- January 11
- Death of Beulah Bondiat age 91; actress (Aunt Martha - The Waltons TV show). [457]
- January 12
- Death of Beulah Bondi at age 89 in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actress (It's a Wonderful Life). [1]
- Death of Isobel Elsom at age 87; actress (Unseen, Jane Eyre, Illegal). [1]
- January 13
- Emiel van Hemeldonck, Belgian writer (Mary, My Child), dies at age 83. [1]
- January 15
- Emanuel Celler, American politician (Representative-Democrat-New York, 1923-73), dies at age 92. [1]
- January 16
- Bernard Lee, actor ("M" in James Bond movies), dies at age 73. [1]
- January 21
- Allyn Joslyn, actor (They Won't Forget, Cafe Society), dies at age 79. [1]
- January 23
- Death of Bobby Sherwood at age 66 of cancer; orchestra leader, musical director, host (The Milton Berle Show (1952-53), The Red Buttons Show, Quick as a Flash, Stars on Parade, Masquerade Party, The Bert Parks Show). [1] [457]
- Samuel Barber, US composer (School for Scandal), dies at age 70. [1] [119]
- January 25
- Adele Marie Astaire, actress/sister of Fred Astaire (Last Man on Earth, Millie), dies at age 82. [1]
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- Richard Talmadge, actor (Speed Reporter), dies. [1]
- January 27
- Leo Collard, Belgian minister of Education (1946/1954-58), dies at age 78. [1]
- February 1
- Nils Geirr Tveitt, Norwegian composer, dies at age 72 (born 1908). [1] [119]
- Wanda Hendrix, actress (Sierra, Ride the Pink Horse), dies. [1]
- February 2
- Louise Lorraine, actress (Adventures of Tarzan), dies. [1]
- Donald W Douglas, US aircraft pioneer/builder, dies at age 88. [1]
- Jan Donner, Dutch chairman of High Council, dies at age 89. [1]
- February 5
- Kuda Bux, Indian mystic (I'd Like to See), dies at age 75. [1]
- February 9
- Death of William John Clifton Haley Junior AKA Bill Haley of a heart attack or brain tumor at age 55, found dead, fully clothed on his bed at his home in Harlington, Texas, USA; rock and roll music pioneer (Bill Haley and His Comets, "(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock"). [1] [119] [457]
- February 12
- Jean Dixon, actress (Joy of Living, You Only Live Once), dies. [1]
- February 15
- Jack Crapp, cricket player (7 Tests for England 1948-49, 319 runs), dies. [1]
- Mike Bloomfield, rocker (Electric Flag), dies of drug overdose at age 36. [1]
- February 18
- Death of John Knudsen Northrop, American airplane manufacturer (born 1895). [119]
- February 26
- FC Terborgh [Reijnier Flaes], lawyer/writer (Turkish War), dies at age 79. [1]
- Howard Hanson, American composer/conductor (Nordic), dies at age 84 (born 1896). [1] [119]
- Munabi, assistant to Ugandan President Obote, is murdered. [1]
- March 2
- Janear Hines, actress (Roberta - Julia), dies at age 30. [1]
- March 4
- Torin Thatcher, actor (Houdini, Isranbul, Lady Godiva), dies. [1]
- March 5
- Brenda De Banzie, actress (39 Steps, Hobson's Choice), dies at age 64. [1]
- Paul Horbiger, actor (3rd Man), dies at age 86. [1]
- March 6
- George Geary, English cricket player (14 Tests for England, 46 wickets), dies (born 1893). [1] [119]
- March 7
- John Gnagy, artist (Learn to Draw), dies at age 73. [1]
- First homicide at Disneyland, 18-year old is stabbed to death. [1]
- March 9
- Max Delbrück, German/US biologist (Nobel Prize 1969), dies at age 74 (born 1906). [1] [119]
- March 14
- René Clair, French director (It Happened Tomorrow), dies at age 82?. [1]
- Ken Barrington, cricket player (82 Tests for England, 6806 runs), dies. [1]
- March 26
- Tim Wall, cricket player (SA versus New South Wales 1933 is Sheffield Shield record), dies. [1]
- Cyril Dean Darlington, biologist (hereditary mechanisms), dies at age 77. [1]
- March 29
- Eric Williams, Prime Minister (Trinidad and Tobago), dies at age 79. [1]
- March 30
- Dewitt Wallace, American magazine founder/publisher (Reader's Digest), dies at age 91 (born 1889). [1] [119]
- Noel Harford, cricket player (8 Tests for New Zealand 1955-58), dies. [1]
- March 31
- Death of Frank Tieri, American gangster (born 1904). [119]
- April 1
- D[ennis] F[eltham] Jones, sci-fi author (Colossus), dies at age 65. [1]
- April 3
- Death of Juan Trippe, Airline entrepreneur (born 1899). [119]
- April 4
- Brad Johnson, actor (Annie Oakley), dies at age 56. [1]
- April 5
- Death of Bob Hite at age 36 of a heart attack; rock musician (Canned Heat - "On the Road Again", "Going Up the Country", "Let's Work Together"). [1] [457]
- April 8
- Omar Bradley, last American five-star General, dies in New York at age 88. [1]
- April 12
- Hendrik F Andriessen, Dutch organist/composer (Te Deum), dies at age 88. [1]
- Joe Louis [Brown bomber], US heavyweight champion (1937-49), dies at age 66. [1] [119] [399.22]
- April 15
- French Duynstee, Dutch states rights leader, dies at age 67. [1]
- April 16
- Eric Hollies, cricket player (13 Tests for England, 44 wickets), dies. [1]
- April 21
- Harry Lee, cricket player (scored 18 and one in only Test for England), dies. [1]
- April 22
- Brailsford Reese Brazeal, dean (Morehouse College), dies at age 76. [1]
- April 26
- Jim Davis, actor (Jack Ewing - Dallas), dies at age 65. [1]
- Madge Evans, TV panelist (Masquerade Party), dies at age 71. [1]
- April 28
- Mickey "Toy Bulldog" Walker, welterweight champion (1922-26) dies at age 79. [1]
- May 1
- Dr Clarence A Bacote, historian and political scientist, dies at age 75. [1]
- May 5
- Bobby Sands, Irish Republican Army activist, dies in his 66th day of hunger strike (born 1954). [1] [119]
- May 8
- Margaret Lindsay, actress (G Men, Lady Killer, Jezebel), dies from emphysema at age 40. [1]
- Maurice Fernandes, cricket captain (West Indies in first Test win, 1930 versus England), dies. [1]
- May 9
- Nelson Algren, American writer (Man with the Golden Arm), dies at age 72 (born 1909). [1] [119]
- C E "Nip" Pellew, cricket player (10 Tests 484 runs at age 37), dies. [1]
- May 11
- Death of Bob Marley at age 36 of brain and lung cancer in Miami, Florida, USA; reggae icon (Bob Marley and the Wailers - "Rastaman Vibration"). [1] [119] [457]
- Hoyt J Fuller, editor (first World magazine), dies at age 57. [1]
- Death of Odd Hassel, Norwegian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1897). [119]
- May 12
- Benjamin H Sheares, President of Singapore, dies. [1]
- May 13
- Death of Joan Weber at age 45 of heart failure at a mental institution in Ancora, New Jersey, USA; singer ("Let Me Go Lover" (1954)). [457]
- May 15
- Donna Payant is murdered by serial killer Lemuel Smith - the first time a female prison officer has been killed on-duty in the United States. [119]
- May 16
- Death of Ernie Freeman at age 58 of a heart attack; pianist ("Raunchy" (1957)), arranger, and producer (Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Connie Francis). [457]
- May 17
- Jeannette Ridlon Piccard, first US woman free balloon pilot, dies. [1]
- May 18
- William Saroyan, American stagewriter (Time of your life), dies at age 72 (born 1908). [1] [119]
- Death of Arthur O'Connell at age 73 from Alzheimer's Disease; actor (Mr. Peepers TV show, Second Hundred Years). [1] [457]
- May 21
- Yuki Shimoda, actor (Farewell to Manzanar), dies. [1]
- May 24
- George Jessel, US comedian/America's toastmaster general (Diary of Young Comic), dies from a heart attack at age 83. [1] [457] (May 23 [5])
- Jack Warner [Waters], actor (Captive Heart), dies at age 84. [1]
- Jaime Roldós Aguilera, President of Ecuador, dies in air plane crash. [1] [240.114]
- May 25
- Rosa Ponselle, US singer (Metropolitan Opera), dies at age 84. [1]
- Roy James Brown, rocker (Good rockin' tonight), dies of a heart attack at age 55. [1]
- May 28
- Stefan Wyszynski, Polish Cardinal, dies. [1]
- May 30
- Ziaur Rahmen, President of Bangladesh, is assassinated by a group of rebel officers. [1] [119]
- June 1
- Death of Carl Vinson, U.S. Congressman (born 1883). [119]
- June 3
- Dr Carleton Coon, anthropology professor (What in the World), dies at age 76. [1]
- June 9
- Death of Allen Ludden at age 63 of stomach cancer; game show host (Password TV show, GE College Bowl radio show). [1] [119] [457]
- June 10
- Russell "Lucky" Hayden, actor (Judge Roy Bean), dies at age 68. [1]
- June 18
- Death of Pamela Hansford Johnson, English poet, novelist, playwright, literary and social critic (born 1912). [119]
- June 19
- Death of Lotte Reiniger, German-born silhouette animator (born 1899). [119]
- July 1
- George Voskovec, actor (Fred - Nero Wolfe, Peter - Skag), dies at age 76. [1]
- July 3
- Ross Martin, actor (Mr Lucky, Wild Wild West), dies at age 61. [1]
- July 7
- Keefe Brasselle, actor (Be Our Guest), dies at age 58. [1]
- July 8
- Loring Smith, actor (The Hartmans), dies at age 86. [1]
- July 16
- Death of Harry Chapin ay age 39 of a heart attack in a car crash on a New York City freeway; singer-songwriter ("Taxi" (1972), "Cat's in the Cradle" (1974)). [1] [119] [457]
- July 25
- Ian Martin, actor (Uncle Bill - O'Neills), dies at age 69. [1]
- July 27
- Death of Adam Walsh, American murder victim, inspired Code Adam (born 1974). [119]
- Ray Harrison, dancer (American Song), dies at age 64. [1]
- July 31
- General Omar Torrijos, president of Panama, dies in plane crash. [1] [240.152]
- August 26
- Roger Nash Baldwin, founder of the ACLU, dies. [1]
- August 27
- Death of Joan Edwards at age 62 of a heart attack; singer (Joan Edwards Show, Lucky Strike Hit Parade radio show). [1] [457]
- August 29
- Death of Lowell Thomas at age 89 in Pawling, New York, USA; newscaster (NBC, CBS, host of Lowell Thomas Remembers on National Public Radio, High Adventure). [1] [457]
- August 30
- Mohammad Ali Rajai, president of Iran, and Mohammad Javad Bahonar, prime minister of Iran, are assassinated by a bomb. [1]
- September 1
- Death of Albert Speer in London (born in Mannheim, Germany); Adolf Hitler's chief architect and the minister of armaments and war production from 1942-1945. [37] [119]
- September 4
- Verne Rowe, actor (Verne - Fernwood 2 Night), dies at age 59. [1]
- September 5
- Ayatollah Ali Qoddusi, prosecutor-general of Iran, is assassinated. [1]
- September 6
- Death of Christy Brown, Irish author, poet, and artist (born 1932). [119]
- September 8
- Death of Hideki Yukawa, Japanese physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1907). [119]
- Roy Wilkins, longtime executive director of NAACP, dies at age 80. [1]
- September 9
- Death of Sir Robert (Bob) Askin, Premier of New South Wales (born 1907). [119]
- September 11
- Frank McHugh, actor (Dawn Patrol, Going My Way), dies at age 83. [1]
- September 12
- Death of Eugenio Montale, Italian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1896). [119]
- Death of Chief Dan George AKA Teswahno at age 82; Chief of the Squamish Band (1951-63), actor (Cariboo Country TV show (1961), (The Ecstasy of Rita Joe (1967), The Beachcombers TV show (1971)). [457]
- September 13
- William Loeb, publisher of Manchester Union Leader, New Hampshire, dies at age 75. [1]
- September 15
- Sara Haden, actress (A Family Affair), dies at age 83. [1]
- September 22
- Death of Harry Warren AKA Salvatore Guaragna at age 87; songwriter ("I Only Have Eyes for You", "42nd Street", "Chattanooga Choo-Choo", "Serenade in Blue", "Jeepers Creepers", "You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me", won Best Song Oscars for "Lullaby of Broadway", "You'll Never Know", "On the Atcheson, Topeka and Santa Fe"). [457]
- September 23
- Death of Chief Dan George at age 82 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; actor (Old Antoine - Cariboo Country TV show (1961), Ecstacy of Rita Joe movie (1967), Little Big Man movie (1970, Oscar award), Harry and Tonto movie (1974), The Outlaw Josey Wales movie (1976), Old Sioux - Centennial TV miniseries (1978)). [457]
- September 24
- Patsy Kelly, actress (Brigid Murphy - Cop and the Kid), dies at age 71. [1]
- September 27
- Death of Robert Montgomery at age 77 of cancer; actor/director (Robert Montgomery Presents TV show (1950-56)). [1] [457]
- September 28
- Death of Sir Edward Boyle, Baron Boyle of Handsworth, British Conservative cabinet minister (born 1923). [119]
- September 29
- Death of Bill Shankly, British football manager (born 1914). [119]
- October 5
- Death of Gloria Grahame AKA Gloria Hallward at age 57 of cancer; actress (The Bad and the Beautiful film (1952, Academy award), Sue - Rich Man, Poor Man TV mini-series, Seventh Avenue). [1] [457]
- Jud Strunk, singer/comedian (Laugh-In), dies at age 48. [1]
- October 6
- Egyptian president Anwar Sadat is assassinated during a parade by army members who were part of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad organization; they opposed his negotiations with Israel. [1] [119]
- October 15
- Death of Frank DeKova at age 71; actor (Chief Wild Eagle - F Troop). [1] [457]
- October 16
- Moshe Dayan, Israeli general, dies at age 66 (born 1915). [1] [119]
- October 24
- Death of Deborah Baltzell of a heart attack at age 25; actress (Karen Hawks - "I'm a Big Girl Now" TV show). [1] [457]
- October 29
- William O Walker, publisher of the Cleveland Call Post, dies at age 85. [1]
- November 15
- Death of Enid Markey at age 85; actress (Studio One, Kraft Television Theatre, Philco Television Playhouse, Aunt Violet - Bringing Up Buddy). [1] [457]
- November 17
- Death of Bob Eberly of a heart attack at age 65; big band singer (Jimmy Dorsey's Orchestra, "Green Eyes", "Tangerine and Amapola", "The Breeze and I", "Besame Mucho"). [1] [457]
- November 21
- Harry Von Zell, TV announcer (Burns and Allen), dies at age 75. [1]
- Death of Harry Von Zell of cancer at age 75; radio and TV announcer (George Burns/Gracie Allen Show on radio and TV), screenwriter (Wagon Train). [457]
- November 22
- Death of Hans Adolf Krebs, German physician and biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born 1900). [37] [119]
- November 25
- Jack Albertson, American actor (Chico and the Man), dies at age 74 (born 1907). [1] [119]
- November 29
- Death of Natalie Wood AKA Natasha Gurdin at age 43 of accidental drowning of Santa Catalina, California, USA; actress (From Here To Eternity TV mini-series, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof TV show). [1] [119] [457]
- November 30
- Robert H Harris, actor (Jake - The Goldbergs), dies at age 72. [1]
- December 2
- Nicolaas "Cola" Debrot, Governor of Dutch Antilles (1962-70), dies at age 79. [1]
- Wallace K[irkman] Harrison, US architect (United Nations), dies at age 86. [1]
- December 3
- Death of Walter Knott, American farmer and theme park creator (Knott's Berry Farm) (born 1889). [119]
- December 8
- Walter "Shakey" Horton, harmonica stylist (Everybody's Fishin'), dies at age 64. [1]
- December 9
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania police officer Daniel Faulkner is shot and killed during a routine traffic stop of a vehicle driven by William Cook, Mumia Abu-Jamal's younger brother. [119]
- December 10
- John Kieran, TV host (Information Please), dies at age 89. [1]
- December 13
- Pigmeat Markham, comedian (Here Comes da Judge - Laugh In), dies at age 75. [1]
- December 18
- Mehmet Shehu, Prime Minister Albania (1954-81)/"US-Russian spy", commits suicide. [1]
- December 23
- Death of Reginald Miles Ansett, Australian businessman and aviator (born 1909). [119]
- December 27
- Hoagy Carmichael, US actor/songwriter (Stardust), dies at age 82. [1]
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