diplomat (b. 1911) April 19 – Wilhelm Bittrich, German Waffen SS general (b. 1894) April 23 – Blair Peach, New Zealand-born, British teacher (b. 1946) April 24 – John Carroll, American actor (b. 1906) April 27 – Phan Huy Quát, 4th Prime Minister of South Vietnam (b. 1908) May May 1 – Morteza Motahhari, Iranian cleric and politician (b. 1919) May 2 – Giulio Natta, Italian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903) May 6 – Milton Ager, American songwriter (b. 1893) May 8 – Talcott Parsons, American sociologist (b. 1902) May 11 Joan Chandler, American actress (b. 1923) Barbara Hutton, American socialite (b. 1912) May 13 – Predrag Đajić, Bosnian Serb and Yugoslav footballer (b. 1922) May 14 – Jean Rhys, Dominican novelist (b. 1890) May 16 – A. Philip Randolph, African-American civil rights activist (b. 1889) May 27 – Ahmed Ould Bouceif, Mauritanian military officer, second Prime Minister of Mauritania (b. 1934) May 29 – Mary Pickford, Canadian-American actress and producer (b. 1892) June June 1 Ján Kadár, Czechoslovakian film director (b. 1918) Jack Mulhall, American actor (b. 1887) June 2 - Jim Hutton, American actor (b. 1934) June 5 – Heinz Erhardt, German comedian, musician, entertainer, actor and poet (b. 1909) June 6 – Jack Haley, American actor (b. 1897) June 8 - Reinhard Gehlen, German general, 20 July Plotter (b. 1902) June 9 - Cyclone Taylor, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1884) June 11 John Wayne, American Academy Award-winning actor and film director (b. 1907) Loren Murchison, American Olympic athlete (b. 1898) June 13 – Darla Hood, American actress (b. 1931) June 16 – Nicholas Ray, American film director, screenwriter and actor (b. 1911) June 22 – Louis Chiron, Monacan Grand Prix driver (b. 1899) June 25 – Dave Fleischer, American animator (b. 1894) June 26 – Akwasi Afrifa, Ghanaian soldier and politician, Head of state (1969–1970) (b. 1936) June 28 – Philippe Cousteau, French diver and cinematographer (b. 1940) June 29 – Lowell George, American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer (b. 1945) July July 2 – Carlyle Smith Beals, Canadian astronomer (b. 1899) July 3 – Louis Durey, French composer (b. 1888) July 4 – Theodora Kroeber, American writer and anthropologist (b. 1897) July 6 Antonio María Barbieri, Uruguay Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1892) Van McCoy, American musician noted for his 1975 hit "The Hustle" (b. 1940) July 8 Elizabeth Ryan, American 30 Grand Slam