- January 11
- Gregory (Pappy) Boyington, American ace WWII pilot, dies at age 75 of cancer (born 1912). [1] [82]
- Isidor Isaac Rabi, nuclear physicist (Nobel Prize-1944), dies at age 89. [1]
- January 13
- Chiang Ching-kuo, President of the Republic of China (Taiwan) (1978-88), dies at age 81 (born 1910). Vice-President Lee Teng-hui becomes president. [1] [82]
- January 14
- Death of Georgi Malenkov, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party at age 86 (born 1902). [1] [82]
- January 15
- Seán MacBride, commander of Irish Republican Army, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, dies at age 83 (born 1904). [1] [82]
- January 19
- Ballard Berkeley, actor (East meets West), dies at age 83. [1]
- January 20
- Philippe de Rothschild, Bordeaux Vineyard manager, dies in Paris, France at age 86 (born 1902). [1] [82]
- January 21
- Abraham Sofaer, actor (Naked Jungle, Elephant Walk), dies. [1]
- January 22
- Georgi M Malenkov, Russian premier (1953-55), dies at age 86. [1]
- Death of Parker Fennelly at age 96; American comedian, actor (Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm, Titus Moody - Fred Allen Radio Show). [1] [82] [457]
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- January 24
- Charles Glenn King, biochemist (discovered vitamin C), dies at age 91. [1]
- January 25
- Colleen Moore, actress (These Girls Won't Talk), dies at age 87. [1]
- January 28
- Death of Klaus Fuchs in Dresden, German Democratic Republic; physicist, worked on British and American atomic bomb projects, passed information to the Soviet Union. [37]
- January 29
- James R Killian Junior, MIT president (1948-59), dies at age 83. [1]
- February 1
- Heather O'Rourke, American actress (Poltergeist), dies of intestinal ailment at age 12 (born 1975). [1] [82]
- February 2
- G Mennen Williams, US Supreme Court justice, dies at age 76 in Detroit, Michigan. [1]
- February 6
- Lee Goodman, actor (Imitation of Life), dies of Tuberculosis at age 64. [1]
- Marghanita Laski, English author (Victorian chaise-lounge), dies. [1]
- February 7
- Lin[wood V] Carter, American science-fiction writer (Lost World of Time), dies at age 57. [1]
- February 8
- Allan Cuthbertson, actor (Running Man, 7th Dawn), dies at age 67. [1]
- February 14
- Frederick Loewe, US composer (My Fair Lady), dies at age 84 in Palm Springs, California (born in Vienna, Austria). [1] [37]
- February 15
- Neil R[onald] Jones, science fiction writer (Space War, Twin Worlds), dies at age 78. [1]
- Richard P Feynman, American physicist (Nobel Prize 1965, Physical Law), dies at age 69 (born 1918). [1] [82]
- February 19
- Death of André Frédéric Cournand, French-born physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born 1895). [82]
- February 24
- Death of Peter Chatman AKA Memphis Slim at age 72 in Paris, France; blues pianist ("Every Day I Have the Blues"). [457]
- February 25
- Amapola Del Vando, actress (Cowboy), dies at age 78. [1]
- March 1
- Jean Le Poulain, actor (The Gorillas), dies at age 63. [1]
- Joe Besser, American comedian, actor (The Three Stooges, Abbott and Costello), dies at age 80 (born 1907). [1] [82]
- March 3
- Lois Wilson, actress (Crash, Deluge, Bright Eyes), dies. [1]
- Sewall Wright, US geneticist (evolution model), dies at age 98. [1]
- March 7
- Divine [Harris Glenn Milstead], American actor (Hairspray, Polyester, Pink Flamingos), dies in Los Angeles, California at age 42 (born 1945). [1] [82]
- Robert Livingston, actor (Lone Ranger), dies at age 83 of emphysema. [1]
- March 9
- Kurt Georg Kiesinger, third West German chancellor (1966-69), dies at age 83 (born 1904). [1] [37]
- March 10
- Andy Gibb, British singer, dies in Oxford, England of an inflammatory heart virus at age 30 (born 1958). [1] [82]
- Glenn Cunningham, US world record miler, dies at age 78. [1]
- March 11
- Pham Hung, premier of Vietnam, dies at about age 74. [1]
- March 13
- Olive Carey, actress (Affairs With a Stranger), dies at age 92. [1]
- March 15
- Dmitri F Polyakov, Russian Secretary-General/top spy for US, executed. [1]
- March 16
- Dorothy Adams Foulger, actress (Laura, Devil Commands), dies at age 88. [1]
- March 17
- Reg Sinfield, cricket player (one Test for England versus Australia 1938), dies. [1]
- March 19
- British Army Corporals Woods and Howes are lynched in Belfast, North Ireland. [1] [82]
- March 20
- Gil Evans, Canadian/US jazz composer (Out of the Cool), dies at age 75. [1]
- March 29
- African National Congress representative Dulcie September is assassinated in Paris. [82]
- March 31
- Death of Sir William McMahon, twentieth Prime Minister of Australia (born 1908). [82]
- April 1
- Death of Jim Jordan at age 91 from a blood clot to the brain; radio actor (Fibber McGee and Molly). [1] [82] [457]
- Marius W Holtrop, economist/president (Netherlands Bank), dies at age 85. [1]
- April 3
- Milton A Caniff, US cartoonist (Terry and the Pirates), dies at age 81. [1] [82]
- April 5
- Alf Kjellin, Swedish actor/director (Juggler), dies. [1]
- April 9
- Death of Brook Benton at age 56 of meningitis; singer ("Fools Rush In," "The Boll Weevil Song", "Just a Matter of Time"). [1] [457]
- Death of Dave Prater at age 50 in a car accident in Georgia, USA; singer (Sam and Dave - "Soul Man"). [1] [457]
- April 10
- Cliff Gladwin, cricket player (8 Tests for England 1947-49), dies. [1]
- April 11
- Death of Jeff (Jean Marie) Donnell of a heart attack at age 66; actress (Alice - The George Gobel Show, Hoedown, Nine Girls, Dr. Kildare and Matt Helm, General Hospital). [1] [457]
- April 15
- Hendrikus G "Han" Hoekstra, Dutch poet (Zandloper), dies at age 81. [1]
- April 16
- Clifford Roach, cricket player (16 Tests early in West Indies cricket history), dies. [1]
- Jacques de Kadt, Dutch second chamber member (Socialist-Democrat), dies at age 90. [1]
- Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad), Palestinian Liberation Organization military commander, assassinated by Israeli commandos in Tunisia. [1] [82]
- In Forlì, Italy, the brigate rosse kill Senator Roberto Ruffilli, an advisor of Prime Minister Ciriaco de Mita. [82]
- April 17
- Eva Novak, actress (Medicine Man), dies of pneumonia at age 90. [1]
- April 22
- Irene Rich, US actress (Beau Brumell, Champ), dies at age 96. [1]
- April 23
- Arthur Michael, Lord Ramsey/archbishop of Canterbury, dies (born 1904). [1] [82]
- April 24
- E S "Bob" Newson, cricket player (South African fast bowler in 1930s), dies. [1]
- April 25
- Clifford D[onald] Simak, sci-fi author (Hugo, Way Station), dies at age 83. [1]
- Death of Lanny Ross at age 82 after a stroke; singer ("Troubadour on the Moon" (1928), "Moonlight and Roses", Maxwell House Show Boat radio show, Packard Car Mardi Gras, Camel Caravan, Your Hit Parade). [457]
- April 29
- Andrew Cruickshank, actor (Body in Library, Murder Most Foul), dies. [1]
- May 1
- Paolo Stoppa, actor (Garibaldi, Visit, Freedom Fighters), dies. [1]
- May 5
- George Rose, actor (Devil's Disciple, Hideaways), dies at age 68. [1]
- Death of Frank Gallop at age 87; announcer (Amanda of Honeymoon Hill TV show, Hilltop House TV show, When A Girl Marries TV show, Stella Dallas TV show, Gangbusters TV show, The Perry Como Show, The Ballad of Irving record). [457]
- May 8
- Robert A Heinlein, American science-fiction writer (Friday), dies of heart failure at age 80 (born 1907). [1] [5] [82]
- May 10
- Death of Ciaran Bourke, member of The Dubliners, of a brain hemorrhage. [82]
- May 11
- H A R (Kim) Philby, British double agent, dies (born 1912). [1] [82]
- May 12
- Chet Baker, American jazz trumpeter, falls to death out of a hotel window at age 59 (born 1929). [82] (May 13 [1])
- May 14
- Willem Drees, Prime Minister of Netherlands (1948-58), dies at age 101. [1]
- May 15
- Andrew Duggan, actor (Jigsaw, Firehouse), dies of cancer at age 64. [1]
- Greta Nissen, actress (Ambassador Bill), dies. [1]
- May 16
- Kay Baxter, Best Bodybuilder in the World (1983-85), dies in car crash at age 42. [1]
- Louise Wood, director of Girl Scouts of USA (1961-72), dies at age 78. [1]
- May 18
- Daws Butler, cartoon voice (Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound), dies at age 71 (born 1916). [1] [82]
- May 19
- Virginia Farmer, actresss (Cyrano de Bergerac), dies at age 90. [1]
- May 21
- Dino Conte Grandi, Italian delegate to League of Nations, dies at age 92. [1]
- May 22
- Dennis Day, tenor/comedian (Jack Benny Show, Danny Boy), dies at age 71. [1]
- Giorgio Almirante, Italian fascist (member of parliament), dies at age 73. [1]
- May 23
- David Schoenbrun, CBS broadcast bureau head (Washington, Paris), dies at age 73. [1]
- May 24
- James "Hamish" Hamilton, British publisher (Salinger/Mitford), dies at age 87. [1]
- Tom Burtt, cricket player (New Zealand slow left-armer in 11 Tests 1947-53), dies. [1]
- May 27
- Death of Ernst Ruska, German physicist (Nobel Prize for Physics 1986, invented electronic microscope), in West Berlin, Germany (born 1906). [37] (May 25 [82])
- Florida Friebus, American actress (Bob Newhart Show), dies of a stroke at age 79 (born 1909). [1] [82]
- Renato Salvatori, actor (Burn, Luna, Two Women), dies. [1]
- May 28
- Death of Sy Oliver at age 77; trumpet player/arranger/bandleader (Tommy Dorsey - "On the Sunny Side of the Street", "Opus One"). [457]
- May 30
- Ella Raines, actress (Uncle Harry, Runaround, Impact), dies of throat cancer at age 66. [1]
- June 2
- Horace A Hildreth (Governor-Maine, 1945-49), dies at age 85. [1]
- June 5
- Clarence M Pendleton, US chairman of committee on Civil Rights (1981-88) dies. [1]
- June 11
- Giuseppe Saragat, president of Italy (1964-71), dies at age 89. [1]
- Nathan Cook, actor (White Night), dies of an allergic reaction at age 38. [1]
- June 17
- Death of Jack Leonard at age 73 of cancer in Los Angeles, California, USA; vocalist (Tommy Dorsey Orchestra - "Marie", "All the Things You Are"). [457]
- June 22
- Death of Dennis Day at age 71 of Lou Gehrig's disease in Los Angeles, California, USA; comic actor/singer (Jack Benny Show radio show, Dennis Day Show radio show, Jack Benny Show TV show). [1] [82] [457]
- June 25
- Death of Hillel Slovak, Israeli-born guitarist (Red Hot Chili Peppers) (born 1962). [82]
- July 7
- Death of Jimmy Edwards at age 68 of pneumonia; comedian (Take It From Here radio show (1948-60)), Professor Jimmy Edwards - Whacko TV show). [457]
- July 15
- Eleanor Estes, author (Ginger Pye, Moffats), dies at age 82. [1]
- July 22
- Luigi Lucioni, Italian landscape painter (opera stars), dies at age 87. [1]
- July 31
- Trindad Silva of TV show Hill Street Blues, dies at age 38 in an auto accident. [82]
- August 1
- Florence Eldridge, Broadway actress (The Swan), dies at age 86. [1]
- August 2
- Raymond Carver, American poet/short story writer (Furious Season), dies at age 50 (born 1938). [1] [82]
- August 8
- Death of Alan Napier of a stroke at age 85; American actor (Alfred the butler on Batman), at age 85 (born 1903). [82] [457]
- August 10
- Adela Rogers Saint John, journalist (Free Soul, Honeycomb), dies at age 94. [1]
- Arias Arnulfo, three-time president of Panama, dies at age 86. [1]
- August 11
- Jean-Pierre Ponnele, opera director (Carmina Burana), dies at age 56. [1]
- August 12
- Death of Bhakti Raksaka Sridhara Deva Gosvami Maharaja, religious Guru from India (born 1895). [82]
- August 13
- Otto E Passman, American politician (Representative-Democrat-Louisiana, 1947-77), dies at age 88. [1]
- August 14
- Enzo Ferrari, Italian sportscar manufacturer (Ferrari), dies at age 90 in Italy (born 1898). [1] [5] [82]
- August 17
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt Junior, American lawyer and politician (Representative-Democrat-New York, 1949-55) dies on 74th birthday (born 1914). [1] [5] [82]
- The Pakistani president, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, and the U.S. ambassador to Pakistan, Arnold Raphel, are killed when the president's air force plane crashes on takeoff from Bhawalpur. [1] [82] [105]
- August 18
- Frederick Ashton, choreographer (Cinderella), dies at age 83. [1]
- August 24
- Max Shulman, author (Dobie Gillis, Tender Trap), dies at age 69. [1]
- August 25
- Price Daniel, American politician (Governor/Senator-Democrat-Texas), dies at age 77. [1]
- September 1
- Leonor Sullivan, American politician (Representative-Democrat-Missouri, 1955-77), dies at age 86. [1]
- Death of Luis Alvarez, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1911). [82]
- September 11
- Luis W Alvarez, physicist (Nobel Prize-1968), dies at age 77. [1]
- September 12
- Alan Bible, American politician (Senator-Democrat-Nevada, 1954-74), dies at age 78. [1]
- Lauris Norstad, NATO commander/CEO Corning Fiberglass, dies at age 71. [1]
- Death of Roger Hargreaves, author of the Mr. Men series (born 1935). [82]
- September 19
- Oren Lee Staley, first president of US National Farmers Organization (1955-79), dies at age 65. [1]
- September 21
- Death of Glenn Robert Davis, member of United States Congress (born 1914). [82]
- September 25
- Billy Carter, US President Jimmy Carter's brother, dies of cancer at age 51. [1]
- September 27
- William V Shannon, US ambassador to Ireland (1977-81), dies at age 61. [1]
- September 28
- Charles Addams, American cartoonist (Addams Family), dies at age 76 of heart attack (born 1912). [82] (September 29 [1])
- September 30
- Joachim Prinz, author/Rabbi of Berlin (1926-37), dies at age 86. [1]
- October 3
- Franz Josef Strauss, German Federal Republic minister of defense (1956-62), dies at age 73. [1] [37]
- Generoso Pope Junior, National Enquirer owner, dies at age 61. [1]
- October 9
- Edward Chodorov, playwright/director (Louis Pasteur), dies at age 84. [1]
- Felix Wankel, developer of the Wankel rotary engine, dies in Lindau, Germany. [1] [37]
- October 13
- Mike Venezia, jockey, dies in 5th-race fall at Belmont Race Track, New York. [1]
- October 22
- Death of Henry Armstrong, American boxer (born 1912). [82]
- October 27
- S.B. Fuller, founder of Fuller products, dies at age 83. [1]
- November 9
- Death of Richard S. Yeo ("R.S. Yeoman"); Western Publishing company marketing executive, popularized coin boards, author of Handbook of United States Coins with Premium List, nicknamed the Blue Book, and A Guide Book of United States Coins, nicknamed the Red Book. [652.10]
- John Mitchell, former American Attorney General and convicted Watergate criminal, dies of heart attack in Washington (born 1913). [1] [82]
- November 19
- Christine Onassis, American shipping heiress, dies of heart failure at age 37 (born 1950). [1] [82]
- November 27
- Death of John Carradine at age 82 of kidney failure; actor (Dracula, King David, Kung Fu TV show). [1] [82] [457]
- December 2
- Death of Tata Giacobetti, Italian singer and lyricist (Quartetto Cetra) (born 1922). [82]
- December 6
- Death of Bill Harris at age 63; guitarist (The Clovers - "Love Potion No 9"). [1] [457]
- Death of Roy Orbison at age 52 of a heart attack near Nashville, Tennessee, USA; singer ("Oh, Pretty Woman", "Only the Lonely", The Traveling Wilburys). [1] [82] [457]
- December 7
- Christopher Connelly, actor (Liar's Moon, Hawmps), dies at age 47. [1]
- Peter Langan, Irish restaurateur (Langans London), dies in fire. [1]
- December 8
- Death of Anne Seymour at age 79; actress (Misty, Chevy Mystery Show, Robert Montgomery Presents TV show, Studio One TV show, Follow Your Heart TV show, Empire TV show, Tim Conway Show TV show, Another World TV show, General Hospital TV show). [1] [457]
- Death of Herbert "Tubo" Rhoad at age 44; US singer (Persuasions - "Good news"). [1]
- December 10
- Dick Clair, comedian (Clair and McMahon, Facts of Life), dies of AIDS. [1]
- Richard Castellano, actor (Honor thy Father), dies at age 55. [1]
- December 12
- John Canning, New York Post managing editor, dies at age 56. [1]
- December 16
- H "Stork" Hendry, cricket player (11 Tests for Australia 1921-29), dies. [1]
- December 20
- Death of Max Robinson of AIDS at age 49; newsman (World News Tonight). [1] [457]
- December 21
- Death of Nikolaas Tinbergen at age 81, Dutch/British ornithologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born 1907). [1] [82]
- December 22
- Tucker Smith, singer/dancer (Cool - West Side Story), dies. [1]
- Brazilian union and environmental activist Chico Mendes is assassinated. [82]
- December 26
- John Loder, actor (Sabotage, Java Head), dies at age 90. [1]
- December 27
- Fox Harris, actor (Alienator, Warlords, Sid and Nancy), dies. [1]
- Hal Ashby, academy-award winning director (Shampoo, 8 Million Ways to Die), dies of cancer at age 59. [1]
- December 30
- Canadian Senate okays free trade pact with US. [1]
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