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The following is a list of notable deaths in April 1990.
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.
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April 1990
1
- Benito Díaz, 91, Spanish footballer.
- Girard Edward Kalbfleisch, 90, American district judge (United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio).[1]
- Lillian Miller, 92, American television personality.
- Vince Pacewic, 69, American football player.[2]
- Carlos Peucelle, 81, Argentine footballer.[3]
- Bracha Tzfira, 79, Israeli musician and actress.
- Charles Spain Verral, 85, Canadian author.[4]
- Russell Vis, 89, American Olympic wrestler (1924).[5]
2
- Rafael Lorente de No, 87, Spanish neuroscientist.[6]
- Aldo Fabrizi, 84, Italian actor and film director.[7]
- Vanda Godsell, 67, English actress.
- Peter Jones, 60, British broadcaster.
- John Milton Roberts, 73, American anthropologist.[8]
3
- Katharine Balfour, 69, American actress (America America, Love Story).[9]
- Edward Carlson, 78, American businessman, cancer.[10]
- Arthur Houghton, 83, American industrialist.[11]
- Clair Huffaker, 63, American screenwriter.[12]
- Frederick Keen, 91, Argentine cricketer.[13]
- Willie Musarurwa, 62, Zimbabwean journalist.[14]
- Sloan Nibley, 81, American screenwriter.[15]
- Sarah Vaughan, 66, American singer, lung cancer.[16]
- Otha Wearin, 87, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1933–1939).[17]
- Ivan Yarmysh, 65, Soviet Ukrainian Olympic racewalker (1952).[18]
4
- Leonid Dushkin, 79, Soviet rocket scientist.
- Mark Fradkin, 75, Soviet composer.
- Robert Dixon Herman, 78, American district judge (United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania).[19]
- Andrzej Kobyliński, 58, Polish Olympic equestrian (1960).[20]
- Hubert Ogunde, 73, Nigerian theatre manager.
- Bernhard Rensch, 90, German evolutionary biologist.[21]
- Cyrus Rowlett Smith, 90, American businessman and politician, secretary of commerce (1968–1969), cardiac arrest.[22]
- Paul V. Yoder, 81, American musician.[23]
5
- Carsten Byhring, 71, Norwegian actor, cancer.[24]
- A. B. Masilamani, 75, Indian baptist pastor and evangelist.
- Louis Nelson, 87, American trombonist, traffic collision.[25]
- Vic Samson, 98, Australian rules footballer.[26]
- Lev Skvirsky, 86, Soviet general.
6
- Robert Abernathy, 65, American science fiction author.
- William Clark, 84, Scottish cricketer.[27]
- Peter Doherty, 76, Northern Irish football player.[28]
- James MacNabb, 88, British Olympic rower (1924).[29]
- Joel de Oliveira Monteiro, 85, Brazilian football player.
- B. T. Ranadive, 85, Indian politician.
- Yevgeny Savitsky, 79, Soviet fighter ace during World War II.[30]
- Alfred Sohn-Rethel, 91, French-German economist.[31]
- Zeydin Yusup, 26, Uyghur independence activist, killed in action.
7
- J. Broward Culpepper, 82, American academic.[32]
- Ronald Evans, 56, American astronaut (Apollo 17), heart attack.[33]
- Kristian Gestrin, 60, Finnish judge and politician.
- Dick Lundy, 82, American animator.[34]
- Alan Marsham, 69, Australian rules footballer.[35]
- Arthur B. Singer, 72, American illustrator, esophageal cancer.[36]
8
- Emerson Greenaway, 83, American librarian.[37]
- Herman Jessor, 95, American architect.[38]
- Percy Kay, 79, Australian rules footballer.[39]
- Bill Kelly, 91, American baseball player (Philadelphia Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies).[40]
- Hans Korte, 90, German general.
- J. Kenneth Robinson, 73, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1971–1985), pancreatic cancer.[41]
- Bellan Roos, 88, Swedish actress.
- Ernest Steward, 76-79, British cinematographer.
- Ryan White, 18, American HIV/AIDS poster child, AIDS.[42]
- Zamazaan, 24-25, French Thoroughbred racehorse.
9
- Joe Asquini, 64-65, Canadian football player (Ottawa Rough Riders).[43]
- Bill Bailey, 73, American NFL player (Brooklyn Dodgers).[44]
- Aldo Bertocco, 78, Italian-French racing cyclist.[45]
- Jack Dermody, 79, Australian footballer.[46]
- John Henry Faulk, 76, American radio personality, cancer.[47]
- Yngve Lindegren, 77, Swedish football player.
- Eric Lucke, 79, South African Olympic sports shooter (1960).[48]
- James V. McConnell, 64, American zoologist, target of Ted Kaczynski.
- Mikio Narita, 55, Japanese actor, linitis plastica.[49]
- Chips Sobek, 70, American basketball player.[50]
- Astrid Sommer, 83, Norwegian actress.
10
- Margarete Adler, 94, Austrian Olympic swimmer and diver (1912, 1924).[51]
- Sir Hugh Trefusis Brassey, 74, British soldier and magistrate.[52]
- Fortune Gordien, 67, American Olympic discus thrower (1948, 1952, 1956).[53]
- Gerhard Schrader, 87, German chemist.
- Harrison Lee Winter, 68, American judge.[54]
11
- Harold Ballard, 86, Canadian sports executive.[55]
- Klaas Bolt, 63, Dutch organist.[56]
- Ronald Jasper, 72, British Anglican priest.
- Ivar Lo-Johansson, 89, Swedish writer.[57]
- Margaret Carnegie Miller, 93, American heiress (Carnegie Corporation of New York).[58]
- Phyllis Munday, 95, Canadian mountaineer, explorer, and humanitarian.
- Robert Reid, 91, American Olympic cross-country skier (1932).[59]
- Natalino Sapegno, 88, Literary critic and Italian academician.[60]
12
- John Bowe, 78, Australian rules footballer.[61]
- John Brown, 74, New Zealand racing cyclist.
- Geoffrey Harrison, 81, British diplomat.
- Fuyuhiko Kitagawa, 89, Japanese poet and film critic.[62]
- Jef Lahaye, 57, Dutch racing cyclist.[63]
- Otto Neumann, 87, German Olympic runner (1928).[64]
- Johnny Reder, 80, Polish-American baseball (Boston Red Sox) and soccer player, heart disease.[65]
- Irving Terjesen, 75, American basketball player.[66]
- Luis Trenker, 97, Italian film producer, writer, actor, and Olympian (1924).[67]
- Albert van Schendel, 77, Dutch racing cyclist.
13
- Sundaram Balachander, 63, Indian musician and filmmaker, heart attack.
- Ivan A. Elliott, 100, American lawyer and politician.
- István Lovrics, 62, Hungarian Olympic basketball player (1948).[68]
- Hans Reinerth, 89, German nazi archaeologist.
- Ratomir Čabrić, 71, Yugoslav footballer.[69]
14
- Ahmed Balafrej, 81, Moroccan politician, prime minister (1958).
- Mario Frustalupi, 47, Italian footballer, traffic collision.[70]
- Thurston Harris, 58, American singer, heart attack.[71]
- Martin Kessel, 89, German writer.[72]
- Alv Kjøs, 95, Norwegian politician.
- Günther Krupkat, 84, German science fiction author.[73]
- Georges Lacombe, 87, French film director.[74]
- Flor Lambrechts, 80, Belgian footballer.
- Doris Lusk, 73, New Zealand artist.[75]
- Olabisi Onabanjo, 63, Nigerian politician.
- Marco Aurelio Robles, 84, Panamanian politician, president (1964–1968).[76]
- Sabicas, 78, Spanish guitarist, pneumonia.[77]
- Gerardus Siderius, 76, Dutch Olympic canoeist (1936).[78]
15
- Ulrich Becher, 80, German author.[79]
- Jock Bruce-Gardyne, 60, British politician, brain cancer.
- Anna Carena, 91, Italian actress.[80]
- Greta Garbo, 84, Swedish-American actress (A Woman of Affairs, Anna Christie, Camille), pneumonia.[81]
- Helmut Lemke, 82, German politician.
- Spark Matsunaga, 73, American politician, member of the U.S. Senate (since 1977), prostate cancer.[82]
- Lawson P. Ramage, 81, American naval admiral Medal of Honor recipient, cancer.[83]
16
- Mario Biancalana, 87, Brazilian Olympic fencer (1948).[84]
- Peter J. Grant, 46-47, British ornithologist.
- Slim Keith, 72, American socialite and fashion icon, lung cancer.[85]
- Ewald Kihle, 70, Norwegian footballer.[86]
- James P. O'Donnell, 72, American author and journalist (The Bunker), lung and stomach cancer.[87]
- Stephen Shadegg, 80, American political consultant, cancer.[88]
- Mary Talbot, 86, American entomologist.[89]
17
- Ralph Abernathy, 64, American civil rights activist, blood clot.[90]
- Joseph E. Dillon, 69, American politician.
- Joseph McMillan Johnson, 77, American art director, cerebral hemorrhage.[91]
- Michel Labadie, 57, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers).[92]
- Jafta Masemola, 60, South African anti-apartheid activist, traffic collision.
- Yuko Minamimura, 73, Japanese baseball player.[93]
- Karl Walz, 89, German politician.
- Aubrey Williams, 63, Guyanese artist, cancer.
18
- John Antonelli, 74, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies).[94]
- Bob Drake, 70, American racing driver.
- Gory Guerrero, 69, Mexican professional wrestler, liver failure.
- David Jones, 70, Welsh cricketer.[95]
- Frédéric Rossif, 68, French film and television director.[96]
- Robert D. Webb, 87, American film director.[97]
19
- Wally Coates, 79, Australian rules footballer.[98]
- Dave Dexter, Jr., 74, American record producer.[99]
- Sergey Filippov, 77, Soviet and Russianactor and comedian, cancer.
- Bob Kelsey, 64, Australian rules footballer.[100]
- John W. Schwada, 70, American academic.[101]
- Georgios Vikhos, 75, Greek Olympic sport shooter (1936, 1948).[102]
20
- Francis William Holbrooke Adams, 85, American lawyer and police commissioner.[103]
- N. H. Gibbs, 80, British academic.[104]
- Alex McCrindle, 78, Scottish actor.
- George Reindorp, 78, British Anglican prelate.[105]
- Horst Sindermann, 74, East German politician.[106]
21
- Johnny Beazley, 71, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals, Boston Braves), cancer.[107]
- R. B. Braithwaite, 90, English philosopher and theologian.[108]
- Salvatore Cascino, 72, Italian Olympic racewalker (1948, 1952).[109]
- Ralph Cowan, 87, Canadian politician, member of the House of Commons of Canada (1962-1968).[110]
- Erté, 97, Russian-born French artist.[111]
- Frank Lausche, 94, American politician, member of the U.S. Senate (1957–1969), governor of Ohio (1945–1947, 1949–1957), heart failure.[112]
- Tadeusz Parpan, 70, Polish soccer player.
- Pavao Pintarić, 77, Yugoslavian Olympic fencer (1936).[113]
- Bogusław Psujek, 33, Polish marathon runner, fall.
22
- Bob Davies, 70, American basketball player (Rochester Royals).[114]
- Tony Jankowiak, 29, American racing driver.[115]
- Bud Maxwell, 77, Scottish footballer.[116]
- Rosalind Moss, 99, British Egyptologist.[117]
- Albert Salmi, 62, American actor, murder-suicide.[118]
- Gustaf Wejnarth, 87, Swedish Olympic runner (1924).[119]
- Verda Welcome, 83, American politician.
23
- Paulette Goddard, 79, American actress, heart failure.[120]
- Mason Ellsworth Hale, 61, American lichenologist.
- Vincent Joseph Hines, 77, American Roman Catholic prelate.
- José Passera, 75, Argentine Olympic sports shooter (1964).[121]
- Mary Turner Shaw, 84, Australian architect.
- Charlie Wilson, 57, English career criminal (Great Train Robbery), shot.
- Pete Wojey, 70, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers, Detroit Tigers).[122]
- Teodor Zaczyk, 90, Polish Olympic fencer (1936, 1948).[123]
24
- Vytautas Alantas, 87, Lithuanian-American writer, journalist, and political ideologue.[124]
- Erik Eriksson, 75, Swedish footballer.[125]
- Endel Pärn, 76, Soviet actor and singer.
- Kazem Rajavi, 56, Iranian human rights activist, shot.
- Vladimir Saprykin, 73, Soviet Red Army officer and war hero .
- Laurie Yates, 67, Australian rules footballer.[126]
25
- Irving Fiske, 82, American playwright, stroke.[127]
- Dexter Gordon, 67, American jazz musician, kidney failure.[128]
- Rufus "Speedy" Jones, 53, American jazz drummer.
- Fred Klein, 92, Dutch painter.[129]
- John Watkins Oliver, 75, American district judge (United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri).[130]
- Bernard C. Schoenfeld, 82, American screenwriter.[131]
- Clifton Reginald Wharton, Sr., 90, American diplomat.[132]
26
- Józef Kosacki, 81, Polish professor, engineer, and inventor.
- Jim Maguire, 71, Australian rules footballer.[133]
- Menso Menso, 87, Dutch Olympic sprinter (1924).[134]
- Carlos Pizarro Leongómez, 38, Colombian guerrilla leader, shot.
- Wesley Rose, 72, American record producer.[135]
- John J. Winkler, 46, American philologist and Benedictine monk, AIDS.[136]
27
- Tita Duran, 61, Filipino actress.
- Hal Gensichen, 69, American basketball player.[137]
- Vladimir Kanygin, 41, Russian middleweight weightlifter.[138]
- Alyce Mills, 91, American actress.
- Willy Pieper, 78, Swiss Olympic sailor (1936, 1952).[139]
- Malwa Singh, 44, Indian Indian Olympic wrestler (1964).[140]
- Bella Spewack, 91, Romanian-born American playwright.
- Vladimir Stoychev, 98, Bulgarian general and Olympic equestrian (1924, 1928).[141]
- Chuck Weimer, 85, American football player.[142]
- Earl Wilson, 84, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1941–1959, 1961–1965).[143]
28
- Enrique Accorsi, 73, Chilean Olympic fencer (1948).[144]
- Edwina Dumm, 96-97, American cartoonist.[145]
- Peter Fuller, 42, British art critic, traffic collision.[146]
- Reg Nicholls, 68, Australian rules footballer.[147]
- Neil Watson, 84, New Zealand politician.
29
- Enrique Almada, 55, Uruguayan actor and author, cancer.
- Max Bense, 80, German philosopher.[148]
- Mieczysław Burda, 74, Polish Olympic ice hockey player (1948).[149]
- Charley Davidson, 73, American baseball player.[150]
- Margaret Hance, 66, American politician, cancer.[151]
- Carl Hellmuth Hertz, 69, German physicist.
- Sammy Lawhorn, 54, American blues guitarist.[152]
- Elise Constance Mourant, 68, New Zealand artist.
- Ray Poat, 72, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians, New York Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates).[153]
30
- Ernst Berndt, 74, Czechoslovak track and field athlete and Olympian (1936).[154]
- Ken Chisholm, 65, Scottish footballer.
- Herbert Jankuhn, 84, German archaeologist.[155]
- Miklós Jós, 84, Hungarian writer.[156]
- Reidar Nyborg, 67, Norwegian Olympic skier (1948).[157]
- Angami Zapu Phizo, 85, Indian-British Naga nationalist.[158]
- Mario Pizziolo, 80, Italian footballer.[159]
- Joshua Prawer, 72, Polish-Israeli historian.[160]
- Paul Sears, 98, American ecologist.[161]
- Josef Velek, 50, Czechoslovak journalist, drowned.
- Antoine Vitez, 59, French actor and theatre director.[162]
- Archie Wright, 65, Scottish football player.
- Vasili Yermasov, 77, Soviet football player.
- Mark Zborowski, 82, Soviet anthropologist and spy.
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