1915) February 12 – Peter Benchley, American writer (b. 1940) February 13 – P. F. Strawson, English philosopher (b. 1919) February 15 – Sun Yun-suan, 10th Premier of the Republic of China (b. 1913) February 18 – Sirr Al-Khatim Al-Khalifa, 5th Prime Minister of Sudan (b. 1919) February 21 – Mirko Marjanović, 63rd Prime Minister of Serbia (b. 1937) February 22 S. Rajaratnam, Singaporean politician, 1st Senior Minister of Singapore (b. 1915) Said Mohamed Djohar, 2-Time President of the Comoros (b. 1919) February 23 Muhammad Shamsul Huq, Bangladeshi academic and former Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1912) Telmo Zarra, Spanish footballer (b. 1921) February 24 Octavia E. Butler, American author and writer (b. 1947) Don Knotts, American actor and comedian (b. 1924) Dennis Weaver, American actor (b. 1924) February 28 – Owen Chamberlain, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1920) March March 1 – Johnny Jackson, American singer and musician, former drummer of The Jackson 5, (b. 1955) March 6 – Dana Reeve, American actress (b. 1961) March 7 – Gordon Parks, American photographer (b. 1912) March 9 Anna Moffo, American operatic soprano (b. 1932) John Profumo, British politician ("Profumo affair") (b. 1915) March 11 – Slobodan Milošević, 3rd President of Serbia (b. 1941) March 13 Jimmy Johnstone, Scottish footballer (b. 1944) Maureen Stapleton, American actress (b. 1925) Roy Clarke, Welsh footballer for Manchester City & Wales (b. 1925) March 14 – Lennart Meri, 2nd President of Estonia (b. 1929) March 15 – Georgios Rallis, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1918) March 23 – Desmond Doss, American combat medic (b. 1919) March 25 Rocío Dúrcal, Spanish singer and actress (b. 1944) Richard Fleischer, American film director (b. 1916) March 27 – Stanisław Lem, Polish writer (b. 1921) March 28 – Caspar Weinberger, 15th United States Secretary of Defense (b. 1917) April April 1 – In Tam, Prime Minister of the Khmer Republic (b. 1916) April 5 – Gene Pitney, American singer (b. 1941) April 11 Proof, American rapper, member of D-12, (b. 1973) June Pointer, American singer, former member of The Pointer Sisters, (b. 1953). April 12 – Rajkumar, Indian actor and singer (b. 1929) April 13 – Muriel Spark, Scottish-born novelist (b. 1918) April 14 Miguel Reale, Brazilian philosopher of law, (b. 1910) Eberhardt Rechtin, American electrical engineer and telecommunications expert, (b. 1926) April 15 – Louise Smith, American NASCAR racer, (b. 1916) April 21 – Telê