- July 18
- Death of André Cools, Belgian politician (assassinated) (born 1927). [41]
- July 24
- Isaac Bashevis Singer, Polish-born Nobel Prize winning Yiddish author, dies at age 87. [1] [5] [41]
- July 31
- Death of Baudouin I, King of the Belgians (born 1930). [41]
- August 1
- Death of Chris Short, American baseball pitcher (born 1937). [41]
- August 3
- Death of Ali Sabri, Prime Minister of Egypt. [41]
- August 4
- Death of Evgeny Dragunov, Russian weapons designer (born 1920). [41]
- August 5
- Paul Brown, American NFL founder and coach (Cleveland Browns, Cincinnati Bengals), dies at age 82 (born 1908). [1] [41]
- Soichiro Hondo, CEO and founder (Honda), dies of liver cancer at age 84. [1]
- August 6
- Harry Reasoner, newscaster (60 Minutes), dies at age 68. [1]
- August 7
- Shotzie, Cincinnati Reds' dog mascot, dies at age 9. [1]
- Shapour Bakhtiar, former prime minister of Iran, is assassinated. [41]
- August 8
- Death of James Irwin, astronaut (born 1930). [41]
- August 11
- Death of J. D. McDuffie, American race car driver (born 1938). [41]
- August 13
- Jack Ryan, inventor (Barbie Doll, Hot Wheels), dies at age 65. [1]
- Death of James Roosevelt, American businessman and politician (born 1907). [41]
- August 14
- Death of Richard A. Snelling, Governor of Vermont (born 1927). [41]
- Douglas Kiker, newscaster (NBC-TV), dies of a heart attack at age 61. [1]
- August 15
- Marietta Tree, United Nations Commissioner of Human Rights, dies at age 74. [1]
- August 16
- Shamu the Whale dies at age 16, from respiratory failure. [1]
- Stuart Karl, CEO (Karl Home Video), dies at age 38 of skin cancer. [1]
- August 17
- In Sydney, Australia, taxi driver Wade Frankum shoots seven people and injures six others before turning the gun on himself. [41]
- August 20
- Lenore Strunsky Gershwin, widow of Ira Gershwin, dies at age 90. [1]
- August 22
- Colleen Dewhurst, actress (Murphy Brown), dies of cancer at age 67. [1]
- August 24
- Abel Kivlat, US 1500m runner (Olympic-silver-1912), dies at age 99. [1]
- Bernard Castro, patented convertible couch, dies at age 87. [1]
- August 30
- Death of Jean Tinguely, Swiss painter and sculptor (born 1925). [41]
- Death of Cyril Knowles, English football player and manager (born 1944). [41]
- September 2
- Death of Alfonso García Robles, Mexican diplomat and politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (born 1911). [41]
- September 3
- Frank Capra, Italian-born film director (It's a Wonderful Life), dies at age 94 (born 1897). [1] [41]
- Dottie West, American country music singer, dies at age 58 in a car crash (born 1932). [41] (September 4 [1])
- September 4
- Charlie Barnet, saxophonist, dies of pneumonia at age 77. [1]
- Thomas Tryon, actor (Cardinal)/writer (Other), dies at age 65. [1]
- September 7
- Death of Edwin McMillan, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1907). [41]
- September 8
- Alex North, music composer (Spartacus), dies at age 80 of cancer. [1]
- Death of Brad Davis, American actor (AIDS) (born 1949). [41]
- September 10
- Yves Montand, actor (Lets Make Love, Z), dies at age 70. [1]
- September 12
- Regis Toomey, actor (You're in the Army Now), dies at age 93. [1]
- September 13
- Joseph Pasternak, movie producer, dies at age 89 of cancer. [1]
- September 14
- Julie Bovasso, actress (Saturday Night Fever), dies at age 61 of cancer. [1]
- September 17
- Death of Zino Francescatti, French violinist (born 1902). [41]
- September 24
- Theodore Seuss Geisel, American children's author ("Dr Seuss"), dies at age 87 in La Jolla, California (born 1904). [1] [5] [41] [129]
- September 25
- Death of the "Butcher of Lyon", Klaus Barbie, in Lyon, France; head of the Gestapo in Lyon from 1942-1944, had 4,000 people executed. [37]
- September 28
- Miles Davis, American jazz musician (trumpet), dies at age 65 from pneumonia (born 1926). [1] [5] [41]
- October 4
- Leonard C Odell, wrote 7,000 Burma Shave poems, dies at age 83. [1]
- October 6
- Death of Igor Talkov, Russian singer, poet and composer, author of many anti-soviet songs (born 1956). [41]
- October 7
- Leo Durocher, baseball coach/manager (Los Angeles Dodgers, San Francisco Giants), dies at age 86. [1]
- October 11
- Redd Foxx, American actor/comedian (Sanford and Son), dies of a heart attack at age 68 on the set of The Royal Family. [1] [41] [467]
- October 14
- Death of Walther M. Elsasser in Baltimore, Maryland (born in Mannheim, Germany); physicist, professor, author. [37]
- October 16
- George Jo Hennard, age 35, kills 23 and himself and wounds 20 in Killeen, Texas. [1] [41]
- October 17
- Tennessee Ernie Ford, American country singer ("16 Tons"), dies at age 72 (born 1919). [1] [41]
- October 22
- Death of Leonora Knatchbull, daughter of Lord Romsey (born 1986). [41]
- October 24
- Gene Roddenberry, Star Trek creator, dies of a heart attack at age 70 (born 1921). [1] [41]
- October 26
- Lori Rae Matthews is crushed to death by an artist's 485-pound umbrella. [1]
- October 28
- John Korbal, film historian (Marlene Dietrich), dies at age 51. [1]
- October 30
- William Shea, Shea Stadium namesake, dies at age 84. [1]
- October 31
- Joseph Papp, Broadway producer (Chorus Line), dies of cancer at age 70. [1]
- November 4
- Death of Roger Broggie in Los Angeles, USA at age 91; mechanical engineer at Walt Disney Company (Santa Fe and Disneyland Railroad, Mark Twain Riverboat, Matterhorn Bobsleds, Monorail, more), named Disney Legend 1990. [510.84]
- November 5
- Fred MacMurray, actor (My Three Sons), dies at age 84. [1]
- Robert Maxwell, Slovakian-born American billionaire publisher (New York Daily News), is found floating dead in the Atlantic Ocean, at age 68 (born 1923). [1] [41]
- November 14
- Tony Richardson, British director (Tom Jones), dies of AIDS at age 63. [1]
- November 17
- Kelly Jean Van Dyke-Nance (Jerry Van Dyke's daughter) suicides at age 33. [1]
- November 18
- Death of Gustáv Husák, Czechoslovakian president (born 1913). [41]
- November 21
- David "Sonny" Werblin, AFL owner (New York Jets), dies at age 81. [1]
- November 24
- Freddie Mercury, Zanzibar-born lead singer of Queen, dies of AIDS at 46 (born 1946). [41] (November 23 [1])
- Death of Eric Carr, American drummer (Kiss) at age 41 (born 1950). [1] [41]
- November 25
- Bill Graham, rock concert promoter (Filmore), dies at age 60. [1]
- December 1
- Byron Webster, actor (That Man Bolt), dies of AIDS at age 58. [1]
- George Joseph Stigler, American economist (Nobel Prize 1982), dies at age 80 (born 1911). [1] [41]
- December 3
- Alex Graham, British cartoonstrip artist (Fred Basset), dies. [1]
- Casey Walters, actor (True Story of Lynn Stuart), dies after a stroke at age 75. [1]
- December 5
- Aad Mansfield, soccer player/trainer (ADO/Feyenoord/FC Utrecht), dies. [1]
- Richard Speck, mass murderer, dies a day before his 50th birthday. [1]
- December 6
- Ann Sorg Coston, actress (Anna - Aldrich Family), dies at age 62. [1]
- Death of Richard Stone, British economist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1913). [41]
- December 8
- Buck Clayton, US jazz trumpeter/orchestra leader, dies. [1]
- December 10
- Berenice Abbott, US photographer, dies at age 93. [1]
- Death of Greta Kempton, American artist (born 1901). [41]
- December 11
- Artur Lundkvist, Swedish writer/professor (Swedish Academy), dies. [1]
- Headman Tshabala, South African musician (Ladysmith Black Mambazo), slain at age 44. [1]
- Robert Q Lewis, US comic/TV panel member (RQL Show), dies at age 70. [1]
- December 12
- Eleanor Boardman, actor (Crowd), dies in at age 93. [1]
- Ken Keltner, US baseball player (Cleveland Indians), dies at age 75. [1]
- Lex Karsemeijer, Dutch tenor/choral director (Sweet 16, Pro Musica), dies. [1]
- December 13
- André Pieyre de Mandiargues, French writer (La marge), dies at age 82. [1]
- Birth of Jay Greenberg, American music composer. [41]
- December 14
- John Arlott, cricket player (the greatest of cricket commentators), dies. [1]
- Robert Eddison, British actor (Uncle Silas), dies at age 83. [1]
- December 15
- Horatio Luro, US horse trainer (Northern Dancer), dies at age 90. [1]
- Ray Smith, British actor (And Then You Die), dies at age 55. [1]
- Death of Vasily Zaitsev, Russian World War II hero (born 1915). [41]
- December 16
- Fred D Scott, actor (Two Gun Troubador), dies. [1]
- Death of Horatio Luro, Argentine-born racehorse trainer (born 1901). [41]
- December 17
- John Blatnik, American politician (Representative-Minnesota, 1947-75), dies at age 80. [1]
- December 18
- June Storey, actress (South of the Border), dies of cancer at age 73. [1]
- Death of George Abecassis, English race car driver (born 1913). [41]
- December 19
- Ernest K Gann, US adventure novelist, dies at age 81. [1]
- Paul Maxwell, actor (City of Fear, Freedom to Die), dies at age 70. [1]
- December 20
- Andries D Copier, Dutch glass designer (Guild glass), dies. [1]
- Fop[pe] I Brouwer, biologist (Everything That Lives and Grows), dies. [1]
- Helene Heigh, actress (Undercover Woman, Teen Age Thunder), dies at age 86. [1]
- Stephen Birnbaum, US tourism writer, dies at age 54. [1]
- Thomas Newman, actor/composer (Cape Fear), dies of heart attack at age 60. [1]
- Walter Chiari, actor (Girl Under Sheet), dies of heart attack at age 67. [1]
- December 23
- Death of Ernst Krenek in Palm Springs, California, at age 91; Austrian/US composer (Orpheus and Eurydike). [1] [37]
- Byron Q Griffith, producer/actor, dies at age 73. [1]
- December 24
- Walter Hudson, 1,025-pound man, dies at age 46. [1]
- December 25
- Curt Bois, actor (Great Waltz, Boat is Full), dies at age 90. [1]
- Mahmood Hussain, cricket player (27 Tests for Pakistan, 68 wickets), dies. [1]
- Orane Demazis, French actress (Marius, Fanny et César), dies at age 87. [1]
- December 26
- Dehl Berti, actor (John Taylor - Guns of Paradise), dies at age 70. [1]
- December 27
- Edward M Love, choreographer/dancer, dies of AIDS at age 43. [1]
- W Hudson, "strongest man to the world" (540kg), dies. [1]
- December 28
- Cassandra Harris, actress (For Your Eyes Only), dies of cancer at age 39. [1]
- Jacques Aubuchon, actor (Hoax, Thunder Road), dies of heart failure. [1]
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