- August 5
- Death of Jeff Porcaro at age 38 of cardiac arrest; drummer (Toto). [33] [457]
- August 7
- Death of John Anderson of a heart attack at age 69; actor (The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, Gunsmoke). [457]
- August 18
- Death of John Sturges, American director (The Great Escape, The Magnificent Seven) (born 1911). [33]
- August 21
- (to August 22) Events at Ruby Ridge, Idaho are sparked by a Federal Marshal surveillance team, resulting in the death of Marshal Sam Weaver and his dog and the next day the wounding of Randy Weaver, the death of his wife Vicki and the wounding of Kevin Harris. [33]
- September 2
- Death of Barbara McClintock, American geneticist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born 1902). [33]
- September 12
- Death of Anthony Perkins; American actor (Norman Bates - Psycho (1960) (born 1932). [33]
- October 5
- Death of Eddie Kendricks at age 52 from lung cancer; American singer (The Temptations - "The Way You Do the Things You Do" (1964), solo - "Keep on Truckin'", "Boogie Down"). [33] [457]
- October 6
- Death of Denholm Elliott at age 70 of AIDS; actor (Noble House, Bleak House). [33] [457]
- October 7
- Death of Tevfik Esenç, last known speaker of Ubykh (born 1904). [33]
- October 9
- Willy Brandt (born Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm) dies in Unkel, Germany; mayor of West Berlin (1957-66), foreign minister and vice-chancellor (1966-69), chancellor (1969-74), Nobel Prize for Peace in 1971. [37] (October 8 [33])
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- October 12
- Death of John Hancock at age 51 of a heart attack while filming sitcom Love and War; actor (LA Law). [457]
- October 21
- Death of Jackson Weaver of complications from diabetes; actor, voice of Smokey the Bear. [457]
- October 22
- Death of Cleavon (Jake) Little at age 53 of colon cancer; actor (Dear John, Bagdad Cafe, True Colors, Temperatures Rising, Felony Squad, Another World). [33] [457]
- October 25
- Death of Roger Miller at age 56 of lung and throat cancer in Los Angeles, California, USA; American singer/songwriter ("King of the Road", "England Swings", "You Don't Want My Love", "Dang Me", "Chug-a-Lug", 11 Grammy awards). [33] [457]
- October 27
- Death of David Bohm, American-born physicist, philosopher, and neuropsychologist (born 1917). [33]
- November 10
- Death of Chuck Connors at age 71 of lung cancer and pneumonia; actor (The Rifleman TV show, Arrest and Trial TV show), host (Thrill Seekers TV show). [457]
- November 11
- Death of Erskine Hawkins at age 78; trumpeter and bandleader ("Tuxedo Junction" (1939)). [457]
- November 12
- Death of Eddie Mayehoff at age 81; actor, bandleader, radio comedy writer, television emcee (Dad - That's My Boy movie, "Jarring" Jack Jackson - That's My Boy TV series). [457]
- November 14
- Death of John Cascella, found dead in his car in Indiana, likely of a heart attack; keyboardist of John Mellencamp's band. [457]
- Death of George Adams at age 52; jazz tenor saxophonist/flautist ("Changes One"). [457]
- November 18
- Death of Dorothy Kirsten at age 75 after a stroke; lyric soprano (Metropolitan Opera, co-starred on the Lucky Strike Hit Parade, guest on Ed Sullivan Show, Colgate Comedy Hour, Dinah Shore Chevy Show). [457]
- November 22
- Death of Sterling Holloway of cardiac arrest at age 87; actor (Rin Tin Tin, Willy, The Life of Riley, The Baileys of Balboa, Adventures of Superman, Gilligan's Island, That Girl, F-Troop), voice of Winnie the Pooh in TV and film. [33] [457]
- December 2
- Gary Mascaro, choreographer, dies at age 43. [1]
- Loek Elfferich, Dutch journalist/historian (Treason in Rotterdam), dies. [1]
- December 3
- Harry Ellerbe, actor (House of Usher, Magnetic Monster), dies at age 91. [1]
- Luis Alcoriza, actor/writer/director (Tiburoneros), dies of emphysema. [1]
- Nureddin Al-Atassi, President of Syria (1966-70), dies. [1]
- December 5
- Hilary Tindall, actress (Dominique - Max Headroom), dies of cancer at age 54. [1]
- December 6
- Death of Hank Worden at age 91; actor (Red River, Twin Peaks, The Lone Ranger, Petticoat Junction). [1] [457]
- Percy Herbert, actor (Captain Apache), dies of heart attack at age 72. [1]
- December 7
- Maurice Coutinho, writer/translator (Silent Struggle), dies at age 79. [1]
- December 8
- William Shawn, US editor-in-chief (New Yorker, 1952-87), dies at age 85. [1]
- December 9
- Carl Barger, baseball president (Pittsburgh Pirates, Florida Marlins), dies at age 62. [1]
- Death of Vincent Gardenia of heart attack at age 70; Tony and Emmy award winning actor (All in the Family, LA Law, Ben Casey, Naked City, Edge of Night, J. Edgar Hoover - Kennedy TV mini-series, Moonstruck). [1] [457]
- December 10
- Carlomagno Andrade, Equadorian general, dies. [1]
- December 11
- Michael Robbins, actor (Lunch Hour, On the Buses), dies at age 62. [1]
- Vilma Banky, silent film actress (Eagle, Rebel), dies at about age 90. [1]
- December 12
- Bernard Lievegoed, Dutch doctor/psychiatrist/author (Free College), dies at age 87. [1]
- Jasu Patel, cricket player (29 wickets for India, best 9-69 versus Australia), dies. [1]
- Death of Suzanne Lilar, Belgian essayist, novelist and playwright (born 1901). [33]
- December 13
- Bernard Drukker, Dutch pianist/orchestra leader (duivelswiel), dies. [1]
- December 15
- Fré [Frederik] Meis, Dutch Member of Parliament (CPN), dies at age 71. [1]
- December 16
- Anton [Tom] Koolhaas, Dutch writer (Snow White), dies at age 80. [1]
- Rinus Terlouw, Dutch soccer player/trainer (Sparta), dies. [1]
- December 17
- Death of Dana Andrews at age 83 from pneumonia and congestive heart failure in Los Alamitos, California, USA; actor (Laura movie, Best Years of Our Lives movie, I Was a Communist for the FBI radio show, Bright Promise TV show, Playhouse 90 TV show, Falcon Crest TV show, Ike TV show, Alcoa Premiere TV show, Ben Casey TV show, The Dick Powell Show TV show). [1] [457]
- December 18
- Death of Mark Goodson at age 77 of pancreatic cancer; American TV game show tycoon (Goodson-Todman productions, Beat the Clock, Family Feud, Match Game, Password, The Price is Right, To Tell the Truth, I've Got A Secret, What's My Line?). [1] [33] [457]
- Mother Clare Hale, cared for New York City AIDS babies (Hale House), dies at age 87. [1]
- Richard H Ichord, US leader of House Un-American Activities Committee, dies. [1]
- December 21
- Albert King, American blues singer/guitarist (Crosscut Saw), dies at age 71 (born 1923). [1] [33]
- Nathan Milstein, Ukrainian/US violist (Beethoven, Bach), dies at age 87 (born 1903). [1] [33]
- Death of Stella Adler at age 91; actress (Love on Toast), acting teacher (Marlon Brando, Robert De Niro, Martin Sheen, Roy Scheider). [1] [33] [457]
- December 22
- Frederick William Franz, a member of the Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses and fourth President of Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, dies at age 99 (born 1893). [1] [33]
- Death of Lord Ted Willis, British television dramatist and author (born 1914). [33]
- December 23
- Cyril Walters, cricket player (11 Tests for England, 784 runs), dies. [1]
- Eddie Hazel, US pop guitarist (Funkadelic - "Knee Deep"), dies at age 42. [1]
- December 24
- Pierre Culliford [Peyo], Belgian cartoonist (Smurfs), dies at age 64. [1]
- December 25
- Garrison H Davidson, US Lieutenant-General commandant (West Point), dies. [1]
- Helen B M Fennell Joseph, English/South Africa anti-apartheid, dies at age 87. [1]
- Monica Dickens, English/US journalist/author, dies at age 77 (born 1915). [1] [33]
- Ted Croker, RAF-pilot/secretary English soccer team (sponsoring), dies (born 1924). [1] [33]
- December 26
- Bert [Lambertus H] Voeten, Dutch poet (Antipodes), dies at age 74. [1]
- Constance Carpenter, actress (Two Worlds), dies of stroke at age 87. [1]
- John G Kemeny, US computer pioneer (BASIC programming language), dies. [1]
- December 27
- Cardew "the Cad" [Douglas] Robinson, English comedian (Alfie), dies at age 75. [1]
- Jan Peeters, Dutch watercolorist/monument artist, dies. [1]
- December 28
- Mort Greene, US songwriter ("My Grandfather's Clock"), dies at age 80. [1]
- December 29
- L H Ruitenberg, vicar/editor in chief (Reform Netherlands), dies at age 87. [1]
- Vivienne Segal, US actress (Broadway, Pal Joey), dies at age 95. [1]
- December 30
- César [Caesar] Domela, painter/son of Ferdinand D Nieuwenhuis, dies. [1]
- Ling-Ling, first panda China gave US, dies at age 23. [1]
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