- January 3
- Vladislav Listiev, Russian talk show host/producer, assasinated. [1]
- January 4
- Dorothy Granger, US actress (Hog Wild, Dentist), dies at about age 80. [1]
- Leonard Hirsch, British violinist/conductor (BBC Empire Orchestra), dies at age 92. [1]
- January 5
- Francis Lopez, French dentist/operetta composer (Andalousie), dies at age 78. [1]
- Mansour Satari, Brigadier General/commandant (Iran Air Force), dies at age 46. [1]
- Yahya Ayyash, Palestinian Liberation Organization bomb maker, is killed by booby-trapped cellular phone at age 28. [1]
- January 6
- Edward Sutcliffe, judge (British Central Criminal Court), dies at age 77. [1]
- Joe Slovo, Latvian/South African attorney/Secretary-General (SACR), dies at age 68. [1]
- Karl Guttmann, Austrian/Dutch playwright/director (Pinter), dies at age 81. [1]
- January 7
- Harry Golombek, chess Grandmaster, dies at age 83. [1]
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- Larry Grayson, British entertainer (Generation Game), dies at age 71 (born 1923). [1] [29]
- Murray Newton Rothbard, American economist, dies of cardiac arrest at age 69 (born 1926). [1] [29]
- Viktor Vorobyov, Russian General Major, dies in battle. [1]
- January 8
- Carlos Monzon [El Macho], Argentine middleweight boxing champion (1970-77), dies at age 52. [1]
- Louis "Loulou" Gasté, guitarist/composer ("Doggy in the Window"), dies at age 88. [1]
- January 9
- Death of Peter Cook at age 57 from gastrointestinal bleeding; English comic/actor (Peter n' Dud, Beyond the Fringe, Bedazzled). [1] [29] [457]
- Souphanouvong [Red Prince], President of Laos (1975-87), dies at age 85. [1]
- January 11
- Adrian J "Ad" Kaland, Dutch Member of Parliament (CDA 1977-93), dies at age 72. [1]
- John AG Gere, English art historian (Raphael and his Circle), dies at age 73. [1]
- Onat Kutlar, Turkish screenplay/producer (Hazal), murdered at age 59. [1]
- Willem N "Pim" Koot, pianist (Concert Building), dies at age 76. [1]
- January 12
- George Price, cartoonist (New Yorker), dies at age 93. [1]
- January 13
- Arnold Smith, painter (Vigelius Prize 1935), dies at age 89. [1]
- Maxwell Henley Harris, Austrian poet/publisher (Critics), dies at age 73. [1]
- Ruby Starr, vocalist (Grey Ghost), dies of brain tumor at age 44. [1]
- January 14
- Alexander Gibson, British conductor/founder (Scottish Opera), dies at age 68. [1]
- January 17
- Isador Caplan, lawyer/Aldeburgh Festival pioneer, dies at age 82. [1]
- Urias Nooteboom, Dutch journalist/critic (The Time), dies at age 54. [1]
- January 18
- Adolf F J Butenandt, German bio-chemist (Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1939), dies at age 91 (born 1903) in Munich, Germany. [1] [29] [37]
- January 19
- Death of Gene MacLellan at age 56 by suicide in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada; composer ("Snowbird", "Put Your Hand in the Hand"). [457]
- January 20
- John Halas, Hungarian/US cartoonist (Animal Farm), dies at age 81. [1]
- Mehdi Bazargan, director Iranian oil corp/premier (1979), dies at age 86. [1]
- Robert Shaw, town planner, dies at age 81. [1]
- January 21
- Flavio "Negao" Pires da Conceicao, drug trafficker, dies at age 25. [1]
- January 22
- Mahmoud Sayed Selim, Egyptian Muslim leader, shot to death at age 29. [1]
- Margaret Barbara Lambert, British historian (Saar), dies at age 88. [1]
- Nico Adriaans, founder of Rotterdam Junkiebond, dies of AIDS at age 37. [1]
- January 24
- Wim H Sinnige, Amsterdam PvdA alderman of Finance, dies at age 60. [1]
- January 25
- Tom Brugman, Dutch puppeteer (Brave Dodo), dies at age 62. [1]
- William Sylvester, actor (2001, Devil Doll, Blind Corner), dies at age 72. [1]
- January 26
- Bernardo Leighton, Chilean politician (1964-70), dies. [1]
- Geoffrey Penwill Parsons, Australian/British piano accompanist, dies at age 65. [1]
- Vic Buckingham, English soccer player/trainer (Ajax), dies at age 79. [1]
- January 27
- Halsey S Colchester, British SAS/MI6-spy/priest, dies at age 76. [1]
- Willem R "Wim" van der Zee, General-Secretary Council of Churches, dies at age 64. [1]
- January 28
- James P Grant, US director of UNICEF (1980-95), dies at age 72. [1]
- January 29
- Arthur Guy Clutton-Brock, English agronomist (Rhodesia), dies at age 88. [1]
- Richard Desborough Burnell, British oarsman (Olympics-gold-1948), dies at age 77. [1]
- January 30
- George H Poyser, English soccer player (Manchester City), dies at age 84. [1]
- Gerald M Durrell, British zoologist/author (Mockery Bird)/television presenter, dies at age 70 (born 1925). [1] [29]
- January 31
- George Abbott, American playwright/actor/producer (Damn Yankees), dies at age 107 (born 1887). [1] [29]
- James Johnson, English Member of Parliament (Labour, 1950-83), dies at age 86. [1]
- February 1
- John Smith, CEO (Liverpool FC), dies at age 74. [1]
- February 2
- Alexis d'Anjou de Bourbon-Condé, French prince/Russian, dies at age 47. [1]
- André Frossard, French publicist (Defense of Pope), dies at age 80. [1]
- Donald Pleasance, English actor (Halloween), dies at age 75 (born 1919). [1] [29]
- Fred Perry, English tennis star (Wimbledon 1934-36), dies at age 85 (born 1909). [1] [29]
- Phillip Borsos, Tasmanian/Canadian director (Mean Season), dies. [1]
- February 4
- Betty Davis, British dance teacher of Dame Margot Fonteyn, dies. [1]
- Patricia Highsmith [Mary Patricia Plangman], US/Swiss author, dies at age 74 (born 1921). [1] [29]
- Roel Wiersma, Dutch soccer star (PSV), dies at age 62. [1]
- February 5
- Death of Doug McClure at age 59 of lung cancer; rodeo rider, actor (Trampas - The Virginian TV show (1962-66), Backtrack! (1969)). [1] [457]
- February 6
- Arthur S Taylor Junior, US drummer/author (Notes on Notes), dies at age 65. [1]
- James Ingram Merrill, US poet (Braving the elements), dies at age 68. [1]
- February 7
- Helen Wallis, cartographer/librarian, dies at age 70. [1]
- Massimo Pallottino, Italian archaeologist (Etruscologia), dies at age 86. [1]
- February 8
- B G Hooghoudt, radio-telescope builder (Dwingeloo/Westerbork), dies at age 70. [1]
- Wilhelm J Soukop, Austrian/British sculptor, dies at age 88. [1]
- February 9
- Death of David Wayne AKA Wayne Mcmeekan of lung cancer at age 81; actor (Batman TV show, Dallas TV show, House Calls TV show, St. Elsewhere TV show, Ellery Queen TV show, Matt Houston TV show, Disneyland TV show). [1] [457]
- J William Fulbright, American politician (Senator-Democrat-Arkansas)/anti-Vietnam War, dies at age 89. [1]
- February 10
- Louis Sen A Kaw, Suriname's great dam builder, dies at age 75. [1]
- February 12
- Death of Robert Bolt, English writer (Doctor Zhivago, Bounty) (born 1924). [29] (February 21 [1])
- L Jansma Fries, publisher (Friese stamp), dies. [1]
- Earring George Mayweather, blues harmonica player, dies at age 66. [1]
- Rachid Mimouni, Algerian author (L'Honneur de la Tribu), dies at age 49. [1]
- February 13
- Azeddine Medjoubi, head of Algerian national theater, murdered at age 49. [1]
- Joan A C Ramsey (nee Hamilton), lady Ramsey of Canterbury, dies at age 84. [1]
- February 14
- Michael Vincent Gazzo, US actor/playwright (Godfather II), dies at age 71. [1]
- Roger de Grey, English chairman of Royal Academy (1984-93), dies at age 76. [1]
- Siem Suurhoff, TV-director (Behind the News, Sonja), dies at age 58. [1]
- U Nu, Prime Minister of Burma (1948-56, 1957-58, 1960-62), dies (born 1907). [1] [29]
- February 15
- Francis Taylor, builder, dies at age 90. [1]
- Joseph Ortiz, French-Algerian extremist/rebel, dies at age 77. [1]
- Lord Taylor of Hadfield, British president of Taylor Woodrow Group, dies at age 90. [1]
- Nabila Diahnine, Algerian architect/feminist, murdered at age 33. [1]
- Sahnoun Jawhari, Tunisian Annahda-leader, dies at age 40 in jail. [1]
- Viscount Camrose, British large landowner/Conservative, dies. [1]
- February 17
- Jan Bart Klaster, music editor (The Slogan), dies at age 50. [1]
- Timothy Hugh Brown, theatre critic, dies at age 52. [1]
- February 18
- Calder Willingham, US scriptwriter (End as a Man), dies at age 72. [1]
- Denny Cordel, rock music producer-Laverack, dies at age 51. [1]
- John Rhea "Yank" Lawson, US jazz trumpeteer (Stormy weather), dies at age 83. [1]
- February 19
- Shlomo Averbach, Israeli ultra-orthodox rabbi, dies at age 84. [1]
- February 20
- John Humphreys Whitfield, Italianist, dies at age 88. [1]
- February 21
- Ibrahim Ali, a 17-year-old Comorian living in France, is murdered by three far-right National Front activists. [29]
- February 22
- Death of Ed Flanders of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at age 60; actor (Dr. Westphal - St. Elsewhere (Emmy award 1983)). [1] [457]
- Elfi Althoff-Jacobi, Austrian circus director, dies at age 80. [1]
- Lembarek Boumaarafi, Algerian murderer of President Boudiaf, dies. [1]
- February 23
- Death of Melvin English Franklin at age 52; American bass singer (The Temptations) (born 1942). [1] [457] (February 22 [29])
- Death of James Herriot at age 78; British veterinarian, author (basis for the TV series All Creatures Great and Small). [1] [29] [457]
- February 25
- Jack Clayton, British director (The Great Gatsby), dies at age 73. [1]
- Oh Jin Woo, Korean minister of defense, dies. [1]
- February 27
- Bernard Cornfield, financier, dies at age 67. [1]
- Philip Sherrington, opus Dei Priest, dies at age 51. [1]
- February 28
- Keith Rigg, cricket player (8 Tests for Australia 1931-37), dies. [1]
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