- January 21
- Jan Arends, Dutch poet/author, dies at age 48. [1]
- Ken Viljoen, cricket player (played 27 Tests for South Africa 1930-47), dies. [1]
- Lewis L Strauss, head US Atomic Energy Commission (1953-58), dies at age 78. [1]
- January 22
- Leon Lontoc, actor (Henry - Burke's Law), dies at age 64. [1]
- January 27
- Georgios Grivas, Greek General/opposition leader on Cyprus (EOKA), dies at age 75. [1]
- January 30
- Bill Whitty, cricket player (37 wickets versus South Africa 1910-11 series), dies. [1]
- January 31
- Glenn Morris, olympian/actor (Tarzan's Revenge), dies at age 61. [1]
- Harry Baum, actor (Crime and Punishment), dies at age 58. [1]
- Paul Haesaerts, Flemish architect/painter (Flandre), dies at age 72. [1]
- Roger Pryor, actor (Lady by Choice), dies at age 72. [1]
- Samuel Goldwyn, Polish/English/US film magnate (MGM), dies at age 91. [1]
- February 2
- Jean Absil, Belgian composer (Bénédictions), dies at age 80. [1]
- February 7
- Arline Judge, actress (Age of Consent), dies at age 61. [1]
- February 8
- Fritz Zwicky, Swiss/US astronomer (supernova), dies at age 75. [1]
- February 9
- Cees de Lange, Dutch conferencier, dies at age 60. [1]
- February 11
- Anna Q Nilsson, actress (Toll Gate, Sorrell and Son), dies at age 85. [1]
- February 14
- C S Dempster, cricket player (10 Tests for New Zealand, 723 runs), dies. [1]
- February 23
- Florence Rice, actress (Girl in 1313, Carnival), dies at age 63. [1]
- February 27
- Pat Brady of Toledo, Ohio, actor (Roy Rogers Show), dies at age 59. [1]
- February 28
- Mees Toxopeus, Dutch rescue-vessel captain, dies at age 89. [1]
- March 1
- Jos de Haes, Flemish philological/poet (Azuren Holte), dies at age 53. [1]
- March 3
- Barbara Ruick, actress/singer (Jerry Colonna Show, Carousel, Fearless Fagan), dies at age 43. [1]
- Frank Wilcox, actor (John - Beverly Hillbillies), dies at age 66. [1]
- March 4
- Adolph Gottlieb, US painter, dies at age 71. [1]
- March 5
- Billy Dewolfe, actor (Good Morning World), dies at age 67. [1]
- Solomon I "Sol" Hurok, US impresario, dies at age 85. [1]
- March 8
- Christian van Geel, Dutch poet/sculptor (Spinroc), dies at age 56. [1]
- Willem "Wim" Sonneveld, Dutch actor (Silk Stockings), dies at age 56. [1]
- March 9
- Earl W Sutherland Jr, US pharmacologist (Nobel Prize 1971), dies at age 58. [1]
- Death of Felix Schlag, American professional photographer and sculptor, designer of Jefferson 5-cent coin (1938-). [443.5]
- March 10
- June Harrison, actress (Land of the Lawless), dies at age 48. [1]
- March 12
- Billy Fox, Protestant member of Dublin parliament, is assassinated. [1]
- March 13
- Howard Saint John, actor (Investigator, Dr Lewis - Hank), dies at age 68. [1]
- Janos Prohaska, actor (Andy Williams Show), dies at age 52. [1]
- March 17
- Carroll Nye, actress (Lawless Woman), dies at age 72. [1]
- Louis I Kahn, Estonia/US architect, dies at about age 73. [1]
- March 18
- David C Imboden, actor (King of Kings), dies at age 87. [1]
- March 19
- Anne Klien, fashion designer, dies at age 51. [1]
- Hertha Kuusinen, Finnish communist/daughter of Otto K, dies at age 70. [1]
- March 20
- Chet Huntley, newscaster (NBC Huntley-Brinkley Report), dies at age 62. [1]
- Edward Platt, actor (Chief - Get Smart), dies at age 58. [1]
- [Lavinia] Marian Fleming Poe, black US advocate in Virginia, dies at age 83. [1]
- March 21
- Candy Darling [James Slattery], female impersonator, dies. [1]
- March 22
- Peter Revson. US race car driver (Indianapolis 500), dies at age 35. [1]
- March 24
- Yoshida Isoya, Japanese architect (modern sukiya style), dies at age 79. [1]
- March 25
- Otto Waldis. actor (Unknown World, Whip Hand), dies at age 72. [1]
- March 28
- Dorothy Fields, US singer ("Way you Look Tonight"), dies at age 68. [1]
- Françoise Rosay, actress (Interlude, Women in Prison), dies at age 82. [1]
- March 30
- Ludovicus J Rogier, Dutch historian (Reborn in Freedom), dies at age 79. [1]
- March 31
- Andrea Checci, actress (Two Women, Assassin, Black Sunday), dies at age 57. [1]
- April 2
- Douglass Dumbrille, actor (Mr Deed Goes to Town), dies at age 84. [1]
- Georges Pompidou, French President, dies in Paris at age 62. [1] [5]
- April 5
- William Hudson, actor (I Led Three Lives), dies at age 49. [1]
- April 6
- Willem Dudok, Dutch architect (Hilversum Town Hall), dies at age 89. [1]
- April 10
- Death of American coin dealer Joseph B. Stack. [399.22]
- Roger Bastide, French sociologist, dies at age 76. [1]
- April 13
- Stanley Smith, actor (Honey, King of Jazz, Soup to Nuts), dies at age 71. [1]
- April 17
- Frank McGee, Today Show host, dies of cancer at age 52. [1]
- Herbert Elwell, US composer (Happy Hypocrite), dies at age 75. [1]
- Vinnie Taylor, rocker (Canned Heat), dies of a drug overdose. [1]
- April 18
- Betty Compson, actress (Barker, Weary River, Drag Net), dies at age 77. [1]
- Marcel Pagnol, French writer/movie (Topaz), dies at age 79. [1]
- April 20
- Mohammed Ayub Khan, premier/President (Pakistan), dies. [1]
- April 23
- Carl Barnett dies at age 59 of a heart attack while conducting Bach's Come, Sweet Death at the Will Rogers High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma. [467]
- April 24
- Bud Abbott, comedian (Abbott and Costello), dies at age 78. [1] [5]
- April 28
- Paul Page, actor (Girl from Havanna, Moth), dies at age 70. [1]
- April 30
- Agnes Moorehead, actress (Endora - Bewitched), dies from cancer at age 67. [1]
- May 4
- John Wengraf, actor (Pride and Passion, 12 to the Moon), dies at age 77. [1]
- May 8
- Graham Bond, rocker, dies jumping under a train. [1]
- May 17
- Charles Braswell, actor (Only Game in Town), dies at age 49. [1]
- May 18
- Daniel R Topping, US owner (New York Yankees), dies at age 61. [1]
- May 24
- Duke Ellington, composer/bandleader/pianist, dies of cancer at age 75. [1]
- May 25
- Donald Crisp, actor/director (Beloved Brat, Dawn Patrol), dies at age 91. [1]
- Frank Ward, cricket player (4 Tests for Australia 1936-38), dies. [1]
- Pam Morrison, wife of Door's vocalist Jim, dies of drug overdose. [1]
- May 31
- Adelle Davis, US nutrionalist (Let's stay healthy), dies at age 70. [1]
- June 17
- Pamela Britton, actress (Blondie, My Favorite Martian), dies at age 50. [1]
- June 18
- Georgi Zhukov, Russian Marshal (WW II), dies at age 78. [1]
- June 28
- Frank Sutton, actor (Sgt Carter - Gomer Pyle USMC), dies at age 55. [1]
- June 30
- Alberta King [Mrs Martin Luther King Sr] is shot and killed in church. [1]
- July 15
- TV news anchor Chris Chubbuck shoots herself in the head with a revolver on live TV, dying 14 hours later, at age 30. [467]
- July 19
- Joe Flynn, actor (McHale's Navy), dies at age 59. [1]
- July 20
- Allen Jenkins, actor (Fugitive from a Chain Gang), dies at age 74. [1]
- July 24
- Chris Chubbock, US TV newscaster, shoots self on air. [1]
- July 27
- Lightning Slim, blues singer, dies at age 61. [1]
- July 28
- Truman Bradley, host (Science Fiction Theater), dies at age 69. [1]
- July 29
- Erich Kästner dies in Munich, Germany; popular humorist and satirist, author of children's books (Emil und die Detektive (1929)). [37]
- Cass Elliot, singer of Mamas and Papas, chokes to death at age 30 in London, England. [1]
- August 10
- Ilona Massey, actress/singer (Ilona Massey Show), dies at age 64. [1]
- Pedro Regas, actor (Pat Paulsen's 1/2 Comedy Hour), dies at age 92. [1]
- August 26
- Charles Lindbergh dies at age 72 in his Hawaiian home. [1] [5]
- August 27
- Death of Otto Strasser in Munich. Strasser had been an early member of the Nazi party, but also left the party early and when his brother, Gregor, was murdered he fled to Canada. He returned to Germany in 1955. [37]
- September 6
- Death of LaVere Redfield at age 76 in Reno, Nevada, eccentric investor and coin hoarder of hundreds of thousands of Morgan and Peace silver dollar coins. [434.170]
- Otto Kruger, actor (Lux Video Theater), dies on 89th birthday. [1]
- September 14
- Vera Vague [Barbara Jo Allen], actress (Follow the Leader), dies at age 70. [1]
- Warren Hull, actor (Strike it Rich, Who in the World), dies at age 71. [1]
- September 21
- Jacqueline Susann, author (Valley of the Dolls), dies at age 53 of cancer. [1]
- September 23
- Cliff Arquette, comedian "Charlie Weaver", dies at age 68. [1]
- September 25
- William Sloane, publisher/writer (The Edge of Running Water), dies. [1]
- October 9
- Death of Oscar Schindler who outwitted the Germans and saved more Jews from the gas chambers than any other during World War II. [37]
- October 10
- Death of Marie Luise Kaschnitz (born von Holzing Berstett) in Rome, Italy (born in 1901 in Karlsruhe, Germany); novelist, poet (Liebe beginnt (1933), Elissa (1937), Totentanz und Gedichte zur Zeit (1947), Zukunftsmusik (1950) and Dein Schweigen, meine Stimme (1962)). [37]
- October 13
- Ed Sullivan, TV host (The Ed Sullivan Show), dies at age 73. [1]
- November 5
- Stafford Repp, actor (Chief O'Hara - Batman), dies at age 56. [1]
- November 11
- Jane Ace, comedian (Easy Aces), dies at age 74. [1]
- November 13
- Karen Silkwood killed in a car crash under suspicious circumstances. [1]
- November 24
- Charles Quinlivan, actor (Frank - Mr Garland), dies at age 50. [1]
- November 25
- U Thant, United Nations Secretary-General (1961-72), dies in New York of cancer at age 65. [1]
- December 1
- Lajos Zilahy, Hungarian/US author (Angry Angel), dies at age 83. [1]
- Stephen Gill Spottswood, US bishop/chairman (NAACP), dies at age 77. [1]
- December 4
- Lee Kinsolving, actor (Explosive Generation), dies at age 36. [1]
- December 5
- Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, tennis player (US Open 1909-11), dies at age 87. [1]
- Henry Wadsworth, actor (Applause, Ceiling Zero), dies at age 72. [1]
- Pietro Germi, actor/director (Serafino, Climax), dies at age 60. [1]
- December 8
- Hugues Panassié, French jazz saxophonist/author, dies at age 62. [1]
- December 9
- George Carew, cricket player (4 Tests for West Indies between 1935 and 1949), dies. [1]
- December 10
- Paul Richards, actor (Dr Thompson - Breaking Point), dies at age 50. [1]
- December 11
- Reed Hadley, actor (Racket Squad, Public Defender), dies at age 63. [1]
- December 13
- Rufe Davis, actor (Floyd Smoot - Petticoat Junction), dies at age 66. [1]
- December 14
- Walter Lippmann, US journalist (One of Dynasty), dies at age 85. [1]
- December 15
- Harry Hershfield, cartoonist (Can You Top This?), dies at age 89. [1]
- December 20
- André Jolivet, French composer (L'eunuque), dies at age 69. [1]
- December 21
- Richard Long, actor (Professor - Nanny and the Professor), dies at age 47. [1]
- December 24
- Tilly Losch, actress (Duel in the Sun, Good Earth), dies at age 70. [1]
- December 26
- Jack Benny, comedian (Jack Benny Show), dies at age 80. [1]
- December 27
- Amy Vanderbilt, US author (Complete book of etiquette), dies at age 66. [1]
- Raymond Glenn, actor (Raisin in the Sun, Carmen Jones), dies at age 76. [1]
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