- January 4
- Jim Booth, New Zealand producer (Heavenly Creatures), dies at age 48. [1]
- Michiel P "Michael" Gorsira, Governor of Curaçao (1951-67), dies at age 80. [1]
- January 5
- Death of Brian Johnston; British cricket player, BBC Radio commentator for 40 years. [1] [30] [457]
- Louis R J Ridder van Rappard, Dutch mayor of Zoelen, dies at age 87. [1]
- Thomas P "Tip" O'Neill, American politician (Democrat-Massachusetts)/Speaker of House (1977-86), dies of cancer at age 81 (born 1912). [1] [30]
- January 6
- "Iron" Adriaan van Es, Dutch undersecretary of Navy (1963-72), dies at age 80. [1]
- Gerardus J Sizoo, physicist/director of Dutch Free University, dies. [1]
- Death of Harold Lucas at age 70 in Washington, DC, USA; rhythm-and-blues musician (the Clovers - "Don't You Know I Love You", "Fool, Fool, Fool", "Love Potion No. 9"). [457]
- January 7
- Death of Jay Blackton at age 84; American broadway conductor, arranger (Oklahoma!). [1]
- Phoumi Vongvichit, President of Laos (1986-91), dies. [1]
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- Vittorio Mezzogiorno, actor (Cafe Express), dies of heart failure 52. [1]
- January 8
- Edward Duke, actor (Decadence, Silver Bears), dies of cancer at age 40. [1]
- Harvey Haddix, pitcher (12 perfect inning game), dies at age 68. [1]
- Lady Caithness, wife of British undersecretary, commits suicide. [1]
- Death of Pat Buttram at age 78 of kidney failure; actor (Eustace Haney - Green Acres TV show, Petticoat Junction TV show). [1] [30] [457]
- Sri Chandrashekhara Saraswathi, guru of Kanchi, dies at age 99. [1]
- Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Italian actor (Octopus), dies at age 52. [1]
- January 9
- Death of Johnny Temple, baseball player (born 1927). [30]
- January 10
- Catharina I "Ien" Dales, minister of Internal affairs (1989-94), dies at age 62. [1]
- Charles "Chub" Feeney, baseball president (National League), dies at age 72. [1]
- Death of Michael Aldridge at age 73; English actor (Last of the Summer Wine, Murder in the Cathedral). [457]
- January 11
- John Bradley, raised US flag at Iwo Jima, dies at age 70. [1]
- January 12
- Samuel Bronston, Romanian/US producer (El Cid), dies at age 85. [1]
- January 13
- Johan J Holst, Norwegian minister of defense/foreign affairs, dies at age 56. [1]
- January 14
- Esther Ralston, US actress (Tin Pan Alley, San Francisco Docks), dies at age 91. [1]
- Federica Montseny, anarchist/Spanish minister of Health (1936), dies at age 80. [1]
- January 15
- György Cziffra, Hungarian/French pianist (Chopin/Liszt), dies at age 72. [1]
- Death of Harry Nilsson in his sleep at age 52; American singer, songwriter ("Without You" (1971), "Everybody's Talkin'", Grammy winner) (born 1941). [1] [5] [30] [457
- January 16
- Martin Kosleck, German/US actor (Hitler Gang), dies at age 86. [1]
- Noël Foré, Belgian cyclist (Paris-Roubaix 1959), dies at age 61. [1]
- Stephen Kritsick, veterinarian (Good Morning America), dies at age 42. [1]
- January 17
- Allan G Odell, ad executive (Burma Shave), dies at age 90. [1]
- Chung Il Kwon, Prime Minister of South Korea (1964-70), dies. [1]
- Han Jansen, Dutch journalist (Volkskrant), dies at age 61. [1]
- Klaas Peereboom, Dutch sports reporter (Het Parool), dies at age 77. [1]
- Death of Helen Stephens, American runner (born 1918). [30]
- January 20
- Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, Kenyan Vice-President (1963-66), dies at about age 81. [1]
- Matt Busby, Scottish soccer coach (Manchester United), dies at age 84 (born 1909). [1] [30]
- January 21
- Basel al-Assad, Syrian President Assad's son, dies in car accident at age 31. [1]
- January 22
- Irving B Kahn, inventor (teleprompter), dies at age 76. [1]
- Jean-Louis Barrault, French actor (La Ronde), dies at age 83. [1]
- Death of Telly Savalas at age 70 of prostate cancer; actor (Kojak TV show). [1] [30] [457]
- January 23
- Nikolai Ogarkov, Russian marshal (Flight KAL 007), dies at age 76. [1]
- Oliver Smith, US stage set designer (Guys and Dolls - seven Tony Awards), dies at age 75. [1]
- Sherry Mathis, actress (Search for Tomorrow), dies of cancer at age 44. [1]
- Suzanne M Blum, French lawyer (Charlie Chaplin), dies at age 95. [1]
- Death of Brian Redhead, British journalist and broadcaster (born 1929). [30]
- January 24
- Michalis Vranopoulos, head of Greek state bank, murdered at age 48. [1]
- Death of David Cole of complications from spinal meningitis at age 32; disk jockey (New York), superstar producer (Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin), musician (C+C Music Factory - "Gonna Make You Sweat"). [457]
- January 25
- Stephen Cole Kleene, American mathematician (Regular Expressions), dies at age 85 (born 1909). [1] [30]
- January 27
- Death of Claude Akins at age 75 of cancer; American actor (Rio Bravo, Lobo) (born 1914). [1] [30]
- Joe Mays, actor (Mr Saturday Night), dies of AIDS at age 44. [1]
- January 28
- Hal Smith, American actor (Otis Campbell - Andy Griffith Show), dies at age 77 (born 1916). [1] [30]
- Hermanus P "Piet" Mulder, Dutch journalist (Het Parool), dies at age 79. [1]
- William Levitt, builder (Levittown), dies of kidney failure at age 86. [1]
- January 29
- Jevgeni P Leonov, Russian actor (Gori, Moja Zvezda), dies at age 67. [1]
- Nick Cravat, midget (Gremlin - Twilight Zone), dies of lung cancer at age 81. [1]
- January 30
- Bahjat Talhouni, Prime Minister of Jordan (1960-62, 1964-65, 1967-69, 1969-70), dies. [1]
- Jan L N Schaefer, Dutch undersecretary of Housing (PvdA), dies at age 53. [1]
- Death of Pierre Boulle, French author (Executioner) (born 1912). [30] (January 31 [1])
- February 1
- Fouad Fram al-Boustani, Lebanese historian (Rawaeaa), dies at age 88. [1]
- Olan Soule, radio voice, character actor (Super Friends), dies of lung cancer at age 83 (born 1909). [1] [30]
- February 2
- Stephen Barclay, actor (Pride of the Plains), dies at age 75. [1]
- February 4
- Harold Schneider, US producer (Five Easy Pieces, War Games), dies at age 55. [1]
- Jan Veldkamp, Dutch geophysicist/director (KNMI), dies at age 84. [1]
- Justinus Darmojuwono, Indonesian archbishop/cardinal, dies at age 79. [1]
- February 5
- Fred de Bruyne, Flemish cyclist/gang leader (Paris-Nice), dies at age 63. [1]
- Hermann J. Abs, German banker to Hitler and Adenauer, dies at age 92 in Bad Soden, Germany. [1] [37]
- February 6
- Jack Kirby, American cartoonist (X-Men, Spiderman, Hulk), dies at age 76 (born 1917). [1] [30]
- Joseph Cotten, actor (Citizen Kane), dies at age 88. [1]
- Norman Del Mar, conductor/writer (Conducting Brahms), dies at age 74. [1]
- February 7
- Maarten Vrolijk, Dutch Social-Democrat minister (CRM 1965-66), dies at age 74. [1]
- Richard Bissell, US under-director of US Central Intelligence Agency (Pig's Bay), dies at age 84. [1]
- Death of Witold Lutoslawski, Polish composer (born 1913). [30]
- February 8
- Jacob Firet, Dutch theologist (Agogic Moment), dies at age 70. [1]
- Ken Hall, Australian director/producer (Kokoda front line), dies at age 92. [1]
- Raymond Scott, composer (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm), dies at age 85. [1]
- February 9
- Arnold Smith, British first Secretary-General of Commonwealth (1965-75), dies at age 79. [1]
- Jarmila Novotna, Czechoslovakia/US soprano (Madame Butterfly), dies at age 86. [1]
- Louis Kaufman, US violinist/conductor (Gone With the Wind), dies at age 88. [1]
- Death of Howard Martin Temin, American geneticist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born 1934). [30]
- February 11
- Death of Sorrell Booke at age 64 of colorectal cancer; actor (Mayor Boss Hogg - Dukes of Hazzard TV show). [1] [30] [457]
- Death of William Conrad at age 73 of heart failure; actor (Marshall Dillon - Gunsmoke radio show, Cannon TV show, Jake and the Fatman). [1] [30] [457]
- February 14
- Christopher Lasch, author (Culture of Narcissism), dies at age 61. [1]
- Death of Andrei Chikatilo, Russian serial killer (executed) (born 1936). [1] [30]
- February 15
- Tiger Haynes, US actor (Moscow on the Hudson, Cosby Show), dies at age 79. [1]
- February 17
- Randy Shilts, American journalist (And the band played on), dies of AIDS at age 41 (born 1951). [1] [30]
- February 18
- Peter Caddy, founder of the Findhorn Community, dies at age 76. [1]
- February 19
- Derek Jarman, actor/director (Tempest), dies of AIDS at age 52. [1]
- Georges Watin, Algerian/French officer (OAS), dies at age 71. [1]
- February 20
- Derek Jarman, English director (Last of England), dies at age 52. [1]
- Manuel F "Garincha" dos Santos, soccer player (Brazil), dies at age 49. [1]
- February 22
- "Papa" John Creach, American jazz musician (Papa Blues), dies at age 76 (born 1917). [1] [30]
- February 23
- Stuart Berger, doctor (Immune Power Diet), dies from obesity at age 40. [1]
- February 24
- Death of Dinah Shore AKA Frances Rose Shore of ovarian cancer at age 77; singer (80 charted hits in the 1940s and 1950s, four decades in television, Dinah Shore Chevy Show TV show, Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street radio show, The Eddie Cantor Show radio show, nine Emmy awards, one Peabody Award, one Golden Globe award). [1] [30] [457]
- Knut Anders Haukfield, SOE Operative, dies at age 83. [1]
- February 25
- Hugh Tayfield, cricket player (170 wickets for South Africa in 37 Tests), dies. [1]
- Israeli Kahanist Baruch Goldstein opens fire inside the Cave of the Patriarchs in the West Bank. He kills 29 Muslims before worshippers beat him to death. [1] [30]
- Jersey Joe Walcott, American boxer, dies at age 80 (born 1914). [1] [30]
- Wladyslaw Sila, Lawyer Adviser to Solidarity-Nowicki dies at age 80. [1]
- Yann Piat, French Member of Parliament (FN/PR), murdered at age 44. [1]
- February 26
- Avery Fisher, US audio manufacturer (first hi-fi), dies at age 87. [1]
- February 27
- Laurence "Bill" Craigie, jet pioneer, dies at age 92. [1]
- February 28
- Aisin Giorro Pu Chieh, brother of Last Emperor of China, dies at age 86. [1]
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