Deaths in April 1990

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.

April 1990

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Benito Díaz, 91, Spanish footballer.
Lillian Miller, 92, American television personality.
Vince Pacewic, 69, American football player.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Vince Pacewic Stats - Pro-Football-Reference.com |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?search=Vince+Pacewic |website=pro-football-reference.com |publisher= |access-date=21 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Carlos Peucelle, 81, Argentine footballer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Carlos Peucelle |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/carlos-peucelle/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher= |access-date=21 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Bracha Tzfira, 79, Israeli musician and actress.
Charles Spain Verral, 85, Canadian author.{{cite news |author1= |title=Charles Spain Verral, Adventure Writer, 85 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/03/obituaries/charles-spain-verral-adventure-writer-85.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=21 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=3 April 1990 |page=D 23}}
Russell Vis, 89, American wrestler.

=2=

Rafael Lorente de No, 87, Spanish neuroscientist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Rafael Lorente de Nó - DB~e |url=https://dbe.rah.es/biografias/12374/rafael-lorente-de-no |website=dbe.rah.es |publisher=Real Academia de la Historia |access-date=21 January 2023 |language=es |date=}}
Aldo Fabrizi, 84, Italian actor and film director.{{cite news |author1= |title=Aldo Fabrizi, 84, A Character Actor In Italian Movies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/03/obituaries/aldo-fabrizi-84-a-character-actor-in-italian-movies.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=21 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=3 April 1990 |page=D 23}}
Vanda Godsell, 67, English actress.
Peter Jones, 60, British broadcaster.
John Milton Roberts, 73, American anthropologist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=John Milton Roberts - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w63r27s9 |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=21 January 2023 |language= |date=}}

=3=

Edward Carlson, 78, American businessman, cancer.{{cite news |author1=Alfonso A. Narvaez |title=Edward E. Carlson Is Dead at 78; Former Leader of United Airlines |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/06/obituaries/edward-e-carlson-is-dead-at-78-former-leader-of-united-airlines.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=21 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=6 April 1990 |page=A 20}}
Arthur Houghton, 83, American industrialist.{{cite news |author1=George James |title=Arthur Houghton Jr., 83, Dies; Led Steuben Glass |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/04/obituaries/arthur-houghton-jr-83-dies-led-steuben-glass.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=21 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=4 April 1990 |page=B 8}}
Clair Huffaker, 63, American screenwriter.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Clair Huffaker |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14107202t |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=21 January 2023 |language=French |date=}}
Willie Musarurwa, 62, Zimbabwean journalist.{{cite news |author1= |title=Willie Musarurwa; Journalist, 62 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/05/obituaries/willie-musarurwa-journalist-62.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=21 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=5 April 1990 |page=B 13}}
Sloan Nibley, 81, American screenwriter.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Sloan Nibley - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6v7133z |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=21 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Sarah Vaughan, 66, American singer, lung cancer.{{cite news |author1=Stephen Holden |author-link1=Stephen Holden |title=Sarah Vaughan, 'Divine One' Of Jazz Singing, Is Dead at 66 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/05/obituaries/sarah-vaughan-divine-one-of-jazz-singing-is-dead-at-66.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=21 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=5 April 1990 |page=A 1}}
Otha Wearin, 87, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1933–1939).{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Otha Wearin - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6j97k2g |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=21 January 2023 |language= |date=}}

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Leonid Dushkin, 79, Soviet rocket scientist.
Mark Fradkin, 75, Soviet composer.
Hubert Ogunde, 73, Nigerian theatre manager.
Bernhard Rensch, 90, German evolutionary biologist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Bernhard Rensch - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6xw531r |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=21 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Cyrus Rowlett Smith, 90, American businessman and politician, secretary of commerce (1968–1969), cardiac arrest.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=C. R. Smith - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6zh06qk |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=21 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Paul V. Yoder, 81, American musician.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Paul V. Yoder - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6xx98c5 |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=21 January 2023 |language= |date=}}

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Carsten Byhring, 71, Norwegian actor, cancer.{{cite web |title=Carsten Byhring |url=https://nbl.snl.no/Carsten_Byhring |website=Norsk biografisk leksikon |access-date=21 January 2023}}
A. B. Masilamani, 75, Indian baptist pastor and evangelist.
Louis Nelson, 87, American trombonist, traffic collision.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Louis Nelson |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14210713j |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=21 January 2023 |language=French |date=}}
Lev Skvirsky, 86, Soviet general.

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Robert Abernathy, 65, American science fiction author.
Peter Doherty, 76, Northern Irish football player.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Peter Doherty |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/peter-doherty/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher= |access-date=21 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
James MacNabb, 88, British Olympic rower (1924).{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – James MacNabb |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/37404 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=21 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Joel de Oliveira Monteiro, 85, Brazilian football player.
B. T. Ranadive, 85, Indian politician.
Yevgeny Savitsky, 79, Soviet fighter ace during World War II.{{cite news |author1= |title=Yevgeny Y. Savitsky, Soviet Flying Ace, 80 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/11/obituaries/yevgeny-y-savitsky-soviet-flying-ace-80.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=21 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=11 April 1990 |page=D 26}}
Alfred Sohn-Rethel, 91, French-German economist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Alfred Sohn-Rethel |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12201771g |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=21 January 2023 |language=French |date=}}
Zeydin Yusup, 26, Uyghur independence activist, killed in action.

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J. Broward Culpepper, 82, American academic.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=J. Broward Culpepper - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6xw5hf3 |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=21 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Ronald Evans, 56, American astronaut (Apollo 17), heart attack.{{cite news |newspaper=The New York Times |title=Ronald E. Evans, 56, Astronaut Who Piloted Apollo 17 Mission |first=Stephanie |last=Strom |date=April 9, 1990 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/09/obituaries/ronald-e-evans-56-astronaut-who-piloted-apollo-17-mission.html |access-date=January 21, 2023}}
Kristian Gestrin, 60, Finnish judge and politician.
Dick Lundy, 82, American animator.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Dick Lundy - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6pm4t31 |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=21 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Arthur B. Singer, 72, American illustrator, esophageal cancer.{{cite news |author1=Stephanie Strom |author-link1=Stephanie Strom |title=Arthur B. Singer, 72, Artist, Dies; Painted 50 State Birds on Stamps |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/08/obituaries/arthur-b-singer-72-artist-dies-painted-50-state-birds-on-stamps.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=21 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=8 April 1990 |page=1 34}}

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Emerson Greenaway, 83, American librarian.{{cite news |author1= |title=Emerson Greenaway; Librarian, 83 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/09/obituaries/emerson-greenaway-librarian-83.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=21 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=9 April 1990 |page=D 10}}
Herman Jessor, 95, American architect.{{cite news |author1= |title=Herman Jessor, 95, New York Architect For Co-op Buildings |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/10/obituaries/herman-jessor-95-new-york-architect-for-co-op-buildings.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=21 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=10 April 1990 |page=D 21}}
Bill Kelly, 91, American baseball player.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Bill Kelly Stats - Baseball-Reference.com |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kellybi03.shtml |website=baseball-reference.com |publisher= |access-date=21 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Hans Korte, 90, German general.
J. Kenneth Robinson, 73, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1971–1985), pancreatic cancer.{{cite news |author1= |title=Kenneth Robinson, 73, Former House Member |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/11/obituaries/kenneth-robinson-73-former-house-member.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=21 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=11 April 1990 |page=D 26}}
Bellan Roos, 88, Swedish actress.
Ernest Steward, 76-79, British cinematographer.
Ryan White, 18, American HIV/AIDS poster child, AIDS.{{cite news |author1=Dirk Johnson, Special To the New York Times |title=Ryan White Dies of AIDS at 18; His Struggle Helped Pierce Myths |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/09/obituaries/ryan-white-dies-of-aids-at-18-his-struggle-helped-pierce-myths.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=21 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=9 April 1990 |page=D 10}}
Zamazaan, 24-25, French Thoroughbred racehorse.

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Aldo Bertocco, 78, Italian-French racing cyclist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=matchID - Aldo Bertocco |url=https://deces.matchid.io/id/r3e_A3lex2qh |website=Fichier des décès |publisher= |access-date=21 January 2023 |language=fr |date=}}
Jack Dermody, 79, Australian footballer.
John Henry Faulk, 76, American radio personality, cancer.{{cite news |author1= |title=Memorial for John Faulk |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/07/04/obituaries/memorial-for-john-faulk.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=21 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=4 July 1990 |page=1 13}}
Yngve Lindegren, 77, Swedish football player.
James V. McConnell, 64, American zoologist, target of Ted Kaczynski.
Mikio Narita, 55, Japanese actor, linitis plastica.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Mikio Narita |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb150447775 |website=catalogue.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=21 January 2023 |language=French |date=}}
Chips Sobek, 70, American basketball player.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Chips Sobek Stats - Basketball-Reference.com |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/s/sobekch01.html |website=basketball-reference.com |publisher= |access-date=21 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Astrid Sommer, 83, Norwegian actress.

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Margarete Adler, 94, Austrian Olympic swimmer and diver (1912, 1924).{{cite web |title=Olympedia - Grete Adler |url=http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/45319 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=21 January 2023}}
Sir Hugh Trefusis Brassey, 74, British soldier and magistrate.{{cite news | title = Obituary: Hugh Trefusis Brassey | newspaper = The Telegraph|location=London | date = 12 April 1990 }}
Fortune Gordien, 67, American Olympic discus thrower (1948, 1956).{{cite news |author1= |title=Fortune Gordien, Discus Thrower, 67 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/14/obituaries/fortune-gordien-discus-thrower-67.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=21 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=14 April 1990 |page=1 11}}
Gerhard Schrader, 87, German chemist.

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Harold Ballard, 86, Canadian sports executive.{{cite news |author1=Joe Lapointe |title=Harold Ballard, 86, Feisty Owner Of Toronto Maple Leafs, Is Dead |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/12/obituaries/harold-ballard-86-feisty-owner-of-toronto-maple-leafs-is-dead.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=21 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=12 April 1990 |page=B 12}}
Klaas Bolt, 63, Dutch organist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Klaas Bolt |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb16164458s |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=21 January 2023 |language=French |date=}}
Ronald Jasper, 72, British Anglican priest.
Ivar Lo-Johansson, 89, Swedish writer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Ivar Lo-Johansson - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w66x2px4 |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=21 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Margaret Carnegie Miller, 93, American heiress (Carnegie Corporation of New York).{{cite news |author1= |title=Margaret Carnegie Miller, Philanthropist, 93 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/21/obituaries/margaret-carnegie-miller-philanthropist-93.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=21 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=21 April 1990 |page=1 29}}
Phyllis Munday, 95, Canadian mountaineer, explorer, and humanitarian.
Natalino Sapegno, 88, Literary critic and Italian academician.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Natalino Sapegno |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12115536d |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=21 January 2023 |language=French |date=}}

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John Brown, 74, New Zealand racing cyclist.
Geoffrey Harrison, 81, British diplomat.
Fuyuhiko Kitagawa, 89, Japanese poet and film critic.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Fuyuhiko Kitagawa - Library of Congress |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84178109 |website=id.loc.gov |publisher= |access-date=21 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Jef Lahaye, 57, Dutch racing cyclist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Jef Lahaye |url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/jef-lahaye |website=procyclingstats.com |publisher= |access-date=21 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Otto Neumann, 87, German Olympic runner (1928).{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Otto Neumann |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/70430 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=21 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Johnny Reder, 80, Polish-American baseball player, heart disease.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Johnny Reder Stats - Baseball-Reference.com |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?search=Johnny+Reder |website=baseball-reference.com |publisher= |access-date=21 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Irving Terjesen, 75, American basketball player.
Luis Trenker, 97, Italian film producer, writer, actor, and Olympian.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Luis Trenker |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/98369 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=21 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Albert van Schendel, 77, Dutch racing cyclist.

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Sundaram Balachander, 63, Indian musician and filmmaker, heart attack.
Ivan A. Elliott, 100, American lawyer and politician.
István Lovrics, 62, Hungarian basketball player.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – István Lovrics |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/6550 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=21 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Hans Reinerth, 89, German nazi archaeologist.
Ratomir Čabrić, 71, Yugoslav footballer.{{cite web |title=Ratomir Čabrić, international football player |url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=3031 |website=eu-football.info |access-date=21 January 2023}}

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Ahmed Balafrej, 81, Moroccan politician, prime minister (1958).
Mario Frustalupi, 47, Italian footballer, traffic collision.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Mario Frustalupi |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/mario-frustalupi/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher= |access-date=21 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Thurston Harris, 58, American singer, heart attack.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Thurston Harris |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14185592m |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=21 January 2023 |language=French |date=}}
Martin Kessel, 89, German writer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Martin Kessel |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12690637b |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=21 January 2023 |language=French |date=}}
Alv Kjøs, 95, Norwegian politician.
Günther Krupkat, 84, German science fiction author.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Günther Krupkat - filmportal.de |url=https://www.filmportal.de/person/3089135646a44ff49992261b8a7dc366 |website=filmportal.de |publisher= |access-date=21 January 2023 |language=de |date=}}
Georges Lacombe, 87, French film director.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=matchID - Georges Lacombe |url=https://deces.matchid.io/id/UUvbVFAzSWwQ |website=Fichier des décès |publisher= |access-date=21 January 2023 |language=fr |date=}}
Flor Lambrechts, 80, Belgian footballer.
Doris Lusk, 73, New Zealand artist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Doris Lusk - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6md39f7 |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=21 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Olabisi Onabanjo, 63, Nigerian politician.
Marco Aurelio Robles, 84, Panamanian politician, president (1964–1968).{{cite news |title=Marco Aurelio Robles; Ex-President of Panama Who Fled After Coup |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-04-16-mn-848-story.html |access-date=21 January 2023 |work=The Los Angeles Times |date=16 April 1990}}
Sabicas, 78, Spanish guitarist, pneumonia.{{cite news |author1=Ari L. Goldman |author-link1=Ari L. Goldman |title=Sabicas, 78, Gypsy Solo Guitarist Who Began Performing as a Boy |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/16/obituaries/sabicas-78-gypsy-solo-guitarist-who-began-performing-as-a-boy.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=21 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=16 April 1990 |page=D 10}}

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Ulrich Becher, 80, German author.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Ulrich Becher - filmportal.de |url=https://www.filmportal.de/person/f35c39b543c8416587f1d135a91913b7 |website=filmportal.de |publisher= |access-date=21 January 2023 |language=de |date=}}
Jock Bruce-Gardyne, 60, British politician, brain cancer.
Anna Carena, 91, Italian actress.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Anna Carena |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb16167161k |website=catalogue.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=21 January 2023 |language=French |date=}}
Greta Garbo, 84, Swedish-American actress (A Woman of Affairs, Anna Christie, Camille), pneumonia.{{cite news |author1=Peter B. Flint |title=Greta Garbo, 84, Screen Icon Who Fled Her Stardom, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/16/obituaries/greta-garbo-84-screen-icon-who-fled-her-stardom-dies.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=21 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=16 April 1990 |page=A 1}}
Helmut Lemke, 82, German politician.
Spark Matsunaga, 73, American politician, member of the U.S. Senate (since 1977), prostate cancer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Spark Matsunaga - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6w123bq |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=21 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Lawson P. Ramage, 81, American naval admiral, cancer.{{cite news |author1=Wolfgang Saxon |title=Lawson P. Ramage Is Dead at 81; Submarine Hero in World War II |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/18/obituaries/lawson-p-ramage-is-dead-at-81-submarine-hero-in-world-war-ii.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=21 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=18 April 1990 |page=B 6}}

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Peter J. Grant, 46-47, British ornithologist.
Slim Keith, 72, American socialite and fashion icon, lung cancer.{{cite news|first=Marilyn |last=Berger |title=Nancy Lady Keith Is Dead at 73; A Socialite Known for Her Wit |url=

https://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/07/obituaries/nancy-lady-keith-is-dead-at-73-a-socialite-known-for-her-wit.html

|work=New York Times |date=1990-04-07 | access-date=18 March 2023 | url-access=subscription }}

Stephen Shadegg, 80, American political consultant, cancer.{{cite news |author1=Glenn Fowler |title=Stephen Shadegg, Goldwater Adviser And Alter Ego, 80 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/24/obituaries/stephen-shadegg-goldwater-adviser-and-alter-ego-80.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=21 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=24 May 1990 |page=B 15}}
Mary Talbot, 86, American entomologist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Mary Talbot |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb10256465p |website=catalogue.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=21 January 2023 |language=French |date=}}

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Ralph Abernathy, 64, American civil rights activist, blood clot.{{cite news |author1=Richard Severo |title=Ralph David Abernathy, Rights Pioneer, Is Dead at 64 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/18/obituaries/ralph-david-abernathy-rights-pioneer-is-dead-at-64.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=1 April 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=18 April 1990 |page=B 7}}
Joseph E. Dillon, 69, American politician.
Joseph McMillan Johnson, 77, American art director, cerebral hemorrhage.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Joseph McMillan Johnson - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6g52f01 |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=21 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Jafta Masemola, 60, South African anti-apartheid activist, traffic collision.
Yuko Minamimura, 73, Japanese baseball player.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Yuko Minamimura Stats - Baseball-Reference.com |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?search=Yuko+Minamimura |website=baseball-reference.com |publisher= |access-date=21 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Karl Walz, 89, German politician.
Aubrey Williams, 63, Guyanese artist, cancer.

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John Antonelli, 74, American baseball player.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=John Antonelli Stats - Baseball-Reference.com |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/antonjo01.shtml |website=baseball-reference.com |publisher= |access-date=21 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Bob Drake, 70, American racing driver.
Gory Guerrero, 69, Mexican professional wrestler, liver failure.
Frédéric Rossif, 68, French film and television director.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Frédéric Rossif - filmportal.de |url=https://www.filmportal.de/person/bf8d954cd3b94f599b02e92ef2f60b97 |website=filmportal.de |publisher= |access-date=21 January 2023 |language=de |date=}}
Robert D. Webb, 87, American film director.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Robert D. Webb - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6rd0nb4 |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=21 January 2023 |language= |date=}}

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Dave Dexter, Jr., 74, American record producer.
Sergey Filippov, 77, Soviet and Russianactor and comedian, cancer.
John W. Schwada, 70, American academic.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=John W. Schwada - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w68w4dhg |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=21 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Georgios Vikhos, 75, Greek Olympic sport shooter (1936, 1948).{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Georgios Vikhos |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/42684 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=21 January 2023 |language= |date=}}

=20=

Francis William Holbrooke Adams, 85, American lawyer and police commissioner.{{cite news |author1=Alfonso A. Narvaez |title=Francis W. H. Adams, 85, Dies; Led New York City's Police Force |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/21/obituaries/francis-w-h-adams-85-dies-led-new-york-city-s-police-force.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=21 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=21 April 1990 |page=1 29}}
N. H. Gibbs, 80, British academic.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=N. H. Gibbs - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6tj6hr4 |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=21 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Alex McCrindle, 78, Scottish actor.
George Reindorp, 78, British Anglican prelate.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=George Reindorp - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6s577dm |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=21 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Horst Sindermann, 74, East German politician.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Horst Sindermann - filmportal.de |url=https://www.filmportal.de/person/d02e820b0aca44bf8a27d7d111095b53 |website=filmportal.de |publisher= |access-date=21 January 2023 |language=de |date=}}

=21=

Johnny Beazley, 71, American baseball player, cancer.{{cite news |author1= |title=Johnny Beazley; Ex-Pitcher, 71 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/23/obituaries/johnny-beazley-ex-pitcher-71.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=21 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=23 April 1990 |page=D 13}}
R. B. Braithwaite, 90, English philosopher and theologian.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=R. B. Braithwaite |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/R-B-Braithwaite |website=britannica.com |publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica Online |access-date=21 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Salvatore Cascino, 72, Italian Olympic racewalker (1948).{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Salvatore Cascino |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/71906 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=21 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Erté, 97, Russian-born French artist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Erté |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Erte |website=britannica.com |publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica Online |access-date=21 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Frank Lausche, 94, American politician, member of the U.S. Senate (1957–1969), governor of Ohio (1945–1947, 1949–1957), heart failure.{{cite news |author1=Wolfgang Saxon |title=Frank Lausche, Ex-Ohio Senator And Governor for Five Terms, 94 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/22/obituaries/frank-lausche-ex-ohio-senator-and-governor-for-five-terms-94.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=1 April 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=22 April 1990 |page=1 36}}
Tadeusz Parpan, 70, Polish soccer player.
Bogusław Psujek, 33, Polish marathon runner, fall.

=22=

Bob Davies, 70, American basketball player.{{cite news |author1=Thomas Rogers |title=Bob Davies, 70, Star On Basketball Court In the 40's and 50's |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/24/obituaries/bob-davies-70-star-on-basketball-court-in-the-40-s-and-50-s.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=21 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=24 April 1990 |page=D 23}}
Bud Maxwell, 77, Scottish footballer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Bud Maxwell |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/bud-maxwell/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher= |access-date=21 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Rosalind Moss, 99, British Egyptologist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Rosalind Moss |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12209748w |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=21 January 2023 |language=French |date=}}
Albert Salmi, 62, American actor, murder-suicide.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Albert Salmi - Broadway Cast & Staff - IBDB |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/79670 |website=ibdb.com |publisher= |access-date=21 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Gustaf Wejnarth, 87, Swedish Olympic runner (1924).{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Gustaf Wejnarth |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/76442 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=21 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Verda Welcome, 83, American politician.

=23=

Paulette Goddard, 79, American actress, heart failure.{{cite news |author1=Peter B. Flint |title=Paulette Goddard, 78, Is Dead; Film Star of 1930's Through 50's |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/24/obituaries/paulette-goddard-78-is-dead-film-star-of-1930-s-through-50-s.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=21 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=24 April 1990 |page=D 22}}
Mason Ellsworth Hale, 61, American lichenologist.
Vincent Joseph Hines, 77, American Roman Catholic prelate.
Mary Turner Shaw, 84, Australian architect.
Charlie Wilson, 57, English career criminal (Great Train Robbery), shot.
Teodor Zaczyk, 90, Polish Olympic fencer (1936, 1948).{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Teodor Zaczyk |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/23144 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=21 January 2023 |language= |date=}}

=24=

Vytautas Alantas, 87, Russian-American writer, journalist, and political ideologue.{{cite web |title=Vytautas Benjaminas Alantas (Jakševičius) |url=https://www.geni.com/people/Vytautas-Alantas/6000000036694611091 |website=geni.com |access-date=21 January 2023}}
Erik Eriksson, 75, Swedish footballer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Erik Eriksson |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/erik-eriksson/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher= |access-date=21 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
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 .

=25=

Irving Fiske, 82, American playwright, stroke.{{cite news |author1= |title=Irving L. Fiske, 82; Created Community For Workers in Arts |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/01/obituaries/irving-l-fiske-82-created-community-for-workers-in-arts.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=21 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=1 May 1990 |page=B 6}}
Dexter Gordon, 67, American jazz musician, kidney failure.{{cite news |author1=Peter Watrous |title=Dexter Gordon Dies at 67; A Charismatic Jazz Figure |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/26/obituaries/dexter-gordon-dies-at-67-a-charismatic-jazz-figure.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=21 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=26 April 1990 |page=B 15}}
Rufus "Speedy" Jones, 53, American jazz drummer.
Fred Klein, 92, Dutch painter.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=matchID - Fred Klein |url=https://deces.matchid.io/id/JZ0z2YY85x1- |website=Fichier des décès |publisher= |access-date=21 January 2023 |language=fr |date=}}
Bernard C. Schoenfeld, 82, American screenwriter.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Bernard C. Schoenfeld - filmportal.de |url=https://www.filmportal.de/person/7636ea203b1146eeb9b064cf6defb083 |website=filmportal.de |publisher= |access-date=21 January 2023 |language=de |date=}}
Clifton Reginald Wharton, Sr., 90, American diplomat.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Clifton Reginald Wharton Sr. - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6t44fw6 |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=21 January 2023 |language= |date=}}

=26=

Józef Kosacki, 81, Polish professor, engineer, and inventor.
Carlos Pizarro Leongómez, 38, Colombian guerrilla leader, shot.
Wesley Rose, 72, American record producer.{{cite news |author1= |title=Wesley Rose, Music Publisher, 72 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/28/obituaries/wesley-rose-music-publisher-72.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=21 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=28 April 1990 |page=1 31}}
John J. Winkler, 46, American philologist and Benedictine monk, AIDS.{{cite news |author1= |title=John J. Winkler, 46, A Teacher of Classics |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/01/obituaries/john-j-winkler-46-a-teacher-of-classics.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=21 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=1 May 1990 |page=B 6}}

=27=

Tita Duran, 61, Filipino actress.
Vladimir Kanygin, 41, Russian middleweight weightlifter.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Vladimir Kanygin |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/56896 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=21 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Alyce Mills, 91, American actress.
Malwa Singh, 44, Indian wrestler.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Malwa Singh |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/58736 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=21 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Bella Spewack, 91, Romanian-born American playwright.
Vladimir Stoychev, 98, Bulgarian general and equestrian.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Vladimir Stoychev |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/12797 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=21 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Earl Wilson, 84, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1941–1959, 1961–1965).{{cite news |author1= |title=Earl Wilson; Ex-Congressman, 84 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/01/obituaries/earl-wilson-ex-congressman-84.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=21 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=1 May 1990 |page=B 6}}

=28=

Enrique Accorsi, 73, Chilean Olympic fencer (1948).{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Enrique Accorsi |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/21433 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=21 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Edwina Dumm, 96-97, American cartoonist.{{cite news |author1= |title=Edwina Dumm, Cartoonist, 96 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/02/obituaries/edwina-dumm-cartoonist-96.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=21 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=2 May 1990 |page=D 27}}
Peter Fuller, 42, British art critic, traffic collision.{{cite news |author1= |title=Peter Fuller; Art Critic, 42 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/01/obituaries/peter-fuller-art-critic-42.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=21 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=1 May 1990 |page=B 6}}
Neil Watson, 84, New Zealand politician.

=29=

Enrique Almada, 55, Uruguayan actor and author, cancer.
Max Bense, 80, German philosopher.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Max Bense - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6tx4qs3 |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=21 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Margaret Hance, 66, American politician, cancer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Margaret Hance - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w64t7v27 |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=21 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Carl Hellmuth Hertz, 69, German physicist.
Sammy Lawhorn, 54, American blues guitarist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Sammy Lawhorn - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6n89q7q |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=21 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Elise Constance Mourant, 68, New Zealand artist.
Ray Poat, 72, American baseball player.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Ray Poat Stats - Baseball-Reference.com |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?search=Ray+Poat |website=baseball-reference.com |publisher= |access-date=21 January 2023 |language= |date=}}

=30=

Ernst Berndt, 74, Czechoslovak track and field athlete abd Olympian.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Ernst Berndt |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/76580 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=21 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Ken Chisholm, 65, Scottish footballer.
Herbert Jankuhn, 84, German archaeologist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Herbert Jankuhn |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb120304512 |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=21 January 2023 |language=French |date=}}
Reidar Nyborg, 67, Norwegian Olympic skier (1948).{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Reidar Nyborg |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/95934 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=21 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Angami Zapu Phizo, 85, Indian-British Naga nationalist.{{cite news |author1= |title=Angami Phizo, 83; Fought for Secession In North India State |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/04/obituaries/angami-phizo-83-fought-for-secession-in-north-india-state.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=21 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=4 May 1990 |page=D 21}}
Mario Pizziolo, 80, Italian footballer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Mario Pizziolo |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/mario-pizziolo/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher= |access-date=21 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Joshua Prawer, 72, Polish-Israeli historian.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Joshua Prawer |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb120257736 |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=21 January 2023 |language=French |date=}}
Paul Sears, 98, American ecologist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Paul Sears - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6x652cx |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=21 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Josef Velek, 50, Czechoslovak journalist, drowned.
Antoine Vitez, 59, French actor and theatre director.{{cite news |author1=Alan Riding, Special To the New York Times |title=Antoine Vitez, 59, the Director Of the Comedie Francaise, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/02/obituaries/antoine-vitez-59-the-director-of-the-comedie-francaise-dies.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=21 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=2 May 1990 |page=D 27}}
Archie Wright, 65, Scottish football player.
Vasili Yermasov, 77, Soviet football player.
Mark Zborowski, 82, Soviet anthropologist and spy.

References

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