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Last updated: 2008 June 28.

1967 January 1 Maurice Leyland, cricketer (41 Tests for England, 2764 runs), dies. [1] Moon Mullican, rocker, dies at age 58. [1] January 3 Jack Ruby, assassin who killed assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, dies at age 55. [1] Mary Garden, opera star, dies at age 92. [1] January 4 Donald Campbell, boat racer, dies trying to break 300 mph on water. [1] January 6 Johnny Keane, baseball player/manager (Saint Louis Cardinals, New York Yankees), dies at age 55. [1] January 7 Carl Schuricht, composer, dies at age 86. [1] Sid Emery, cricket leg-spinner (New South Wales and Australia, five wicket in 1912 series), dies. [1] January 8 Zbigniew Cybulski, Polish actor (See You Tommorrow), dies at age 39. [1] January 10 Emerson Treacy, actor (Prowler), dies after surgery at age 66. [1] Vilem Petrzelka, composer, dies at age 77. [1] January 14 Renato Lunelli, composer, dies at age 71. [1] January 15 Albert Szirmai, composer, dies at age 86. [1] January 16 Dirk Vansina, Flemish playwright (Sage of Kai-Roi), dies at age 72. [1] Robert J Van De Graaff, US nuclear physicist, dies at age 65. [1] January 17 Evelyn Nesbit, actress (Redemption), dies at age 82. [1] January 18 Albert Conti, actor (Eagle, Jazz Heaven, Topaz), dies at age 79. [1] Barney Ross, Welterweight Boxing Champ (1934), dies at age 57. [1] Harry Antrim, actor (Ma and Pa Kettle), dies of heart attack at age 83. [1] Reese "Goose" Tatum, basketballer (Harlem Globetrotters), dies at age 45. [1] Simon Berkelbach van der Sprenkel, vicar/theologist, dies at age 84. [1] January 19 Grace Cunard, actress (Untamed, Ressurection), dies at age 73. [1] January 21 Ann Sheridan, actress (Pistols 'n' Petticoats), dies of cancer at age 51. [1] January 22 Jobyna Ralston, actress (Wings, Girl Shy, Freshman), dies at age 66. [1] January 24 Howard Charles Shaiffer, entertainer, dies at age 49. [1] January 26 Albert Remy, actor (Blows), dies at age 55. [1] Kenneth Thomson, actor (White Gold), dies of emphysema at age 68. [1] January 27 Alphonse Juin, French marshal, dies at age 78. [1] Apollo 1 fire kills astronauts Virgil I Grissom, Lieutenant-Colonel USAF Edward Higgins White II, and Roger B Chaffee. [1] January 28 Stanley Coen, cricket (two Tests for South Africa, hs 41 not out, avg 50), dies. [1] January 29 Wlodzimierz Pozniak, composer, dies at age 62. [1] January 30 Lee Morgan, actor (Dungeons of Harrow, Last Rebel), dies. [1] January 31 Chief Thundercloud, actor (Ambush, Colt 45, Typhoon), dies at age 100. [1] Otto Dibelius, German theologian/bishop, dies at age 86. [1] February 1 Ernie Bromley, cricketer (two Tests for Australia 1933-34), dies. [1] Langston Hughes, poet/translator (Weary Blues), dies on 65th birthday. [1] February 3 Joe Meek, rocker (Tornados)/producer (Telstar), commits suicide. [1] Winifred Kingston, silent screen actress (David Garrick), dies at age 72. [1] February 5 Herman Teirlinck, Belgian writer (Jokaste against God), dies at age 87. [1] February 6 Martine Carol, French actress (Nana), dies of heart attack at age 46. [1] February 7 Henry Morgenthau, US minister of Finance (devaluated dollar), dies at age 74. [1] February 14 James Schneider, actor (Keystone Kops), dies at age 85. [1] Sig Ruman, actor (Schultz - Life With Luigi), dies at age 82. [1] February 15 Antonio Moreno, Spanish actor/director (It, Careers), dies at age 79. [1] William C Bullitt, first US ambassador in USSR, dies at age 76. [1] February 16 Smiley Burnette, cowboy (Charlie - Petticoat Junction), dies at age 55. [1] February 18 Manuel Palau Boix, composer, dies at age 74. [1] Robert J Oppenheimer, creator of atomic bomb, dies at age 62. [1] February 19 Wilmer King, first casuality on Tappan Zee Bridge in New York, dies. [1] February 22 Fritz Erler, German politician (SDP), dies at age 53. [1] Joe Forte, actor (Horwitz - Life With Luigi), dies at age 70. [1] February 24 Franz Waxman, German composer (Day at the races), dies at age 60. [1] February 25 John Griggs, actor (Joey Bishop Show), dies at age 57. [1] February 26 Harry McNaughton, comedian (It Pays to be Ignorant), dies at age 70. [1] March 2 Gordon Harker, actor (Inspector Hornleigh), dies at age 81. [1] March 3 Georges Lonque, composer, dies at age 66. [1] March 5 Mischa Auer, actor (My Man Godfrey), dies at age 61 of a heart attack. [1] Mohammed H Mossadeq premier, of Persia (1951-53), dies. [1] March 6 Nelson Eddy, US baritone/actor (Phantom of the Opera), dies at age 65. [1] Oscar Shaw, actor (Rhythm on the River, Marianne), dies at age 76. [1] Zoltán Kodály, Hungarian composer (Háry Janos), dies at age 84. [1] March 8 John F Bothwell, actor (Freckles - Our Gang), dies at age 46. [1] March 11 Geraldine Farrar, soprano/actress (Such Sweet Compulsion), dies at age 85. [1] March 13 Frank Worrell, West Indian cricketer, dies. [1] March 16 James Friskin, composer, dies at age 80. [1] March 17 Frank Wisbar, director (Fireside Theater), dies at age 67. [1] Richard Reeves, actor (Murph - Date With an Angel), dies at age 54. [1] March 18 Jimmy Blaine, singer (Stop the Music), dies at age 42. [1] March 23 Duncan Macrae, actor (Casino Royale, Kidnapped), dies at age 61. [1] March 24 Marc Lavry, composer, dies at age 63. [1] March 27 Gerardus H de Vet the Bold, bishop of Breda (1962-67), dies at age 49. [1] March 31 Don Alvarado, actor (Morning Glory, Big Steal), dies at age 62. [1] Hieronim Feicht, composer, dies at age 72. [1] April 4 Mischa Elman, Ukraine/US violinist, dies at age 76. [1] April 13 Luis Somoza Debayle, President of Nicaragua (1956-63), dies at age 44. [1] April 15 Antonio de Curtis Toto, comedian, dies of heart attack at age 69. [1] April 19 Conrad Adenauer, West Germany chancellor (1949-63), dies at age 91. [1] April 21 André L Danjon, French astronomer, dies at age 77. [1] April 22 Tom Conway, actor (Mark Saber, Betty Hutton Show), dies at age 62. [1] April 24 Frank Overton, actor (12 O'Clock High), dies at age 48. [1] Vladimir M Komarov, cosmonaut (Voshkod I), is first to die in space, aboard Soyuz 1 at age 40. [1] April 29 Anthony Mann, US director (El Cid, Last Frontier), dies at age 60. [1] May 4 Bengt Axel von Torne, composer, dies at age 75. [1] May 8 Barbara Payton, actress (Dallas, Trapped, Bad Blonde), dies at age 39. [1] Elmer Rice, New York playwright/director/novelist, dies at age 74. [1] Laverne Andrews, singer (Andrews Sisters), dies at age 51. [1] May 9 Elmar Berkovich, Dutch industrial designer (Eindhoven theater), dies. [1] Philippa Duke Schuyler, composer, dies at age 35. [1] May 12 Julius Kalas, composer, dies at age 64. [1] May 13 Frank McGrath, actor (Wagon Train), dies at age 64. [1] May 15 Edward Hopper, US painter (House by Railroad), dies at age 84. [1] Jaromir Fiala, composer, dies at age 74. [1] May 17 John Wesley Work, composer, dies at age 65. [1] May 18 Andy Clyde, Hopalong Cassidy's sidekick, dies at age 75. [1] Richard Ainley, actor (I Dood It, Above Suspicion), dies at age 56. [1] May 22 Henry C Rümke, psychiatrist (Light of Man), dies at age 74. [1] May 23 Philip Coolidge, actor (I Want to Live, Tingler), dies at age 58. [1] Sanne Sannes, photographer, dies at age 30. [1] May 26 Antoon Spinoy, Belgian politician, dies at age 60. [1] George E Stone, actor (5 Star Final, Front Page), dies at age 64. [1] May 29 Geronimo Baqueiro Foster, composer, dies at age 69. [1] May 30 Claude Rains, actor (Invisible Man), dies at age 77. [1] June 2 Zamah Cunningham, actress (Menosha the Magnificent), dies at age 74. [1] June 6 Edward G Givens Jr, astronaut, dies in an auto accident at age 37. [1] June 26 Francoise Dorléac, actress (That Man From Rio), dies at age 35. [1] June 29 Actress Jayne Mansfield dies in a car crash at age 34. [1] [5] July 7 Vivian Leigh, Scarlet in Gone With the Wind, dies at age 53. [1] July 21 Actor Basil Rathbone of Johannesburg, South Africa, dies at age 75. [1] July 22 Carl Sandburg, poet (Abraham Lincoln: The Prarie Years), dies at age 89. [1] August 2 Claude A Barnett, founded Associated Negro Press, dies at age 78. [1] August 24 Amanda Randolph, actress (Danny Thomas, Amos n Andy), dies at age 65. [1] August 25 George Lincoln Rockwell, head of American Nazi Party, assassinated. [1] August 27 Brian Epstein, The Beatles' manager, dies. [1] August 28 Paul Muni, actor, dies at age 71. [1] September 1 James Dunn, actor (Uncle Earl - It's a Great Life), dies at age 65. [1] September 19 Martin Block, TV announcer (Chesterfield Supper Club), dies at age 64. [1] October 5 Clifton C Williams Jr, astronaut, dies at age 35, in T-38 jet crash. [1] October 9 Che Guevara executed in Bolivia. [1] October 21 Ejnar Hertzsprung, Danish astrophysicist, dies at age 94. [1] November 1 Benita Hume, actress (Vicky-Thew Halls of Ivy), dies at age 61. [1] November 9 Charles Bickford, actor (Johnny Belinda, Virginian), dies at age 68. [1] December 2 Cardinal Francis Spellman, archbishop of New York, dies at age 78. [1] First human heart transplant performed by Dr Christiaan Barnard in Cape Town, South Africa. Louis Waskansky receives the heart of Denise Darvali in an operation taking six hours. Waskansky dies of pneumonia 18 days later. [55.33] (December 3 [1]) December 3 Annette Kolb, writer, dies at age 92. [1] Fred Engelen, Flemish actor/director (Kritisch Theater), dies at age 54. [1] Manuel A Fraai Curaçao, author (Silly Agüero), dies at age 70. [1] December 4 Bert Lahr [Irving Lahrheim], US comic (Wizard of Oz), dies at age 72. [1] December 7 House Peters, silent film actor (Kansas Territory), dies at age 87. [1] December 8 Robert H Lawrence, USAF/astronaut, dies at age 32. [1] December 10 Brazilio da Cunha Luz Itibere, composer, dies at age 71. [1] Otis Redding, singer ("Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay"), dies in plane crash at age 26. [1] Carl Cunningham, rocker (Bar-kays), killed in a plane crash. [1] Jimmy King, rocker (Bar-kays), dies in a plane crash. [1] Phalin Jones, rocker (Bar-kays), dies in plane crash. [1] Ron Caldwell, rocker (Bar-kays), dies in a plane crash. [1] December 11 Howard Freeman, actor (Double Dynamite), dies after illness, in New York City, New York. [1] Richard Stohr, composer, dies at age 93. [1] Victor De Sabata, composer, dies at age 75. [1] December 17 Harold Holt, Australian premier (1966-67), drowns at age 59. [1] [Francis] Barry Byrne of Chicago, Illinois, architect, dies at age 83. [1] December 19 Alfred Courtens, Belgian sculptor, dies at age 78. [1] December 21 The first man to undergo a heart transplant (Louis Washkansky, age 55) dies in Cape Town, South Africa, after living for 18 days. [1] [5] (December 20) Stuart Erwin, actor (Trouble With Father), dies of heart attack at age 64. [1] December 22 Lee Krieger, actor (Clambake, One Way Wahini), dies at age 48. [1] December 23 Karen Verne, actress (Ships of Fools, Underground), dies at age 49. [1] Richard Flury, composer, dies at age 71. [1] Ruth Fuller Sasaki, head of first Zen Institute of America, dies at age 75. [1] December 26 S F Barnes, cricketer (27 Tests for England, 189 wickets), dies. [1] December 28 Béla Schick, Hungarian/American children's physician (Scarlet Fever), dies at age 90. [1] December 29 Paul Whiteman, US orchestra leader (Fabulous Dorseys), dies at age 77. [1] December 30 Bert Berns, US songwriter/producer ("Twist and Shout"), dies at about age 38. [1] December 31 Arthur Mailey, cricketer (10-66 and Australia vs Gloucestershire 1921), dies. [1]