A. Aleem, Egyptian graphic designer and academic (b. 1930) 2010 – Urs Felber, Swiss engineer and businessman (b. 1942) 2011 – Phoebe Snow, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1950) 2012 – Terence Spinks, English boxer and trainer (b. 1938) 2013 – Jacqueline Brookes, American actress and educator (b. 1930) 2013 – George Jones, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1931) 2014 – Gerald Guralnik, American physicist and academic (b. 1936) 2014 – Paul Robeson, Jr., American historian and author (b. 1927) 2014 – DJ Rashad, American electronic musician, producer and DJ (b. 1979) 2015 – Jayne Meadows, American actress (b. 1919) 2015 – Marcel Pronovost, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1930) 2016 – Harry Wu, Chinese human rights activist (b. 1937) 2017 – Jonathan Demme, American filmmaker, producer and screenwriter (b. 1944) 2022 – Klaus Schulze, German composer and musician (b. 1947) Holidays and observances Chernobyl disaster related observances: Day of Remembrance of the Chernobyl tragedy (Belarus) Memorial Day of Radiation Accidents and Catastrophes (Russia) Christian feast day: Aldobrandesca (or Alda) Franca Visalta Lucidius of Verona Our Lady of Good Counsel Pope Anacletus and Marcellinus Rafael Arnáiz Barón Riquier Paschasius Radbertus Peter of Rates (or of Braga) Robert Hunt (Episcopal Church (USA)) Stephen of Perm, see also Old Permic Alphabet Day Trudpert April 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Confederate Memorial Day (Florida, United States) Union Day (Tanzania) World Intellectual Property Day References External links BBC: On This Day Historical Events on April 26 Days of the year April