- July 23
- Death of Vic Morrow at age 53 when a helicopter crashes on him (and two child actors) during filming of Twilight Zone: The Movie; actor (Combat TV show). [1] [116] [457] [467]
- July 26
- Betty Walker, actress (Steve Lawrence Show), dies at age 54. [1]
- July 27
- Death of Dan Seymour at age 68; radio announcer, actor (We the People, Sing it Again), CEO (J. Walter Thompson adertising agency). [1] [457]
- July 29
- Harold Sakata, actor (Kenji - Sarge), dies at age 62. [1]
- August 2
- Cathleen Nesbitt, English actress (Seperate Tables), dies at age 93. [1]
- August 12
- Henry Fonda, American actor (On Golden Pond), dies at age 77 from heart disease (born 1905). [1] [5] [116]
- August 13
- Joe E Ross, comedian (Toody - Car 54, Phil Silvers Show), dies at age 77. [1]
- Death of Joe Tex AKA Joseph Arrington Junior at age 49 of a heart attack; soul and disco singer-songwriter (Joe Tex Band - "I Gotcha", "Hold What You've Got", "Skinny Legs and All", "Ain't Gonna Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman)". [457]
- August 15
- Death of Hugo Theorell, Swedish scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born 1903). [116]
- August 17
- Death of Barney Phillips at age 68; actor (Dragnet radio and TV shows, Twelve O'Clock High, Dan August, Jabberjaw, Betty White Show, Felony Squad). [1] [457]
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- August 18
- Death of Vladek Spiegelman, father of cartoonist Art Spiegelman and main character/narrator of Maus (a graphic novel of his life during the Holocaust) (born 1906). [116]
- August 21
- Death of King Sobhuza II of Swaziland, at the time the longest reigning living monarch (born 1899). [116]
- August 23
- Death of Stanford Moore, American biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1913). [116]
- September 3
- Italian general Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa is killed in a mafia ambush. [116]
- Michael Thoma, actor (Eight is Enough, Fame), dies at age 55. [1]
- September 5
- Death of Douglas Bader, Inspirational leader of the Battle of Britain (born 1910). [116]
- September 13
- Death of Philip Ober at age 80 of heart failure; actor (General Stone - I Dream of Jeannie TV show, I Love Lucy TV show). [1] [457]
- September 14
- Lebanese President-elect Bachir Gemayel is assassinated in Beirut. [1] [116]
- Grace Patricia Kelly, American actress and Princess of Monaco, dies at age 52 in a car crash (born 1929). [1] [5] [116]
- September 15
- Sadegh Ghotbzadeh, Iran's former foreign minister, executed by Iran. [1]
- September 28
- Larry Breeding, American actor (Who's Watching the Kids?) dies on 36th birthday. [1]
- October 8
- Death of Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker, Canadian-born peace activist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (born 1889). [116]
- Death of Fernando Lamas at age 67 of cancer; actor (Run for Your Life TV show, It Takes a Thief TV show, Mission Impossible TV show, The Mod Squad TV show, Switch TV show, The Love Boat TV show). [1] [457]
- October 9
- Death of Anna Freud in London, England (born in Vienna, Austria), youngest daughter of Sigmund Freud, elementary school teacher, founder of child psychoanalysis. [37]
- October 18
- Bess Truman, former First Lady of the US, dies in Independence, Missouri at age 97 (born 1885). [1] [116]
- October 24
- James Philbrook, actor (Islanders, Investigators), dies at age 58. [1]
- November 1
- Death of James Broderick at age 55 of cancer; actor (Doug - Family). [1] [457]
- November 10
- Leonid I Brezhnev, Soviet first secretary, dies of a heart attack at age 75 (born 1906). [1] [116]
- November 17
- Bill Baldwin, announcer (Mayor of Hollywood), dies at age 69. [1]
- November 21
- Death of Lee Patrick of a heart seizure at age 80; actress (The O'Neills radio show, Maltese Falcon movie, Henrietta - Adventures of Topper TV show). [1] [457]
- November 22
- Burton Turkus, lawyer/author/TV host (Mr Arsenic), dies at age 80. [1]
- November 23
- Reverend Grady Nutt, actor (Hee Haw), dies at age 47. [1]
- November 26
- Death of Dan Tobin at age 73; actor (25 years on TV, Perry Mason, I Married Joan, My Favorite Martian). [1] [457]
- Robert Coote, actor (Timmy - Rogues, Theodore - Nero Wolfe), dies of a heart attack in New York City at age 73. [1]
- December 2
- Death of Marty Feldman at age 49 after a massive heart attack in Mexico; actor/comedian (Dean Martin Goldiggers' Show, Marty Feldman Comedy Machine). [1] [457]
- December 7
- Death of Will Lee; American actor (Mr. Hooper - Sesame Street) (born 1908). [116]
- Charlie Brooks Junior, convicted murderer, becomes first US prisoner to be executed by lethal injection, at a prison in Huntsville, Texas. [1] [116]
- December 8
- Suriname army leader Desi Bouterse murders 15 opponents, including Surendre Rambocus, Suriname army lieutenant; Leslie Rahman, Suriname journalist; Kenneth Goncalves, Deacon of Surinamese order of advocate; Jozef Slagveer, Suriname journalist; John Baboeram, Suriname lawyer; Harald Riedewald, Suriname attorney; Gerald Leckie, Suriname scholar; Cyrill Daal, Suriname worker's union leader; Bram Behr, Suriname revolutionary; André Kamperveen, Suriname minister; and Frank Wijngaarde, Suriname journalist. [1] [116]
- Death of Marty Robbins at age 57 of heart failure; country singer ("A White Sport Coat"). [1] [116] [457]
- Bertus de Harder, Dutch soccer star (Bordeaux), dies. [1]
- Demanding an end to nuclear weapons, Norman Mayer holds the Washington Monument hostage; after ten hours, police kill him; he had no explosives. [1]
- December 9
- Joey Forman, actor (Sid Caesar Show, Joey Bishop Show), dies at age 53. [1]
- Leon Jaworski, Watergate special prosecutor, dies in Texas at age 77. [1]
- Death of Fritz Usinger at age 87; German writer (Song against Death). [1]
- December 10
- Death of Freeman Gosden at age 83 of heart failure; radio actor (Amos - Amos 'n' Andy radio show). [1] [457]
- December 13
- Jack Badcock, cricket player (7 Tests, 1 century but inconsistent), dies. [1]
- December 16
- Death of Colin Chapman, British designer, inventor, and builder in the automotive industry, at age 54 (born 1928). [1] [116]
- December 18
- Raymond Emery, cricket player (two Tests New Zealand versus West Indies 1952, 46 runs, two wickets), dies. [1]
- December 20
- Artur Rubinstein, pianist (My Young Years), dies in Geneva, Switzerland at age 95. [1] [116]
- December 23
- Death of Jack Webb at age 62 of a heart attack; actor (Pat Novak for Hire radio show, Johnny Madero Pier 23, Joe Friday - Dragnet radio and TV show, Pete Kelly's Blues radio and TV show), producer (Emergency TV show (1972-77)). [1] [457]
- December 24
- Louis Aragon, French poet (Pour un Réalisme Socialiste), dies at age 85 (born 1897). [1] [116]
- December 27
- John Leonard Swigert Junior, American astronaut (Apollo 13), dies of cancer at age 51 (born 1931). [1] [116]
- December 29
- Sol C Siegel, US film producer (High Society), dies at age 79. [1]
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