She was a beloved Bollywood singer whose voice resonated across a film-obsessed India for nearly eight decades. Asha Bhosle, who died in April, was recorded on about 12,000 songs, becoming part of India's musical memory. She was widely mourned with even Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi praising her contributions. April also saw the death of scientist J. Craig Venter, who mapped the first draft of the human genome, helping scientists understand how genes shape lives. Later, Venter was the first to publish his own sequenced genome, hoping researchers could scan it to learn what was inherited from each parent and where vulnerabilities to disease might lie. Other noteworthy people who died in April include former Hawaii Gov. George R. Ariyoshi, French actor Nathalie Baye and the last surviving Ronettes singer, Nedra Talley Ross. Here is a roll call of some influential figures who have died this year (the cause of death is cited, if available): ___ JANUARY ___ Diane Crump, 77.…