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Last updated: 2008 June 28.

1974 January 2 Tex Ritter, country singer ("Five Star Jubilee"), dies at age 67. [1] January 3 Gino Cervi, actor (Becket, Don Camillo), dies at age 72. [1] January 4 Karel Janacek, composer, dies at age 70. [1] January 5 Roy Bargy, orchestra leader (Jimmy Durante Show), dies at age 79. [1] January 6 David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican sculptor/muralist, dies at age 77. [1] January 14 Josef Smrkovsky, Czechoslovakia parliament chairman, dies at age 62. [1] January 15 Karel Salmon, composer, dies at age 76. [1] January 20 Edmund Blunden, British poet/critic, dies at age 77. [1] January 21 Jan Arends, Dutch poet/author, dies at age 48. [1] Ken Viljoen, cricketer (played 27 Tests for South Africa 1930-47), dies. [1] Lewis L Strauss, head US Atomic Energy Commission (1953-58), dies at age 78. [1] January 22 Leon Lontoc, actor (Henry - Burke's Law), dies at age 64. [1] January 26 S v Vegesack, writer, dies at age 85. [1] Wiktor Labunski, composer, dies at age 78. [1] January 27 Georgios Grivas, Greek General/opposition leader on Cyprus (EOKA), dies at age 75. [1] Paula Ludwig, writer, dies at age 74. [1] January 28 Dino Buzzati, writer, dies at age 67. [1] January 30 Bill Whitty, cricketer (37 wickets vs South Africa 1910-11 series), dies. [1] January 31 Glenn Morris, olympian/actor (Tarzan's Revenge), dies at age 61. [1] Harry Baum, actor (Crime and Punishment), dies at age 58. [1] Paul Haesaerts, Flemish architect/painter (Flandre), dies at age 72. [1] Roger Pryor, actor (Lady by Choice), dies at age 72. [1] Samuel Goldwyn, Polish/English/US film magnate (MGM), dies at age 91. [1] February 1 Marieluise Fleißer, writer, dies at age 71. [1] February 2 Jean Absil, Belgian composer (Bénédictions), dies at age 80. [1] February 4 Mihail Andricu, composer, dies at age 79. [1] February 7 Arline Judge, actress (Age of Consent), dies at age 61. [1] February 8 Fern Andra dies at age 80. [1] Fritz Zwicky, Swiss/US astronomer (supernova), dies at age 75. [1] February 9 Cees de Lange, Dutch conferencier, dies at age 60. [1] February 11 Anna Q Nilsson, actress (Toll Gate, Sorrell and Son), dies at age 85. [1] February 14 C S Dempster, cricketer (10 Tests for New Zealand, 723 runs), dies. [1] February 15 Kurt Magnus Atterberg, composer, dies at age 86. [1] February 20 David Monrad Johansen, composer, dies at age 85. [1] February 23 Florence Rice, actress (Girl in 1313, Carnival), dies at age 63. [1] February 27 Pat Brady of Toledo, Ohio, actor (Roy Rogers Show), dies at age 59. [1] February 28 Mees Toxopeus, Dutch rescue-vessel captain, dies at age 89. [1] March 1 Jos de Haes, Flemish philological/poet (Azuren Holte), dies at age 53. [1] March 3 Barbara Ruick, actress/singer (Jerry Colonna Show, Carousel, Fearless Fagan), dies at age 43. [1] Frank Wilcox, actor (John - Beverly Hillbillies), dies at age 66. [1] March 4 Adolph Gottlieb, US painter, dies at age 71. [1] March 5 Billy Dewolfe, actor (Good Morning World), dies at age 67. [1] Solomon I "Sol" Hurok, US impresario, dies at age 85. [1] March 8 Christian van Geel, Dutch poet/sculptor (Spinroc), dies at age 56. [1] Willem "Wim" Sonneveld, Dutch actor (Silk Stockings), dies at age 56. [1] March 9 Earl W Sutherland Jr, US pharmacologist (Nobel Prize 1971), dies at age 58. [1] March 10 June Harrison, actress (Land of the Lawless), dies at age 48. [1] Quinto Maganini, composer, dies at age 76. [1] March 12 Billy Fox, Protestant member of Dublin parliament, assassinated. [1] March 13 Howard Saint John, actor (Investigator, Dr Lewis - Hank), dies at age 68. [1] Janos Prohaska, actor (Andy Williams Show), dies at age 52. [1] March 17 Carroll Nye, actress (Lawless Woman), dies at age 72. [1] Louis I Kahn, Estonia/US architect, dies at about age 73. [1] March 18 David C Imboden, actor (King of Kings), dies at age 87. [1] March 19 Anne Klien, fashion designer, dies at age 51. [1] Hertha Kuusinen, Finnish communist/daughter of Otto K, dies at age 70. [1] March 20 Chet Huntley, newscaster (NBC Huntley-Brinkley Report), dies at age 62. [1] Edward Platt, actor (Chief - Get Smart), dies at age 58. [1] [Lavinia] Marian Fleming Poe, Black US advocate in Virginia, dies at age 83. [1] March 21 Candy Darling [James Slattery], female impersonator, dies. [1] March 22 Peter Revson. US race car driver (Indianapolis 500), dies at age 35. [1] March 24 Doris Deane dies at age 74. [1] Yoshida Isoya, Japanese architect (modern sukiya style), dies at age 79. [1] March 25 Otto Waldis. actor (Unknown World, Whip Hand), dies at age 72. [1] March 28 Dorothy Fields, US singer (Way you Look Tonight), dies at age 68. [1] Françoise Rosay, actress (Interlude, Women in Prison), dies at age 82. [1] March 29 Seton I Miller, writer, dies at age 71. [1] March 30 Ludovicus J Rogier, Dutch historian (Reborn in Freedom), dies at age 79. [1] March 31 Andrea Checci, actress (2 Women, Assassin, Black Sunday), dies at age 57. [1] April 1 Alfred Ernest Whitehead, composer, dies at age 86. [1] April 2 Douglass Dumbrille, actor (Mr Deed Goes to Town), dies at age 84. [1] Georges Pompidou, French President, dies in Paris at age 62. [1] April 5 William Hudson, actor (I Led Three Lives), dies at age 49. [1] April 6 Willem Dudok, Dutch architect (Hilversum Town Hall), dies at age 89. [1] April 10 Patricia Collinge dies at age 81. [1] Roger Bastide, French sociologist, dies at age 76. [1] April 11 Curt Conway dies. [1] April 12 Carl Jaffe dies at age 72. [1] April 13 Stanley Smith, actor (Honey, King of Jazz, Soup to Nuts), dies at age 71. [1] April 17 Frank McGee, Today show host, dies of cancer at age 52. [1] Herbert Elwell, US composer (Happy Hypocrite), dies at age 75. [1] Vinnie Taylor, rocker (Canned Heat), dies of a drug overdose. [1] April 18 Betty Compson, actress (Barker, Weary River, Drag Net), dies at age 77. [1] Marcel Pagnol, French writer/movie (Topaz), dies at age 79. [1] April 20 Mohammed Ayub Khan, premier/President (Pakistan), dies. [1] April 24 Bud Abbott, comedian (Abbott and Costello), dies at age 78. [1] April 28 Paul Page, actor (Girl from Havanna, Moth), dies at age 70. [1] April 30 Agnes Moorehead, actress (Endora - Bewitched), dies from cancer at age 67. [1] May 4 Israel Citkowitz, composer, dies at age 65. [1] John Wengraf, actor (Pride and Passion, 12 to the Moon), dies at age 77. [1] May 8 Graham Bond, rocker, dies jumping under a train. [1] May 9 Lyubomir Pipkov, composer, dies at age 69. [1] May 17 Charles Braswell, actor (Only Game in Town), dies at age 49. [1] May 18 Daniel R Topping, US owner (New York Yankees), dies at age 61. [1] May 23 Kathleen Cannell, writer, dies. [1] May 24 Duke Ellington, composer/bandleader/pianist, dies of cancer at age 75. [1] May 25 Donald Crisp, actor/director (Beloved Brat, Dawn Patrol), dies at age 91. [1] Frank Ward, cricketer (4 Tests for Australia 1936-38), dies. [1] Pam Morrison, wife of Door's vocalist Jim, dies of drug overdose. [1] May 26 Kitty Gordon, entertainer, dies at age 96. [1] May 31 Adelle Davis, US nutrionalist (Let's stay healthy), dies at age 70. [1] June 17 Pamela Britton, actress (Blondie, My Favorite Martian), dies at age 50. [1] June 18 Georgi Zhukov, Russian Marshal (WW II), dies at age 78. [1] June 28 Frank Sutton, actor (Sgt Carter - Gomer Pyle USMC), dies at age 55. [1] June 30 Alberta King [Mrs Martin Luther King Sr] is shot and killed in church, by a black man. [1] July 17 Dizzy Dean dies. [5] July 19 Joe Flynn, actor (McHale's Navy), dies at age 59. [1] July 20 Allen Jenkins, actor (Fugitive from a Chain Gang), dies at age 74. [1] July 24 Chris Chubbock, newscaster, shoots self on air. [1] July 27 Lightning Slim, blues singer, dies at age 61. [1] July 28 Truman Bradley, host (Science Fiction Theater), dies at age 69. [1] July 29 Cass Elliot, singer of Mamas and Papas, chokes to death at age 30 in London, England. [1] August 10 Ilona Massey, actress/singer (Ilona Massey Show), dies at age 64. [1] Pedro Regas, actor (Pat Paulsen's 1/2 Comedy Hour), dies at age 92. [1] August 26 Charles Lindbergh dies at age 72 in his Hawaiian home. [1] September 6 Otto Kruger, actor (Lux Video Theater), dies on 89th birthday. [1] September 14 Vera Vague [Barbara Jo Allen], actress (Follow the Leader), dies at age 70. [1] Warren Hull, actor (Strike it Rich, Who in the World), dies at age 71. [1] September 21 Jacqueline Susann, author (Valley of the Dolls), dies at age 53 of cancer. [1] Walter Brennan, actor, dies at age 80. [1] September 23 Cliff Arquette, comedian "Charlie Weaver", dies at age 68. [1] September 25 William Sloane, publisher/writer ("The Edge of Running Water"), dies. [1] October 13 Ed Sullivan, TV host (The Ed Sullivan Show), dies at age 73. [1] November 5 Stafford Repp, actor (Chief O'Hara - Batman), dies at age 56. [1] November 11 Jane Ace, comedian (Easy Aces), dies at age 74. [1] November 13 Karen Silkwood killed in a car crash under suspicious circumstances. [1] November 24 Charles Quinlivan, actor (Frank - Mr Garland), dies at age 50. [1] November 25 U Thant, United Nations Secretary-General (1961-72), dies in New York of cancer at age 65. [1] December 1 Lajos Zilahy, Hungarian/US author (Angry Angel), dies at age 83. [1] Stephen Gill Spottswood, US bishop/chairman (NAACP), dies at age 77. [1] December 2 Sofie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatte, composer, dies at age 72. [1] December 4 Lee Kinsolving, actor (Explosive Generation), dies at age 36. [1] December 5 Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, tennis player (US Open 1909-11), dies at age 87. [1] Henry Wadsworth, actor (Applause, Ceiling Zero), dies at age 72. [1] Pietro Germi, actor/director (Serafino, Climax), dies at age 60. [1] December 8 Hugues Panassié, French jazz saxophonist/author, dies at age 62. [1] December 9 George Carew, cricketer (4 Tests for West Indies between 1935 and 1949), dies. [1] Jorge Croner de Vasconcelos, composer, dies at age 64. [1] December 10 Paul Richards, actor (Dr Thompson-Breaking Point), dies at age 50. [1] December 11 Reed Hadley, actor (Racket Squad, Public Defender), dies at age 63. [1] December 13 Rufe Davis, actor (Floyd Smoot - Petticoat Junction), dies at age 66. [1] December 14 Walter Lippmann, US journalist (One of Dynasty), dies at age 85. [1] December 15 Erich Walter Sternberg, composer, dies at age 83. [1] Harry Hershfield, cartoonist (Can You Top This?), dies at age 89. [1] December 16 Kostas Varnalis, writer, dies. [1] December 20 André Jolivet, French composer (L'eunuque), dies at age 69. [1] December 21 Richard Long, actor (Professor - Nanny and the Professor), dies at age 47. [1] December 22 Fosco Giachetti, entertainer, dies at age 70. [1] Lorraine Gauguin, entertainer, dies at age 50. [1] December 24 Tilly Losch, actress (Duel in the Sun, Good Earth), dies at age 70. [1] December 26 Jack Benny, comedian (Jack Benny Show), dies at age 80. [1] Knudage Riisager, composer, dies at age 77. [1] Robert Levine Sanders, composer, dies at age 68. [1] December 27 Amy Vanderbilt, US author (Complete book of etiquette), dies at age 66. [1] Raymond Glenn, actor (Raisin in the Sun, Carmen Jones), dies at age 76. [1]