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- Mar 4 Jorge Kolle Cueto, Bolivian Commmunist Party politician
- Mar 4 Thomas Eagleton, American politician (38th Lieutenant Governor of Missouri), dies at 77
- Mar 6 Jean Baudrillard, French cultural theorist, philosopher, political commentator and photographer (b. 1929)
- Mar 6 Ernest Gallo, American winemaker (b. 1909)
- Mar 7 Frigyes Hidas, Hungarian composer, dies at 78
- Mar 8 John Inman, English actor (Mr. Humphries-Are You Being Served?), dies at 71
- Mar 8 Viky Vanita, Greek actress (b. 1948)
- Mar 8 John Vukovich, American baseball player and coach.. (b. 1947)
- Mar 9 Brad Delp, American rock musician (lead singer of Boston and RTZ), commits suicide at 55
- Mar 9 Glen Harmon, Canadian ice hockey defenceman (Stanley Cup 1944, 46: NHL All Star 1949, 50; Montreal Canadiens), dies at 86
- Mar 9 Jeanne Hopkins Lucas, North Carolina politician (b. unknown)
- Mar 10 Richard Jeni, American comedian (b. 1957)
- Mar 10 Ernie Ladd, American football player and professional wrestler (b. 1938)
- Mar 10 Buddy Allin, American golfer (5 PGA Tour titles), dies of cancer at 62
- Mar 11 Betty Hutton [Elizabeth June Thornburg], American actress, dancer, singer and comedian (Greatest Show on Earth), dies of colon cancer a 86
- Mar 13 Arnold Skaaland, American professional wrestler (b. 1925)
- Mar 14 Lucie Aubrac, French history teacher and member of the French Resistance (b. 1912)
- Mar 14 Gareth Hunt, English actor (b. 1943)
- Mar 15 Charles Harrelson, American hitman and father of Woody Harrelson (b. 1938)
Bowie Kuhn
Mar 15 Bowie Kuhn, American lawyer, sports administrator (MLB Commissioner 1969-1984), dies of pneumonia at 80
- Mar 15 Stuart Rosenberg, American film and television director (b. 1927)
- Mar 16 Manjural Islam, Bangladeshi test cricketer, dies at 22
- Mar 17 John Backus, American computer scientist and inventor (FORTRAN computer language), dies at 82
- Mar 17 Jim Cronin, Animal welfare campaigner and founder of Monkey World in Dorset, England. (b. 1951)
- Mar 17 Roger Bennett, American Southern Gospel performer (b. 1959)
- Mar 18 Bob Woolmer, England cricket all-rounder, coach (19 Tests, coach Pakistan, South Africa), dies of diabetes at 58
- Mar 18 Alec Wyton, English-born American composer, dies at 85
- Mar 19 Calvert DeForest, American comedian (Larry "Bud" Melman), dies at 85
- Mar 19 Luther Ingram, American soul singer and songwriter (b. 1937)
- Mar 20 Gilbert E. Patterson, presiding bishop of COGIC (b. 1939)
- Mar 20 Hawa Yakubu, Ghanaian politician (b. 1948)
- Mar 20 Taha Yassin Ramadan, Iraqi politician (b. 1938)
- Mar 20 Raynald Fréchette, Quebec politician and judge, dies at 73
- Mar 21 Drew Hayes, American writer & graphic artist (b. 1969)
- Mar 21 Sven O. Høiby, the father of Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway (b. 1936)
- Mar 21 Kevin Whitrick, first British man to commit suicide on a live chatroom (b. 1964)
- Mar 22 Uppaluri Gopala Krishnamurti, Indian philosopher (b. 1918)
- Mar 23 Paul J. Cohen, American mathematician, Fields Medal winner (b. 1934)
- Mar 23 Eric Medlen, American NHRA drag racer, dies at 33
- Mar 23 Paul Joseph Cohen, American mathematician (Cohen forcing, Continuum hypothesis), dies at 72
- Mar 24 Maurice Flitcroft, British golfer known as "the world's worst golfer," dies at 77
- Mar 25 Andranik Margaryan, 14th Prime Minister of Armenia (2000-07), dies at 57
- Mar 27 Paul Lauterbur, American chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1929)
- Mar 29 Calvin Lockhart [Bert Cooper], Bahamian-American stage and actor (Cotton Goes to Harlem), dies from stroke complications at 72
- Mar 31 Paul Watzlawick, Communications & Constructivism Theorist (b. 1921)
- Apr 1 Herb Carneal, American sports broadcaster (Minnesota Twins 1962-2006; Ford C. Frick Award 1996), dies of congestive heart failure at 83
- Apr 1 Hans Filbinger, German politician (CDU), dies at 93
- Apr 3 Marion Eames, Welsh novelist, dies at 86
- Apr 3 Nina Wang, Chinese widow of businessman Teddy Wang (Asia's richest woman), dies at 69
- Apr 3 Eddie Robinson, American College Football Hall of Fame coach (Grambling 408 wins), dies of Alzheimer's disease at 88
- Apr 3 Zoltan Pongracz, Hungarian composer (Mariphonia), dies at 95
- Apr 4 Bob Clark, American film director (b. 1941)
- Apr 4 Terry Hall, English ventriloquist, dies at 80
- Apr 5 Mark St. John [Norton], American rock guitarist (KISS, April- November, 1984), dies of a brain hemorrhage at 51
- Apr 5 Darryl Stingley, American football player (b. 1951)
- Apr 5 Maria Gripe, Swedish writer (Josephine), dies at 83
- Apr 5 Leela Majumdar, Bengali writer (b. 1908)
- Apr 5 Poornachandra Tejaswi, Kannada writer (b. 1938)
- Apr 6 Luigi Comencini, Italian film director (L'imperatore di Capri), dies at 90
- Apr 7 Johnny Hart, American cartoonist (B.C., Wizard of Id), dies at 76
- Apr 7 Barry Nelson, American actor (Airport), dies at 89
- Apr 8 Carey W. Barber, a member of Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses (b. 1905)
- Apr 8 Sol LeWitt, American artist (b. 1928)
- Apr 9 Egon Bondy, Czech philosopher and writer (b. 1930)
- Apr 10 Dakota Staton, American jazz singer ("Where Flamingos Fly"; "Sex Is A Misdemeanor"), dies at 76
- Apr 11 Roscoe Lee Browne, American actor (McCoy, Saunders-Soap), dies at 81
Kurt Vonnegut
Apr 11 Kurt Vonnegut Jr, American author, dies from head trauma at 84
- Apr 11 Ronald Speirs, American Army officer (CO of Easy Company), dies at 86
- Apr 11 Janet McDonald, American novelist (b. 1954)
- Apr 12 Kevin Crease, Australian TV anchor (b. 1936)
- Apr 13 Don Selwyn, Māori actorand film director, dies at 71
- Apr 14 June Callwood, Canadian journalist, author and social activist (b. 1924)
- Apr 14 Don Ho, Hawaiian-American pop and Hawaiian music singer ("Tiny Bubbles"; "Ain't No Big Thing!"), dies of heart failure at 76
- Apr 15 Brant Parker, American cartoonist, dies at 86
- Apr 16 Gaetan Duchesne, Canadian hockey player (b. 1962)
- Apr 16 Maria Lenk, Brazilian swimmer and first Brazilian woman to compete in the Olympic Games (b. 1915)
- Apr 16 Seung-Hui Cho, Korean American murderer (b. 1984), see List of victims of the Virginia Tech massacre
- Apr 16 Jocelyne Couture-Nowak, American instructor of French (b. 1958)
- Apr 16 Kevin Granata, American professor of Engineering (b. 1961)
- Apr 16 Liviu Librescu, American Jewish-Romanian professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics (b. 1930)
- Apr 16 G. V. Loganathan, Indian American professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering (b. 1954)
- Apr 16 Frank Bateson, New Zealand astronomer (b. 1909)
- Apr 17 Kitty Carlisle, American actress and television personality, dies at 96
- Apr 18 Iccho Itoh, mayor of Nagasaki, dies at 61
- Apr 19 Jean-Pierre Cassel, French actor (Trout), dies at 74
- Apr 19 Helen Walton, wife of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton (b. 1919)
- Apr 20 Andrew Hill, American jazz pianist, composer and educator, dies at 75
- Apr 20 Michael Fu Tieshan, Chinese bishop (b. 1931).
- Apr 21 Lobby Loyde [John Lyde], Australian rock guitarist and songwriter (The Purple Heart; Wild Cherries; Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs), dies at 65
- Apr 21 William "Parry" O'Brien, American shot putter (Olympic golds 1952, 1956, and silver 1960), dies of a heart attack during a swimming competition at 75
- Apr 22 Juanita Millender-McDonald, American congresswoman from southern California, dies at 68
- Apr 22 (Raymond) "Bill" Hoffenberg, South African-British endocrinologist and college president (Wolfson at Oxford, 1985-93), dies at 84
- Apr 23 Paul Erdman, Canadian-born American economist & author, dies at 74
- Apr 23 David Halberstam, American journalist, historian and author (Pulitzer 1964), dies at 73
Boris Yeltsin
Apr 23 Boris Yeltsin, Russian politician & 1st President of Russian Federation (1991-99), dies of congestive heart failure at 76
- Apr 25 Alan Ball, English footballer (b. 1945)
- Apr 25 Bobby "Boris" Pickett, American singer-songwriter ("Monster Mash"), dies from leukemia at 69
- Apr 25 Arthur Milton, English footballer and cricketer (b. 1928)
- Apr 25 Les Jackson, English cricket fast bowler (2 Tests, 7 wickets; Derbyshire), dies at 86
- Apr 26 Jack Valenti, American political advisor & film executive, dies at 85
- Apr 27 Mstislav Rostropovich, Russian cellist and conductor, dies at 80
- Apr 28 Robert "Dabbs" Greer, American actor (Gunsmoke, The Green Mile, Little House on Prairie), dies of a kidney and heart ailment at 90
- Apr 28 Tommy Newsom, American saxophonist & bandleader (The Tonight Show), dies at 78
- Apr 28 Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, German physicist & philosopher, dies at 94
- Apr 28 Bertha Wilson, Canadian lawyer & the 1st woman appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada, dies at 83
- Apr 29 Milt Bocek, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox), dies at 94
- Apr 29 Josh Hancock, American baseball player, dies at 29
- Apr 29 Ivica Račan, former Prime Minister of Croatia (b. 1944)
- Apr 29 Arve Opsahl, Norwegian actor and stand-up comedian (Mot i brøstet, Olsen-banden), dies of heart failure at 85
- Apr 29 Dick Motz, New Zealand cricket all-rounder (32 Tests, 100 wickets, BB 6/63; Canterbury CA), dies at 67
- Apr 29 Zhang Taofang, Chinese sniper (b. 1931)
- Apr 30 Grégory Lemarchal, French pop singer, dies of health complications while waiting for a lung transplant at 23
- Apr 30 Kevin Mitchell, American football player (b. 1971)
- Apr 30 Tom Poston, American actor (Newhart, Mork & Mindy, Steve Allen Show, Newhart), dies from respiratory failure at 85
- Apr 30 Gordon Scott [Werschkul], American actor (Tarzan series), dies at 80
- Apr 30 Jara Ribnikar, Serbian writer, dies at 94
- Apr 30 Zoletta "Zola" Taylor, American pop singer (The Platters, 1954-62 - "The Great Pretender"; "Only You"; "Twilight Time"), dies at 69
- May 2 Brad McGann, New Zealand film director and screenwriter (b. 1964)
- May 3 Warja Honegger-Lavater, Swiss illustrator (b. 1913)
- May 3 Wally Schirra, American astronaut (b. 1923)
- May 3 Knock Yokoyama, Japanese comedian and politician (b. 1932)
- May 3 Ellsworth Milburn, American composer and educator (Menil Antiphons), dies of complications from pneumonia at 69
- May 5 Theodore Harold Maiman, American Inventor and engineer (created 1st working laser), dies at 79
- May 6 Enéas Carneiro, Brazilian politician (b. 1938)
- May 6 Curtis Harrington, American film director (b. 1926)
- May 6 Đorđe Novković, Croatian pop singer-songwriter (Pro Arte), and television personality (Hrvatski Idol), dies at 63
- May 7 Diego Corrales, American boxer (b. 1977)
- May 7 Octavian Paler, Romanian writer and journalist (b. 1926)
- May 7 Yahweh ben Yahweh, American cult leader (b. 1935)
- May 7 Bianco [Eugene Capobianco], American jazz, easy-listening, and session harpist, dies at 80
- May 9 Dwight Wilson, second-to-last Canadian WWI veteran, dies at 106
- May 9 Jacob Gilboa, Israeli composer, dies at 87
- May 10 Brian Wolfson, British CEO (Wembley Stadium Ltd), dies at 71
- May 10 Oliver Millar, British art historian (served in the Royal Household for 41 years), dies at 84
- May 11 Malietoa Tanumafili II, Sovereign Ruler of Samoa, dies at 94
- May 11 Bernard Gordon, American writer & producer (Earth vs. the Flying Saucers), dies at 88
- May 12 Mullah Dadullah Akhund, Taliban military leader (b. 1966?)
- May 12 Teddy Infuhr, American former child actor (The Bishop's Wife, They Live By Night), dies at 70
- May 14 Mary Goldsmith, American ceramist (b. 1908)
- May 14 Ülo Jõgi, Estonian freedom fighter (b. 1921)
- May 14 Jean Saubert, American alpine ski racer (Olympic giant slalom silver, slalom bronze 1964), dies of breast cancer at 65
- May 14 Colin St John Wilson, English architect (The British Library), dies at 85
- May 15 Jerry Falwell, American TV evangelist, founder of Liberty University, dies at 73
- May 15 Yolanda King, American actress and activist, daughter of Martin Luther King Jr. (b. 1955)
- May 16 Albert Delvaux, Belgian composer (Symphonia Burlesca), dies at 93
- May 17 Lloyd Alexander, author (b. 1924)
- May 18 Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, French physicist & Nobel Prize laureate (1991), dies at 74
- May 18 Yoyoy Villame, Philippine novelty singer & movie actor, dies at 74
- May 19 Dean Eyre, New Zealand politician (b. 1914)
- May 19 Bernard Blaut, Polish soccer midfielder (36 caps; KP Legia Warsaw, FC Metz) and manager (UAE), dies at 67
- May 20 Norman Von Nida, Australian golfer, coach, broadcaster (British Open 1948 3rd), dies at 93
- May 25 Bill Johnston, Australian cricket fast/spin bowler (40 Tests, 160 wickets @ 23.91; Victoria), dies at 85
- May 25 Charles Nelson Reilly, American actor, comedian and gameshow panelist (Match Game, Ghost & Mrs Muir), dies at 76
- May 26 J Edward Oliver, cartoonist and composer (b. 1942)
- May 27 Izumi Sakai, Japanese pop singer (Zard - "Makenaide (Please Don't Lose)"), dies from head injuries after a fall, while undergoing cancer treatments at 40
- May 27 Ed Yost, American inventor of the modern hot air balloon and known as "Father of the Modern Day Hot-Air Balloon.", dies at 87
- May 27 Gretchen Wyler, American actress, dancer (Silk Stockings), and animal rights activist, dies at 75
- May 27 Ron Archer, Australian cricket all-rounder (19 Tests, 1 x 100, 48 wickets; Queensland CA), dies at 73
- May 28 Marquise Hill, American football player (b. 1982)
- May 28 Toshikatsu Matsuoka, Japanese politician (b. 1945)
- May 28 Parren Mitchell, American politician (Rep-D-MD, 1971-87), dies at 85
- May 29 Dave Balon, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1938)
- May 29 Lois Browne-Evans, Bermudian Politician (stroke) (b. 1927)
- May 29 Posteal Laskey, American convicted murderer widely believed to be the Cincinnati Strangler, dies of natural causes (b. 1938)
- May 30 Jean-Claude Brialy, Algerian actor and director (Églantine, Circle of Love, Cousins), dies of cancer at 74
- Jun 1 Arn Shein, American sports writer (editor The Daily Item 1949-74), dies at 78
- Jun 1 Tony Thompson, American singer-songwriter in R&B group Hi-Five, dies at 31
- Jun 2 Huang Ju, Chinese Vice-Premier
- Jun 2 Kentaro Haneda, Japanese pianist, composer and arranger for film, anime, and video games, dies of liver cancer at 58
- Jun 4 Clete Boyer, American MLB baseball infielder, 1955-71 (New York Yankees, and 2 other teams), dies at 70
- Jun 4 Jim Clark, American sheriff and segregationist (b. 1922)
- Jun 4 Bill France, Jr., NASCAR pioneer, dies of lung cancer at 74
- Jun 4 Sotiris Moustakas, Greek actor (Zorba the Greek), dies at 66
- Jun 4 Freddie Scott, American singer and songwriter ("Cry To Me"), dies at 74
- Jun 4 Craig L. Thomas, United States Senator (b. 1933)
- Jun 5 Povel Ramel, Swedish entertainer, dies at 85
- Jun 8 Kenny Olsson, Swedish speedway racer (b. 1977)
- Jun 8 Richard Rorty, American postanalytic, pragmatic philosopher (b. 1931)
- Jun 9 Frankie Abernathy, Former The Real World: San Diego castmate (b. 1981)
- Jun 10 Augie Auer, Meteorologist and television presenter (b. 1940)
- Jun 10 Charley Harper, American modernist artist, dies of pneumonia at 84
- Jun 11 Imre Friedmann, American scientist (b. 1921)
- Jun 11 Mary Ellen "Mala" Powers, American actress (Cyrano de Bergerac, The Wild Wild West), dies of leukaemia at 75
- Jun 12 Don Herbert, American scientist and TV host (Watch Mr Wizard), dies at 89
- Jun 12 Colin Fletcher, Welsh author and pioneering backpacker (Walking Through Time), dies of complications from an old head injury at 85
- Jun 13 Oskar Morawetz, Czech-Canadian composer (From the Diary of Anne Frank), dies at 90
- Jun 13 Walid Eido, Lebanese MP (b. 1942)
- Jun 14 Ruth Graham [Bell], American Christian author and wife of evangelist Billy Graham, dies at 87
- Jun 14 Robin Olds, American fighter pilot (b. 1922)
Kurt Waldheim
Jun 14 Kurt Waldheim, Austrian 4th Secretary-General of the United Nations (1972-81) and 9th President of Austria (1986-92), dies at 88
- Jun 15 Claudia Cohen, American gossip columnist and socialite (b. 1950)
- Jun 15 "Sensational" Sherri Martel, American professional wrestler (WWF), dies of an overdose at 49
- Jun 15 Richard Bell, Canadian musician (Full Tilt Boogie Band), dies of multiple myeloma at 61
- Jun 16 Grand Ayatollah Fazel Lankarani, Iranian cleric (b. 1931)
- Jun 16 Mikhail Kononov, Soviet actor (b. 1940)
- Jun 16 Pattie D'Arcy, American musical theater, session and touring vocalist (Cher), dies at 54
- Jun 17 Gianfranco Ferrè, Italian fashion designer (b. 1944)
- Jun 17 Serena Wilson, American belly dancer (b. 1933)
- Jun 18 Bernard Manning, British comedian, dies at 76
- Jun 18 Georges Thurston, Canadian R&B and reggae musician and singer (Boule Noire), dies of cancer at 55