- January 5
- Donald Knight, cricket player (54 runs in two Tests for England 1921), dies. [1]
- Pavel P Parenago, Russian cosmonaut, dies at age 53. [1]
- January 6
- Edith Barstow, choreographer (Frankie Laine Time), dies at age 52. [1]
- Erik Lindahl, Swedish economist (Scope and Means), dies at age 68. [1]
- January 11
- Johan E Elias, Dutch historian (Elias Family), dies at age 84. [1]
- January 12
- Nevil Shute [Norway], English/Australian author (Town like Alice), dies at age 60. [1]
- January 13
- Sibilla Aleramo [Rina Faccio], Italian poet (Una Donna), dies at age 83. [1]
- January 20
- Matt Moore, actor (Deluge, Coquette), dies at age 72. [1]
- January 24
- John Miljan, actor (Charlie Chan in Paris, Yankee Clipper), dies at age 66. [1]
- January 25
- Diana Barrymore, actress (Ladies Courageous), dies at age 38. [1]
- January 29
- Louis Jean Heydt, actor (Joe - Waterfront), dies at age 54. [1]
- January 31
- Lowell Gilmore, actor (Calcutta, Roadblock), dies at age 53. [1]
- February 3
- Johannes G Geelkerken, Dutch reformed vicar, dies at age 80. [1]
- February 5
- Louis Stricker, cricket player (South Africa open bat in 13 Tests 1909-12), dies. [1]
- February 7
- Igor V Kurtshatov, Russian nuclear physicist, dies at age 57. [1]
- February 12
- Bobby Clark, vaudevillian (World's funniest circus clown), dies at age 71. [1]
- February 13
- Delmar G Roos, designer of the jeep, dies at age 79. [1]
- February 14
- Sven R Lidman, Swedish writer (Tvedräktens Barn), dies at age 77. [1]
- February 22
- Hubert Cuypers, composer/choir conductor (Missa Populi), dies at age 86. [1]
- February 25
- Everhardus J van Romondt, Dutch Antillean minister, dies at age 51. [1]
- February 26
- Aleksandar Belic, Swedish linguist, dies at age 83. [1]
- February 27
- Adriano Olivetti, Italian engineer/manufacturer, dies at age 58. [1]
- February 28
- F S Flint, British translator/poet (imagist movement), dies at age 74. [1]
- Jonathan Hale, actor (Blondie), shoots himself at age 68. [1]
- March 3
- Sammy White, actor (711 Ocean Drive, Sound Off), dies at age 65. [1]
- March 4
- American baritone singer Leonard Warren dies of a massive stroke during a performance of Verdi's La Forza del Destino at the New York's Metropolitan Opera. [1] [467]
- March 11
- Roy Chapman Andrews, US biologist/explorer, dies at age 76. [1]
- March 23
- Franklin P Adams, columnist (Information Please), dies at age 78. [1]
- March 24
- Paul Joostens, Flemish painter, dies at age 70. [1]
- March 28
- Ian Keith, US actor (Ramses I - The Ten Commandments, Identity Unknown, Queen Christina), dies at age 61. [1]
- March 30
- Fritz Klimsch, German sculptor/painter, dies at age 90. [1]
- March 31
- Joseph Haas, German (opera) composer (Totenmesse), dies at age 81. [1]
- April 1
- Piet[er O] Bakker, Dutch journalist/writer (Ciske), dies at age 62. [1]
- April 3
- Anton Pannekoek, Dutch astronomer/marxist theorist, dies at age 87. [1]
- April 5
- Alma Kruger, actor (Made For Each Other), dies at age 88. [1]
- April 10
- Arthur Benjamin, Australian composer/pianist (Devil Take Her), dies at age 66. [1]
- April 17
- Eddie Cochran, rocker, dies in an auto accident at age 21. [1]
- April 18
- Emory Johnson, director (Phantom Express, Shield of Honor), dies at age 66. [1]
- April 23
- Cornelis Jan Bakkerr, Dutch/US nuclear physicist, dies. [1]
- Toyohiko Kagawa, Japanese Christian-social reformer/writer, dies at age 71. [1]
- April 24
- John P "John" Musch, actor/founder (JM), dies at age 84. [1]
- April 25
- Amanullah, emir/king of Afhanistan (1919-28), dies at age 67. [1]
- Hope Emerson, actress (I Married Joan, Peter Gunn), dies at age 62. [1]
- April 26
- Wander J de Haas, Dutch physicist (Einstein-De Haas effect), dies at age 82. [1]
- April 28
- Anton Pancake, astronomer/marxist theorist, dies at age 87. [1]
- May 6
- Paul Abraham, Hungarian composer (Blume von Hawaii), dies at age 67. [1]
- May 8
- Hugo Alfven, Swedish composer (Midsommarvaka), dies at age 88. [1]
- May 11
- John D Rockefeller Jr, philanthropist, dies at age 86. [1]
- May 27
- Edward Brophy, actor (Champ, Dumbo, Great Guy), dies at age 65. [1]
- George Zucco, actor (Fog Island, Black Raven, Desire Me), dies at age 74. [1]
- May 30
- Boris Pasternak, Russian poet (Dr Zhivago), dies at age 70. [1]
- May 31
- Willem Elsschot [Alfons de Ridder], Flemish writer (Kas), dies at age 78. [1]
- June 1
- Lester Patrick, NHL coach/star, dies at age 76. [1]
- June 4
- Lucien Littlefield, actor (Mr Beasley - Blondie), dies at age 64. [1]
- July 29
- Richard Simon, cofounder of publisher Simon and Shuster, dies. [1]
- August 8
- Danton Walker, columnist (Broadway Spotlight), dies at age 61. [1]
- August 23
- Oscar Hammerstein II, Broadway librettist, dies at age 65. [1]
- August 29
- Alexander Gauge, actor (Adventures of Robin Hood), dies at age 46. [1]
- Prime Minister Hazza el-Majali of Jordan is assassinated. [1]
- September 6
- Jimmy Savo, comedian (Through the Crystal Ball), dies at age 65. [1]
- September 25
- Emily Post, etiquette expert, dies at age 86. [1]
- October 9
- Howard Glenn, New York Titans' player, dies of injuries sustained in the day's game. [1]
- October 24
- Disaster on USSR launch pad, kills missile expert Nedelin and team (unconfirmed); USSR claims he was killed in plane crash. [1]
- November 16
- Clark Gable, American actor, dies at age 59. [1] [5]
- December 14
- Gregory Ratoff, actor (Skyscraper Souls), dies of leukemia at age 63. [1]
- December 16
- Anna Luther, silent screen actress (Sinners in Silk), dies at age 63. [1]
- December 26
- Eduard Ludwig, German architect (Hansa quarter, Berlin), dies at age 54. [1]
- December 31
- Germaine Loosveldt, Flemish actress (Trees die Upright), dies at age 69. [1]
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