actress (b. 1915) April 6 – V. J. Sukselainen, Finnish politician, 24th Prime Minister of Finland (b. 1906) April 10 – Morarji Desai, 4th Prime Minister of India (b. 1896) April 14 – Burl Ives, American singer and actor (b. 1909) April 16 – Cy Endfield, American screenwriter (b. 1914) April 18 – Arturo Frondizi, Argentine lawyer and politician, 32nd President of Argentina (b. 1908) April 20 – Milovan Đilas, Yugoslav politician and philosopher (b. 1911) April 23 – Howard Cosell, American sportscaster (b. 1918) April 25 Alexander Knox, Canadian actor and novelist (b. 1907) Ginger Rogers, American actress and dancer (b. 1911) April 27 – Willem Frederik Hermans, Dutch writer (b. 1921) April 30 – Maung Maung Kha, 5th Prime Minister of Burma (b. 1920) May May 2 – Michael Hordern, English actor (b. 1911) May 4 – Louis Krasner, Ukrainian-American violinist (b. 1903) May 5 – Mikhail Botvinnik, Russian chess player (b. 1911) May 6 – Maria Pia de Saxe-Coburgo e Bragança, Portuguese writer and journalist (b. 1907) May 8 – Teresa Teng, Taiwanese singer (b. 1953) May 12 Arthur Lubin, American film director (b. 1898) Adolfo Pedernera, Argentinian footballer (b. 1918) Mia Martini, Italian singer and songwriter (b. 1947) May 14 – Christian B. Anfinsen, American chemist (b. 1916) May 15 – Eric Porter, English actor (b. 1928) May 16 – Lola Flores, Spanish singer, dancer and actress (b. 1923) May 18 Elisha Cook Jr., American actor (b. 1903) Alexander Godunov, Russian ballet dancer and actor (b. 1949) Elizabeth Montgomery, American actress (b. 1933) May 21 – Les Aspin, American politician (b. 1938) May 22 - Stephen L. Price, American visual effects supervisor (b. 1960) May 24 – Harold Wilson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1916) May 25 Krešimir Ćosić, Croatian professional basketball player and coach (b. 1948) Dany Robin, French actress (b. 1927) May 26 – Friz Freleng, American animator (b. 1906) May 29 – Margaret Chase Smith, American politician (b. 1897) May 30 – Ted Drake, English footballer (b. 1912) June June 3 – J. Presper Eckert, American engineer (b. 1919) June 7 – Hsuan Hua, Chinese Buddhist (b. 1918) June 8 – Juan Carlos Onganía, 35th President of Argentina (b. 1914) June 12 – Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Italian pianist (b. 1920) June 14 – Rory Gallagher, Irish blues and rock guitarist (b. 1948) June 20 – Emil Cioran, Romanian philosopher and essayist