Died April 2017

Editor’s note: Smith’s date of death was later clarified to have been April 11, 2017.

Chappelle’s Show comic was Eddie Murphy’s older brother…

A cookbook author, Dorothy Mengering was known better for her appearances on her son David Letterman’s late-night talk show.

Founded the J. Geils Band that made the hits “Freeze Frame,” “Centerfold”…

Bill Sutherland, a former professional hockey player who scored the first goal in the history of the Philadelphia Flyers, died Sunday, April 9, 2017.

Emmy-winning actor Peter Hansen played lawyer Lee Baldwin on the daytime soap opera “General Hospital.” 

He mocked everybody equally so they’d know it wasn’t personal.

British actor Tim Pigott-Smith, who won a British Academy Television Award in 1985 for his leading role in “The Jewel in the Crown,” died Friday, April 7, 2017.

Legendary comedian and actor Don Rickles, aka “Mr. Warmth,” was widely known for his trademark “insult comic” style.