English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892) April 23 – George Adamski, Polish-American UFO writer (b. 1891) April 24 – Louise Dresser, American actress (b. 1878) April 27 – Edward R. Murrow, American journalist (b. 1908) April 30 – Helen Chandler, American actress (b. 1906) May May 1 – Spike Jones, American musician and bandleader (b. 1911) May 6 – Oren E. Long, American politician, 10th Governor of Hawai'i (b. 1889) May 7 – Charles Sheeler, American photographer (b. 1883) May 9 – Leopold Figl, 14th Chancellor of Austria and acting President of Austria (b. 1902) May 14 – Frances Perkins, first woman appointed as a United States Presidential cabinet member (Labor) (b. 1880) May 15 – Yisrael Bar-Yehuda, Zionist activist and Israel politician (b. 1895) May 16 – Maria Dąbrowska, Polish writer (b. 1886) May 18 – Eli Cohen, Israeli spy (b. 1924) May 21 – Sir Geoffrey de Havilland, British aviation pioneer and aircraft company founder (b. 1882) May 23 Rosina Anselmi, Italian actress (b. 1880) David Smith, American sculptor (b. 1906) May 25 – Sonny Boy Williamson, American blues musician (b. 1899) May 27 – John Rinehart Blue, American military officer, educator, businessperson, and politician (b. 1905) June June 1 – Curly Lambeau, American football player and coach (b. 1898) June 5 Eleanor Farjeon, British author of children's literature (b. 1881) Prince Wilhelm, Duke of Södermanland (b. 1884) June 7 – Judy Holliday, American actress, comedian, and singer (b. 1921) June 11 – José Mendes Cabeçadas, Portuguese navy officer, 94th Prime Minister of Portugal and 9th President of Portugal (b. 1883) June 13 – Martin Buber, Austrian-Israeli philosopher (b. 1878) June 15 – Steve Cochran, American actor (b. 1917) June 19 – James Collip, Canadian biochemist (b. 1892) June 20 – Bernard Baruch, American financier and presidential adviser (b. 1870) June 22 – David O. Selznick, American film producer (b. 1902) June 23 – Mary Boland, American actress (b. 1882) June 28 – Red Nichols, American jazz cornettist (b. 1905) June 30 – Bessie Barriscale, American actress (b. 1884) July July 1 – Wally Hammond, English cricketer (b. 1903) July 7 – Moshe Sharett, 2nd Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1894) July 8 – T. S. Stribling, American novelist (b. 1881) July 11 – Ray Collins, American actor (b. 1889) July 13 – Laureano Gómez, 43rd President of Colombia (b. 1889) July 14 Adlai Stevenson, American politician