- January 13
- Death of Frank Shuster of the Canadian comic duo Wayne and Shuster (born 1916). [23]
- January 16
- Death of Michael Bilandic, Mayor of Chicago (born 1923). [23]
- January 17
- Death of Camilo José Cela, Spanish writer (born 1916). [23]
- January 24
- Death of Peter Gzowski of emphysema at age 67; Canadian broadcaster, writer and reporter and host of CBC Radio's This Country in the Morning and Morningside. [457]
- January 28
- Astrid Lindgren dies peacefully in her apartment in Stockholm, Sweden at age 94. About 130 million of her books are in circulation, translated into 86 languages. [7]
- February 1
- Kidnapped Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl is murdered in Karachi, Pakistan. [23]
- February 3
- Death of Al Lewis at age 89 from congestive heart failure; writer/director (Our Miss Brooks radio show (1948)). [457]
- February 6
- Death of Max Perutz, Austrian-born molecular biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (born 1914). [23]
- February 9
- Death of Princess Margaret Rose of the United Kingdom, from a third stroke (born 1930). [23] [1126.136]
- February 10
- Death of Traudl Junge, German private secretary of Adolf Hitler (born 1920). [23]
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- February 11
- Death of Mary Brooks, former US Mint Director. [589.56]
- February 13
- Death of Waylon Jennings at age 64 of diabetes-related illness; country singer/songwriter (recorded 60 albums, had 16 No. 1 country singles, inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2001, narrated and sang the theme song for the TV series Dukes of Hazzard). [5] [23] [457]
- February 16
- Rachel Thaler, 16, is blown up at a pizzeria in an Israeli shopping mall following a suicide bombing attack on a crowd of teens. [23]
- February 18
- Death of Harvey Kirck of a heart attack at age 73; news anchor (CTV National News 1966-1984, Canadian Broadcasting Hall of Fame 2000). [457]
- February 22
- Angolan political and rebel leader Jonas Savimbi is killed in a military ambush. [23]
- March 4
- Death of Elyne Mitchell, Australian author of children's novels (born 1913). [23]
- March 11
- Death of James Tobin, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1918). [23]
- German Marion Gräfin Dönhof dies. She had worked with the newspaper, Die Zeit, (Hamburg) since 1946. [37]
- March 15
- Death of Sylvester 'Pat' Weaver at age 93; President of NBC-TV, created Today and Tonight shows. [457]
- March 17
- The German author, Luise Rinser, dies at age 90. Her works include Die rote Katze, Die gläserne Ringe, Gefängnistagebuch, Jan Lobel aus Warschau and Saturn auf der Sonne. [37]
- March 21
- Death of Tommy Hill at age 72 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA; country music songwriter ("Slowly", "Teddy Bear"). [457]
- March 24
- Death of César Milstein, Argentine scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born 1927). [23]
- March 27
- Death of Milton "Mr. Television" Berle of colon cancer at age 92; American comedian and actor (Texaco Star Theater, Emmy Award 1948, Television Hall of Fame 1984). [5] [23] [457] [484.10]
- Death of Dudley Moore, British pianist, comedian, and actor (Arthur) (born 1935). [5] [23]
- Death of Billy Wilder, Austrian-born film screenwriter and director (born 1906). [5] [23]
- March 30
- Death of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, queen consort of George VI of the United Kingdom (born 1900). [23]
- April 2
- Death of Jack Kruschen at age 80; actor (Gunsmoke radio show, Dragnet, Broadway is My Beat, Pete Kelly's Blues). [457]
- April 5
- Death of Layne Staley; American singer (Alice in Chains) (born 1967). [23]
- April 15
- Death of Byron White, American athlete and Supreme Court Justice (born 1917). [23]
- April 16
- Death of Franz Krienbühl, Swiss speed skater (born 1929). [23]
- Death of Robert Urich at age 55 from a rare form of cancer; actor (Spenser: For Hire, Vega$). [23] [457]
- April 18
- Death of Thor Heyerdahl, Norwegian explorer, writer (born 1914). [5] [23]
- April 22
- Death of Linda Boreman AKA Linda Lovelace; actress (Deep Throat) (born 1949). [23]
- April 25
- Death of Indra Devi, yoga teacher (born 1899). [23]
- Death of Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, American rapper (TLC) (born 1971). [23]
- April 26
- Robert Steinhäuser opens fire on his former teachers and other students in Erfurt, Germany and then kills himself; 16 are dead. [23]
- April 27
- Death of Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza, Swiss industrialist and art collector (born 1921). [23]
- May 5
- Death of Hugo Bánzer Suarez, President of Bolivia (born 1926). [23]
- May 6
- In the Netherlands, politician Pim Fortuyn is killed by Volkert van der Graaf. [23]
- Death of Otis Blackwell at age 71 after a heart attack; singer/songwriter (over 1000 songs, "Don't Be Cruel", "All Shook Up", "Return to Sender", "Handy Man", "Great Balls Of Fire", "Fever", "Hey Little Girl"). [457]
- May 7
- Death of Seattle Slew, famous American racehorse (born 1974). [23]
- May 12
- Death of George Cates at age 90; bandleader, arranger, musical director (Lawrence Welk Show). [457]
- May 18
- Death of Davey Boy Smith, "The British Bulldog", professional wrestler (born 1962). [23]
- May 19
- Death of John Gorton, nineteenth Prime Minister of Australia (born 1911). [23]
- May 23
- Death of Sam Snead, American golfer (born 1912). [23]
- June 4
- Death of Fernando Belaúnde Terry, President of Peru (born 1912). [23]
- June 5
- Death of Dee Dee Ramone at age 50 in Los Angeles, California, USA; bass player (The Ramones). [23] [457]
- June 7
- Death of Mary Lilian Baels, Belgian princess (born 1916). [23]
- June 11
- Death of Robbin Crosby, American guitarist (Ratt) (AIDS) (born 1959). [23]
- June 18
- Death of Jack Buck at age 77 of lung cancer; sportscaster (baseball play-by-play of the St. Louis Cardinals, NFL football, World Series Baseball, Monday Night Football for CBS radio). [23] [457]
- June 21
- Death of Matt Dennis at age 88; singer/songwriter (Tommy Dorsey band - "Everything Happens to Me", "Let's Get Away from It All", "The Night We Called It a Day"), musical director for the Dick Haymes radio show. [457]
- June 22
- Saint Louis Cardinals pitcher Darryl Kile is found dead of a heart attack in his Chicago hotel room. [23]
- Death of Ann Landers AKA Eppie Lederer at age 83 of multiple myeloma at age 83; syndicated advice columnist, radio broadcaster. [457]
- June 24
- Death of Pierre Werner, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (born 1913). [23]
- June 26
- Death of Arnold Brown, the 11th General of The Salvation Army (born 1913). [23]
- June 27
- Death of John Entwistle at age 57 from a heart attack induced by cocaine in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; bassist (The Who). [5] [23] [457]
- June 29
- Death of Rosemary Clooney at age 74 due to complications from lung cancer in Beverly Hills, California, USA; actress, singer ("Come On-A My House", "Botch-A-Me", "Hey There", "Mambo Italiano"). [23] [457]
- July 2
- Death of Hal Simms at age 83 in a nursing home in Massachusetts, USA; CBS television announcer (Beat the Clock, To Tell the Truth, The Guiding Light, The Frank Sinatra Show). [457]
- July 5
- Death of Ted Williams, American baseball player, of cardiac arrest at age 83 (born 1918). [23] [56]
- July 14
- Death of Joaquín Balaguer, President of the Dominican Republic (born 1906). [23]
- July 23
- Death of Leo McKern at age 82 after a long illness; actor (Rumpole of the Bailey TV show). [23] [457]
- July 25
- Kardinal Joachim Degenhardt, German Archbishop of Paderborn dies at age 76. [37]
- July 26
- Death of Norman Dale "Buddy" Baker in Sherman Oaks, California, at age 84; musician, composer for hundreds of Disney attractions, movies, TV shows, The Mickey Mouse Club, The Monkey's Uncle, named a Disney Legend in 1998. [510.65]
- July 28
- Death of Archer John Porter Martin, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1910). [23]
- August 9
- Death of Peter Matz of lung cancer at age 73; orchestra leader, musical director (Carol Burnett Show TV show, Hullabaloo). [457]
- August 10
- Death of Morgan "Bill" Evans at age 92 in California, USA; gardener and landscaper of Disneyland, supervised and trained landscape architects for all other Disney parks, named a Disney Legend in 1992. [510.157]
- August 14
- Death of Dave Williams, American singer ("Drowning Pool") (born 1972). [23]
- August 19
- In Baghdad, Iraq, international terrorist Abu Nidal is found dead of several gunshot wounds. [23]
- August 31
- Death of George Porter, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1920). [23]
- September 11
- Death of Johnny Unitas, American football player (born 1933). [5] [23]
- Death of Kim Hunter AKA Janet Cole at age 79 of a heart attack; actress (A Streetcar Named Desire (1951, Academy award), Playhouse 90, The Edge of Night, All My Children, The Education of Max Bickford). [457]
- September 14
- Death of LaWanda Page at age 81 due to complications from diabetes; actress (Aunt Esther - Sanford and Son, Amen, Martin). [457]
- September 18
- Death of Bob Hayes, American athlete (born 1942). [23]
- September 19
- Death of Robert Guéï, military ruler of the Côte d'Ivoire (born 1941). [23]
- September 21
- Death of Robert Lull Forward, American author and physicist (born 1932). [23]
- October 6
- Death of Claus von Amsberg, husband of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands (born 1926). [23]
- October 12
- Death of Ray Conniff from a stroke at age 85; orchestra leader/arranger and choral director; (Columbia Records house band backed singers Johnnie Ray, Frankie Laine, Rosemary Clooney, Johnny Mathis, Marty Robbins, Guy Mitchell, "Somewhere My Love", "S'wonderful"). [23] [457]
- October 13
- Death of Dennis Patrick AKA Dennis Patrick Harrison at age 84 in a house fire; actor (Laramie, Somerset, Dallas, Rituals, War and Remembrance, Dark Shadows). [457]
- October 24
- Death of Tom Dowd of emphysema; American record producer (Eric Clapton, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Rod Stewart, Aretha Franklin, Cream, Lulu, Chicago, The Allman Brothers Band, The J. Geils Band, Meat Loaf, Sonny and Cher, Willie Nelson, Diana Ross, Kenny Loggins, Dusty Springfield, The Drifters, Otis Redding). [457]
- October 25
- Death of Richard Harris at age 72 of Hodgkin's disease; British actor (Cromwell movie), singer ("MacArthur Park" (1968)). [23] [457]
- U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone, his family and staff, are killed by a plane accident at Eveleth, Minnesota. [23]
- October 28
- Death of Lawrence Dobkin at age 83 of heart failure; actor (Rogues Gallery tadio show, Escape, Frontier Gentleman, Judging Amy, NYPD Blue). [457]
- October 30
- Death of Jam Master Jay; musician (Run DMC) (born 1965). [5] [23]
- November 3
- Death of Lonnie Donegan from a heart attack at age 71; Scottish skiffle musician ("Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour" (1959), "My Old Man's A Dustman", "Rock Island Line"). [23] [457]
- Death of Jonathan Harris at age 87; actor (Dr. Zachary Smith - Lost in Space). [457]
- November 5
- Death of Billy Guy at age 66; singer (The Coasters - "Searchin'", "Little Egypt", "Run Red Run", "Wait A Minute"), producer (J. R. Bailey). [457]
- November 7
- Death of Peg Phillips of lung disease at age 84; actress (Northern Exposure, Seventh Heaven). [23] [457]
- November 15
- In England, Myra Hindley, who was involved in the murders of five children between 1963 and 1965, dies in hospital at the age of 60 after suffering a heart attack in prison. [23]
- November 17
- Death of Abba Eban, Israeli foreign affair minister (born 1915). [23]
- November 24
- Death of John Rawls, American political theorist (born 1921). [23]
- December 5
- Death of Ne Win, Burmese dictator. [23]
- Death of Roone Arledge at age 71 of prostate cancer; TV executive (head of ABC News and Sports, Wide World of Sports, Monday Night Football, 20/20, Nightline, World News Tonight). [457]
- December 9
- Death of Stan Rice, American painter and poet (born 1942). [23]
- December 12
- Death of Nikolai Amosov, Ukrainian heart surgeon, inventor, best-selling author, and exercise enthusiast (born 1913). [23]
- December 18
- Death of Ray Hnatyshyn, Governor General of Canada (born 1934). [23]
- December 22
- Death of Desmond Hoyte, Prime Minister and President of Guyana (born 1929). [23]
- Death of Joe Strummer, British musician and singer (The Clash) (born 1952). [23]
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