926 in Dublin.
Died April 2nd, 2013 at 86 years old in Manhattan.
Seymour Stein
American music executive (1942–2023).
Born April 18th, 1942 in Brooklyn.
Died April 2nd, 2023 at 80 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Juan Vicente Pérez
Venezuelan supercentenarian, the world's oldest verified living man (1909–2024).
Born May 27th, 1909 in El Cobre.
Died April 2nd, 2024 at 114 years old in San José de Bolívar. [ref]
Elizabeth Catlett
Black american-born mexican artist (1915–2012).
Born April 15th, 1915 in Washington, D.C.. [ref]
Died April 2nd, 2012 at 96 years old in Cuernavaca. [ref]
Hoyt Vandenberg
U.s. air force general (1899-1954).
Born January 24th, 1899 in Milwaukee.
Died April 2nd, 1954 at 55 years old in Walter Reed Army Medical Center (prostate cancer).
Gato Barbieri
Argentine jazz musician (1932–2016).
Born November 28th, 1934 in Rosario. [ref]
Died April 2nd, 2016 at 81 years old in New York City (pneumonia). [ref]
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
South african activist and politician (1936-2018).
Born September 26th, 1936 in Bizana.
Died April 2nd, 2018 at 81 years old in Johannesburg (influenza). [ref]
Manoel de Oliveira
Portuguese film director (1908–2015).
Born December 11th, 1908 in Porto.
Died April 2nd, 2015 at 106 years old in Porto (heart failure).
Itamar Franco
Brazilian politician (1930-2011).
Born June 28th, 1930 in Atlantic Ocean.
Died April 2nd, 2011 at 80 years old in São Paulo (leukemia). [ref]
Richard Cobden
British radical and liberal statesman and manufacturer (1804-1865).
Born June 3rd, 1804 in Heyshott.
Died April 2nd, 1865 at 60 years old in London.
Christopher Durang
American playwright (1949–2024).
Born January 2nd, 1949 in Montclair. [ref]
Died April 2nd, 2024 at 75 years old in Pipersville. [ref]
Hannes Alfvén
Swedish electrical engineer, plasma physicist and science fiction author (1908–1995), winner of the 1970 nobel prize for physics.
Born May 30th, 1908 in Norrköping. [ref]
Died April 2nd, 1995 at 86 years old in Danderyd.
Maryse Condé
French author from guadeloupe.
Born February 11th, 1937 in Pointe-à-Pitre.
Died April 2nd, 2024 at 87 years old in Apt. [ref]
Vladlen Tatarsky
Russian military blogger and propagandist (1982-2023).
Born April 25th, 1982 in Makiivka.
Died April 2nd, 2023 at 40 years old in Saint Petersburg (bomb attack). [ref]
Betty Furness
American actress, consumer advocate and current affairs commentator (1916-1994).
Born January 3rd, 1916 in New York City.
Died April 2nd, 1994 at 78 years old in New York City.
Ferenc Molnár
Hungarian-born dramatist and novelist (1878-1952).
Born January 12th, 1878 in Budapest.
Died April 2nd, 1952 at 74 years old in New York City (cancer).
Stanley Forman Reed
American judge (1884–1980).
Born December 31st, 1884 in Minerva.
Died April 2nd, 1980 at 95 years old in Huntington.
Juanito
Spanish footballer (born 1954).
Born November 10th, 1954 in Fuengirola.
Died April 2nd, 1992 at 37 years old in La Calzada de Oropesa (car collision).
Ahmad Khaled Tawfik
Egyptian writer (1962–2018).
Born June 10th, 1962 in Tanta.
Died April 2nd, 2018 at 55 years old in El-Demerdash hospital (ventricular fibrillation). [ref]
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Japanese film producer (1910–1997).
Born April 26th, 1910 in Kashiwara.
Died April 2nd, 1997 at 86 years old in Tokyo (stroke).
Tomisaburō Wakayama
Actor (1929-1992).
Born September 1st, 1929 in Tokyo City.
Died April 2nd, 1992 at 62 years old in Kyoto (heart failure).
Deaths 26 to 50 of 226
If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die. Maya Angelou