- January 4
- Alberto Lleras Camargo, President of Colombia (1945-46, 1958-62), dies. [1]
- Robert F Adams, American sci-fi author (Castaways in Time), dies at age 57. [1]
- January 5
- Death of Arthur Kennedy of a brain tumor at age 76; character actor (Air Force, Playhouse 90, Kraft Suspense Theatre, Ford Television Theatre, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour). [1] [457]
- January 6
- Hans Jaray, actor (Lydia, Fedora), dies. [1]
- Ian Charleson, actor (Gandhi, Chariots of Fire), dies of AIDS at age 40. [1]
- Death of Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1904). [42]
- January 7
- Bronislau "Bronko" Nagurski, football hall of famer, dies at age 81. [1]
- Horace Stoneham, baseball owner (San Francisco Giants), dies at age 86. [1]
- Joseph Robbie, lawyer/NFL owner (Miami Dolphins), dies at age 73. [1]
- January 8
- Terry Thomas, English comic (Heroes), dies of Parkinson's disease at age 78. [1]
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- Death of Georgie Auld AKA John Altwerger at age 70; jazz tenor saxophonist (Artie Shaw orchestra, Jan Savitt orchestra, Benny Goodman orchestra, Bunny Berigan orchestra). [457]
- January 9
- Ugandan Lt. Gen. Bazilio Olara-Okello, who led a coup against Dr. Apolo Milton Obote's government, dies in Ormduruman Hospital in Khartoum, Sudan. [42]
- January 10
- Juliet Berto, screenwriter/actress (Bastienne Bastien), dies at age 42. [1]
- Yvonne Peattie Marquard, actress (Donovan's Reef), dies. [1]
- January 11
- Mary Jane Carr, actress (Forbidden Trail, Second Wife), dies. [1]
- January 12
- Laurence J Peter, author (The Peter Principle), dies from a stroke at age 70. [1]
- January 14
- David Arkin, actor (I Love You Alice B Toklas), dies. [1]
- January 15
- Gordon Jackson, actor (Hamlet), dies after a short illness at age 66. [1]
- January 17
- Charles Hernu, French minister of Defense (1981-85), dies. [1]
- January 18
- Melanie Appleby, rocker (Mel and Kim), dies of liver cancer at age 23. [1]
- January 19
- Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, Indian guru, dies at age 58. [1]
- Herbert Wehner, German ex-communist/chairman (1958-73), dies at age 83. [1]
- January 20
- Death of Barbara Stanwyck AKA Ruby Stevens of congestive heart failure and emphysema at age 82; actress (The Big Valley TV show, The Colbys, The Thorn Birds mini-series). [1] [42] [457]
- Naruhito Higashi-Kuni, Japanese Prime Minister (1945), dies. [1]
- January 23
- Allen Larkin Collins, guitarist, dies of pneumonia at age 37. Collins was one of the founding members and guitarists of Southern US rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. [1] [42]
- Mariano Rumor, Italy's Prime Minister (1968-70, 1973-74), dies. [1]
- January 24
- Madge Bellamy, actress (White Zombie), dies at age 87. [1]
- January 25
- Alexander Lockwood, actor (Duel), dies. [1]
- Ava Gardner, actress (Barefoot Contessa), dies from pneumonia in London, England, at age 67 (born 1922). [1] [42]
- January 26
- FHP "Boy" Trip, Dutch minister, dies. [1]
- Death of Lewis Mumford, American historian of science (born 1895). [42]
- January 27
- Helen Jerome Eddy, actress (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm), dies at age 92. [1]
- February 2
- Joel Fluellen, actor (Man Friday, Burning Cross), dies at age 79. [1]
- Death of Joe Erskine, former British heavyweight boxing champion (born 1934). [42]
- February 6
- Jane Novak, silent screen actress (Ghost Town), dies of stroke at age 94. [1]
- John Merivale, actor (Caltiki), dies. [1]
- February 7
- Dom Heider Camara, nonviolent/human rights Bishop of Brazil, dies. [1]
- Death of Jimmy Van Heusen AKA Edward Chester Babcock at age 77; American composer (over 75 songs for Frank Sinatra, "My Kind of Town", "The Second Time Around", "Call Me Irresponsible"). [1] [42] [457]
- Nathan Wartels, publisher (Crown), dies from pneumonia at age 88. [1]
- February 8
- Death of Del Shannon AKA Charles Westover at age 50 in Santa Clarita, California, USA, of self-inflicted rifle shot in the head; singer ("Runaway" (1961), "Hats Off to Larry", "Little Town Flirt", "Keep Searchin' (We'll Follow the Sun)"). [1] [42] [457]
- February 13
- Ken Lynch, actor (Paratroop Command, Legend of Tom Dooley), dies at age 79. [1]
- February 14
- Graeme Hole, cricket player (18 Tests for Australia, 789 runs), dies. [1]
- Jean Wallace [Walasek], actress (Big Combo), dies of hemorrhage at age 66. [1]
- February 15
- Henry Brandon, actor (Assault on Precinct 13), dies at age 77. [1]
- Jack Fletcher, actor (Any Wednesday), dies of heart attack at age 68. [1]
- February 16
- Keith Haring, American artist/cartoonist (brilliant baby), dies of AIDS at age 31 (born 1954). [1] [42]
- February 17
- Erik Rhodes, actor (Top Hat), dies of pneumonia at age 84. [1]
- Frans Kellendonk, Dutch writer (Good for Nothing), dies at age 39. [1]
- Marc Clement, actor (Career Opportunities, Sluggers Wife), dies. [1]
- February 19
- Michael Powell, English director (Life and Death of Colonel Blimp), dies at age 84 (born 1905). [1] [42]
- February 22
- Stephen Burns, actor (Casey's Shadow), dies. [1]
- February 23
- Annelien Kappeyne van de Coppello, Dutch Member of Parliament (Liberal), dies at age 53. [1]
- James Gavin, commandant US 82nd Airborn Division (Normandy), dies at age 82. [1]
- Jose Napoleon Duarte, President of Salvador (1984-89), dies at age 62. [1]
- February 24
- Death of Johnnie Ray of liver failure at age 63 in Los Angeles, California, USA; singer ("Cry" (1951), "Please Mr. Sun", "The Little White Cloud That Cried", "Walkin' My Baby Back Home", "Just Walking in the Rain"). [1] [457]
- Malcolm Forbes, CEO (Forbes Publishing), dies of a heart attack at age 70 (born 1919). [1] [42]
- Sandro Pertini, President of Italy (1978, 1985), dies at age 93. [1]
- Tony Conigliaro, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox), dies in Salem, Massachusetts at age 45 of pneumonia and kidney failure. [1] [56]
- February 25
- Deborra Hampton, actress (Crossroads, Two of a Kind), dies at age 30. [1]
- February 26
- Death of Cornelius Gunter at age 53, shot twice in the head in his car in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; musician (Coasters, Poison Ivy). [1] [457]
- Leslie Ames, cricket player (47 Tests, 2434 runs 8 centuries), dies. [1]
- Maurine Stuart, Zen teacher (head of Cambridge Buddhist Association), dies. [1]
- Scott Jarvis, musician (Great Expectations), dies. [1]
- February 27
- Death of Nahum Norbert Glatzer, Jewish-American scholar (born 1903). [42]
- February 28
- Colin Milburn, cricket player (9 Tests for England, 654 runs), dies. [1]
- Fabia Drake, actress (Nice Girl Like Me), dies at age 86. [1]
- Tuppy Owen-Smith, South Africa cricket player (batsman versus England 1929), dies. [1]
- March 1
- Claude Spaak, Belgian dramatist, dies. [1]
- March 3
- Frans Goedhart, Dutch journalist/founder (Parool), dies at age 86. [1]
- Gerard Blitz, Belgian swimmer/founder (Club Méd), dies at age 88. [1]
- March 5
- Gary Merrill, actor (Time Tunnel, Huckleberry Finn), dies at age 75. [1]
- Gloria Carter Spann, President Carter's sister, dies at age 63 from cancer. [1]
- March 8
- New York City's Zodiac killer shoots first victim, Mario Orosco. [1]
- March 10
- Michael Stewart, United Kingdom Secretary of State (1965-66, 1968-70), dies. [1]
- March 13
- Bruno Bettelhelm, Austrian/American child psychoanalyst, commits suicide at age 86 in Silver Spring, Maryland (born 1903). [1] [37] [42]
- March 15
- Tom Harmon, NFL tail back (Heisman Trophy), dies in Los Angeles at age 70. [1]
- Iraq hangs British journalist Farzad Bazoft for spying. Daphne Parish, a British nurse, is sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment as an accomplice. [42]
- March 17
- Capucine [Germaine Lefebvre], actress (Rendez-Vous de Juillet, Curse of the Pink Panther), commits suicide in Lausanne, Switzerland at age 57 (born 1933). [1] [42]
- Marí Mejía, Guatemalian feminist, is murdered. [1]
- Rick Grech, British rock bassist (Blind Faith, Traffic), dies at age 44 (born 1946). [1] [42]
- March 18
- Robin Harris, actor (House Party, Mo' Better Blues), dies at age 36. [1]
- March 20
- Jev Jasjin (Lev Yashin), Russian soccer goalie, dies at age 60 (born 1929). [1] [42]
- March 24
- Alice Sapritch, actress (European Vacation), dies. [1]
- An Wang, computer manufacturer (Wang), dies at age 70 from cancer. [1]
- Ray Goulding, comedian (Bob and Ray), dies from kidney failure at age 68. [1]
- Rene Enriquez, actor (Hill Street Blues), dies from pancreatic cancer at age 56. [1]
- March 26
- Roy "Halston" Frowick, fashion designer, dies of AIDS at age 68. [1]
- March 28
- Helene Fortescu Reynolds, actress (Bermuda Mystery), dies at age 65. [1]
- March 29
- New York City's Zodiac killer shoots second victim, Germaine Montenesdro. [1]
- April 2
- Aldo Fabrizi, actor (Postman Goes to War, Open City), dies at age 85. [1]
- April 3
- Katharine Balfour, actress (Love Story), dies of ALS at age 69. [1]
- April 5
- Nico Scheepmaker, Dutch columnist/poet, dies at age 59. [1]
- April 6
- Lady Nancy Hawkes (1946 best-dressed woman) dies at age 73. [1]
- Ronald E Evans, astronaut (Apollo 17), dies of a heart attack at age 57. [1]
- April 13
- Death of Thurston Harris at age 58 of a heart attack in Pomona, California, USA; rhythm-and-blues singer ("Little Bitty Pretty One" (1957)). [457]
- April 14
- Peter Dunn, actor (Invaders from Mars) dies. [1]
- April 15
- Greta Garbo, Swedish actress (Anna Karenina, Camille), dies at age 84 (born 1905). [1] [5] [42]
- April 17
- Reverend Ralph David Abernathy, American civil rights activist, dies at 64 (born 1926). [1] [42]
- April 18
- Robert D Webb, director/actor (Love Me Tender, Jackals), dies at age 87. [1]
- April 20
- Horst Sinderman, RDA first minister (1973-76), dies. [1]
- April 21
- Death of Romain de Tirtoff (pseudonym Erté), French Art Deco artist (born 1892). [1] [42]
- Johnny Beagley, winner of two 1942 World Series games, dies. [1]
- April 22
- Bertil Unger, actor (Devil and Max Devlin), dies. [1]
- Death of Albert Salmi at age 62 of suicide after killing his terminally-ill wife in their home in Spokane, Washington, USA; actor (The US Steel Hour TV show, Studio 1 TV show, Alcoa Presents TV show, Daniel Boone, The Virginian, Gunsmoke, Wagon Train, Bonanza, Caddyshack). [1] [457]
- April 23
- Palmer Deane, actor (Still of the Night), dies. [1]
- Paulette Goddard, actress (Hazard), dies of heart failure in Ronco, Switzerland at age 78 (born 1910). [1] [42]
- April 24
- Death of Tom Rolfing at age 40 of AIDS; actor (He Knows You're Alone, Cliff - Another World). [457]
- April 26
- Carlos Pizarro Leongomez, Colombian presidential candidate, is assassinated. [1]
- May 1
- Sunset Carson, cowboy actor (El Paso Kid, Oregon Trail), dies at age 62. [1]
- Death of Sergio Franchi of cancer at his Connecticut estate; international singing star (recorded 25 albums, Nine musical (Tony award)). [457]
- May 2
- David Rappaport, 3-foot 11-inch actor (Wizard, L.A. Law), shoots himself to death at age 38. [1]
- May 3
- Pimen [Sergei Irzyekov], patriarch of Russian-orthodox church, dies at age 79. [1]
- May 6
- Charles Farrell, actor (Vern - My Little Margie), dies at age 89. [1]
- May 7
- Jessica James, actress (Spring Break), dies of breast cancer at age 60. [1]
- May 8
- Tomas O'Fiach [Tomas Seamus Fee], Irish cardinal-archbishop, dies (born 1923). [1] [42]
- May 9
- Luigi Nono, Italian composer (Intolleranza), dies at age 66. [1]
- Death of Pauline Frederick at age 84; NBC news correspondent. [1] [457]
- May 10
- Susan Oliver, actress (Disorderly Orderly), dies of cancer at age 61. [1]
- Walker Percy, physician/novelist (Lancelot), dies of cancer at age 73. [1]
- May 16
- Death of Jim Henson at age 53 of pneumonia; American puppeteer and filmmaker (Sesame Street TV show, The Muppet Show TV show). [1] [42] [372.28] [457]
- Death of Sammy Davis Junior at age 64 of throat cancer in Los Angeles, California, USA; dancer, actor (Mr. Wonderful Broadway play (1956), Golden Boy Broadway play (1966), Sportin' Life - Porgy and Bess movie (1959)), singer ("I've Gotta Be Me" (1969), "The Candy Man" (1972), "What Kind of Fool Am I", "Hey There", "Something's Gotta Give", "That Old Black Magic", "Mr. Wonderful", "Too Close for Comfort"). [1] [42] [457]
- May 18
- Jill Ireland, English actress (Carry on Nurse, Family), dies of cancer at age 54 (born 1936). [1] [42]
- May 21
- Franklyn Seales, actor (Silver Spoon, Onion Field), dies of AIDS at age 37. [1]
- Mary Victor Bruce, who flew around the Empire State Building in 1930, dies. [1]
- Moelvi Mohammed Farouk, Indian spiritual leader, is murdered. [1]
- May 22
- Max Wall, actor (Jabberwocky), dies. [1]
- May 23
- Rocky Graziano, boxer/writer/actor (Mr Rock and Roll), dies of heart failure at age 71. [1]
- May 25
- Death of Vic Tayback at age 61 of a heart attack; actor (Mel Sharples - Alice TV show). [42] [457]
- May 28
- Hussein Bin Onn, first minister of Malaysia (1976-81), dies. [1]
- Joseph Hardy, actor/director (Tree Grows in Brooklyn), dies at age 71. [1]
- May 31
- New York City's Zodiac killer shoots third victim, Joseph Ponce. [1]
- June 1
- Members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army shoot and kill Major Michael Dillon-Lee and Private William Robert Davies of the British Army. Dillon-Lee is killed outside his home in Dortmund, Germany and Davies is killed at a railway station in Lichfield, England. [42]
- Death of Clyde McCoy at age 86; trumpeter/bandleader ("Sugar Blues"). [457]
- June 2
- Frederick Mellinger, founder of Fredericks of Hollywood, dies at age 76. [1]
- Death of Rex Harrison at age 82 of pancreatic cancer; actor (My Fair Lady, Ed Sullivan Show, The US Steel Hour, The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries, Omnibus). [1] [42] [457]
- Death of Jack Gilford AKA Yankel Gellman at age 81 of stomach cancer; character actor (Cracker Jacks commercials (1960-1972), Soap TV show, The Duck Factory, Apple Pie, Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers, David Frost Revue). [1] [457]
- June 3
- Robert Noyce, co-inventor (semi-conductor)/founded Intel, dies (born 1927). [42] (June 2 [1])
- Death of Stiv Bators; American singer (The Dead Boys) (born 1949). [42]
- June 7
- Barbara Baxley, actress (Norma Rae), dies at age 63 of a heart attack. [1]
- June 20
- Death of Ina Balin at age 52 of pulmonary hypertension in Connecticut, USA; actress (Quincy ME TV show, As The World Turns TV show). [1] [457]
- June 21
- Death of June Christy in Los Angeles of kidney failure at age 64; jazz and big band singer (Stan Kenton Orchestra). [457]
- June 22
- Death of Ilya Frank, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1908). [42]
- Death of Corinthian (Kripp) Johnson at age 57 of cancer in Pontiac, Michigan, USA; musician (Dell-Vikings - "Come Go With Me" (1957), "Whispering Bells" (1957)). [457]
- June 29
- Irving Wallace, author (Book of Lists, Peoples Almanac), dies at age 74. [1]
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