- January 8
- Anthony Warde, actor (Big Punch, Buck Rogers), dies at age 66. [1]
- Gertrude Olmsted, actress (Cobra, Torrent), dies at age 70. [1]
- John Dierkes, actor (Red Badge of Courage), dies at age 69. [1]
- Death of John Gregson at age 55 after a heart attack; British actor (Rooney, Assassin, Gideon - Gideon's Way TV show). [1] [457]
- Louis J H C A de Bourbon, Dutch writer/poet (Gypsy Blood), dies at age 66. [1]
- Richard Tucker [Reuben Ticker], US tenor (La Gioconda), dies at age 61. [1]
- January 9
- John Slater, actor (Deadlock, Three on a Spree), dies at age 58. [1]
- Pierre Fresnay, French actor (Monsieur Vincent), dies at age 77. [1]
- January 21
- Marie Lohr, actress (Pygmalion, Small Hotel, Escapade), dies at age 84. [1]
- January 23
- Karel Paul van der Mandele, director (Rotterdam Bank), dies at age 94. [1]
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- January 24
- Larry Fine, actor (The Three Stooges), dies at age 72. [1]
- January 25
- Vivien Kellems, TV hostess (The Power of Women), dies at age 78. [1]
- January 26
- Lubov Orlova, actress (Moscow Laughs, Man of Music, Tanya), dies at age 72. [1]
- January 28
- Antonin Novótny, Czechoslovakian President (1957-68), dies at age 70. [1]
- January 30
- Boris Blacher, German composer (Purloined Letter), dies at age 72. [1]
- February 1
- Richard Wattis, actor (Dick and the Duchess, Liberace), dies at age 62. [1]
- February 3
- John Secondari, newscaster (Open Hearing), dies at age 55. [1]
- February 4
- Death of Louis Jordan at age 66; jazz alto saxophonist and singer (Tympany Five, "Caldonia", "Let the Good Times Roll", "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie"). [457]
- February 7
- Brendan Fay, actor (Hustler, Man on a Swing), dies at age 54. [1]
- February 8
- Martyn Green, actor (Gilbert and Sullivan, Mikado), dies at age 75. [1]
- February 9
- Constant Burniaux, Belgian art historian (L'amour Vivre), dies at age 82. [1]
- February 13
- Dagmar Godowsky, actress (Common Law, Red Lights), dies at age 78. [1]
- Henry P Van Dusen, US protestant theologist, dies at age 77. [1]
- February 14
- Julian S Huxley, English scholar/director-general (UNESCO), dies at age 87. [1]
- Pelham G Wodehouse, English/US writer (Piccadilly Jim), dies at age 93. [1]
- February 18
- Chivu Stoica, premier of Romania (1955-61), dies at age 66. [1]
- Raymond Moley, US advisor to President Roosevelt "Brain Trust", dies at age 88. [1]
- Syed Nazir Ali, cricket player (two Tests for India, four wickets), dies. [1]
- February 19
- Luigi Dallapiccola, Italian 12-tone composer, dies at age 71. [1]
- February 20
- Edgar "Cookie" Fairchild, bandleader (Jerry Colonna Show), dies at age 76. [1]
- Lillian Fontaine, actress (Suddenly it's Spring), dies at age 88. [1]
- Robert Strauss, actor (Sergeant Gruzewsky - Mona McCluskey), dies at age 61. [1]
- February 24
- Nikolai A Bulganin, marshal/premier of USSR (1955-58), dies at age 79. [1]
- February 25
- Elijah Muhammad, leader of the Nation of Islam, dies in Chicago, Illinois, at age 77. [1]
- February 27
- Neville Cardus, writer/cricket player, dies. [1]
- March 3
- László Németh, Hungarian physician/author (Galilei/Iszony), dies at age 73. [1]
- March 7
- Ben Blue, actor (Accidental Family, Frank Sinatra Show), dies at age 73. [1]
- Francine Larrimore, actress (John Meade's Woman), dies at age 76. [1]
- March 8
- George Stevens, American film director (Swing Time, Gunga Din), dies at age 70. [1]
- March 9
- Joseph Dunninger of New York City, New York, mentalist (Amazing Dunninger), dies at age 82. [1]
- Shirley Ross, actress (Night Vision, Mindkiller), dies at age 62. [1]
- March 11
- Death of Sammy Spear at age 65 after a heart attack; orchestra leader (The Jackie Gleason Show TV show, The Honeymooners TV show). [1] [457]
- Walter Kinsella, actor (Happy - Martin Kane Private Eye), dies at age 74. [1]
- March 13
- Ali Sastroamidjojo, Indonesian attorney/minister/premier, dies at age 71. [1]
- Ivo Andric, Yugoslavian author (Nemiri-Nobel Prize 1961), dies at age 82. [1]
- Jean Del Val, actor (Sainted Devil, Flying Deuces), dies at age 83. [1]
- March 14
- Death of Susan Hayward at age 56 of brain cancer; actress (Young and Willing, Heat of Anger, Say Goodbye Maggie Cole). [1] [457]
- March 16
- T-Bone Walker, blues guitarist (Funky Town, Well Done), dies at age 64. [1]
- March 21
- Ralph Hawtrey, economist (multiplier), dies at age 95. [1]
- March 22
- Asa Smith Bushnell Junior, Secretary of US Olympics (1945-65), dies at age 75. [1]
- Cass Daley, actress (Red Garters), dies at age 59. [1]
- March 24
- Muriel Hutchinson, actor (Another Thin Man), dies at age 60. [1]
- March 25
- Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz, king of Saudi-Arabia (1964-75), shot to death by nephew at age 68. [1]
- March 27
- Arthur Bliss, English composer/conductor (Checkmate), dies at age 83. [1]
- Gertrude Niesen, actress (Start Cheering), dies at age 63. [1]
- April 1
- Eugeen Yoors, Flemish draftsman/glass painter, dies at age 95. [1]
- April 3
- Mary Ure, actress (Sons and Lovers, Where Eagles Dare), dies at age 42. [1]
- April 5
- Chiang Kai-shek, Nationalist Chinese leader, dies from a heart attack at age 87. [1]
- Victor Marijnen, Dutch premier (1963-65), dies at age 58. [1]
- April 10
- Marjorie Main, actress (Ma and Pa Kettle), dies at age 85. [1]
- Sophia JW "Sophie" Hermse, actress (But a Dream), dies at age 86. [1]
- Walker Evans, US photographer (Fortune Magazine), dies at age 71. [1]
- April 12
- Joséphine Baker, US/French revue artist (Folies-Bergère), dies at age 68. [1]
- April 13
- Larry Parks, actor (Jazz Singer), dies at age 60. [1]
- N'garta Tombalbaye, President of Chad, dies. [1]
- April 14
- Fredric March, actor (Inherit the Wind, The Iceman Cometh, Death of a Salesman), dies from cancer at age 77. [1]
- April 15
- John B McKay, US test pilot (X-15), dies. [1]
- Richard Conte, actor (Four Just Men, Jean Arthur Show), dies at age 65. [1]
- April 18
- Rob Touber [Robert J Noordervliet), chansonnier/director, dies at age 38. [1]
- April 22
- Mary Philips, actress (Farewell to Arms), dies at age 75. [1]
- April 23
- Pete Ham, rocker (Badfinger), commits suicide by hanging himself at age 27. [1]
- April 24
- Death of William Hartnell at age 67 of heart failure; English actor (Jackpot, This Sporting Life, Doctor Who). [1] [457]
- April 27
- Nicholas Soussanin, actor (Last Command), dies at age 86. [1]
- April 28
- Jan A de Jonge, Dutch historian, dies at age 48. [1]
- April 29
- Charles McMahon Junior, US US Marine Corp lance corporal, killed in Vietnam. [1]
- Death of Darwin Judge, US Marine Corp-corporal, one of last US soldiers killed in Vietnam. [1]
- Death of Michael John Shea, US Marine Corp-Lieutenant/pilot, one of last soldiers killed in Vietnam. [1]
- Death of William Craig Nystul, US Marine Corp Captain, one of last US soldiers killed in Vietnam. [1]
- May 3
- Samuel Gonard, chairman (International Red Cross), dies at age 78. [1]
- May 4
- Death of Moe Howard AKA Moses Horowitz at age 77 of lung cancer; comedian (The Three Stooges). [1] [457]
- May 6
- József Mindszenty [Joseph Prehm], Hungarian cardinal, dies at age 83. [1]
- May 8
- Avery Brundage, CEO (International Olympic Committee, 1952-72), dies at age 87. [1]
- May 13
- Bob Wills, actor (Lone Prairie), dies at age 69. [1]
- May 16
- Michael X [Abdul Malik] is hanged in Trinidad for murder. [1]
- May 20
- Dame Barbara Hepworth, English sculptor, dies in fire at age 72. [1]
- May 22
- Torben Meyer, actor (Viking, Roberta, Sunny), dies at age 90. [1]
- May 23
- Jackie "Moms" Mabley, comedienne (Amazing Grace), dies at age 81. [1]
- May 27
- Ezzard Charles, heavyweight boxing champion (1949-51), dies in Chicago, Illinois, at age 53. [1]
- May 28
- Death of Roy Roberts at age 75 of a heart attack; actor (Petticoat Junction, Gunsmoke, Beverly Hillbillies, Lucy Show, My Little Margie). [1] [457]
- May 30
- Michel Simon, actor (Panic, Plague, Two of Us), dies at age 80. [1]
- June 3
- Death of Ozzie Nelson of liver cancer at age 69; bandleader/actor/producer (Red Skelton Show on radio, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet TV and radio show). [1] [5] [457]
- June 6
- Death of Larry Blyden AKA Ivan Lawrence Blieden at age 49 in a motorcycle accident in Morocco; TV actor (Joe & Mabel, Harry's Girls), game show host (What's My Line). [1] [457]
- June 18
- Faisal Ibn Mussed Abdul Aziz, Saudi prince, beheaded in Riyadh. [1]
- June 19
- Death of Sam Giancana, shot in Chicago, Illinois. [386.32]
- June 23
- Death of Ivy Baker Priest, US Treasurer. [444.42]
- June 28
- Death of Rod Serling at age 50 from complications after coronary bypass surgery; writer, host and director of the TV series Twilight Zone and Night Gallery. [1] [457]
- July 17
- Modoc the elephant dies at age 78 (oldest known nonhuman mammal). [1]
- July 19
- Death of Lefty Frizzell in Nashville after suffering a stroke at age 47; country singer ("If You've Got the Money, I've Got the Time" (1950), "Always Late" (1951), "Saginaw, Michigan" (1964)). [457]
- August 15
- Sheikh Mujibur Rahiman of Bangladesh killed in a military coup. [1]
- August 17
- Sig Arno of Hamburg, Germany, actor (My Friend Irma), dies at age 80. [1]
- August 23
- Hank Patterson, actor (Fred Ziffel - Green Acres), dies at age 87. [1]
- August 25
- Death of Fritz Wotruba in Vienna, Austria; minimalist abstract sculptor. [37]
- August 27
- Haile Selassie, depossed Ethiopian emperor, dies at age 83. [1]
- August 29
- Eamon de Valera, Irish independence fighter, dies at age 92. [1]
- September 4
- Walter Tetley, voice of Sherman - Bullwinkle Show, dies at age 60. [1]
- September 9
- John McGiver, actor (Patty Duke Show, Jimmy Stewart Show), dies at age 61. [1]
- September 24
- Ian Hunter, actor (Sir Richard - Robin Hood), dies at age 75. [1]
- September 25
- Bob Considine, newscaster (Tonight! America After Dark), dies at age 68. [1]
- September 28
- Sidney Fields, comedian (Abbott and Costello), dies at age 77. [1]
- September 29
- Casey Stengel, New York Yankees' manager (1949-60), dies in Glendale, California, at age 85. [1]
- October 1
- Death of Al Jackson Junior at age 39, shot and killed by wife as an intruder at his home in Memphis, Tennessee, USA; drummer (Booker T. and the M-G's - "Green Onions" (1962), Willie Mitchell Band). [457]
- October 6
- Henry Calvin, actor (Sargeant Garcia - Zorro), dies at age 57. [1]
- October 24
- Ismail Erez, Turkish ambassador, killed by car bomb in Paris, France. [1]
- October 29
- Death of John Scott Trotter at age 67 of cancer; orchestra leader, musical director (Kraft Music Hall radio show, George Gobel Show TV show, Charlie Brown cartoon specials). [1] [457]
- October 31
- Joseph Calleia, actor (Jungle Book, Gilda), dies at age 78. [1]
- November 1
- Death of Doro Merande at age 77; actress (That Was The Week That Was, Valiant Lady). [1] [457]
- November 11
- Marty May, comedian (TV show Fireball Fun For All), dies at age 79. [1]
- November 12
- Anthony Ross, TV host (Telltale Clue), dies at age 69. [1]
- November 20
- General Francisco Franco, Spain's dictator, dies in Madrid at age 82. [1] [1157.94]
- November 27
- Death of Ross McWhirter, Guinness Book of Records keeper, by IRA gunmen. [1] [1393.16]
- December 1
- Nick Kenny, US columnist/songwriter (Nick Kenny Show), dies at age 80. [1]
- December 3
- Hugh Thurlow, cricket player (one Test for Australia 1932), dies. [1]
- December 4
- Death of Hannah Arendt in New York (born in Hannover, Germany); director of the Conference on Jewish Relations in New York, chief editor of Schocken Books, executive director of Jewish Cultural Reconstruction, professor at the University of Chicago, and author (Origins of Totalitarianism, Eichmann in Jerusalem, On Violence, On Revolution). [1] [37]
- December 5
- Jimmy Nervo, actor (Frozen Limits), dies. [1]
- December 7
- Hardie Albright, actress (Silver Streak, Scarlet Letter), dies at age 71. [1]
- Thornton N Wilder, US writer (Bridge of San Luis Rey), dies at age 78. [1] [5]
- December 9
- William A Wellman, US director (Ox Bow Incident), dies at age 79. [1]
- December 11
- Death of Wally Koster at age 52 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; singer, trombonist (Cross-Canada Hit Parade). [457]
- December 13
- Cyril Delevanti, actor (Lucius - Jefferson Davis), dies at age 88. [1]
- Hendrik Kruls, Dutch general/chief military authority (1944-46), dies at age 73. [1]
- December 14
- Death of Arthur Treacher at age 81 of a heart ailment; actor (announcer and sidekick on Merv Griffin Show TV show, The Smiths of Hollywood radio show), fast food restaurant (Arthur Treacher's Fish and Chips). [1] [457]
- December 17
- Frank Sully, actor (Parachute Nurse, Inside the Law), dies at age 67. [1]
- December 20
- Vincent Lopez, orchestra leader (Welcome Aboard), dies at age 76. [1]
- Death of William Lundigan at age 61 of heart failure; announcer/host (Climax TV show, Shower of Stars), actor (Men into Space TV series). [1] [457]
- December 21
- Death of William Lundigan at age 61 from lung and heart congestion; actor, announcer and host (CBS Mystery Theater, Climax, Shower of Stars). [1] [457]
- December 23
- Richard S Welch, US Central Intelligence Agency station chief in Athens, Greece, is shot dead. [1] [1096.173]
- December 25
- Gaston Gallimard, French publisher (Library Gallimard), dies at age 94. [1]
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