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
1 Ellis Yarnal Berry, 96, American attorney, newspaper publisher and politician, member of the United States House of Representatives (1951-1971). Gladys Hasty Carroll, 94, American novelist. Stipe Delić, 73, Croatian film director. Tony Frasca, 71, American ice hockey player and coach, stomach cancer. Alfred Jahn, 83, Polish geographer, geomorphologist and polar explorer. Tadahito Mochinaga, 80, Japanese stop-motion animator. Madhurantakam Rajaram, 68, Indian author. George Rapée, 83, American bridge player. Wilson Riles, 81, American educator and politician. Jesse Stone, 97, American R&B musician and songwriter.
2 Andrew Gardner, 66, British newscaster, heart attack.BBC News - Veteran newsman Gardner dies, BBC News, April 4, 1999, Retrieved November 12, 2019 Julio Alberto Hernández, 98, Dominican composer and pianist. Sophie Lihau-Kanza, 59, Congolese politician and sociologist, cardiac arrest. Charlie Mitchell, 78, American gridiron football player (Chicago Bears, Green Bay Packers). Josip Pokupec, 85, Yugoslav Olympic cyclist (1936).
3 Lionel Bart, 68, British music writer, composer and lyricist (Oliver!, Living Doll), cancer. John B. Daly, 69, American politician. Herman Foster, 70, American bebop jazz pianist. Björgvin Hólm, 64, Icelandic Olympic athlete (1960). Traian Iordache, 87, Romanian football player and coach. Evelyn Lambart, 84, Canadian animator and director. Aldona Nenėnienė, 49, Soviet/Lithuanian handball player and Olympic champion (1976, 1980). Geoffrey Walsh, 89, Canadian general.
4 Manuel Bernardo Aguirre, 90, Mexican politician. Karl Barufka, 77, German footballer. Faith Domergue, 74, American actress, cancer. Jumabek Ibraimov, 55, Kyrgyz politician, stomach cancer. Vane Ivanović, 85, Yugoslav-British Olympic athlete (1936), political activist, diplomat and writer. Lucille Lortel, 98, American actress, artistic director and theatrical producer. Frank Charles McGee, 73, Canadian businessman and politician. Vladimir Orlov, 77, Soviet politician. Bob Peck, 53, British actor (Jurassic Park, Edge of Darkness, Lord of the Flies), cancer. Eric Ramsay, 82, Australian politician. Ambroise Roux, 77, French businessman and political advisor, heart attack. Early Wynn, 79, American Hall of Fame baseball player (Washington Senators, Cleveland Indians, Chicago White Sox).
5 Paul David, 79, Canadian cardiologist and politician. Oleksiy Demyanyuk, 40, Soviet Ukrainian high jumper and Olympian (1980). Giulio Einaudi, 87, Italian book publisher. Chester E. McCarty, 93, American officer and pilot in the US Air Force. John Wiles, 73, South African novelist, television writer and producer (Doctor Who).
6 Tibor Bedekovits, 68, Hungarian Olympic rower (1960). Gene Benson, 85, American baseball player. Inge Braumüller, 89, German high jumper and Olympian (1928). Hienadz Karpienka, 49, Belarusian scientist and politician opposing president Alexander Lukashenko, stroke. Robert D. Lindsay, 79, Canadian politician. Red Norvo, 91, American jazz musician known as "Mr. Swing". William Pleeth, 83, British cellist. Rosaire Smith, 85, Canadian weightlifter and Olympian (1948, 1952). Angus Ellis Taylor, 87, American mathematician and academic.
7 Ivan Diviš, 74, Czech poet and essayist, fall. Heinz Lehmann, 87, German-born Canadian psychiatrist known as the "father of modern psychopharmacology". Angus Paton, 93, British civil engineer. Herbert Schibukat, 84, German Olympic ice hockey player (1936, 1952). Bob Tough, 78, American basketball player. Arnold Wientjes, 60, Dutch Olympic rower (1960).
8 Pipaluk Freuchen, 81, Danish-Greenlandic-Swedish writer. Vic Fisher, 74, Australian rules footballer. Luis Castro Leiva, 56, Venezuelan academic, writer and columnist, brain haemorrhage. Fritz Tegtmeier, 81, German Luftwaffe flying ace during World War II.
9 George Sidney Bishop, 85, British civil servant and businessman. Clay Bryant, 87, American Major League Baseball player (Chicago Cubs). Bert Firman, 93, English bandleader. Raúl Silva Henríquez, 91, Chilean prelate of the Catholic Church. Jerold Hoffberger, 80, American businessman. Marcel Lihau, 67, Congolese politician, jurist, and law professor. Mary Lutyens, 90, British author. Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara, 49, Nigerien military officer, shot. Albert Popwell, 72, American actor (Dirty Harry, Cleopatra Jones, Search), complications following open heart surgery. Geoffrey Wigoder 76, British-born Israeli historian, broadcaster, academic and encyclopedist.
10 Roger Cuche, 70, Swiss Olympic boxer (1952). 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. Brownie Mary, 76, American medical cannabis rights activist, heart attack.Gumbel, A. (1999, April 15). "Brownie Mary". The Independent, p. 6. James D. McCawley, 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 of Boeing corporation.
11 Gábor Alapy, 86, Hungarian rower and Olympian (1936). William H. Armstrong, 87, American children's writer. Tom Bane, 85, American politician. Pete Milne, 74, American baseball player (New York Giants). Agim Ramadani, 35, Kosovar Albanian commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army, killed in action. Slavko Ćuruvija, 49, Serbian journalist and newspaper publisher, shot.
12 Ricardo Barreiro, 49, Argentine comic book writer, esophageal cancer. Mario Cevasco, 60, Italian water polo player and Olympian (1964, 1968, 1972). José Francisco de Morais, 49, Brazilian football player. Alan Evans, 49, Welsh darts player. Hugo Fernando, 86, Sri Lankan actor and composer. Carlos Jaschek, 73, German-Argentine astrophysicist.Egret, Daniel & Heck, Andre. "Carlos Jaschek (1926–1999)". Bull. Am. Astron. Soc. 31(5):1602. 1999. Retrieved on July 3, 2017. Marion Albert Pruett, 49, American spree killer, execution by lethal injection. Cliff Ross, 70, American baseball player (Cincinnati Redlegs). Boxcar Willie, 67, American country music singer-songwriter, leukemia.
13 Edith Anderson, 83, American journalist, writer and translator. James M. Clarke, 81, American farmer and politician, member of the United States House of Representatives (1983-1985, 1987-1991). Knut Hauge, 87, Norwegian writer.Knut Hauge Rudolf Homberger, 89, Swiss rower and Olympian (1936). Masaji Kiyokawa, 86, Japanese sports administrator and Olympic medalist (1932, 1936), pancreatic cancer. Don McGuire, 80, American actor, director, screenwriter, and producer. Walter H. Moeller, 89, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives (1959-1963, 1965-1967). Sheik Chinna Moulana, 74, Indian nadhaswaram player. Helmut Radach, 84, German Olympic rower (1936). Ortvin Sarapu, 75, Estonian-New Zealand chess player. Willi Stoph, 84, East German politician. Visakha Wijeyeratne, 64, Sri Lankan painter, sculptor, writer and social worker.
14 Ellen Corby, 87, American actress (The Waltons, Vertigo, Shane), Emmy winner (1973), stroke. Anthony Newley, 67, British singer-songwriter and actor, kidney cancer. Robert G. Sachs, 82, American theoretical physicist. Aubrey Schenck, 90, American film producer, his film career was launched with the moderate success of his psychological horror film Shock! (1946)Weaver, Tom Aubrey Schennck Interview pp. 270-276 It Came from Horrorwood: Interviews with Moviemakers in the SF and Horror Tradition McFarland, October 26, 2004 Brigitte Steden, 50, German badminton player and Olympian (1972). Werner Stumm, 74, Swiss chemist. Nicola Trussardi, 56, Italian fashion designer, traffic collision. Bill Wendell, 75, American television announcer, complications from cancer.
15 Hermann Biechele, 81, German politician and member of the Bundestag. Roy Chiao, 72, British Hong Kong-era Chinese actor, heart failure.Hong Kong Cinemagic - Roy Chiao Hung Biography Aaron Esterson, 75, British psychiatrist. K. R. Srinivasa Iyengar, 90, Indian writer in English. F. Burton Jones, 88, American mathematician. Harvey Postlethwaite, 55, British Formula One team technical director, heart attack. Bernie Snyder, 85, American baseball player (Philadelphia Athletics).
16 Kaoru Betto, 78, Japanese baseball player. Regis Cordic, 72, American radio personality and actor. Vincent J. Dellay, 91, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives (1957-1959). Tony DeLuca, 38, American football player (Green Bay Packers). Osmund Faremo, 77, Norwegian politician. Rudi Fehr, 87, German-born American film editor (Dial M for Murder, Prizzi's Honor, Key Largo), heart attack. Zoë Lund, 37, American musician, model, actress, producer and screenwriter, cocaine-induced heart failure. Charles McKimson, 84, American animator. Manuel Ordovás, 86, Spanish Olympic equestrian (1952). Abbott Pattison, 82, American sculptor and abstract artist. Karl Schefold, 94, Swiss archaeologist. Skip Spence, 52, American singer-songwriter (Jefferson Airplane, Moby Grape), lung cancer. Margaret Tait, 80, Scottish film maker and poet. Alberto Torres, 65, Dominican sprinter and Olympian (1964, 1968). Gordon Watson, 78, Australian classical pianist.
17 Julian Cole, 74, American mathematician. Ahmad Mohamed Ibrahim, 82, Singaporean lawyer and law professor. Georges Miez, 94, Swiss gymnast, cerebrovascular disease. Richard Negri, 71, British theatre director and designer.George Hall, Obituary: Richard Negri, The Independent, 14 June 1999, Retrieved 4 May 2019. Nicky Virachkul, 50, American darts player, cancer.
18 Sam Barber, 79, American baseball player. Alan Brazier, 74, English cricket player. Vicente Escrivá, 85, Spanish film director, producer and screenwriter. Ye Fei, 84, Filipino-Chinese general and politician. Tony Gallovich, 81, American football player (Cleveland Rams). Enrique Hormazábal, 68, Chilean football player. Robert Irving, 51, English rugby player, heart attack. Gert Jeschonnek, 86, German naval officer.Jeschonnek, Gert Gustav Paul. 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.Jon Thurber, "Raghubir Singh; Photographer Captured Color of Life in India", Los Angeles Times, 24 April 1999, Retrieved 11 February 2023.
19 Stanley T. Adams, 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, 73, Italian actress, bone cancer. Calvin Favron, 41, American football player (St. Louis Cardinals). Mario Gentili, 86, Italian Olympic cyclist (1936). Shay Gorman, 76, Irish actor. Charles Patrick Green, 85, South African-born British RAF pilot, bobsledder, and Olympian (1936). Juan Lavenás, 84, Argentine Olympic sprinter (1936). Helen Lundeberg, 90, American painter, pneumonia.Haithman, Diane. "Helen Lundeberg; Artist, Pioneer of the New Classicism Movement." Los Angeles Times [Los Angeles] 21 April 1999, n. pag. Web. 2 May. 2012. <https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-apr-21-mn-29537-story.html>. Ray Magee, 81, Australian Olympic weightlifter (1948). Arthur Morton, 84, American football player and coach.