- January 17
- Gerrit Achterberg, Dutch poet (Dead End), dies at age 56. [1]
- January 19
- Snub Pollard, actor (Limelight, Arizona Days), dies of cancer at age 72. [1]
- January 20
- Robinson Jeffers, poet/playwright (Dear Judas), dies at age 75. [1]
- January 21
- André Lhote, French painter/art historian, dies at age 76. [1]
- January 24
- Tom Shirley, actor/TV announcer (They're Off), dies at age 62. [1]
- January 26
- Charles "Lucky" Luciano, New York City, New York Mafia gangster, dies at age 65. [1]
- January 29
- Fritz Kreisler, Austria/US violinist/composer, dies at age 86. [1]
- January 30
- Two members of Flying Wallendas' high-wire act are killed when their 7-person pyramid collapses during a performance in Detroit, Michigan. [1]
- February 5
- Jacques Ibert, French composer (Escales), dies at age 71. [1]
- February 7
- Arthur Carr, cricket player (11 Tests for England 22-29), dies shovelling snow. [1]
- February 10
- Willem Paerels, Netherlands/Belgian painter/graphic artist, dies at age 83. [1]
- February 15
- Vladimir Sokoloff, actor (Road to Morocco, Cloak and Dagger), dies at age 72. [1]
- February 17
- Bruno Walter, symphony conductor (New York Philharmonic), dies at age 85. [1]
- Joseph Kearns, actor (George - Dennis the Menace), dies at age 55. [1]
- February 25
- Wilhelm Pessler, German sociologist, dies at age 81. [1]
- February 27
- Willie Best, actor (Charlie - My Little Margie), dies at age 45. [1]
- February 28
- Harold Ogden "Chic" Johnson, comedian (Olsen and Johnson), dies at age 70. [1]
- March 1
- Roscoe Ates, actor (Dep Roscoe - Marshal of Gunsight Pass), dies at age 70. [1]
- March 2
- Charles-Jean baron de la Vallée-Poussin, Belgian engineer, dies at age 96. [1]
- March 4
- Cairine R Wilson, first Canadian female senator (appointed), dies at age 77. [1]
- March 5
- Anne C Veth, Dutch cartoonist/art critic, dies at age 82. [1]
- March 9
- Howard Engstrom of Boston, Massachussettes, USA, a designer of Univac computer, dies at age 59. [1]
- US coin dealer George Walton is killed in a car accident. Among his possessions in his car is a 1913 Liberty Head Nickel (one of five in existence), which is declared to be an altered date by an auction firm. (In 2003, relatives have the coin authenticated by coin experts, ending the mystery of its disappearance.) [427.14]
- March 11
- Will Vesper, German author (Tristan und Isolde), dies at age 79. [1]
- March 15
- Sam Wren, actor (Wren's Nest), dies at age 64. [1]
- March 17
- Frank Orth, actor (Boston Blackie, The Brothers), dies at age 82. [1]
- March 20
- C Wright Mills, US sociologist (Power Elite), dies at age 45. [1]
- Dr Andrew E Douglass, dendrochronologer (study of tree rings) dies. [1]
- March 22
- Aura Abranches Port, actress (Lisboa, O Primo Basilio), dies at age 65. [1]
- March 23
- Josephus RH van Schaik, lawyer/vice-premier of Netherlands, dies at age 80. [1]
- Val Paul, producer (F-Man), dies at age 73. [1]
- March 25
- Auguste Piccard, Swiss explorer/balloonist, dies at age 78. [1]
- March 26
- Marjorie Colton, inventor of wax paper, dies at age 64. [1]
- April 3
- Benny "Kid" Paret, US welterweight boxer, dies after fight, at age 24. [1]
- Manolis Kalomiris, Greek opera composer, dies at age 78. [1]
- April 9
- Juan Belmonte, famed bullfighter, dies at age 70. [1]
- April 10
- Stuart Sutcliffe, original Beatles bassist, dies of brain hemorrhage at age 21. [1]
- April 20
- Jesse G Vincent, engineer who designed first V-12 engine, dies at age 82. [1]
- April 21
- Frederick Handley Page, designer of first big airplane (40 seats), dies. [1]
- April 22
- Vera Reynolds, actress (Dragnet Patrol, Lawless Woman), dies at age 62. [1]
- April 23
- Stirling Moss, auto racer, killed while racing at age 32. [1]
- May 5
- Ernest Tyldesley, cricket player (990 runs in 14 Tests for England), dies. [1]
- May 12
- Dick Calkins, co-author (Buck Rogers), dies at age 67. [1]
- May 13
- Frank Jenks, actor (Colonel Flack), dies of cancer at age 60. [1]
- Franz Jozef Kline, US expressionist painter, dies at age 51. [1]
- Death of H Trendley Dean, doctor (introduced fluoridation into water). [1]
- May 31
- Adolf Eichmann, war criminal, hanged for crimes against Jews in WWII at Ramie Prison in Israel at age 56. [1]
- June 6
- Guinn Williams, actor (Big Boy - Circus Boy), dies at age 63. [1]
- June 14
- Anna Sleasers is first Boston Strangler victim. [1]
- June 19
- Frank Borzage, Academy Award winning director, dies at age 69. [1]
- June 28
- Mickey Cochrane, baseball hall of fame catcher, dies at age 59. [1]
- July 4
- Rex Bell, cowboy (Cowboys and Injuns), dies at age 56. [1]
- July 6
- William Faulkner, author, inventor of Yoknapatawpha Co, dies at age 64. [1]
- August 5
- Marilyn Monroe found dead of apparent self-inflicted drug overdose. [1] [5]
- August 10
- Ted Husing, sportscaster (Monday Night Fights), dies at age 60. [1]
- August 17
- East German border guards shot and kill Peter Fechter, 18, attempting to cross Berlin Wall into western sector. [1]
- August 23
- Hoot Gibson, silent screen cowboy actor, dies at age 70. [1]
- September 9
- Pat Rooney, vaudevillian, dies at age 82. [1]
- September 27
- Francisco Brochado da Rocha, Prime Minister of Brazil (1962), dies at age 52. [1]
- September 29
- Patrick Corry, developed self-rotating rock drill, dies in the Bronx, New York. [1]
- October 2
- Frank Lovejoy, actor (Man Against Crime, Meet McGraw), dies at age 48. [1]
- October 9
- Lulu McConnell, comediene (It Pays to be Ignorant), dies at age 80. [1]
- October 27
- Fatso Marco, comedian (Milton Berle Show), dies at age 56. [1]
- November 3
- Harlow H Curtice, President of General Motors (1953-58), dies at age 69. [1]
- November 7
- Eleanor Roosevelt, former First Lady, dies at age 78 in New York City. [1] [5] [452.70]
- November 11
- Rene Coty, President of France, dies at age 80. [1]
- November 17
- Arthur Vining Davis, CEO (Alcoa 1910-1957), dies at age 92 in Miami, Florida. [1]
- November 18
- Niels Bohr, physicist who won the Nobel Prize in 1922, dies at age 77. [1]
- November 20
- Jasper McLevy, socialist mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut, dies. [1]
- November 23
- Gloria Gordon, actress (My Friend Irma), dies at age 81. [1]
- November 24
- James J Kilroy, tank inspector (Kilroy was here), dies at age 60. [1]
- November 28
- Queen Mother Wilhelmina of Netherlands dies at age 82. [1]
- November 29
- Rav Aaron Kotler, Orthodox Talmudic scholar, dies in Lakewood, New Jersey. [1]
- December 7
- Kirsten Flagstead, Norwegian soprano (Wagner), dies at age 67. [1]
- December 12
- Sid Saylor, actor (Wally - Waterfront), dies at age 67. [1]
- December 13
- Birth of Karen Witter in California, USA; actress (Tina - One Life to Live). [1]
- December 15
- Charles Laughton, English actor (Hunchback of Notre Dame), dies at age 63. [1]
- December 17
- Thomas Mitchell, American actor (Outlaw), dies of cancer at age 70. [1]
- December 23
- Luis Alberni, actor (Topaze), dies at age 76. [1]
1963
- January 2
- Death of Dick Powell at age 58 of cancer of the lymph glands; movie star in the 1930's, radio star in the 1940's (Richard Diamond, Private Detective), TV star and producer in the 1950's (Four Star Playhouse, Dick Powell Show). [1] [457]
- Death of Jack Carson at age 50 of stomach cancer; radio, TV, and film star (The Sealtest Village Store, The Jack Carson Show, Star is Born, Mildred Pierce). [1] [457]
- January 3
- Oscar Backing, Austria/Netherlands viola player, dies at age 83. [1]
- January 5
- Rogers Hornsby, baseball player, dies of a heart ailment at age 66. [1]
- January 6
- Lourens GM Baas Becking, Dutch botanist/resistance fighter, dies at age 68. [1]
- January 8
- Stark Young, US writer (So Red the Rose), dies at age 81. [1]
- January 11
- Arthur D Nock, English/American historian (Saint Paul), dies at age 60. [1]
- January 13
- Leonardus G Kortenhorst, Dutch Member of Parliament (KVP), dies at age 76. [1]
- January 18
- Johnnie Moyes, journalist/cricket player (South Australian batsman), dies. [1]
- January 21
- Al Saint John, actor (Law and Order, Devil Riders), dies at age 70. [1]
- January 25
- Wilson Kettle of Newfoundland, Canada, dies at age 102, leaving 582 living descendents. [1]
- January 26
- John Sigvard Olsen, comedian (Olsen and Johnson), dies at age 70. [1]
- January 27
- John Farrow, actor/director (Botany Bay), dies at age 58. [1]
- January 28
- Jean Felix Piccard, swiss explorer, dies on his 79th birthday. [1]
- January 29
- Robert Lee Frost, American poet (New Hampshire, four Pulitzers), dies at age 88. [1] [5]
- January 30
- Francis Poulenc, French composer (Litanies à la Vierge Noire), dies at age 74. [1]
- P F "Plum" Warner, cricket player (England manager during Bodyline tour), dies. [1]
- February 2
- Herman Bouber [Blom], actor/playwright (Bluejackets), dies at age 77. [1]
- February 6
- Mohammed ibn al-Chattabi Abd el-Krim, Morocco opposition leader, dies. [1]
- Werner Erich Josten, German composer (Jungle), dies at age 77. [1]
- February 8
- Abdul Karim Kassem, Prime Minister of Iraq (1958-63), assassinated in Baghdad at age 48. [1]
- George Dolenz, Italian actor (Count of Monte Cristo), dies at age 55. [1]
- February 11
- Sylvia Plath, poet/novelist (Ariel), kills herself in London at age 30. [1]
- February 13
- Harry Steers, bowling hall of famer, dies. [1]
- February 18
- Monte Blue, silent film actor (Apache), dies of heart attack at age 73. [1]
- Todd "Hugh" Gaitskell, leader British Labour Party, dies at age 56. [1]
- February 26
- Artturi A Leinonen, Finnish journalist/politician (Prophet), dies at age 74. [1]
- February 28
- Theodore Newton, actor (Voltaire, Ace of Aces), dies at age 58. [1]
- March 4
- William Carlos Williams, US physician/poet, dies at age 79. [1] [5]
- March 5
- Cyril Smith, actor (Adventures of Sir Lancelot), dies at age 70. [1]
- Hawkshaw Hawkins, country singer (Ozark Jubilee), dies at age 41. [1]
- Patsy Cline, country singer ("Crazy", "I Fall To Pieces"), dies in a plane crash at age 30. [1]
- March 6
- Kornelis ter Laan, first Dutch socialist mayor (Zaandam), dies at age 91. [1]
- March 8
- John Hartley, cricket player (bowl average 115 in two Tests for England 1906), dies. [1]
- March 11
- Mahomed Nissar, cricket player (6 Tests for India 1932-36, 25 wickets), dies. [1]
- March 23
- American boxer Davey Moore dies seconds after being knocked-out in feather-weight boxing championship at age 29. [1]
- March 28
- Alec A Templeton, composer/pianist (Alec Templeton Time), dies at age 52. [1]
- March 29
- Pola Gojawiczynska, Polish author (Stolica), dies at age 64. [1]
- April 4
- Endzion Barelli dies two days after winning a boxing match at age 18. [1]
- Jason Robards Sr, actor (Acapulco), dies at age 70. [1]
- April 5
- Jacobus JP Old, architect/co-founder (The Style), dies at age 73. [1]
- April 8
- Len Tuckett, cricket player (no runs no wickets in 1 Test for South Africa), dies. [1]
- April 18
- Death of Henrietta Kreis, third of famous Wallenda aerialists to fall to death. [1]
- April 30
- Bryant Washburn, actor (Nabonga, Millionaire Kid), dies at age 74. [1]
- May 2
- Jack Crawford, cricket player (469 runs and 39 wickets in 12 Tests), dies. [1]
- Van Wyck Brooks, US historian (Ordeal of Mark Twain), dies at age 77. [1]
- May 5
- Jacobus JP Old, architect/co-founder (Stijl), dies at age 73. [1]
- May 6
- Monty Wooley, actor (Pied Piper, Man Who Came to Dinner), dies at age 74. [1]
- May 24
- Elmore James, blues guitarist, dies at age 45 of a heart attack. [1]
- May 26
- Sharon Lynn, actress (Way Out West, Big Broadcast), dies at age 53. [1]
- May 27
- Lambrakis, Greek EDA-parliament leader, murdered. [1]
- May 31
- Carel C van Essen, archaeologist (Art of Ancient Rome), dies at age 63. [1]
- June 3
- Paul Maxey, actor (Matt - Lassie, Mayor - People's Choice), dies at age 57. [1]
- Pope John XXIII dies at age 81. [1]
- June 7
- Zasu Pitts, actress (Wedding March, Life With Father), dies at age 65. [1]
- June 11
- Quang Duc, Buddhist monk, immolates himself on a street in Saigon. [1]
- June 12
- African-American civil rights leader Medgar Evers (age 37) is gunned down in the driveway of his home in Jackson, Mississippi, USA. [1] [129]
- June 20
- Gordon Jones, actor (Mike the Cop - Abbott and Costello), dies at age 52. [1]
- Joseph Self, murderer, executed in Washington state (last for 25 years). [1]
- Ralph Sanford, actor (Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp), dies at age 64. [1]
- June 28
- Frank "Home Run" Baker (hit two home runs in 1911 world series) dies at age 77. [1]
- July 4
- Grant Richards, actor (Doug - Doorway to Danger), dies at age 48. [1]
- August 10
- Estes Kefauver, American politician (Democrat-Senator-Tennessee) dies at age 60. [1]
- August 26
- Larry Keating, actor (George Burns Show, Roger - Mr Ed), dies at age 67. [1]
- August 27
- W E B Du Bois, scholar/founder (NAACP), dies at age 95 in Accra, Ghana. [1]
- August 30
- Axel Stordahl, orchestra leader (Frank Sinatra Show), dies at age 50. [1]
- August 31
- George F Broque, cubist painter, dies at age 81 in Paris, France. [1]
- September 15
- Fred Hillebrand, actor (Martin Kane), dies at age 69. [1]
- October 24
- Beverly Wills, actress (Beverly - I Married Joan), dies at age 29. [1]
- October 29
- Adolphe Menjou, actor (Front Page, Star is Born), dies at age 73. [1]
- October 31
- Henry Daniell, actor (Camille, Body Snatchers), dies at age 69. [1]
- November 1
- Elsa Maxwell, writer (Jack Paar Show), dies at age 80. [1]
- Ngo Dinh Diem, South Vietnamese Prime Minister, assassinated in a military coup. [1]
- November 15
- Fritz Reiner, conductor (Chicago Symphony Orchestra), dies at age 74. [1]
- November 22
- Aldous Huxley, English novelist (Brave New World), dies. [1]
- C.S. Lewis, English novelist (The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe), dies. [1]
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, is assassinated while traveling through Dallas, Texas, in an open-top convertible. Lee Harvey Oswald is arrested for the murders of Kennedy and Officer J.D. Tippit. Vice President Lyndon Johnson is sworn in as the 36th president at 2:39 p.m. [1] [129]
- November 24
- Jack Ruby fatally shoots suspected President John Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey Oswald at Dallas police headquarters in Dallas, Texas. First live murder on TV. [1] [129]
- November 28
- Fred Uttal, TV host (QED), dies at age 55. [1]
- Karyn Kupcinet, actress (Carol - Gertrude Berg Show), murdered at age 23. [1]
- December 2
- Sabu Sabu, actor (Jungle Book, Drums), dies of heart attack at age 39. [1]
- December 5
- Herbert H Lehman (Governor-Democrat-New York), dies. [1]
- December 6
- Jozef Goossenaerts, Flemish philologist (Language Boundary), dies at age 81. [1]
- December 9
- Philibert Schmitz, Belgian historian (Order of Saint Benoît), dies at age 75. [1]
- December 13
- Hubert Pierlot, Belgian advocate/premier (1939-45), dies at age 79. [1]
- December 14
- Erich Ollenhauer, German politician (SPD), dies at age 62. [1]
- December 18
- Winifried P I Zillig, German composer/conductor (Opfer), dies at age 58. [1]
- December 21
- Jack Hobbs, cricket player (61 Tests for England), dies. [1]
- December 26
- "Gorgeous George" Wagner, wrestler, dies. [1]
- December 28
- Abbott Joseph Liebling, American journalist/writer, dies. [1]
- Paul Hindemith; German composer (Composer's World), dies at age 68. [1]
- December 31
- Albert Plesman, aviation pioneer, dies. [1]
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