2009–2013 (b. 1929) March 21 Chinua Achebe, Nigerian writer (b. 1930) Pietro Mennea, Italian athlete (b. 1952) March 22 – Bebo Valdés, Cuban pianist, bandleader, and composer (b. 1918) March 23 Boris Berezovsky, Russian businessman (b. 1946) Joe Weider, Canadian-born American bodybuilder and publisher (b. 1919) March 27 – Hjalmar Andersen, Norwegian skater (b. 1923) March 28 – Richard Griffiths, English actor (b. 1947) March 31 – Ronnie Ray Smith, American athlete (b. 1949) April April 1 – Moses Blah, 23rd President of Liberia (b. 1947) April 2 Jesús Franco, Spanish film director and screenwriter (b. 1930) Milo O'Shea, Irish actor (b. 1926) April 3 – Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, German-born British novelist and screenwriter (b. 1927) April 4 – Roger Ebert, American film critic and writer (b. 1942) April 6 Bigas Luna, Spanish film director (b. 1946) Don Shirley, American classical and jazz pianist and composer (b. 1927) April 8 Annette Funicello, American actress and singer (b. 1942) Sara Montiel, Spanish singer and actress (b. 1928) Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1979–1990) (b. 1925) April 9 – Paolo Soleri, Italian-born American architect (b. 1919) April 10 – Robert Edwards, British Nobel physiologist (b. 1925) April 11 Maria Tallchief, American prima ballerina (b. 1925) Jonathan Winters, American comedian and actor (b. 1925) Hilary Koprowski, Polish virologist and immunologist (b. 1916) April 13 – Chi Cheng, American musician (b. 1970) April 14 Colin Davis, British conductor (b. 1927) Armando Villanueva, 121st Prime Minister of Peru (b. 1915) April 17 Deanna Durbin, Canadian-born singer and actress (b. 1921) Carlos Graça, 6th Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe (b. 1931) April 18 – Storm Thorgerson, British graphic designer (b. 1944) April 19 Allan Arbus, American actor and photographer (b. 1918) François Jacob, French Nobel biologist (b. 1920) Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Russian-American terrorist (b. 1986) April 21 – Chrissy Amphlett, Australian singer (b. 1959) April 22 – Richie Havens, American folk singer (b. 1941) April 26 – George Jones, American country music singer (b. 1931) April 28 – János Starker, Hungarian-born American cellist (b. 1924) May May 2 Jeff Hanneman, American guitarist (b. 1964) Ivan Turina, Croatian footballer (b. 1980) May 4 – Christian de Duve, Belgian Nobel biochemist (b. 1917) May 5 – Sarah Kirsch, German poet (b. 1935) May 6 – Giulio Andreotti, Italian politician, 41st Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1919) May 7 – Ray Harryhausen, American filmmaker and