Deaths in April - 2019

Nobel winning biologist Sydney Brenner died April 5 at the age of 92. His books include Sydney Brenner’s 10-on-10 and My Life in Science: Sydney Brenner.

The man who created paint-by-numbers for the artistically inept Dan Robbins died April 1 at the age of 93. He wrote Whatever Happened to Paint-by-Numbers?

Former U.S. Senator Ernest F. Hollings died April 6 at the age of 97. He wrote The case against hunger; a demand for a national policy Shall we appease Communist China? and Making government work .

Professional golfer Marilynn Smith died April 9 at the age of 89. She wrote Have Clubs, Will Travel .

Professor and editor Charles Van Doren, who became embroiled in the game show scandals of the 1950s, has died on April 9 at the age of 93. His books include How to Read a Book, A History of Knowledge: Past, Present, and Future and The Joy of Reading: A Passionate Guide to 189 of the World's Best Authors.

Washington lawyer Jacob A. Stein died April 5 at the age of 94. His books include Closing arguments : the art and the law , The law of law firms and Trial handbook for Maryland lawyers (Maryland practice library).

Tuba player Sam Pilafian died April 5 at the age of 69. He wrote The breathing gym : exercises to improve breath control and airflow and Brass Gym, The: A comprehensive daily workout for brass players.

Former lineman for the Green Bay Packers Forrest Gregg died April 12 at the age of 85. His memoir was called Winning in the Trenches: A Lifetime of Football .

Nobel winning neuroscientist Paul Greengard died April 15 at the age of 93. He wrote Advances in Cyclic Nucleotide Research and Cyclic nucleotides, phosphorylated proteins, and neuronal function .

Historian David Brion Davis died April 14 at the age of 92. His many books include Inhuman Bondage: The Rise and Fall of Slavery in the New World , The Problem of Slavery in Western Culture and The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Revolution, 1770-1823.

Science fiction and fantasy author Gene Wolfe died April 14 at the age of 87. His many books include Shadow & Claw: The First Half of The Book of the New Sun , Sword & Citadel: The Second Half of The Book of the New Sun, The Shadow of the Torturer and The Urth of the New Sun.

Political cartoonist Dwane Powell died April 14 at the age of 74. A few of his books include The Reagan Chronicles: A Cartoon Carnival, 100 Proof Pure Old Jess (editor) and Surely Someone Can Still Sing Bass! .

Poet Stanley Plumly died April 11 at the age of 79. His books include Posthumous Keats: A Personal Biography , Now That My Father Lies Down Beside Me: New and Selected Poems, 1970-2000, The Immortal Evening: A Legendary Dinner with Keats, Wordsworth, and Lamb and Out-Of-The-Body Travel.

Former president of Peru Alan Garcia Perez shot himself on April 17 at the age of 69. His books include 90 años de aprismo. Hay hermanos muchísimo que hacer, PIZARRO. El Rey de la Baraja. Política, confusión y dolor , and La década infame .

Tony Buzan mind-mapper died April 13th 2019 aged 76. He wrote many books on his system for displaying connections and information.

The anime/manga cartoonist known as Monkey Punch died April 11 at the age of 81. He was responsible for the Lupin III series.

Poet and artist T. J. Reddy has died at the age of 73. He wrote Less than a score, but a point;: Poems and Poems in 1 Part Harmony .

Paranormal investigator Lorraine Warren died April 19 at the age of 92. She wrote with her husband Ed Graveyard: True Hauntings and The Haunted: One Family’s Nightmare.

Writer of bodice-rippers Una-Mary Parker died April 11th 2019 aged 89.

Activist Neus Catala died April 13 at the age of 103. Books include Testimoni d'una supervivent and De la resistencia y la deportación. 50 testimonios de mujeres españolas.

Professor David J. Thouless died April 6 at the age of 84. He wrote Topological Quantum Numbers in Nonrelativistic Physics .

Graphic Novelist Kazuo Koike died April 17 at the age of 82. He was the creator of Lone Wolf and Cub and Lady Snowblood.

Former psychiatrist and head of the Carnegie Corporation, David A. Hamburg died April 21 at the age of 93. His books include Today's children : creating a future for a generation in crisis and Preventing Genocide: Practical Steps toward Early Detection and Effective Action.

Author Warren Adler died April 14 at the age of 91. He is best known for The War of the Roses and Random Hearts.

Film producer David V. Picker died April 20 at the age of 87. He wrote Musts, Maybes, and Nevers: A Book About The Movies .

Dramatist Mark Medoff died April 23 at the age of 79. He is best known for Children of a Lesser God and When You Comin' Back Red Ryder?.

Computer scientist and artificial intelligence expert Nils J. Nilsson died April 21 at the age of 86. His books include Artificial Intelligence: A New Synthesis and Principles of Artificial Intelligence.

Novelist John L'Heureux died April 22 at the age of 84. A few of his books include The Handmaid of Desire, The Shrine at Altamira and A Woman Run Mad.

Basketball player John Havlicek died April 25 at the age of 79. He wrote Hondo: Celtic Man in Motion.

Photographer Michael Wolf died April 25 at the age of 65. His books include Hong Kong: Front Door/Back Door and Sitting in China.

Former U.S. Senator Richard Lugar died April 28 at the age of 87. He wrote Letters to the Next President.

Australian poet Les Murray died April 29 at the age of 80. A few of his books include Fredy Neptune: A Novel In Verse , Subhuman Redneck Poems and Learning Human: Selected Poems .

Persian sculptress Monir Farmanfarmaian died April 20 at the age of 96. Her autobiography was called A Mirror Garden: A Memoir.

Acclaimed film director John Singleton died suddenly of a stroke at the age of 51 on April 29. He wrote Poetic Justice: Filmmaking South Central Style.

Dutch economist H. Johannes Witteveen died April23 at the age of 9 7. His books include The Heart of Sufism,
Universal Sufism and Sufism in Action: Spiritualising the Economy .

Political scientist Martin Kilson died April 24 at the age of 88. His books include The African Diaspora: Interpretive Essays and Transformation of the African American intelligentsia, 1880-2012.

Designer Quentin Fiore died April 19 at the age of 99. He wrote The Medium is the Massage; An Inventory of Effects and I Seem to Be a Verb.

Actor Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca) died April 30 at the age of 74. He wrote Growing up Giant.

Former CFTC Commissioner Bart Chilton died April 27 at the age of 58. He wrote Ponzimonium: How Scam Artists are Ripping off America.

Author Wayson Choy died April 28 at the age of 80. His books include The Jade Peony and All That Matters .

Choreographer David Winters died April 23 at the age of 80. He wrote Dancin': It's On! .

Chef Giuliano Buglialli died April 26 at the age of 88. His books include Fine Art of Italian Cooking , Bugialli on Pasta , Giuliano Bugialli's Classic Techniques of Italian Cooking and Giuliano Bugialli's Foods of Italy.

Art collector Ben Heller died April 24 at the age of 93. His books include Black and White and Toward a new abstraction.

Cartoonist Nurit Karlin died April 30 at the age of 80. Her work includes The Fat Cat Sat on the Mat, I See, You Saw and The Tooth Witch.

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Biographer Chris Albertson died April 24 at the age of 87. His biography of Bessie Smith was simply titled Bessie.

German actress Hannelore Elsner died April 21 at the age of 76. She wrote Im Überschwang: Aus meinem Leben.

Futurist Barbara Marx Hubbard died April 10 at the age of 89. Her books include Conscious Evolution, Emergence:The Shift from Ego to Essence and Birth 2012 and Beyond.

Mountaineer Edwin Drummond died April 24 at the age of 73. He wrote A Dream of White Horses: Essays and Poetry .

Literary critic William Gray died April 8 at the age of 66. His books include Fantasy, Myth and the Measure of Truth: Tales of Pullman, Lewis, Tolkien, Death and Fantasy: Essays on Philip Pullman, C.S. Lewis, George MacDonald and Robert Louis Stevenson: A Literary Life .

Pharmacologist Desmond Roger Laurence died April 29 at the age of 96. His books include Clinical pharmacology and Evaluation of drug activities. pharmacometrics / Volume 1.

Science fiction writer Vonda N McIntyre died on April 1, 2019 at the age of 70. She wrote Dreamsnake and many others, including a number of Star Trek novels. She won a Hugo award and three Nebula awards.