- January 15
- Death of Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (born 1926). [27]
- January 19
- Death of Wilson Pickett at age 64 of a heart attack; soul singer ("In the Midnight Hour", "Land of 1,000 Dances", "Funky Broadway", "Mustang Sally", "I'm a Midnight Mover"). [27] [457]
- Death of Tony Franciosa AKA Anthony Papaleo at age 75 of a stroke; actor (Valentine's Day, The Name of the Game, Matt Helm, Finder of Lost Loves). [457]
- January 21
- Death of Ibrahim Rugova, first President of Kosovo (born 1944). [27]
- January 27
- Death of Johannes Rau, President of Germany (born 1931). [27]
- January 30
- Death of Coretta Scott King, American civil rights activist and wife of Martin Luther King, Junior. (born 1927). [5] [27]
- February 3
- Death of Al Lewis at age 95in New York, USA; actor (Grampa - The Munsters TV show, Leo Schnauser - Car 54 Where are You?). [27] [457]
- February 5
- Death of Reuven Frank at age 85 of pneumonia; NBC news president. [457]
- February 8
- Death of Ron Greenwood, English football manager (born 1921). [27]
- February 10
- Death of J Dilla, American music producer (born 1974). [27]
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- February 15
- Death of Sun Yun-suan, Premier of the Republic of China (born 1913). [27]
- February 20
- Death of Curt Gowdy of leukemia at age 86; sportscaster (New York Yankees, Chicago Red Sox, ABC, CBS, NBC, HBO, George Foster Peabody Award 1970, host of American Sportsman). [457]
- February 24
- Death of Dennis Weaver at age 81 of complications from cancer in Ridgway, Colorado, USA; actor (Chester - Gunsmoke TV show, McCloud TV show, Emerald Point NAS TV show, Lonesome Dove: The Series TV show, Pearl, Centennial, Stone, Wildfire). [27] [457]
- February 25
- Death of Darren McGavin at age 83; actor (Mike Hammer TV show, Kolchak: The Night Stalker TV show, Riverboat TV show, Crime Photographer TV show, Murphy Brown TV show (Emmy award)). [27] [457]
- March 1
- Death of Harry Browne, American Libertarian Presidential candidate (born 1933). [27]
- March 3
- Death of William Herskovic, Hungarian Holocaust hero and philanthropist (born 1914). [27]
- March 11
- Slobodan MiloÜevic is found dead at age 64 from an apparent heart attack in his prison cell in the United Nations war crimes tribunal's detention centre, located in the Scheveningen section of The Hague. [27] [129]
- March 13
- Death of Maureen Stapleton of chronic pulmonary disease at age 80; actress (Reds, Queen of the Stardust Ballroom, Cat on a Hot In Roof, Liberace: Behind the Music, Miss Rose White, The Gathering). [27] [457]
- March 14
- Death of Lennart Meri, President of Estonia (born 1929). [27]
- March 15
- Death of George Mackey, American mathematician (born 1916). [27]
- March 18
- Death of Bill Beutel at age 75 in Pinehurst, North Carolina, USA; longtime TV anchor of Eyewitness News on WABC-TV, New York, and host of ABC's AM America. [457]
- March 25
- Death of Buck Owens AKA Alvis Edgar Owens Junior at age 76; country music star ("I've Got a Tiger by the Tail", "Act Naturally", "Waiting in Your Welfare Line"), host (Hee Haw TV show). [27] [457]
- March 28
- Death of Caspar Weinberger, United States Secretary of Defense (born 1917). [27]
- April 5
- Death of Gene Pitney at age 65 from heart disease while touring Britain; rock singer ("Town without Pity", "The Man who Shot Liberty Vallance", "24 Hours from Tulsa"). [27] [457]
- April 11
- Death of Shin Sang Ok, South Korean film director kidnapped to North Korea (1979-86) to make propaganda movies. [246.63]
- April 29
- Death of Josh Hancock in an auromobile accident; Saint Louis Cardinals reliever. [56]
- May 3
- Death of Pramod Mahajan, Indian Bharatiya Janata Party politician and strategist (born 1949). [27]
- May 6
- Death of Lillian Asplund, last American survivor of the RMS Titanic disaster (born 1906). [27]
- May 7
- Death of Steve Bender, German musician (Dschinghis Khan) (born 1946). [27]
- May 10
- Death of Val Guest, British film director (born 1911). [27]
- May 19
- Death of Freddie Garrity, English singer (Freddie and the Dreamers) (born 1940). [27]
- May 21
- Death of Billy Walker at age 77 in a single-vehicle crash near Montgomery, Alabama; country singer ("Charlie's Shoes" (1966), "Funny How Time Slips Away", "Cross the Brazos at Waco" (1964)). [457]
- May 22
- Death of Lee Jong-wook, Korean Director-General of the World Health Organisation (born 1945). [27]
- May 30
- Death of Robert Sterling at age 88 in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Topper TV show). [457]
- June 7
- Al-Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and seven of his aides are killed in a U.S. air raid just north of the town of Baqouba, Iraq. [27]
- June 8
- Sjoerd van der Schaaf, Frisian journalist / writer (Abbingawâld), dies in Oenkerk, Netherlands. [44]
- June 13
- Death of Charles Haughey, Prime Minister of Ireland (born 1925). [27]
- June 17
- Death of Arthur Franz from emphysema and heart disease at age 86; actor (Perry Mason, The F.B.I., The Mod Squad, The Virginian, Rawhide). [457]
- June 18
- Death of Chris and Cru Kahui, infant twin brothers murdered in New Zealand (born 2006). [27]
- June 20
- Death of Claydes Charles Smith at age 57; co-founder and lead guitarist (Kool and the Gang - "Celebration" (1981)). [457]
- June 23
- Death of Aaron Spelling in Los Angeles at age 83; television producer (The Mod Squad, Charmed, Beverly Hills 90210, Melrose Place, Starsky and Hutch, Family, Hotel, The Rookies, Charlie's Angels, The Love Boat, Fantasy Island, Vega$, Hart to Hart, Dynasty, The Colbys, T.J. Hooker, Nightingales, Kindred: The Embraced, 7th Heaven, Burke's Law, Honey West, S.W.A.T.). [27] [457]
- June 30
- Death of Mohamed Haneef, Maldivian Politician and former Vice-President of Islamic Democratic Party of Maldives (born 1946). [27]
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