- January 15
- Bill Masterson, first NHL player fatally injured during game (January 13), dies. [1]
- John Davidson, actor (Dick Tracy versus Crime Inc), dies at age 80. [1]
- Leopold Infeld, Polish nuclear physicist (Motion and Relativity), dies at age 69. [1]
- January 16
- Robert R "Bob" Jones, founder (Bob Jones University), dies at age 84. [1]
- January 17
- Julis Deutsch, Austrian politician/General Spanish republican army, dies at age 83. [1]
- January 18
- Bert Wheeler, actor (Rainmakers, High Flyers, Dixiana), dies at age 72. [1]
- John Ridgely, actor (Air Force, Possessed, Big Sleep), dies at age 58. [1]
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- Lee Tracy, actor (Martin Kane - Martin Kane Private Eye), dies at age 69. [1]
- January 22
- Duke Kahanamoku of Hawaii, 100m swimmer (Olympics-gold-1912, 1920, 1924), dies at age 77. [1]
- January 25
- Virginia Maskell, actress (Only Two Can Play), dies at age 31. [1]
- January 29
- Laxmidas Purshottamdas Jai; cricket player (Test for India), dies. [1]
- February 1
- Lawson Little, amateur golfer (US/British Opens 1934, 1935), dies at age 57. [1]
- February 4
- Ed Baker, actor (Keystone Kops), dies of emphysema at age 70. [1]
- Gerard den Brabander [Jan G Jofriet], poet (Nothing New), dies at age 67. [1]
- February 6
- C Montague Shaw, actor (Buck Rogers, Planet Outlaws), dies at age 85. [1]
- February 7
- Death of Nick Adams at age 36 of a drug overdose; actor (Interns, Pillow Talk, FBI Story, Johnny Yuma - The Rebel TV show, Saints and Sinners). [1] [457]
- Death of Stuart Foster at age 49; singer (with Tommy Dorsey, Ina Ray Hutton, Galen Drake Show TV show). [1] [457]
- February 8
- J Borremans, Belgian politician (Communist), dies at age 56. [1]
- February 9
- Barbara Everest, actress (Inquest, Madeleine), dies at age 77. [1]
- Frederik M baron van Asbeck, lawyer (League of Nations), dies at age 78. [1]
- February 10
- Pitirim A Sorokin, Russian/US sociologist, dies at age 79. [1]
- February 11
- Howard Lindsay, US playwright (State of the Union), dies at age 78. [1]
- February 13
- Ildebrando Pizzetti, Italian composer, dies at age 87. [1]
- Mae Marsh, actress (Birth of a Nation, Intolerance), dies at age 72. [1]
- February 17
- Donald Wolfit, actor (Lawrence of Arabia), dies of heart ailment at age 65. [1]
- February 18
- Sigurd Erixon, geographer (Atlas över Svensk Folkkultur), dies at age 79. [1]
- February 19
- Ralph Dunn, actor (Mr Rudge - Norby), dies at age 65. [1]
- February 21
- Anthony Asquith, British director (Court Martial), dies at age 65. [1]
- February 22
- Omer C F L Tulippe, Belgian geographer, dies at age 71. [1]
- February 23
- Edna Ferber, US author (Giant, Showboat), dies at age 80. [1]
- Fannie Hurst, US author (Anatomy of Me), dies at age 78. [1]
- February 25
- Camille Huysmans, Belgian premier (1946-47), dies at age 96. [1]
- February 26
- Eric Feldary, actor (16 Fathoms Deep), dies of burns at age 55. [1]
- February 28
- Doretta Morrow, actress (Because You're Mine), dies at age 41. [1]
- Death of Frankie Lymon of heroin drug overdose at age 25; singer (Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers - "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" (1955)). [1] [457]
- Death of Juanita Hall due to diabetes at age 66; singer/actress (Bloody Mary - South Pacific Broadway show (Tony Award) and movies, Capt Billy's Mississippi Music Hall TV show (1948)). [1] [457]
- March 1
- Georg von der Vring, German painter (Camp Lafayette), dies at age 78. [1]
- March 6
- Joseph Martin Junior, Speaker of the House, dies at age 83. [1]
- March 7
- Yuri Aleksayevich Gagarin, USSR cosmonaut (Vostok I), dies at age 31. [1]
- March 10
- Helen Walker, actress (Brewster's Million), dies of cancer at age 47. [1]
- March 14
- Erwin Panofsky, German/US art historian/iconologist, dies. [1]
- March 16
- Bengt Gunnar Ekelöf, Swedish poet (Nun Serviam), dies at age 60. [1]
- June Collyer, actress (June - Stu Erwin Show), dies at age 60. [1]
- March 20
- Carl T Dreyer, Danish director (Passion of Jeanne d'Arc), dies. [1]
- March 24
- Howard Petrie, actor (Border River, Bounty Hunter), dies at age 61. [1]
- Lauwrens Voorthuyzen, Dutch sect leader, dies at age 70. [1]
- March 25
- Douglas Evans, actor (South Pacific Trail), dies in Hollywood. [1]
- March 26
- Death of Little Willie John AKA William Edward John at age 30 in Washington State Prison, USA; singer ("Sleep", "Talk to Me Talk to Me", "Fever"). [457]
- Death of Roy W. Allen, founder of the A & W Root Beer business in 1919. [833.32]
- March 27
- Yuri Gagarin, first man to orbit Earth, dies in plane crash at age 34. [1] [5]
- April 1
- Lev D Landau, Russian physicist (Nobel Prize 1962), dies at age 59. [1]
- April 4
- Reverend Martin Luther King Junior, civil rights leader, is assassinated by a sniper's bullet in Memphis, Tennessee, USA, at age 39. James Earl Ray is set up as a patsy for a shot fired from a different direction than where he was. [1] [5] [129] [399.82] [1270.157]
- April 6
- Bobby Hutton, US Black Panther leader, shot to death. [1]
- April 7
- Jim Clark of Scotland, former world driving champion, dies in race car at age 32. [1]
- April 16
- Edna Ferber, author (American Beauty), dies at age 78. [1]
- Fay Bainter, actress (Jezebel, Our Town, State Fair), dies at age 76. [1]
- April 19
- Tommy Bridges, American baseball pitcher (Detroit Tigers), dies at age 61. [1]
- April 20
- Death of Rudolf Dirks in New York City, New York, USA; cartoonist (New York Journal, "Katzenjammer Kids", "The Captain and the Kids"). [37]
- April 21
- Toby Halicki, car-crash film producer, killed shooting stunt at age 48. [1]
- April 24
- Norman McKaye, actor (Untamed Fury, Frogman), dies at age 62. [1]
- Tommy Noonan, actor (Gentlemen Perfer Blondes), dies at age 45. [1]
- April 29
- Death of Frankie Lymon at age 25 of a drug overdose; rocker (Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers). [1] [457]
- May 1
- Harold G Nicolson, English author (English sense of humor), dies at age 71. [1]
- May 2
- Donald L Hall, airplane designer (Spirit of Saint Louis), dies at age 69. [1]
- May 7
- Lurleen Burns, wife of George Wallace/Governor of Alabama, dies at age 41. [1]
- May 9
- Harold Gray, US comic strip artist (Little Orphan Annie), dies at age 74. [1]
- Death of Marion Lorne at age 81 of a heart attack; actress (Mr. Peepers, Aunt Clara - Bewitched). [1] [457]
- Phil Arnold, actor (Skidoo, Errand Boy, Damn Yankees), dies at age 58. [1]
- May 10
- Maurie Sievers, cricket medium-pacer (Australia versus England 1936-37), dies. [1]
- May 14
- Husband Edward Kimmel, commandant US Ocean fleet WWII, dies at age 86. [1]
- May 20
- Albert Hartkopf, cricket player (one Test for Australia), dies. [1]
- Kees van Dongen, Dutch/French painter, dies at age 91. [1]
- May 21
- Doris Lloyd, actress (Oliver Twist), dies of heart strain at age 71. [1]
- May 23
- James Burke, actor (Ellery Queen, Army Surgeon), dies at age 81. [1]
- Merle Kendrick, orchestra leader (Window on the World), dies at age 72. [1]
- May 24
- Bernard Rogers, composer (Warrior, Passion), dies at age 75. [1]
- May 25
- Charles K Feldman [Gould], producer (Casino Royale), dies at age 63. [1]
- George KFW von Küchler, German marshal (Netherlands 1940), dies at age 86. [1]
- May 26
- William E "Little Willie" John, American rhythm and blues singer (Fever), dies at age 30. [1]
- June 6
- Robert F. Kennedy (Senator-Democrat-New York), dies of gunshot wounds at age 42 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Sirham Bishara Sirham is called the lone gunman, but three shots from behind Kennedy at upward angle, fatal shot behind right ear at point blank range. Sirhan was in front. 14 bullets fired. [1] [5] [129] [1096.139] [1270.189]
- June 7
- Dan Duryea, actor (Pride of the Yankees), dies at age 60. [1]
- July 9
- Allyn Edwards, host (One Minute Please, Mr Citizen), dies at age 53. [1]
- John Indrisano, actor (OK Crackerby), dies at age 62. [1]
- July 14
- Death of Westbrook Van Voorhis at age 64 of cancer; radio announcer (The March of Time on radio and as a movie short). [1] [457]
- July 16
- Death of Norman Alexander Robertson in Canada; Canadian high commissioner to Great Britain, undersecretary of state, ambassador to Washington, clerk of Privy Council (dies 1968). [835.205]
- July 20
- Conductor Joseph Keilberth dies at age 60 at the National Theatre in Munich while leading Tristan and Isolde. [467]
- July 28
- Death of Otto Hahn in Göttingen, Germany; scientist, codiscoverer of nuclear fission (1938), Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1944). [37]
- August 18
- Cy Walter, pianist (Three's Company), dies at age 52. [1]
- August 25
- John George, actor (Kolb - Adventures of Fu Manchu), dies at age 70. [1]
- August 28
- Nick Castle, choreographer (Dinah Shore, Judy Garland), dies at age 58. [1]
- August 30
- Death of William Talman at age 53 of cancer; actor (Hamilton Berger - Perry Mason). [1] [457]
- August 31
- Death of Dennis O'Keefe at age 60 from lung cancer; actor/director (The Dennis O'Keefe Show TV show (1959), Lux Video Theatre, Climax, Suspicion, Follow the Sun). [1] [457]
- September 19
- Death of Red Foley AKA Clyde Julian Foley of a heart attack at age 58; country singer/songwriter ("Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy", "Old Shep", "Sugarfoot Rag", "Tennessee Saturday Night", "Peace in the Valley"), TV host (Ozark Jubilee), actor (Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. [1] [457]
- October 15
- Bea Benaderet of New York City, actress (Kate - Petticoat Junction), dies at age 62. [1]
- October 30
- Death of Pert Kelton of a heart attack at age 61; actress (vaudeville, Broadway, movies, Cavalcade of Stars TV show, Alice Kramden - The Honeymooners). [1] [457]
- November 8
- Death of Wendell Corey at age 54; actor (11th Hour, Peck's Bad Girl). [1]
- November 10
- Death of Gerald Mohr at age 54; actor (Christopher - Foreign Intrigue). [1]
- November 20
- Cathy Lewis, actress (Deidre - Hazel), dies at age 50. [1]
- November 25
- Death of Phil Lord at age 89; actor (Stud's Place). [1]
- November 26
- Death of Arnold Zweig in East Berlin, Germany; writer (Junge Frau von 1914 (1931), Erziehung vor Verdun (1935), Der Streit um den Sergeanten Grischa (1927)). [37]
- December 1
- Hugo Haas, actor/director (Bait, Pick Up), dies of asthma at age 66. [1]
- December 5
- Fred Clark, actor (Zotz, Auntie Mame), dies of liver ailment at age 54. [1]
- December 9
- Death of Karl Barth in Basel, Switzerland; theologian, author (Der Römerbrief, Offenbarung, Kirche, Theologie, Kirchliche Dogmatik). [37]
- December 10
- Karl Barth, Swiss theologist/minister (Kirchliche Dogma), dies at age 82. [1]
- Patsy Moran, actress (Children of the Wild), dies at age 65. [1]
- Thomas Merton, French/American priest/writer (7 Story Mountain), dies at age 53. [1]
- December 11
- Nadine Riga dies of cerebral hemorrhage at age 59. [1]
- December 12
- Death of Tallulah Bankhead at age 66 of pneumonia; hostess (The Big Show radio show), actress (Black Widow - Batman TV show (1966)). [1] [457]
- Walter Robins, cricket player (19 Tests for England 64 wickets), dies. [1]
- December 15
- Jess Willard, heavyweight boxing champion (1915-19), dies at age 86. [1]
- December 19
- Norman Thomas, founder (ACLU)/Socialist Party (1926-55), dies at age 84. [1]
- December 20
- John Steinbeck, author (Grapes of Wrath, Nobel Prize 1962), dies in New York at age 66. [1]
- December 31
- Carl Oscar Ahues, German International Chess Master (1950), dies at age 85. [1]
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