Prime Minister of Jamaica (b. 1924) March 7 Edward Mills Purcell, American physicist (b. 1912) Martin Kippenberger, German artist (b. 1953) March 9 The Notorious B.I.G., American rapper (b. 1972) Terry Nation, Welsh screenwriter (b. 1930) Jean-Dominique Bauby, French journalist and author (b. 1952) March 10 – LaVern Baker, American singer (b. 1929) March 11 – Lars Ahlin, Swedish author and aesthetician (b. 1915) March 14 Jurek Becker, Polish-born German writer (b. 1937) Fred Zinnemann, Austrian-born American film director (b. 1907) March 15 – Victor Vasarely, Hungarian-French artist (b. 1906) March 17 – Jermaine Stewart, American singer (b. 1957) March 19 – Willem de Kooning, Dutch artist (b. 1904) March 20 – Tony Zale, American boxer (b. 1913) March 21 – Wilbert Awdry, British children's writer (b. 1911) March 26 – Marshall Applewhite, American cult leader (b. 1931) March 31 Friedrich Hund, German physicist (b. 1896) Lyman Spitzer, American theoretical physicist and astronomer (b. 1914) April April 4 – Alparslan Türkeş, Turkish politician (b. 1917) April 5 Allen Ginsberg, American poet (b. 1926) Ignazio Buttitta, Sicilian dialectal poet (b. 1899) April 8 – Laura Nyro, American singer and composer (b. 1947) April 7 – Georgy Shonin, Russian cosmonaut (b. 1935) April 12 – George Wald, American scientist (b. 1906) April 13 – Shuhei Nishida, Japanese athlete (b. 1910) April 16 – Roland Topor, French illustrator (b. 1938) April 17 – Chaim Herzog, Israel politician, 6th President of Israel (b. 1918) April 20 – Jean Louis, American costume designer (b. 1907) April 21 Andrés Rodríguez, 47th President of Paraguay (b. 1923) Diosdado Macapagal, 9th President of the Philippines (b. 1910) April 23 - Denis Compton, English cricketer (b. 1918) April 24 – Eugene Stoner, American firearms designer and engineer (b. 1922) April 26 – John Beal, American actor (b. 1909) May May 1 – Bo Widerberg, Swedish film director (b. 1930) May 2 John Eccles, Australian neurophysiologist (b. 1903) Paulo Freire, Brazilian educator and philosopher (b. 1921) May 3, Narciso Yepes, Spanish guitarist (b. 1927) May 4 – Wijeyananda Dahanayake, 5th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (b. 1901) May 5 – Walter Gotell, German actor (b. 1924) May 13 – Laurie Lee, English author (b. 1914) May 16 – Giuseppe De Santis, Italian film director (b. 1917) May 20 – Virgilio Barco Vargas, 27th President of Colombia (b. 1921) May 22 – Alfred Hershey, American biochemist (b. 1908) May 24 –