- January 4
- William Walker, stuntman/actor (Our Man Flint), dies at age 74. [1]
- January 6
- Elaine McKenna, Australian actress (Peg Martin - Cell Block H), dies. [1]
- Vincent Placoly, Martinique writer (Une journée torride), dies at age 45. [1]
- January 7
- Richard Hunt, puppeteer/actor (The Muppet Movie), dies of AIDS at age 40. [1]
- January 8
- Abderrahim Bouabid, Morroco prime secretary (1972), dies. [1]
- Johnny [Jan] Meijer, Dutch king of accordions (Body and Soul), dies. [1]
- January 9
- Death of Steve Brodie at age 72 of cancer; supporting actor (Desperate, Bodyguard, sheriff - Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955)). [457]
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- William JF "Bill" Naughton, Irish/British playwright (Alfie), dies at 81 (born 1910). [1] [33]
- Death of Claude Coats at age 78; artist at Walt Disney Company 1935-89 for films, displays at Disneyland attractions, named a Disney Legend 1988. [510.112]
- January 10
- Barbara Couper, British actress (Last Days of Dolwyn), dies at age 89. [1]
- January 12
- Harry van Doorn, Dutch Member of Parliament (KVP/KRO-chairman/PPR/CRM), dies at age 76. [1]
- Walt Morey, US children's book writer (Gentle Ben), dies at age 84. [1]
- January 13
- Yvonne Bryceland, actress (Road to Mecca), dies of cancer at age 66. [1]
- January 14
- Death of Hari Rhodes at age 59; actor (Earth II, Detroit 9000, Daktari TV show, The Bold Ones: The Protectors TV show). [1] [457]
- January 17
- Bill Walker, actor (Big Mo, Mask, Harlem Globetrotters), dies at age 95. [1]
- Charlie Ventura, jazz sax (Bop for the people), dies of cancer at age 75. [1]
- Dorothy Alison, actress (Maggie, Third Key, Long Arm), dies. [1]
- January 20
- Muhammad Abd al-Khaliq Hassuna, Secretary-General of Arab League (1952-72), dies. [1]
- Roberto d'Aubuisson, leader of El Salvador, dies. [1]
- January 22
- A J Antoon, director (That Championship Season), dies at age 47. [1]
- Ali Amini, Prime Minister of Iran (1961-62), dies. [1]
- January 23
- Freddie Bartholomew, Irish child actor (Kidnapped), dies of emphysema at 67 (born 1924). [1] [33]
- Ian Wolfe, actor (Houdini, THX-1138, Homebodies), dies at age 95. [1]
- Simon Brand, South African banker/adviser to President De Klerk, dies. [1]
- January 24
- Death of Gilroy Roberts at age 86; US Mint Chief Engraver (1948-64), engraver of US Kennedy half dollar (1964-) and many coins of Cuba, Denmark, El Salvador, Haiti, Liberia. [1055.410] (January 26 [1071.141])
- Charles Moulin, French actor (French Tarzan), dies. [1]
- John Bleifer, actor (Highway to Heaven), dies at age 90. [1]
- Death of Ken Darby at age 82 of heart problems in Sherman Oaks, California, USA; choral director and composer (King's Men vocal quartet, won three Oscar awards, wrote "Love Me Tender"). [457]
- January 25
- John Touchstone, actor (Across Five Aprils), dies of cirrhosis at age 59. [1]
- Mahmoud Riad, Secretary-General of Arab League (1972-79), dies. [1]
- January 26
- Death of Jose Ferrer at age 80 of colon cancer; actor/director (Cyrano de Bergerac, George Washington, The Rhinemann Exchange, The French Atlantic Affair, Young Harry Houdini, Blood Feud, Newhart, Your Show of Shows). [1] [33] [457]
- January 27
- Francesca Primus, columnist (Back Stage), dies at age 45. [1]
- Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies, British actress (The Master Blackmailer, Eliza Dolittle), dies at age 101. [1]
- Death of Sally Mugabe (nee Hayfron), wife of Robert Mugabe and first lady of Zimbabwe (born 1933). [33]
- January 28
- Nahman Avigad, Israeli archaeologist (Discovering Jerusalem), dies at age 86. [1]
- January 29
- Death of Willie Dixon at age 76 of heart failure in Burbank, California, USA; boxer, rhythm and blues songwriter ("Hoochie Coochie Man", "Little Red Rooster", "Back Door Man", "I'm a Man"). [1] [5] [33] [457]
- January 31
- Mel Hein, NFL player (New York Giants), dies at age 82. [1]
- Wim van Heumen, field hockey coach (Netherlands), dies at age 63. [1]
- February 1
- George Berkeley, actor (Life Stinks, Captains and the Kings), dies at age 70. [1]
- Irving R Kaufman, federal judge (Rosenberg Case), dies at age 81. [1]
- February 2
- Bert Parks [Jacobson], TV host (Miss America Pageant), dies at age 77 (born 1914). [1] [33]
- Jack [John T] Aitken, British anatomist, dies at age 78. [1]
- Maurice J Hill, writer (Track of Thunder), dies of pneumonia at age 89. [1]
- February 4
- Death of John Dehner at age 76 of emphysema and diabetes; Disney animator, radio deejay, actor (Gunsmoke, Palladin in CBS Radio's Have Gun Will Travel, Young Maverick, Apache, Cowboy, Boys from Brazil, How the West was Won, Temperatures Rising, Doris Day Show, Don Knotts Show. [1] [457]
- Death of Lisa Fonssagrives, Swedish model (born 1911). [33]
- February 5
- Laura Liddell, actress (Shakespeare Wallah), dies at age 83. [1]
- February 6
- Frank Wilson, actor (Beware, Sunday Sinners, Club), dies at age 37. [1]
- Wade Preston, actor (Man Called Sledge), dies at age 62. [1]
- February 8
- Baruch Lumet, actor (Killer Shrews), dies at age 93. [1]
- February 10
- Alex Haley, American author (Autobiography of Malcolm X, Roots), dies at age 70 (born 1921). [1] [33]
- Mau Kopuit, Dutch editor-in-chief (New Israeli Weekly Newspaper), dies. [1]
- Thomas Graftdijk, Dutch writer (Dr Faustus), dies. [1]
- Wim Ramaker, Dutch director/writer (On Death Track), dies. [1]
- February 11
- Ray Danton, US actor/director (Psychic Killer), dies at age 60. [1]
- February 12
- Bep [Lambertus] van Klaveren, Dutch boxing champion (Olympics-gold-1928), dies (born 1907). [1] [33]
- Dorothy Tree, actress (Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Nazi Agent), dies. [1]
- Ton Brandsteder, CEO (Sony Netherlands BV), dies at age 74. [1]
- February 13
- Bob den Uyl, Dutch journalist/writer (Restless Travel), dies at age 61. [1]
- February 14
- Angelique Pettyjohn, actress (Biohazard), dies of cancer at age 48. [1]
- Roepie Kruize, hockey player (Olympics-bronze-1948/silver-1952), dies at age 67. [1]
- February 15
- William H Schuman, US composer (Pulitzer)/President of Julliard, dies at age 81. [1]
- February 16
- Abbas Musawi, leader of Hezbollah, assassinated. [1]
- Angela Carter, British novelist (Magic Toyshop), dies of cancer at age 51. [1]
- George Mann MacBeth, Scottish journalist/poet (A War Quartet), dies. [1]
- Janio Quadros, President of Brazil (1961), dies. [1]
- Winand J Borgerhoff Mulder, court judge Amsterdam (squatters), dies at age 78. [1]
- February 20
- Dick York, American actor (Bewitched), dies of emphysema at age 63 (born 1928). [1] [33]
- Joan Dixon, actress (Hot Lead, Bunco Squad, Gunplay), dies at age 66. [1]
- February 21
- Death of Eva A Jessye at age 97; US singer/actress (Eva Jessye Choir). [1]
- Franc Holden, British astronomer (Binary Stars), dies. [1]
- Kate A ter Horst-Arriëns, Dutch nurse (Battle of Arnhem), dies at age 85. [1]
- Roberto D'Aubuisson, El Salvadorian founder (ARENA), dies. [1]
- February 23
- Jacquelyn Hyde, actress (Dark, House of Terror), dies at age 61. [1]
- Markos Vafiades, leader (ELAS, 1943-49), dies. [1]
- February 25
- Guy Deghy, actor (Matter of Who, One Eyed Soldiers), dies at age 79. [1]
- John E Allen Junior, actor (1 2 3), dies. [1]
- February 26
- Gerrit Schulte "Crazy Cyclist", Dutch 6-days bicyclist, dies at age 76. [1]
- Jean R Yawkey, baseball team owner (Boston Red Sox), dies of a stroke at age 83. [1] [56]
- February 27
- Marinus Ruppert, Dutch trade union leader (CNV), dies at age 80. [1]
- S I Hayakawa, American politician (Senator-Republican-California, 1977-83), dies from a stroke at age 85. [1]
- February 28
- Angelique Pettyjohn, actress (Body Talk, Star Trek), dies at age 49. [1]
- February 29
- Earl Scheib, CEO (Earl Scheib Auto Paint), dies at age 85. [1]
- Johnny Mack, British actor (Time Lord - Doctor Who), dies at age 70. [1]
- March 1
- Maria Déa, French actress (Piéges), dies at age 73. [1]
- March 2
- Death of Sandy Dennis of ovarian cancer at age 54 in Connecticut, USA; actress (Guiding Light, Up the Down Staircase). [1] [33] [457]
- March 3
- Death of Robert Beatty at age 82 in London, England; actor (Martian Chronicles, Odd Man Out). [1] [457]
- Ted Liss, actor (Child's Play), dies of heart attack at age 72. [1]
- March 4
- Arthur Babbitt, animator (Mr Magoo, Goofy), dies at age 84 of heart failure (born 1907). [1] [33]
- C Meijer, Dutch editor in chief (Typhoon), dies. [1]
- Christian K Nelson, inventor (Eskimo Pie), dies at age 98. [1]
- Nestor Almendros, Spanish/US cameraman (Kramer versus Kramer), dies at age 61. [1]
- March 5
- Andrew Samuel, child actor (Our Gang), dies at age 82. [1]
- Yevgeny Yevstigneev, Russian actor (Welcome Kosta), dies at age 65. [1]
- March 6
- Elvia Allman, actress (Night at Earl Carroll's), dies of pneumonia. [1]
- Emmy Huf, Dutch cabaret performer/writer (I Want Warm Meat), dies. [1]
- Maria Vieira da Silva, Portuguese painter (Mirror Palace), dies at age 83. [1]
- March 8
- Death of Red Callender at age 76; US jazz bassist (Unfinished dream). [1]
- March 9
- Felipe Turich, actor (Lawless), dies. [1]
- Jack McEdward, assistant director (Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell), dies at age 94. [1]
- James Brooks, US mural painter (Flight, La Guardia New York), dies at age 85. [1]
- Menachim Begin, Israeli prime minister (1977-1983, Nobel Peace Prize 1979), dies at age 79 (born 1913). [1] [33]
- March 11
- David Carroll, actor (Grand Hotel), dies of pulmonary embolism at age 41. [1]
- Heinz Kühn, Prime Minister (Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany), dies at age 80. [1]
- Manuel De Dios Unanue, US anti-drug journalist, is murdered at age 48. [1]
- Richard Brooks, director (Blackboard Jungle, Key Largo), dies at age 79. [1]
- March 12
- Barbara Morrison, actress (Project Moonbase), dies of heart failure at age 84. [1]
- Hans G Kresse, Dutch cartoonist (Eric the Viking), dies at age 70. [1]
- Ida Oosterbaan, Dutch founder (Women Action Committee), dies. [1]
- Salvo Lima, mayor (Palermo)/Member of Parliament (christian-democrat), murdered. [1]
- March 13
- Hans Redeker, Dutch art critic (Algemeen Handelsblad), dies. [1]
- March 14
- Death of Cornelius Vanderbilt Wood Junior of cancer at age 71; theme park developer, first Disneyland general manager up to opening day, Freedomland U.S.A. in New York 1960-64. [1] [510.442]
- Jean Poiret, French actor/writer (La Cage aux Folles), dies at age 65. [1]
- Ralph James, actor (Orson - Mork and Mindy), dies at age 67. [1]
- Steven Brian Pennell is first execution in Delaware in 45 years, at age 34. [1]
- March 15
- Helen Deutsch, screenwriter, dies of natural causes. [1]
- Jack Washburn, actor (Black Orchid), dies after long illness at age 64. [1]
- Vanessa Lee, actress (Split), dies at age 71. [1]
- March 16
- Renzhong Weangn, Chinese politician (1934-45), dies. [1]
- March 17
- Charles Rea, British actor (Ipcress File), dies at age 69. [1]
- George Lovi, US columnist (Sky and Telescope's "Ramblings"), dies. [1]
- Death of Grace Stafford Lantz at age 87 from spinal cancer; voice of Woody Woodpecker for nearly 40 years. [1] [457]
- Death of Jack Arnold at age 75 from arteriosclerosis; actor, director (Perry Mason TV show, Sid Caeser Special, Peter Gunn TV show, Alias Smith and Jones TV show, The Fall Guy TV show, The Brady Bunch TV show, Gilligan's Island TV show). [1] [457]
- March 18
- Cornelis B Vaandrager [C Vaan], poet (Giant of Rotterdam), dies at age 56. [1]
- Death of John Ireland at age 78 of leukemia; actor (Rawhide, The Cheaters, Gunsmoke, Cassie, Company, Schlitz Playhouse, Santa Barbara). [457]
- March 19
- Cesare Danova, actor (Cleopatra, Viva Las Vegas), dies from a heart attack at age 66. [1]
- March 20
- Death of Avonne Taylor at age 93; actress (My Best Girl, Honor Among Lovers). [1]
- Georges Delerue, French composer (Hiroshima, My Love), dies at age 67. [1]
- March 21
- Death of John Ireland at age 78 of leukemia; actor and director (The Cheaters BBC TV series, Rawhide CBS TV series). [1] [457]
- March 23
- Friedrich A von Hayek, British/Austrian economist (Road to Serfdom, Nobel Prize laureate), dies at age 92 (born 1899). [1] [33]
- March 25
- Death of Nancy Walker at age 69 of cancer; actress (Ida Morgenstein - Rhoda, Mary Tyler Moore). [1] [457]
- March 27
- Anita Colby, US model/actress/author (Pepsi Coke), dies at age 77. [1]
- Easley Blackwood, expert bridge player, dies at age 89. [1]
- James E Webb, head of NASA (1961-68), dies at age 84. [1]
- Martin Engelman, Dutch cartoonist/painter/graphic artist, dies. [1]
- March 29
- Death of Paul G J von Henreid at age 84 of pneumonia; actor (Lazzlo - Casablanca film, Goodbye Mr. Chips film), director (Alfred Hitchcock Presents TV show, Schlitz Playhouse TV show, Big Valley TV show, The Iron Horse Tv show, Bracken's World TV show). [1] [33] [457]
- March 30
- Death of Art Hannes at age 69 of a respiratory ailment; announcer (The Ed Sullivan Show). [1] [457]
- Luigi De Laurentiis, Italian producer (Toto, Macaroni), dies. [1]
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