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Last updated: 2008 June 28.

1962 January 1 Diego Martínez Barrio Spanish president (1939), dies at age 76. [1] January 6 Jacob "Jaap" Nanninga Dutch painter (France, N Africa), dies at age 57. [1] January 9 LeRoy B Shield US pianist/composer (Union Pacific Suite), dies at age 68. [1] January 12 Ernie Kovacs comedian (Ernie Kovacs Show), killed in auto crash at age 42. [1] Richard de Guide composer, dies at age 52. [1] January 13 Ernie Kovacs comedian, dies in a car crash in West Los Angeles, at age 42. [1] January 15 Kenneth MacKenna actor (Men Without Women), dies of cancer at age 62. [1] January 16 Emanuel Stickelberger Swiss writer (Holbein in England), dies at age 77. [1] January 17 Gerrit Achterberg Dutch poet (Dead End), dies at age 56. [1] January 18 Raymond Moulaert composer, dies at age 86. [1] January 19 Snub Pollard actor (Limelight, Arizona Days), dies of cancer at age 72. [1] January 20 Robinson Jeffers poet/playwright (Dear Judas), dies at age 75. [1] January 21 André Lhote French painter/art historian, dies at age 76. [1] January 24 Tom Shirley actor/TV announcer (They're Off), dies at age 62. [1] January 26 Charles "Lucky" Luciano New York City, New York Mafia gangster, dies at age 65. [1] Fran Lhotka composer, dies at age 78. [1] January 29 Fritz Kreisler Austria/US violinist/composer, dies at age 86. [1] January 30 Two members of Flying Wallendas' high-wire act killed when their 7-person pyramid collapsed during a performance in Detroit. [1] February 3 Werner Bock writer, dies. [1] February 5 Jacques Ibert French composer (Escales), dies at age 71. [1] February 7 Arthur Carr cricketer (11 Tests for England 22-29), dies shovelling snow. [1] February 10 Willem Paerels Netherlands/Belgian painter/graphic artist, dies at age 83. [1] February 15 Vladimir Sokoloff actor (Road to Morocco, Cloak and Dagger), dies at age 72. [1] February 17 Bruno Walter symphony conductor (New York Philharmonic), dies at age 85. [1] Joseph Kearns actor (George-Dennis the Menace), dies at age 55. [1] February 19 Albert Israel Elkus composer, dies at age 77. [1] February 20 Halliwell Hobbes dies at age 64. [1] February 25 Wilhelm Pessler German sociologist, dies at age 81. [1] February 26 Carl Emil Theodor Ehrenberg composer, dies at age 83. [1] Harold Johnson comedian (Olsen and Johnson), dies at age 70. [1] February 27 Willie Best actor (Charlie-My Little Margie), dies at age 45. [1] February 28 Harold Ogden "Chic" Johnson comedian (Olsen and Johnson), dies at age 70. [1] March 1 Roscoe Ates actor (Dep Roscoe-Marshal of Gunsight Pass), dies at age 70. [1] March 2 Charles-Jean baron de la Vallée-Poussin Belgian engineer, dies at age 96. [1] March 4 Cairine R Wilson first Canadian female senator (appointed), dies at age 77. [1] March 5 Anne C Veth Dutch cartoonist/art critic, dies at age 82. [1] Otakar Jeremias composer, dies at age 69. [1] March 6 Rezso Kokai composer, dies at age 56. [1] March 9 Howard Engstrom of Boston, Massachussettes, USA, a designer of Univac computer, dies at age 59. [1] March 11 Will Vesper German author (Tristan und Isolde), dies at age 79. [1] March 15 Sam Wren actor (Wren's Nest), dies at age 64. [1] March 16 John Owen Jones composer, dies at age 85. [1] March 17 Frank Orth actor (Boston Blackie, The Brothers), dies at age 82. [1] March 20 C Wright Mills US sociologist (Power Elite), dies at age 45. [1] Dr Andrew E Douglass Dendrochronologer (Study of Tree Rings) dies. [1] March 22 Aura Abranches Port actress (Lisboa, O Primo Basilio), dies at age 65. [1] March 23 Josephus RH van Schaik lawyer/vice-premier of Netherlands, dies at age 80. [1] Val Paul producer (F-Man), dies at age 73. [1] March 24 Auguste Picard Swiss explorer, dies at age 78. [1] Benny Paret, KO'd in a welterweight title, he dies 10 days later. [1] March 25 Auguste Piccard Swiss explorer/balloonist, dies at age 78. [1] March 26 Marjorie Colton inventor of wax paper, dies at age 64. [1] April 3 Benny "Kid" Paret US welterweight boxer, dies after fight, at age 24. [1] Manolis Kalomiris Greek opera composer, dies at age 78. [1] April 6 J C Heldring Dutch businessman, dies at age 74. [1] April 9 Juan Belmonte famed bullfighter, dies at age 70. [1] April 10 Stuart Sutcliffe original Beatles bassist, dies of brain hemorrhage at age 21. [1] April 15 Clara Blandick commits suicide at age 80. [1] Esther Minciotti dies at age 74. [1] April 17 Louise Fazenda dies of cerebral hemorrhage at age 66. [1] April 20 Arthur Harmat composer, dies at age 76. [1] Jesse G Vincent engineer designed first V-12 engine, dies at age 82. [1] April 21 Frederick Handley Page designer of first big airplane (40 seats), dies. [1] April 22 Solomon Pimsleur composer, dies at age 61. [1] Vera Reynolds actress (Dragnet Patrol, Lawless Woman), dies at age 62. [1] April 23 Stirling Moss auto racer, killed while racing at age 32. [1] May 5 Ernest Tyldesley cricketer (990 runs in 14 Tests for England), dies. [1] May 7 Jimmy Conlin dies at age 77. [1] May 12 Dick Calkins co-author (Buck Rogers), dies at age 67. [1] May 13 Frank Jenks actor (Colonel Flack), dies of cancer at age 60. [1] Franz Jozef Kline US expressionist painter, dies at age 51. [1] May 31 Adolf Eichmann war criminal, hanged for crimes against Jews in WWII at Ramie Prison in Israel at age 56. [1] Eduardo Toldra composer, dies at age 67. [1] June 6 Guinn Williams actor (Big Boy-Circus Boy), dies at age 63. [1] June 13 Sir Eugene Goossens composer, dies at age 69. [1] June 19 Frank Borzage academy award winning director, dies at age 69. [1] June 28 Mickey Cochrane baseball hall of fame catcher, dies at age 59. [1] July 4 Rex Bell cowboy (Cowboys and Injuns), dies at age 56. [1] July 6 William Faulkner author, inventor of Yoknapatawpha Co, dies at age 64. [1] August 5 Marilyn Monroe found dead of apparent self-inflicted drug overdose. [1] August 10 Ted Husing sportscaster (Monday Night Fights), dies at age 60. [1] August 19 Kerstin Hesselgren first woman in Swedish parliament, dies at age 90. [1] August 23 Hoot Gibson silent screen cowboy actor, dies at age 70. [1] September 3 e. e. cummings poet, dies at age 67. [1] September 9 Pat Rooney vaudevillian, dies at age 82. [1] September 27 Francisco Brochado da Rocha Prime Minister of Brazil (1962), dies at age 52. [1] September 29 Patrick Corry developed self-rotating rock drill, dies in the Bronx. [1] October 2 Frank Lovejoy actor (Man Against Crime, Meet McGraw), dies at age 48. [1] October 4 John Lowry Mount Vernon New York, New York City builder, dies at age 79. [1] October 9 Lulu McConnell comediene (It Pays to be Ignorant), dies at age 80. [1] October 27 Fatso Marco comedian (Milton Berle Show), dies at age 56. [1] November 3 Harlow H Curtice President of General Motors (1953-8), dies at age 69. [1] November 7 Eleanor Roosevelt Former first Lady, dies at age 78 in New York City. [1] November 11 Rene Coty President of France, dies at age 80. [1] November 17 Arthur Vining Davis CEO (Alcoa-1910-57), dies at age 92 in Miami. [1] November 18 Niels Bohr physicist who won the Nobel Prize in 1922, dies at age 77. [1] November 20 Jasper McLevy socialist mayor of Bridgeport Connecticut, dies. [1] November 23 Gloria Gordon actress (My Friend Irma), dies at age 81. [1] November 24 James J Kilroy tank inspector (Kilroy was here), dies at age 60. [1] November 28 Queen Mother Wilhelmina of Netherlands, dies at age 82. [1] November 29 Rav Aaron Kotler Orthodox Talmudic scholar, dies in Lakewood New Jersey. [1] December 7 Kirsten Flagstead Norwegian soprano (Wagner), dies at age 67. [1] December 12 Sid Saylor actor (Wally-Waterfront), dies at age 67. [1] December 15 Charles Laughton English actor (Hunchback of Notre Dame), dies at age 63. [1] December 17 Thomas Mitchell US; actor (Outlaw), dies of cancer at age 70. [1] December 20 Erik William Gustav Leidzen composer, dies at age 68. [1] Luis Abraham Delgadillo composer, dies at age 75. [1] December 23 George Saiko writer, dies at age 70. [1] Luis Alberni actor (Topaze), dies at age 76. [1] 1963 January 2 Dick Powell actor/director (Dick Powell Theater), dies at age 58. [1] Jack Carson actor (Star is Born, Mildred Pierce), dies at age 52. [1] January 3 Oscar Backing Austria/Netherlands viola player, dies at age 83. [1] January 5 Rogers Hornsby baseball player, dies of a heart ailment at age 66. [1] January 6 Lourens GM Baas Becking Dutch botanist/resistance fighter, dies at age 68. [1] January 8 Stark Young US writer (So Red the Rose), dies at age 81. [1] January 10 Tadeusz Szeligowski composer, dies at age 66. [1] January 11 Arthur D Nock English/Americans historian (Saint Paul), dies at age 60. [1] January 13 Leonardus G Kortenhorst Dutch Member of Parliament (KVP), dies at age 76. [1] January 14 Gustav Regler writer, dies at age 64. [1] January 16 Gilardo Gilardi composer, dies at age 73. [1] January 18 Johnnie Moyes journalist/cricketer (South Australian batsman), dies. [1] January 21 Al Saint John actor (Law and Order, Devil Riders), dies at age 70. [1] Franz Jung writer, dies at age 74. [1] January 25 Wilson Kettle Newfoundland, dies at age 102, leaving 582 living descendents. [1] January 26 John Sigvard Olsen comedian (Olsen and Johnson), dies at age 70. [1] January 27 John Farrow actor/director (Botany Bay), dies at age 58. [1] January 28 Jean Felix Piccard swiss explorer, dies on his 79th birthday. [1] January 29 Robert Lee Frost, American poet (New Hampshire, four Pulitzers), dies at age 88. [1] [5] January 30 Francis Poulenc French composer (Litanies à la Vierge Noire), dies at age 74. [1] P F "Plum" Warner cricketer (England manager during Bodyline tour), dies. [1] February 2 Herman Bouber [Blom]; actor/playwright (Bluejackets), dies at age 77. [1] February 6 Mohammed ibn al-Chattabi Abd el-Krim Morocco opposition leader, dies. [1] Werner Erich Josten German composer (Jungle), dies at age 77. [1] February 8 Abdul Karim Kassem Prime Minister of Iraq (58-63), assassinated in Baghdad at age 48. [1] George Dolenz Italian actor (Count of Monte Cristo), dies at age 55. [1] February 13 Harry Steers bowling hall of famer, dies. [1] February 16 Laszlo Lajtha composer, dies at age 70. [1] February 18 Monte Blue silent film actor (Apache), dies of heart attack at age 73. [1] Todd "Hugh" Gaitskell leader British Labour Party, dies at age 56. [1] February 26 Artturi A Leinonen Fin journalist/politician (Prophet), dies at age 74. [1] February 28 Theodore Newton actor (Voltaire, Ace of Aces), dies at age 58. [1] March 4 William Carlos Williams, US physician/poet, dies at age 79. [1] [5] March 5 Cyril Smith actor (Adventures of Sir Lancelot), dies at age 70. [1] Hawkshaw Hawkins country singer (Ozark Jubilee), dies at age 41. [1] Patsy Cline country singer (Crazy, I Fall To Pieces), dies in a plane crash at age 30. [1] March 6 Kornelis ter Laan first Dutch socialist mayor (Zaandam), dies at age 91. [1] March 8 John Hartley cricketer (bowl average 115 in two Tests for England 1906), dies. [1] March 11 Mahomed Nissar cricketer (6 Tests for India 1932-36, 25 wickets), dies. [1] March 17 William Henry Squire composer, dies at age 91. [1] March 20 Karl Otten writer, dies at age 73. [1] March 23 Davey Moore dies seconds after being KOed in feather-weight championship. [1] March 25 David Moore US feather weight boxer, dies at age 29. [1] March 28 Alec A Templeton composer/pianist (Alec Templeton Time), dies at age 52. [1] March 29 Pola Gojawiczynska Polish author (Stolica), dies at age 64. [1] March 30 Alexander Vasil'yevich Gauk composer, dies at age 69. [1] April 4 Endzion Barelli dies two days after winning a boxing match at age 18. [1] Jason Robards Sr actor (Acapulco), dies at age 70. [1] April 5 Jacobus JP Old architect/co-founder (The Style), dies at age 73. [1] Julius Harrison composer, dies at age 78. [1] April 8 Len Tuckett cricketer (no runs no wickets in 1 Test for S A), dies. [1] April 18 Henrietta Kreis third of famous Wallenda aerialist to fall to death. [1] April 30 Bryant Washburn actor (Nabonga, Millionaire Kid), dies at age 74. [1] May 2 Jack Crawford cricketer (469 runs and 39 wickets in 12 Tests), dies. [1] Tomas Vackar composer, dies at age 17. [1] Van Wyck Brooks US historian (Ordeal of Mark Twain), dies at age 77. [1] May 5 Heinrich Gebhard composer, dies. [1] Jacobus JP Old architect/co-founder (Stijl), dies at age 73. [1] May 6 Monty Wooley actor (Pied Piper, Man Who Came to Dinner), dies at age 74. [1] May 12 Stanislaw Wiechowicz composer, dies at age 69. [1] May 24 Elmore James blues guitarist, dies at age 45 of a heart attack. [1] May 26 Sharon Lynn actress (Way Out West, Big Broadcast), dies at age 53. [1] May 27 Lambrakis Greek EDA-parliament leader, murdered. [1] May 28 Vissarion Yakovlevich Shebalin composer, dies at age 60. [1] May 31 Carel C van Essen archaeologist (Art of Ancient Rome), dies at age 63. [1] June 3 Paul Maxey actor (Matt-Lassie, Mayor-People's Choice), dies at age 57. [1] Pope John XXIII dies at age 81. [1] June 7 Zasu Pitts actress (Wedding March, Life With Father), dies at age 65. [1] June 12 Medgar Evers NAACP official, murdered in Jackson, Mississippi at age 37. [1] June 20 Gordon Jones actor (Mike the Cop-Abbott and Costello), dies at age 52. [1] Joseph Self murderer, executed; last Washington state execution in 25 years. [1] Ralph Sanford actor (Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp), dies at age 64. [1] June 28 Frank "Home Run" Baker (hit two home runs in 1911 world series) dies at age 77. [1] July 4 Grant Richards actor (Doug-Doorway to Danger), dies at age 48. [1] August 10 Estes Kefauver (Democrat-Senator-Tn), dies at age 60. [1] August 26 Larry Keating actor (George Burns Show, Roger-Mr Ed), dies at age 67. [1] August 27 W E B Du Bois scholar/founder (NAACP), dies at age 95 in Accra Ghana. [1] August 30 Axel Stordahl orchestra leader (Frank Sinatra Show), dies at age 50. [1] August 31 George F Broque cubist painter, dies at age 81 in Paris. [1] September 6 Margarita Sierra actress, dies at age 26 after heart surgery. [1] September 15 Fred Hillebrand actor (Martin Kane), dies at age 69. [1] October 24 Beverly Wills actress (Beverly-I Married Joan), dies at age 29. [1] October 29 Adolphe Menjou actor (Front Page, Star is Born), dies at age 73. [1] October 31 Henry Daniell actor (Camille, Body Snatchers), dies at age 69. [1] November 1 Elsa Maxwell writer (Jack Paar Show), dies at age 80. [1] Ngo Dinh Diem, South Vietnamese Prime Minister, assassinated in a military coup. [1] November 15 Fritz Reiner conductor (Chicago Symphony Orchestra), dies at age 74. [1] November 22 John F Kennedy 35th U.S. President, shot dead in Dallas, Texas. [1] November 24 Lee Harvey Oswald John Kennedy's assassinator shot dead by Jack Ruby. [1] November 28 Fred Uttal TV host (QED), dies at age 55. [1] Karyn Kupcinet actress (Carol-Gertrude Berg Show), murdered at age 23. [1] December 2 Sabu Sabu actor (Jungle Book, Drums), dies of heart attack at age 39. [1] December 5 Herbert H Lehman (Governor-Democrat-New York), dies. [1] Karl Amadeus Hartmann composer, dies at age 58. [1] December 6 Jozef Goossenaerts Flem philologist (Language Boundary), dies at age 81. [1] December 9 Philibert Schmitz Belgium, historian (Order of Saint Benoît), dies at age 75. [1] December 13 Hubert Pierlot Belgian advocate/premier (1939-45), dies at age 79. [1] December 14 Dinah Washington singer, dies of sleeping pill overdose at age 39. [1] Erich Ollenhauer German politician (SPD), dies at age 62. [1] December 18 Winifried P I Zillig German composer/conductor (Opfer), dies at age 58. [1] December 20 Paul Constantinescu composer, dies at age 54. [1] December 21 Jack Hobbs cricketer (61 Tests for England), dies. [1] December 25 Tristan Tzara writer, dies at age 67. [1] December 26 "Gorgeous George" Wagner wrestler, dies. [1] December 28 Abbott Joseph Liebling American journalist/writer, dies. [1] Paul Hindemith German composer (Composer's World), dies at age 68. [1] December 31 Albert Plesman aviation pioneer, dies. [1]