- January 11
- Michael Bates, actor (Clockwork Orange, Salt and Pepper), dies at age 57. [1]
- January 12
- Nancy Spungen stabbed to death by boyfriend Sid Vicious. [1]
- January 13
- Hubert Humphrey, American politician (Senator-Democrat-Minnesota, Vice President), dies at age 66 in Waverly, Minnesota. [1]
- Joseph V McCarthy, baseball manager (New York Yankees), dies at age 90. [1] [56]
- January 14
- Blossom Rock, actress (Grandmamma - Addams Family), dies at age 81. [1]
- Death of Kurt Gödel in Princeton, New Jersey (born in Brünn, Austria); mathematician who developed "Gödel's proof" which shows that mathematics can have internal contradictions. [37]
- January 15
- Ted Bundy kills Florida State University co-eds Lisa Levy and Margaret Bowman. [1]
- January 18
- Carl Betz, actor (Alex Stone - Donna Reed Show), dies at age 56. [1]
- January 22
- Herbert Sutcliffe, cricket player (54 Tests for England 4555 runs), dies. [1]
- January 23
- Jack Oakie, actor (Great Dictator, Gang Buster), dies at age 74. [1]
- Terry Kath, rock guitarist (Chicago), accidently shot in head at age 32. [1]
- January 25
- Tango Duke dies in Australia at age 42; oldest known thoroughbred horse. [1]
- January 26
- Leo Genn, actor (Lady Chatterley's Lover, Henry V), dies at age 72. [1]
- January 27
- Oscar Homolka, actor (Seven Year Itch, Ball of Fire), dies at age 79. [1]
- January 29
- Tim McCoy, actor (Arizona Bound), dies at age 86. [1]
- February 2
- Wendy Barrie, TV hostess (Wendy Barrie Show), dies at age 65. [1]
- February 4
- Dr Bergen Evans, English professor ($64,000 Question), dies at age 73. [1]
- February 5
- Annie [Anna HM] Romein-Verschoor, Dutch historian (Omzien), dies at age 83. [1]
- Frans van Immerseel, Belgian graphic artist, dies at age 68. [1]
- February 9
- Ted Bundy kills Kimberly Leach, age 12, in Lake City, Florida. [1]
- February 11
- James B Conant, headmaster (Harvard University), dies at age 84. [1]
- February 18
- Charlotte Greenwood, actress (Oklahoma, Moon over Miami), dies at age 84. [1]
- Derrick De Marney, actor (Inheritance, Projected Man), dies at age 71. [1]
- Maggie McNamara, actress (Three Coins in a Fountain, Cardinal), dies at age 49. [1]
- February 20
- Vitorino Nemésio, Portuguese author (Presença), dies at age 76. [1]
- February 22
- Ilka Chase, actress (Masquerade Party, Trials of O'Brien), dies at age 74. [1]
- Phyllis McGinley, US poetess (Pulitzer 1961), dies at age 72. [1]
- February 25
- Daniel "Chappie" James Jr, retired US Air Force General, dies at age 58. [1]
- February 28
- Eric Frank Russell, sci-fi author (Hugo, Deep Space), dies at age 73. [1]
- Philip Ahn of Los Angeles, California, actor (Master Kan - Kung Fu), dies at age 66. [1]
- March 12
- John Cazale, actor (Dog Day Afternoon, Deer Hunter), dies at age 41. [1]
- Tolchard Evans, composer/conductor, dies. [1]
- March 13
- Ghulam Mustafa Guard, cricket player (3 wickets in two Tests for India), dies. [1]
- March 16
- Aldo Moro, five-time Prime Minister of Italy, assassinated by terrorists. [1]
- March 17
- George Dickinson, cricket player (8 wickets in three Tests for New Zealand), dies. [1]
- March 18
- Faith Baldwin, US author (They Who Love), dies at age 84. [1]
- Peggy Wood, actress (One Life to Live, Mama), dies at age 86. [1]
- March 22
- Karl Wallenda, famed aerialist, dies at age 73 while attempting to walk a wire suspended 123 feet in the air between two hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico. [1] [467]
- March 24
- Brackett Hamilton Leigh [Douglass], author (Ginger Star), dies at age 62. [1]
- March 25
- Jack Hulbert, actor (Bulldog Jack), dies at age 85. [1]
- March 27
- Wilfred Pickles, actor (Billy Liar, Gay Dog), dies at age 73. [1]
- March 29
- Jayasinghrao Mansinghrao Ghorpade, cricket player (8 Tests for India), dies. [1]
- March 30
- George Paine, lefty cricket spinner (for England in West Indies 1935), dies. [1]
- Harold Gimblett, cricket player (batted in three Tests for England), dies by suicide. [1]
- March 31
- Astrid Allwyn, actress (Love Affair, Girl for Calgary), dies at age 68. [1]
- April 6
- Nicolas Nabokov, composer (Holy Devil), dies at age 74. [1]
- Reinoud Anders, Dutch actor (Unrest of Grave), dies at age 65. [1]
- April 8
- Ford C Frick, baseball commissioner, dies at age 83. [1]
- April 13
- Paul McGrath, actor (The Witness, No Time for Love), dies at age 74. [1]
- April 16
- Lucius D Clay, General/Governor US zone West Germany (airlift), dies at age 80. [1]
- April 19
- Emile de Strijker, Belgian philosopher, dies at age 70. [1]
- April 21
- Sandy Denny, country singer, dies at age 37. [1]
- April 22
- Will[iam Auge] Geer, actor (Grandpa - The Waltons), dies from a respiratory ailment at age 75. [1]
- April 27
- Mohammed Daud, premier/President of Afghanistan, murdered. [1]
- May 1
- Aram Katchaturian, Russian composer (The Earth), dies at age 74. [1]
- May 3
- Wim van Doorne, Dutch auto manufacturer (DAF), dies at age 71. [1]
- May 5
- Alfred H H Gilligan, cricket player (4 Tests for England), dies. [1]
- May 6
- Ethelda Bleibtrey, US swimmer (Olympics-3 gold-1920), dies at age 76. [1]
- Ko van Dijk Jr, Dutch actor (Zaak M P), dies at age 61. [1]
- May 11
- John Clinge Doorenbos, Dutch journalist/poet, dies at age 93. [1]
- May 13
- Albert Roberts, cricket player (5 Tests for New Zealand, 7 wickets), dies. [1]
- May 14
- William Powell Lear, inventor of Lear Jet, dies in Reno, Nevada. [1]
- May 16
- Death of William Steinberg in New York; conductor of Pittsburg Symphony from 1952 to 1976, Prague Opera and the Frankfurt Opera. [37]
- May 17
- John Selwyn Brooke Selwyn Lloyd, speaker of house of commons, dies. [1]
- May 19
- George Gladstone, cricket player (one Test West Indies versus England 1930), dies. [1]
- May 21
- Joseph EA "Jo" Spier, Dutch cartoonist/water color painter, dies at age 77. [1]
- June 17
- Cully Richards, actor (Don't Call Me Charlie), dies at age 68. [1]
- June 29
- Actor Bob Crane (Colonel Hogan - Hogan's Heroes, Donna Reed Show), murdered at age 49. [1] [5]
- June 30
- Death of Bill Harrah, Las Vegas casino owner. [386.330]
- July 3
- James Daly, actor (Medical Center), dies at age 59. [1]
- July 26
- Death of Mary Robinson in Soquel, California, USA at age 66; Disney artist (It's a Small World), worked on Disney animation and live films, and parks, named Disney Legend in 1991. [510.76]
- July 31
- Enoch Light, orchestra leader (Gulf Road Show with Bob Smith), dies at age 70. [1]
- August 5
- Queenie Smith, actress/dancer (Funny Side), dies at age 79. [1]
- August 6
- Pope Paul VI dies of heart attack at summer residence at age 80. [1]
- August 22
- Jomo Kenyatta, president of Kenya, dies at age 83. [1]
- August 26
- Charles Boyer, actor (The Rogues), dies at age 78. [1]
- August 27
- Robert Shaw, actor (Dan - Buccaneers), dies at age 51. [1]
- September 7
- Keith Moon, drummer for rock group The Who, dies. [5]
- September 17
- Death of Willy Messerschmitt in Munich, Germany; aircraft designer at the Bayerische Flugzeugwerke in Augsburg, which ultimately became the Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm corporation. [37]
- September 28
- Pope John Paul I, 65-year-old, found dead, after only 33 days as Pope. [1]
- September 30
- Edgar Bergen, ventriloquist (Charlie McCarthy), dies at age 75. [1]
- October 8
- Karl Swenson, actor (Lars Hanson - Little House on the Prairie), dies at age 70. [1]
- October 10
- Ralph H Metcalfe, American politician (Representative-Democrat-Illinois), dies at age 68. [1]
- October 16
- Dan Dailey, actor (Governor Drinkwater - Governor and JJ), dies at age 63. [1]
- October 23
- Maybelle Carter, country singer (Johnny Cash Show), dies at age 69. [1]
- November 6
- Flora Campbell, actress (Faraway Hill, Date With Judy), dies at age 67. [1]
- November 7
- Gene Tunney, former heavyweight boxing champ, dies at age 80. [1]
- November 8
- Norman Rockwell, artist, dies in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, at age 84. [1]
- November 9
- Joe Wong, actor (Ken Murray Show), dies at age 75. [1]
- November 15
- Margaret Mead, anthropologist, dies in New York at age 76. [1]
- November 17
- Claude Dauphin, actor (Paris Precinct), dies at age 75. [1]
- November 18
- Leo J Ryan (Republican-California) and four killed in Jonestown, Guyana. [1]
- November 27
- George Moscone (San Francisco Mayor) and City Superintendant Harvey Milk shot by Dan White. [1]
- December 4
- Samuel Abraham Goldsmith, Netherlands/US phycist, dies at age 76. [1]
- December 8
- Golda Meir, Israel's Prime Minister (1969-74), dies in Jerusalem at age 80. [1]
- December 10
- Edward D Wood Jr, director (Plan 9), dies of heart failure at age 54. [1]
- Miura Isshu, Zen teacher, Hakuin Rinzai line, dies at age 75. [1]
- December 12
- Clifton Chenier, US accordionist (Bayou Blues), dies at age 53. [1]
- Fay Compton, actress (Othello), dies at age 74. [1]
- December 15
- Chill Wills, actor (Frontier Circus, Rounders), dies at age 75. [1]
- December 16
- Blanche Calloway, US singer/dancer/radio hostess, dies at age 76. [1]
- December 21
- Sports cartoonist Willard Mullin, creator of the lovable character known as the 'Brooklyn Bum', dies in Corpus Christi, Texas, USA at the age of 76. [56]
- December 27
- Bob de Lange, Dutch actor/director (Daniel), dies at age 62. [1]
- Chris Bell, rock guitarist (Big Star), dies at age 27 in car crash. [1]
- Houari Boumédiene, Algerian President, dies after 40 days in a coma at age 53. [1]
- December 28
- Harry Winston, US jeweler for the "rich and famous", dies at age 82. [1]
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