January 30 – Queen Alexandra of Yugoslavia (b. 1921) February February 2 – Alexander Schneider, Lithuanian violinist (b. 1908) February 3 – Karel Goeyvaerts, Belgian composer (b. 1923) February 5 Hans Jonas, German philosopher (b. 1903) Joseph L. Mankiewicz, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1909) February 6 – Arthur Ashe, American tennis player (b. 1943) February 9 – Saburo Okita, Japanese politician, Foreign Minister of Japan (b. 1914) February 10 Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury, Prime Minister of France (b. 1914) Fred Hollows, New Zealand-Australian ophthalmologist (b. 1929) February 11 – Robert W. Holley, American biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1922) February 18 – Kerry Von Erich, American professional wrestler (b. 1960) February 20 – Ferruccio Lamborghini, Italian automobile manufacturer (b. 1916) February 21 – Inge Lehmann, Danish seismologist and geophysicist (b. 1888) February 22 – Jean Lecanuet, French politician (b. 1920) February 23 – Robert Triffin, Belgian economist (b. 1911) February 24 – Bobby Moore, English footballer (b. 1941) February 25 – Eddie Constantine, American-born French actor and singer (b. 1917) February 27 – Lillian Gish, American actress (b. 1893) February 28 Ishirō Honda, Japanese film director (b. 1911) Ruby Keeler, American actress (b. 1909) March March 3 Albert Sabin, American biologist, developer of the oral polio vaccine (b. 1906) Carlos Montoya, Spanish flamenco guitarist and a founder of the modern-day popular flamenco style of music (b. 1903) March 5 – Cyril Collard, French filmmaker (b. 1957) March 8 – Billy Eckstine, American musician (b. 1914) March 10 – Dino Bravo, Italian-Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1949) March 12 – Wang Zhen, Chinese politician, Vice President of the PRC (b. 1908) March 15 – Ricardo Arias, Panamanian politician, 29th President of Panama (b. 1912) March 16 – Muhammad Khan Junejo, Pakistani politician, 10th Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1932) March 17 – Helen Hayes, American actress (b. 1900) March 20 Polykarp Kusch, German-born American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911) Paul László, Hungarian-born architect (b. 1900) March 24 – John Hersey, American writer and journalist (b. 1914) March 27 Kate Reid, Canadian actress (b. 1930) Kamal Hassan Aly, Egyptian politician, 43rd Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1921) March 30 Andrée Brunet, French pair skater (b. 1901) Richard Diebenkorn, American painter (b. 1922) March 31 Brandon Lee, American actor (b. 1965) Mitchell Parish, American lyricist (b. 1900) April April 1 Juan de Borbón y Battenberg, Spanish royal, Count of Barcelona (b. 1913) Alan Kulwicki,