1970

January 2

• Piotr Rytel, composer, dies at age 85. [1]

January 5

• Joseph A Yablonski, candidate for United Mine Workers president, murdered. [1]
• Death of Max Born in Gottingen, Germany; Nobel Prize for Physics in 1954, professor of physics. [1] [37]
• Roberto Gerhard, composer, dies at age 73. [1]

January 7

• Robert [Harriot] Barrat, actor (Bad Lands, Go West), dies at age 81. [1]

January 8

• Jani Christou, composer, dies on 44th birthday. [1]

January 10

• Pavel Ivanovich Belyayev, USSR cosmonaut (Voskhod II), dies at age 44. [1]

January 12

• Blanche Stuart Scott, American pilot, dies at age 84. [1]

January 14

• John J "Johnny" Murphy, US baseball pitcher (New York Yankees), dies at age 61. [1]

January 16

• Armijn Pane, Indonesian writer (Djinak-djinak merpati), dies at age 61. [1]

January 17

• Billy Stewart, singer ("I Do Love You"), dies in auto-accident at age 32. [1]

January 18

• David O McKay, 9th Mormon president, dies at age 96. [1]

January 19

• Albert Mähll, German writer, dies at age 76. [1]
• Hal March, actor (Atomic Kit, Outrage, Yankee Pasha), dies at age 49. [1]

January 24

• James "Shep" Shepherd, rocker (Shep and Limelites), beaten to death. [1]

January 25

• Eunice Hunton Carter, first black female District Attorney in New York, dies at age 70. [1]
• Marie Benavente, actress (Paradise), dies at age 84. [1]

January 27

• Ed Ford, comedian (Can You Top This?), dies at age 72. [1]
• Probir Sen, cricket (20 catch and 11 stumpings, 14 Tests for India), dies. [1]

January 28

• Tommy Andrews of Australia, 16 Tests 1921-26 cricketer (592 runs), dies. [1]

January 29

• Basil H Liddell Hart, English military historian, dies at age 74. [1]

January 30

• Malcolm Keen, English actor (Uncle Chris - Mama), dies at age 82. [1]

January 31

• Slim Harpo [James Moore], rocker, dies at age 28. [1]

February 1

• Blaz Arnic, composer, dies at age 69. [1]

February 2

• Bertrand Russell, philosopher, British Member of Parliament, dies in Merioneth at age 97. [1]
• Jaroslav Vogel, composer, dies at age 76. [1]

February 6

• Roscoe Karns, actor (Captain Shafer - Hennesey), dies at age 78. [1]

February 11

• Emil Abranyi, composer, dies at age 87. [1]

February 12

• Andre Souris, composer, dies at age 79. [1]

February 13

• Herbert Strudwick, cricketer (28 Tests for England, ct 60 stp 12), dies. [1]

February 17

• Agnon [SJ Czaczkes], Hebrew writer (Nobel Prize 1966), dies at age 81. [1]
• Alfred Newman, US composer, dies at age 69. [1]
• Schmuel J Agnon, novelist (Nobel Prize 1966), dies. [1]

February 18

• Desiderius A Stracke, Flemish Jesuit/literature historian, dies at age 94. [1]

February 19

• Ralph Edward Flanders (Senator-Vermont), dies at age 89. [1]

February 20

• Albert Louis Wolff, composer, dies at age 86. [1]

February 24

• Conrad Nagel, actor (Celebrity Time), dies at age 73. [1]

February 25

• Mark Rothko, abstract expressionist (Green on Blue), dies at age 66. [1]

February 26

• Ethel Leginska, composer, dies at age 83. [1]

February 27

• Robert Bruce Lockhart, diplomat/writer, dies. [1]

March 1

• Ed[uard] Hoornik, Dutch writer/poet (Na jaren), dies at age 59. [1]

March 6

• William Hopper, actor (Paul Drake - Perry Mason), dies at age 55. [1]

March 11

• Erle Stanley Gardner, US writer (Perry Mason), dies at age 80. [1]

March 13

• Rick Besoyan, composer, dies at age 45. [1]

March 15

• Josef Martin Bauer, writer, dies at age 68. [1]
• Tarjei Vesaas, Nowegian author/novelist/writer (Isslottet), dies at age 72. [1]

March 16

• Arthur Adamov, Russian/French playwright, dies at age 61. [1]
• Tammi Terrell, singer ("Ain't No Mountain High Enough", "You're All I Need"), dies from brain tumor at age 23. [1]

March 17

• Fernand Crommelynck, Belgian playwright (Chaud et Frois), dies at age 83. [1]

March 21

• Marlen Haushofer, writer, dies at age 49. [1]

March 30

• Death of Heinrich Brüning in Norwich, Vermont, USA (born in Münster, Germany); member of the Catholic Centre Party, chancellor of the Weimar Republic (1930-32), taught political science at Harvard University from 1937 to 1952. [37]

March 31

• Semjon Timoshenko, Russian Marshal/Inspector-General (WWII), dies at age 75. [1]

April 4

• Byron Foulger, actor (Captain Nice, Petticoat Junction), dies at age 70. [1]

April 5

• Jacob H "Jaap" Stotijn; oboist/conductor, dies at age 78. [1]

April 7

• Josina Machel, wife of Mozambique's first President Samora Machel, dies. [1]

April 8

• Marie V Felix, Prince of Luxemburg, dies. [1]

April 11

• John H O'Hara, American journalist (Pal Joey, Rage to Live), dies at age 65. [1]

April 16

• Péter Veres, Hungarian minister of defense/writer, dies at age 73. [1]
• Richard Josef Neutra, Austrian/American architect (Who Bought America?), dies at age 78. [1] [37]

April 17

• Sergei Aleksi, patriarch of Russian-Orthodox church, dies at age 92. [1]

April 23

• Herb Shriner, humorist/TV host (Herb Shriner Show), dies at age 51. [1]

April 25

• Anita Louise, actress (Gorilla, Anthony Adverse), dies at about age 55. [1]

April 26

• Gypsy Rose Lee [Rose Louise Hovick], stripper/actress (Pruitts of Southampton), dies from cancer at age 56. [1]
• John Knittel, writer, dies at age 79. [1]

April 27

• Arthur Shields, actor (Your Show Time), dies at age 73. [1]

April 28

• Ed Begley, actor (Mr Koppel - Leave it to Larry), dies at age 69. [1]

April 30

• Hall Johnson, composer, dies at age 82. [1]
• Inger Stevens, actress (Katy-Farmer's Daughter), commits suicide at age 35. [1]
• Jacob Presser, historian/writer (Doom, Ondergang), dies at age 71. [1]

May 1

• Death of the poet, Paul Celan (Paul Antschel); poet (Der Sand aus den Urnen (1948), Mohn und Gedächtnis (1952), Lichtzwang (1970)). [37]

May 3

• Candelario Huizar, composer, dies at age 82. [1]

May 4

• Jeffrey Miller, one of protesting students at Kent State University, killed by Ohio National Guard. [1]
• Sandy Scheuer, one of protesting students at Kent State University, killed by Ohio National Guard. [1]
• Allison Krause, one of protesting students at Kent State University, killed by Ohio National Guard. [1]
• William Schroeder, one of protesting students at Kent State University, killed by Ohio National Guard. [1]

May 7

• Carlos Estrada, composer, dies at age 60. [1]

May 9

• Percy Brier, composer, dies at age 84. [1]
• Walter Reuther, United Auto Workers' union leader/president (CIO), dies in a jet crash. [1]

May 12

• Death of Nelly (Leonie) Sachs at age 78 in Stockholm, Sweden (born in Berlin, Germany); poet, playwright, won German Publishers' Peace Prize in 1965 and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1966.. [1] [37]
• Wladyslaw Anders, Polish general (WWI, WWII), dies at age 78. [1]

May 14

• Billie Burke, comedienne (Glinda - Wizard of Oz), dies at age 84. [1]

May 17

• Nigel Martin Balchin, English author (My Executioner), dies at age 61. [1]

May 21

• Vinton Hayworth, actor (General Schaeffer - I Dream of Jeannie), dies at age 63. [1]

May 22

• Joseph W Krutch, American writer (Measure of Man), dies at age 76. [1]

May 23

• Nydia Westman, actress (Going My Way, Young Mr Bobbins), dies at age 68. [1]

May 27

• Emmy van Lokhorst, author, dies at age 78. [1]

May 29

• John Gunther, author/host (John Gunther's High Road), dies at age 68. [1]

June 4

• Menasha Skulnik, comedian (Menasha the Magnificent), dies at age 78. [1]
• Death of Hjalmar Schlacht in Munich, Germany; banker, director of the Dresdner Bank (1908-), director of the German National Bank (1916-), currency commissioner in the finance ministry (1923-), head of the Reichsbank (1923-), minister of economics (1934-37). [37]

June 5

• Jay Irving, cartoonist (Draw Me a Laugh), dies at age 69. [1]

June 11

• Frank Laubach of Benton, Pennsylvania, taught reading through phonetics, dies. [1]
• Frank Silvera, actor (High Chaparral), dies at age 55. [1]

July 2

• Jessie Street, Australian civil rights activist, dies. [1]

July 4

• Harold Vanderbilt, America's Cup winner (1930, 1934, 1937), dies at age 85. [1]

July 7

• Louise Harrison, mother of The Beatles' George Harrison, dies. [1]
• Marjorie Rambeau, actress (Primrose Path, Torch Song), dies at age 80. [1]
• Sylvester Wiere, comedian (Wiere Brothers-Ford Festival), dies at age 60. [1]

July 14

• Preston Foster, actor (Waterfront, Gunslinger), dies at age 69. [1]

July 19

• Barry Wood, singer (Your Hit Parade), dies at age 61. [1]

July 22

• Death of Fritz Kortner (original name, Fritz Kohn) in Munich, Germany (born in Vienna, Austria); theater actor and director. [37]

August 1

• Death of Otto Warburg in Berlin, Germany; biochemist, Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1931. [37]

August 30

• Del Moore, actor/announcer (Cal - Bachelor Father), dies at age 53. [1]

September 2

• Allan Walker, actor/writer (Red Buttons Show), dies at age 64. [1]

September 3

• Vince Lombardi, football coach, dies in Washington DC at age 57. [1]

September 11

• Chester Morris, actor (Diagnosis: Unknown), dies at age 69. [1]

September 14

• Death of Rudolf Carnap in Santa Monica, California, USA (born in Ronsdorf, Germany); philosopher, co-founded journal Erkenntnis, author (Der logische Aufbau der Welt (1928), Logische Syntax der Sprache (1934), Meaning and Necessity (1947), and Logical Foundations of Probability (1950)), taught at the University of Chicago. [37]

September 18

• Jimi Hendrix, rock guitarist, dies at age 27 in London, England. [1] [5]

September 25

• Death of the novelist (Im Westen nichts Neues (All Quiet on the Western Front)), Erich Maria Remarque in Locarno, Switzerland. [37]

September 28

• Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser dies of a heart attack at age 52. [1]

September 29

• Edward Everett Horton, actor/narrator (Bulwinkle Show), dies at age 84. [1]

October 4

• Janis Joplin, rock singer (Big Brother and the Holding Company - "Me and Bobby McGee"), dies at age 27. [1]

November 9

• Charles DeGaulle, French President, dies at age 79. [1] [5]
• William L Dawson (Representative-Democrat-Illinois) dies at age 84. [1]

November 18

• Hal Dickinson, singer (Modernaires), dies at age 56. [1]

November 26

• B O Davis Sr, first American black general, dies at age 93 in Chicago, Illinois. [1]

December 1

• Frank Smailes, cricketer (England pace bowler Test versus India 1946), dies. [1]

December 2

• Dora Paulen, German/Dutch cabaretière, dies at about age 72. [1]

December 6

• Thomas S Power, US Air Force-General (Raid on Tokyo-March 1945), dies at age 65. [1]

December 7

• Rube Goldberg, Ameican cartoonist (Mike and Ike, Pulitzer 1948), dies at age 87. [1] [5]

December 8

• Christopher K Ingold, English chemist, dies at age 77. [1]

December 9

• Artem Mikoyan, Russian aircraft designer (MIG), dies at age 65. [1]

December 12

• Louis Zimmer Flem, clock maker (Jubelklok, Wonder Clock), dies at age 82. [1]

December 23

• Charlie Ruggles, actor (Ruggles, Aesop-Bullwinkle Show), dies at age 84. [1]

December 28

• Charles "Sonny" Liston, heavyweight boxer champion (1962-64), dies. [1]
• L Mendel Rivers (Representative-Democrat-South Carolina), dies at age 65. [1]

December 29

• John de Mol Dutch, accordionist, dies at age 58. [1]

December 31

• Cyril M Scott, English composer/author (Alchemist), dies at age 91. [1]