- May 11
- Nnamdi Azikiwe, President of Nigeria (1963-66), dies. [1]
- May 14
- Death of Sritharan Jeganathan, cricket player, first Sri Lankan Test player to die. [1]
- May 15
- Death of Virgil Ross; animator (Looney Tunes TV show, Merrie Melodies TV show). [1509.5]
- May 16
- Edward McInnes, German scholar, dies at age 60. [1]
- Mike Jeremy Boorda, Chief of Naval Operations (US Navy), commits suicide at age 57. [1]
- Pierre Debizet, resistance fighter/special agent, dies at age 72. [1]
- May 17
- Rusi Modi, cricket player (736 runs ten post-war Tests for India), dies. [1]
- Scott Evans Brayton, American racing car driver, dies at age 37 (born 1959). [1] [28]
- Willi Daume, Olympic organiser, dies at age 82. [1]
- Johnny "Guitar" Watson dies of a heart attack while performing at Yokohama's Blues Cafe at age 61. [467]
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- May 19
- Margaret Rawlings, actress (Roman Holiday), dies at age 89. [1]
- Death of John Beradino of pancreatic cancer at age 79; major league baseball player, TV actor (I Led Three Lives, The New Breed, General Hospital). [457]
- May 20
- Janaki Ramachandran, Prime Minister of Indian state of Tamil Nadu (1988), dies. [1]
- John Pertwee, British actor (Doctor Who), dies at age 76 (born 1919). [1] [28]
- May 21
- Al "Lash" La Rue, cowboy actor (Lash of the West), dies at age 78. [1]
- May 23
- Dorothy Hyson, actress (Spare a Copper, Sing as We Go), dies at age 81. [1]
- Kronid Arkadyevich Lyubarsky, human rights activist, dies at age 61. [1]
- Patrick Cargill, actor (Up Pompeii, Magic Christian), dies at age 77. [1]
- May 24
- Jack McCarthy, kiddie show host (Popeye), dies of cancer at age 81. [1]
- John Abbott, British actor (Lady Jane, Quest), dies at age 90. [1]
- May 25
- Bernard Charles Sendall, deputy director general of ITA, dies at age 83. [1]
- Buck, dog (TV show Married with Children), dies at age 13. [1]
- John Morrison, politician/landowner, dies at age 89. [1]
- May 26
- Halka Grossman, resistance fighter/politician, dies at age 76. [1]
- May 29
- Jeremy Sinden, actor (Chariots of Fire, Ascendancy, Harem), dies at age 45. [1]
- May 31
- Death of Elsbeary Hobbs at age 59; singer (The Drifters). [1] [457]
- Neela Sanjiva Reddy, President of India (1977-82), dies. [1]
- Paul Peter Piech, artist, dies at age 76. [1]
- Peter Gordon Dorrell, archaeologist/photographer, dies at age 68. [1]
- Timothy Francis Leary, Harvard professor/LSD guru, dies of cancer at age 75 (born 1920). [1] [28]
- June 5
- Death of Vito Scotti of lung cancer at age 78; character actor (Luigi - Life With Luigi, The Flying Nun, Barefoot in the Park, Disneyland, Peter Gunn, Mad About You). [457]
- June 6
- Death of George Davis Snell, American geneticist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born 1903). [28]
- June 7
- An Irish Republican Army gang murders Detective Garda Jerry McCabe during a botched armed robbery in Adare, County Limerick. [28]
- June 11
- Death of Brigitte Helm (stage name of Gisele Eve Schittenhelm), star of Metropolis. [37]
- June 16
- Death of Mel Israel AKA Mel Allen at age 83; sportscaster for the New York Yankees, host of This Week in Baseball. [457]
- June 23
- Death of Andreas Papandreou, Prime Minister of Greece (born 1919). [28]
- June 26
- Journalist Veronica Guerin is shot and killed in her car just outside Dublin, Ireland. [28]
- July 1
- Death of William T. Cahill, America politician (born 1912). [28]
- July 5
- Death of Erik Wickberg, Salvation Army general (born 1904). [28]
- Death of Anne Schumacher Hummert at age 91; pioneer radio writer/producer (Our Gal Sunday, The Romance of Helen Trent, Mr Keen Tracer of Lost Persons, Betty and Bob, Backstage Wife, Waltztime, The American Album of Familiar Music). [457]
- Death of Fred Davis at age 74 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; long-time Front Page Challenge Canadian TV show moderator. [457]
- July 12
- Death of John Chancellor at age 68 of stomach cancer; NBC correspondent/anchor (Today, Nightly News). [457]
- Death of Jonathan Melvoin at age 34 of an overdose of drugs and alcohol in a New York hotel; backup musician with the Smashing Pumpkins. [28] [457]
- July 16
- Death of John Panozzo at age 47 of internal bleeding at home in Chicago, Illinoid, USA; drummer and founding member Styx. [457]
- July 17
- Death of Chas Chandler at age 57 of a heart attack in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England; bass player (Alan Price Trio, The Animals - "The House of the Rising Sun" (1964)), manager (Jimi Hendrix). [457]
- August 1
- Death of Tadeus Reichstein, Polish-born chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born 1897). [28]
- August 8
- Death of Nevill Francis Mott, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1905). [28]
- August 27
- Death of Greg Morris at age 61 of brain cancer; actor (Mission Impossible TV show, Vegas). [457]
- September 9
- Death of Bill Monroe, American "father of bluegrass" music (born 1911). [28]
- September 10
- Death of Joanne Dru at age 74 of lymphedema; actress (Playhouse 90 TV show, Lux Video Theatre, Ford Television Theatre, Guestward Ho! TV show (1960)). [457]
- September 17
- Death of Spiro Agnew, American Vice President (born 1918). [28]
- September 20
- Death of Paul Weston AKA Paul Wetstein at age 84; Orchestra leader, music arranger (Rudy Vallee's Fleischmann Hour radio show, Tommy Dorsey, Dinah Shore, Bob Crosby, Johnny Mercer's Music Shop radio show, Chesterfield Supper Club, Duffy's Tavern), TV musical director (Danny Kaye, Jonathan Winters, Jim Nabors). [457]
- September 21
- Death of Geoffrey Wilkinson, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1926). [28]
- September 26
- Death of Nicu Ceausescu, son of Romanian leader Nicolae Ceausescu (born 1951). [28]
- September 29
- Death of Leslie Crowther, British TV comedian and game show host (born 1933). [28]
- October 1
- Death of Pat McGeown, Provisional Irish Republican Army member (born 1956). [28]
- October 2
- The former prime minister of Bulgaria, Andrei Lukanov, is assassinated. [28]
- October 6
- Death of Ted Bessell at age 61 of an aneurism; actor/director (That Girl). [457]
- October 8
- Death of William Prince at age 83; actor (Young Dr. Malone (1958-63, Another World TV show, The Edge of Night TV show, Search for Tomorrow TV show, A World Apart TV show). [457]
- October 16
- Death of Eric Malpass, English novelist (born 1910). [28]
- October 17
- Death of Berthold Goldschmidt, composer, in London, (born in Hamburg, Germany). [37]
- October 27
- Death of Morey Amsterdam at age 87 after a heart attack; actor/comedian (Buddy Sorrell - The Dick Van Dyke Show). [1] [28] [457]
- October 28
- Death of Morey Amsterdam at age 87 of a heart attack in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor-comedian (Buddy Sorrell - The Dick Van Dyke Show). [457]
- October 30
- Death of John Young; British actor (Monty Python's Flying Circus). [28]
- November 3
- Death of Jean-Bédel Bokassa of Central African Republic/Empire (born 1921). [28]
- November 13
- Death of Bill Doggett at age 80; pianist and organist ("Honky Tonk" (1956)). [457]
- November 15
- Death of Alger Hiss, U.S. State Department official (born 1904). [28]
- November 21
- Death of Abdus Salam, Pakistani physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1926). [28]
- November 30
- Herbert Khaury AKA Tiny Tim dies of a heart attack at age 64 while performing "Tiptoe Through The Tulips" at a Minneapolis fund raiser (born 1932). [1] [5] [28] [467]
- December 2
- Penelope Jessel, politcal activist, dies at age 76. [1]
- December 3
- Babrak Karmal, Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1980-81), dies at age 67. [1] [28]
- December 4
- Death of Wilf Carter AKA Montana Slim at age 91 at his home in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA; father of country music in Canada, performed for more than six decades, "Swiss Moonlight Lullaby" (1932), "The Capture of Albert Johnson", inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame (1985). [457]
- December 6
- [Alvin] Pete Rozelle, American commissioner (NFL), dies at age 70 (born 1926). [1] [28]
- December 8
- Death of Howard E Rollins Junior at age 46 of lymphoma; actor (In the Heat of the Night TV show, Wildside TV show, Ed Harding - Another World TV show, All My Children TV show, King TV show, Roots: The Next Generations TV show). [457]
- December 9
- Alain Emile Louis Marie Poher, French President of European Parliament (1966-69), dies at age 87. [1]
- December 10
- Death of Faron Young of suicide at age 34; country singer/actor (Hidden Guns). [1]
- December 11
- William George Rushton, English actor (TW3)/author/cartoonist, dies at age 59 (born 1937). [1] [28]
- December 12
- Gerald Ian Lacey, architect/town planner, dies at age 70. [1]
- Jean-Pierre Guerlain, cosmetics pioneer, dies at age 91. [1]
- Michael Geoffrey Corcos, medical researcher, dies at age 77. [1]
- Vance Oakley Packard, writer (Hidden Perseuders), dies at age 82. [1]
- December 15
- Gerald Moverley, priest, dies at age 74. [1]
- Guiseppe Dossetti, politician/priest, dies at age 83. [1]
- Laurens jan van der Post, explorer/conservationist, dies at age 90. [1]
- December 17
- Stanko Todorov, Prime Minister of Bulgaria (1971-81), dies. [1]
- December 18
- Arthur Jacobs, musicologist, dies at age 74. [1]
- December 19
- Marcello Mastroiani, actor (8 1/2, Assassin, Family Diary), dies at age 72. [1]
- Ronald Howard, actor (Hunting Party, Koroshi), dies at age 78. [1]
- December 20
- Amata Kabua, President of Marshall Islands (1979-96), dies. [1]
- Carl Sagan, American astronomer (Contact), dies at age 62 (born 1934). [1] [28]
- December 21
- Death of Barry Gray AKA Bernard Yaroslaw at age 80; New York radio personality, father of the "Call-In" radio format. [457]
- December 24
- Nguyen Huu Tho, President of Vietnam (1980-81), dies. [1]
- December 25
- Derek Prouse, writer, actor/director (Le Scandale), dies at age 74. [1]
- Rupert John, Governor-General of Grenadines (1970-76), dies. [1]
- December 26
- Six-year-old JonBenét Ramsey is murdered in the basement of her parents' home in Boulder, Colorado. [1] [28]
- December 30
- Jack Nance, actor (Meatballs 4, Whore, Voodoo), murdered at age 53. [1]
- Lew Ayres, American screen actor (Salem's Lot, State Fair), dies at age 88 (born 1908). [1] [28]
- December 31
- Ann Susan Hills, freelance journalist, dies at age 55. [1]
- David Sinclair, actor (Love and Hate), dies at age 62. [1]
- Phillip Edmund Clinton Manson-Bahr, tropical mediciner, dies at age 85. [1]
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