- March 4
- Barbara Lewis, British obituarist, dies at age 55. [1]
- Minnie Pearl, American country comedienne (Grand Ole Opry), dies at age 84 (born 1912). [1] [5] [28]
- March 5
- Joshua Compston, art impressario, dies at age 26. [1]
- Khundaqar Mushtaq Amhed, President of Bangladesh (1975), dies. [1]
- Nicolas Cotoner y Cotoner, Spanish courtier, dies at age 90. [1]
- Whit Bissell, actor (Time Tunnel), dies at age 86. [1]
- March 6
- Herbert "Herb" Hall, clarinetist/saxophonist, dies at age 88. [1]
- Simon Cadell, actor (Enemy at the Door), dies at age 45. [1]
- March 7
- Aled Eames, maritime historian, dies at age 74. [1]
- March 8
- Alison McCartney, pathologist/breast cancer campaigner, dies at age 45. [1]
- Jack Malcolm Thorpe Fleming Churchill, commando, dies at age 89. [1]
- Paul Lewis Harrhy, actor/opera singer (Intelligence Park), dies at age 38. [1]
- March 9
- Alan Hugh Iliffe, psychologist, dies at age 77. [1]
- Elman Ali Ahmed, peace campaigner, dies at age 42. [1]
- Death of George Burns, American actor and singer (born 1896). [28]
- March 10
- Lucius E Burch Jr, US civil rights leader, dies at age 84. [1]
- Ross Hunter, US producer (Airport, Madame X, Pillow Talk), dies at age 75. [1]
- March 11
- Barry Appleby, cartoonist, dies at age 86. [1]
- Charles William Oatley, electrical engineer, dies at age 92. [1]
- Clifton Eugene Bancroft Robinson, public servant, dies at age 70. [1]
- John Henry Pyle Pafford, librarian, dies at age 96. [1]
- Vince Edwards, actor (Ben Casey), dies of cancer at age 67. [1]
- March 12
- Charles Bruce Perry, professor of medicine, dies at age 92. [1]
- Gyula Kallai, Prime Minister of Hungry (1965-67), dies at age 85. [1]
- John Anthony Bowden Cuddon, writer/teacher, dies at age 67. [1]
- March 13
- Brian Hulls, television news cameraman, dies at age 48. [1]
- Krzysztof Kieslowski, Polish film director, dies of heart attack at age 54 (born 1941). [1] [28]
- Lucy Faithfull, children's campaigner, dies at age 85. [1]
- Unemployed former shopkeeper Thomas Hamilton walks into the Dunblane Primary School in Scotland and opens fire, killing 16 students and one teacher before fatally shooting himself. [1] [28]
- March 14
- Dewi Lorwerth Ellis Bebb, rugby international/journalist, dies at age 57. [1]
- Nico Kiasashvii, professor of English Literature, dies at age 69. [1]
- Vic Marshall, chemist, dies at age 74. [1]
- March 15
- Helen Chadwick, artist, dies at age 42. [1]
- Olga Rudge, violinist, dies at age 100. [1]
- Roswell Leavitt Gilpatric, lawyer/diplomat, dies at age 89. [1]
- March 16
- Olive Netta Parsons, co-founder of Collet's bookshop, dies at age 104. [1]
- Peter Clemoes, Anglo-Saxon scholar, dies at age 76. [1]
- Death of Charlie Barnett, American actor (born 1954). [28]
- March 17
- Bela Szigetim, theoretical physicist, dies at age 83. [1]
- Kenneth Jameson, art educationalist, dies at age 83. [1]
- René Clément, French film director, dies at age 83 (born 1913). [1] [28]
- Thomas Enders, diplomat, dies at age 64. [1]
- March 18
- Alepoude Odysseus Elytis, Greek poet, Nobel Prize laureate, dies at age 84 (born 1911). [1] [28]
- Hawkes Jessie Jacquetta Priestley, archaeologist, dies at age 85. [1]
- March 19
- Christopher John Magenis Headington, musician, dies at age 65. [1]
- William Hutchinson Murray, mountaineer/author, dies at age 83. [1]
- Death of Virginia Henderson, American nurse theorist (born 1897). [28]
- Death of Chen Jingrun, Chinese mathematician (born 1933). [28]
- March 20
- Claude Bourdet, human rights activist/journalist, dies at age 86. [1]
- Victor Zorza, journalist/Russian specialist, dies at age 71. [1]
- March 21
- Eric Brand, diplomat, dies at age 73. [1]
- March 22
- Robert Franklin Overmyer, astronaut (STS 5, STS 51-B), dies at age 59. [1]
- Robert Mellors, gay activist, dies at age 47. [1]
- Ronald George Hayward, political manager, dies at age 78. [1]
- March 23
- Jay D Miller, record producer, dies at age 73. [1]
- Peter Baer, artist/printmaker, dies at age 72. [1]
- March 25
- John Derrick Mordaunt Snagge, British radio news commentator (BBC), dies at age 91 (born 1904). [1] [28]
- March 26
- (Elizabeth Cissie) Charlton, football matriarch, dies at age 83. [1]
- David Packard, American electronic engineer/businessman (co-founder of Hewlett-Packard), dies at age 83 (born 1912). [1] [28]
- Edmund S Muskie, US Vice Presidential candidate/(Governor-Democrat- Maine), dies at age 81. [1]
- March 28
- Barbara McLean, film editor, dies at age 86. [1]
- David Band, banker, dies at age 53. [1]
- Edith Fowke, folklorist, dies at age 82. [1]
- Hans Blumenberg, philosopher, dies at age 75. [1]
- James Herbert Lloyd Morrell, bishop, dies at age 89. [1]
- Ken Dibbs, actor (Suddenly, Party Girl, High Society), dies at age 78. [1]
- Shin Kanemaru, Vice President of Japan (1986-87), dies at age 81. [1]
- Simon Harcourt Nowell-Smith, British bibliophile, dies at age 87. [1]
- March 29
- Death of Frank Daniel, Czech-born writer, director, producer, teacher (born 1926). [28]
- March 30
- Hugh Edward Lance Falkus, filmmaker/naturalist, dies at age 78. [1]
- March 31
- Dante Giacosa, engineer/designer, dies at age 91. [1]
- Dario Bellezza, poet, dies at age 51. [1]
- Jeffrey Lee Pierce, American musician (The Gun Club and The Cramps), dies at age 37 (born 1958). [1] [28]
- Julius Young, fast food entrepreneur, dies at age 73. [1]
- April 1
- Alfredo Nobre Coast, Prime Minister of Portugal (1978), dies. [1]
- Edwin H "Buddy" Morris, music publisher, dies at age 89. [1]
- John Alwyne Kitching, zoologist, dies at age 87. [1]
- John McSheery dies of heart attack while umpiring a game, at age 51. [1]
- Mario Viegas, actor (The Jew, Divine Comedy), dies at age 47. [1]
- Death of Florence Buchsbaum, theater director and musician (born 1926). [28]
- April 3
- Carl Stokes, mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, dies (born 1927). [1] [28]
- Christopher John Seward, aid worker, dies at age 45. [1]
- A plane carrying United States Commerce Secretary Ron Brown crashes near Dubrovnik, Croatia, killing him. [1] [28]
- Roosevelt "Booba" Barnes, bluesman, dies at age 59. [1]
- April 4
- David Keylsey, actor/director, dies at age 63. [1]
- David Whitton, campaigner, dies at age 44. [1]
- Frederick Denison Maurice Hocking, pathologist, dies at age 97. [1]
- Larry LaPrise, American songwriter, dies at age 83 (born 1912). [1] [28]
- Seamas NacNeill, piper, dies at age 79. [1]
- Death of Barney Ewell, American athlete (born 1918). [28]
- April 5
- Peter Nailor, civil servant/historian, dies at age 67. [1]
- April 6
- Greer Garson, English actress (Goodbye Mr Chips), dies at age 92 (born 1904). [1] [28]
- April 7
- Ian Spurling, ballet designer, dies at age 59. [1]
- April 8
- Basil Hembry, farmer/campaigner, dies at age 80. [1]
- Ben Johnson, cowboy actor (Tex, Dillinger), dies of heart attack at age 77. [1]
- April 9
- James William Rouse, US builder (shopping malls), dies at age 81. [1]
- Maisie Fitter, editor/conservationist, dies at age 83. [1]
- Richard Thomas Condon, author, dies at age 81. [1]
- Sandy Becker, New York City Kiddie TV Show host (Sandy Becker Show), dies at age 74. [1]
- April 11
- Edwin Clarke, historian/neurologist, dies at age 76. [1]
- Louis Osman, artist/goldsmith/craftsman, dies at age 82. [1]
- Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet, advertising magnate, dies at age 89. [1]
- April 12
- Marthe Robert, essayist/translator, dies at age 82. [1]
- William Wilkinson, businessman/conservationist, dies at age 63. [1]
- Jessica Dubroff, aged 7, is killed in a crash near Cheyenne, Wyoming, while attempting to set a record as the youngest person to pilot an airplane across the United States. [28]
- April 13
- Denis Sargan, econometrician, dies at age 71. [1]
- George Mackey Brown, poet, dies at age 74. [1]
- James "Jimmy the Gent" Burke, criminal, dies at age 64. [1]
- April 14
- Gaylord Birch, drummer (Pointer Sisters, Herbie Hancock), dies at age 50. [1]
- Manuel A "Manny" Greenhill, record producer, dies at age 80. [1]
- Mervyn Levy, artist/critic, dies at age 81. [1]
- William K Everson, film historian, dies at age 67. [1]
- April 16
- Lucille Bremer, dancer/actress (Ziegfeld Follies), dies at age 73. [1]
- Raymond Earl Hill, saxophonist, dies at age 62. [1]
- Stavros Spyros Niarchos, Greek shipowner, dies at age 86. [1]
- April 17
- Eva Jones, poet/novelist, dies at age 82. [1]
- Jose Luis Lopez Aranguren, philosopher, dies at age 86. [1]
- Michele Carew, daughter of baseball great Rod Carew, dies of Leukemia at age 18. [1]
- April 18
- Kalim Siddiqui, Islamic campaigner, dies at age 62. [1]
- Michael Leander Farr, record producer, dies at age 55. [1]
- Piet Hein, architect/poet/mathematician/inventor, dies at age 80. [1]
- April 19
- Norman Oldfield, cricket player (scored 99 runs in Test for England), dies. [1]
- April 20
- Christopher Robin Milne, English bookseller/son of writer A A Milne (Winnie the Pooh), dies at age 75 (born 1920). [1] [28]
- April 21
- A H Kardar cricket player (3 Tests for India and 23 for Pakistan 1946-58), dies. [1]
- Dzhokhar Dudayev, President of Republic of Chechenia (1991), dies at age 52 (born 1944). [1] [28]
- Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder, oddsmaker/sportscaster (CBS), dies at age 76. [1]
- Zora Arkus-Duntov, chief engineer of Covrette, dies at age 86, in Grosse Pointe, Michigan. [1] [8]
- April 22
- David Shipman, film historian, dies at age 63. [1]
- Erma Bombeck, American humorist and writer (Grass is Greener over the Septic Tank), dies at age 69 (born 1927). [1] [5] [28]
- Hiteshwar Saikia, Prime Minister of Indian state of Assam (1991-96), dies. [1]
- April 23
- Leonard Kuntstat, blues discographer, dies at age 70. [1]
- Pamela Lyndon Travers, writer (Mary Poppins), dies at age 96. [1]
- April 24
- Preston Lockwood, actor (House of Windsor, Black Candle), dies at age 83. [1]
- April 25
- John Eustace Theodore Brancker, lawyer/parliamentarian, dies at age 87. [1]
- John Lorne Campbell, folklorist, dies at age 90. [1]
- Saul Bass, American graphic designer, dies at age 74 (born 1920). [1] [28]
- April 26
- John Norrie McArthur, malariologist/microscopist, dies at age 94. [1]
- Stirling Silliphant, American screenwriter and producer, dies at age 78 (born 1918). [1] [28]
- April 27
- Joan Sterndale Bennett, actress (Elizabeth - Dark Shadows), dies at age 86. [1]
- April 28
- Henry Clarke, fashion photographer, dies at age 75. [1]
- William E Colby, director of US Central Intelligence Agency (1973-76), dies at age 76. [1]
- April 29
- David William Eric Davis, broadcaster, dies at age 87. [1]
- Jaime Garcia Terre, poet/essayist, dies at age 71. [1]
- Siti Hartinah Suharto, wife of President Suharto of Indonesia, dies at age 72. [1]
- Tony Hymphris, political activist, dies at age 45. [1]
- April 30
- David Michael Ifshin, British political campaign organiser, dies at age 46. [1]
- David Opatoshu, actor (Torn Curtian, Raid on Entebbe), dies at age 78. [1]
- Frank Henry Copplestone, TV executive, dies at age 71. [1]
- Helene Cordet, entertainer/nightclub owner, dies at age 78. [1]
- Julio Cesar Mendez Montenegro, President of Guatemala (1966-70), dies. [1]
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