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The following is a list of notable deaths in April 1999. Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: * Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.


April 1999


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Ellis Yarnal Berry Ellis Yarnal Berry (October 6, 1902 – April 1, 1999) was an American attorney, newspaper publisher and politician, elected to the United States House of Representatives from South Dakota. Early life and education Berry was born in Larchwood, I ...
, 96, American attorney, newspaper publisher and politician. * Gladys Hasty Carroll, 94, American novelist. * Stipe Delić, 73, Croatian film director. *
Tony Frasca Anthony J. Frasca (1927–1999) was an American ice hockey player and coach for the varsity programs at Colorado College. He helped CC win its first national title in 1950. Career Player Tony Frasca began attending Colorado College in the fall ...
, 71, American ice hockey player and coach, stomach cancer. *
Alfred Jahn Alfred Jahn (22 April 1915, Kleparów, near Lwów (L'viv) – 1 April 1999, Wrocław) was a Polish geographer, geomorphologist, polar explorer and rector of Wrocław University. Biography He was born on 22 April 1915 in Kleparów, near Lw ...
, 83, Polish geographer,
geomorphologist Geomorphology (from Ancient Greek: , ', "earth"; , ', "form"; and , ', "study") is the scientific study of the origin and evolution of topographic and bathymetric features created by physical, chemical or biological processes operating at or n ...
and
polar explorer This list is for recognised pioneering explorers of the polar regions. It does not include subsequent travelers and expeditions. Polar explorers * Jameson Adams * Stian Aker * Valerian Albanov * Roald Amundsen * Salomon August Andrée * Piotr F ...
. *
Tadahito Mochinaga was a pioneer Japanese stop-motion animator. Having done many stop motion films/shorts in Japan, he is best known as the animator for Rankin/Bass' "Animagic" productions at his MOM Studio in Tokyo throughout the 1960s. He did this work in asso ...
, 80, Japanese stop-motion animator. *
Madhurantakam Rajaram Madhurantakam Rajaram ( Telugu: మధురాంతకం రాజారాం) (5 October 1930 – 1 April 1999) was an Indian author who is considered one of the foremost of modern Telugu short story writers. He is the winner of Sahitya Akad ...
, 68, Indian author. * George Rapée, 83, American bridge player. * Wilson Riles, 81, American educator and politician. *
Jesse Stone Jesse Albert Stone (November 16, 1901 – April 1, 1999) was an American rhythm and blues musician and songwriter whose influence spanned a wide range of genres. He also used the pseudonyms Charles Calhoun and Chuck Calhoun. His best-know ...
, 97, American R&B musician and songwriter.


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* Andrew Gardner, 66, British newscaster, heart attack. *
Julio Alberto Hernández Julio Alberto Hernández (September 27, 1900 – April 2, 1999) was a Dominican composer. He specialized in folk-music based compositions. Biography He was born in Santiago de los Caballeros and is the nephew of P.T. Camejo. In addition to st ...
, 98, Dominican composer and pianist. * Sophie Lihau-Kanza, 59, Congolese politician and sociologist, cardiac arrest. * Charlie Mitchell, 78, American gridiron football player. * Josip Pokupec, 85, Yugoslav Olympic cyclist.


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* Lionel Bart, 68, British music writer, composer and lyricist (''
Oliver! ''Oliver!'' is a coming-of-age stage musical, with book, music and lyrics by Lionel Bart. The musical is based upon the 1838 novel '' Oliver Twist'' by Charles Dickens. It premiered at the Wimbledon Theatre, southwest London in 1960 before op ...
'', '' Living Doll''), cancer. * John B. Daly, 69, American politician. * Herman Foster, 70, American bebop jazz pianist. *
Traian Iordache Traian Iordache (10 October 1911 – 3 April 1999) was a Romanian football striker and coach. Honours Club ;Venus București *Liga I (2): 1938–39, 1939–40 Individual *''Total matches played in Romanian First League:'' 93 matches – 66 g ...
, 87, Romanian football player and coach. * Evelyn Lambart, 84, Canadian animator and director. * Aldona Nenėnienė, 49, Soviet/Lithuanian handball and Olympic champion. *
Geoffrey Walsh Lieutenant-General Geoffrey Walsh, CBE, DSO, CD (19 August 1909 – 3 April 1999) was a Canadian soldier and Chief of the General Staff, the head of the Canadian Army from 1961 – 1964; Walsh was the last officer to hold this appointment as ...
, 89, Canadian general.


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* Manuel Bernardo Aguirre, 90, Mexican politician. * Karl Barufka, 77, German footballer. *
Faith Domergue Faith Marie Domergue (; June 16, 1924 or 1925 – April 4, 1999) was an American film and television actress. Discovered at age sixteen by media and aircraft mogul Howard Hughes, she was signed to a contract with Hughes' RKO Radio Pictur ...
, 74, American actress, cancer. * Jumabek Ibraimov, 55,
Kyrgyz Kyrgyz, Kirghiz or Kyrgyzstani may refer to: * Someone or something related to Kyrgyzstan *Kyrgyz people *Kyrgyz national games *Kyrgyz language *Kyrgyz culture *Kyrgyz cuisine *Yenisei Kirghiz *The Fuyü Gïrgïs language in Northeastern China ...
politician,
stomach cancer Stomach cancer, also known as gastric cancer, is a cancer that develops from the lining of the stomach. Most cases of stomach cancers are gastric carcinomas, which can be divided into a number of subtypes, including gastric adenocarcinomas. Lymph ...
. *
Vane Ivanović Ivan "Vane" Stefan Ivanović (9 June 1913 – 4 April 1999) was a Yugoslav-British athlete, shipowner, political activist, diplomat, writer and philanthropist. One of the founders of the European Movement and the consul general of Monaco in Lond ...
, 85, Yugoslav-British athlete, political activist, diplomat and writer. *
Lucille Lortel Lucille Lortel (née Wadler, December 16, 1900 – April 4, 1999) was an American actress, artistic director, and theatrical producer. In the course of her career Lortel produced or co-produced nearly 500 plays, five of which were nominated for ...
, 98, American actress, artistic director and theatrical producer. *
Frank Charles McGee Frank Charles McGee, (3 March 1926 – 4 April 1999) was a Canadian businessman, member of parliament, and, briefly, a Cabinet minister in the government of Prime Minister John Diefenbaker. McGee had a family history of public service. Both ...
, 73, Canadian businessman and politician. * Vladimir Orlov, 77, Soviet politician. * Bob Peck, 53, British actor (''
Jurassic Park ''Jurassic Park'', later also referred to as ''Jurassic World'', is an American science fiction media franchise created by Michael Crichton and centered on a disastrous attempt to create a theme park of cloned dinosaurs. It began in 1990 when ...
'', '' Edge of Darkness'', '' Lord of the Flies''), cancer. *
Eric Ramsay Eric Thomas Ramsay (born 2 August 1979) is a Scottish professional golfer. Ramsay was born in Dundee. In 2005 he won the Australian Amateur and finished in a tie for 23rd place at the 2005 Open Championship, one stroke behind Lloyd Saltman i ...
, 82, Australian politician. *
Ambroise Roux Ambroise Roux (26 June 1921 – 4 April 1999) was a French businessman and political advisor. He was the chief executive officer of Compagnie générale d'électricité (later known as Alcatel) from 1970 to 1981. He was the founding president of t ...
, 77, French businessman and political advisor, heart attack. * Early Wynn, 79, American baseball player ( Cleveland Indians) and member of the MLB Hall of Fame.


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Paul David Paul David (December 25, 1919 – April 5, 1999) was a Canadian cardiologist, founder of the Montreal Heart Institute, and Senator. Born in Montreal, Quebec, the son of Louis-Athanase David and Antonia Nantel, he received his Bachelor's d ...
, 79, Canadian cardiologist and politician. *
Oleksiy Demyanyuk Oleksiy Demyanyuk (July 30, 1958 in Baranivka, Ukrainian SSR – April 5, 1999) was a high jumper from the Soviet Union, who set the world's best year performance in 1981 with a leap of 2.33 metres at a meet in Leningrad. He ended up in eleve ...
, 40, Soviet high jumper and Olympian. * Giulio Einaudi, 87, Italian book publisher. *
Chester E. McCarty Major General Chester E. McCarty (December 31, 1905 – April 5, 1999) was an officer and pilot in the United States Air Force who served as chief of staff for U.S. Air Forces in Europe in February 1963. He came to Germany from Headquarters U.S. ...
, 93, American officer and pilot in the US Air Force. *
John Wiles John Wiles (20 September 1925 – 5 April 1999) was a South African novelist, television writer and producer. He was the second producer of the science fiction series ''Doctor Who'', succeeding Verity Lambert, and credited on four serials between ...
, 73, South African novelist, television writer and producer (''
Doctor Who ''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series depicts the adventures of a Time Lord called the Doctor, an extraterrestrial being who appears to be human. The Doctor explores the u ...
'').


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* Hienadz Karpienka, 49, Belarusian scientist and politician opposing president Alexander Lukashenko, stroke. *
Robert D. Lindsay Robert Dewar Lindsay (October 21, 1919 – April 6, 1999) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Hants West in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1970 to 1978. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party. ...
, 79, Canadian politician. * Red Norvo, 91, American jazz musician known as "Mr. Swing". *
William Pleeth William Pleeth OBE (12 January 1916 – 6 April 1999) was a well-known British cellist and an eminent teacher, who became widely known as the teacher of Jacqueline du Pré. Biography Early years William Pleeth was born in London. His p ...
, 83, British cellist. *
Angus Ellis Taylor Angus Ellis Taylor (October 13, 1911 – April 6, 1999) was a mathematician and professor at various universities in the University of California system. He earned his undergraduate degree at Harvard ''summa cum laude'' in 1933 and his PhD at ...
, 87, American mathematician and academic.


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Ivan Diviš Ivan Diviš (18 September 1924, in Prague – 7 April 1999, in Prague) was a significant Czech poet and essayist of the second half of the 20th century. Biography He was born in Prague into the family of a bank officer. While at high school in ...
, 74, Czech poet and essayist, fall. *
Heinz Lehmann Heinz Edgar Lehmann (July 17, 1911 – April 7, 1999) was a German-born Canadian psychiatrist best known for his use of chlorpromazine for the treatment of schizophrenia in 1950s and "truly the father of modern psychopharmacology." Early li ...
, 87, German-born Canadian psychiatrist known as the "father of modern psychopharmacology". *
Angus Paton Sir Thomas Angus Lyall Paton (10 May 1905 – 7 April 1999) was a British civil engineer from Jersey. Paton was born into a family that had founded the civil engineering firms of Easton, Gibb & Son and Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners and he woul ...
, 93, British civil engineer. *
Bob Tough Robert Tough, known also as "Red", (born August 28, 1920 – April 7, 1999) was an American professional basketball player. He spent two seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played as a member of the Fort Wayne Pistons in th ...
, 78, American basketball player.


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* Pipaluk Freuchen, 81, Danish-Greenlandic-Swedish writer. * Vic Fisher, 74, Australian rules footballer. *
Luis Castro Leiva Luis Hernan Castro Leiva (23 February 1943 – 8 April 1999) was a Venezuelan political philosopher, historian, writer and columnist. He is known for his televised speech on 23 January 1998 for the National Congress in which he warns against ...
, 56, Venezuelan academic, writer and columnist, brain haemorrhage. *
Fritz Tegtmeier Fritz Tegtmeier (30 July 1917 – 8 April 1999) was a World War II Luftwaffe 146 aerial victories Flying ace and recipient of the coveted Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognize extreme batt ...
, 81,
German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) **Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ger ...
Luftwaffe flying ace during World War II.


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* George Sidney Bishop, 85, British civil servant and businessman. *
Clay Bryant Claiborne Henry Bryant (November 16, 1911 – April 9, 1999) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1935 through 1940 for the Chicago Cubs. Listed at , , Bryant batted and threw right handed. He was born in Madison Heights, Virgi ...
, 87, American Major League Baseball player. *
Bert Firman Bert Firman (born Herbert Feuerman; 3 February 1906 – 9 April 1999) was an English bandleader of the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. He was born in London. His mother was of Polish stock and his father was a professional musician who had settled ...
, 93, English bandleader. *
Raúl Silva Henríquez Raúl Silva Henríquez SDB (27 September 1907 – 9 April 1999) was a Chilean prelate of the Catholic Church, a cardinal from 1962. He served as Archbishop of Santiago de Chile from 1961 to 1983 and as Bishop of Valparaíso from 1959 to 1961. ...
, 91, Chilean prelate of the Catholic Church. *
Jerold Hoffberger Jerold Charles Hoffberger (April 7, 1919 – April 9, 1999) was an American businessman. He was president of the National Brewing Company from 1946 to 1973. He was also part-owner of the Baltimore Orioles of the American League from 1954 to 1965 ...
, 80, American businessman. * Marcel Lihau, 67, Congolese politician, jurist, and law professor. * Mary Lutyens, 90, British author. * Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara, 49, Niger military officer, shot. * Albert Popwell, 72, American actor ('' Dirty Harry'', '' Cleopatra Jones'', ''
Search Searching or search may refer to: Computing technology * Search algorithm, including keyword search ** :Search algorithms * Search and optimization for problem solving in artificial intelligence * Search engine technology, software for findi ...
''), complications following open heart surgery.


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* John Ngu Foncha, 82, Cameroonian politician. * Heinz Fraenkel-Conrat, 88, Polish-American biochemist, lung failure. * Charles Green, 85, South African-British RAF fighter pilot during World War II and Olympic medalist in
bobsledding Bobsleigh or bobsled is a team winter sport that involves making timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sleigh. International bobsleigh competitions are governed by the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Feder ...
. *
Brownie Mary Mary Jane Rathbun (December 22, 1922 – April 10, 1999), popularly known as Brownie Mary, was an American medical cannabis rights activist. As a hospital volunteer at San Francisco General Hospital, she became known for baking and distrib ...
, 76, American
medical cannabis Medical cannabis, or medical marijuana (MMJ), is cannabis and cannabinoids that are prescribed by physicians for their patients. The use of cannabis as medicine has not been rigorously tested due to production and governmental restrictions ...
rights activist, heart attack. *
James D. McCawley James David McCawley (March 30, 1938 – April 10, 1999) was a Scottish-American linguist. Biography McCawley was born James Quillan McCawley, Jr. to Dr. Monica Bateman McCawley (b. 1901), a physician and surgeon, and James Quillan McCawley (b. ...
, 61, Scottish-American linguist. * Tu'i Pelehake, 77, Tonga royal and politician, Prime Minister. * Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai, 86, Indian novelist and short story writer. * Jean Vander Pyl, 79, American voice actress ('' The Flintstones'', '' The Jetsons'', '' Top Cat''), lung cancer. * Ali Sayad Shirazi, 54, Iranian army officer, assassinated. * Thornton Wilson, 78, American chairman and
CEO A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especially ...
of Boeing corporation.


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* William H. Armstrong, 87, American children's writer. * Tom Bane, 85, American politician. *
Pete Milne William James "Pete" Milne (April 10, 1925 – April 11, 1999) was an American professional baseball player. He played parts of three seasons in Major League Baseball, from 1948 until 1950, for the New York Giants, primarily as an outfielder. He a ...
, 74, American baseball player. * Agim Ramadani, 35,
Kosovar Albanian The Albanians of Kosovo ( sq, Shqiptarët e Kosovës, ), also commonly called Kosovo Albanians, Kosovar/Kosovan Albanians or Kosovars/Kosovans, constitute the largest ethnic group in Kosovo. Kosovo Albanians belong to the ethnic Albanian sub-gr ...
commander of the
Kosovo Liberation Army The Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA; , UÇK) was an ethnic Albanian separatist militia that sought the separation of Kosovo, the vast majority of which is inhabited by Albanians, from the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) and Serbia during the ...
, killed in action. *
Slavko Ćuruvija Slavko Ćuruvija ( sr-Cyrl, Славко Ћурувија, ; 9 August 1949 – 11 April 1999) was a Serbian journalist and newspaper publisher. His murder on 11 April 1999 in Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia provoked international outrage and wide condemna ...
, 49, Serbian journalist and newspaper publisher, shot.


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Ricardo Barreiro Ricardo Barreiro (October 2, 1949 – April 12, 1999) was an Argentine comic book writer. Biography Barreiro was born in the barrio of Palermo in Buenos Aires. At a very early age he published articles and short stories on the underground ...
, 49, Argentine comic book writer,
esophageal cancer Esophageal cancer is cancer arising from the esophagus—the food pipe that runs between the throat and the stomach. Symptoms often include difficulty in swallowing and weight loss. Other symptoms may include pain when swallowing, a hoarse voice ...
. * José Francisco de Morais, 49, Brazilian football player. * Alan Evans, 49, Welsh darts player. *
Hugo Fernando Kanupulage Ugo Singho (July 14, 1912 – April 12, 1999), popularly known as Hugo Master or Hugo Fernando, was an actor and composer of Sri Lankan cinema. Debuting in the first Sinhalese film '' Kadawunu Poronduwa'', Fernando had an over 50 year ...
, 86, Sri Lankan actor and composer. *
Carlos Jaschek Carlos Jaschek (March 2, 1926 – April 12, 1999) was a German-born Argentine astrophysicist who spent time in the United States, lived in Switzerland, settled in France, became a French citizenastrophysicist. *
Marion Albert Pruett Marion Albert Pruett (October 4, 1949 – April 12, 1999) was an American serial killer. Witness Protection Program In 1979, Pruett was given $800, a new name (Charles "Sonny" Pearson), and placed in the United States Federal Witness Protectio ...
, 49, American spree killer, execution by lethal injection. *
Boxcar Willie Lecil Travis Martin (September 1, 1931 – April 12, 1999), whose stage name was Boxcar Willie, was an American country music singer-songwriter, who sang in the "old-time hobo" music style, complete with dirty face, overalls, and a floppy hat. ...
, 67, American country music singer-songwriter, leukemia. * Dr.Rajkumar, 80, kannada film actor ,


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* Edith Anderson, 83, American journalist, writer and translator. * James M. Clarke, 81, American farmer and politician. * Knut Hauge, 87, Norwegian writer. *
Masaji Kiyokawa was a Japanese businessman, sports administrator and backstroke swimmer who won two medals at the 1932 and 1936 Olympics. During his swimming career Kiyokawa set one world record, in the 400-metre backstroke. Kiyokawa was born in Toyohashi, Aic ...
, 86, Japanese sports administrator and Olympic medalist,
pancreatic cancer Pancreatic cancer arises when cell (biology), cells in the pancreas, a glandular organ behind the stomach, begin to multiply out of control and form a Neoplasm, mass. These cancerous cells have the malignant, ability to invade other parts of t ...
. * Don McGuire, 80, American actor, director, screenwriter, and producer. *
Walter H. Moeller Walter Henry Moeller (March 15, 1910 – April 13, 1999) was an American politician from the Democratic Party. He served Ohio's 10th congressional district in the House of Representatives, during the 86th, 87th, and 89th Congresses. Biography ...
, 89, American politician. *
Sheik Chinna Moulana Sheik Chinna Moulana (12 May 1924, Karavadi Prakasham, Andhra Pradesh – 13 April 1999, Srirangam, Tamil Nadu), popularly known as Sheik, was a legendary nadhaswaram player in the Carnatic tradition. He was awarded the Madras Music Academy's Sa ...
, 74, Indian
nadhaswaram The Nagaswaram (nādḥasvaram) is a double reed wind instrument from South India. It is used as a traditional classical instrument in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, and Kerala. This instrument is "among the world's loude ...
player. *
Ortvin Sarapu Ortvin Sarapu (born Ortvin Sarapuu; 22 January 1924 – 13 April 1999), known in New Zealand as "Mr Chess", was an Estonian-born chess player who emigrated to New Zealand and won or shared the New Zealand Chess Championship 20 times from 1 ...
, 75, Estonian-New Zealand chess player. * Willi Stoph, 84, East German politician. *
Visakha Wijeyeratne Visakha Wijeyeratne ( Sinhala: ''විශාකා විජයරත්න'', née Bulankulame) (17 March 1935 – 13 April 1999) was a Sri Lankan artist, painter, sculptor, writer and social worker. Her husband, Tissa Wijeyeratne, was a politic ...
, 64, Sri Lankan painter, sculptor, writer and social worker.


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Ellen Corby Ellen Hansen Corby (June 3, 1911 – April 14, 1999) was an American actress and screenwriter. She played the role of Esther "Grandma" Walton on the CBS television series ''The Waltons'', for which she won three Emmy Awards. She was also ...
, 87, American actress ('' The Waltons'', '' Vertigo'', '' Shane''),
Emmy The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international television industry. A number of annual Emmy Award ceremonies are held throughout the calendar year, each with the ...
winner (
1973 Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. ...
), stroke. * Anthony Newley, 67, British singer-songwriter and actor, kidney cancer. *
Robert G. Sachs Robert G. Sachs (May 4, 1916 – April 14, 1999) was an American theoretical physicist, a founder and a director of the Argonne National Laboratory. Sachs was also notable for his work in theoretical nuclear physics, terminal ballistics, and nucle ...
, 82, American theoretical physicist. * Aubrey Schenck, 90, American film producer. *
Brigitte Steden Brigitte Gertrud Steden also known as Brigitte Potthoff and Brigitte Pickartz (16 March 1949 – 14 April 1999) was a badminton player from Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. ...
, 50, German badminton player and Olympian. * Werner Stumm, 74, Swiss chemist. * Nicola Trussardi, 56, Italian fashion designer, traffic collision. *
Bill Wendell William Joseph Wenzel Jr. (March 22, 1924 – April 14, 1999), known as Bill Wendell, was an NBC television staff announcer for almost his entire professional career. Life and career Born in New York City, Wendell served in the United States ...
, 75, American television announcer, complications from cancer.


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Hermann Biechele Hermann Biechele (March 1, 1918 – April 15, 1999) was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and former member of the German Bundestag The Bundestag (, "Federal Diet") is the German federal parliament. It is the o ...
, 81, German politician and member of the Bundestag. *
Roy Chiao Roy Chiao (16 March 1927 – 15 April 1999) was a Hong Kong actor, most notable in the United States for playing the minor villain Lao Che in the 1984 movie ''Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom''. Biography Chiao was born in Shanghai in 1927. ...
, 72, British Hong Kong-era Chinese actor, heart failure. *
Aaron Esterson Aaron Esterson (23 September 1923 –15 April 1999) was a British psychiatrist, practising in Glasgow. He was one of the founders of the Philadelphia Association along with R. D. Laing. Born in Glasgow in 1923, Esterson served in the Royal Nav ...
, 75, British psychiatrist. *
K. R. Srinivasa Iyengar Kodaganallur Ramaswami Srinivasa Iyengar (1908–1999), popularly known as K. R. Srinivasa Iyengar, was an Indian writer in English, former vice-chancellor of Andhra University. He was given the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Fellowship in 1985. C ...
, 90, Indian writer in English. *
F. Burton Jones Floyd Burton Jones (November 22, 1910, Cisco, Texas – April 15, 1999, Santa Barbara, California) was an American mathematician, active mainly in topology. Jones's father was a pharmacist and local politician in Shackelford County, Texas. As the ...
, 88, American mathematician. * Harvey Postlethwaite, 55, British Formula One team technical director, heart attack.


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Kaoru Betto was a Nippon Professional Baseball player. After playing for the Ōsaka Tigers for two years, Betto played for the Mainichi Orions from 1950 to 1957. In his first season with the Orions, Betto won the NPB's first Pacific League MVP Award and help ...
, 78, Japanese baseball player. * Regis Cordic, 72, American radio personality and actor. * Vincent J. Dellay, 91, American politician. *
Osmund Faremo Osmund Faremo (23 November 1921 – 16 April 1999) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was born in Hylestad and was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Aust-Agder in 1965, and was re-elected on four occasions. He had prev ...
, 77, Norwegian politician. *
Rudi Fehr Rudolf "Rudi" Fehr, A.C.E. (July 6, 1911 – April 16, 1999) was a German-born, American film editor and studio executive. He had more than thirty credits as an editor of feature films including ''Key Largo'' (1946), ''Dial M for Murder'' (195 ...
, 87, German-born American film editor ('' Dial M for Murder'', '' Prizzi's Honor'', '' Key Largo''), heart attack. *
Zoë Lund Zoë Tamerlis Lund (February 9, 1962 – April 16, 1999), also known as Zoë Tamerlis and Zoë Tamerlaine, was an American musician, model, actress, author, producer, political activist and screenwriter. She was best known for her association in ...
, 37, American musician, model, actress, producer and screenwriter, cocaine-induced heart failure. *
Charles McKimson Charles Edson McKimson, Jr. (December 20, 1914 – April 16, 1999) was an American animator, best known for his work at Warner Bros. studio. He was the younger brother of animators Robert and Thomas McKimson. His father was a newspaperman who lat ...
, 84, American animator. *
Abbott Lawrence Pattison Abbott Lawrence Pattison (May 15, 1916 – April 16, 1999) was an American sculptor and abstract artist. Life Internationally known as a sculptor, American artist Abbott Pattison worked primarily in cast bronze, welded brass and carved ...
, 82, American sculptor and abstract artist. *
Karl Schefold Karl Schefold (; 26 January 1905 – 16 April 1999) was a classical archaeologist based in Basel, Switzerland. Born and educated in Germany, he was forced in 1935 to emigrate to Switzerland, which he adopted as his home country. His speciality ...
, 94, Swiss archaeologist. * Skip Spence, 52, American singer-songwriter (
Jefferson Airplane Jefferson Airplane was an American rock band based in San Francisco, California, that became one of the pioneering bands of psychedelic rock. Formed in 1965, the group defined the San Francisco Sound and was the first from the Bay Area to ac ...
, Moby Grape), lung cancer. *
Margaret Tait Margaret Caroline Tait (11 November 1918 – 16 April 1999) was a Scottish medical doctor, filmmaker and poet. Early life and education Tait was born and raised in Kirkwall, in the Orkney Islands in the north of Scotland, before being sent to ...
, 80, Scottish film maker and poet. * Gordon Watson, 78, Australian classical pianist.


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Julian Cole Julian David Cole (April 2, 1925 – April 17, 1999) was an American mathematician. He is known for his groundbreaking work in mathematical applications to aerodynamics and transonic flow, and in non-linear equations more generally. He graduated 3 ...
, 74, American mathematician. *
Ahmad Mohamed Ibrahim Ahmad bin Mohamed Ibrahim (15 May 1916 – 17 April 1999) was a Singaporean lawyer and law professor who served as the first Attorney-General of Singapore between 1965 and 1967. Early life Ahmad was educated in Victoria Bridge School (now Victor ...
, 82, Singaporean lawyer and law professor. * Georges Miez, 94, Swiss gymnast, cerebrovascular disease. * Richard Negri, 71, British theatre director and designer. *
Nicky Virachkul Nicholas "Nick" Virachkul (June 3, 1948 – April 17, 1999) was an American professional darts player who competed in the 1970s and 1980s. Personal life Nicky Virachkul was born in Thailand, studied in the United States and became a naturalized ...
, 50, American darts player, cancer.


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Alan Brazier Alan Frederick Brazier (7 December 1924 – 18 April 1999) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Surrey County Cricket Club and Kent County Cricket Club between 1948 and 1956. Brazier was born at Paddington in London. He w ...
, 74, English cricket player. *
Vicente Escrivá Vicente Escrivá (1 June 1913 – 18 April 1999) was a Spanish film director, producer and screenwriter. He worked on more than 50 films between 1948 and 1999. Selected filmography * '' Agustina of Aragon'' (1950) * ''Our Lady of Fatim ...
, 85, Spanish film director, producer and screenwriter. *
Ye Fei Ye Fei (; 7 May 1914 – 18 April 1999) was a Philippine-born Chinese military general and politician of the People's Republic of China. Born Sixto Mercado Tiongco in the Philippines to a Chinese father and a Filipino mother, he joined the Chi ...
, 84, Filipino-Chinese general and politician. * Enrique Hormazábal, 68, Chilean football player. * Robert Irving, 51, English rugby player, heart attack. *
Gert Jeschonnek Gert Gustav Paul Jeschonnek (30 October 1912 – 18 April 1999) was an officer in the ''Kriegsmarine'' during World War II. Following World War II, he became commander (Inspector of the Navy) of the post-war German Navy The German Navy (, ) ...
, 86, German naval officer. * Setsuko Migishi, 94, Japanese Yōga painter. * Herman Miller, 79, American film writer and producer. * Gian-Carlo Rota, 66, Italian-American mathematician and philosopher. * Raghubir Singh, 56, Indian photographer, heart attack.


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Stanley T. Adams Stanley "Stan" Taylor Adams (May 9, 1922 – April 19, 1999) was a United States Army officer who received the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions in the Korean War. A native of Kansas, Adams fought in World War ...
, 76, United States Army officer, Alzheimer's disease. * Hermine Braunsteiner, 79, German Nazi concentration camp guard. * Margaret Campbell, 86, Politician in Ontario, Canada. *
Flora Carabella Flora Carabella (15 February 1926 – 19 April 1999) was an Italian film, television and stage actress. Life and career Born in Rome, the daughter of the composer Ezio, Carabella studied acting at the Silvio d’Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts ...
, 73, Italian actress, bone cancer. *
Shay Gorman Shay may refer to: People Shay is an Irish Gaelic name, a variant of the name Shea. It is derived from Seamus, which is anglicized from Ó Séaghdha. Shay is also a Hebrew unisex name, meaning gift, deriving as a variation of Shai. Mononym * Shay ...
, 76, Irish actor. * Helen Lundeberg, 90, American painter, pneumonia. * Arthur Morton, 84, American football player and coach. * Yoko Tani, 70, Japanese actress and nightclub entertainer, cancer.


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* Flash Hollett, 88, Canadian ice hockey player. * James Cullen Martin, 71, American chemist. *
Reginald O'Brien Reginald Charles O'Brien (23 January 1926 – 20 April 1999) was an Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1961 to 1963, representing the Queensland electorate of Petrie ...
, 73, Australian politician. *
Nikos Rizos Nikos Rizos ( el, Νίκος Ρίζος; 30 September 1924, in Peta – 20 April 1999, in Athens) was a Greek actor. He took part in many Greek comedies in cinema. He and his wife Elsa had one son. Career Rizos began his career with ''Anthropo ...
, 74, Greek actor,
edema Edema, also spelled oedema, and also known as fluid retention, dropsy, hydropsy and swelling, is the build-up of fluid in the body's Tissue (biology), tissue. Most commonly, the legs or arms are affected. Symptoms may include skin which feels t ...
, heart attack. *
Bethsabée de Rothschild Baroness Bethsabée de Rothschild (assumed the name Batsheva after she immigrated to Israel in 1951; 23 September 1914 – 20 April 1999) was a philanthropist, dance patron, and member of the Rothschild banking family. Early life and education ...
, 84, French philanthropist and member of the
Rothschild family The Rothschild family ( , ) is a wealthy Ashkenazi Jewish family originally from Frankfurt that rose to prominence with Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744–1812), a court factor to the German Landgraves of Hesse-Kassel in the Free City of F ...
. * Rick Rude, 40, professional wrestler, heart failure following accidental overdose. *
Señor Wences Wenceslao Moreno Centeno (April 17, 1896 – April 20, 1999),
, 103, Spanish ventriloquist. *
Charles E. Whittingham Charles Edward Whittingham (April 13, 1913 – April 20, 1999) was an American Thoroughbred race horse trainer who is one of the most acclaimed trainers in U.S. racing history. Early career Born in Chula Vista, California, Whittingham began w ...
, 86, American racehorse trainer. *Students killed in the
Columbine High School massacre On April 20, 1999, a school shooting and attempted bombing occurred at Columbine High School in Columbine, Colorado, United States. The perpetrators, 12th grade students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, murdered 12 students and one teacher. ...
: ** Cassie Bernall, 17, victim. **
Eric Harris Eric David Harris (April 9, 1981 – April 20, 1999) and Dylan Bennet Klebold (; September 11, 1981 – April 20, 1999) were an American mass murder duo who perpetrated the Columbine High School massacre on April 20, 1999. Harris and Klebold ...
, 18, perpetrator. **
Dylan Klebold Eric David Harris (April 9, 1981 – April 20, 1999) and Dylan Bennet Klebold (; September 11, 1981 – April 20, 1999) were an American mass murder duo who perpetrated the Columbine High School massacre on April 20, 1999. Harris and Klebo ...
, 17, perpetrator. ** Rachel Scott, 17, victim.


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Tim Forster Captain Timothy Arthur Forster, OBE (27 February 1934 – 21 April 1999) commonly known as Tim Forster, was an English racehorse trainer and previously an amateur jockey. As a trainer he had 1,346 winners, including 3 Grand Nationals at Ain ...
, 65, British racehorse trainer. *
Phillip Omondi Phillip Omondi (1957 – 21 April 1999) was a Ugandan football player and manager. Playing career A forward, Omondi played for local side Kampala City Council FC from 1973 to 1979, when he moved to the United Arab Emirates to join Sharjah. Omo ...
, 42, Ugandan football player and manager. *
Ralph Perk Ralph Joseph Perk (January 19, 1914 – April 21, 1999) was an American politician of the Republican Party who served as the 52nd mayor of Cleveland, Ohio. Early life Born to an ethnic Czech American family in Cleveland, Perk dropped out of ...
, 85, American politician. * Charles Rogers, 94, American actor and jazz musician. *
Mandayani Jeersannidhi Thirumalachar Mandayam Jeersannidhi Thirumalachar (22 September 1914 – 21 April 1999) was an Indian mycologist, microbiologist, plant pathologist and the co-founder of Jeersannidhi-Anderson Institute, California. He was the head of R&D at Hindustan Antib ...
, 84, Indian
mycologist Mycology is the branch of biology concerned with the study of fungus, fungi, including their genetics, genetic and biochemistry, biochemical properties, their Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy and ethnomycology, their use to humans, including as a so ...
,
microbiologist A microbiologist (from Ancient Greek, Greek ) is a scientist who studies microscopic life forms and processes. This includes study of the growth, interactions and characteristics of Microorganism, microscopic organisms such as bacteria, algae, f ...
and
plant pathologist Plant pathology (also phytopathology) is the scientific study of diseases in plants caused by pathogens (infectious organisms) and environmental conditions (physiological factors). Organisms that cause infectious disease include fungus, fung ...
. * Liz Tilberis, 51, British fashion magazine editor, ovarian cancer. *
Su Xuelin Su Xuelin or Su Hsüeh-lin (24 February 1897 in Rui'an, Zhejiang – 21 April 1999 in Tainan, Taiwan) was a Chinese writer and scholar. Early life Su Xuelin was born to a family of officials native to Anhui province in 1897. Her grandfather, ...
, 102, Chinese author and scholar.


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* Ida Anak Agung Gde Agung, 77, Indonesian politician. *
Bill Bowen William F. Bowen (January 29, 1929 – April 22, 1999) was a member of the Ohio Senate, serving from 1970–1994, and a member of the Ohio Civil Rights Commission Hall of Fame. He also served in the Ohio House of Representatives The Ohio House ...
, 70, American politician. *
Joseph W.S. deGraft-Johnson Joseph William Swain de Graft-Johnson (6 October 1933 – 22 April 1999) was a Ghanaian engineer, academic and politician. He served as Vice-President of Ghana from 1979 to 1981. Early life and education Joseph de Graft-Johnson was born on 6 Oct ...
, 65, Ghanaian engineer, academic and politician. * Munir Ahmad Khan, 72, Pakistani nuclear engineer and physicist, complications following heart surgery. *
Jean-Claude Molinari Jean-Claude Molinari (28 August 1931 – 22 April 1999) was a French former tennis player, originally amateur and later professional. At Wimbledon, he reached the quarter-finals of the men's singles in 1959. In the Davis Cup in 1954, he d ...
, 67, French tennis player. * Apostolos Nikolaidis, 60, Greek singer, cancer. *
Bert Remsen Herbert Birchell "Bert" Remsen (February 25, 1925 – April 22, 1999) was an American actor and casting director. He appeared in numerous films and television series. Biography Remsen was born in Glen Cove, New York, on Long Island, the son o ...
, 74, American actor ('' McCabe & Mrs. Miller'', ''
Nashville Nashville is the capital city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the seat of Davidson County. With a population of 689,447 at the 2020 U.S. census, Nashville is the most populous city in the state, 21st most-populous city in the U.S., and the ...
'', '' It's a Living''). *
Z. A. Suleri Ziauddin Ahmad Suleri (1912/1913 – 21/22 April 1999), best known as Z. A. Suleri, was a Pakistani political journalist, conservative writer, author, and Pakistan Movement activist. He is regarded as one of the pioneers of print journalism ...
, Pakistani political journalist, author and activist, heart failure. * Anne Szumigalski, 77, Canadian poet.


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Maria Àngels Anglada Maria Àngels Anglada was a Catalan people, Catalan poet and novelist. She was born in Vic, Spain, in 1920. She received a degree in Classical Philology at the University of Barcelona. Her first novel, ''Les closes'', won the Josep Pla Award. He ...
, 69, Catalan poet and novelist. *
Dana Childs Dana Childs (December 15, 1922 – April 23, 1999) was a Maine politician, lawyer and jurist. Childs, who served as both a Democrat and Republican, represented Portland in the Maine House of Representatives. He served a two-year stint as Speaker ...
, 76, American politician, lawyer and jurist, heart attack. * Melba Liston, 73, American jazz trombonist, arranger and composer. * Aleksandr Prokofyevich Markevich, 94, Ukrainian zoologist, helminthologist and copepodologist. *
Tullio Pandolfini Tullio "Tullo" Pandolfini (6 August 1914 – 23 April 1999) was an Italian water polo player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics. He was born and died in Florence. Pandolfini was part of the Italian team which won the gold medal. He ...
, 84, Italian water polo player and Olympic champion. *
Francis J. Pettijohn Francis John Pettijohn (June 20, 1904 – April 23, 1999) was an American geologist who served for many years on the faculty of Johns Hopkins University.Paul E. Potter, tp://rock.geosociety.org/pub/Memorials/v31/pettijohn.pdf Memorial to Francis J. ...
, 94, American geologist. *
M. V. Rajamma M. V. Rajamma (10 March 1918 – 23 April 1999) was an Indian actress, producer and playback singer of films mostly in Kannada, Tamil and Telugu languages from the 1930s through 1970s. She has the distinction of having acted as both heroine and ...
, 78, Indian actress, singer and movie producer. * Roger Rio, 86, French football player. *
Philip Stratford Philip Stratford (October 13, 1927 – April 23, 1999) was a Canadian translator, professor and poet. Winner of the 1988 Governor General’s Award, Stratford was also well recognized for his translations of works by Antonine Maillet, René Lé ...
, 71, Canadian translator, professor and poet. *
Celso Torrelio Celso Torrelio Villa (3 June 1933 – 23 April 1999) was a military general and a member of the Junta of Commanders of the Armed Forces (1981), who served as the de facto 58th president of Bolivia from 1981 to 1982. A native of Padilla, dep ...
, 65, Bolivian military general and member of the Junta.


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Nanabhai Bhatt Nanabhai Bhatt (12 June 1915 – 24 April 1999) was an Indian film director and producer who worked in Hindi and Gujarati cinema. He is known for making over a hundred fantasy and mythological films, including ''Mr. X'' (1957), ''Zimbo Comes t ...
, 83, Indian Bollywood film director and producer, heart failure. * Arthur Boyd, 78, Australian painter. *
Ray Evans Raymond Bernard Evans (February 4, 1915 – February 15, 2007) was an American songwriter. He was a partner in a composing and song-writing duo with Jay Livingston, known for the songs they composed for films. Evans wrote the lyrics and Living ...
, 76, American football player. * Don Nolander, 77, American gridiron football player. *
Charles Rostaing Charles Rostaing (9 October 1904 – 24 April 1999) was a French linguist who specialised in toponymy.Obituar ...
, 94, French linguist. *
Don Schofield Don Schofield was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s. An Australia national and New South Wales state representative forward, he played his club football in the Newcastle Rugby League for Cessn ...
, 68, Australian rugby player.


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Roman Hruska Roman Lee Hruska () (August 16, 1904April 25, 1999) was an American attorney and politician who served as a Republican U.S. senator from the state of Nebraska. Hruska was known as one of the most vocal conservatives in the Senate during the 1960 ...
, 94, American politician, complications following a broken hip. * Rupert Lonsdale, 93, British
submarine A submarine (or sub) is a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater. It differs from a submersible, which has more limited underwater capability. The term is also sometimes used historically or colloquially to refer to remotely op ...
commander and prisoner of war during World War II. * Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin, 84, Irish journalist, author and Olympic official. * William McCrea, 94, English astronomer and mathematician. * Martti Simojoki, 90, Finnish archbishop . * Roger Troutman, 47, American musician, producer and founder of ''
Zapp and Roger Zapp (also known as the Zapp Band, Zapp & Roger) is an American funk band that emerged from Dayton, Ohio, United States, in 1977. Particularly influential in the electro subgenre of funk, Zapp were known for their trademark use of the talk-b ...
'', fratricide, fusillade. *
Michi Weglyn Michi Nishiura Weglyn (November 29, 1926 – April 25, 1999) was an American author. Her book ''Years of Infamy: The Untold Story of America’s Concentration Camps'', which was published in 1976, helped fuel a movement leading to reparations ...
, 72, American author.


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* Man Mohan Adhikari, 78, 31st Prime Minister of Nepal. * Adrian Borland, 41, British singer ( The Sound), suicide by train. * Jill Dando, 37, British journalist and television presenter ('' Crimewatch''), shot. * Trilicia Gunawardena, 65, Sri Lankan actress and singer. *
Faye Throneberry Maynard Faye Throneberry (June 22, 1931 – April 26, 1999) was an American professional baseball player. A native of Fisherville, Tennessee, he was a backup outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Red Sox (1952, 1955–57), ...
, 67, American baseball player.


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Arbit Blatas Arbit Blatas (1908–1999), born Nicolai Arbitblatas, was an artist and sculptor of Lithuanian–Jewish descent. Early life and career as an artist Born in Kaunas on 19 November 1908, Arbit Blatas was a precocious talent who began exhibiting i ...
, 90, Lithuanian artist and sculptor. * Dominick L. DiCarlo, 71, American lawyer and politician, heart attack. *
Al Hirt Alois Maxwell "Al" Hirt (November 7, 1922 – April 27, 1999) was an American trumpeter and bandleader. He is best remembered for his million-selling recordings of "Java" and the accompanying album '' Honey in the Horn'' (1963), and for the them ...
, 76, American trumpeter and bandleader, liver failure. *
Peter Jackson Sir Peter Robert Jackson (born 31 October 1961) is a New Zealand film director, screenwriter and producer. He is best known as the director, writer and producer of the ''Lord of the Rings'' trilogy (2001–2003) and the ''Hobbit'' trilogy ( ...
, 87, British cricket player. *
Pavel Klushantsev Pavel Vladimirovich Klushantsev (russian: Па́вел Влади́мирович Клуша́нцев; 25 February 1910 – 27 April 1999) was a Russian cameraman of higher category (1939), film director, producer, screenwriter and author who w ...
, 89, Russian cameraman, film director, producer, screenwriter and author. * Rolf Landauer, 72, German-born American physicist, brain cancer. * He Luting, 95, Chinese composer. *
Antonio Merayo Antonio Merayo (19 August 1909 – 27 April 1999) was an Argentine cinematographer.World Filmography: 1967 p.25 Selected filmography * '' Autumn Roses'' (1931) * '' Palermo'' (1937) * '' Cadetes de San Martín'' (1937) * '' The Good Doctor'' ...
, 89, Argentine cinematographer. *
Maria Stader Maria Stader (November 5, 1911 – April 27, 1999) was a Hungarian-born Swiss lyric soprano, known particularly for her Mozart interpretations. Biography Stader was born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary, on November 5, 1911, as Maria Molnár. During ...
, 87, Hungarian-Swiss lyric
soprano A soprano () is a type of classical female singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types. The soprano's vocal range (using scientific pitch notation) is from approximately middle C (C4) = 261  Hz to "high A" (A5) = 880&n ...
. * Cyril Washbrook, 84, English cricketer. * Mark Weiser, 46, American computer scientist, liver failure.


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Brandon Burlsworth Brandon Vaughn Burlsworth (September 20, 1976 – April 28, 1999) was an offensive lineman for the Arkansas Razorbacks football team from 1995 to 1998. He joined the team as a walk-on and eventually became an All-American. Football career Bu ...
, 22, American football player, traffic collision. * Rory Calhoun, 76, American film and television actor, screenwriter and producer, diabetes. * Jean-Blaise Kololo, 47, Congolese politician and diplomat. *
Osvaldo Civile Osvaldo Daniel Civile (21 October 1958 – 28 April 1999) was an Argentine heavy metal guitarist. He was the guitarist for the bands V8 and Horcas. Biography Civile was born in Caseros, Buenos Aires, and began his music career in the band T ...
, 40, Argentine heavy metal guitarist ('' V8'', ''
Horcas Horcas is a heavy metal band from Argentina created in 1988 by Osvaldo Civile, former guitarist for V8, Argentina’s landmark heavy metal outfit of the 1980s. After quitting V8 in 1985, and impressed by the new generation of thrash metal bands f ...
''). *
Alf Ramsey Sir Alfred Ernest Ramsey (22 January 1920 – 28 April 1999) was an English football player and manager. As a player, he represented the England national team and captained the side, but he is best known for his time as England manager fr ...
, 79, British football player and manager (''
Ipswich Town Ipswich Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. They play in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. The club was founded in 1878 but did not turn profession ...
'', '' England''), Alzheimer's disease and prostate cancer. *
Arthur Leonard Schawlow Arthur Leonard Schawlow (May 5, 1921 – April 28, 1999) was an American physicist and co-inventor of the laser with Charles Townes. His central insight, which Townes overlooked, was the use of two mirrors as the resonant cavity to take maser act ...
, 77, American physicist and co-inventor of the laser with
Charles Townes Charles Hard Townes (July 28, 1915 – January 27, 2015) was an American physicist. Townes worked on the theory and application of the maser, for which he obtained the fundamental patent, and other work in quantum electronics associated wi ...
, leukemia. * John Stears, 64, British special effects artist (''
Star Wars ''Star Wars'' is an American epic film, epic space opera multimedia franchise created by George Lucas, which began with the Star Wars (film), eponymous 1977 film and quickly became a worldwide popular culture, pop-culture Cultural impact of S ...
'', '' Thunderball'', '' The Mask of Zorro''), Oscar winner (
1966 Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...
,
1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ...
), stroke. *
Donald E. Stewart Donald E. Stewart (24 January 193028 April 1999) was an American screenwriter, best known for his screenplay for ''Missing'', which won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, the Writers Guild of America Award, the London Film Critics' C ...
, 69, American screenwriter (''
Missing Missing or The Missing may refer to: Film * ''Missing'' (1918 film), an American silent drama directed by James Young * ''Missing'' (1982 film), an American historical drama directed by Costa-Gavras * ''Missing'' (2007 film) (''Vermist''), a Bel ...
'', ''
The Hunt for Red October ''The Hunt for Red October'' is the debut novel by American author Tom Clancy, first published on October 1, 1984, by the Naval Institute Press. It depicts Soviet submarine captain Marko Ramius as he seemingly goes rogue with his country's cutt ...
'', '' Patriot Games''), Oscar winner (
1983 The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to Internet protocol suite, TCP/IP is officially completed (this is consid ...
), cancer. * Roderick Thorp, 62, American novelist ('' Nothing Lasts Forever''), heart attack. * Arvo Viitanen, 75, Finnish
cross-country skier Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreation ...
and Olympic medalist. *
Harold Wellman Harold William Wellman (25 March 1909 – 28 April 1999) was an English-born New Zealand geologist known for his work on plate tectonics. He is notable for his discovery of South Island's Alpine Fault. Wellman became a Fellow of the Royal Society ...
, 90, English-New Zealand geologist.


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Léon Barzin Léon Eugene Barzin (November 27, 1900April 19, 1999) was a Belgian-born American conductor and founder of the National Orchestral Association (NOA), the oldest surviving training orchestra in the United States. Barzin was also the founding mu ...
, 98, Belgian-American conductor. *
Les Bennett Leslie Donald Bennett (10 January 1918 – 29 April 1999) was an English professional footballer who played as an inside forward for Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United. Football career Bennett joined Tottenham as a junior in May 1939. H ...
, 81, English football player. *
Barbara Bevege Barbara Lynette Bevege (25 November 1942 – 29 April 1999) was a New Zealand cricketer who played as a right-handed batter and right-arm medium bowler. She appeared in five Test matches and 16 One Day Internationals for New Zealand between 1 ...
, 56, New Zealand cricket player. * Faustin Birindwa, Prime Minister of Zaire (1993 – 1994), heart attack. *
Bernhard Cuiper Bernhard Cuiper (8 October 1913 – 29 April 1999) was a German basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objec ...
, 85, German basketball player. * Mohan Gokhale, 45, Indian actor, heart attack. * Lojze Kozar, 88, Slovene Roman Catholic priest, writer, and translator. * Oscar Ljung, 89, Swedish film actor. * Elspeth March, 88, English actress. *
Ovídio Martins Ovídio de Sousa Martins (September 17, 1928 in Mindelo, São Vicente – April 29, 1999 in Lisbon, Portugal) was a famous Cape Verdean poet and journalist. He attended high school in his home country, he went to pursue studies in PortugalLo ...
, 70, Cape Verdean poet and journalist. * Zabihollah Safa, 87, Iranian scholar. * Kidar Sharma, 89, Indian film director, producer and screenwriter. * Yao Xueyin, 88, Chinese novelist.


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* Bruce Jesson, New Zealand journalist, author and political figure, cancer. *
Jessica Lal Jessica Lal (5 January 1965 – 30 April 1999) was a model in New Delhi who was working as a celebrity barmaid at a crowded socialite party when she was shot dead at around 2.00am on 30 April 1999. Dozens of witnesses pointed to Siddharth Vashis ...
, 34, Indian model, shot. * Rikuo Nemoto, 72, Japanese baseball catcher and manager in the Nippon Professional Baseball. *
Jack Schiff Jack Schiff (1909 – April 30, 1999) was an American comic book writer and editor best known for his work editing various Batman comic book series for DC Comics from 1942 to 1964. He was the co-creator of Starman, Tommy Tomorrow, and the Wyo ...
, 89, American comic book writer and editor (''
Batman Batman is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger, and debuted in Detective Comics 27, the 27th issue of the comic book ''Detective Comics'' on ...
'', ''
Superman Superman is a superhero who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, and debuted in the comic book ''Action Comics'' #1 (cover-dated June 1938 and publi ...
'', '' Superboy''). * Darrell Sweet, 51, English drummer (
Nazareth Nazareth ( ; ar, النَّاصِرَة, ''an-Nāṣira''; he, נָצְרַת, ''Nāṣəraṯ''; arc, ܢܨܪܬ, ''Naṣrath'') is the largest city in the Northern District of Israel. Nazareth is known as "the Arab capital of Israel". In ...
), heart attack.


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