- January 9
- Death of Arthur Lake at age 81 of a heart attack; actor (Dagwood - Blondie movies and radio shows). [1] [457]
- January 13
- E van Ruller, Dutch journalist/co-founder (Trouw, Loyal), dies. [1]
- January 14
- Death of Douglas Sirk (original name, Claus Detlef Sierck) in Lugano, Switzerland (born in Hamburg, Germany), at age 86; film director with Universal Studios. His credits include Magnificent Obsession (1954), There's Always Tomorrow (1955), Written on the Wind (1956), The Tarnished Angels (1957), and Imitation of Life (1959). [1] [37]
- January 15
- Death of Dolores Hawkins at age 58; singer (Guy Mitchell Show). [1]
- Death of Ray Bolger AKA Raymond Wallace Bulcao at age 83 of cancer; singer, dancer, actor (Tin Woodsman - Wizard of Oz, host - Bell Telephone Hour, Grampa - The Partridge Family TV show). [1] [5] [83] [457]
- January 16
- Earl Wilson, Broadway columnist (Midnight Earl), dies in Yonkers at age 79. [1]
- Joyce Jameson, comedienne (Spike Jones Show), dies at age 54. [1]
- January 20
- Tom Dollery, cricket player (4 Tests for England 1947-50), dies. [1]
- January 21
- Pieter G Buckinx, Flemish writer (Seventh Day), dies at age 83. [1]
- January 22
- R Budd Dwyer, Pennsylvania State Treasurer, facing prison for conspiracy and perjury, shoots himself to death at a televised news conference. [1] [83] [467]
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- January 30
- Angelo Rutherford, actor (Willie - Gentle Ben), dies at age 32. [1]
- Ken Drake, actor (Crime and Punishment USA), dies. [1]
- February 1
- Erin Westmore, makeup artist (Hollywood Backstage), dies at age 82. [1]
- February 2
- Alfred Lion, record founder (Blue Note), dies at age 78. [1]
- Patrick "Spike" Hughes, British jazz musician (Cinderella), dies at age 78. [1]
- Death of Alistair MacLean, British writer (heart attack) (born 1922). [83]
- February 3
- Death of Donald Aronow, creator of the Cigarette Boat (assassinated) (born 1927). [83]
- February 4
- Death of Liberace AKA Wladziu Valentino Liberace at age 67 of AIDS-related conditions; pianist (Liberace Show), actor (Evil Chandell - Batman). [1] [83] [457]
- February 7
- David Savoy Junior, rock manager (Hüsker Du), commits suicide at age 24. [1]
- Death of A. Davidson Dunton at age 74; newspaperman, Chairman of the CBC's Board of Governors, President of Carleton University. [457]
- February 8
- Harriet MacGibbon, actress (Mrs Drysdale - Beverly Hillbillies), dies. [1]
- Hendrik Koekoek, founder (Dutch Boer party), dies at age 74. [1]
- February 12
- Lang Jeffries, Canadian actor (Skip - Rescue 8), dies at age 55. [1]
- February 13
- M L "Curly" Page, cricket player (New Zealand Test captain 1933), dies. [1]
- February 15
- Death of Jimmy Holiday at age 42; US singer ("Baby I Love You"). [1]
- February 17
- Hal K Dawson, actor (Another Language, Wells Fargo), dies. [1]
- Verree Teasdale, actress (Skyscraper Souls), dies. [1]
- February 22
- Andy Warhol, American pop artist/director/writer, dies from complications following gall bladder surgery at age 58 (born 1928). [1] [5] [83]
- Death of David Susskind at age 66; host (Open End TV show, The David Susskind Show, producer (The Ages of Man, Death of a Salesman, Eleanor and Franklin, Blind Ambition, Circle Theatre, Dupont Show of the Month, Alice). [1] [457]
- Glenway Wescott, US writer (Apartment in Athens), dies at age 85. [1]
- February 23
- Esmond Knight, actor (Black Narcissus, Henry V), dies at age 80. [1]
- February 25
- Death of James Coco at age 56 of a heart attack; actor (Calucci's Dept., The Dumplings, St. Elsewhere (Emmy Award), Who's The Boss?). [1] [457]
- February 27
- Joan Greenwood, English actress (Gentle Sex, Bad Sister), dies at age 65. [1]
- February 28
- Anny Ondra, actress (Blackmail), dies at age 83. [1]
- Nora Kaye, US ballet dancer, dies at age 67. [1]
- March 2
- Randolph Scott, American actor (Fort Worth, Gung Ho, Jesse James), dies at age 89 (born 1898). [1] [83]
- March 3
- Danny Kaye, American singer/actor/comedian (Danny Kaye Show), part owner of the Seattle Mariners, dies of heart failure at age 74 (born 1918). [1] [56]
- March 11
- [Wayne] Woody Hayes, football coach (Ohio State), dies at age 74 (born 1913). [1] [83]
- March 13
- Bernhard Grzimek, West German zoologist, dies at age 77. [1]
- Gerald Moore, English pianist (Am I Too Loud), dies at age 87 (born 1899). [1] [83]
- March 15
- Sterling W Cole, American politician (Representative-Republican-New York), dies at age 82. [1]
- March 16
- Scott McKay, actor (Guest in House, 30 Seconds over Tokyo), dies at age 71. [1]
- March 18
- Bil Baird, puppeteer (Jack Paar Show), dies at age 82. [1]
- March 19
- Arch Oboler, radio writer (Lights Out), dies at age 77. [1]
- Emile Meyer, actor (Young Jesse James, Lineup), dies. [1]
- Louis-Victor de Broglie, French physicist (Nobel Prize 1929), dies at age 94 (born 1892). [1] [83]
- Tony Stratton-Smith, journalist/record company CEO (Charisma), dies at age 53. [1]
- March 20
- Norman Harris, guitarist (O'Jays), dies at age 39 of heart failure. [1]
- March 21
- Dean Paul Martin, American actor (Billy - Misfits of Science), dies at age 35 (born 1951). [1] [83]
- Death of Robert Preston at age 68 from lung cancer in Montecito, California, USA; actor (Harold Hill - The Music Man). [1] [83] [457]
- March 22
- Joan Shawlee, actress (Abbott and Costello Show), dies at age 58. [1]
- March 25
- Henry R LaBouisse, head of UNICEF (1965-79), dies at age 83. [1]
- March 26
- Walter Abel, actor (Suspicion), dies at age 88. [1]
- March 27
- Lloyd Goodrich, American Arts Museum director, dies at age 90. [1]
- March 28
- Maria Augusta von Trapp, Austrian-born singer (Trapp Family Singers), dies at age 82 in Vermont, USA (born 1905). Her story was made famous by the movie The Sound of Music. [1] [5] [37] [83]
- Patrick Troughton, British actor (Doctor Who), dies at age 56 (born 1920). [1] [83]
- April 2
- Death of Buddy Rich at age 69 of a heart attack after surgery for a brain tumor; jazz drummer (with Bunny Berrigan, Artie Shaw, Tommy Dorsey, solo in 1945, solo again 1966 - "Away We Go"). [457] [1] [83] [457]
- April 3
- Death of Tom Sestak, American football player (born 1936). [83]
- April 4
- C[atherine] L[ucille] Moore, American author (Judgment Night), dies at age 76 (born 1911). [1] [83]
- April 7
- Death of Maxine Sullivan at age 75 in New York; jazz singer ("Loch Lomond" (1937)), actress (Going Places). [1] [457]
- April 8
- Francis C Denebrink, US Naval officer (WWI, WWII, Korea) dies at age 90. [1]
- April 9
- Birth of Jesse McCartney; singer, actor (Summerland, All My Children). [83] [457]
- April 11
- Erskine Caldwell, novelist (Tobacco Road), dies at age 83. [1]
- Kent Taylor, actor (Boston Blackie, Rough Riders), dies at age 79. [1]
- Primo Levi, Italian chemist/writer (Survival in Auschwitz), dies at age 67. [1]
- April 12
- Ewan Calague, economist/statistician (Social Security) dies at age 90. [1]
- April 16
- Anthony Tudor, dancer/choreographer (American Ballet Theater) dies at age 78. [1]
- April 17
- Carlton Barrett, Jamaican reggae drummer ("No woman no cry"), dies at age 36 (born 1950). [1] [83]
- Dick Shawn, American actor/comedian (Producers), dies on stage from a heart attack at age 63 (born 1924). [1] [83]
- April 19
- Milt Kahl dies of cancer (born 1909). He worked on Walt Disney Company animation for 22 short films, and 24 feature films. [36.37] [83]
- Hugh "Lumpy" Brannum, American actor (Mr Green Jeans), dies at age 77 (born 1910). [1] [83]
- Maxwell D Taylor, US commander of 101st airborne (WWII), dies at age 85. [1]
- April 21
- Edith S Green, American politician (Representative-Democrat-Oregon), dies at age 77. [1]
- April 28
- Ben Linder, American development worker, murdered by Contras in Nicaragua (born 1959). [1] [83]
- April 30
- Hugh Dempster, actor (Anna Karenina, Candles at Nine), dies. [1]
- May 3
- Dicky Fuller, cricket player (one Test for West Indies 1935, one run, 0-12), dies. [1]
- May 4
- Cathryn Damon, American actress (Mary Campbell - Soap), dies at age 56 (born 1930). [1] [83]
- Death of Paul Butterfield at age 44 from drug abuse; American blues musician, harmonica player (The Paul Butterfield Blues Band). [1] [83] [457]
- May 6
- William J Casey, director of US Central Intelligence Agency (1981-87), dies at age 73 (born 1913). [1] [83]
- May 9
- Obafemi Awolowo, President of Nigeria (1979-83), dies at age 78. [1]
- May 14
- Rita Hayworth, American actress (Gilda), dies of Alzheimer's disease at age 68 (born 1918). [1] [5] [83]
- May 15
- John Baur, museum director, dies at age 78. [1]
- Wynne Gibson, actor (Night After Night, Aggie Appleby), dies. [1]
- May 17
- Gunnar Myrdal, Swedish economist (Nobel Prize 1974), dies at age 88 (born 1898). [1] [83]
- May 18
- Wilbur J Cohen, first employee of US Social Security System, dies at age 73. [1]
- May 19
- Alice B[radley] Sheldon, science-fiction author (Byte Beautiful), dies at age 71. [1]
- May 21
- Death of Alejandro Rey at age 57; actor (Carlos - Flying Nun TV show). [1] [457]
- May 23
- Karel Albert, Flemish composer (Marieken van Nymeghen), dies at age 86. [1]
- May 24
- Hermione Ferdinanda Gingold, actress (Gigi, Music Man), dies at age 89. [1]
- May 27
- Death of John Howard Northrop, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1891). [83]
- May 28
- Charles Ludlam, actor (Big Easy), dies at age 44. [1]
- May 29
- Alain Vincx, Belgian stuntman, dies in an accident at age 40. [1]
- May 30
- Frank Carlson, American politician (Governor/Representative/Senator-Republican-Kansas), dies at age 94. [1]
- May 31
- Dorothy Patrick, actress (Torch Song, New Orleans, High Wall), dies. [1]
- June 1
- Errol W Barrow, Prime Minister of Barbados (1961-76), dies at age 67. [1]
- Rashid Karami Lebanon, ten-time Prime Minister of Lebanon, dies at age 65. [1]
- June 2
- Sammy Kaye, orchestra leader (Sammy Kaye Show), dies at age 77. [1]
- June 3
- Will Sampson, actor (From Here to Eternity, Yellow Rose), dies at age 54. [1]
- June 13
- Death of Geraldine Page of a heart attack at age 62; American actress (Blue and Gray, A Christmas Memory, The Thanksgiving Visitor). [1] [83] [457]
- June 17
- With the death of the last individual, the Dusky Seaside Sparrow becomes extinct. [5] [83]
- Dick Howser, New York Yankees and Kansas City Royals manager, dies at age 51 of brain cancer. [1]
- June 22
- Death of Fred Astaire at age 88 at Century City Hospital in Los Angeles, California, USA; singer, dancer ("Night and Day", "Cheek to Cheek", "The Way You Look Tonight", "The Liar's Song"). [1] [83] [457]
- Death of Joseph Meyer at age 93 in New York, USA; composer ("Crazy Rhythm", "If You Knew Susie (Like I Know Susie)" (1925), "California, Here I Come" (1924)). [457]
- June 24
- Death of Jackie Gleason at age 71 of liver and colon cancer; comedian/actor (The Life of Riley (1949), Cavalcade of Stars (1950), Ralph Kramden - The Honeymooners). [5] [83] [457]
- July 2
- Michael Bennet, Chorus Line director, dies of AIDS at age 44. [1]
- July 10
- Death of John Hammond at age 76 in New York, USA; talent scout, record producer (Columbia Records, Billie Holiday, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen). [83] [457]
- July 11
- Thomas F Waddell, founder of Gay Olympics, dies of AIDS at age 50. [1]
- July 22
- Death of Jack Lescoulie at age 69; announcer and TV host (Today Show TV show, Jackie Gleason Show TV show). [83] [457]
- July 25
- Malcolm Baldrige, US Secretary of Commerce, dies of internal injuries. [1]
- July 28
- James Burnham, philosopher (Coming Defeat of Communism), dies at age 81. [1]
- August 11
- Death of Clara Peller at age 86; American actress ("Where's the Beef") (born 1902). [83] (August 10 [1])
- August 17
- Rudolf Hess is found dead in his cell in Spandau Prison in Berlin, Germany, where he served 46 years. Hess, age 93, is believed to have committed suicide by hanging himself with an electrical flex. He was the last remaining prisoner at the complex. Hess served the Nazi Party as deputy Führer; he flew to England in 1941 hoping to convince Winston Churchill to join with Germany in the war. [37] [83] [384.21] [868.18]
- August 19
- In Hungerford, Berkshire, England, 27-year-old Michael Ryan kills 16 and wounds 14 with a pistol, a Kalashnikov assault rifle, and a carbine rifle, before killing himself when surrounded in a school. [83] [384.21] [868.29] [905]
- Death of Hayden Rorke at age 76 from multiple myeloma; actor (Dr. Bellows - I Dream of Jeannie TV show, Dr. Kildare, Mr. Adams and Eve). [457]
- August 26
- Death of Georg Wittig, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1897). [83]
- August 29
- Death of Archie Campbell at age 72 after a heart attack; broadcaster/comedian (Hee Haw TV show). [457]
- September 11
- Lorne Greene, Canadian actor (Bonanza, Battlestar Galactica), dies at age 72 (born 1915). [1] [5] [83]
- September 29
- Henry Ford II, president of Ford Motor Company, dies in Detroit, Michigan at age 70 (born 1917). [1] [83]
- October 2
- Death of Peter Medawar, Brazilian-born scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born 1915). [83]
- October 3
- Death of Jean Anouilh, French dramatist (born 1910). [83]
- Death of Kalervo Palsa, Finnish artist (born 1947). [83]
- October 9
- Death of William Parry Murphy, American physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born 1892). [83]
- October 12
- Alfred M Landon, former Kansas Governor, dies at his Topeka home at 100. [1]
- Philleo Nash, US Bureau of Indian Affairs (1961-67), dies at age 77. [1]
- October 13
- Death of Walter Brattain, American physicist (co-inventor of transistor), Nobel Prize laureate (born 1902). [83]
- October 16
- Dana Suesse, songwriter ("You Ought to be in Pictures"), dies at age 75. [1]
- October 18
- Theodore Brameld, author (Use of Explosive Ideas), dies at age 83. [1]
- October 25
- Cecil Brown, news correspondant (CBS), dies at age 80. [1]
- October 28
- André Masson, French surrealist artist (Labyrinth), dies at age 91 (born 1896). [1] [83]
- October 29
- Death of Woody Herman at age 74 of congestive heart failure; band leader (Isham Jones' band (1934), Woody Herman Herd (1936) - "Woodchopper's Ball" (1939)). [1] [83] [457]
- October 31
- Joseph Campbell, American mythologist/writer (Mythic Image), dies at age 83 (born 1904). [1] [83]
- November 1
- Death of Rene Levesque at age 65 following a massive heart attack in Montreal, Quebec, Canada; broadcast journalist (war correspondent in World War II, radio and TV reporter, host of Point de Mire TV show), politician (leader of the separatist Parti Quebecois, Premier of Quebec (1976-1985)). [1] [83] [457]
- November 4
- Raphael Soyer, artist (Depression scenes in New York City), dies at age 87. [1]
- Death of Bobby Nunn at age 61 of a heart attack; musician (The Coasters - "Yakety Yak" (1958)). [457]
- November 6
- Ross R Barnett, American lawyer/politician (Governor-Democrat-Mississippi), dies at age 89. [1]
- William C Pahlmann, interior decorator (Four Seasons, New York City), dies at age 80. [1]
- November 11
- L T Coggeshall, medical scientist (Secretary of HEW 1956-58), dies at age 86. [1]
- November 12
- Roger Lewis, aviation executive (Lockheed, C Wright, Pan Am), dies at age 75. [1]
- November 16
- Death of Zubir Said, Singaporean composer who composed Singapore's national anthem (born 1907). [83]
- November 17
- Death of Irene Wicker at age 81; singer/actress (Singing Lady). [1]
- November 21
- James E Folsom, American politician (Alabama-Governor, 1947-51, 1955-59) dies at age 79. [1]
- November 23
- Death of Marcia Henderson at age 58 in Yakima, Washington, USA; actress (Kathleen - The Aldrich Family, Two Girls Named Smith, World of Giants, Dear Phoebe). [457]
- November 25
- Harold Washington, mayor of Chicago (Democrat, 1983-87), dies at age 65. [1]
- November 28
- Choh Hao Li, bio-chemist professor (isolated growth hormones), dies at age 74. [1]
- November 29
- Howard Pyle, American politician (Governor-Republican-Arizona, 1951-55), dies at age 81. [1]
- November 30
- Arthur H Dean, lawyer/advisor to US President Franklin Roosevelt, dies at age 89. [1]
- Death of James Baldwin, American writer (Another Country), dies at age 63 (born 1924). [83] (December 1 [1])
- December 1
- Donn Fulton Eisele, Colonel US Air Force/astronaut, dies of a heart attack at age 57. [1]
- Death of Punch Imlach, Canadian NHL coach (born 1918). [83]
- December 2
- Death of Luis Federico Leloir, French-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1906). [83]
- December 4
- Rouben Mamoulian, director (Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde), dies at age 90. [1]
- December 5
- Death of "Fat" Larry James at age 38; US drummer (Fat Larry's Band - "Zoom"). [1]
- December 6
- James Dobson, actor (Impulse, Jet Attack, Okinawa), dies. [1]
- December 8
- In Melbourne, Australia, 22-year-old Frank Vitkovic kills eight and injures another five in an Australia Post office building on Queen Street, before committing suicide by jumping from the 11th floor. [83]
- December 14
- Paul Clinton Sundberg, actor (Belle of New York, Easter Parade), dies. [1]
- December 16
- Albert P Morano, American politician (Representative-Republican-Connecticut, 1951-59), dies at age 79. [1]
- December 17
- Bernard Cardinal Alfrink, archbishop of Ultrecht, Netherlands, dies at age 87. [1]
- Marguerite Yourcenard, author (Memoirs of Hadrien), dies at age 84. [1]
- December 18
- Warne Marsh, jazz saxophonist, dies of a heart attack after collapsing onstage while giving a perfomance at Donte's in North Hollywood, California. [467]
- December 21
- Robert Paige, actor (Son of Dracula, Pardon My Sarong), dies. [1]
- December 22
- Alice Terry [Taaffe], actress (Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse), dies. [1]
- Mötley Crue's Nikki Sixx overdoses from heroin. [1]
- December 24
- John M "Joop" de Uyl, Dutch social-democratic premier (1973-77), dies at age 68. [1]
- December 27
- Priscilla Dean, actress (Outside the Law), dies of injuries at age 91. [1]
- Rewi Alley, New Zealand author, pro-Chinese communist, dies at age 90 in Beijing. [1]
- December 28
- Charles Malik, Lebanon's first delegate to the United Nations, dies at age 81. [1]
- December 31
- [Gordon] Randall [P D] Garrett, author (Lord Darcy), dies at age 60. [1]
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