- May 13
- Cecil Marley, cricket player (WICBC president 1971-74, Jamaican captain 1946), dies. [1]
- May 14
- Maezumi Hakuyu Taizan Koun, teacher (Zen Buddhism), dies at age 64. [1]
- Death of Christian B. Anfinsen, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1916). [29]
- May 15
- Edouard Dermit, actor (Testament of Orpheus), dies at age 69. [1]
- Eric Richard Porter, English actor (Crucible, Hennessy), dies at age 67 (born 1928). [1] [29]
- May 16
- Death of Lola Flores at age 70; singer/actress (Kuma Ching, Faraona). [1]
- May 18
- Alexander Gudonov, Russian dancer/actor (Witness), dies at age 45 (born 1949). [1] [29]
- Elisha Cook Junior, American actor (Maltese Falcon, Shane), dies at age 91 (born 1903). [1] [29]
- Elizabeth Montgomery, American actress (Bewitched), dies of cancer at age 62 (born 1933). [1] [29]
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- Robert Harris, actor (Werewolf of London), dies at age 95. [1]
- May 21
- Les Aspin, US Secretary of Defense (1993-95), dies of stroke at age 56. [1]
- May 22
- Robert Flemyng, actor (Kafka, Rebecca, Funny Face), dies at age 83. [1]
- May 24
- Harold Wilson, British Prime Minister (1964-70, 1974-76), dies of cancer at age 79 (born 1916). [1] [29]
- May 25
- Dany Robin, actress (Follow the Boys, Topaz, Julietta), dies at age 68. [1]
- May 26
- Isadore "Friz" Freling, cartoon director (Sylvester), dies at age 88 (born 1905). [1] [29]
- Severn Darden, comedian (Second City), dies at age 65. [1]
- May 27
- C W Stubblefield, music promoter, dies at age 64. [1]
- May 28
- Daniela Rocca, actress (Battle of Austerlitz), dies at age 57. [1]
- May 29
- Margaret Chase Smith, US Representative and Senator (Republican-Maine), dies at age 97. [1]
- May 31
- Tim Mara, owner (New York Giants), dies at age 59. [1]
- June 9
- Death of Frank Chacksfield at age 81; English arranger/orchestra leader ("Ebb Tide", "Limelight"). [457]
- June 14
- Death of Rory Gallagher at age 46 of complications following a liver transplant in London, England; Irish blues guitarist (albums "Live in Europe" and "Blueprint"). [457]
- June 16
- Death of Jack Wagner of heart attack at age 69; actor, radio personality, announcer of many Disneyland attractions since 1970, retired 1991, named Disney Legend 2005. [510.438]
- June 23
- Death of 'Marvelous' Mark Throneberry, baseball player (New York Mets), from cancer at age 60. [56]
- June 26
- Death of Ernest Walton, Irish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1903). [29]
- June 30
- Death of Gale Gordon at age 89; supporting actor (Fibber McGee radio show, Our Miss Brooks radio and TV shows, Here's Lucy TV show, Dennis the Menace TV show). [457]
- July 1
- Death of Wolfman Jack AKA Robert Weston Smith at age 57 following a heart attack; disk jockey (XERF, XERB in Mexico), announcer (The Midnight Special TV show). [5] [29] [457]
- July 4
- Death of Eva Gabor at age 76 from food poisoning and pneumonia; actress (Green Acres TV show). [5] [29] [457]
- July 17
- Death of Juan Manuel Fangio, Argentine race car driver (born 1911). [29]
- July 20
- Death of Helmut Gernsheim in Munich, Germany; initiator of photography as a serious form of art worthy of study and as an academic discipline. [37]
- July 25
- Death of Charlie Rich at age 62 from a blood clot in the lung in Hammond, Louisiana, USA; country singer ("Behind Closed Doors" (1973, Grammy award), "Lonely Weekends", "The Most Beautiful Girl"). [5] [457]
- July 26
- Death of Laurindo Almeida in Los Angeles at age 77; one of Brazil's greatest guitarists ("Viva Bossa Nova", five Grammy awards). [457]
- August 3
- Death of Ida Lupino at age 77 from a stroke and colon cancer; actress (Four Star Playhouse, Mr. Adams and Eve), director (The Twilight Zone, Have Gun Will Travel, The Donna Reed Show, Gilligan's Island, 77 Sunset Strip, The Fugitive, Bewitched). [29] [457]
- August 4
- Death of Lee Newman, musician (Technohead). [29]
- August 9
- Death of Jerry Garcia at age 53 of diabetes complications; musician/songwriter (Grateful Dead, Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions, Warlocks). [29] [457]
- August 12
- Death of Marty Paich at age 70 of colon cancer; arranger, pianist, composer (Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Barbra Streisand, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Mel Tormé). [457]
- August 14
- An avalanche buries Alison Hargreaves, climbing Mount Everest without oxygen tank; she is reported dead. [29]
- August 21
- Death of Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Indian-born astrophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1910). [29]
- August 23
- Death of Alfred Eisenstaedt in Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts (born in Dirschau, Germany); photojournalist, covered the rise of the Nazi party in pictures, in career with Life he was credited with 2,500 picture stories and 90 cover photos. [37]
- August 26
- Death of Ronnie White at age 57 of leukemia; singer/songwriter ("My Girl", Miracles - "Love Machine", "Shop Around"). [457]
- August 30
- Death of Sterling Morrison, American guitarist (The Velvet Underground) (born 1942). [29]
- September 12
- Death of Jeremy Brett of a heart attack at age 59; actor (Sherlock Holmes - films for UK and US TV). [29] [457]
- September 25
- Death of Bessie Delany, American physician and author (born 1891). [29]
- October 6
- Death of Walter "Crash" Morgan at age 35 from an aneurysm while performing in Iowa, USA; drummer (Big Sugar). [457] [467]
- October 9
- Death of Alec Douglas-Home, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1903). [29]
- October 21
- Death of Maxene (Angelyn) Andrews at age 79 of a heart attack; American singer (The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schön", "Rum and Coca Cola", "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree", "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"). [29] [457]
- Death of Shannon Hoon, found dead on his tour bus from an accidental drug overdose at age 28; singer (Blind Melon - "No Rain" (1993)). [29] [457]
- October 22
- Death of Mary Wickenhauser AKA Mary Wickes of cancer at age 85; actress (Miss Cathcart - Dennis the Menace TV series). [29] [457]
- October 25
- Death of Viveca Lindfors at age 74; actress (Law and Order, China Beach, Life Goes On, Dynasty). [457]
- October 26
- Death of Margaret Gorman, first Miss America (born 1905). [29]
- November 4
- Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin is assassinated at a peace rally in Tel Aviv. [1] [29]
- Death of Paul Eddington at age 68 of cancer; English actor (Jim Hacker - Yes Minister, Yes, Prime Minister). [457]
- November 6
- Death of Aneta Corsaut of cancer at age 62; actress (Helen Crump - Andy Griffith Show, Judge - Matlock). [457]
- November 7
- Death of Slappy White at age 74 from a heart attack; comedian (Sanford and Son, The Flip Wilson Show, The Redd Foxx Show, Ed Sullivan, Tonight Show). [457]
- November 8
- Daniel McLain (aka Country Dick Montana) of the underground rock band The Beat Farmers, dies on stage of a heart attack during a performance at the Longhorn Saloon in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. [467]
- November 10
- In Nigeria, playwright and environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, along with eight others from the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (Mosop), are hanged by government forces. This leads to a global boycott of Shell for its oil exploration on Ogoni land. [29] [240.247] [287.384]
- November 14
- Death of Eddie Ballantine at age 88; musical director (Don McNeill BreakfastClub on NBC Blue/ABC Radio), TV reporter. [457]
- November 21
- Death of Bruno Gerussi at age 67 of a heart attack in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; actor (The Beachcombers TV show). [457]
- November 30
- Death of William Roerick at age 83 in a motor vehicle accident; actor (The Guiding Light TV show, Playhouse 90 TV show, Kraft TV Theatre TV show, Another World TV show, Law and Order TV show). [457]
- December 2
- Francis Joseph Quinn, academic, dies at age 90. [1]
- Roxie Roker, actress (Helen Willis - The Jeffersons) / mother of Lenny Kravitz, dies of breast cancer at age 66. [1]
- Death of Robertson Davies AKA Samuel Marchbanks at age 82 of a stroke in hospital in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; novelist (The Cunning Man (1995), Fifth Business (1970)), playwright (Eros at Breakfast (1949), At My Heart's Core (1950)), critic, journalist, professor (University of Toronto). [29] [1814.6]
- December 4
- Itzhak Rabin, Prime Minister of Israel (1968-73), is assassinated. [1]
- December 5
- Robert Parrish, film director editor/actor (Casino Royale), dies at age 79. [1]
- December 6
- Kathleen Harrison, actress (Fast Lady, Big Money), dies at age 103. [1]
- December 7
- Tom Burns, editor, dies at age 89. [1]
- December 9
- Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan, aviator, dies. [1]
- Hugh Armstrong Clegg, industrial relations academic, dies at age 75. [1]
- Toni Cade Bambara, filmmaker, dies at age 56. [1]
- Vitali Viktorovich Savitsky, biologist/politician, dies at age 40. [1]
- Vivian Blaine, actress (Guys and Dolls), dies of heart failure at age 74. [1]
- December 10
- Death of Darren Robinson AKA Buffy the Human Beatbox at age 28; American rap singer (The Fat Boys) (born 1967). [1] [29]
- Gillian Rose, philosopher/writer, dies at age 48. [1]
- Mary Madge Lascelles, literary critic/poet, dies at age 95. [1]
- December 11
- Death of John Heawood at age 75; actor, singer/choreographer (Pleasure Garden). [1]
- December 12
- Andrew Olle, broadcaster, dies at age 48. [1]
- David Saul Marshall, diplomat lawyer/politician, dies at age 97. [1]
- James Altgens, photographer (John Kennedy assassination), dies at age 76. [1]
- Lindsay Oliver John Boynton, furniture historian, dies. [1]
- Mohyedin Alempour, Tajik artist/journalist, dies at age 50. [1]
- December 14
- During the filming of a Mountain Dew commercial, sky surfer Rob Harris' parachute fails to open and he plunges to his death. [1] [467]
- December 15
- James Geoffrey Cutcliffe Hepburn, tap-dancer/socialist, dies at age 88. [1]
- Manuel Gutierrez Mellado, Prime Minister of Defense of Spain (1977-81), dies at age 83. [1]
- December 19
- Dame Ruth Nita Barrow, Governor-General of Barbados, dies at age 79. [1]
- December 20
- Madge Sinclair, actress (Star Trek IV, Conrack, Convoy), dies at age 55. [1]
- December 22
- Butterfly McQueen, actress (Gone With the Wind), dies in a fire at age 84. [1]
- Death of James Meade, English economist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1907). [29]
- Death of Bill Cottrell in Los Angeles, California, USA; cameraman at Walt Disney Company on animation films, first recognized for 50 years service, helped plan and build Disneyland, named a Disney Legend in 1994. [510.115]
- December 23
- Patric Reginald Lawrence Knowles, English actor (Chisum, Mutiny), dies at age 84 (born 1911). [1] [29]
- December 25
- Dean Martin, American singer/actor (Return to Me), dies at age 78 (born 1917). [1] [5] [29]
- Emmanuel Levinas, philosopher, dies at age 89. [1]
- Jimmy Boucher, cricket player (great Irish all-rounder 1929-54), dies. [1]
- Nikolai [Nicolas Leonidovich] Slonimsky, Russian/American musicologist, dies at age 101 (born 1894). [1] [29]
- December 27
- Peter Refn, Danish journalist/director (Violets are Blue), dies at age 54. [1]
- December 29
- Nello Celio, President of Switzerland (1972), dies at age 81. [1]
- December 30
- Heiner Müller, German poet and playwriter, dies at age 66 (born 1929). [1] [29]
- Death of Ralph Flanagan at age 76; bandleader/pianist/arranger (Sammy Kaye, Blue Barron, Charlie Barnet, Gene Krupa, Tony Pastor, Boyd Raeburn, Alvino Rey), "Nevertheless", "Rag Mop", "Harbor Lights", "Slow Poke", "Hot Toddy"). [457]
- December 31
- John Powell, campaigner, dies at age 75. [1]
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