- April 4
- Alfred Mosher Butts, US architect/game maker (Scrabble), dies at age 93. [1]
- April 6
- Divya Bharati "Baby Doll", Indian actress (Diwana), dies in car accident at 19 (born 1974). [1] [31]
- Hedi Amira Nouira, Prime Minister of Tunisia (1970-80), dies. [1]
- April 7
- Max Croiset, Dutch actor/dramatist/director (Zeekant), dies at age 80. [1]
- S C (Billy) Griffith, cricket player (England 1948-49, MCC secretary), dies. [1]
- April 8
- H Earnest, bishop of Breda, dies. [1]
- Marian Anderson, American contralto (My Lord, What a Morning), dies at age 96 (born 1897). [1] [31]
- April 9
- Wouter Perquin, journalist/Dutch Member of Parliament (KVP), dies at age 74. [1]
- April 10
- Chris Hani, Secretary-General South Africian Communist Party, assassinated at age 50. [1] [31]
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- April 11
- Mohammed el-Himi, Brigadier-General of Egyptian police, murdered. [1]
- Rachmon Nabiyev, President of Tadzjikistan (1973-92), dies at age 63. [1]
- April 12
- Isaac Rojas, Vice President of Argentina (1955-58), dies. [1]
- April 13
- Henny Budie, Dutch director/producer (Sterrenslag), dies. [1]
- Max Tripels, Dutch attorney/Member of Parliament, dies at age 72. [1]
- Death of Wallace Stegner, American writer (car accident) (born 1909). [31]
- April 14
- Jo Boer, Dutch painter/writer/author (Heir), dies at age 85. [1]
- Sam Ntombani, African National Congress-Secretary in Soweto South Africa, shot to death. [1]
- April 15
- George Ives dies at age 111. [1]
- H H "Bull" Alexander, cricket player (Test for Australia 1933, average 154), dies. [1]
- Leslie Charteris, British mystery writer (Saint), dies at age 85. [1]
- April 16
- John P W Meefout, sculptor (Laying wife), dies at age 77. [1]
- April 17
- Turgut Özal, President of Turkey (1989-93), dies at age 65 (born 1927). [1] [31]
- April 18
- Arthur P Smith, US founder of Miami Planetarium, dies at age 76. [1]
- April 19
- A 51-day stand-off at the Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas, ends with a fire and shooting that kills 86 people (17 children), including leader David Koresh. [1] [31] [457]
- George Mickelson, Governor of South Dakota, and seven others, die in a plane crash. [1]
- Death of Steve Douglas at age 55 of heart failure in Los Angeles during a recording session with Ry Cooder; saxophonist (Ritchie Valens, Duane Eddy and the Rebels). [457]
- April 20
- Cantinflas [Mario Moreno], Mexican actor (Pepe), dies at age 81. [1]
- April 22
- Andries Treurnicht, founder South Africa Conservative Party, dies at age 72. [1]
- Cesar Chavez, US farm worker (United Farm Workers), dies at age 66. [1]
- Mark Koenig, baseball shortstop (New York Yankees), dies at age 88. [1]
- April 23
- Bertus Aafjes, poet/writer (World is a Muze), dies at age 78. [1]
- Lalith Athulathmudali, Sri Lankan minister, murdered at age 59. [1]
- Death of César Estrada Chávez, civil rights activist (born 1927). [31]
- April 24
- Oliver R Tambo, chairman (African National Congress), dies at age 75. [1]
- April 25
- Rosita Moreno, actress (Walls of Gold), dies of heart attack at age 85. [1]
- April 27
- Hans Sahl, German/US writer (Tie Exil im Exil), dies at age 90. [1]
- April 28
- Jim Valvano, basketball coach (North Carolina State), dies of cancer at age 47. [1]
- April 29
- Death of Cy Howard at age 77 of heart failure; director (Lovers and Other Strangers, My Friend Irma). [1] [457]
- Michael Gordon, actor/director (Pillow Talk), dies at age 83. [1]
- Death of Mick Ronson at age 46 of cancer of the liver in London, England; guitarist, producer (David Bowie, Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue, Mott the Hoople). [1] [457]
- April 30
- David Waymer, NFL player (New Orleans Saints, San Francisco 49ers, Oakland Raiders), dies at age 34. [1]
- Eric Rowan, cricket player (26 Tests for South Africa), dies. [1]
- May 1
- A Tamil Tigers suicide bomber assassinates President Ranasinghe Premadasa of Sri Lanka. 25 others die as well. [1] [31]
- Hans [Henri EA] Tuynman, provo (Full-time Provo), dies at age 50. [1]
- Pierre Bérégovoy, former Prime Minister of France (1992-93), commits suicide at age 67. [1] [31]
- May 2
- Julio Gallo, wine maker (Gallo), dies in a car accident at age 82. [1]
- Will Weng, Sunday Times crossword puzzle editor (1968-78), dies at age 86. [1]
- May 5
- Balak Brahmachari [Marxist Godman], Indies guru, dies at age 73. [1]
- Irving Howe, US writer/critic (Dissent), dies at age 72. [1]
- May 6
- Ann Todd, actress (Things to Come, Danny Boy), dies of stroke at age 84. [1]
- Minnie Gentry, actress (Def by Temptation), dies in New York at age 77. [1]
- May 7
- Mary Philbin, actress (Phantom of the Opera), dies at age 89. [1]
- May 9
- Freya Stark, English author (Sunday Bloody Sunday), dies at age 61. [1]
- May 13
- Borolas [Joaquin Garcia], Mexican comedian (Santa Sangre), dies of heart attack at age 71. [1]
- Evert "Eef" Dolman, Dutch cyclist (Olympics-gold-1964), dies at age 47. [1]
- May 14
- William Randolph Hearst, US newspaper magnate (Pulitzer), dies at age 85. [1]
- May 16
- Death of Marv Johnson at age 54 of a stroke at a concert in Columbia, South Carolina, USA; singer ("Come to Me" (1959), "You Got What it Takes"). [1] [457]
- May 18
- Heinrich Albertz, theologist/mayor of Berlin (1966-67), dies at age 78. [1]
- Pamela M Cunnington, English architect/writer, dies at age 67. [1]
- May 19
- Richard Murphy, director (Three Stripes in the Sun), dies of stroke at age 81. [1]
- S W Sohoni, cricket player (4 Tests for India), dies. [1]
- May 20
- Max Klein, inventor (paint by numbers), dies at age 77. [1]
- May 21
- John Frost, English Lieutenant-Colonel (operation Market Garden 1944), dies at age 80. [1]
- John Holland, actor (They Saved Hitler's Brain), dies at age 65. [1]
- May 22
- Mieczyslaw Horszowski, Polish/US pianist (Carnegie Hall), dies at age 100. [1]
- May 23
- James Millhollin, actor (Anston Foster - Grindl), dies at age 77. [1]
- May 24
- Jesus Posadas Ocampo, Mexican cardinal/archbishop, shot dead at age 66. [1]
- Milton O Thompson, astronaut (Dynasoar, X-15), dies at age 66. [1]
- May 25
- Dan Seymour, actor (Bombs over Burma, Intrigue, Watusi), dies at age 78. [1]
- May 26
- Carleton Morse, radio dramatist (One Man's Family), dies at age 91. [1]
- Cor de Great, pianist/conductor/composer (Vernissage), dies at age 78. [1]
- Marvin Young, producer/child actor (Player), dies at age 90. [1]
- May 27
- Jan Wiley, actress (Underdog, Brute Man, She Wolf of London), dies. [1]
- May 28
- Charles Barnett, cricket player (20 Tests for England), dies. [1]
- May 29
- Billy Conn, boxer (fought Joe Louis 1951), actor (Pittsburgh Kid), dies of pneumonia at age 75. [1]
- Tiny Hofman, Amsterdam activist (Nieuwmarkt), dies at age 68. [1]
- May 30
- Death of Sun Ra AKA Herman S Blount at age 79 from strokes; American blues pianist/orchestra leader (Solar Arkestra) (born 1914). [1] [31]
- May 31
- John Granger, actor (Advise and Consent), dies at age 69. [1]
- June 5
- Death of Conway Twitty at age 59 of a ruptured stomach vessel in Branson, Missouri, USA; country singer (39 No. 1 Billboard country hits). [31] [457]
- June 8
- In Paris, Christian Didier breaks into the home of Rene Bousquet, banker and former Vichy France administrator, and shoots him dead. [31]
- June 9
- Death of Alexis Smith at age 72 of brain cancer; actress (Dallas). [31] [457]
- June 15
- Death of John Connally, Governor of Texas (born 1917). [31]
- Death by heart attack of James Hunt, former British racing driver and commentator in Formula One (born 1947). [31]
- June 19
- Death of William Golding, English writer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1911). [31]
- June 21
- Death of Louis W. Parker at age 86; inventor of the intercarrier sound system for television sets, the modern basis for coordinating sound and picture. [457]
- June 22
- Death of Patricia Nixon, First Lady of the United States (born 1912). [31]
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