- January 19
- Death of Eric Voegelin, philosopher of history, in Stanford, California (born in Cologne, Germany). [37]
- January 21
- Barbara Cowsill, rocker (Cowsills), dies of emphysema. [1]
- January 30
- Ken Mayers, actor (Robbie Robertson - Space Patrol), dies at age 67. [1]
- February 6
- Charles Briggs, actor (13 Frightened Girls, Captain Newman), dies at age 53. [1]
- Dandy Nichols, actress (Confessions of a Window Cleaner), dies at age 78. [1]
- February 7
- Uday Merchant, cricket player (brother of Vijay, prolific scorer), dies. [1]
- February 8
- Marvin Miller, American actor (Michael Anthony of The Millionaire), dies at age 71 (born 1913). [1] [84]
- Tom Greenway, actor (Miami Story), dies of a heart attack at age 75. [1]
- February 9
- U.S. drug agent Enrique Camarena is kidnapped and murdered in Mexico (his body is discovered March 5). [85]
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- February 11
- Henry Hathaway, actor/director (Nob Hill), dies of heart attack at age 86. [1]
- February 12
- Nicholas Colssanto, actor (Coach - Cheers), dies at age 61. [1]
- February 16
- Larry Ward, actor (Frank Ragan - Dakotas), dies at age 69. [1]
- February 17
- Wanda Perry, actress (Roberta, Death of a Salesman), dies at age 67. [1]
- February 19
- Elizabeth Julesberg, author (Dick and Jane), dies. [1]
- George Holmes, actor (Man in the Trunk), dies at age 66. [1]
- February 20
- Death of Clarence Nash of leukemia; voice actor (Disney's Donald Duck for over 50 years) (born 1904). [6] [85]
- February 21
- Eric Herfst, Dutch cabaret performer (Floris), dies at age 47. [1]
- Ina Claire, actress/comedienne (Three Broadway Girls), dies of stroke at age 92. [1]
- Death of Louis Hayward at age 75 of lung cancer; actor/producer (Lone Wolf TV show, The Pursuers TV show, The Survivors TV show). [1] [457]
- February 22
- Alexander Scourby, actor (Victory at Sea, Ransom), dies at age 71. [1]
- February 23
- Alexander Scourby, actor (Jesus, Shaggy Dog, Giant), dies at age 71. [1]
- February 27
- David Huffman, actor (FIST, Jane Doe, Firefox, Onion Field), dies. [1]
- Henry Cabot Lodge, American politician (Senator-Republican/diplomat) dies at age 82. [1]
- J Pat O'Malley, actor (My Favorite Martian, Maude), dies at age 83. [1]
- February 28
- Charita Bauer, actress (Mary - Aldrich Family), dies at age 62 in New York City, New York. [1]
- March 2
- John B Kelly Junior, chairman US Olympics Committee, dies at age 57. [1]
- March 3
- Sarah Blanding, first US female college head (Vassar 1946-64), dies at age 86. [1]
- March 6
- Eric Sloane, US artist, dies at age 80. [1]
- March 7
- George Schick, Czechoslovakian conductor (Chicago Symphony), dies at age 76. [1]
- Robert W Woodruff, CEO (Coca-Cola), dies at age 95. [1]
- Victor W Farris, inventor of paper milk carton, dies. [1]
- March 8
- Death of Edward Andrews of a heart attack at age 70; actor (Studio One, US Steel Hour, Robert Montgomery Presents, Disneyland, Broadside, Harry - Supertrain). [1] [457]
- Thomas Creighton, US heart patient (3 implants in 46 hours), dies at age 33. [1]
- March 10
- Konstantin Chernenko, party leader/President of USSR (1984-85), dies at age 73 (born 1911). [1] [84]
- March 16
- B V A Röling, Dutch lawyer (WWII Tokyo trials), dies at age 78. [1]
- Roger Huntington Sessions, US composer (Black Masks), dies at age 88. [1]
- March 17
- Dattu Phadkar, cricket player (Indian all-rounder, 31 Tests 1947-58), dies. [1]
- March 18
- Jack Miller, orchestra leader (Kate Smith Evening Hour), dies at age 89. [1]
- March 21
- Michael Redgrave, English actor (Goodbye Mr Chips, Mr Arkadin), dies at age 77 (born 1908). [1] [85]
- March 23
- Patricia Roberts Harris, American politician (Representative-Democrat) dies at age 60. [1]
- Singing Nun [Janine Deckers] commits suicide in Belgium at age 52. [1]
- March 29
- Death of Jeanine Deckers at age 52 after taking an overdose of sleeping pills; Belgian nun, gospel singer ("Dominique" (1963)). [85] [457]
- March 30
- Harold Peary, actor (Herb - Blondie, Willy), dies of heart attack at age 76. [1]
- April 5
- Tyrell Johnson, cricket player (West Indies left-arm quickie, one Test 1939), dies. [1]
- April 11
- Enver Hoxha, party leader/premier of Albania, dies at age 76 (born 1908). [1] [85]
- April 14
- Reginald Beane, pianist (Starlit Time, Once Upon a Tune), dies at age 63. [1]
- April 16
- Scott Brady [Gerald Tierney], actor (Shotgun Slade), dies at age 60. [1]
- April 19
- Death of Willie Mabon at age 59 in Paris, France; rhythm-and-blues singer ("I Don't Know", "I'm Mad", "Poison Ivy"). [457]
- April 21
- Rudi Gernreich, US designer (unisex look, invisible underwear, miniskirt), dies at age 62. [1] [37]
- Tancredo Neves, President-elect of Brazil, dies at age 75 (born 1910). [1] [85]
- Death of Foster Hewitt at age 82; hockey broadcaster (thousands of NHL, world, and Olympic hockey matches). [457]
- April 22
- Death of Paul H. Emmett, American chemical engineer (born 1900). [85]
- April 23
- Kent Smith, actor (Peyton Place, Invaders), dies at age 78. [1]
- Sam J Ervin Junior, American politician (Senator-Democrat-North Carolina) dies at age 88. [1]
- April 24
- Sergei Yutkevich, Russian director, (Otello, Banya), dies at age 80. [1]
- April 25
- Murray Matheson, actor (Felix - Banacek), dies at age 72. [1]
- Richard Haydn, British actor (Mutiny on the Bounty), dies at age 80. [1]
- April 30
- George Pravada, Czechoslovakian actor (Felscher - Holocaust), dies at age 66 (born 1918). [1] [85]
- May 2
- Hal LeRoy, dancer/actor (Harold Teen), dies at age 71 after cardiac surgery. [1]
- May 4
- Death of Clarence Wiseman, the 10th General of The Salvation Army (born 1907). [85]
- May 7
- Dawn Addams, actress (Alan Young Show, Star Maidens), dies at age 54. [1]
- May 8
- Dolph Sweet, actor (Gimme a Break, Gil McGowan - Another World), dies of cancer at age 64. [1]
- May 9
- Edmond O'Brien, American actor (Sam Benedict, Johnny Midnight), dies at age 69 of Alzheimer's disease (born 1915). [1] [85]
- May 10
- Death of Chester Gould, American cartoonist (Dick Tracy), at age 84 (born 1900). [85] (May 11 [1])
- May 11
- Samuel Frith, English co-founder of soccer team (Bradford City), dies. [1]
- Garmt Stuiveling, literary (Ego and Echo), dies at age 77. [1]
- Jorja Curtright, actress (Whistle Stop), dies of a heart attack. [1]
- May 13
- Leatrice Joy, silent screen star, dies in Riverdale (Bronx) New York City, New York at age 91. [1]
- Death of Selma Diamond at age 64 of lung cancer; actress and scriptwriter (Mildred Rafkin - Too Close For Comfort TV show, Selma Hacker - Night Court TV show). [1] [457]
- May 14
- Mohammed Munir, Indonesian worker's union leader, executed. [1]
- May 15
- Jackie Curtis, playwright/actor (Underground USA), dies of a drug overdose at age 38. [1]
- May 16
- Death of Margaret Hamilton at age 82 from a heart attack; actress (Wicked Witch - The Wizard of Oz movie, Lou Grant TV show, Studio One TV show, US Steel Hour TV show, Hallmark Hall of Fame TV show, Playhouse 90 TV show, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood TV show, As The World Turns TV show). [1] [85] [457]
- May 17
- Hugh Burden, actor (The House in Nightmare Park), dies at age 72. [1]
- May 18
- Tex Terry, actor (Apache Rose, Timberjack), dies at age 82. [1]
- May 20
- George Memmoli, actor (Earl - Hello Larry), dies at age 46. [1]
- May 25
- Harold Hecht, choreographer, dies at age 77 of cancer. [1]
- Robert Nathan, US writer/poet (Portrait of Jennie), dies at age 91. [1]
- May 27
- Kay Campbell, actress (All My Children), dies at age 80. [1]
- May 29
- Madge West, actress (Grandma - McLean Stevenson Show), dies at age 93. [1]
- June 1
- Death of Richard Greene at age 67 of cardiac arrest; British actor (Adventures of Robin Hood TV show). [1] [457]
- June 10
- Bob Prince, sportscaster (Monday Night Baseball), dies at age 68. [1]
- Death of George Chandler at age 87 of Alzheimer's disease; actor (Uncle Petrie Martin - Lassie TV show (1950-59)). [1] [457]
- June 11
- Karen Ann Quinlan, American right-to-die activist, dies in Morris Plains, New Jersey at age 31 (born 1954). [1] [85]
- June 14
- TWA Flight 847, carrying 153 passengers from Athens, Greece to Rome, Italy, is hijacked by a Hezbollah fringe group. One passenger, U.S. Navy Petty Officer Robert Stethem, is killed. [1] [85]
- July 8
- Death of Phil Foster AKA Philip Feldman at age 72 of a heart attack; actor/comedian (Frank De Fazio - Laverne and Shirley TV show, Ed Sullivan Show). [1] [457]
- July 9
- Rafael Campos, actor (Ramon - Rhoda, Sancho - V), dies of cancer at age 49. [1]
- Death of Jimmy Kinnon, Scottish founder of Narcotics Anonymous (born 1911). [85]
- July 16
- Wayne King, orchestra leader (Wayne King Show), dies at age 84. [1]
- Death of Heinrich Böll, German writer (Nobel Prize for Literature 1972), near Bonn, Germany (born 1917). [37] [85]
- July 21
- Mickey Shaughnessy, actor (Chicago Teddy Bears), dies at age 65. [1]
- Vicki Vola, actress (Miss Miller - Mr District Attorney) dies at age 69. [1]
- July 28
- Death of Grant Williams of toxic poisoning at age 54; actor (Grant McKenzie - Hawaiian Eye). [1] [457]
- July 29
- James F Nolan, actor (Dante), dies of cancer at age 69. [1]
- August 2
- Death of Frank Faylen of pneumonia at age 82; character actor (Lost Weekend film, It's a Wonderful Life film, Life and Loves of Dobie Gillis TV show, That Girl TV show). [1] [457]
- August 6
- Death of Forbes Burnham, President of Guyana (born 1923). [85]
- August 10
- Death of Kenny Baker at age 72 from a heart attack; comedian, tenor (The Jack Benny Show radio show). [1] [457]
- August 12
- Death of Kyu Sakamoto, Japanese singer ("Sukiyaki"), killed in the crash of Japan Airlines Flight 123 (born 1941). [85]
- Death of Manfred Winkelhock, German race car driver (born 1951). [85]
- August 22
- Death of Paul Peter Ewald, German/American physicist, in Ithaca, New York (born in Berlin, Germany). [37]
- August 25
- Samantha Smith, American activist/actress (Elizabeth - Lime Street), dies at age 13 (born 1972). [1] [85]
- August 31
- Death of Frank Macfarlane Burnet, Australian biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born 1899). [85]
- September 1
- Death of Stefan Bellof, race car driver and 1984 World SportsCars (Group C) Champion (born 1957). [85]
- September 6
- Death of Jane Frazee at age 67 of pneumonia; singer (Alice - Beulah), actress. [1]
- Death of Johnny Desmond at age 64 of cancer; singer (Breakfast Club radio and TV, Your Hit Parade TV show, Face the Music, Songs for Sale). [1] [457]
- Death of Isabel Cox-Meighen, wife of Canadian prime minister Arthur Meighen (born 1882). [85]
- September 7
- Death of Rodney Robert Porter, English biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born 1917). [85]
- September 8
- Death of John Franklin Enders, American scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born 1887). [85]
- September 9
- Death of Paul Flory, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1910). [85]
- September 10
- Yoshiuki Takada plunges six stories to his death when a rope holding him breaks. The Sankai Juku Dance Company of Toyko had been performing The Dance Of Birth And Death on the side of Seattle's Mutual Life building. [467]
- Alexa Kenin, actress (Mousie - Coed Fever), dies at age 23. [1]
- September 11
- Death of William Alwyn, English composer (born 1905). [85]
- September 15
- Death of Charles 'Cootie' Williams at age 77; trumpeter (Duke Ellington Orchestra, Benny Goodman). [457]
- September 17
- Death of Laura Ashley, Welsh designer (born 1925). [85]
- September 27
- Death of Lloyd Nolan at age 83 of lung cancer; actor (Dr Chegley - Julia). [1] [457]
- September 30
- Death of Herbert Bayer, American advertising designer, in Montecito, California (born in Haag, Austria). [37]
- October 2
- Death of George Savalas at age 58; American actor (Kojak). [1] [85]
- Death of Rock Hudson AKA Roy Harold Scherer Junior at age 59 of complications from AIDS; actor (McMillan and Wife TV show). [1] [85] [457]
- Sidney Clute, actor (Lou Grant, Cagney and Lacey), dies at age 69. [1]
- October 3
- Death of Charles Collingwood at age 68 from cancer; broadcast journalist (CBS news correspondent, host of Eyewitness to History TV series, Chronicles). [1] [457]
- Maurice Copeland, actor (Ralph - Those Young Charmings), dies at age 74. [1]
- October 6
- Death of Nelson Riddle at age 64 of liver ailments; musician, arranger/composer (Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Judy Garland, Peggy Lee, Nat Cole). [85] [457]
- October 8
- Hijackers of Achille Lauro throw Leon Klinghoffer off the ship, killing him. [1]
- October 10
- Death of Yul Brynner at age 70 of lung cancer; actor (The King and I, Studio One TV show), director (Danger, Sure As Fate, Life with Snarky Parker, Mr. I. Magination). [1] [85] [457]
- Death of Orson Welles at age 70 of a heart attack; American film director/actor (Citizen Kane movie, The War of the Worlds radio show (1938), The Shadow, Campbell Playhouse, The Lives of Harry Lime, The Black Museum). [1] [85] [457]
- October 12
- Death of Ricky Wilson at age 32 of AIDS; drummer (B-52s - "Love Shack", "Rock Lobster"). [457]
- Death of Johnny Olsen of a cerebral hemhorrage at age 75; TV game show announcer (The Price is Right). [1] [85] [457]
- October 16
- Claude Stroud, actor (Hobart - Ted Knight Show, Duke), dies at age 78. [1]
- October 24
- Death of Virginia Culver; American Numismatic Association President. [555.30]
- October 25
- Death of Morton Downey at age 83 of a stroke; singer (Radio Singer of the Year 1932), TV host (Star of the Family). [1] [457]
- October 30
- Kirby Grant Hoon Junior, of Butte, Montana, actor (Sky King), dies in an auto accident at age 74. [1]
- November 1
- Death of Phil Silvers AKA Philip Silversmith at age 74 after a heart attack; comedian (Sargeant Bilko - You'll Never Get Rich: The Phil Silvers Show, The Beverly Hillbillies). [1] [457]
- November 5
- Death of Spencer W. Kimball, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (born 1895). [85]
- November 6
- Death of Joel Crothers of a heart attack at age 44; actor (Dark Shadows, Secret Storm, Another World, Edge of Night, Somerset, Santa Barbara). [457]
- November 10
- Pelle Lindbergh, Philadelphia Flyers' goalie, dies in drunk driving accident. [1]
- November 13
- Death of William Pereira, American architect (born 1909). [85]
- Death of George Robert Vincent, American sound recording pioneer (born 1898). [85]
- November 19
- Stepin Fetchit, first black star, dies of pneumonia at age 83. [1]
- November 20
- Bill Scott, cartoon voice (Mr Peabody, Bullwinkle), dies at age 65. [1]
- November 26
- Ransom Sherman, comedian (Father of the Bride), dies at age 87. [1]
- November 29
- Gerard Hoarau, exiled political leader from the Seychelles, is assassinated in London, England. [85]
- December 2
- Alex Courtney, actor (Sword of Justice), dies. [1]
- Philip Larkin [hermit of Hull] English poet, dies at age 63. [1]
- December 3
- Sam Gillman, actor (Sam - Shane), dies at age 70. [1]
- December 6
- Death of Burr Tillstrom at age 68 of heart failure; puppeteer (Kukla Fran and Ollie TV show). [1] [457]
- December 7
- Potter Stewart, 94th US Supreme Court Justice (1958-81), dies in New Hampshire at age 70. [1]
- Robert Graves, English writer/poet (King Jesus), dies at age 90 (born 1895). [1] [85]
- December 12
- Death of Anne Baxter at age 62 of a brain aneurism; actress (All About Eve movie, Olga, Queen of the Cossacks - Batman TV show, Myra - Marcus Welby TV show, Victoria - Hotel TV show, Love Boat TV show, Name of the Game TV show). [1] [85] [457]
- Ian Stewart, Scottish keyboardist/road manager (Rolling Stones), dies at age 47 (born 1938). [1] [85]
- December 14
- Death of Roger Eugene Maras AKA Roger Maris of cancer at age 51 in Houston, Texas, USA; major league baseball (Cleveland Indians, Kansas City Athletics, New York Yankees, Saint Louis Cardinals), hit record 61 home runs in 1961. [5] [56] [838.20]
- Stanley G[rauman] Weinbaum, American science-fiction author (Red Peri), dies at age 85. [1]
- December 16
- Dick Pollard, cricket player (England fast-medium bowler 1946-48), dies. [1]
- Merv Waite, cricket player (two Tests for Australia 1938, one wicket average 190), dies. [1]
- In New York City, Mafia bosses Paul Castellano and Thomas Bilotti are shot dead in front of Spark's Steak House, making hit organizer John Gotti the leader of the powerful Gambino organized crime family. [1] [85]
- December 23
- James Vance (20) and Raymond Belknap (18) commit suicide, sparking their families to sue rock group Judas Priest for subliminal messages. [1]
- December 24
- Right wing extremist David Lewis Rice murders civil rights attorney Charles Goldmark as well as Goldmark's wife and two children in Seattle, Washington. [85]
- December 25
- George Rhodes, orchestra leader (Sammy Davis Junior Show), dies at age 66. [1]
- December 27
- Dian Fossey, US naturalist (Gorillas in the Mist), found dead in Rwanda, murdered at age 53 (born 1932). [1] [85]
- December 31
- Alexander Matheson, cricket player (two wickets/2 Tests for New Zealand 1930-31), dies. [1]
- Death of Rick Nelson at age 45; American singer, actor (Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet) (born 1940). [1] [85]
- Sam Spiegel, Austrian-born Academy Award winning American film producer (Betrayal, On the Waterfront, The Bridge on the River Kwai, Lawrence of Arabia, The African Queen), dies at age 84. [1] [37]
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