Notable deaths on April 2

President of Laos (1924–2025; served 1998–2006)

American playwright (1949–2024)

American songwriter and record producer (1942–2024)

American writer (1930–2024)

American poet and activist (1941–2024)

Venezuelan supercentenarian (1909–2024)

American lawyer and baseball executive (1945–2024)

French Guadeloupean author (1934–2024)

American actress (1928–2022)

British composer (1952–2021)

Mexican actress (1937–2017)

Italian comic book artist (1929–2016)

Armenian soldier (1996–2016)

Portuguese film director, screenwriter and racing driver (1908–2015)

American television evangelist (1926–2015)

Belgian politician (1954–2015)

Swiss novelist, playwright (1938–2014)

French comics artist

Spanish filmmaker, composer, and actor (1930–2013)

Irish actor (1926–2013)

American artist and sculptor (1915–2012)

Venezuela politician (c.1959–2012)

Argentine artist and educator

American businessman