biologist (born 1923) 23 February – Neil Ardley, jazz composer (born 1937) March 4 March John McGeoch, rock guitarist (born 1955) Sir Malcolm Pasley, literary scholar (born 1926) 6 March – Sandy Glen, explorer (born 1912) 8 March Keith Hopkins, sociologist and historian (born 1934) Robin Hunter, actor (born 1929) 9 March – Tony Lee, jazz pianist (born 1934) 10 March – David Shoenberg, physicist (born 1911, Russian Empire) 13 March – Sydney Carter, poet and songwriter (born 1915) 15 March – John Pople, chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1925) 18 March – Richard Marner, actor (born 1921, Soviet Union) 19 March – Ted Walker, poet and dramatist (born 1934) 22 March – David Oates, archaeologist (born 1927) 27 March Lionel Sackville-West, 6th Baron Sackville, peer and stockbroker (born 1914) Larry Trask, professor of linguistics (born 1944, United States) 28 March – Sir Peter Ustinov, actor, writer, dramatist and raconteur (born 1921) 30 March Alistair Cooke, broadcaster and writer (Letter from America) (born 1908) Hubert Gregg, actor and television producer (born 1914) 31 March – John Paul, colonial administrator (born 1916) April 1 April Paul Atkinson, rock guitarist (born 1946) Arthur Halestrap, one of the last surviving British soldiers of World War I (born 1898) 4 April – Alwyn Williams, geologist (born 1921) 7 April – Robert Sangster, racehorse owner (born 1936) 8 April – Adrian Beers, double bass player (born 1916) 10 April – Ben Pimlott, historian (born 1945) 13 April – Caron Keating, television presenter (born 1962) 14 April Micheline Charest, television producer (born 1953) Robin Popplestone, computer scientist (born 1938) 17 April – Geraint Howells, politician (born 1925) 19 April Philip Locke, actor (born 1928) John Maynard Smith, biologist and geneticist (born 1920) Norris McWhirter, political activist and television presenter, twin brother of Ross McWhirter (born 1925) Ronnie Simpson, footballer and football manager (born 1930) 20 April – Ian Robinson, publisher (born 1934) 23 April – Len Vale-Onslow, motorcycle manufacturer (born 1900) 24 April Brian Manning, historian (born 1927) 25 April – Thom Gunn, poet (born 1929) 29 April – John Henniker-Major, 8th Baron Henniker, politician and diplomat (born 1916) 30 April – Jeffrey Alan Gray, psychiatrist (born 1934) May 3 May Anthony Ainley, actor (born 1932) Andrew Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire, peer (born 1920) 4 May – Erik Smith, record producer (born 1931, Germany) 5 May – John Cornforth, architectural historian (born 1937) 7 May