- January 14
- Sergei Korolev, Russian space station constructor, dies. [1]
- January 15
- Betsy Mitchell, US 100m backstroke swimmer, dies at age 25. [1]
- January 17
- Vincent J Donehue, director (Lonelyhearts), dies of Hodgkin's at age 50. [1]
- January 18
- Kathleen Norris, US author, dies at age 85. [1]
- January 22
- Death of Herbert Marshall at age 75 after a heart attack; actor (The Man Called X radio show, Dark Angel, Duel in the Sun). [1] [457]
- January 23
- Jo van Ammers-Küller, Dutch playwright (Opstandigen), dies at age 81. [1]
- January 29
- Josef Winckler, German dentist/writer (Tolle Bomberg), dies at age 84. [1]
- January 31
- Elizabeth Patterson, actress (Tall Story), dies at age 90. [1]
- February 1
- Buster Keaton [Joseph Francis], US comic (The General), dies at age 69. [1] [5]
- Hedda Hopper [Elda Furry], US gossip columnist, dies at age 75. [1]
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- Nicholas Piantanida sets balloon flight record and dies in descent. [1]
- William Harrigan, actor (Invisible Man, Girl in 419), dies at age 71. [1]
- February 3
- June Walker, actress (War Nurses), dies at age 65. [1]
- February 4
- Gilbert H Grosvenor, president of National Geographic Society, dies at age 90. [1]
- February 5
- Death of Ludwig Binswanger at age 84 in Kreuzlingen, Switzerland; psychiatrist (existentialist phenomenology, self-image, Erinnerung an Sigmund Freud (1956), Grundformen und Erkenntnis menschlichen Daseins (1962)). [1] [37]
- February 9
- Death of Sophie Tucker at age 79 of lung and kidney disease; burlesque entertainer (Ed Sullivan Show TV show, The Good Life TV show). [1] [457]
- February 10
- Billy Rose, US theater producer (Diamond Horse Show), dies at age 66. [1]
- February 15
- Camillo Torres, Colombian priest/guerrilla fighter, dies. [1]
- February 16
- Hendrik W Tilanus, artillery officer/leader (CHU 1939-63), dies at age 81. [1]
- February 17
- Frank Pettingell, actor (Becket, Up the Creek), dies at age 75. [1]
- Gail Kane, actress (White Sister, Arizona), dies at age 81. [1]
- Death of Hans Hofmann at age 85 in New York City, New York, USA; painter (Expressionist, Hans Hofmann School of Fine Art in New York, paint-dripping technique). [1] [37]
- February 18
- Anne Anema, Dutch lawyer/journalist/politician (ARP), dies at age 94. [1]
- Grigori Grigoyevich Nelyubov, Russian cosmonaut, dies at age 31. [1]
- February 20
- Chester W Nimitz, US Admiral (WWII), dies at age 80. [1]
- February 22
- Paul de Keyser, Flemish philologist/folklorist, dies at age 74. [1]
- February 26
- Minerva Urecal, actress (Peter Gunn, Adventures of Tugboat Annie), dies at age 71. [1]
- February 27
- Minerva Urecal, actress (Apache Rose, Ghost Crazy), dies at age 81. [1]
- February 28
- Charles A Bassett II, astronaut, dies in a crash of T-38 jet at age 34. [1]
- Elliot McKay See Junior, astronaut, dies in T-38 jet crash at age 38. [1]
- March 3
- Alice Pearce, comedienne (Gladys Kravitz - Bewitched), dies at age 52. [1]
- Death of William Frawley at age 79 of a heart attack in Hollywood, California, USA; actor (Fred Mertz - I Love Lucy, My Three Sons). [1] [457]
- March 5
- Anna Achmatova, Ukrainian poet, dies at age 76. [1]
- Enrique E Ecker, Curaçaos/US bacteriologist, dies at age 79. [1]
- March 10
- Frederik "Frits" Zernike, Dutch physicist (Nobel Prize 1953), dies at age 77. [1]
- Mari Sandoz, US author (Cheyenne Autumn), dies at age 64. [1]
- March 12
- Estelita Rodriguez, actor (Golden Stallion, Susanna Pass), dies at age 37. [1]
- March 15
- Abe Saperstein, founder of Harlem Globetrotters, dies at age 63. [1]
- March 23
- Johannes W Elsensohn, Dutch actor/writer (Arie), dies at age 82. [1]
- March 25
- Colin Campbell, actor (Leather Boys), dies at age 83. [1]
- March 27
- Mien Labberton, Dutch poet, dies at age 82. [1]
- March 29
- Harry Daugherty, trombonist (Spike Jones and City Slickers), dies at age 50. [1]
- March 30
- Erwin Piscator, German director (Plebeians test rebellion), dies at age 72. [1]
- Maxfield Parrish, US painter, dies at age 95. [1]
- April 1
- Karl B Adam, German theologist (Jesus Christ), dies at age 89. [1]
- April 2
- Cecil Scott Forester, English author (Horatio Hornblower), dies at age 66. [1]
- April 3
- Russel Crouse, US stagewriter (Life with Father), dies at age 73. [1]
- April 6
- Julia Faye, actress (Ten Commandments, Samson and Delilah), dies at age 73. [1]
- April 9
- Sutan Sjahrir, premier of Indonesia (1945-47), dies at age 57. [1]
- April 10
- Christian J Modeste, Dutch king of gypsies, dies at age 71. [1]
- Evelyn Waugh, British writer (Black Mischief), dies at age 62. [1]
- April 12
- Sumokil, President of Republic South Moluccas, executed. [1]
- April 15
- President of Iraq Abul Salam Arif dies in a helicopter crash. [1215.811]
- April 19
- Väinö A Tanner, Finnish premier (1926-27)/minister, dies at age 85. [1]
- April 25
- Maurice Roelants, Belgian author (Prayer for a Good End), dies at age 70. [1]
- April 28
- Ralph Bunker, actor (Ghost Goes West), dies of a stroke at age 77. [1]
- April 29
- Eugene O'Brien, actor (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm), dies at age 85. [1]
- May 9
- Wilhelmus M Bekkers, bishop of Dukeenbosch, dies. [1]
- May 14
- Georgia Camp Johnson, US poet/playwright, dies at age 88. [1]
- Megan Lloyd George, English politician, dies at age 64. [1]
- May 16
- Randolph Turpin, boxer, shot dead in his home. [1]
- May 18
- Paul Althaus, German theologist (That Christian Wahrheit), dies at age 78. [1]
- May 19
- Tortoise, reportedly given to Tonga's king by Captain Cook (1773), dies. [1]
- May 21
- Pat O'Malley, silent film actor (Wild One, Quiet Man), dies at age 75. [1]
- May 22
- Tom Goddard, cricket player (22 wickets in 8 Tests for England 1930-39), dies. [1]
- May 23
- Ruth Gates of Denton, Texas, actress (Aunt Jenny - Mama), dies at age 79. [1]
- May 26
- Don Castle, actor (Motor Patrol, Born to Speed), dies at age 47. [1]
- Neal Dodd, actor (Only Women, You Belong to Me), dies at age 86. [1]
- June 6
- Claudette Orbison, wife of singer Roy Orbison, dies in a motorcyle crash. [1]
- June 11
- Wallace Ford, actor (The Deputy), dies at age 68. [1]
- June 19
- Death of Isaiah Edwin Leopold AKA Ed Wynn at age 79; comic/actor (The Ed Wynn Show, All Star Revue, Mary Poppins, Ziegfeld Follies, Marjorie Morningstar, The Diary of Anne Frank, Cinderfella, Babes in Toyland, The Absent-Minded Professor). [1] [457]
- June 20
- Georges Lemaître, originator of "big bang" theory, dies at age 71. [1]
- July 18
- Bobby Fuller, rocker ("I Fought the Law"), found dead. [1]
- July 31
- Death of former German General Alexander Frieherr von Falkenhausen, in Nassau, Federal Republic of Germany. [159.66]
- August 13
- Death of Laura Gardin Fraser, US coin designer, medalist, and sculptor. [474.30]
- August 26
- Death of Art Baker at age 67 of a heart attack; host (You Asked For It TV show). [1] [457]
- September 6
- Dr Verwoerd, South African Prime Minister, assassinated in assembly. [1]
- September 7
- Death of Al Kelly at age 67; double talk comedian (Ernie Kovacs Show TV show). [1] [457]
- September 11
- Charlie Cantor, actor (Artie - Ray Bolger Show), dies at age 68. [1]
- September 14
- Gertrude Berg, actress (Molly Goldberg - The Goldbergs), dies at age 66. [1]
- September 28
- Eric Fleming, actor (Gil - Rawhide), dies at age 41. [1]
- October 4
- Sherman Billingsley, talk show host (Stork Club), dies at age 66. [1]
- October 21
- Death of Gertrude Hoffman at age 95; actress (Mrs Odetts - My Little Margie TV show). [1] [457]
- December 2
- Luitzen [Bertus] Brouwers, Dutch mathematician, dies at age 85. [1]
- December 13
- Charles Watts, actor (Lone Ranger and Lost City of Gold), dies of cancer. [1]
- December 14
- Emma Dunn, actress (You Can't Fool Your Wife), dies at age 91. [1]
- Richard Whorf, actor (Chain Lightning), dies of heart attack at age 60. [1]
- Death of Verna Felton at age 76 following a stroke; actress (Red Skelton Show radio show, Hilda - December Bride). [1] [457]
- December 15
- At 9:30 AM in St. Joseph's Hospital, Walt Disney dies of acute circulatory collapse, caused by lung cancer, at age 65. He had won more than 950 honors and citations worldwide, including 31 Oscars and seven Emmys. [6] [457]
- December 23
- Death of Heimito von Doderer at age 70 in Weidlingau, Austria; novelist ("Die Damonen", "Tangenten", "Roman Nr.7", "Der Grenzwald"). [1] [37]
- Robert Keith, actor (Battle Circus, Men in War), dies at age 68. [1]
- December 26
- Klaziena "Ina" Boudier-Bakker; Dutch author (Poverty), dies at age 88. [1]
- December 30
- Christian A Herter, US Minister of Foreign affairs (1959-61), dies at age 71. [1]
- Trygve Halvdan Lie, first United Nations Secretary-General (1946-53), dies at age 72. [1]
- December 31
- Chief Nipo Strongheart, Native American actor (Pony Soldier), dies at age 75. [1]
- Pieter C A Geyl; historian (History of Dutch Race), dies. [1]
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