- 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]
- January 22
- Judy Garland, singer/actress (Wizard of Oz), dies at age 48 of an overdose. [1]
- January 24
- 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]
- 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]
- February 2
- Boris Karloff [Pratt], British actor (Frankenstein), dies at age 81. [1]
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- Giovanni Martinelli, opera singer (New York Metropolitan), dies at age 83. [1]
- February 3
- Eduardo C Mondlane, President of Mozambique, is murdered. [1]
- February 4
- Thelma Ritter, actress (All About Eve, Pillow Talk), dies at age 63. [1]
- February 9
- Manuel Plaza Reyes, Chilean marathon runner (Olympics-gold 1928), dies at age 68. [1]
- Death of George Hayes AKA Gabby Hayes at age 83 from a heart ailment; actor (The Gabby Hayes Show TV show, Albuquerque movie, Colorado movie). [1] [457]
- 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
- Death of Jack Ingram at age 66 after a heart attack; actor (Melody Ranch, Annie Oakley, The Cisco Kid, Tales of Wells Fargo, The Lone Ranger). [1] [457]
- February 23
- Abd al-Aziz Abd al-Rahman al-Faisal al-Saud King Saudia dies at age 67. [1]
- February 24
- Kenneth Green, actor (Penrod), dies of heart attack at age 61. [1]
- February 26
- 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 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 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
- Death of Alan Mowbray at age 72 of a heart attack; British actor (Dante, Colonel Humphrey Flack TV show), co-founder of the (US) Screen Actors Guild. [1] [457]
- Max F Eastman, US critic/essayist (Love and Revolution), dies at age 86. [1]
- Norman Gallichan, cricket player (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
- Death of Dwight David Eisenhower at age 78 in Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington DC, USA; supreme commander of Allied forces in Europe during World War II, 34th US President (1953-61), subject of US dollar coin (1971-78). [1] [5] [434.15] [452.96] [640.66]
- 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
- Denton Cooley, received first fully-artificial heart, dies at age 48. [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 25
- Margarita Xirgu, actress (Bloody Wedding), dies at age 80. [1]
- April 27
- Dino Terranova, actor (Young Dillinger), dies at age 65. [1]
- May 1
- Ella Logan, actress (52nd Street, Woman Chases Man), dies at age 56. [1]
- George Parker, cricket player (two Tests for South Africa 1924), dies. [1]
- May 2
- Death of Franz von Papen at age 89 in Obersasbach, Germany; Chancellor of Germany (1932), vice chancellor (1933), ambassador to Austria, ambassador to Turkey. [1] [37]
- 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
- Death of Coleman Hawkins at age 69 of bronchial pneumonia in New York, USA; jazz saxophonist ("Body and Soul" (1939)). [1] [457]
- 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
- Death of Mitzi Green at age 48 of cancer; actress (Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer, So This is Hollywood TV show, Ed Wynn Show, Ed Sullivan Show). [457]
- 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]
- 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
- Death of Judy Garland at age 47 in London, England; singer and actress (The Wizard of Oz, A Star is Born). [1] [457]
- June 23
- Death of Stanley Andrews at age 78; actor (The Old Ranger - Death Valley Days TV show). [1] [457]
- June 29
- Death of Shorty Long at age 29, drowned when his boat capsizes off Sandwich Island in Ontario, Canada; soul singer, songwriter and Motown producer. [457]
- July 3
- Death of Brian Jones at age 25 by drowning; founder of the Rolling Stones. [1] [5] [457]
- July 5
- Tom Mboya, economics minister, assassinated in Narobi, Kenya. [1]
- Death of Walter Gropius at age 86 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; architect (director of the Bauhaus in Weimar and Dessau 1919-1928, Harvard University Graduate Center, U.S. Embassy in Athens), pioneer of prefabrication of building components. [1] [37]
- Death of Ben Alexander at age 58; actor (Dragnet radio and TV show). [457]
- 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]
- July 20
- Death of Roy Hamilton at age 40 of a heart attack; singer ("Unchained Melody" (1955), "You'll Never Walk Alone" (1954), "You Can Have Her" (1961), "If I Loved You", "Ebb Tide", "Don't Let Go"). [457]
- August 7
- Death of Russ Morgan at age 65; bandleader ("So Tired", "Cruising Down the River", "Sunflower", "Forever and Ever", "Welcome Aboard"). [1] [457]
- August 9
- George P Marshall, president of Washington Redskins, dies at age 72. [1]
- Death of Sharon Tate, actress, killed by Charles Manson's gang. [1]
- August 31
- Death of Rocco Francis Marchegiano AKA Rocky Marciano in an airplane crash near Newton, Iowa, USA; heavyweight boxing champion (1952-55), 49 professional victories without a loss. [839.31]
- September 1
- Drew Pearson, newscaster (Drew Pearson), dies at age 71. [1]
- September 3
- Death of Nguyen Sinh Cung AKA Ho Chi Minh in North Vietnam; leader of Democratic Republic of Vietnam (1945-1969). [1] [1113.52]
- September 5
- Death of Mitchell Ayres at age 58 when struck by an automobile in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; musical director for Columbia records, orchestra director for Perry Como's TV career, and on The Hollywood Palace. [1] [457]
- Death of Josh White at age 54; blues singer ("The Singing Christian"). [457]
- September 8
- Bud Collyer, TV emcee (Beat the Clock, To Tell the Truth), dies at age 61. [1]
- September 25
- Death of Paul Scherrer in Sankt Gallen, Switzerland; physicist, developed Debye-Scherrer method of X-ray diffraction analysis with Peter Debbie. [37]
- 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]
- October 16
- Death of Leonard Chess at age 52 of a heart attack; founder of the Chess record label (John Lee Hooker, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Jimmy Reed). [457]
- November 5
- Lloyd Corrigan, actor (Professor 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
- Fred Haupton, president of the NAACP Youth Council, Deputy National Chairman and National Spokesman of The Black Panther Party, is shot in bed while unconscious, then twice to the head by police in his apartment. [1] [1270.211]
- December 5
- Death of Claudius Dornier in Zug, Switzerland. Dornier designed the first all-metal plane (1911) and founded the Dornier Aircraft Company. [37]
- 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 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]
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