ski racing champion (1971, 1972), Olympic skier (1968 Winter Olympics) and homicide victim (b. 1945) March 24 Bernard Montgomery, British field marshal (b. 1887) E. H. Shepard, English artist and book illustrator (b. 1879) March 25 – Josef Albers, German-American artist (b. 1888) March 28 – Richard Arlen, American actor (b. 1899) March 31 – Paul Strand, American photographer (b. 1890) April April 1 Max Ernst, German artist (b. 1891) Alfred Lennon, father of musician John Lennon (b. 1912) April 4 – Harry Nyquist, American information theory pioneer (b. 1889) April 5 – Howard Hughes, American aviation pioneer, film director and millionaire recluse (b. 1905) April 8 – Renato Petronio, Italian rower (b. 1891) April 9 – Phil Ochs, American singer-songwriter (b. 1940) April 12 – Miriam Cooper, American actress (b. 1891) April 13 – Sabri al-Asali, Syrian politician, 3-time Prime Minister of Syria (b. 1903) April 14 – Mariano Ospina Pérez, Colombian politician, 17th President of Colombia (b. 1891) April 18 – Henrik Dam, Danish biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1895) April 25 Carol Reed, English film director (b. 1906) Markus Reiner, Israeli scientist (b. 1886) April 26 – Andrei Grechko, Soviet general, Minister of Defence (b. 1903) May May 3 – Ernie Nevers, American football player (b. 1902) May 7 – Alison Uttley, English children's author (b. 1884) May 9 Jens Bjørneboe, Norwegian author (b. 1920) Ulrike Meinhof, German terrorist (b. 1934) May 11 – Alvar Aalto, Finnish architect (b. 1898) May 12 – Keith Relf, British rock musician (The Yardbirds) (b. 1943) May 20 – Royal E. Ingersoll, American admiral (b. 1883) May 24 – Hugo Wieslander, Swedish Olympic athlete (b. 1889) May 26 Martin Heidegger, German philosopher (b. 1889) Edgar Moon, Australian tennis player (b. 1904) May 27 – Ruth McDevitt, American actress (b. 1895) May 28 – Zainul Abedin, Bangladeshi painter (b. 1917) May 30 – Mitsuo Fuchida, Japanese aviator, naval officer and Christian evangelist (b. 1902) May 31 – Jacques Monod, French biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1910) June June 2 Abdul Rahman Hassan Azzam, Egyptian diplomat and politician, 1st Secretary-General of the Arab League (b. 1893) Juan José Torres, Bolivian politician and military leader, 50th President of Bolivia (b. 1920) June 5 – Robert Wichard Pohl, German physicist (b. 1884) June 6 J. Paul Getty, American industrialist, founder of Getty Oil