rights activist (b. 1936) January 18 Leonor Fini, Argentine artist (b. 1908) Endel Puusepp, Estonian pilot (b. 1909) N. T. Rama Rao, Indian actor, producer, director, editor and politician (b. 1923) January 19 – Don Simpson, American film producer (b. 1943) January 20 – Gerry Mulligan, American musician (b. 1927) January 25 – Jonathan Larson, American composer and playwright (b. 1960) January 28 Joseph Brodsky, Russian-born American Nobel poet (b. 1940) Jerry Siegel, American cartoonist (b. 1914) February February 2 – Gene Kelly, American actor and dancer (b. 1912) February 3 – Audrey Meadows, American actress (b. 1922) February 4 – Alfredo Nobre da Costa, 106th Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1923) February 6 – Guy Madison, American actor (b. 1922) February 7 – Boris Tchaikovsky, Russian composer (b. 1925) February 9 – Adolf Galland, German general (b. 1912) February 11 Kebby Musokotwane, Prime Minister of Zambia (b. 1946) Bob Shaw, Irish science fiction writer (b. 1931) February 12 – Ryōtarō Shiba, Japanese novelist (b. 1923) February 13 – Martin Balsam, American actor (b. 1919) February 14 Eva Hart, British Titanic survivor (b. 1905) Bob Paisley, English football manager (b. 1919) February 16 – Pat Brown, American politician (b. 1905) February 20 Solomon Asch, Polish-American psychologist (b. 1907) Audrey Munson, American model and actress (b. 1891) Toru Takemitsu, Japanese composer (b. 1930) February 21 – Morton Gould, American musician and composer (b. 1913) February 23 William Bonin, American serial killer (b. 1947) Helmut Schön, German football player and manager (b. 1915) February 25 – Haing S. Ngor, Cambodian activist and actor (b. 1940) February 26 – Mieczysław Weinberg, Polish composer (b. 1919) February 27 – Sarah Palfrey Cooke, American tennis player (b. 1912) March March 2 Jacobo Majluta Azar, 47th President of the Dominican Republic (b. 1934) Lyle Talbot, American actor (b. 1902) March 3 Marguerite Duras, French author and director (b. 1914) John Krol, American cardinal (b. 1910) March 4 – Minnie Pearl, American comedian (b. 1912) March 5 Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad, 5th President of Bangladesh (b. 1918) Whit Bissell, American actor (b. 1909) March 9 – George Burns, American comedian and actor (b. 1896) March 10 – Ross Hunter, American film producer (b. 1920) March 11 – Vince Edwards, American actor (b. 1928) March 12 – Gyula Kállai, 48th Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1910) March 13 Lucio Fulci, Italian film director, screenwriter, producer, and actor (b. 1927)