April Goodbye’s-

• Bill Withers-81- singer-songwriter- died March 30th but his death wasn’t reported until early April.

•  April 1-Adam Schlesinger- 52. Singer-songwriter. Founding member of Fountains Of Wayne. “Stacy’s Mom”

•  April 1-Ellis Marsalis Jr. 85- Jazz pianist- father of Branford and Wynton Marsalis.

• April 1- Ed Farmer- 70- MLB pitcher 1970’s 80’s and announcer for Chicago White Sox

• April 2- Carl Tacy- 86- college basketball coach for Wake Forest

• April 4- Tim Brown 82- NFL player and actor

•  April 4-Tom Dempsey- 73- Former NFL kicker- held record for longest field goal 63 yards.

• April 4- Forrest Compton- 94- actor- “Col. Gray” in Gomer Pyle USMC

• April 4-Alex Harvey -79- country music singer-songwriter- “Reuben James” and ” Delta Dawn.”

• April 5- Ed Biles- 88 NFL head coach- Houston Oilers

• April 5- Honor Blackman 94- actress- Pussy Galore in Goldfinger

• April 5- Lee Fierro 91 actress- slapped Brody’s face in Jaws

• April 5- Bobby Mitchell 84 NFL Hall of Famer

• April 6- Al Kaline- Major League Baseball Hall of Famer- Detroit Tigers

• April 7- Allen Garfield- 80 actor

• April 7 John Prine- 73 Singer-songwriter

• April 8 – Pat Stapleton- 79 NHL player 60’s-70’s

• April 8- Linda Tripp 70- whistleblower in Clinton-Lewinski

• April 9- Mort Drucker 91 Mad Magazine artist

• April  10- Pete Retzlaff 88 -Star receiver Philadelphia Eagles 1960’s

• April  10- Tom Webster 71 NHL player and coach

• April  11- Colby Cave 25- NHL player

• April 12- Doug Sanders- 86  stylish PGA golfer 1960’s 70’s

• April 12-Glenn Beckert 79 Star second baseman Chicago Cubs

• April 12-Sir Stirling Moss 90- Formula 1 driver

• April 12- Tarvaras Jackson 36 NFL quarterback

• April 14- Hank Steinbrenner 63- co-owner New York Yankees

• April 15- Willie Davis- NFL Hall of Famer- Green Bay Packers

• April 15- Brian Dennehy- 87- noted supporting actor

• April 15-Damaso Garcia 63- MLB player- Toronto Blue Jays

• April 17- Norman Hunter 76- soccer star member of 1966 England World Cup winner

• April 17- Bobby Winkles 90 former MLB manager 1970’s

• April 18- Paul O’Neill 84- Former Secretary of the Treasury for George Dubya Bush

• April 19- Steve Dalkowski 80 legendary baseball phenom who never made it to the big leagues.

• April 19- Bob Oliver 77 MLB player 1960’s -70’s

• April 19-Ian Whitcomb 78 60’s pop singer

• April 20- Mike Curtis 77  Tough NFL middle linebacker- 1960’s-70’s

• April 20-Tom Lester 81- actor- Eb Dawson in “Green Acres” Last surviving cast member.

• April 21- Milt Sunde-  78longtime NFL lineman- Minnesota Vikings

• April 22- Bart Johnson- 70 MLB pitcher

• April 22- Shirley Knight 83 actress “Sweet Bird Of Youth”

• April 24- Harold Reid 80- Statler Brothers