April 2016 in Film & Television

Events in Film & TV

WrestleMania

Apr 3 WrestleMania XXXII, AT&T Stadium, Arlington, TX (101,763): Roman Reigns defeats Triple H; The Undertaker beats Shane McMahon in "Hell in a Cell"

Album Release

Apr 23 Beyoncé releases her 6th album "Lemonade" with a 1 hour film on HBO


Weddings in Film & TV

  • Apr 14 Actor Trai Byers (32) weds Grace Gealey at a mansion on Grand Cayman Island

Deaths in Film & TV

  • Apr 3 Donald "Don" Francks, Canadian actor, singer and musician (Terminal Choice; Finian's Rainbow), dies at 84
  • Apr 3 Erik Bauersfeld, American voice actor (Star Wars' Admiral Ackbar "Its a trap"), dies at 93
  • Apr 4 Chus Lampreave [María Jesús Lampreave Pérez], Spanish actress (Volver, Belle Époque), dies at 85

Merle HaggardMerle Haggard (1937-2016)

Apr 6 American country singer-songwriter ("Mama Tried"; "If We Make It Through December"; "Okie from Muskogee"), dies on his 79th birthday

  • Apr 12 Anne Jackson, American stage actress (Twice Around the Park), dies at 90
  • Apr 12 David Gest, American television producer, dies at 62

Doris RobertsDoris Roberts (1925-2016)

Apr 17 American actress (Everybody Loves Raymond), dies at 90

  • Apr 20 Chyna [Joanie Laurer], American professional wrestler and reality TV star, dies at 46
  • Apr 20 Victoria Wood, British comedian and actress, dies of cancer at 62
  • Apr 22 Madeleine Sherwood, Canadian actress (Mother Superior - Flying Nun), dies at 93
  • Apr 28 Barry Howard, British comic actor (Hi-de-Hi!), dies of blood cancer at 78