1898) February 25 – Klawdziy Duzh-Dushewski, Soviet architect, diplomat and journalist (b. 1891) February 26 Princess Alexandra, 2nd Duchess of Fife, eldest grandchild of King Edward VII (b. 1891) Kōtoku Satō, Japanese general (b. 1893) Selig Suskin, Russian-born Israeli agronomist and early Zionist (b. 1873) February 27 – Shigeyoshi Miwa, Japanese admiral (b. 1892) February 28 Maxwell Anderson, American screenwriter (b. 1888) Beatrix Farrand, American gardener and architect (b. 1872) March March 1 – Mack Gordon, American composer and lyricist (b. 1904) March 2 Zalman Ben-Ya'akov, Israel politician (b. 1897) Eric Blore, English actor (b. 1887) March 3 – Lou Costello, American actor and comedian (b. 1906) March 4 Adolphe Danziger De Castro, Israeli scholar (b. 1859) Maxie Long, American athlete (b. 1878) March 6 Guido Brignone, Italian actor (b. 1886) Fred Stone, American actor (b. 1873) March 7 – Ichirō Hatoyama, Japanese politician, 36th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1883) March 15 Shalva Dadiani, Soviet novelist (b. 1874) Lester Young, American jazz saxophonist (b. 1909) March 17 – Galaktion Tabidze, Georgian poet (b. 1891) March 19 – Umberto Barbaro, Italian critic (b. 1902) March 21 – Edwin Balmer, American science fiction and mystery writer (b. 1883) March 23 – Dominick Trcka, Czechoslovak Roman Catholic priest and blessed (b. 1886) March 24 – Abd al-Rahman al-Mahdi, Sudanese political figure and religious leader, Imam of the Ansar and 1st Prime Minister of Sudan (b. 1885) March 25 – Billy Mayerl, British pianist and composer (b. 1902) March 26 – Raymond Chandler, American-born novelist (b. 1888) March 27 – Grant Withers, American actor (b. 1905) March 28 – Lyubov Golanchikova, Soviet pilot (b. 1889) March 29 – Barthélemy Boganda, 1st Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (b. 1910) March 30 – Reginald R. Belknap, United States Navy rear admiral (b. 1871) April April 2 – Nicholas Charnetsky, Soviet Orthodox priest, bishop, martyr and blessed (b. 1884) April 6 – Leo Aryeh Mayer, Israeli professor and scholar of Islamic art (b. 1895) April 8 Mario de Bernardi, Italian aviator (b. 1893) Marios Makrionitis, Greek Jesuit prelate and reverend (b. 1913) Jonathan Zenneck, German physicist and electrical engineer (b. 1871) April 9 – Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect (b. 1867) April 12 – James Gleason, American actor, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1882) April 13 – Dagmar Hansen, Danish singer (b. 1871) April 15 – Leonard Beyers, South African army general (b. 1894) April