- April 6
- Death of Molly Picon at age 94 of Alzheimers; actress (Milk and Honey, Car 54 TV show, Somerset, The Facts of Life). [1] [33] [457]
- Isaac Asimov, Russian-born science fiction writer (I Robot), dies from kidney failure at age 72 (born 1920). [1] [33]
- Sam Walton, billionaire founder and CEO of Wal-Mart, dies of cancer at age 74 (born 1918). [1] [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]
- Death of Ace Bailey, Canadian hockey player (born 1903). [33]
- April 8
- Death of Daniel Bovet, Swiss-born pharmacologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born 1907). [33]
- April 9
- Gale McGee, American Senator (Wyoming, 1959-77), dies at age 77. [1]
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- April 10
- Death of Sam Kinison at age 38 in a motor vehicle accident near Needles, California, USA; screaming comedian, actor. [1] [33] [457]
- April 11
- Death of Adele Dixon of pneumonia at age 83; singer/actress (Uneasy Virtue). [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 13
- Wallace Stegner, novelist (Pulitzer 1972), dies at age 84. [1]
- Walter Stuart Surridge, cricketeer (Captain of Surrey), dies at age 74. [1]
- April 16
- Death of Andy Russell at age 72 of complications from a stroke in Phoenix, Arizona, USA; drummer, singer (Your Hit Parade, "Besame Mucho", "Laughing on the Outside", "Anniversary Song"). [1] [457]
- Neville Brand, actor (Stalag 17), dies of emphysema at age 71. [1]
- April 18
- Florence Randall, model/designer (Bill Blass), dies at age 54 of cancer. [1]
- April 19
- 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]
- Death of Robert Paul Haynes at age 26 in a car crash; bassist (Jody Grind). [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 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 film 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
- Dany [Daniël S] Tuijnman, Dutch minister of traffic and water, dies at age 77. [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]
- April 27
- Olivier Messiaen, French composer (Saint François d'Assise), 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
- Wilbur Mills, American politician (Representative-Democrat-Arkansas)/involved with Fanne Foxe, dies at age 82. [1]
- May 3
- George Murphy, American politician (Senator-Republican-California, 1965-71), actor, dies of Leukemia at age 89. [1]
- May 4
- Ismael Galeano "Commandant Franklyn" (Contra), dies. [1]
- May 5
- Jean-Claude Pascal, French actor (Golden Salamander), dies at age 64. [1]
- May 6
- 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, cricket player (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
- John Lund, actor (Perils of Pauline), dies at age 81. [1]
- Liesbeth Saijers, sculptor, dies. [1]
- Death of Sylvia Sims of a heart attack at age 74; singer ("Flower Drum Song"). [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]
- Death of Robert Reed at age 59 due to complications from AIDS; actor (Mike Brady - The Brady Bunch, The Defenders, Mannix, Roots, Rich Man, Poor Man). [1] [33] [457]
- 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
- Robert Morris Page, US physicist (radar), dies at age 88. [1]
- Death of Barbara Lee at age 44; singer (The Chiffons - "He's So Fine" (1963)). [457]
- May 16
- Marisa Mell, actress (Hostages), dies of cancer at age 53. [1]
- May 17
- Death of Lawrence Welk at age 89 from pneumonia; bandleader (The Lawrence Welk Show TV show, "Calcutta" (1961)). [1] [33] [457]
- May 18
- Death of Marshall Thompson of congestive heart failure at age 66; actor (Daktari TV show, Bog). [1] [457]
- Skip Stephenson, comedian/TV host (Real People), dies of heart attack at age 52. [1]
- May 21
- Brendan Mulholland, Daily Mail reporter, dies at age 59. [1]
- May 22
- Tony "Big Tuna" Accardo, American mobster (Saint Valentines Day), dies at age 86 (born 1906). [33] (May 27 [1])
- May 23
- 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]
- 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 in NBA), 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]
- 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]
- May 31
- Lutz Stavenhagen, top aid to Chancellor Helmut Kohl, dies at age 52. [1]
- June 5
- Death of Laurence Naismith at age 83 in Australia; actor (The Persuaders, Profiles in Courage, The Defenders). [457]
- June 7
- Death of Bob Sweeney at age 73 from cancer; comic actor (Our Miss Brooks, Fibber McGee and Molly, The Brothers), director (The Andy Griffith Show, Doris Day Show, The Love Boat). [457]
- June 29
- A bodyguard assassinates President Muhammad Boudiaf of Algeria. [33]
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