- January 15
- Theodor Werner, German painter, dies at age 82. [1]
- January 16
- Jan Palach, protesting Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, self immolates at age 20. [1]
- January 22
- Judy Garland, singer/actress (Wizard of Oz), dies at age 48 of an overdose. [1]
- January 24
- Tom Zachary, baseball pitcher (Washington Senators), dies at age 72. [1]
- January 25
- John Zajíc, Czech student, self-incinerates. [1]
- January 27
- Charles Winninger, actor (Charlie Farrell Show), dies at age 82. [1]
- January 30
- Allan Welsh Dulles, US diplomat/director (US Central Intelligence Agency 1953-61), dies at age 75. [1]
- Dominique G Pire, clergyman, (Europe village Nobel Prize 1958), dies at age 58. [1]
- February 2
- Boris Karloff [Pratt], British actor (Frankenstein), dies at age 81. [1]
- Giovanni Martinelli, opera singer (New York Metropolitan), dies at age 83. [1]
- February 3
- Eduardo C Mondlane, President of Mozambique, is murdered. [1]
- February 4
- Thelma Ritter, actress (All About Eve, Pillow Talk), dies at age 63. [1]
- February 9
- Manuel Plaza Reyes, Chilean marathon runner (Olympics-gold 1928), dies at age 68. [1]
- [George] Gabby Hayes, actor (Albuquerque, Colorado), dies at age 83. [1]
- February 11
- James Lanphier; actor (Flight of Lost Balloon), dies at age 48. [1]
- February 12
- Johanna EFG Tourniaire, actress (Potasch and Perlemoer), dies at age 80. [1]
- February 14
- Vito Genovese, US mafia chief, dies at age 71. [1]
- Wolfe Barzell, actor (Blue Angel), dies of heart attack at age 72. [1]
- February 18
- Dragisa Cvetkovic, Serbian premier of Yugoslavia (1939-), dies at age 76. [1]
- February 20
- Ernest Ansermet, Swiss conductor/composer, dies at age 85. [1]
- Jack Ingram, actor (Law of the West), dies of heart attack at age 66. [1]
- February 21
- José de Capriles, Mexican-born US Olympics fencer, dies. [1]
- February 23
- Abd al-Aziz Abd al-Rahman al-Faisal al-Saud King Saudia dies at age 67. [1]
- February 24
- Kenneth Green, actor (Penrod), dies of heart attack at age 61. [1]
- February 26
- Karl Jaspers, German psychiatrist/philosopher, dies at age 86. [1]
- Levi Eshkol [Sjkolnik], Israeli premier, dies. [1]
- February 27
- John Boles, actor (Stella Dallas, Curly Top), dies at age 73. [1]
- March 9
- Riad, chief of staff (Egyptian army), dies. [1]
- Richard Crane, actor (Surfside 6), dies at age 50. [1]
- March 11
- John Wyndham [Parkes Lucas B Harris], author (Day of the Triffids, Chrysalids), dies at age 65. [1]
- March 13
- Felix Locher, actor (Frankenstein's Daughter), dies at age 86. [1]
- March 14
- Ben Shahn, US painter, dies at age 70. [1]
- March 15
- Miles Malleson, actor/writer (Postman's Knock), dies at age 80. [1]
- March 18
- Barbara Bates, actress (Kathy - It's a Great Life), dies at age 43. [1]
- March 22
- Ernst Deutsch [Dorian], Czechoslovakian actor (3rd Man, Golem), dies at age 78. [1]
- March 23
- Rudolf Pannwitz, German author/philosopher (Urblik), dies at age 87. [1]
- March 24
- Joseph Kasavubu, President of Congo (1960-65), dies at about age 55. [1]
- March 25
- Alan Mowbray, actor (Dante, Colonel Flack), dies at age 72. [1]
- Max F Eastman, US critic/essayist (Love and Revolution), dies at age 86. [1]
- Norman Gallichan, cricket player (one Test for New Zealand, 30 and 2, 3-113), dies. [1]
- March 26
- B[runo] Traven, writer (Sierra Madre), dies at age 87. [1]
- Günther Weisenborn, German/Argentine writer (Illegals), dies at age 66. [1]
- March 28
- Death of Dwight D. Eisenhower in Washington DC at age 78, supreme commander of Allied forces in Europe during World War II, 34th US President (1953-61), subject of US dollar coin (1971-78). [1] [5] [434.15] [452.96] [640.66]
- March 30
- Lucien Bianchi; Belgian auto racer, dies at age 34. [1]
- April 1
- Helena Rubinstein, American cosmetic manufacturer, dies at about age 89. [1]
- April 2
- Fortunio Bonanova, actor (My Best Gal, Havana Rose), dies at age 74. [1]
- April 3
- Rex Evans, actor (Frankenstein meets the Wolfman, Zara), dies at age 65. [1]
- April 5
- Gabriel M-E-R Chevallier, French author (La Peur), dies at age 73. [1]
- Rómulo Gallegos, Venezuela author/President (1947-48), dies at age 84. [1]
- April 8
- Denton Cooley, received first fully-artificial heart, dies at age 48. [1]
- April 15
- Victoria von Battenberg, wife of Spanish king Alfonso, dies at age 81. [1]
- April 18
- Piotr F Scharoff, Russian/Italian actor/director (Chechov), dies at age 82. [1]
- April 19
- Casper Höweler, music critic, dies at age 71. [1]
- April 25
- Margarita Xirgu, actress (Bloody Wedding), dies at age 80. [1]
- April 27
- Dino Terranova, actor (Young Dillinger), dies at age 65. [1]
- May 1
- Ella Logan, actress (52nd Street, Woman Chases Man), dies at age 56. [1]
- George Parker, cricket player (two Tests for South Africa 1924), dies. [1]
- May 2
- Franz von Papen, German chancellor (1932), dies at age 89. [1]
- May 4
- F Osbert S Sitwell, English poet (Who Killed Cock Robin?), dies at age 76. [1]
- May 5
- Ben Alexander, actor (Frank Smith - Dragnet), dies at age 57. [1]
- May 14
- Enid Bennett, silent film actress (Skippy, Hairpins), dies at age 75. [1]
- May 16
- Johnny Jordan, cameraman (You Only Live Twice), dies at age 44. [1]
- May 17
- Joseph Beran, Czechoslovakian archbishop of Prague/cardinal, dies at age 80. [1]
- May 19
- Coleman Hawkins, US jazz musician/composer, dies. [1]
- May 20
- Fred Sherman, actor (Chain Lightning), dies after a stroke at age 64. [1]
- Royal Beal, actor (Death of a Salesman), dies of cancer, at age 69. [1]
- May 23
- Diane Aubrey, actress (Haunted Strangler), dies of heart attack at age 79. [1]
- Jimmy McHugh, composer (Can't Give You Anything But Love), dies at age 74. [1]
- Peter Alma, painter/graphic artist, dies at age 83. [1]
- May 24
- Mitzi Green, actress (Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer), dies at age 48. [1]
- May 27
- Jeffrey Hunter, actor (Christopher Pike - Star Trek - "The Cage"), dies at age 43. [1]
- May 28
- Rhys Williams, actor (Nightmare, Okinawa, Corn is Green), dies at age 71. [1]
- May 30
- John Cipollini, guitarist, dies of emphysema at age 45. [1]
- June 8
- Robert Taylor, actor (Death Valley Days), dies at age 57. [1]
- June 11
- John L Lewis, formed Congress of Industrial Organizations, dies at age 89. [1]
- June 16
- John Scott, rocker with The Pretenders, dies at age 25. [1]
- June 22
- Judy Garland, singer/actress, dies in London, England at age 47. [1]
- June 23
- Stanley Andrews, actor (Old Ranger - Death Valley Days), dies at age 78. [1]
- July 3
- Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones drowns to death at age 25. [1] [5]
- July 5
- Tom Mboya, economics minister, assassinated in Narobi, Kenya. [1]
- Walter Gropius, architect (found Bauhaus school of design), dies at age 86. [1]
- July 18
- Barbara Pepper, actress (Doris Ziffel - Green Acres), dies at age 57. [1]
- July 19
- Mary Jo Kopechne dies at age 28, in Senator Ted Kennedy's car. [1]
- August 7
- Russ Morgan, orchestra leader (Welcome Aboard), dies at age 65. [1]
- August 9
- George P Marshall, president of Washington Redskins, dies at age 72. [1]
- Sharon Tate, actress, killed by Charles Manson's gang. [1]
- September 1
- Drew Pearson, newscaster (Drew Pearson), dies at age 71. [1]
- September 3
- Ho Chi Minh, North Vietnamese president, dies. [1]
- September 5
- Mitchell Ayres, orchestra leader (Hollywood Palace), dies at age 58. [1]
- September 8
- Bud Collyer, TV emcee (Beat the Clock, To Tell the Truth), dies at age 61. [1]
- September 25
- Death of Paul Scherrer in Sankt Gallen, Switzerland; physicist, developed Debye-Scherrer method of X-ray diffraction analysis with Peter Debbie. [37]
- October 6
- Walter Hagen, PGA golfer (US Open 1914, 1919), dies at age 76. [1]
- October 8
- Eduardo Ciannelli, actor (Waldo - Johnny Staccato), dies at age 81. [1]
- November 5
- Lloyd Corrigan, actor (Professor McKillup - Hank), dies at age 69. [1]
- November 8
- Kam Tong, actor (Have Gun Will Travel, Mr Garlund), dies at age 62. [1]
- November 18
- Joseph P Kennedy dies in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, at age 81. [1]
- December 2
- Kliment J Voroshilov, President of USSR (1953-60), dies. [1]
- December 3
- Ruth White, actress (Fugitive), dies of cancer at age 55. [1]
- December 4
- Fred Hampton, American Black-Panther leader, is murdered. [1]
- December 5
- Death of Claudius Dornier in Zug, Switzerland. Dornier designed the first all-metal plane (1911) and founded the Dornier Aircraft Company. [37]
- December 7
- Eric Portman, actor (Naked Edge), dies from heart ailment at age 66. [1]
- Hugh Williams, actor (Human Monster), dies after surgery at age 65. [1]
- December 13
- Raymond A Spruance, US admiral (battle of Midway), dies at age 83. [1]
- December 17
- Arturo da Costa e Silva, President of Brazil (1967-69), dies at age 67. [1]
- December 22
- Donald Foster, actor (Herbert Johnson - Hazel), dies at age 80. [1]
- Ilse Steppat, actress (Invisible Terror), dies at age 52. [1]
- Josef von Sternberg, Austrian director (Shanghai Express), dies at age 75. [1]
- December 23
- Donald Foster, actor (Scaramouche), dies after long illness at age 80. [1]
- December 26
- Louise L de Vilmorin, French poet/author (History d'aimer), dies at age 67. [1]
- December 28
- Henry Oscar, actor (Saint in London), dies at age 78. [1]
- December 31
- Salvatore Baccaloni, opera singer/actor (Full of Life), dies at age 69. [1]
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