- May 6
- Fred Sadoff, actor (The Quiet American), dies of AIDS at age 67. [1]
- Moses Rosen, Romania's chief rabbi, dies at age 81. [1]
- May 7
- Clement Greenberg, American art critic (Art and Culture), dies at age 85 (born 1909). [1] [30]
- Margaret Skeete, oldest American, dies at age 115. [1]
- May 8
- Cobina W "Coby" Molenaar, peace activist, dies at age 88. [1]
- George Peppard, American actor (Breakfast at Tiffanys, The A-Team), dies at age 65 (born 1928). [1] [30]
- Steven Keats, actor (Death Wish), dies of apparent suicide at age 48. [1]
- May 10
- Illinois executes serial killer John Wayne Gacy (age 52) by lethal injection for the murder of 33 young men and boys. [1] [30]
- Lucebert [J Swaanswijk], poet/cartoonist (PC Hooft 1967), dies at age 69. [1]
- Phyllis Flowerdew, school Reading text author, dies at age 81. [1]
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- May 11
- Lewis B Puller, US writer (Pulitzer 1992), commits suicide at age 48. [1]
- May 12
- U.K. Labour Party leader John Smith, 55, dies of a heart attack. Deputy leader Margaret Beckett stands in until an election can be held. [1] [30]
- Xenophon Balaskas, cricket player (9 Tests for South Africa, 22 wickets), dies. [1]
- May 13
- Ruth Gillette, actress (Wild Gold), dies of cancer at age 88. [1]
- May 14
- Leonard Teale, Australian actor/reciter (Homicide), dies. [1]
- May 15
- Death of Frederik baron van Pallandt murdered at age 61; Danish singer (Nina and F). [1]
- Gilbert Roland, Mexican/American actor (Armand in Camille), dies at age 88 (born 1905). [1] [30]
- Royal Dano, actor (Ghoulies 2), dies of a heart attack at age 71. [1]
- [Henry] John Baker, resistance fighter/journalist (Slogan), dies at age 79. [1]
- May 16
- Alain Cuny, actor (Lovers, Emanuelle, Camille Claudel), dies. [1]
- Vasek Simek, Czechoslovakia/American actor (Green Card, Mistress), dies at age 66. [1]
- May 17
- Alain Cuny [René X Marie], French actor (La Dolce Vita), dies at age 85. [1]
- Andrew Brown, film producer, dies at age 55. [1]
- May 19
- Death of Henry Morgan at age 79 of cancer; panelist (To Tell the Truth TV show). [1] [457]
- Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, First Lady (1961-63), dies of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma at age 64 (born 1929). [1] [30]
- Luis Ocana Span, cyclist (Tour de France 1973), commits suicide at age 48. [1]
- May 20
- Ronald Russell, actor/manager (We Are Angels), dies at age 83. [1]
- Death of Lauren Wilson, Canadian figure skater (born 1987). [30]
- May 21
- Giovanni Goria, Prime Minister of Italy (1987-88), dies. [1]
- Death of Johan Hendrik Weidner, Belgian World War II resistance fighter (born 1912). [1] [30]
- May 22
- Frederick Hemming McClintock, criminologist, dies at age 68. [1]
- Mitacq [Michel Tacq], Belgian comic strip artist (Beaver Patrol), dies. [1]
- May 23
- Joe Pass, US jazz guitarist (The Trio), dies at age 65. [1]
- May 24
- Jean-Pierre E Plooij, Dutch writer (Bird House), dies at age 48. [1]
- Death of King Ganam at age 78 in Carlsbad, California, USA; Canadian fiddler, western musician (Country Hoedown CBC TV show (1956-1959), host of The King Ganam Show (1961)). [457]
- May 26
- George Wildman Ball, British under minister of Foreign affairs, dies at age 84. [1]
- May 27
- Norman Cook, British museum curator, dies at age 87. [1]
- May 28
- Julius Boros, pro golfer (US Open 1952), dies of heart attack at age 74. [1]
- May 29
- Erich Honecker, President of German Democratic Republic (1971-89), dies in Santiago, Chile at age 81 (born 1912). [1] [30] [37]
- Harry Levin, literary Scholar, dies at age 81. [1]
- Jose Bohr, actor (El Traidor, Sueno de Amor), dies at age 92. [1]
- May 30
- Ezra Taft Benson, US minister of Agriculture/leader of Mormon Church (1985-94), dies at age 94. [1]
- Juan Carlos Onetti, Uruguayan writer (La vida breve), dies at age 85. [1]
- Baron Marcel Bich, Italian/French baron/pen manufacturer (Bic), dies at age 79. [1]
- May 31
- Doug Freeman, cricket player (two Tests of leg-spin for New Zealand 1933), dies. [1]
- June 1
- Death of Frances Heflin at age 70 of lung cancer; actress (Mona Kane Tyler - All My Children TV show). [457]
- June 4
- Death of Derek Leckenby at age 48 of cancer in Manchester, England; lead guitarist (Herman's Hermits - "Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter", "I'm Henry the eighth, I Am"). [457]
- June 6
- Death of Barry Sullivan at age 81; actor (The Tall Man, Harbourmaster). [457]
- June 9
- Death of Jan Tinbergen, Dutch economist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1903). [30]
- June 12
- Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman are murdered outside the Simpson home in Los Angeles, California. (O.J. Simpson is later acquitted of the killings, but is held liable in a civil suit.) [30]
- Death of Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe (born 1902). [30]
- June 14
- Death of Henry Mancini at age 70 of liver and pancreatic cancer in Beverly Hills, California, USA; pianist, composer, orchestra leader (Glenn Miller-Tex Beneke orchestra, worked on over 100 films, "Moon River", "Days of Wine and Roses", Peter Gunn TV show theme, Pink Panther movie theme, over 90 albums, "Love Theme From Romeo and Juliet" album (1969)). [30] [457]
- June 15
- Death of Kristen Pfaff; American bassist (Hole) (born 1967). [30]
- July 2
- Colombian football player Andrés Escobar, 27, is shot dead in Bogotá. [30]
- July 6
- Death of Cameron Mitchell at age 75 of lung cancer; actor (Buck Cannon - High Chaparral TV show, Black Beauty, Dream West, How the West Was Won). [457]
- July 8
- Death of Kim Il-sung, President of North Korea (born 1912). [30] [246.60]
- July 11
- Gary Kildall dies in a bar brawl, at age 52. He was an American microcomputer industry visionary and pioneer, most well-known for creating the CP/M operating system. [4] [30]
- July 13
- Death of Eddie Boyd in Helsinki, Finland at 80; blues musician ("Five Long Years" (1952)). [457]
- July 29
- Death of Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, British chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1910). [30]
- August 6
- Death of Domenico Modugno at age 66 from a heart attack; singer ("Volare", "Nel Blu Dipinto di Blu"). [457]
- August 13
- Death of Manfred Wörner in Brussels, Belgium of cancer. Wörner was the first German secretary-general of NATO (1988-94). [37]
- Death of Elias Canetti, Bulgarian-born writer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1905). [30]
- August 18
- Death of Richard Laurence Millington Synge, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1914). [30]
- August 19
- Death of Linus Pauling, American chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry and Peace (born 1901). [5] [30]
- August 20
- In Honolulu, Hawaii, during a circus international performance at the Neal Blaisdell Arena, a female elephant named Tyke crushes her trainer Allen Campbell to death before hundreds of horrified spectators. [30]
- September 3
- Death of James T. Aubrey Junior at age 75 after a heart attack; movie/TV executive (president of CBS, president of MGM). [457]
- September 5
- New South Wales State Member of Parliament for Cabramatta John Newman is shot outside his home, in Australia's first political assassination since 1977. [30]
- September 6
- Death of Nicky Hopkins at age 50 of complications from abdominal and heart ailments, in Nashville, Tennessee, USA; keyboard player (Screamin' Lord Sutch's Savages, Cyril Davies R-and-B All-Stars), sessions player (The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who). [30] [457]
- September 12
- Death of Boris Yegorov, cosmonaut (born 1937). [30]
- September 20
- Death of Abioseh Nicol, Sierra Leonean diplomat, United Nations official and author (born 1924). [30]
- September 28
- Jose Francisco Ruiz Massieu, Mexican politician, is assassinated. [30]
- September 30
- Death of Andre Michael Lwoff, French microbiologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born 1902). [30]
- October 3
- Death of Tim Asch, Anthropologist, photographer and ethnographic filmmaker. [30]
- October 7
- Death of Niels Kaj Jerne, English immunologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born 1911). [30]
- October 19
- Death of Martha Raye at age 78 of pneumonia and cardiovascular problems; actress, singer and comedienne (Martha Raye Show TV show). [30] [457]
- October 20
- Death of Burt Lancaster of a heart attack at age 80 after a heart attack; American actor (On Wings of Eagles, Marco Polo, Verdi, Moses the Lawgiver). [30] [457]
- October 23
- Death of Robert Lansing at age 66 of lung cancer; actor (General George Custer - Branded, General Frank Savage - Twelve O'Clock High, Gary Seven - Star Trek TV show, Peter Murphy/Mark Wainwright - The Man Who Never Was, Control - The Equalizer, Paul Blaisdell - Kung Fu: The Legend Continues). [457]
- Death of William Leonard at age 78 of a stroke; head of CBS News. [457]
- October 24
- Death of Raul Julia of a cancer-related stroke at age 54; actor (The Addams Family movie, Raphael - Sesame Street TV show). [30] [457]
- October 25
- Death of Mildred Natwick at age 89 of cancer; character actress (The Snoop Sisters (Emmy award), Aunt March - Little Women). [457]
- October 26
- Death of Wilbert Harrison at age 65 of a stroke in a nursing home in Spencer, North Carolina, USA; singer ("Kansas City" (1959), "Let's Work Together" (1969)). [457]
- November 1
- Death of Noah Beery Junior at age 81 from a cerebral thrombosis in California, USA; actor (The Rockford Files, Yellow Rose, Doc Elliot, Quest). [1] [457]
- November 5
- Johan Heyns, influential Afrikaner theologian and critic of Apartheid, is assassinated. [30]
- November 7
- Death of Milton "Shorty" Rogers [Rajonsky] at age 70; jazz trumpeter, TV music composer (The Partridge Family, Starsky and Hutch, The Rookies, The Love Boat, Fantasy Island). [457]
- November 10
- Death of Carmen McCrae at age 74 at home in Beverly Hills, California, USA; critically acclaimed jazz singer, recognized by the US National Endowment for the Arts in 1993 as a "master of jazz". [457]
- November 16
- Death of Doris Speed at age 95; English actress (Annie Walker - Coronation Street TV show). [30] [457]
- November 20
- Death of John Lucarotti, TV writer (born 1926). [30]
- November 23
- Death of Art Barr, American professional wrestler (born 1966). [30]
- November 24
- Death of Charles Hazlitt Upham at age 84 in New Zealand; nominated for three Victoria Crosses (won one) for fighting in World War II. [118.19] (November 22 [30])
- November 28
- Death of Jeffrey Dahmer, American serial killer (murdered in prison) (born 1960). [30]
- Death of Buster Edwards, Great train robber (suicide) (born 1932). [30]
- November 30
- Death of Lionel Stander of lung cancer at age 86; actor (Max - Hart to Hart TV show, Eddie Cantor Show radio show, Kraft Music Hall, The Fred Allen Show, It Takes a Thief, Dream On, Mayor of the Town, Stage Door Canteen, The Jack Paar Show, The Life of Riley (1941)). [457]
- December 1
- Hugh Chilvers, cricket player (151 wickets leg-spin for New South Wales 1928-37), dies. [1]
- Lionel Stander, actor (Max - Hart to Hart), dies at age 86. [1]
- December 2
- Donald John Urquhart, librarian, dies at age 85. [1]
- James Norman Dalrymple Anderson, lawyer, dies at age 86. [1]
- December 3
- Dolf Verspoor, literary/translator (M Nijhoff prize 1958), dies at age 77. [1]
- Giorgi Chanturia, President of Georgia, is assassinated. [1]
- Said Mekbel, Algerian editor-in-chief (Le Matin), murdered at age 57. [1]
- December 4
- Jakob Kaplan, French head rabbi (1955-81), dies at age 99. [1]
- December 5
- Harry Horner, Czechoslovakian/US set designer/director (Our Town), dies at age 84. [1]
- Ronald Ridout, school textbook author, dies at age 78. [1]
- December 6
- AJ Bronkhorst, vicar/theologist (Reform The Netherlands), dies at age 80. [1]
- Alan Owen, English screenplay/actor (A Hard Day's Night), dies at age 69. [1]
- Gian Maria Volonte, actresss (Fistful of Dollars), dies at age 61. [1]
- December 7
- Elga Andersen, German/French model/actress (Global Affair), dies at age 58. [1]
- December 8
- Antonio Carlos Jobim, Brazil composer (Girl From Ipanema), dies at age 67 (born 1927). [1] [30]
- Jesús "Enrique" Líster, Spanish/Russian general (Civil War), dies at age 87. [1]
- December 9
- Kim II Sung, President of North Korea (1945-94), dies at age 82. [1]
- Maureen Cox Starkey, ex-wife of Ringo Starr, dies of Leukemia at age 48. [1]
- Max Bill, Swiss painter/sculptor/politician, dies at age 85. [1]
- December 10
- Keith Joseph, British Member of Parliament (Conservative), dies. [1]
- Death of Alexander Wilson, Canadian and Notre Dame athlete (born 1905). [30]
- December 11
- Stanislaw Maczek, Polish/British general-major (WWII), dies at age 102. [1]
- Yao Yilin, Vice Prime Minister of China (1979), dies. [1]
- December 12
- Antoine Pinay, French Prime Minister (1952)/foreign minister, dies at age 102. [1]
- Herman H Felderhof, radio-announcer/head (NRU/NOS Radio), dies at age 83. [1]
- Stuart Allen Roosa, astronaut (Apollo 14), dies of pancreatitis at age 46 (born 1933). [1] [30]
- December 13
- Antoine Pinay, Prime Minister of France (1952-53), dies. [1]
- Herman W "Fritz" Liebert, US librarian/Yale-curator, dies at age 83. [1]
- Norman Beaton, actor (Eureka, Black Joy, Mighty Quinn), dies at age 60. [1]
- December 14
- Petrus van Doorne, bus manufacturer/owner (BOVA), dies at age 58. [1]
- December 15
- Hans de Jong, musician/conductor (Amsterdams Vrouwenkoor), dies at age 86. [1]
- Henry Phelps Brown, historian/economist, dies at age 88. [1]
- Mollie Doreen Phillips, British figure skater (Europe-bronze-1933), dies at age 87. [1]
- December 17
- Jan Wiegel, director/producer (Uninhabitable Country), dies at age 64. [1]
- December 18
- Lilia Skala, Austrian/US actress (Ship of Fools, Caprice), dies at age 98. [1]
- Peter Hebblethwaite, English editor-in-chief (The Month), dies at age 64. [1]
- December 20
- Dean Rusk, US Secretary of State (1961-69), dies at age 85. [1]
- J C "Jody" Bateman, fiddler, dies at age 75. [1]
- December 23
- Didier Rocher, son of French cosmetic maker Yves Rocher, dies at age 41. [1]
- Nora Dunfree, US actress (Grass Harp), dies at age 78. [1]
- Sebastian Lewis Shaw, British actor (High Season, Ace of Spades), dies at age 89 (born 1905). [1] [30]
- December 24
- John James Osborne (Entertainer Luther), playwright, dies of cardiac arrest at age 65. [1]
- John Keith Wright, English Assistant Secretary of State (1971-84), dies at age 66. [1]
- Julie Haydon [Donella Donaldson], US actress (Scoundrel), dies at age 84. [1]
- Louise H "Lous" Hensen, actress (Uncle Wanja, Charlotte), dies at age 74. [1]
- Nathan I. Daniel, inventor (Guitars), dies at age 82. [1]
- Rossano Brazzi, Italian resistance fighter/actor (Final Justice), dies at age 78. [1]
- December 25
- Pierre Dreyfus, French director of Renault (1955-75), dies at age 87. [1]
- Zail Singh, President of India (1982-87), dies at age 78. [1]
- December 26
- Robert Emhardt, actor (Mac Cory - Another World), dies at age 80. [1]
- Sylvia Brandts Buys, actress (Hague's Post), dies at age 85. [1]
- Sylvia Koscina, Croatian/Italian actress (Hercules), dies at age 61. [1]
- December 27
- Hans Berghuis, author/poet (Kleitabletten), dies at age 70. [1]
- Karl AF Schiller, West German economist/SPD-minister (1966-72), dies at age 83. [1]
- Peter Barker Howard May, cricket player (4537 runs-England 1951-61), dies at age 64. [1]
- Sadi de Gorter, Dutch author/diplomat (Abscess), dies at age 82. [1]
- Death of Fanny Craddock, British TV chef and restaurant critic (born 1909). [30]
- December 28
- Julian Belfrage, theatre agent, dies at age 60. [1]
- December 29
- Frank Thring, Australian actor (El Cid, Ben-Hur), dies at age 68. [1]
- December 31
- BAM "Bob" Schreiner, airline owner (S Aviation Group), dies at age 79. [1]
- Leo Fuchs, Polish/US Yiddish actor (Story of Ruth), dies at age 83. [1]
- Thomas J Watson Junior, CEO (IBM), dies of a stroke at age 79. [1]
- Woodrow "Woody" Strode, American rugby player/black cowboy actor (Posse, Cotton Club, Vigilante, Oil), dies. [1]
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