- 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
- Death of Hubert Humphrey at age 66 in Waverly, Minnesota, USA; U.S. Vice President and Senator (Minnesota) (born 1911). [1] [841]
- Joseph V McCarthy, baseball manager (New York Yankees), dies at age 90 (born 1887). [56] [841]
- January 14
- Blossom Rock, actress (Grandmamma - Addams Family), dies at age 81. [1]
- Death of Kurt Gödel in Princeton, New Jersey, USA (born in 1906 in Brünn, Austria); mathematician who developed "Gödel's proof" which shows that mathematics can have internal contradictions. [37] [841]
- January 15
- Ted Bundy kills Florida State University co-eds Lisa Levy and Margaret Bowman. [1]
- January 18
- Death of Carl Betz at age 56, American actor (Alex Stone - Donna Reed Show) (born 1921). [841]
- January 22
- Herbert Sutcliffe, cricket player (54 Tests for England 4555 runs), dies (born 1894). [1] [841]
- January 23
- Death of Jack Oakie at age 74; American actor (The Great Dictator, Gang Buster) (born 1903). [1] [841]
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- Death of Terry Kath at age 32 of accidental gunshot wound; guitarist (Chicago) (born 1946). [1] [457] [841]
- Death of Vic Ames at age 51 in a car crash; musician (Ames Brothers). [457]
- January 25
- Tango Duke dies in Australia at age 42; oldest known thoroughbred horse. [1]
- January 26
- Death of Leo Genn at age 72, English actor (Lady Chatterley's Lover, Henry V) (born 1905). [1] [841]
- January 27
- Death of Oskar Homolka at age 79, Austrian actor (Seven Year Itch, Ball of Fire) (born 1898). [1] [841]
- January 29
- Death of Tim McCoy at age 86, American actor (Arizona Bound) (born 1891). [841]
- February 2
- Death of Wendy Barrie at age 65, British actress, TV hostess (Wendy Barrie Show) (born 1912). [1] [841]
- 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]
- February 11
- Death of James B. Conant at age 84, American chemist and headmaster of Harvard University (born 1893). [841]
- Death of Harry Martinson, Swedish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1904). [841]
- February 15
- Death of Ilka Chase at age 77, American actress (Masquerade Party, Trials of O'Brien) (born 1900). [841]
- 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]
- Death of Maggie McNamara at age 49, American actress (Three Coins in a Fountain, Cardinal) (born 1928). [1] [841]
- February 20
- Vitorino Nemésio, Portuguese author (Presença), dies at age 76. [1]
- February 22
- Phyllis McGinley, US poetess (Pulitzer 1961), dies at age 72. [1]
- February 25
- Daniel "Chappie" James Junior, 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]
- Death of Philip Ahn at age 72 in Los Angeles, California, USA; Korean-American actor (Master Kan - Kung Fu) (born 1905). [457] [841]
- March 12
- Death of John Cazale at age 41, American actor (Dog Day Afternoon, Deer Hunter) (born 1935). [1] [841]
- 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]
- Death of Peggy Wood at age 86 of a stroke; American actress (One Life to Live, Mama - Mama) (born 1892). [1] [457] [841]
- March 21
- Death of Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh AKA Carroll Daly, 5th President of Ireland (born 1911). [841]
- March 22
- Karl Wallenda, famed American aerialist (Flying Wallendas), 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] [841]
- March 23
- Death of Haim Ernst Wertheimer, Israeli biochemist, recipient of the Israel Prize (born 1893). [841]
- 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
- Death of Lucius D. Clay at age 80, American military governor of Germany after World War II (born 1897). [1] [841]
- April 19
- Death of Joe Dougherty, first voice of Porky Pig (born 1898). [841]
- April 21
- Death of Sandy Denny at age 37 of a brain hemorrhage after falling down stairs in London, England; British folk-rock singer (Strawbs, Fairport Convention, Fotheringay). [1] [457] [841]
- April 22
- Death of William Auge Geer AKA Will Geer from a respiratory ailment at age 75, American actor (Grandpa - The Waltons) (born 1902). [1] [841]
- April 27
- Afghanistan President Daoud Khan is killed during a military coup; Nur Mohammed Taraki succeeds him. [1] [841]
- May 1
- Death of Aram Khachaturian at age 74, Armenian/Russian composer (The Earth) (born 1903). [1] [841]
- May 3
- Wim van Doorne, Dutch auto manufacturer (DAF), dies at age 71. [1]
- May 4
- Communist activist Henri Curiel is murdered in Paris. [841]
- May 5
- Alfred H H Gilligan, cricket player (4 Tests for England), dies. [1]
- May 6
- Death of Ethelda Bleibtrey at age 76, American Olympic swimmer (3 gold-1920) (born 1902). [1] [841]
- Ko van Dijk Junior, Dutch actor (Zaak M P), dies at age 61. [1]
- May 9
- In Rome, the corpse of former Italian prime minister Aldo Moro is found in a red Renault 4 automobile. [1] [841]
- May 13
- Albert Roberts, cricket player (5 Tests for New Zealand, 7 wickets), dies. [1]
- May 14
- Death of Robert Menzies, 12th Prime Minister of Australia (born 1894). [841]
- 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 22
- Death of Joe Colombo, American gangster (born 1914). [841]
- May 29
- Ali Soilih is found dead in the Comoros, allegedly shot when trying to escape. [841]
- June 7
- Death of Ronald George Wreyford Norrish, British chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1897). [841]
- June 9
- Death of Prince Nicholas of Romania (born 1903). [841]
- June 12
- Death of Johnny Bond of a heart attack at age 63; country singer ("Cimarron", "Oklahoma Waltz", "Sick, Sober and Sorry", "Hot Rod Lincoln"). [457]
- June 17
- Cully Richards, actor (Don't Call Me Charlie), dies at age 68. [1]
- June 24
- Yemen Arab Republic President Ahmad al-Ghashmi is killed. [841]
- June 29
- Death of Bob Crane at age 49, found murdered in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA; actor (Colonel Hogan - Hogan's Heroes, Donna Reed Show). [5] [457] [841]
- June 30
- Death of Bill Harrah, Las Vegas casino owner. [386.330]
- July 1
- Death of Kurt Student, Luftwaffe general and commander of the German airborne forces during World War II (born 1890). [841]
- July 3
- Death of James Daly at age 59 of heart failure; actor (Foreign Intrigue TV show, Medical Center TV show). [1] [841] [457]
- July 24
- Death of Foy Willing at age 63; western singer (The Riders of the Purple Sage - "Texas Blues" (1944), "Detour" (1946), "Have I Told You Lately (That I Love You)" (1946)). [457]
- 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
- Death of Enoch Light at age 70; orchestra leader (Gulf Road Show with Bob Smith), concert violinist, recording engineer. [1] [457]
- August 2
- Death of Totie Fields AKA Sophie Feldman at age 48 of a heart attack; comedienne (Ed Sullivan Show TV show 40 times, 125 appearances on The Mike Douglas Show TV show, Merv Griffin show TV show). [457] [841]
- August 5
- Death of Queenie Smith at age 79, American actress/dancer (Funny Side) (born 1898). [1] [841]
- August 6
- Pope Paul VI dies at age 80 of heart attack at summer residence in Castelgandolfo (born 1897). [1] [841]
- August 22
- Death of Jomo Kenyatta, President of Kenya, at age 83 (born 1894). [1] [841]
- August 26
- Death of Charles Boyer at age 78; actor (Four-Star Playhouse TV show, The Rogues TV show) (born 1899). [1] [457] [841]
- August 28
- Death of Bruce Catton, American Civil War historian, Pulizer Prize winner (1954) (born 1899). [841]
- Death of Robert Shaw at age 51, English actor (Jaws, Dan - Buccaneers) (born 1927). [841] (August 27 [1])
- September 7
- Death of Keith Moon of overdose of sedative Heminevrin; English drummer (The Who) (born 1946). [5] [457] [841]
- September 17
- Death of Willy Messerschmitt in Munich, Germany (born 1898); aircraft designer at the Bayerische Flugzeugwerke in Augsburg, which ultimately became the Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm corporation. [37] (Sepyember 15 [841])
- September 26
- Death of Manne Siegbahn, Swedish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1886). [841]
- September 28
- Pope John Paul I dies at age 65 after only 33 days as Pope (born 1912). [1] [841]
- September 30
- Death of Edgar Bergen at age 75, American actor and ventriloquist (Charlie McCarthy) (born 1903). [1] [841]
- October 8
- Death of Karl Swenson at age 70; actor (Lorenzo Jones radio show, Inner Sanctum Mysteries, Dr. Kildare TV show, Gunsmoke, Maverick, Mission: Impossible, Hawaii Five-O, Lars Hanson - Little House on the Prairie, Cimarron Strip). [1] [457]
- October 10
- Death of Ralph Metcalfe at age 68, American athlete, politician (Representative-Democrat-Illinois) (born 1910). [1] [841]
- October 16
- Death of Dan Dailey at age 64 of anemia; actor/singer/dancer (Faraday and Company TV show, Governor Drinkwater - The Governor and JJ). [1] [457] [841]
- October 19
- Death of Gig Young at age 64 by suicide after killing his wife; actor (Gibbsville), host (Kings Row, Casablanca, Warner Brothers Presents). [1] [457] [841]
- October 23
- Death of Maybelle Carter at age 69, American singer (Johnny Cash Show) (born 1909). [1] [841]
- November 6
- Death of Flora Campbell of cancer at age 67; actress (Faraway Hill TV series, Date With Judy, Love is a Many Splendored Thing, Love of Life). [1] [457]
- November 7
- Death of Gene Tunney at age 80, American boxer, former heavyweight boxing champ (born 1897). [1] [841]
- November 8
- Death of Norman Rockwell, American artist and illustrator, at age 84 in Stockbridge, Massachusetts (born 1894). [1] [841]
- November 9
- Joe Wong, actor (Ken Murray Show), dies at age 75. [1]
- November 16
- Death of Claude Dauphin at age 75, French actor (Paris Precinct) (born 1903). [841] (November 17 [1])
- November 18
- In Guyana, Jim Jones leads his People's Temple cult in a mass murder-suicide that claims 918 lives in all, including Jim Jones, 909 of them at Jonestown itself, including over 270 children. US Congressman Leo J. Ryan and four others are assassinated by gunfire by members of People's Temple shortly beforehand. [1] [841] [1096.147]
- November 27
- In San Francisco, California, Mayor George Moscone and City Supervisor Harvey Milk are assassinated by former Supervisor Dan White. [1] [841]
- December 8
- Death of Golda Mabovitch AKA Golda Meir AKA Golda Meyerson at age 80 in Jerusalem, Israel; Prime Minister of Israel (1969-74). [1] [841] [1113.52]
- December 10
- Miura Isshu, Zen teacher, Hakuin Rinzai line, dies at age 75. [1]
- Death of Edward D Wood Junior of heart failure at age 54, American filmmaker (Plan 9) (born 1924). [1] [841]
- December 11
- Death of Vincent du Vigneaud, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1901). [841]
- December 12
- Death of Fay Compton at age 74, English actress (Othello) (born 1894). [1] [841]
- Clifton Chenier, US accordionist (Bayou Blues), dies at age 53. [1]
- December 15
- Death of Chill Wills at age 75, American actor (Frontier Circus, Rounders) (born 1902). [1] [841]
- December 17
- Death of Don Ellis at age 44; jazz musician and composer (The French Connection movie score (1973)). [457]
- 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
- Death of Houari Boumédiènne, President of Algeria, at age 53, after 40 days in a coma (born 1932). [1] [841]
- 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]
- December 28
- Harry Winston, US jeweler for the "rich and famous", dies at age 82. [1]
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