U.S. race car driver (b. 1954) José María Lemus, Salvadorian politician and military officer, 33rd President of El Salvador (b. 1911) April 5 – Divya Bharti, Indian film actress (b. 1974) April 8 – Marian Anderson, American contralto (b. 1897) April 10 Chris Hani, South African politician (b. 1942) Donald Broadbent, British psychologist (b. 1926) April 11 – Rahmon Nabiyev, Tajik politician and Communist leader, 2nd President of Tajikistan (b. 1930) April 13 – Wallace Stegner, American writer (b. 1909) April 15 Leslie Charteris, British author (b. 1907) John Tuzo Wilson, Canadian geophysicist and geologist (b. 1908) April 17 – Turgut Özal, Turkish statesman, 19th Prime Minister and 8th President of Turkey (b. 1927) April 19 – David Koresh, American spiritualist, leader of the Branch Davidian religious cult (b. 1959) April 20 – Cantinflas, Mexican comedian (b. 1911) April 23 – Cesar Chavez, Mexican American civil rights activist (b. 1927) April 24 – Oliver Tambo, South African activist and former president of the ANC (b. 1917) April 29 Michael Gordon (film director), American actor and director (b. 1906) Mick Ronson, English rock guitarist (b. 1946) May May 1 Pierre Bérégovoy, French politician, 111th Prime Minister of France (b. 1925) Ranasinghe Premadasa, Sri Lankan statesman, 3rd President of Sri Lanka (b. 1924) May 5 – Irving Howe, American writer (b. 1920) May 6 – Ann Todd, English actress (b. 1909) May 7 – Mary Philbin, American actress (b. 1902) May 8 Avram Davidson, American writer (b. 1923) Alwin Nikolais, American choreographer (b. 1912) May 9 – Dame Freya Stark, British explorer and travel writer (b. 1893) May 12 – Zeno Colò, Italian Olympic alpine skier (b. 1920) May 16 – Madan Bhandari, Nepalese politician (b. 1951) May 21 – John Frost, English army officer (b. 1912) May 22 – Mieczysław Horszowski, Polish pianist (b. 1892) May 24 – Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo Mexican Cardinal (b. 1926) May 25 – Horia Sima, Romanian fascist politician (b. 1907) May 30 – Sun Ra, American jazz musician (b. 1914) June June 2 Tahar Djaout, Algerian writer (b. 1954) Johnny Mize, American baseball player (b. 1913) Norton Simon, American industrialist and philanthropist (b. 1907) June 3 – Yeoh Ghim Seng, Singaporean politician, acting President of Singapore (b. 1918) June 5 – Conway Twitty, American musician (b. 1933) June 6 – James Bridges, American screenwriter and director (b. 1936) June 7 – Dražen Petrović, Croatian professional