- March 8
- Death of Paul Lewis Harrhy at age 38; actor/opera singer (Intelligence Park). [1]
- Death of Mike Sanger; animator (Clio award, Emmy award). [1509.4]
- March 9
- Alan Hugh Iliffe, psychologist, dies at age 77. [1]
- Elman Ali Ahmed, peace campaigner, dies at age 42. [1]
- March 10
- Ross Hunter, US producer (Airport, Madame X, Pillow Talk), dies at age 75. [1]
- March 11
- Death of Vince Edwards at age 67 of cancer; actor (Ben Casey MD TV show). [1] [457]
- March 12
- Gyula Kallai, Prime Minister of Hungary (1965-67), dies at age 85. [1]
- March 13
- 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]
- March 15
- Roswell Leavitt Gilpatric, lawyer/diplomat, dies at age 89. [1]
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- March 16
- Olive Netta Parsons, co-founder of Collet's bookshop, dies at age 104. [1]
- March 17
- Death of Terry Stafford at age 54 of liver failure; singer ("Suspicion"). [457]
- March 18
- Alepoude Odysseus Elytis, Greek poet, Nobel Prize laureate, dies at age 84 (born 1911). [1] [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 22
- Robert Franklin Overmyer, astronaut (STS 5, STS 51-B), dies at age 59. [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
- 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]
- 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, 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]
- 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 Whitton, campaigner, dies at age 44. [1]
- Frederick Denison Maurice Hocking, pathologist, dies at age 97. [1]
- April 6
- Death of Greer Garson at 92; actress (Goodbye Mr. Chips, Blossoms in the Dust, Hallmark Hall of Fame, General Electric Theatre, The Little Drummer Boy). [1] [28] [457]
- April 8
- 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]
- Sandy Becker, New York City Kiddie TV Show host (Sandy Becker Show), dies at age 74. [1]
- April 12
- 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 14
- Gaylord Birch, drummer (Pointer Sisters, Herbie Hancock), dies at age 50. [1]
- April 16
- Lucille Bremer, dancer/actress (Ziegfeld Follies), dies at age 73. [1]
- Stavros Spyros Niarchos, Greek shipowner, dies at age 86. [1]
- April 18
- Death of Bernard Edwards at age 43, found dead in a hotel room in Tokyo, Japan; musician (Chic - "Le Freak" (1978), "Good Times" (1979)), record producer (Diana Ross, Rod Stewart, Sister Sledge - "We Are Family"). [1] [457]
- 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
- 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]
- Death of Saul Bass at age 74 (born 1920); American graphic design pioneer, co-founder of Rankin-Bass animation studio. [1] [28] [1509.5]
- 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
- Death of Joan Sterndale Bennett at age 86; actress (Elizabeth - Dark Shadows TV show). [1] [457]
- 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
- Siti Hartinah Suharto, wife of President Suharto of Indonesia, dies at age 72. [1]
- April 30
- David Opatoshu, actor (Torn Curtian, Raid on Entebbe), dies at age 78. [1]
- Julio Cesar Mendez Montenegro, President of Guatemala (1966-70), dies. [1]
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