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Last updated: 2008 August 9.

1992 April 1 Juanito, soccer star (Madrid Real 1977-87), dies at age 37 in car crash. [1] April 2 Paula Kelly, singer/actress (Sweet Charity), dies at age 72. [1] April 3 Lloyd "Slim" Andrews, actor (Buf Bill in Tomahawk Territory), dies. [1] Margaret Barker, actress (Fathers and Son), dies of lung cancer at age 83. [1] April 4 Karl Tunberg, US scriptwriter (Ben Hur), dies. [1] Samuel Reshevsky, Polish-born chess grandmaster, dies at age 80. [1] Sy Kramer, singer/comedy writer, dies of cancer at age 59. [1] April 5 Anthony "Tony" Papa, big band leader, dies at age 65. [1] Sam Walton, billionaire CEO (Wal-Mart), dies of cancer at age 74. [1] Samuel H Reshevsky, Polish/US chess grandmaster, dies at age 80. [1] Death of Suada Dilberovic, Bosnian medical student (born 1968); first casualty of the Siege of Sarajevo. [33] Death of Molly Picon, American actress (Milk and Honey), at age 94 from Alzheimer's (born 1898). [33] ([April 61]) April 6 Isaac Asimov, Russian-born science fiction writer (I Robot), dies from kidney failure at age 72 (born 1920). [1] [33] Death of Sam Walton, founder of Wal-Mart (born 1918). [33] April 7 Alix Talton, former Miss Georgia, dies of lung cancer at age 72. [1] Clovis Ruffin, fashion designer (T shirt dress), dies of AIDS at age 46. [1] Rick Emery dies after long illness at age 39. [1] Death of Ace Bailey, Canadian hockey player (born 1903). [33] April 8 Nelson Olmstead dies at age 78. [1] Death of Daniel Bovet, Swiss-born pharmacologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born 1907). [33] April 9 Gale McGee, senator (Wyoming, 1959-77), dies at age 77. [1] Ruth Hammond dies in her sleep at age 96. [1] April 10 Sam Kinison, American comedian, dies in a car crash at age 38 (born 1953). [1] [33] April 11 Adele Dixon, singer/actress (Uneasy Virtue), dies of pneumonia at age 83. [1] Eve Merriam, poet (Inner City Mother Goose), dies of cancer at age 75. [1] Death of Alejandro Obregón, Colombian painter (born 1920). [33] James Brown, actor (Rip-Adventures of Rin Tin Tin), dies at age 72. [1] April 12 Joe Medwick, vocalist, dies at age 61. [1] April 13 Brian Oulton dies at age 84. [1] Wallace Stegner, novelist (Pulitzer 1972), dies at age 84. [1] Walter Stuart Surridge, cricketeer (Captain of Surrey), dies at age 74. [1] April 14 David Miller dies of cancer at age 82. [1] Sammy Price, US boogie-woogie pianist, dies. [1] April 16 Andy Russell, drummer/vocalist (Your Hit Parade), dies of stroke at age 72. [1] Frank Killmond dies at age 58. [1] Neville Brand, actor (Stalag 17), dies of emphysema at age 71. [1] April 17 Hank Penny, country music singer, dies at age 73 of heart failure. [1] April 18 Florence Randall, model/designer (Bill Blass), dies at age 54 of cancer. [1] April 19 Alice Mary Riley, entertainer, dies of cancer at age 51. [1] Frankie [Francis Alex] Howerd, actor (Mr Mustard- Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Carry on Doctor, Up the Front, That Was the Week That Was), dies from a heart attack at age 70. [1] Pat Thompson, actress (Strictly Ballroom), dies at age 51. [1] Robert F Clayton, drummer (Jody Grind), dies at age 26 in a car crash. [1] Robert Paul Haynes, bassist (Jody Grind), dies at age 26 in a car crash. [1] Death of Benny [Alfred Hawthorn] Hill, British comedian and actor (The Benny Hill Show), of a heart attack at age 67 (born 1924). [33] (April 18 [5]) (April 20 [1]) April 20 Johnny Shines Delta, blues singer/guitarist, dies at age 76. [1] April 21 Robert Harris, murderer, executed in California's gas chamber at age 39. [1] Vladimir Cyrillovitch, Grand Duke/Russian pretender to the throne, dies at age 74 (born 1917). [1] [33] April 22 Billy Wayne White, murderer, executed in Texas at age 34. [1] Joop [Joseph] van Santen, Dutch first Chamber member (CPN), dies. [1] Youcca Troubatzkoy, actress (Flower of the Night), dies. [1] April 23 Deron Johnson, 1965 National League run leader, dies of cancer at age 53. [1] Satyajit Ray, Indian director (Distant Thunder/Agantuk), dies at age 70 (born 1921). [1] [33] Victoria Kellem Lederman, model, dies of amyloidosis at age 52. [1] April 25 Brian Macleod, Canadian musician, dies of cancer at age 39. [1] Dany [Daniël S] Tuijnman, Dutch minister of traffic and water, dies at age 77. [1] Panos Christi, entertainer, dies of AIDS at age 54. [1] Yutaka Ozaki, Japanese rock artist, dies at age 26 of pulmonary edema (born 1965). [1] [33] April 26 Alberta Vaughn, actress (Wild Horse, Silver Devil), dies at age 87. [1] Clyde Hartley, entertainer, dies at age 68. [1] April 27 Olivier Messiaen, French composer, dies at age 83 (born 1908). [1] [33] April 28 Francis Bacon, Irish/British abstract painter, dies at age 82 (born 1909). [1] [33] April 29 Mae Clarke, actress (Public Enemy, Frankenstein), dies at age 84. [1] April 30 Daan van Driel, Dutch cartoonist/WWII resistance fighter (Trouw), dies. [1] May 2 Joey Cuevas, dancer, dies at age 34. [1] Lee Salk, baby doctor/author, dies of cardiac arrest at age 65. [1] Margareth Wallmann, Austrian opera director, dies at age 88. [1] Philip Dunne, screenwriter, dies of cancer at age 84. [1] Wilbur Mills, (Representative-Democrat-Arkansas)/involved with Fanne Foxe, dies at age 82. [1] May 3 Elizabeth Lennox, radio singer, dies of heart seizure at age 98. [1] Peter Bruni dies of heart failure at age 60. [1] May 4 Henri Guillemin, French historian, dies at age 89. [1] Ismael Galeano "Commandant Franklyn" (Contra), dies. [1] Vitali Andreyevich Grishchenko, Russian cosmonaut, dies at age 50. [1] Death of Gregor Mackenzie, Labour Party (UK) politician (born 1927). [33] May 5 Ben Frommer dies at age 78. [1] Dick Yarmy dies of lung cancer at age 58. [1] Jean-Claude Pascal, French actor (Golden Salamander), dies at age 64. [1] Stefano d'Arrigo, Siciilian writer, dies at age 72. [1] May 6 Jilly Rizzo, restauranteur/friend of Frank Sinatra, dies in car at age 75. [1] Marlene Dietrich, born Marie von Losch, actress, dies in Paris, France at age 90 (born 1901 in Berlin, Germany). [1] [5] [33] [37] May 8 Addeke H Boerma, director-general (FAO), dies at age 80. [1] Brian Moore, writer (Catholics), dies of heart failure at age 59. [1] Gul Mahomed, cricketer (8 Tests for India and one for Pakistan), dies. [1] Margaretha D Ferguson-Wigerink, author (Fear on Java), dies. [1] Richard Derr, actor (When Worlds Collide), dies at age 74 of cancer. [1] May 9 Mike Tyrell [Red Baron], British air acrobat, dies in an accident. [1] May 10 Joan Merrill, vocalist, dies of a stroke at age 74. [1] John Lund, actor (Perils of Pauline), dies at age 81. [1] Liesbeth Saijers, sculptor, dies. [1] Sylvia Sims, singer (Flower Drum Song), dies of a heart attack at age 74. [1] May 11 Carlos Herrera, drink inventor (Margarita), dies at age 90. [1] Elizabeth McDonald, inventor (Spic and Span), dies at age 98. [1] May 12 Joe Burke, president (Kansas City Royals), dies at age 68. [1] Robert Reed; actor (Brady Bunch), dies of AIDS at age 59 (born 1932). [1] [33] May 13 Floyd Arceneaux, trumpeter, dies at age 58. [1] Gisela Elsner, writer, dies at age 55. [1] Death of F. E. McWilliam, Northern Irish sculptor (born 1909). [33] May 14 Lyle Alzado, NFL defense linesman (Oakland Raiders), dies of cancer at age 43. [1] Death of Nie Rongzhen, Chinese Communist military leader (born 1899). [33] May 15 Bruce Hopkins, performer/director, dies at age 44. [1] Robert Morris Page, US physicist (radar), dies at age 88. [1] May 16 Marisa Mell, actress (Hostages), dies of cancer at age 53. [1] May 17 George Hurrell, Hollywood photographer, dies of cancer at age 87. [1] Lawrence Welk, American conductor/accordionist (Lawrence Welk Show), dies at age 89 (born 1903). [1] [33] Leonardo del Ferro [Keyser], US epic tenor, dies. [1] Warren Neal Boxer dies of AIDS at age 34. [1] May 18 Marshall Thompson, actor (Bog), dies of congestive heart failure at age 65. [1] Skip Stephenson, comedian (Real People), dies of heart attack at age 52. [1] May 21 Brendan Mulholland, Daily Mail reporter, dies at age 59. [1] Elizabeth David, British cookbook writer, dies. [1] Mrithi, gorilla (Gorilla in the Mist), dies at age 24. [1] May 22 Tony "Big Tuna" Accardo, American mobster (Saint Valentines Day), dies at age 86 (born 1906). [33] (May 27 [1]) May 23 Atahualpa Yupanqui, Argentine singer/composer/poet/guitarist, dies. [1] A Mafia-planted bomb kills Italian anti-Mafia judge Giovanni Falcone. [1] [33] May 24 Joan Sanderson, actress (Young Wives' Tale, Fawlty Towers), dies at age 79. [1] May 25 Johan B W Polak, publisher/publicist (Bloom of Décadence), dies at age 63. [1] Marshall Thompson, US actor (To Hell and Back), dies at age 66. [1] Nancy Walker, actress (Ida Morgenstein - Rhoda), dies of cancer at age 71. [1] Philip C Habib, US diplomat (Middle-East/Asia), dies at age 72. [1] Viktor Grishin, hardline Soviet communist, dies at age 78, dies. [1] May 26 Danny Biasone, basketball innovator (24-second clock), dies at age 83. [1] May 27 Daniël Robberechts, Belgian writer (Aankomen in Avignon), dies at age 55. [1] Glen White, dancer/actor (Graft, Camille), dies of AIDS at age 42. [1] John Myhers, director/actor (Billion Dollar Hobo), dies at age 70. [1] May 29 Bill Beyers, actor (Wally-Capitol), dies of AIDS at age 37. [1] Karl Carstens, president of RFA (1979-84), dies. [1] Peter John "Ollie" Halsall, guitarist, dies of a heart attack at age 43. [1] Pippa Steele, actress (Vampire Lovers), dies of cancer at age 44. [1] May 30 Daniel Addes, actor (Victor-Sunset Grill), dies at age 59. [1] Karl Carstens, President German Federal Republic (1979-84), dies at age 77. [1] Leen 't Hart, organist/composer, dies at age 72. [1] May 31 Lutz Stavenhagen, top aid to Chancellor Helmut Kohl, dies at age 52. [1] June 18 Death of Mordecai Ardon, Israeli painter (born 1896). [33] June 22 Death of Chuck Mitchell, American actor (born 1927). [33] June 25 Death of Jerome Brown, American football player (born 1965). [33] June 27 Death of Allan Jones, American actor and singer (born 1907). [33] June 29 A bodyguard assassinates President Muhammad Boudiaf of Algeria. [33]