- January 7
- Trevor Howard, British actor (Ryan's Daughter), dies of bronchitis at age 71 (born 1913). [1] [82]
- January 8
- Frank Pace Jr, US Secretary of Army (1950-53), dies at age 76. [1]
- January 11
- Gregory (Pappy) Boyington, American ace WWII pilot, dies at age 75 of cancer (born 1912). [1] [82]
- Isidor Isaac Rabi, nuclear physicist (Nobel Prize-1944), dies at age 89. [1]
- January 13
- Chiang Ching-kuo, President of the Republic of China (Taiwan) (1978-88), dies at age 81 (born 1910). Vice-President Lee Teng-hui becomes president. [1] [82]
- January 14
- Death of Georgi Malenkov, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party at age 86 (born 1902). [1] [82]
- January 15
- Seán MacBride, commander of Irish Republican Army, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, dies at age 83 (born 1904). [1] [82]
- January 19
- Ballard Berkeley, actor (East meets West), dies at age 83. [1]
- January 20
- Philippe de Rothschild, Bordeaux Vineyard manager, dies in Paris, France at age 86 (born 1902). [1] [82]
- January 21
- Abraham Sofaer, actor (Naked Jungle, Elephant Walk), dies. [1]
- January 22
- Georgi M Malenkov, Russian premier (1953-55), dies at age 86. [1]
- Parker Fennelly, actor (Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm), dies at age 96. [1]
- Death of Parker Fennelly, American comedian and actor (born 1891). [82]
- January 24
- Charles Glenn King, biochemist (discovered vitamin C), dies at age 91. [1]
- January 25
- Colleen Moore, actress (These Girls Won't Talk), dies at age 87. [1]
- January 28
- Death of Klaus Fuchs in Dresden, East Germany; physicist, worked on British and American atomic bomb projects, passed information to the Soviet Union. [37]
- January 29
- Bantcho Bantchevsky, US opera singer, commits suicide. [1]
- James R Killian Jr, MIT president (1948-59), dies at age 83. [1]
- Rogier van Otterloo, Dutch composer/conductor, dies at age 46. [1]
- January 30
- Cornelia D "Corry" Spark, Dutch cabaret performer, dies at age 85. [1]
- February 1
- Heather O'Rourke, American actress (Poltergeist), dies of intestinal ailment at age 12 (born 1975). [1] [82]
- Reinder Zwolsman, Dutch businessman, dies at age 75. [1]
- February 2
- Clive Epstein, brother of Brian Epstein, dies at age 51. [1]
- G Mennen Williams, US Supreme Court justice, dies at age 76 in Detroit, Michigan. [1]
- February 3
- Death of Robert Duncan, American poet (born 1919). [82]
- February 6
- Lee Goodman, actor (Imitation of Life), dies of Tuberculosis at age 64. [1]
- Marghanita Laski, English author (Victorian chaise-lounge), dies. [1]
- February 7
- Lin[wood V] Carter, American science-fiction writer (Lost World of Time), dies at age 57. [1]
- February 8
- Allan Cuthbertson, actor (Running Man, 7th Dawn), dies at age 67. [1]
- February 9
- Death of Kurt Adler, conductor, in Ross, California (born in Vienna, Austria). [37]
- February 14
- Frederick Loewe, US composer (My Fair Lady), dies at age 84 in Palm Springs, California (born in Vienna, Austria). [1] [37]
- February 15
- Gardiner Means, US economist, dies at age 91. [1]
- Neil R[onald] Jones, science fiction writer (Space War, Twin Worlds), dies at age 78. [1]
- Richard P Feynman, American physicist (Nobel Prize 1965, Physical Law), dies at age 69 (born 1918). [1] [82]
- February 19
- Death of René Char, French poet (born 1907). [82]
- Death of André Frédéric Cournand, French-born physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born 1895). [82]
- February 24
- Irwan Chanin, US theater builder, dies at age 96. [1]
- February 25
- Amapola Del Vando, actress (Cowboy), dies at age 78. [1]
- Death of Kurt Mahler, German-born Australian mathematician (born 1903). [82]
- February 28
- Mikha'il Na'imah, Lebanese playwright, dies at age 99. [1]
- March 1
- Jean Le Poulain, actor (The Gorillas), dies at age 63. [1]
- Joe Besser, American comedian (The Three Stooges, Abbott and Costello), dies at age 80 (born 1907). [1] [82]
- March 3
- Lois Wilson, actress (Crash, Deluge, Bright Eyes), dies. [1]
- Sewall Wright, US geneticist (evolution model), dies at age 98. [1]
- March 5
- Death of Alberto Olmedo, Argentine comedian and actor (born 1933). [82]
- March 7
- Divine [Harris Glenn Milstead], American transvestite actor (Hairspray, Polyester, Pink Flamingos), dies in Los Angeles, California at age 42 (born 1945). [1] [82]
- Robert Livingston, actor (Lone Ranger), dies at age 83 of emphysema. [1]
- March 8
- Death of Werner Hartmann, German physicist (born 1912). [82]
- Death of Henryk Szeryng, Polish-born violinist (born 1918). [82]
- March 9
- Kurt Georg Kiesinger, third West German chancellor (1966-69), dies at age 83 (born 1904). [1] [37]
- March 10
- Andy Gibb, British singer, dies in Oxford, England of an inflammatory heart virus at age 30 (born 1958). [1] [82]
- Glenn Cunningham, US world record miler, dies at age 78. [1]
- March 11
- Pham Hung, premier of Vietnam, dies at about age 74. [1]
- March 13
- Olive Carey, actress (Affairs With a Stranger), dies at age 92. [1]
- March 15
- Dmitri F Polyakov, Russian Secretary-General/top spy for US, executed. [1]
- March 16
- Dorothy Adams Foulger, actress (Laura, Devil Commands), dies at age 88. [1]
- March 17
- Reg Sinfield, cricket player (one Test for England versus Australia 1938), dies. [1]
- March 19
- British Army Corporals Woods and Howes are lynched in Belfast, North Ireland. [1] [82]
- March 20
- Gil Evans, Canadian/US jazz composer (Out of the Cool), dies at age 75. [1]
- Death of Ralph Wright, writer and American actor (born 1908). [82]
- March 27
- Jan van den Weghe, Flemish writer, dies at about age 67. [1]
- March 29
- African National Congress representative Dulcie September is assassinated in Paris. [82]
- March 31
- Death of Sir William McMahon, twentieth Prime Minister of Australia (born 1908). [82]
- April 1
- Jim Jordan, actor (Fibber McGee), dies from a blod clot at age 91 (born 1896). [1] [82]
- Marius W Holtrop, economist/president (Netherlands Bank), dies at age 85. [1]
- April 3
- Milton A Caniff, US cartoonist (Terry and the Pirates), dies at age 81. [1] [82]
- April 5
- Alf Kjellin, Swedish actor/director (Juggler), dies. [1]
- April 7
- Cesar Bresgen, Austrian composer/organist, dies at age 74. [1]
- April 9
- Brook Benton, singer (Just a Matter of Time), dies of meningitis at age 56. [1]
- April 10
- Cliff Gladwin, cricket player (8 Tests for England 1947-49), dies. [1]
- April 11
- David Prater, US singer (Sam and Dave - "Soul Man"), dies in car crash at age 50. [1]
- Jeff Donnell, actor (Hoedown, Nine Girls), dies of a heart attack at age 66. [1]
- April 12
- Alan Stewart Paton, South African writer, dies (born 1903). [1] [82]
- Death of Harry McShane, Scottish socialist (born 1891). [82]
- April 15
- Hendrikus G "Han" Hoekstra, Dutch poet (Zandloper), dies at age 81. [1]
- Death of Kenneth Williams, British actor and raconteur, at age 61 (born 1926). [1] [82]
- April 16
- Clifford Roach, cricket player (16 Tests early in West Indies cricket history), dies. [1]
- Jacques de Kadt, Dutch second chamber member (Socialist-Democrat), dies at age 90. [1]
- Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad), Palestinian Liberation Organization military commander, assassinated by Israeli commandos in Tunisia. [1] [82]
- In Forlì, Italy, the brigate rosse kill Senator Roberto Ruffilli, an advisor of Prime Minister Ciriaco de Mita. [82]
- Warde Donovan dies at age 72. [1]
- April 17
- Eva Novak, actress (Medicine Man), dies of pneumonia at age 90. [1]
- Louise Nevelson, Ukrainian-born American sculptor, dies of a brain tumor at age 88 (born 1900). [1] [82]
- April 22
- Irene Rich, US actress (Beau Brumell, Champ), dies at age 96. [1]
- April 23
- Arthur Michael, Lord Ramsey/archbishop of Canterbury, dies (born 1904). [1] [82]
- April 24
- E S "Bob" Newson, cricket player (South African fast bowler in 1930s), dies. [1]
- April 25
- Carolyn Franklin, singer/songwriter/son of Aretha, dies at age 43. [1]
- Clifford D[onald] Simak, sci-fi author (Hugo, Way Station), dies at age 83. [1]
- April 26
- Death of James McCracken, American tenor, at age 61 (born 1926). [82] (April 30 [1])
- Death of Valerie Solanas, American author (born 1936). [82]
- April 29
- Andrew Cruickshank, actor (Body in Library, Murder Most Foul), dies. [1]
- May 1
- Carroll Righter, astrologer, dies at age 88 of prostate cancer. [1]
- Paolo Stoppa, actor (Garibaldi, Visit, Freedom Fighters), dies. [1]
- May 3
- Death of Lev Semenovich Pontryagin, Russian mathematician (born 1908). [82]
- May 5
- George Rose, actor (Devil's Disciple, Hideaways), dies at age 68. [1]
- Tamara Pos, Suriname/Dutch activist, dies. [1]
- May 8
- Robert A Heinlein, American science-fiction writer (Friday), dies of heart failure at age 80 (born 1907). [1] [5] [82]
- May 10
- Death of Shen Congwen, Chinese writer (born 1902). [82]
- Death of Ciaran Bourke, member of The Dubliners, of a brain hemorrhage. [82]
- May 11
- H A R (Kim) Philby, British double agent, dies (born 1912). [1] [82]
- May 12
- Chet Baker, American jazz trumpeter, falls to death out of a hotel window at age 59 (born 1929). [82] (May 13 [1])
- May 14
- Willem Drees, Prime Minister of Netherlands (1948-58), dies at age 101. [1]
- May 15
- Andrew Duggan, actor (Jigsaw, Firehouse), dies of cancer at age 64. [1]
- Greta Nissen, actress (Ambassador Bill), dies. [1]
- May 16
- Kay Baxter, Best Bodybuilder in the World (1983-85), dies in car crash at age 42. [1]
- Louise Wood, director of Girl Scouts of USA (1961-72), dies at age 78. [1]
- Death of Charles Keeping, British illustrator (born 1924). [82]
- May 18
- Daws Butler, cartoon voice (Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound), dies at age 71 (born 1916). [1] [82]
- May 19
- Virginia Farmer, actresss (Cyrano de Bergerac), dies at age 90. [1]
- May 21
- Dino Conte Grandi, Italian delegate to League of Nations, dies at age 92. [1]
- Death of Sammy Davis, Sr., American dancer (born 1900). [82]
- May 22
- Dennis Day, tenor/comedian (Jack Benny Show, Danny Boy), dies at age 71. [1]
- Giorgio Almirante, Italian fascist (member of parliament), dies at age 73. [1]
- May 23
- David Schoenbrun, CBS broadcast bureau head (Washington, Paris), dies at age 73. [1]
- May 24
- James "Hamish" Hamilton, British publisher (Salinger/Mitford), dies at age 87. [1]
- Tom Burtt, cricket player (New Zealand slow left-armer in 11 Tests 1947-53), dies. [1]
- May 27
- Death of Ernst Ruska, German physicist (Nobel Prize for Physics 1986, invented electronic microscope), in West Berlin, Germany (born 1906). [37] (May 25 [82])
- Florida Friebus, American actress (Bob Newhart Show), dies of a stroke at age 79 (born 1909). [1] [82]
- Melvin J "Cy" Oliver, US jazz composer/orchestra leader, dies at age 77. [1]
- Renato Salvatori, actor (Burn, Luna, Two Women), dies. [1]
- May 30
- Ella Raines, actress (Uncle Harry, Runaround, Impact), dies of throat cancer at age 66. [1]
- June 2
- Horace A Hildreth (Governor-Maine, 1945-49), dies at age 85. [1]
- June 5
- Clarence M Pendleton, US chairman of committee on Civil Rights (1981-88) dies. [1]
- June 10
- Louis L'Amour, western writer, dies at age 80 of cancer. [1]
- June 11
- Giuseppe Saragat, president of Italy (1964-71), dies at age 89. [1]
- Nathan Cook, actor (White Night), dies of an allergic reaction at age 38. [1]
- June 22
- Dennis Day, Irish-American singer and radio and television personality (Jack Benny Show), dies of Lou Gehrigs disease at age 71 (born 1916). [1] [82]
- June 25
- Death of Hillel Slovak, Israeli-born guitarist (Red Hot Chili Peppers) (born 1962). [82]
- July 4
- Death of Adrian Adonis, American wrestler (born 1954). [82]
- July 8
- Death of Ray Barbuti, American athlete (born 1905). [82]
- July 9
- Barbara Woodhouse, dog trainer, dies at age 78 of a stroke. [1]
- July 12
- Joshua Logan, Broadway producer, dies at age 79 of palsy. [1]
- July 15
- Eleanor Estes, author (Ginger Pye, Moffats), dies at age 82. [1]
- July 17
- Death of Bruiser Brody, American professional wrestler (born 1946). [82]
- July 18
- Death of Nico, singer-songwriter, fashion model, actress and Warhol socialite (born 1938). [82]
- July 21
- Death of Jack Clark, American television personality and Game Show host (born 1921). [82]
- July 22
- Luigi Lucioni, Italian landscape painter (opera stars), dies at age 87. [1]
- July 25
- Death of Judith Barsi, American child actress (born 1978). [82]
- July 27
- Death of Frank Zamboni, American inventor (born 1901). [5] [82]
- July 29
- Ellin Berlin (MacKay), Mrs Irving Berlin, dies at age 86. [1]
- July 31
- Trindad Silva of TV show Hill Street Blues, dies at age 38 in an auto accident. [82]
- August 1
- Florence Eldridge, Broadway actress (The Swan), dies at age 86. [1]
- John Cardinal Dearden, US cardinal, dies at age 80. [1]
- August 2
- Raymond Carver, American poet/short story writer (Furious Season), dies at age 50 (born 1938). [1] [82]
- August 5
- Death of American actor Ralph Meeker of a heart attack at age 67. [457]
- August 8
- Death of Félix Leclerc, French-Canadian poet and singer (born 1914). [82]
- Death of Alan Napier, American actor (Alfred the butler on Batman), at age 85 (born 1903). [82] (August 9 [1])
- August 9
- Death of Giacinto Scelsi, Italian composer (born 1905). [82]
- Death of Ramon Valdez, Mexican actor (born 1923). [82]
- August 10
- Adela Rogers Saint John, journalist (Free Soul, Honeycomb), dies at age 94. [1]
- Arias Arnulfo, three-time president of Panama, dies at age 86. [1]
- August 11
- Anne Ramsey, American actress, dies of cancer at age 59 (born 1929). [1] [82]
- Jean-Pierre Ponnele, opera director (Carmina Burana), dies at age 56. [1]
- August 12
- Death of Jean-Michel Basquiat, American musician/graffiti painter (born 1960). [82]
- Death of Bhakti Raksaka Sridhara Deva Gosvami Maharaja, religious Guru from India (born 1895). [82]
- August 13
- Otto E Passman, American politician (Representative-Democrat-Louisiana, 1947-77), dies at age 88. [1]
- August 14
- Enzo Ferrari, Italian sportscar manufacturer (Ferrari), dies at age 90 in Italy (born 1898). [1] [5] [82]
- August 17
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr, American lawyer and politician (Representative-Democrat-New York, 1949-55) dies on 74th birthday (born 1914). [1] [5] [82]
- The Pakistani president, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, and the U.S. ambassador to Pakistan, Arnold Raphel, are killed when the president's air force plane crashes on takeoff from Bhawalpur. [1] [82] [105]
- August 18
- Frederick Ashton, choreographer (Cinderella), dies at age 83. [1]
- August 24
- Max Shulman, author (Dobie Gillis, Tender Trap), dies at age 69. [1]
- August 25
- Price Daniel, American politician (Governor/Senator-Democrat-Texas), dies at age 77. [1]
- August 27
- Death of William Sargant, British psychiatrist (born 1907). [82]
- September 1
- Leonor Sullivan, American politician (Representative-Democrat-Missouri, 1955-77), dies at age 86. [1]
- Death of Luis Alvarez, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1911). [82]
- September 5
- Death of Gert Fröbe, German actor (born 1913). [82]
- September 11
- George Alpert, railroad executive, dies at age 90. [1]
- Luis W Alvarez, physicist (Nobel Prize-1968), dies at age 77. [1]
- Peter Tosh, reggae singer, shot dead at age 43 in Jamaica. [1]
- September 12
- Alan Bible, American politician (Senator-Democrat-Nevada, 1954-74), dies at age 78. [1]
- William Mitchell dies of a heart attack from a brain tumor. [8]
- Lauris Norstad, NATO commander/CEO Corning Fiberglass, dies at age 71. [1]
- Death of Roger Hargreaves, author of the Mr. Men series (born 1935). [82]
- September 16
- Death of Dick Pym, English football player (born 1893). [82]
- September 18
- Death of Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar, Iranian Azari poet (born 1906). [82]
- September 19
- Oren Lee Staley, first president of US National Farmers Organization (1955-79), dies at age 65. [1]
- September 21
- Robert Gwathmey, artist, dies at age 85. [1]
- Death of Glenn Robert Davis, member of United States Congress (born 1914). [82]
- September 25
- Billy Carter, US President Jimmy Carter's brother, dies of cancer at age 51. [1]
- September 27
- William V Shannon, US ambassador to Ireland (1977-81), dies at age 61. [1]
- September 28
- Charles Addams, American cartoonist (Addams Family), dies at age 76 of heart attack (born 1912). [82] (September 29 [1])
- September 30
- Joachim Prinz, author/Rabbi of Berlin (1926-37), dies at age 86. [1]
- October 1
- Death of Sacheverell Sitwell, English writer (born 1897). [82]
- October 3
- Franz Josef Strauss, German Federal Republic minister of defense (1956-62), dies at age 73. [1] [37]
- Generoso Pope Jr, National Enquirer owner, dies at age 61. [1]
- October 9
- Edward Chodorov, playwright/director (Louis Pasteur), dies at age 84. [1]
- Death of Jackie Milburn, English football player (born 1924). [82]
- Felix Wankel, developer of the Wankel rotary engine, dies in Lindau, Germany. [1] [37]
- October 11
- Waylon Flowers, puppeteer, dies at age 48. [1]
- October 12
- Death of Ruth Manning-Sanders, British children's author (born 1895). [82]
- October 13
- Mike Venezia, jockey, dies in 5th-race fall at Belmont Race Track, New York. [1]
- October 15
- Death of Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, English composer and pianist (born 1892). [82]
- October 19
- Death of Son House, American musician (born 1902). [82]
- October 22
- Death of Henry Armstrong, American boxer (born 1912). [82]
- October 27
- S.B. Fuller, founder of Fuller products, dies at age 83. [1]
- Death of Charles Hawtrey, English comic actor (born 1914). [82]
- October 31
- John Houseman, Romanian-born actor and producer, dies of spinal cancer at age 86 (born 1902). [1] [82]
- November 9
- Death of Richard S. Yeo ("R.S. Yeoman"); Western Publishing company marketing executive, popularized coin boards, author of Handbook of United States Coins with Premium List, nicknamed the Blue Book, and A Guide Book of United States Coins, nicknamed the Red Book. [652.10]
- John Mitchell, former American Attorney General and convicted Watergate criminal, dies of heart attack in Washington (born 1913). [1] [82]
- November 11
- Death of William Ifor Jones, Welsh conductor & organist (born 1900). [82]
- November 13
- Death of Antal Dorati, Hungarian conductor (born 1906). [82]
- November 17
- Sheilah Graham, gossip columnist, dies of heart failure at age 84. [1]
- November 19
- Christine Onassis, American shipping heiress, dies of heart failure at age 37 (born 1950). [1] [82]
- November 27
- John Carradine, American actor, dies at age 82 of kidney failure (born 1906). [1] [82]
- December 2
- Death of Tata Giacobetti, Italian singer and lyricist (Quartetto Cetra) (born 1922). [82]
- December 6
- Bill Harris, US guitarist (Clovers - "Love Potion No 9"), dies at age 63. [1]
- Roy Orbison, American rock singer ("Pretty Woman", "Only the Lonely"), dies of a massive heart attack at age 52 (born 1936). [1] [82]
- December 7
- Andrei P Ershov, Russian computer pioneer, dies. [1]
- Christopher Connelly, actor (Liar's Moon, Hawmps), dies at age 47. [1]
- Peter Langan, Irish restaurateur (Langans London), dies in fire. [1]
- December 8
- Anne Seymour, actress (Misty, Chevy Mystery Show), dies at age 79. [1]
- Herbert "Tubo" Rhoad, US singer (Persuasions - "Good news"), dies at age 44. [1]
- December 10
- Dick Clair, comedian (Clair and McMahon, Facts of Life), dies of AIDS. [1]
- Richard Castellano, actor (Honor thy Father), dies at age 55. [1]
- December 12
- John Canning, New York Post managing editor, dies at age 56. [1]
- December 16
- H "Stork" Hendry, cricket player (11 Tests for Australia 1921-29), dies. [1]
- Death of Sylvester James, American R&B singer, disco performer (born 1948). [82]
- December 20
- Max Robinson, network (ABC) TV anchor, dies of AIDS at age 49. [1]
- December 21
- Death of Nikolaas Tinbergen at age 81, Dutch/British ornithologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born 1907). [1] [82]
- December 22
- Tucker Smith, singer/dancer (Cool - West Side Story), dies. [1]
- Brazilian union and environmental activist Chico Mendes is assassinated. [82]
- December 26
- John Loder, actor (Sabotage, Java Head), dies at age 90. [1]
- Death of Glenn McCarthy, American oil tycoon and businessman (born 1907). [82]
- December 27
- Fox Harris, actor (Alienator, Warlords, Sid and Nancy), dies. [1]
- Hal Ashby, academy-award winning director (Shampoo, 8 Million Ways to Die), dies of cancer at age 59. [1]
- December 30
- Canadian Senate okays free trade pact with US. [1]
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