- January 5
- John Eckhardt, actor born without legs (Freaks), dies at age 82. [1]
- Marie Madeline Sullivan, actress (Elvira Mistress of Dark), dies at age 80. [1]
- Vasko Popa, Serbian WWII-partisan/poet (Sporedno Nebo), dies at age 68 (born 1922). [1] [41]
- January 8
- Death of Steve Clark at age 30 from drugs and alcohol in London, England; guitarist (Def Leppard - "Hysteria"). [1] [41] [457]
- January 11
- Jason Christmas dies of gunshot wound during robbery in New York at age 49. [1]
- Death of Carl David Anderson, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1905). [41]
- January 12
- Death of Keye Luke after a stroke at age 86; actor (Kung Fu, MASH, Perry Mason, Dragnet, Star Trek, Cannon, Night Court, MacGyver). [457]
- Vasco Pratolini of Italy, writer (Ragazze di San Frediano), dies at age 77. [1]
- January 14
- Three Palestinian Liberation Organization guerilla chiefs are assassinated in Tunis, including Sallah Kharaf [Abu Iyad], co-founder of Al-Fatah. [1] [41]
- January 17
- Death of King Olav V of Norway (born 1903). [1] [41] [410.56]
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- January 18
- Hamilton Fish, congressman (New York), dies at age 102. [1]
- Lillian Bond, actress (Air Mail, Pick-up, Blond Cheat), dies at age 83. [1]
- Nita Krebs, actor (Munchkin - The Wizard of Oz), dies of heart attack at age 85. [1]
- January 19
- Don Beddoe, actor (Bullwhip, Loophole, Texas), dies at age 87. [1]
- Glenn Langan, actor (Big Chase, Jungle Heat, Rapture), dies at age 73. [1]
- Death of John (William Lawrence) Russell of emphysema at age 70; actor (Apache Uprising, Yellow Sky, Marshal Dan Troop - Lawman TV series, recurring roles in It Takes a Thief, Alias Smith and Jones, Jason of Star Command). [1] [457]
- January 20
- Bill Riordon, US tennis promoter (Jimmy Connors), dies. [1]
- Louis Seigner, actor (Eclipse, Special Section), dies in a fire at age 87. [1]
- January 21
- Frank Mitchell, actor (Music is Magic, Prairie Gunsmoke), dies. [1]
- Howard "Red" Grange, football's galloping ghost, dies at age 87. [1]
- Richard Bolling, American politician (Representative-Democrat-Missouri)/US civil-rights leader, dies at age 74. [1]
- January 24
- Lawrence Lott, actor (Real Men, Philadelphia Experiment), dies of AIDS at age 40. [1]
- January 25
- Stanley Brock, actor (Tin Men), dies of heart attack at age 59. [1]
- January 26
- Johnny van Doorn, Dutch writer/poet, dies at age 46. [1]
- January 28
- Dale Long, hit home runs in 8 consecutive games, dies at age 66. [1]
- January 29
- Jan Odé, Dutch pianist/director Sweelinck Conservatory, dies. [1]
- Death of John McIntire, American actor (Virginian, Psycho), of emphysema at age 83 (born 1907). [41]
- January 30
- Death of John Bardeen, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1908). [41]
- February 1
- Carol Dempster, actress (Sally of Sawdust, America), dies at age 89. [1]
- H J van Ommeren-Averink, Dutch Member of Parliament (CPN), dies. [1]
- James G MacDonald, cartoon voice (Mickey Mouse), dies at age 84. [1]
- Phil Watson, NHL coach (New York Rangers), dies. [1]
- February 3
- Death of Nancy Kulp of cancer at age 69; actress (Miss Jane Hathaway - The Beverly Hillbillies TV show, The Brian Keith Show, Sanford and Son). [1] [457]
- February 4
- Bob Leslie, actor (Cinderella, Mako - Jaws of Death), dies at age 64. [1]
- February 5
- Death of Dean Jagger at age 87 of heart disease; actor (Twelve O'Clock High movie (Oscar award), Principal - Mr. Novak TV show, Hunter TV show, The Waltons TV show, St. Elsewhere TV show, Rawhide TV show). [1] [41] [457]
- February 6
- Death of Danny Thomas AKA Amos Muzyad Yahkoob at age 77 of a heart attack; actor/comedian (Baby Snooks radio show, Bickersons radio show, The Big Show radio show, Make Room for Daddy TV show, Danny Thomas Show TV show), producer (Dick Van Dyke Show TV show, Andy Griffith Show TV show, Mod Squad TV show), founder of Saint Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis. [41] [457]
- Death of Salvador Luria, Italian-born biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born 1912). [41]
- February 7
- Dick Winslow, actor (Tom Sawyer, Mutiny on the Bounty), dies at age 75. [1]
- Gladys LaVerne dies of heart problems at age 87. [1]
- Death of Amos Yarkoni, legendary Israeli soldier (born 1920). [41]
- February 8
- Miran Bux, cricket player (two Tests for Pakistan 1954-55), dies at age 47. [1]
- February 11
- Oscar Nitzchke, German architect (Alcoa building), dies at age 90. [1]
- February 12
- Edward A Blatt, director (Between Two Worlds), dies at age 88. [1]
- Robert Wagner, mayor (New York City - Democrat - 1954-65), dies. [1]
- February 13
- Eddie Bartell, actor (Every Night at Eight), dies at age 83. [1]
- February 14
- Arno Breker, German sculptor (Third Reich), dies at age 90. [1]
- John A McCone, head of US Central Intelligence Agency (1961-65), dies (born 1902). [1] [41]
- February 15
- Luis Escobar, Spanish actor (Don Juan My Love), dies at age 78. [1]
- February 16
- Enrique B Varela, commandant Nicaragua contras, dies. [1]
- February 19
- Peggy Mondo, actress (Who's Minding the Store), dies at age 50. [1]
- February 21
- Roger Swaybill, actor/writer (Porky's II, Breaking Point), dies at age 47. [1]
- Death of John Sherman Cooper, a U.S. Republican senator. [41]
- February 24
- Death of George Gobel after heart surgery at age 71; comedian (George Gobel Show, Hollywood Squares). [1] [41] [457]
- Jean Rogers, actress (Flash Gordon, Hot Cargo), dies at age 74. [1]
- Death of Webb Pierce at age 65 of heart failure and pancreatic cancer, in Nashville, Tennessee, USA; country singer ("In the Jailhouse Now" (1955), "Love, Love, Love", "I Don't Care", "Bye, Bye Love", Louisiana Hayride radio show, Grand Ole Opry, "There Stands the Glass" (1953)). [1] [457]
- Death of John Charles Daly, South African-born journalist and game show host (born 1914). [41]
- February 27
- H J of Royen, Dutch manager (Concertgebouw Orchestra), dies at age 52. [1]
- Robert-Jan Akkerman, Dutch diplomat (to Tunis), murdered. [1]
- February 28
- Guillermo Ungo, member of El Salvador junta (1979-80), dies. [1]
- March 1
- Edwin H Land, inventor (Polaroid instant camera), dies at age 81 (born 1909). [1] [41]
- Katharine Blake, actress (To Have and To Hold), dies at age 62. [1]
- March 2
- Clark Mollenhoff, US journalist (Pulitzer Prize), dies. [1]
- Freek Zoetmulder, publisher (Austrian Encyclopedia)/neo-Nazi, dies. [1]
- James "Cool Papa" Bell, Negro baseball league great, dies at age 87. [1]
- Death of Serge Gainsbourg at age 62; French singer, composer, actor (Fury of Hercules) (born 1928). [1] [41]
- March 3
- Arthur Murray, American dance instructor, dies at age 95 of pneumonia (born 1895). [1] [41]
- Clara Eggink [Ebbele], Dutch poet (Life with J C Bloem), dies at age 84. [1]
- March 4
- Vance Colvig, actor (UHF, Barfly, My Chauffeur), dies at age 72. [1]
- March 5
- August de Schryver, Belgian politician/founder (CVP), dies at age 92. [1]
- Trijntje Jansma-Boskma, oldest person in Netherland, dies at age 109. [1]
- March 12
- Etienne Decroux, French mime (Voyage, Surprise), dies at age 92. [1]
- Death of Ragnar Granit, Finnish neuroscientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born 1900). [41]
- March 13
- Cor Witschge [Pipo the Clown], Dutch actor (Alicia), dies at age 65. [1]
- March 14
- Howard Ashman, American song writer ("Under the Sea"), dies of AIDS at 40 (born 1950). [1] [41]
- Jef Houthuys, Belgian union leader (ACV, 1968-87), dies at age 68. [1]
- Death of Jerome "Doc" Pomus at age 65; American songwriter ("A Teenager in Love", "Save The Last Dance For Me", "Can't Get Used to Losing You", "Little Sister", "Suspicion", "Surrender", "Viva Las Vegas"). [1] [41] [457]
- March 15
- Budd [Lawrence] Freeman, US jazz saxophonist (Eel), dies at age 84. [1]
- Eileen Sedgwick, silent film actress (Hot Heels), dies at age 93. [1]
- March 16
- Jan H van Roijen, Dutch diplomat/Foreign Minister, dies at age 85. [1]
- Wim van den Brink, Dutch actor (Turkish Fruit, Red Sien), dies. [1]
- March 18
- Vilma Banky, actress (Eagle, Son of Sheik, Rebel), dies at age 93. [1]
- March 19
- John Russell Thomas, NFL general manager (Detroit Lions), dies. [1]
- Sunday Wilshin, actor (Murder by Rope), dies at age 86. [1]
- March 21
- Death of Leo Fender at age 81 of complications from Parkinson's disease; perfected the electric guitar (1948, Telecaster, Stratocaster). [1] [41] [457]
- March 22
- Gloria Holden, actress (Dracula's Daughter, Test Pilot), dies at age 73. [1]
- March 23
- Dominic Bellissimo, created buffalo chicken wings, dies at age 68. [1]
- Mona Maris, actress (Camila, Berlin Correspondent), dies at age 88. [1]
- March 25
- Death of Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, Roman Catholic bishop who fought for Catholic Tradition (born 1905). [41]
- March 26
- Frans Dohmen, union leader (Netherlands Catholic Mine Workers), dies at age 81. [1]
- March 27
- Aldo Ray, western actor (Battle Cry), dies of cancer at age 64. [1]
- Leueen McGrath, actress (Edward My Son, Saint's Vacation), dies at age 77. [1]
- Ralph Bates, British actor (Persecution, Graveyard), dies at age 50. [1]
- March 28
- Carlos Montalban, actor (Bananas), dies at age 85. [1]
- March 29
- Lee Atwater, American political strategist (Republican), dies of brain tumor at age 40 (born 1951). [1] [41]
- Matt Bennett, actor (Hickey and Boggs), dies of brain tumor at age 52. [1]
- March 30
- Jan Willem Hofstra, Dutch actor/writer (Friends of My Friends), dies. [1]
- March 31
- John Carter, US jazz clarinetist (Roots and folklore), dies. [1]
- April 1
- Martha Graham, American dancer and choreographer (Appalachian Spring), dies at age 96 (born 1894). [1] [41]
- Paulo Muwanga, chief of Uganda (1980), dies. [1]
- The president of the Berlin Treuhandanstalt (the organization responsible for the privatization of East German property), Detlev Karsten Rohwedder is murdered by terrorists. [37]
- April 3
- Graham Greene, British writer (Third Man, Our Man in Havana), dies at age 86 (born 1904). [1] [41]
- Death of Charles Goren, American bridge player, writer, and columnist (born 1901). [41]
- April 4
- H. John Heinz III, American politician (Senator-Republican-Pennsylvania), dies in a plane crash, at age 52 (born 1938). Six others are also killed when a helicopter collides with their plane over Merion, Pennsylvania. [1] [41]
- Luc de Rijck, Belgian soccer player (Turnhout), dies. [1]
- Max Frisch, Swiss architect/writer (Stiller, Biedermann), dies at age 79 (born 1911). [1] [37] [41]
- April 5
- Former Texas Republican Senator John Tower (age 65) and 22 others are killed in an airplane crash in Brunswick, Georgia, United States. Tower was chairman of the Senate Armed Sevices Committee, and the Republican Policy Committee. [41] [861.324]
- Manley Lanier "Sonny" Carter Junior, US Navy/astronaut (STS 33), dies at age 43. [1]
- April 6
- Bill Ponsford, cricket player (Test average 48 22, first-class average 65 18), dies. [1]
- April 8
- Death of Per "Dead" Yngve Ohlin, vocalist for Mayhem/Morbid (suicide) (born 1969). [41]
- April 9
- Maurice Binder, title designer (James Bond movies), dies at age 73. [1]
- April 10
- Death of Kevin Peter Hall at age 35 of AIDS; actor (Harry - Harry and the Hendersons TV show). [1] [457]
- Death of Natalie Schafer at age 90 from cancer; actress (Lovey Wentworth Howell - Gilligan's Island TV show). [1] [41] [457]
- April 12
- James Schuyler, US poet (Pulitzer 1980), dies. [1]
- April 16
- David Lean, director (two Academy Awards - Bridge on the River Kwai, Lawrence of Arabia), dies of pneumonia at age 83. [1]
- April 17
- Jack Yellen, US poet (Sons o' Fun), dies at age 97. [1]
- April 20
- Don[ald] Siegel, US director (Coogan's Bluff / Dirty Harry movies), dies at age 78. [1]
- Jumjaagiyn Tsedenbal, Mongolian politician, dies. [1]
- Sean O'Faolain [J Whelan], Irish writer (Nest of Simple), dies at age 91. [1]
- Steve Marriott, English guitarist (Small Faces), dies in a fire at age 44 (born 1947). [1] [41]
- Yumzhagin Tsendenbal, Prime Minister of Mongolia (1952-74), dies. [1]
- April 21
- Richard Bolling, American politician (Representative-Democrat-Missouri), dies at age 74. [1]
- Willi Boskovsky, Austrian conductor (new year's concert), dies at age 81. [1]
- April 25
- Frank Hamilton, actor (Subterraneans), dies at age 66. [1]
- Theo Laseroms [Tank], Dutch soccer player (Feyenoord), dies. [1]
- April 26
- Emily McLaughlin, US actress (Jessie - General Hospital), dies at age 61. [1]
- April 27
- Ken Curtis, actor (Festus - Gunsmoke, Lost, Freckles, California Gold Rush), dies at age 74. [1]
- Marcus Heeresma, writer/poet (Anna, Son of a Whore), dies. [1]
- April 28
- Floyd B McKissick, US founder (CORE), dies. [1]
- Death of Johnny Eck, American sideshow performer (born 1911). [41]
- April 29
- Death of Ken Curtis at age 74 in his sleep; singer (Shep Fields Orchestra, Tommy Dorsey, Roy Rogers, The Sons of the Pioneers), actor (Festus - Gunsmoke, The Yellow Rose). [457]
- April 30
- George Sperti, inventor (Preparation H), dies at age 91. [1]
- Michael G Hagerty, actor (Overboard), dies at age 39. [1]
- May 1
- Richard Thorpe, MGM film director (Jailhouse Rock, Night Must Fall), dies at age 95. [1]
- May 3
- Gerrit Mik, child psychiatrist/Dutch Member of Parliament (D66), dies. [1]
- Jersy Kosinski, author (Being There), dies at age 57. [1]
- Margaret Tallichet, actress (Stranger on the Third Floor), dies. [1]
- May 6
- Anthony van Kampen, writer (Ketelbinkie, Geschonden Eldorado), dies. [1]
- Chucky Mullins, US soccer player, dies. [1]
- Wilfrid Hyde-White, British actor (Peyton Place, 140+ films), dies at age 87. [1]
- May 8
- Lloyd Ford, stuntman, dies at age 79. [1]
- May 9
- James L Reinsch, media advisor (Franklin Roosevelt/Winston Churchill/John Kennedy), dies. [1]
- Ronnie Brody, British actor (Superman III, What's Up Nurse), dies at age 72. [1]
- May 11
- Ho Dam, foreign minister of North Korea (1970-83), dies. [1]
- May 14
- Ast Fonteyne, Flemish lecture artist, dies. [1]
- Herman Niels, Flemish radio director, dies. [1]
- Jiang Qing, Chinese radical revolutionary, widow of leader Mao Tse Tung, commits suicide (born 1914). [1] [41]
- Shintaro Abe, minister of Exterior of Japan (1982-86), dies. [1]
- May 15
- Death of Andreas Floer, German mathematician (born 1956). [41]
- Ronald Lacey, actor (Raiders of the Lost Ark, Next Victim), dies at age 55. [1]
- May 18
- Edwina Booth, actress (Trader Horn), dies of heart failure at age 86. [1]
- May 19
- Douglas L Mays, cartoonist (Punch), dies. [1]
- Rini Otte, Dutch actress (Ergens in Nederland), dies at age 74. [1]
- May 21
- Jean Van Houtte, Prime Minister of Belgium (1952-54), dies. [1]
- Rajiv Gandhi, Indian Prime Minster (1984-91), assassinated by a bomb at age 46 in Madras, India (born 1944). [1] [41]
- May 22
- Lino Brocka, director (Macho Dancer, Jaguar), dies in car crash at age 51. [1]
- Death of Derrick Henry Lehmer, American mathematician (born 1905). [41]
- May 23
- Peter T Thwaites, British Brigadier-General/playwright (Love or money), dies. [1]
- William Sinnot, Scottish pop musician (Shamen), dies at age 30. [1]
- May 24
- Death of Gene Clark at age 49 of natural causes at his home in Sherman Oaks, California, USA; singer-guitarist-songwriter (founding member of The Byrds - "Mr. Tambourine Man", "Turn! Turn! Turn!", New Christy Minstrels). [1] [457]
- May 26
- Tom Cassidy, news anchor (CNN), dies of AIDS at age 41. [1]
- Tom Eyen, playwright (Dreamgirls), dies of cardiac arrest at age 50. [1]
- May 27
- Ed Dodd, cartoonist (Mark Trail), dies at age 88. [1]
- Death of Leopold Nowak, Austrian musicologist (born 1904). [41]
- May 28
- Ethel Lois Payne, journalist (Chicago Defender), dies at age 79. [1]
- May 29
- Coral Browne, Australian actress, (Dreamchild, Ruling Class), dies of cancer at age 77. [1]
- May 31
- Angus Wilson [Johnstone-W], British writer (Wrong Set), dies. [1]
- June 1
- Death of David Ruffin at age 50 of a cocaine overdose in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; lead singer (Temptations - "My Girl", "Ain't Too Proud To Beg"). [41] [457]
- June 3
- Death of Eva LeGallienne of a heart attack at age 92; actress (Dupont Show of the Month TV show, Hallmark Hall of Fame TV show, Ford Theatre Hour TV show, Playhouse 90 TV show, Studio One TV show, St. Elsewhere TV show). [457]
- Harry Glicken, volcanologist, killed by Mount Unzen Volcano in Japan. [1]
- Death of Maurice Krafft, (born 1946) and Katia Krafft (born 1942), volcanologists. [41]
- Thomas C Lasorda, artist/son of Los Angeles Dodgers' manager, dies of pneumonia at age 33. [1]
- June 6
- Larry Kert, actor (Tony - West Side Story), dies from AIDS. [1]
- Stan Getz, jazz saxophonist (Girl from Impanima), dies at age 64. [1]
- Sylvia Porter, economist/author, dies at age 77. [1]
- June 9
- Death of Joe Hamilton at age 62 of cancer; TV producer (The Carol Burnett Show, Mama's Family, The Smothers Brothers Show). [457]
- June 15
- Death of Arthur Lewis, British economist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1915). [41]
- June 18
- Death of Beatrice Joan Caulfield at age 69 following cancer surgery; actress (Liz Cooper - My Favorite Husband). [1] [457]
- June 22
- Kevin O'Connor, actor (Bogie), dies of cancer at age 56. [1]
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