January 03 | Lucien Cailliet, composer, dies at 93 |
January 04 | Brian Gwynne Horrocks, English lt-general (A Full Life), dies at 89 |
January 06 | Robert H W Welch Jr, US founder/leader John Birch Society, dies at 85 |
January 07 | Johnny Guarnieri, jazz pianist (Morey Amsterdam Show), dies at 67 |
January 09 | Don Brennan, cricket wicketkeeper (England in 2 Tests 1951), dies |
January 13 | Carol Wayne, Johnny Carson's teatime movie hostess, dies at 42 |
January 14 | Jetta Goudal, French actress (White Gold), dies at 86 |
January 18 | Mahmoud Taha, Sudanese Moslem leader, hanged at 76 |
January 18 | Wilfrid Brambell, actor (Hard Day's Night, Boys), dies at 72 |
January 20 | Jo Juda, Dutch musician, dies at 75 |
January 21 | Barbara Cowsill, rocker (Cowsills), dies of emphysema |
January 26 | James Cameron, journalist, dies |
January 30 | Ken Mayers, actor (Robbie Robertson-Space Patrol), dies at 67 |
February 06 | Charles Briggs, actor (13 Frightened Girls, Capt Newman), dies at 53 |
February 06 | Dandy Nichols, actress (Confessions of a Window Cleaner), dies at 78 |
February 07 | Albert Dondeyne, Belgian philosopher/theologist, dies at 83 |
February 07 | Uday Merchant, cricket (bro of Vijay, prolific scorer), dies |
February 08 | Marvin Miller, actor (Michael Anthony-Millionaire), dies at 71 |
February 08 | Tom Greenway, actor (Miami Story), dies of a heart attack at 75 |
February 11 | Heinz Eric Roemheld, composer, dies of pneumonia at 83 |
February 11 | Henry Hathaway, actor/director (Nob Hill), dies of heart attack at 86 |
February 11 | Ulysses Sipmson Kay, composer, dies at 68 |
February 12 | Nicholas Colssanto, actor (Coach-Cheers), dies at 61 |
February 16 | Larry Ward, actor (Frank Ragan-Dakotas), dies at 69 |
February 17 | Wanda Perry, actress (Roberta, Death of a Salesman), dies at 67 |
February 18 | Willy Alberti, [Carel Verbruggen], Dutch singer, dies at 58 |
February 19 | Elizabeth Julesberg, author (Dick & Jane), dies |
February 19 | George Holmes, actor (Man in the Trunk), dies at 66 |
February 20 | Clarence Nash, voice (Donald Duck), dies at 80 of leukemia, in Calif |
February 21 | Eric Herfst, Dutch cabaret performer (Floris), dies at 47 |
February 21 | Ina Claire, actress/comedienne (3 Bdwy Girls), dies of stroke at 89 |
February 21 | Louis Hayward, actor (Lone Wolf, Survivors), dies of lung cancer at 75 |
February 22 | Alexander Scourby, actor (Victory at Sea, Ransom), dies at 71 |
February 22 | Efrem A Zimbalist, Russian/US composer/violinist, dies at 95 |
February 23 | Alexander Scourby, actor (Jesus, Shaggy Dog, Giant), dies at 71 |
February 27 | David Huffman, actor (FIST, Jane Doe, Firefox, Onion Field), dies |
February 27 | Henry Cabot Lodge, (Sen-R)/diplomat, dies at 82 |
February 27 | Pat J O'Malley, actor (My Favorite Martian, Maude), dies at 83 |
February 28 | Charita Bauer, actress (Mary-Aldrich Family), dies at 62 in NYC |
March 01 | Eugene List, US concert pianist, dies at 66 |
March 02 | John B Kelly Jr, chairman US Olympic Committee, dies at 57 |
March 02 | Michael Redgrave, actor (Goodbye Mr Chips), dies at 77 of Parkinson's |
March 03 | Sarah Blanding, 1st US fem college head (Vassar 1946-64), dies at 86 |
March 06 | Eric Sloane, US artist, dies at 80 |
March 07 | George Schick, Czech conductor (Chicago Symphony), dies at 76 |
March 07 | Robert W Woodruff, CEO (Coca-Cola), dies at 95 |
March 07 | Victor W Farris, inventor of paper milk carton, etc, dies |
March 08 | Edward Andrews, actor (Broadside), dies at 70 of a heart attack |
March 08 | Thomas Creighton, US heart patient (3 implants in 46 hrs), dies at 33 |
March 10 | Konstantin Chernenko, party leader/pres of USSR (1984-85), dies at 73 |
March 12 | Eugene Ormandy [Blau], Hungarian/US conductor, dies at 85 |
March 16 | B V A Röling, Dutch lawyer (WW II Tokyo trials), dies at 78 |
March 16 | Roger Huntington Sessions, US composer (Black Masks), dies at 88 |
March 17 | Dattu Phadkar, cricketer (Indian all-rounder, 31 Tests 1947-58), dies |
March 18 | Jack Miller, orch leader (Kate Smith Evening Hour), dies at 89 |
March 21 | Michael Redgrave, actor (Goodbye Mr Chips, Mr Arkadin), dies at 77 |
March 21 | Salvador Ley, composer, dies at 78 |
March 23 | Anton Constandse, Dutch anarchist/writer, dies at 85 |
March 23 | Patricia Roberts Harris, (Rep-D), dies at 60 |
March 23 | Singing Nun, commits suicide in Belgium at 52 |
March 28 | Marc Chagall, French painter, dies at 97 |
March 28 | Nand Baert, Belgian radio/tv-host, dies at 53 |
March 30 | Harold Peary, actor (Herb-Blondie, Willy), dies of heart attack at 76 |
April 05 | Tyrell Johnson, cricketer (WI left-arm quickie, one Test 1939), dies |
April 11 | Enver Hoxha, party leader/premier of Albania, dies at 76 |
April 14 | Enver Hoxha, Albanian leader (1944-85), dies |
April 14 | Reginald Beane, pianist (Starlit Time, Once Upon a Tune), dies at 63 |
April 16 | Scott Brady, [Gerald Tierney], actor (Shotgun Slade), dies at 60 |
April 17 | Ilona Bodden, writer, dies |
April 21 | Rudi Gernreich, US designer (miniskirt), dies at 62 |
April 21 | Tancredo Neves, president-elect of Brazil, dies at 75 |
April 23 | Kent Smith, actor (Peyton Place, Invaders), dies at 78 |
April 23 | Sam J Ervin Jr, (Sen-D-NC), dies at 88 |
April 24 | Sergei Yutkevich, Russian director, (Otello, Banya), dies at 80 |
April 25 | Murray Matheson, actor (Felix-Banacek), dies at 72 |
April 25 | Richard Haydn, British actor (Mutiny on the Bounty), dies at 80 |
April 30 | George Pravada, actor (Felscher-Holocaust), dies at 66 |
May 02 | Hal LeRoy, dancer/actor (Harold Teen), dies at 71 after surgery |
May 02 | Milton S Eisenhower, US diplomat, dies at 85 |
May 07 | Dawn Addams, actress (Alan Young Show, Star Maidens), dies at 54 |
May 08 | Dolph Sweet, actor (Gil McGowan-Another World), dies at 74 |
May 08 | Edmond O'Brien, actor (Sam Benedict), dies of Alzheimer's at 69 |
May 08 | Karl Marx, German composer/conductor, dies at 87 |
May 09 | Edmond O'Brien, actor (Moon Pilot, Wild Bunch), dies at 69 |
May 11 | Chester Gould, cartoonist (Dick Tracy), dies at 84 |
May 11 | Garmt Stuiveling, literatrary (Ego & Echo), dies at 77 |
May 11 | Jorja Curtright, actor (Whistle Stop), dies of a heart attack |
May 11 | Samuel Frith, English co-founder of soccer team (Bradford City), dies |
May 12 | Jean Debuffet, French painter/sculptor, dies |
May 13 | Leatrice Joy, silent screen star, dies in Riverdale (Bronx) NYC at 91 |
May 13 | Selma Diamond, comedienne (Selma-Night Court), dies of cancer at 64 |
May 14 | Mohammed Munir, Indonesian worker's union leader, executed |
May 15 | Jackie Curtis, actor (Underground USA), dies of a drug overdose at 38 |
May 16 | Margaret Hamilton, actress (Wicked Witch-Wizard of Oz), dies at 82 |
May 17 | Bobby Ewing, (Patrick Duffy) killed off on Dallas |
May 17 | Hugh Burden, actor (Night of Laughing Dead), dies at 72 |
May 17 | Margaret Hamilton, actress (Wizard of Oz), dies |
May 18 | Tex Terry, actor (Apache Rose, Timberjack), dies at 82 |
May 20 | George Memmoli, actor (Earl-Hello Larry), dies at 46 |
May 25 | Harold Hecht, choreographer, dies at 77 of cancer |
May 25 | Robert Nathan, US writer/poet (Portrait of Jennie), dies at 91 |
May 27 | Kay Campbell, actress (All My Children), dies at 80 |
May 29 | 39, die at Heysel Stadium in Liverpool in a riot prior to soccor match |
May 29 | Madge West, actress (Grandma-McLean Stevenson Show), dies at 93 |
June 01 | Richard Greene, actor (Adv of Robin Hood), dies at 67 |
June 06 | Siem Devout, Dutch actor, dies at 54 |
June 10 | Bob Prince, sportscaster (Monday Night Baseball), dies at 68 |
June 10 | George Chandler, actor (Lassie), dies of Alzheimer's disease at 87 |
June 11 | Karen Ann Quinlan, comatose patient, dies in Morris Plains NJ at 31 |
June 15 | Len Hopwood, cricketer (took 0-155 in two Tests Eng v Aust 1934), dies |
June 15 | Percy Fender, cricketer (13 Tests for England, 380 runs 29 wkts), dies |
June 17 | Piet De Somer, Belgian rector of University of Louvain, dies at 67 |
June 28 | James Craig, actor (Human Comedy, Kismet), dies of lung cancer at 74 |
June 30 | James Dewar, inventor (Twinkie), dies |
July 04 | John de Quay, Dutch premier (1959-63), dies at 83 |
July 05 | Gerard Schmook, Flemish literature historian/custodian, dies at 86 |
July 05 | Jack Robertson, S Afr cricket spinner (3 Tests v Aust 1935-36), dies |
July 05 | Marion Byron, actress (Steamboat Bill Jr), dies at 73 |
July 07 | Patti McCarty, actress (Gangster of the Frontier), dies at 64 |
July 08 | Gardner Cowles Jr, US publisher (Look Magazine), dies at 82 |
July 08 | Phil Foster, comedian (Frank De Fazio-Laverne & Shirley), dies at 72 |
July 08 | Simon Kuznets, US economist (Nobel 1971), dies at 84 |
July 09 | Rafael Campos, actor (Ramon-Rhoda, Sancho-V), dies of cancer at 49 |
July 10 | Fernando Pereira, military activist, murdered |
July 16 | Heinrich Böll, German writer (Nobel 1972), dies at 67 |
July 16 | Wayne King, orch leader (Wayne King Show), dies at 84 |
July 17 | Czeslaw Josef Marek, composer, dies at 93 |
July 17 | Margo, actress (Rumba, Viva Zapata), dies at 68 of a brain tumor |
July 21 | Mickey Shaughnessy, actor (Chicago Teddy Bears), dies at 65 |
July 21 | Vicki Vola, actress (Miss Miller-Mr District Attorney) |
July 23 | Kay Kyser, bandleader (Kay Kyser's Kollege), dies at 79 |
July 27 | Joseph "Smoky Joe" Wood, pitcher (Boston Red Sox), dies at 95 |
July 28 | Grant Williams, actor (Shrinking Man), dies of toxic poisoning at 54 |
July 29 | James F Nolan, actor (Dante), dies of cancer at 69 |
July 31 | Eugene Carson Blake, sec-gen World Council of Churches, dies at 78 |
July 31 | Murray Chapple, cricketer (14 Tests for NZ, 497 runs), dies |
August 01 | Joseph Walker, cameraman, dies at 92 |
August 02 | Frank Faylen, vaudevillian, dies of pneumonia at 79 |
August 02 | Sandy Bell, South African cricket pace bowler (16 Tests), dies |
August 04 | Zbynek Vostrak, composer, dies at 65 |
August 05 | Theodore Sturgeon, sci-fi author (Hugo, It, Caviar), dies at 67 |
August 07 | Grayson Hall, actor (Dark Shadows), dies of cancer at 58 |
August 08 | Louise Brooks, actress (Pandora's Box), dies of a heart attack at 78 |
August 10 | Kenny Backer, comedian (Time Bandits), dies of a heart attack at 72 |
August 12 | Marcel Mihalovici, composer, dies at 86 |
August 13 | Marion Martin, actress (Dakota Lil, Queen of Burlesque), dies at 67 |
August 14 | Gale Sondergaard, actress (Letter), dies of cerebral thrombosis at 86 |
August 15 | Richard Yardumian, US composer (Creator Spirit), dies at 68 |
August 20 | Harchand Singh Longowai, Sikh leader, shot by Sikh extremists |
August 22 | Ginty Lush, cricketer (NSW quickie of 30's), dies |
August 24 | Paul Creston [Giuseppe/Joseph Guttoveggio], US composer, dies at 78 |
August 25 | Samantha Smith, actress (Elizabeth-Lime Street), dies in plane at 13 |
August 26 | Pieter Jongeling, Dutch MP/editor (GPV, Netherlands Daily), dies at 76 |
August 28 | Ruth Gordon, actress (Big Bus), dies of a stroke in her sleep at 88 |
August 29 | Alexander Abramsky, composer, dies at 87 |
August 29 | Evelyn Ankers, actress (Black Beauty, Jungle Woman), dies at 67 |
August 29 | Patrick Barr, actor (Black Orchid, On the Run), dies at 77 |
September 02 | Abe Lenstra, Dutch soccer star, dies at 64 |
September 03 | Joe Jones, drummer, dies at 73 |
September 03 | John Herbert McDowell, composer, dies at 58 |
September 04 | George O'Brien, actor (Daniel Boone, Salute), dies of a stroke at 85 |
September 04 | Isabel Jeans, actress (Suspicion, Easy Virtue, Tovarich), dies at 93 |
September 06 | Jane Frazee, singer/actress (Alice-Beulah), dies at 67 of pneumonia |
September 06 | Johnny Desmond, singer (Your Hit Parade), dies of cancer at 65 |
September 06 | Leon Orthel, composer, dies at 79 |
September 10 | Alexa Kenin, actress (Mousie-Coed Fever), dies at 23 |
September 11 | William Alwyn, composer, dies at 79 |
September 13 | Dane Rudhyar, composer, dies at 90 |
September 17 | Laura Ashley, Welsh fashion designer, dies by accident |
September 19 | Italo Calvino, sci-fi author (T-Zero, Mr Palomar), dies at 61 |
September 22 | Axel Springer, German newspaper magnate (Bild Zeitung), dies at 73 |
September 23 | Mickey Simpson, actor (Wagonmaster), dies of a heart attack at 72 |
September 25 | Albert Moeschinger, composer, dies at 88 |
September 27 | Lloyd Nolan, actor (Dr Chegley-Julia), dies of lung cancer at 83 |
September 30 | Charles F Richter, US seismologist (scale of R), dies at 85 |
September 30 | Heleb MacInnes, US spy writer (Affiliate in place), dies at 77 |
September 30 | Simone Signoret, German/French actress (Room at Top, Gina), dies at 64 |
October 01 | Charlotte White, US author (New Yorker, Charlotte's Web), dies at 86 |
October 02 | George Savalas, actor (Kojak), dies at 58 |
October 02 | Rock Hudson, actor (MacMillian & Wife), dies of AIDS at 59 |
October 02 | Sidney Clute, actor (Lou Grant, Cagney & Lacey), dies at 69 |
October 03 | Charles Collingwood, newscaster (Chronicles), dies at 68 |
October 03 | Maurice Copeland, actor (Ralph-Those Young Charmings), dies at 74 |
October 08 | Leon Klinghoffer, hijackers of Achille Lauro, threw him off boat |
October 08 | Ricardo Bacchelli, playwright/poet (Il malino del Po), dies at 94 |
October 10 | Orson Welles, actor/dir (Citizen Kane), dies of heart attack at 70 |
October 10 | Yul Brynner, [Taidje Khan], actor (King & I), dies of cancer at 65 |
October 11 | Tex Williams, country-western singer, dies at 68 of cancer |
October 12 | Johnny Olsen, TV announcer (Price is Right), dies at 75 |
October 12 | Ricky Wilson, rock guitarist (B-52's), dies of AIDS at 32 |
October 13 | Jack Wilson, cricketer (Test for Australia, 0-39 & 1-25, DNB), dies |
October 15 | Meret Oppenheim, writer, dies at 72 |
October 16 | Claude Stroud, actor (Hobart-Ted Knight Show, Duke), dies at 78 |
October 18 | Benjamin Moloisi, South African poet/Anc'er, hanged at 30 |
October 25 | Elsa Moranet, writer, dies at 67 |
October 25 | Morton Downey, singer (Star of the Family), dies at 83 |
October 29 | John Lodge, actor (Sensation, In Like Flint)/(gov-R-CT), dies at 82 |
October 30 | Kirby Grant, actor/singer (Sky King), dies in an auto accident at 74 |
November 01 | Phil Silvers, comedic actor (Sgt Bilko), dies in his sleep at 73 |
November 06 | Joel Crothers, actor (Edge of Night), dies of a heart attack at 44 |
November 09 | Helen Rose, costume designer, dies at 81 |
November 09 | Mary MacLaren, actress (Black Swan), dies at 85 of respiratory probs |
November 10 | Pelle Lindbergh, goalie (Phila Flyers), dies in drunk driving accident |
November 15 | Spencer W Kimball, US head of mormon church, dies at 90 |
November 16 | John J Sparkmann, (Sen-D-Ala), dies at 85 |
November 17 | Jimmy Ritz, actor (Ritz Brothers), dies of heart failure at 81 |
November 19 | Lall Singh, cricketer (Test for India 1932), dies |
November 19 | Stepin Fetchit, [Lincoln Penny], 1st black star, dies of pneumonia 83 |
November 20 | Bill Scott, cartoon voice (Mr Peabody, Bullwinkle), dies at 65 |
November 21 | Ramnath Kenny, cricketer (5 Tests for India 1958-60), dies |
November 24 | Cees Buddingh', Dutch poet/writer/interpreter/translator, dies at 67 |
November 26 | Ransom Sherman, comedian (Father of Bride), dies at 87 |
November 28 | Fernand Braudel, French historian, dies at 83 |
November 29 | Rik Jacobs, Flemish stage manager, dies at 71 |
December -- | Forrest Shaklee, businessman, dies at 91 |
December 02 | Alex Courtney, actor (Sword of Justice), dies |
December 02 | Philip Larkin, [hermit of Hull], English poet, dies at 63 |
December 03 | Sam Gillman, actor (Sam-Shane), dies at 70 |
December 04 | Marcel Boereboom, Belgian musicologist, dies at 83 |
December 06 | Burleigh Grimes, US baseball pitcher, dies at 92 |
December 06 | Burr Tillstrom, puppeteer (Kukla Fran & Ollie), dies at 68 |
December 07 | Potter Stewart, 94th Supreme Court Justice (1958-81), dies in NH at 70 |
December 07 | Robert Graves, English writer/poet (King Jesus), dies at 90 |
December 12 | Anne Baxter, actress (Myra-Marcus Welby, Victoria-Hotel), dies at 62 |
December 12 | Ian Stewart, keyboardist/road mgr (Rolling Stones), dies at 47 |
December 14 | Roger Maris, HR hitter (61 in 61, NY Yankees), dies of cancer at 51 |
December 14 | Stanley G[rauman] Weinbaum, US, sci-fi author (Red Peri), dies at 85 |
December 16 | Dick Pollard, cricketer (England fast-medium bowler 1946-48), dies |
December 16 | Merv Waite, cricketer (2 Tests for Aust 1938, 1 wkt avg 190), dies |
December 16 | Paul Castellano, Organized-crime chief, shot dead at a NYC restaurant |
December 17 | Otto Gotsche, writer, dies |
December 23 | James Vance (20) & Raymond Belknap (18), commit suicide, sparking |
December 23 | their families to sue rock group Judas Priest for subliminal messages |
December 25 | George Rhodes, orch leader (Sammy Davis Jr Show), dies at 66 |
December 26 | Dian Fossey, zoologist (Gorillas in the Mist), murdered at 53 |
December 27 | Dian Fossey, US naturalist (Gorillas in Mist), found dead in Rwanda |
December 31 | Alexander Matheson, cricketer (2 wickets/2 Tests for NZ 1930-31), dies |
December 31 | Rick Nelson, singer/actor (Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet), dies at 45 |
December 31 | Sam Spiegel, Academy Award winning producer (Betrayal), dies at 84 |