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Last updated: 2008 June 28.

1969 January 1 Barton Maclane, actor (General Peterson - I Dream of Jeannie), dies at age 68. [1] January 2 Georges Renevant, actor (Cornered), dies after long illness at age 74. [1] January 3 Howard McNear, actor (Irma La Douce), dies after long illness at age 63. [1] January 4 Montague Fawcett Phillips, composer, dies at age 83. [1] January 5 Franz T Csokor, Austria author (Gottes General), dies at age 83. [1] Tom Aherne, actor (Hustler, April Fools), dies of influenza in New York. [1] January 9 Ladislav Vycpalek, composer, dies at age 86. [1] January 13 Fred Price, cricket wicket-keep (England, vs Australia Headingley 1938), dies. [1] Wilton Graff, actor (Bloodlust, Just Before Dawn), dies at age 65. [1] January 15 Theodor Werner, German painter, dies at age 82. [1] January 16 Jan Palach, protesting Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, self immolates at age 20. [1] Vernon Duke, composer, dies at age 65. [1] January 17 Grazyna Bacewicz, composer, dies at age 59. [1] January 19 Charles Winninger, actor (Cafe Metropole, Coney Island), dies at age 84. [1] January 22 Judy Garland, singer/actress (Wizard of Oz), dies at age 48 of an overdose. [1] January 23 Jaroslav Kricka, composer, dies at age 86. [1] January 24 Pauline Hall, composer, dies at age 78. [1] Tom Zachary, baseball pitcher (Washington Senators), dies at age 72. [1] January 25 John Zajíc, Czech student, self-incinerates. [1] January 27 Charles Winninger, actor (Charlie Farrell Show), dies at age 82. [1] Hanns Jelinek, composer, dies at age 67. [1] January 30 Allan Welsh Dulles, US diplomat/director (US Central Intelligence Agency 1953-61), dies at age 75. [1] Dominique G Pire, clergyman, (Europe village Nobel Prize 1958), dies at age 58. [1] January 31 Alexander Mikhaylovich Dzegelyonok, composer, dies at age 77. [1] February 2 Boris Karloff [Pratt], British actor (Frankenstein), dies at age 81. [1] Giovanni Martinelli, opera singer (New York Metropolitan), dies at age 83. [1] February 3 Eduardo C Mondlane, President of Mozambique, murdered. [1] February 4 Thelma Ritter, actress (All About Eve, Pillow Talk), dies at age 63. [1] February 7 Bainbridge Crist, composer, dies at age 85. [1] February 9 Manuel Plaza Reyes, Chilean marathoner (Olympics-gold 1928), dies at age 68. [1] [George] Gabby Hayes, actor (Albuquerque, Colorado), dies at age 83. [1] February 11 James Lanphier; actor (Flight of Lost Balloon), dies at age 48. [1] February 12 Johanna EFG Tourniaire, actress (Potasch and Perlemoer), dies at age 80. [1] February 14 Vito Genovese, US mafia chief, dies at age 71. [1] Wolfe Barzell, actor (Blue Angel), dies of heart attack at age 72. [1] February 18 Dragisa Cvetkovic, Serbian premier of Yugoslavia (1939-), dies at age 76. [1] February 20 Ernest Ansermet, Swiss conductor/composer, dies at age 85. [1] Jack Ingram, actor (Law of the West), dies of heart attack at age 66. [1] February 21 José de Capriles, Mexican-born US Olympics fencer, dies. [1] February 23 Abd al-Aziz Abd al-Rahman al-Faisal al-Saud King Saudia dies at age 67. [1] Joseph Messner, composer, dies at age 75. [1] February 24 Kenneth Green, actor (Penrod), dies of heart attack at age 61. [1] February 26 Karl Jaspers, German psychiatrist/philosopher, dies at age 86. [1] Levi Eshkol [Sjkolnik], Israeli premier, dies. [1] February 27 John Boles, actor (Stella Dallas, Curly Top), dies at age 73. [1] March 9 Riad, chief of staff (Egyptian army), dies. [1] Richard Crane, actor (Surfside 6), dies at age 50. [1] March 11 John Wyndham [Parkes Lucas B Harris], author (Day of the Triffids, Chrysalids), dies at age 65. [1] March 13 Felix Locher, actor (Frankenstein's Daughter), dies at age 86. [1] March 14 Ben Shahn, US painter, dies at age 70. [1] March 15 Miles Malleson, actor/writer (Postman's Knock), dies at age 80. [1] March 18 Barbara Bates, actress (Kathy - It's a Great Life), dies at age 43. [1] March 19 Theodor Schaefer, composer, dies at age 65. [1] March 21 Gerhart Fritsch, writer, dies at age 44. [1] March 22 Ernst Deutsch [Dorian], Czechoslovakian actor (3rd Man, Golem), dies at age 78. [1] March 23 Rudolf Pannwitz, German author/philosopher (Urblik), dies at age 87. [1] March 24 Joseph Kasavubu, President of Congo (1960-65), dies at about age 55. [1] March 25 Alan Mowbray, actor (Dante, Colonel Flack), dies at age 72. [1] Max F Eastman, US critic/essayist (Love and Revolution), dies at age 86. [1] Norman Gallichan, cricketer (one Test for New Zealand, 30 and 2, 3-113), dies. [1] March 26 B[runo] Traven, writer (Sierra Madre), dies at age 87. [1] Günther Weisenborn, German/Argentine writer (Illegals), dies at age 66. [1] March 28 Dwight D Eisenhower, 34th US President/General (WWII), dies in Washington DC at age 78. [1] [5] March 30 Lucien Bianchi; Belgian auto racer, dies at age 34. [1] April 1 Helena Rubinstein, American cosmetic manufacturer, dies at about age 89. [1] April 2 Fortunio Bonanova, actor (My Best Gal, Havana Rose), dies at age 74. [1] April 3 Rex Evans, actor (Frankenstein meets the Wolfman, Zara), dies at age 65. [1] April 5 Gabriel M-E-R Chevallier, French author (La Peur), dies at age 73. [1] Rómulo Gallegos, Venezuela author/President (1947-48), dies at age 84. [1] April 8 Arthur Walter Kramer, composer, dies at age 78. [1] Denton Cooley, received first fully-artificial heart, dies at age 48. [1] April 11 Ludvig Irgens Jensen, composer, dies at age 74. [1] April 15 Victoria von Battenberg, wife of Spanish king Alfonso, dies at age 81. [1] April 18 Piotr F Scharoff, Russian/Italian actor/director (Chechov), dies at age 82. [1] April 19 Casper Höweler, music critic, dies at age 71. [1] April 23 Krzystzof Komeda, composer, dies at age 37. [1] April 25 Margarita Xirgu, actress (Bloody Wedding), dies at age 80. [1] April 27 Dino Terranova, actor (Young Dillinger), dies at age 65. [1] April 28 Johannes Rontgen, composer, dies at age 70. [1] May 1 Ella Logan, actress (52nd Street, Woman Chases Man), dies at age 56. [1] George Parker, cricketer (two Tests for South Africa 1924), dies. [1] May 2 Franz von Papen, German chancellor (1932), dies at age 89. [1] May 3 Imre Vincze, composer, dies at age 42. [1] May 4 F Osbert S Sitwell, English poet (Who Killed Cock Robin?), dies at age 76. [1] May 5 Ben Alexander, actor (Frank Smith - Dragnet), dies at age 57. [1] May 14 Enid Bennett, silent film actress (Skippy, Hairpins), dies at age 75. [1] May 16 Johnny Jordan, cameraman (You Only Live Twice), dies at age 44. [1] May 17 Joseph Beran, Czechoslovakian archbishop of Prague/cardinal, dies at age 80. [1] May 19 Coleman Hawkins, US jazz musician/composer, dies. [1] May 20 Fred Sherman, actor (Chain Lightning), dies after a stroke at age 64. [1] Royal Beal, actor (Death of a Salesman), dies of cancer, at age 69. [1] May 23 Diane Aubrey, actress (Haunted Strangler), dies of heart attack at age 79. [1] Jimmy McHugh, composer (Can't Give You Anything But Love), dies at age 74. [1] Peter Alma, painter/graphic artist, dies at age 83. [1] May 24 Mitzi Green, actress (Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer), dies at age 48. [1] May 26 Kathryn Minner, entertainer, dies of heart attack at age 77. [1] May 27 Jeffrey Hunter, actor (Christopher Pike - Star Trek - "The Cage"), dies at age 43. [1] May 28 Rhys Williams, actor (Nightmare, Okinawa, Corn is Green), dies at age 71. [1] May 30 Gaston Brenta, composer, dies at age 66. [1] John Cipollini, guitarist, dies of emphysema at age 45. [1] June 8 Robert Taylor, actor (Death Valley Days), dies at age 57. [1] June 11 John L Lewis, formed Congress of Industrial Organizations, dies at age 89. [1] June 16 John Scott, rocker with the Pretenders, dies at age 25. [1] June 22 Judy Garland, singer/actress, dies in London, England at age 47. [1] June 23 Stanley Andrews, actor (Old Ranger-Death Valley Days), dies at age 78. [1] July 3 Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones drowns to death at age 25. [1] July 5 Tom Mboya, economics minister, assassinated in Narobi, Kenya. [1] Walter Gropius, architect (found Bauhaus school of design), dies at age 86. [1] July 18 Barbara Pepper, actress (Doris Ziffel - Green Acres), dies at age 57. [1] July 19 Mary Jo Kopechne dies at age 28, in Senator Ted Kennedy's car. [1] August 7 Russ Morgan, orchestra leader (Welcome Aboard), dies at age 65. [1] August 9 George P Marshall, president of Washington Redskins, dies at age 72. [1] Sharon Tate, actress, killed by Charles Manson's gang. [1] September 1 Drew Pearson, newscaster (Drew Pearson), dies at age 71. [1] September 3 Ho Chi Minh, North Vietnamese president, dies. [1] September 5 Mitchell Ayres, orchestra leader (Hollywood Palace), dies at age 58. [1] September 8 Bud Collyer, TV emcee (Beat the Clock, To Tell the Truth), dies at age 61. [1] October 6 Walter Hagen, PGA golfer (US Open 1914, 1919), dies at age 76. [1] October 8 Eduardo Ciannelli, actor (Waldo-Johnny Staccato), dies at age 81. [1] November 5 Lloyd Corrigan, actor (Prof McKillup-Hank), dies at age 69. [1] November 8 Kam Tong, actor (Have Gun Will Travel, Mr Garlund), dies at age 62. [1] November 18 Joseph P Kennedy dies in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, at age 81. [1] December 2 Kliment J Voroshilov, President of USSR (1953-60), dies. [1] December 3 Ruth White, actress (Fugitive), dies of cancer at age 55. [1] December 4 Alceo Toni, composer, dies at age 85. [1] Fred Hampton, American Black-Panther leader, is murdered. [1] December 7 Eric Portman, actor (Naked Edge), dies from heart ailment at age 66. [1] Hugh Williams, actor (Human Monster), dies after surgery at age 65. [1] December 8 Vincenzo Davico, composer, dies at age 80. [1] December 10 Franco Capuana, composer, dies at age 75. [1] Leigh Harline, composer, dies at age 62. [1] December 13 Raymond A Spruance, US admiral (battle of Midway), dies at age 83. [1] December 17 Arturo da Costa e Silva, President of Brazil (1967-69), dies at age 67. [1] December 22 Donald Foster, actor (Herbert Johnson-Hazel), dies at age 80. [1] Ilse Steppat, actress (Invisible Terror), dies at age 52. [1] Josef von Sternberg, Austrian director (Shanghai Express), dies at age 75. [1] December 23 Donald Foster actor (Scaramouche), dies after long illness at age 80. [1] December 26 Louise L de Vilmorin, French poet/author (History d'aimer), dies at age 67. [1] December 28 Henry Oscar, actor (Saint in London), dies at age 78. [1] December 31 Salvatore Baccaloni, opera singer/actor (Full of Life), dies at age 69. [1]