- January 16
- Armijn Pane, Indonesian writer (Djinak-djinak merpati), dies at age 61. [1]
- January 17
- Death of Billy Stewart at age 32 from a car crash off a bridge over the River Neuse in North Carolina, USA; singer ("I Do Love You", "Summertime"). [1] [457]
- January 18
- David O McKay, 9th Mormon president, dies at age 96. [1]
- January 19
- Death of Hal March at age 49 of lung cancer; comedian/actor/host (Sweeney and March radio show, Burns and Allen TV show, The Imogene Coca Show, I Love Lucy, $64,000 Question). [1] [457]
- January 24
- Death of 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 player (20 catch and 11 stumpings, 14 Tests for India), dies. [1]
- Death of Erich Heckel in Döbeln, Germany. Heckel was an artist who was one of the founders of the Expressionist artists' group, Die Brücke. [37]
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- January 28
- Tommy Andrews of Australia, 16 Tests 1921-26 cricket player (592 runs), dies. [1]
- January 30
- Malcolm Keen, English actor (Uncle Chris - Mama), dies at age 82. [1]
- February 2
- Bertrand Russell, philosopher, British Member of Parliament, dies in Merioneth at age 97. [1]
- February 6
- Roscoe Karns, actor (Captain Shafer - Hennesey), dies at age 78. [1]
- February 13
- Herbert Strudwick, cricket player (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, American politician (Senator-Vermont), dies at age 89. [1]
- February 24
- Death of Conrad Nagel at age 73; host (The Silver Theatre on radio and TV, Hollywood Preview, The Conrad Nagle Theatre), actor (Studio One, Kraft TV Theatre, The Defenders, Route 66, Celebrity Time). [1] [457]
- February 25
- Mark Rothko, abstract expressionist (Green on Blue), dies at age 66. [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 15
- 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 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 Konstantinovich 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 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
- Death of Anita Louise at age 55 from a stroke; actress (My Friend Flicka, Gorilla, Anthony Adverse). [1] [457]
- April 26
- Gypsy Rose Lee [Rose Louise Hovick], stripper/actress (Pruitts of Southampton), dies from cancer at age 56. [1]
- April 27
- Arthur Shields, actor (Your Show Time), dies at age 73. [1]
- April 28
- Death of Ed Begley at age 69 of a heart attack; actor (Charlie Chan on radio, Alan Young Show, Myrt and Marge, The Fat Man, Richard Diamond Private Detective, Armstrong Circle Theatre, Justice, Kraft TV Theatre, Burke's Law, Gunsmoke, Mr Koppel - Leave it to Larry, Alcoa Hour, Sweet Bird of Youth (Oscar award)). [1] [457]
- April 30
- Death of Inger Stevens AKA Inger Stensland at age 35 by suicide overdose of sleeping pills; actress (Katy - The Farmer's Daughter TV show). [1] [457]
- 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 4
- US National Guard kills four protesting students (Jeffrey Miller, Sandy Scheuer, Allison Krause, William Schroeder) at Kent State University in Ohio. [1]
- May 9
- 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
- Death of Billie Burke at age 84; actress/comedienne (Glinda the Good Witch - The Wizard of Oz movie, Eddie Cantor Radio Show, Playhouse 90). [1] [457]
- 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 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 10
- Death of Earl Grant at age 37 in an auto accident in New Mexico, USA; organist, pianist, singer ("The End" (1958), "Ebb Tide", "Swinging Gently"). [457]
- June 11
- Frank Laubach of Benton, Pennsylvania, taught reading through phonetics, dies. [1]
- Death of Frank Silvera of accidental electrocution at age 55; television actor (The High Chapparal, Gunsmoke, I Spy, Marcus Welby, Riverboat, The Untouchables, The Flying Nun). [1] [457]
- July 4
- Harold Vanderbilt, America's Cup winner (1930, 1934, 1937), dies at age 85. [1]
- July 7
- 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
- Death of Preston Foster at age 69; actor (Waterfront TV show, Gunslinger TV show). [1] [457]
- Death of James Thomas Mangan at age 73; founder of the Nation of Celestial Space. [1045.214]
- July 19
- Barry Wood, singer (Your Hit Parade), dies at age 61. [1]
- August 1
- Death of Otto Warburg in Berlin, Germany; biochemist, Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1931. [37]
- August 30
- Death of Del Moore at age 54 of a heart attack; actor/announcer (Life with Elizabeth TV show, Cal - Bachelor Father). [1] [457]
- 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
- Death of James Marshall Hendrix AKA Jimi Hendrix of a drug overdose at age 27 in London, England; rock guitarist/singer ("Purple Haze", "Foxy Lady", "Fire", "Hey Joe", "Voodoo Child", "All Along The Watchtower"). [1] [5] [457]
- September 25
- Death of the novelist Erich Maria Remarque (Im Westen nichts Neues (All Quiet on the Western Front)), 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
- Death of Janis Joplin at age 27 of a heroin overdose; rock singer (Big Brother and The Holding Company - "Me and Bobby McGee"). [1] [457]
- October 11
- Death of Phil Spitalny at age 79 of cancer; bandleader (Hour of Charm radio show (1935-46). [457]
- November 3
- Death of former King Peter II of Yugoslavia in the USA, at age 47. [1268.87]
- November 9
- Death of Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle in Colombey-les-Deux-Églises, France; head of Free French movement, president of French provisional government (1945-46), President of France (1958-69). [1] [5] [1049.1587]
- William L Dawson, American politician (Representative-Democrat-Illinois) dies at age 84. [1]
- November 18
- Hal Dickinson, singer (Modernaires), dies at age 56. [1]
- December 1
- Frank Smailes, cricket player (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 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
- L Mendel Rivers, American politician (Representative-Democrat-South Carolina), dies at age 65. [1]
- December 30
- Charles "Sonny" Liston, heavyweight boxer champion (1962-64), dies. [1]
- December 31
- Cyril M Scott, English composer/author (Alchemist), dies at age 91. [1]
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