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Last updated: 2008 June 28.

1975 January 1 Arthur Pierson, actor/director (Hat Check Girl), dies at age 73. [1] January 3 Milton J Cross, TV announcer (New York Metropolitan Opera Auditions), dies at age 87. [1] Robert Neumann, Austrian/British author (False Flag), dies at age 77. [1] Walter Linck, Swiss sculptor, dies at age 71. [1] January 4 Carlo Levi, Italian writer (Parole Sono Pietre), dies at age 72. [1] January 5 Don Wilson, Houston Astros' pitcher, dies at age 29 of carbon monoxide poisoning. [1] January 6 Noel Madison, actor (Jitterbugs, Black Raven), dies at age 77. [1] January 8 Anthony Warde, actor (Big Punch, Buck Rogers), dies at age 66. [1] Gertrude Olmsted, actress (Cobra, Torrent), dies at age 70. [1] John Dierkes, actor (Red Badge of Courage), dies at age 69. [1] John Gregson, actor (Rooney, Assassin), dies at age 55. [1] Louis J H C A de Bourbon, Dutch writer/poet (Gypsy Blood), dies at age 66. [1] Richard Tucker [Reuben Ticker], US tenor (La Gioconda), dies at age 61. [1] January 9 John Slater, actor (Deadlock, Three on a Spree), dies at age 58. [1] Pierre Fresnay, French actor (Monsieur Vincent), dies at age 77. [1] January 19 Thomas Hart Benson, US artist, dies at age 85. [1] January 20 Franz André, Belgian conductor, dies at age 81. [1] January 21 Marie Lohr, actress (Pygmalion, Small Hotel, Escapade), dies at age 84. [1] January 22 Klaas Voskuil, Dutch journalist, dies at age 79. [1] January 23 Karel Paul van der Mandele, director (Rotterdam Bank), dies at age 94. [1] January 24 Larry Fine, actor (The Three Stooges), dies at age 72. [1] January 25 Vivien Kellems, TV hostess (The Power of Women), dies at age 78. [1] January 26 Lubov Orlova, actress (Moscow Laughs, Man of Music, Tanya), dies at age 72. [1] January 28 Antonin Novótny, Czechoslovakian President (1957-68), dies at age 70. [1] January 30 Boris Blacher, German composer (Purloined Letter), dies at age 72. [1] February 1 Richard Wattis, actor (Dick and the Duchess, Liberace), dies at age 62. [1] February 3 John Secondari, newscaster (Open Hearing), dies at age 55. [1] Robert Evett, composer, dies at age 52. [1] February 7 Brendan Fay, actor (Hustler, Man on a Swing), dies at age 54. [1] February 8 Martyn Green, actor (Gilbert and Sullivan, Mikado), dies at age 75. [1] February 9 Constant Burniaux, Belgian art historian (L'amour Vivre), dies at age 82. [1] February 13 Dagmar Godowsky, actress (Common Law, Red Lights), dies at age 78. [1] Eric Harding Thiman, composer, dies at age 74. [1] Henry P Van Dusen, US protestant theologist, dies at age 77. [1] February 14 Heintje Davids [Hendrika David], Dutch cabaret artist, dies at age 87. [1] Julian S Huxley, English scholar/director-general (UNESCO), dies at age 87. [1] Pelham G Wodehouse, English/US writer (Piccadilly Jim), dies at age 93. [1] February 15 Pelham G Wodehouse, writer, dies. [1] February 18 Chivu Stoica, premier of Romania (1955-61), dies at age 66. [1] Luigi Dallapiccola, composer, dies. [1] Raymond Moley, US advisor to President Roosevelt "Brain Trust", dies at age 88. [1] Syed Nazir Ali, cricketer (two Tests for India, four wickets), dies. [1] February 19 Luigi Dallapiccola, Italian 12-tone composer, dies at age 71. [1] February 20 Edgar "Cookie" Fairchild, bandleader (Jerry Colonna Show), dies at age 76. [1] Lillian Fontaine, actress (Suddenly it's Spring), dies at age 88. [1] Robert Strauss, actor (Sergeant Gruzewsky - Mona McCluskey), dies at age 61. [1] February 24 Nikolai A Bulganin, marshal/premier of USSR (1955-58), dies at age 79. [1] February 25 Elijah Muhammad, leader of the Nation of Islam, dies in Chicago, Illinois, at age 77. [1] February 27 Neville Cardus, writer/cricketer, dies. [1] February 28 Istvan Kardos, composer, dies at age 83. [1] March 2 Jean Kurt Forest, composer, dies at age 65. [1] March 3 László Németh, Hungarian physician/author (Galilei/Iszony), dies at age 73. [1] March 7 Ben Blue, actor (Accidental Family, Frank Sinatra Show), dies at age 73. [1] Francine Larrimore, actress (John Meade's Woman), dies at age 76. [1] March 8 George Stevens, American film director (Swing Time, Gunga Din), dies at age 70. [1] March 9 Joseph Dunninger of New York City, New York, mentalist (Amazing Dunninger), dies at age 82. [1] Shirley Ross, actress (Night Vision, Mindkiller), dies at age 62. [1] March 10 Leopold Samuel, composer, dies at age 91. [1] March 11 Philip Bezanson, composer, dies at age 59. [1] Sammy Spear, orchestra leader (Dom Deluise Show), dies at age 65. [1] Walter Kinsella, actor (Happy - Martin Kane Private Eye), dies at age 74. [1] March 13 Ali Sastroamidjojo, Indonesian attorney/minister/premier, dies at age 71. [1] Ivo Andric, Yugoslavian author (Nemiri-Nobel Prize 1961), dies at age 82. [1] Jean Del Val, actor (Sainted Devil, Flying Deuces), dies at age 83. [1] Ruth Schaumann, German author/painter/sculptor, dies at age 75. [1] March 14 Susan Hayward, actress (Young and Willing), dies at age 56. [1] March 15 Antonino Rocca, professional wrestler/sportscaster, dies at age 49. [1] Aristotle S Onassis, Greek shipping magnate, dies at age 69. [1] March 16 T-Bone Walker, blues guitarist (Funky Town, Well Done), dies at age 64. [1] March 19 John A DeMott dies at age 63. [1] March 21 Berend Giltay, composer, dies at age 64. [1] Ralph Hawtrey, economist (multiplier), dies at age 95. [1] March 22 Asa Smith Bushnell Jr, Secretary of US Olympics (1945-65), dies at age 75. [1] Cass Daley, actress (Red Garters), dies at age 59. [1] Paul Verhoeven, German director, dies at age 73. [1] March 24 Muriel Hutchinson, actor (Another Thin Man), dies at age 60. [1] Oscar Rasbach, composer, dies at age 86. [1] March 25 Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz, king of Saudi-Arabia (1964-75), shot to death by nephew. [1] March 26 Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz, king of Saudi-Arabia (1964-75), murdered at age 68. [1] March 27 Arthur Bliss, English composer/conductor (Checkmate), dies at age 83. [1] Gertrude Niesen, actress (Start Cheering), dies at age 63. [1] March 28 Renzo Massarani, composer, dies at age 77. [1] March 30 Peter Bamm, writer, dies. [1] April 1 Eugeen Yoors, Flemish draftsman/glass painter, dies at age 95. [1] April 3 Mary Ure, actress (Sons and Lovers, Where Eagles Dare), dies at age 42. [1] April 5 Chiang Kai-shek, Nationalist Chinese leader, dies from a heart attack at age 87. [1] Inez Courtney dies at age 67. [1] Victor Marijnen, Dutch premier (1963-65), dies at age 58. [1] April 10 Marjorie Main, actress (Ma and Pa Kettle), dies at age 85. [1] Sophia JW "Sophie" Hermse, actress (But a Dream), dies at age 86. [1] Walker Evans, US photographer (Fortune Magazine), dies at age 71. [1] April 11 Dorothy Patten dies at age 70. [1] April 12 Joséphine Baker, US/French revue artist (Folies-Bergère), dies at age 68. [1] April 13 Larry Parks, actor (Jazz Singer), dies at age 60. [1] N'garta Tombalbaye, President of Chad, dies. [1] April 14 Fredric March, actor (Inherit the Wind, The Iceman Cometh, Death of a Salesman), dies from cancer at age 77. [1] April 15 Charles Marshall dies. [1] John B McKay, US test pilot (X-15), dies. [1] Richard Conte, actor (Four Just Men, Jean Arthur Show), dies at age 65. [1] April 18 Rob Touber [Robert J Noordervliet), chansonnier/director, dies at age 38. [1] April 21 Jack Allan Westrup, composer, dies at age 70. [1] April 22 Mary Philips, actress (Farewell to Arms), dies at age 75. [1] April 23 Pete Ham, rocker (Badfinger), commits suicide by hanging himself at age 27. [1] R D Brinkmann, writer, dies. [1] April 24 William Hartnell, actor (Jackpot, This Sporting Life, Doctor Who), dies at age 67. [1] April 27 Nicholas Soussanin, actor (Last Command), dies at age 86. [1] April 28 Jan A de Jonge, Dutch historian, dies at age 48. [1] April 29 Charles McMahon Jr, US USMC lance corporal, killed in Vietnam. [1] Darwin Judge, USMC-corporal, one of last US soldiers killed in Vietnam. [1] Michael John Shea, USMC-Lieutenant/pilot, one of last soldiers killed in Vietnam. [1] William Craig Nystul, USMC Captain, one of last US soldiers killed in Vietnam. [1] May 3 Samuel Gonard, chairman (International Red Cross), dies at age 78. [1] May 4 Moe Howard [Moses Horowitz], comedian (The Three Stooges), dies at age 77. [1] May 6 József Mindszenty [Joseph Prehm], Hungarian cardinal, dies at age 83. [1] May 8 Avery Brundage, CEO (International Olympic Committee, 1952-72), dies at age 87. [1] May 9 Philip Dorn dies at age 73. [1] May 13 Bob Wills, actor (Lone Prairie), dies at age 69. [1] May 16 Michael X [Abdul Malik] is hanged in Trinidad for murder. [1] May 18 Leroy Anderson, composer, dies at age 66. [1] May 20 Dame Barbara Hepworth, English sculptor, dies in fire at age 72. [1] Jacques Stehman, composer, dies at age 62. [1] May 22 Torben Meyer, actor (Viking, Roberta, Sunny), dies at age 90. [1] May 23 Jackie "Moms" Mabley, comedienne (Amazing Grace), dies at age 81. [1] May 27 Ezzard Charles, heavyweight boxing champion (1949-51), dies in Chicago, Illinois, at age 53. [1] May 28 Eric Emerson, entertainer, dies. [1] Roy Roberts, actor (Petticoat Junction, The Lucy Show), dies at age 75. [1] May 30 Michel Simon, actor (Panic, Plague, Two of Us), dies at age 80. [1] Steve Prefontaine, middle-long distance runner, dies in one-car accident at age 24. [1] [5] June 3 Ozzie Nelson, actor (Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet), dies at age 69. [1] [5] June 6 Larry Blyden, actor (Joe and Mabel, What's My Line), dies at age 49. [1] June 18 Faisal Ibn Mussed Abdul Aziz, Saudi prince, beheaded in Riyadh. [1] June 28 Rod Serling, writer/host (Twilight Zone, Night Gallery), dies at age 60. [1] July 17 Modoc the elephant dies at age 78 (oldest known nonhuman mammal). [1] August 1 Julian "Cannonball" Alderly, saxophone player, dies of a stroke. [1] August 15 Sheikh Mujibur Rahiman of Bangladesh killed in a military coup. [1] August 17 Sig Arno of Hamburg, Germany, actor (My Friend Irma), dies at age 80. [1] August 23 Hank Patterson, actor (Fred Ziffel - Green Acres), dies at age 87. [1] August 27 Haile Selassie, depossed Ethiopian emperor, dies at age 83. [1] August 29 Eamon de Valera, Irish independence fighter, dies at age 92. [1] September 4 Walter Tetley, voice of Sherman - Bullwinkle Show, dies at age 60. [1] September 9 John McGiver, actor (Patty Duke Show, Jimmy Stewart Show), dies at age 61. [1] September 24 Ian Hunter, actor (Sir Richard - Robin Hood), dies at age 75. [1] September 25 Bob Considine, newscaster (Tonight! America After Dark), dies at age 68. [1] September 28 Sidney Fields, comedian (Abbott and Costello), dies at age 77. [1] September 29 Casey Stengel, New York Yankees' manager (1949-60), dies in Glendale, California, at age 85. [1] October 6 Henry Calvin, actor (Sgt Garcia - Zorro), dies at age 57. [1] October 24 Ismail Erez, Turkish ambassador, killed by car bomb in Paris, France. [1] October 29 John Scott Trotter, orchestra leader (George Gobel Show), dies at age 67. [1] October 31 Joseph Calleia, actor (Jungle Book, Gilda), dies at age 78. [1] November 1 Doro Merande, actress (That Was The Week That Was), dies at age 77. [1] November 11 Marty May, comedian (TV show Fireball Fun For All), dies at age 79. [1] November 12 Anthony Ross, TV host (Telltale Clue), dies at age 69. [1] November 20 General Francisco Franco, Spain's dictator, dies in Madrid at age 82. [1] November 27 Ross McWhirter, Guinness Book of Records keeper, is murdered. [1] December 1 Nick Kenny, US columnist/songwriter (Nick Kenny Show), dies at age 80. [1] December 3 Hugh Thurlow, cricketer (one Test for Australia 1932), dies. [1] Jacob Kruijt, Dutch sociologist, dies at age 76. [1] December 4 Hannah Arendt, German/US sociologist, dies at age 69. [1] December 5 Jimmy Nervo, actor (Frozen Limits), dies. [1] December 7 Hardie Albright, actress (Silver Streak, Scarlet Letter), dies at age 71. [1] Thornton N Wilder, US writer (Bridge of San Luis Rey), dies at age 78. [1] [5] December 9 William A Wellman, US director (Ox Bow Incident), dies at age 79. [1] December 13 Cyril Delevanti, actor (Lucius-Jefferson Davis), dies at age 88. [1] Hendrik Kruls, Dutch general/chief military authority (1944-46), dies at age 73. [1] December 14 Arthur Treacher, TV announcer (Merv Griffin Show), dies at age 81. [1] December 15 Mukhtar Ashrafi, composer, dies at age 63. [1] December 17 Frank Sully, actor (Parachute Nurse, Inside the Law), dies at age 67. [1] Noble Sissle, jazz musician, dies at age 86. [1] December 20 Vincent Lopez orchestra leader (Welcome Aboard), dies at age 76. [1] William Lundigan of Syracuse, New York, actor (Climax), dies at age 61. [1] December 21 William Lundigan, announcer (CBS Mystery Theater), dies at age 61. [1] December 23 Richard S Welch, US Central Intelligence Agency station chief in Athens, Greece, shot dead. [1] December 24 Bernard Herrmann, US movie composer, dies at age 64. [1] Otto AP Fürst von Bismarck-Schönhausen, German diplomat, dies at age 78. [1] December 25 Gaston Gallimard, French publisher (Library Gallimard), dies at age 94. [1] December 31 Donal Michalsky, composer, dies at age 47. [1]