director, screenwriter, writer, and playwright (b. 1913) April 10 – Jacek Kaczmarski, Polish singer, songwriter, poet and author (b. 1957) April 17 – Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi, Palestinian Hamas leader (b. 1947) April 18 – Kamisese Mara, 1st Prime Minister and 2nd president of Fiji (b. 1920) April 19 – John Maynard Smith, English biologist (b. 1920) April 24 – Estée Lauder, American cosmetics entrepreneur (b. 1906) April 25 – Thom Gunn, English poet (b. 1929) April 26 – Hubert Selby Jr., American writer (b. 1928) May May 9 – Brenda Fassie, South African singer, songwriter, dancer and activist (b. 1964) May 14 – Anna Lee, British-born American actress (b. 1913) May 16 – Marika Rökk, Egyptian-born Austrian singer, dancer and actress (b. 1913) May 17 Tony Randall, American actor (b. 1920) Ezzedine Salim, 45th Prime Minister of Iraq (b. 1943) May 18 – Elvin Jones, American jazz drummer (b. 1927) May 22 – Mikhail Voronin, Russian gymnast (b. 1945) June June 2 Dom Moraes, Indian poet and writer (b. 1938) Tesfaye Gebre Kidan, Ethiopian general, defense minister and acting president of Ethiopia (b. c. 1935) June 3 – Quorthon, Swedish singer, songwriter, musician and record producer (b. 1966) June 5 – Ronald Reagan, American politician and actor, 40th President of the United States (b. 1911) June 10 Ray Charles, American singer and musician (b. 1930) Xenophon Zolotas, Greek economist and politician, interim Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1904) June 16 – Thanom Kittikachorn, Thai military general, 10th Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1911) June 17 – Jacek Kuroń, Polish reformer and politician (b. 1934) June 22 – Thomas Gold, American astrophysicist (b. 1920) June 26 – Naomi Shemer, Israeli songwriter (b. 1931) July July 1 – Marlon Brando, American actor (b. 1924) July 2 – Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, Portuguese poet and writer (b. 1919) July 5 Hugh Shearer, Jamaican politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Jamaica (b. 1923) Rodger Ward, American aviator and racing driver (b. 1921) July 6 – Thomas Klestil, Austrian politician and diplomat, 10th President of Austria (b. 1932) July 10 Isabel Sanford, American actress (b. 1917) Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo, 108th Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1930) July 13 – Carlos Kleiber, Austrian conductor (b. 1930) July 16 – Charles Sweeney, American WWII pilot (b. 1919) July 19 – Zenkō Suzuki, Japanese politician, 44th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1911) July 20 – Antonio Gades,